25. Grim Reaper, Orangutan and the Missing (Part 2)
George told Merlin that the Montana laboratory of M.M is a biological transformation base.M's mad scientists are conducting biological transformation experiments that are not recognized by the outside world.
Among many experimental projects, there is an experimental project that specifically targets, or attempts to replicate Merlin's black fog ability.
M's scientists named the project "Death".
It is really hard to say how those scientists think about the brain circuit, but Merlin was standing in front of this cylindrical confinement facility at this time. He looked at the black fog experimental body that was constantly gathering and scattering in the glass container. He felt that this thing was really far from "Death".
"Ao!"
The experiment object in the glass container seemed to feel Merlin's gaze. He quickly gathered into the image of a strong man wearing only boxers, lying on the edge of the glass cabin, smashing his fist with his fist like a wild beast, roaring and roaring at Merlin outside the cabin.
"It looks like I've lost my mind."
Merlin frowned and looked at the biological transformation test subject in front of him.
Perhaps because of the initial completion of the experiment, some text information about the "God of Death" plan was stored in the storage box next to the glass compartment.
Meilin stretched out his hand, took out the information, and flipped through a few pages.
"By maintaining the cell tearing state of the experiment, the body of the experiment can appear particle-like and have the characteristics of atomization in a short period of time. However, in the extreme cell tearing state, the experiment will endure pain far beyond the limit of ordinary people, which makes the experiment subject completely lose its mind after several experiments."
"Pain, driving him crazy."
"If we can't solve this problem, it means that the 'Death' project has entered a bottleneck. But I have a new idea. If pain is inevitable, why don't we design a special device that can temporarily paralyze the pain nerves of the experiment during the atomization of the experiment? Or simply destroy the experimenter's pain nerves through experiments."
"This may be a good idea."
This data looks like a diary of an experiment summary, with time marked at the end of the data.
The first phase of the "Death" plan is completed one week before, and according to their plan, after half a month, they will start the second phase of the experiment.
"Pain far beyond the limits of creatures"
Merlin looked at the experimental subject roaring at him in the glass compartment, and said:
"This sounds so miserable. Maybe I should end your pain."
After saying that, he reached out and tried to open the glass compartment in front of him.
But just as Merlin lifted his hand, something suddenly threw it from the side, like a hidden weapon.
"Bang"
Merlin accurately took the thing into his hand. He took a look and found that it was a banana, to be precise, a banana peel.
He turned his head and looked at the corner of the wall on the other side of the storage compartment, where there was a large black cage.
In the middle of the cage, a black and gray gorilla wearing a silver vest was squatting on a small stool like a human, holding a peeled banana in one hand and looking at Meilin expressionlessly.
That posture looked like a real bystander.
What made Merlin feel strange was that in the orangutan cage, there were not only beds like humans, but also washbasins, bathtubs, curtains, and even toilets designed specifically for orangutans.
"What does this mean, man?"
Merlin pinched the banana peel with two fingers, and he looked at the orangutan in the cage, and said:
"Is this a sign of goodwill? Or a sign of maliciousness?"
Faced with his problem, the orangutan tilted his head, stuffed the banana into his mouth, and then scratched his head. His posture looked like a real orangutan, which seemed to be unable to understand Merlin's words.
"Stop pretending!"
Merlin said expressionlessly:
"This is the storage library of .m. Those scientists wouldn't put an ordinary orangutan here. I guess you will definitely talk, right?"
"Okay, it seems that my acting skills are really bad."
The orangutan shrugged in a very humane manner. It took another banana from the plate on the table next to it, and flexibly peeled the banana skin while saying to Merlin in a very pure accent:
"My code name here is x-39, but I prefer someone else's name is Winston, what about you? Stranger."
"Winston?"
Merlin showed a very interested expression. He walked to the cage and looked at the orangutan. He asked:
"Why is it Winston? Not Paul, George or something?"
"Because the scientist who saved me and brought me here was called Winston."
Winston, the gorilla, scratched his head, said to Merlin:
"According to your human tradition, it should be fine if I inherit his last name?"
"No, no, I don't mean this."
Merlin threw the banana peel into the trash can in the cage and said to the gorilla in front of him:
"I mean, why do you want to give yourself a human name?"
"That's it."
After the gorilla finished eating the second banana, it clapped its hands and said to Merlin:
"It was Grud who taught me. It told me that since I have wisdom, it is no longer a pure beast. With wisdom, there is a real soul. A soul needs a code name and a name. Grud believes that the code names given to us by scientists are very insulting, so it suggests that I give myself a human name."
Winston looked at Merlin and said seriously:
"According to Gruder, on the soul level, we are no different from you, and you are not nobler than us. Well, although both I and it still maintain the gorilla tradition and both like to eat bananas, it's nothing."
"Grud? Who is that?"
Merlin asked:
"Sounds like your friend?"
“Yes, it’s my friend.”
Winston sat on his little stool, and he blinked at Merlin, and he said:
"Grude was born in this base. It is different from me. It is a product of natural genetic modification. It has had extremely high wisdom since childhood. However, a year ago, Grude escaped from prison. It does not like this place. It longs for freedom and to find more wise compatriots. For this reason, it also stole some medicines from the base."
"It almost failed, but it was really lucky and ended up running away from the base. It promised to come back to save me, but a year has passed and Gruder has not come back."
Speaking of this, Winston shrugged with regret, and said to Merlin:
"The cunning guy has a great chance of letting me go, uh, of course, maybe he's dead outside. After all, I've seen from those news that humans are not actually friendly to animals like us."
"Grude is also an orangutan?"
Merlin asked:
"Same as you?"
"No, no no no."
Winston yawned, and he said a little lazy:
"Gruder is a silver-backed gorilla, I am a chimpanzee, we just look like it on the surface. But Gruder is bigger, more fierce than me, and more disgusted with humans. He has been a child with biological experiments from scientists in this base. It has super power, super speed, extremely strong perception, and the spiritual power that can control other people."
"In general, Grude is very dangerous, much more dangerous than me. This is probably because the scientists in the base often read books to it, not only have knowledge, but also have some more unique ideas. Grude is fascinated by those free thoughts, and I feel that it is already immersed in it and can't extricate itself."
The orangutan looked at Merlin and said:
"But as you can see, I'm not interested in those things, I'm just a talking orangutan, and I'm not at all noticeable than Gruder."
"All right."
Merlin nodded, he pushed his glasses and said to the orangutan in front of him:
"Then why did you throw me away with banana peel just now?"
He said:
"I don't think you're just kidding, right?"
"Because you're doing dangerous things."
Winston looked at Merlin and it said:
"That black fog experimental subject is very dangerous. I heard that it has lost control several times, and every time it loses control, many D-level researchers will die. Without energy constraints, you shouldn't release him so rashly. He has gone completely crazy. Oh, he is really a pitiful person. Sometimes I feel that you humans are much more cruel when treating our compatriots than when treating us."
The orangutan sighed, and he looked up at Merlin, and he said:
"Why can't you get along well and have to hurt each other? Oh, by the way, your glasses are very good, I like them very much. I always want one of my own glasses, but those researchers don't give it to me, probably because my eyesight is always good."
"Oh, is that?"
Merlin reached out and took off her glasses and handed them to the gorilla in the cage, saying:
"Then I'll give it to you. Anyway, I'll have new ones, but you may not be able to bring them with you. Your forehead is too wide."
"It's okay, just make a little change."
Winston took the glasses carefully, and the orangutan seemed very happy until it saw Merlin's magma-like eyes again, and it was frightened and staggered back.
The animal's instinct for danger caused the mane on its neck to explode, and then bared at Merlin.
But soon, it quieted down again.
“You are unique.”
The orangutan said to Merlin:
"I've never seen a human like you. You are in danger, even more dangerous than the crazy Grude."
"You are quite interesting."
Merlin plucked his hair and said to Winston:
"Wait here, after I finish my work, I will take you out with me. I think your wisdom should come in handy at my base. Are you willing to go out?"
"I do."
Winston picked up his glasses, looked in front of him, and it said:
"Why not? I'm tired of staying here anyway. You must use me. Those scientists say that my wisdom is more than 90% of the humans in this world."
Merlin returned to the front of the biological compartment that bound the black fog experimental subject. He reached out and opened the test compartment. Under the worried gaze of the orangutan Winston, Merlin was instantly wrapped in the howling black fog.
But the next moment, the thicker and more gloomy black mist exploded. Almost in an instant, Merlin broke free from the shackles, and in his left hand he was holding a smoke that was gathering and dispersing, screaming endlessly, as if he was strangling an invisible enemy.
"Rest in peace."
Merlin whispered.
The next moment, his fingers tightened like tightened iron pliers.
"Click"
With a crisp sound, under the gaze of the gorilla Winston, all the struggles of the already crazy black fog experimental subject stopped. A corpse hit Merlin's feet, and was soon ignited by the sudden flames, and burned to ashes within a few seconds.
"Done."
Merlin put away all the information in the storage box at hand, and then he looked back at the gorilla Winston, and he asked:
"You have lived here for a long time, right? Can you tell me what is the use of these things in the storage warehouse?"
"certainly."
Winston pinched the glasses in his hand and said to Merlin in a nagging manner:
"You can look at the first box, where there are samples of the individual armed system that M has been advancing in recent years, including a set of intelligent combat suits, multi-functional combat eyepieces, and a pulse gun that can be fired in multiple bands. Those are the crystallization of .m's mechanical technology, which can turn a person with no power to become the best soldier in an instant."
"The second box contains research materials on the individual armed system."
"The third box is a set of armor, which seems to be customized by a German family here. It is a very traditional armor style, just like the armed forces of your humanity in the Middle Ages, but it also has high-tech power."
"The fourth box is a set of flying armor, which was a research project by the military, but now it seems to be put on hold, so that only one prototype was made for that set of flying armor."
"The fifth box contains an experimental subject of a high-tech defense robot. They call it "fortress", which is an upgraded version of the defense robot used inside.m. It may undergo a large-scale replacement next year or the year after. It is powerful, and the most important thing is that it is equipped with the most advanced artificial intelligence chips and has its own personality characteristics. Of course, it is also terrible to get angry."
"In the sixth box is a pair of frost pulse pistols that can quickly freeze enemies and drive them with energy, but they are not perfect at present and are still in the further research and experimental stage."
"The seventh box is amazing."
The gorilla pursed his lips, and it said to Merlin with great enthusiasm:
"That is one of the important research results of .m. It is a small photon engine. I call it a 'time accelerator'. It allows the wearer to move forward at the speed of light in a short period of time, which is equivalent to changing the time."
A ray of light flashed in Winston's eyes, and he whispered:
"It is worth mentioning that the design drawing of this photon engine was completed by Gruder and I."
"Um?"
Merlin looked back at the gorilla in surprise, and said:
"You never told me that you are still a scientist?"
"There is nothing to be surprised about."
Winston said without hesitation:
"Those scientists genetically modified me to help them complete some complex designs. I am an orangutan, I am a beast, I have unique imaginations that humans do not have, and they occasionally need my imagination."
"What about this?"
Merlin patted the eighth box at hand, the last one. He looked back at Winston, who thought for a while and said:
"That's the most common thing."
"There is a map and a frozen compass inside. I don't know what it is for, but I remember that when these two things were taken back, the chief officer in the base was very happy, and he also said."
"The mysterious super soldier serum is no longer a secret."
Chapter completed!