Chapter 75 The Boy Asks
Chapter 75 The Boy Asks
Wang Jixuan built a temporary small secret room with a cloth curtain.
He did not rashly use his signature skill, the Soul-Catching Talisman, but simply made some hand gestures and silently chanted a spell.
A ray of light seeps in here.
Meng Caiyuan's soul, which was about to leave his body, slowly sat up and passed through the barrier of the nutrient chamber.
The young man was stunned for a moment, looked down at his body lying in the cabin, and then looked calmly at Wang Jixuan who was wearing a helmet.
The boy's voice appeared in Wang Jixuan's heart.
The two communicated in silence.
"Who are you?" The boy's voice was a little timid.
"Codenamed Black Storm, I'm a military psychic," Wang Jixuan introduced himself via voice transmission, "My ability is to occasionally communicate with the souls of dying people."
"Okay, Mr. Storm," the boy asked, "What can I do for you?"
Wang Jixuan stared at the soul: "Can you communicate with blade beasts?"
The boy seemed to be thinking.
His emotions were unexpectedly calm, so calm that there was not even a ripple, like a... polite machine.
"It can't really be considered communication. At most, it's just giving them simple instructions."
The young man said softly:
"If what the professors and researchers said is true, this is a jamming signal that has interfered with the blade beast's communication system. The low-level blade beasts will recognize me as a general-level blade beast life form.
“Similarly, this requires the cooperation of some instruments. Due to my own condition, the spiritual energy fluctuations I can release are very weak.
"They usually jokingly call that device, an amplifier."
Wang Jixuan was more curious about this young man, and asked calmly, "Weren't you in a coma the whole time? How do you know all this?"
"It's only my body that's unconscious."
The young man said calmly:
“You are the first psychic who can communicate with me in this state. Before, I could only observe them in this state.
“It should be related to your own abilities.
"Back to your question just now, my exact answer is - I can give orders to a small number of blade beasts and send them unilateral information, but I cannot understand them."
Wang Jixuan nodded slowly: "Are there many individuals like you in the Thirteenth Institute?"
“In a sense, it’s a little and a lot.”
The boy quickly explained:
“The research direction within the Thirteenth Institute should be extremely chaotic, as they are divided into thousands of research groups.
"Based on the information I have gained from observing them for a long time, I am an individual born by chance, so I am rare.
“But I am not a normal human being.
"I originated from an S-class psychic known as the Beast Whisperer. His stem cells were used as raw material for cloning and I was cultivated. My ideal lifespan is only between 37 and 42 years old.
"Among the clones in my batch, 3,400 survived initially. After the psychic energy infusion experiment, 320 remained. After more than ten years of cultivation and various experiments, there are now 12 surviving, but each of them has awakened a different psychic energy. Three of them are slightly similar to the Beast Whisperer.
"So in a sense, there can be many individuals like me. As long as they increase the number of samples put in."
Wang Jixuan leaned back slightly, frowned and stared at the boy: "What about your...emotions? Why can't I feel any changes in your emotions?"
"I had part of my brain removed."
The boy spoke calmly.
Perhaps because he was in spirit state, his eyes were very gentle.
"Mr. Storm, if you need me to, I can fake some emotions. In fact, I do have emotions, but they are weak.
“For example, when facing researcher Qin Qin, I would show my gentle and timid side.
"She was actually a pitiful person. When she was a student, she was raped by her supervisor in the laboratory in order to complete her thesis. I was about eight years old at the time and lived not far from her. Later, her supervisor treated her as a pet and exchanged her with some elderly people's pets.
“Many times, such unpleasant things happen in laboratories that require cleanliness.
"So, I can understand why Researcher Qin Qin kept stimulating and playing with my male sexual characteristics when she was studying me as a sample. She did this to gain the pleasure of completely controlling a living individual and to fill her once hurt heart.
"But I think that the communication we have now, which is based on the soul, should be the most essential and sincere communication... I don't need to attach those emotions."
Wang Jixuan folded his arms, took two steps back, and carefully looked at the boy's physical condition.
Taoist Wang asked: "Can you sense the location of the Blade Beast?"
"It requires the cooperation of instruments to sense it occasionally, and they have to operate it for a long time each time. It is similar to a biological radar."
The young man said calmly:
"I only have a small part of the ability of an animal whisperer, and the current ability to observe everywhere."
"Your soul is leaving your body, which is proof that your soul is strong."
Wang Jixuan explained simply.
This is also the reason why he asked Lingtong to leave first.
Although Lingtong has a strong body and her mechanical arm has amazing lethality, her soul itself does not have strong defensive capabilities.
"Have you finished your questioning?" the boy asked.
"Yeah," Wang Jixuan nodded slightly.
There was a slight sense of uneasiness in the boy's eyes. "Can I ask you a few questions? About four questions will be enough... You are the first human being I have ever communicated with in such a sincere and honest way."
"Yes," Wang Jixuan said, "I can see the state of your soul. You really haven't done anything evil. In addition, you have helped the military several times before to mislead the blade beasts."
"That's good."
The boy regained his composure:
"The first question is... will it be happy to have the love and care of parents?"
Wang Jixuan was stunned.
There was some desire in the boy's eyes.
Wang Jixuan was not sure whether the boy wanted to hear a positive answer or a negative answer. He also did not want to lie to this soul that was almost as pure as a blank sheet of paper.
Wang Jixuan smiled bitterly: "I can't answer this question. All I have in my memory is a vague fenced yard. I feel guilty towards my parents. My teacher used enough gold, silver and jewelry to make them rich for the rest of their lives to take me away from them."
The boy hurriedly said, "I sympathize with your experience. I'm sorry, I didn't know you had been trafficked."
Wang Jixuan: ...
Forget it, why bother with a child?
He said, "It's nothing. You know quite a lot about human society."
"I would secretly read the books they read, listen to their conversations, and then try my best to imagine what the world outside the nutrient tank is like." The boy smiled and then asked:
"Have you ever experienced love? Is love beautiful? That's a question."
Wang Jixuan pondered for a few seconds, and several images flashed through his mind.
When he was practicing and lazing under a tree enjoying the mountain breeze, the little junior sister leaned over and called him "brother";
When he was racking his brains to figure out the problem, the tipsy senior sister reclined on a bamboo chair, watching him with a silky gaze;
There was also a beautiful girl with a disabled body but a strong will. When she placed her forehead against his back, his heart began to throb...
"It should be wonderful," Wang Jixuan said with a smile, "I haven't experienced it yet, but I should experience it in the future to complete my life experience."
The boy's eyes suddenly lit up: "This is an additional question - is love supposed to be like what Researcher Qin Qin often does to me? Or is love more important than desire, and warming each other more important than venting desire?"
“I really can’t explain this.”
Wang Jixuan smiled bitterly:
"I'm not a philosopher."
"I'm sorry, Mr. Storm, I'm so presumptuous... But I can feel from the change in your tone that you may have begun to taste the beauty of love."
Wang Jixuan shrugged: "Then you are indeed presumptuous. I am not in a relationship yet."
The young man laughed inaudibly and asked the third question.
"Mr. Black Storm, can you tell me clearly whether the things I did before harmed other human individuals? Because I have been following their orders before, so that I can live a little more comfortably."
The boy's eyes were filled with helplessness:
"If the messages I've amplified six times before have harmed individual humans, it would convince me that I'm a selfish clone."
Wang Jixuan asked: "Was the last message you sent asking the Blade Beasts to retreat?"
"Yes."
The young man said softly:
"The order given to me by Researcher Qin Qin is to have the Blade Beasts focus on attacking the main battlefield in the desert.
“This was decided after Researcher Qin Qin and Uncle Feng discussed it.
"Researcher Qin Qin used her body to exchange for Uncle Feng's help, hoping that Uncle Feng would take action at the critical moment and let her, the Minister of New Biology, become the hero who saves the fortress, but Uncle Feng does not want to take this risk.
"Uncle Feng said that the D5 war zone is close to being out of control. This is the last struggle of the old devil before his self-collapse. Ling Tong is one of the potential successors, so it is best to take the opportunity to get rid of him.
"I judged that if I issued such an order to the blade beasts, it might put humans on the defensive and cause a large number of casualties. This is completely different from the previous times when I participated in the military's activities and led the blade beasts into traps.
"So I sent a message to ask them to leave... Uncle Feng and Researcher Qin Qin couldn't actually tell what message I sent."
“Great job.”
Wang Jixuan smiled and said:
“I don’t know about the other things, but the order you sent out recently was great. It caused some confusion in the Blade Beasts. They didn’t fight to the death, and our defense line was not breached.
“You played a very important role.”
"That's good."
The boy smiled with relief, then sighed and looked down at himself in the nutrient chamber.
He asked, "The last question is... can you kill me?"
"Why?" Wang Jixuan asked, "Isn't it good to live?"
"I have read on the pages of a book blown open by the wind a sentence that I can recognize from the bottom of my heart. It goes like this."
The boy's voice slowed down:
“Humans are creatures shaped by the past, and their consciousness comes from the accumulation of their own memories.
“My memory is not enough to support my belief that there will be a glimmer of hope tomorrow, but I have never had the choice between life and death.
"So, Mr. Storm... can you kill me quickly and directly?"
Wang Jixuan asked: "Why don't you try to look forward? You are still young now. The pain of death... is very uncomfortable. It is an endless silence... Please change the question. I can't answer this question for you."
"Then sir."
The young man's soul widened his eyes, and asked cautiously with a trembling voice:
"Can someone like me be called a human being?"
……
The glass door of the laboratory was opened.
Wang Jixuan walked out with a smile and came to Qin Qin who was being held aside.
The three half-human mechas who were chatting looked over here at the same time. Zheng Shiduo and several psychics also looked over here curiously.
Taoist Wang looked down at Qin Qin, and suddenly kicked the wall next to Qin Qin, creating an obvious hole.
"Witch! I haven't killed you yet because I still need to interrogate you!"
Taoist Wang lowered his head and cursed, then turned and walked to Lingtong.
Ling Tong asked: "What happened?"
"I've finished asking questions," Wang Jixuan briefly told Ling Tong a few things.
Qin Qin and Uncle Feng's plan to murder Ling Tong;
The specific abilities of this young man;
And the existence of the S-class Psychic [Beast Speaker].
Wang Jixuan said, "After the investigation is completed, can you show me the report? You don't have to show me the specific report. If what I said completely matches Qin Qin's confession, you can give me a thumbs up."
Ling Tong asked curiously: "Why?"
"I want to save this boy. His pure soul is very precious to me."
Daoist Wang clicked his tongue:
"Although the purity of the soul cannot be faked, unlike the look in the eyes, but every failure is a learning experience... Saving him is just a piece of cake for me. I'll wait for you to investigate."
"understood."
Ling Tong breathed a sigh of relief, thought for a moment, and said softly:
"We still have some work to do, so let Brother Deep Sea take you back to rest."
"Okay, I just need to... take a break."
Wang Jixuan waved his hand and walked away with an extremely relaxed step.
The half-human mecha Deep Sea who ran up from behind took the initiative to put his arm around the shoulders and started to build a good relationship with the cool helmeted man.
The words that Wang Jixuan had just left to the young man's soul seemed to echo in the corridor.
In the nutrient chamber in the corner of the laboratory.
A tear fell from the unconscious boy's eye and his lips pursed slightly.
……
"Of course you are a human being. I don't know whether it is cloned or not, but there is no doubt that your soul is complete, your personality is sound, and you are a complete human being.
"I recently realized a truth that I can share with you. It's very simple, but it's my personal experience. It's...
“It’s great to be alive.”
(End of this chapter)