Chapter 286: Too Good a Deal

Chapter 286: Too Good a Deal

Gloria spent some time selectively talking about some things about her identity, but Gloria noticed that when she explained this information to Han Zu, Han Zu did not seem as interested in her as he said. He had his back to her and was making different weapons on a special workbench. There were relatively few types of weapons, only three: a heavy machine gun, something that looked like a flamethrower or an energy thrower, and another that should be a miniature guided missile launcher. Gloria did not see the ammunition for the three weapons, but judging from the number of weapons Han Zu made, something was always wrong.

However, this matter does not seem to be important at the moment. While "thinking" and communicating with Han Zu, Gloria began to recall what Han Zu was interested in. Soon, Gloria recalled that when she was in the manor, the only time Han Zu showed his concentration was when he discovered those biological grenades and their internal structures.

Interested in the weapons themselves? Gloria didn't think so, because she saw a large number of weapons and equipment in the boxes placed around the cave and even on the ground. There were countless kinds of lethal throwing weapons (various grenades, explosives and similar things). After thinking quickly, Gloria figured out what Han Zu was really interested in, which was the reagent in the biochemical grenade.

"There is a team in the base that is specifically responsible for weapons research. Because the establishment of the weapons research and development department was very sudden, the people here used to work in various places. What surprised us the most was the joining of a doctor. Although I didn't pay attention to his name, I heard from people who knew him that his original work place seemed to be a research institute, researching... some kind of biochemical experiment. Later, I don't know what happened, and the research institute was closed. The doctor then went to the weapons research and development department."

After saying this piece of news, which was not very meaningful, Gloria immediately paid attention to Han Zu's actions. Sure enough, he stopped assembling the weapon and tilted his ear slightly. It seemed that this news really aroused Han Zu's interest. After confirming that her guess was correct, Gloria immediately stopped talking to Han Zu.

"Can't remember?" Han Zu said.

"That's not the case, but I've told you so much information, shouldn't you give me some equivalent rewards?"

"It seems you have guessed what I am really interested in."

While talking to Gloria, Han Zu completed the final assembly of the weapon at hand. After pulling the bolt a few times and confirming that the weapon was assembled, Han Zu left the workbench and walked to Gloria.

"So now it's my turn to make the offer, isn't it?"

"According to my previous suggestion, you seem to want to tell me what news I'm interested in after you have reshaped your body."

"Almost. If you think this is the key to breaking the deal, we can terminate the deal. To be on the safe side, I, who know the secret of your secret base, should be eliminated by you. I don't think you are a guy who would be willing to let others know your secrets at will. But..."

"That depends on how much I want to know what you know, right?"

In the eyes of Han Zu and Gloria, the other party is not simple. In Gloria's opinion, this guy who looks harmless and thick-skinned is smarter than a monkey. He will deliberately reveal some flaws in conversations and actions to make people follow his thinking. Even if it seems that someone has the upper hand, it is actually within his imagination.

In Han Zu's opinion, Gloria was no pushover either. Even when she was in a great disadvantage with only half of her head left and unable to call for reinforcements or contact the outside world, she was still able to think calmly and make the situation work in her favor. Although she sometimes took risky moves, it had to be said that she did know how to use key information to gain benefits for herself.

"Of course, since this is a deal, both sides must show sincerity."

"Don't worry, this is your territory. Even if I want to rebel, I can't escape. But don't try to tamper with my body when it's being reshaped."

"No problem, I'm not that sinister, at least not in this matter now."

Han Zu picked up Gloria's head, disconnected the data lines connected to it, and brought her head to the side of the two workbenches.

"So what kind of body do you want? A physical body or a mechanically modified body?"

"As for my physical body, my abilities are not as good as those of a mechanical body, but I am better because I cannot be controlled by any preset programs. However, even if you don't attack me here, the poisonous gas in the tunnel outside the gate will kill me."

"Don't think I'm that scary."

"I'm sorry, the information we know about each other is totally unequal, so I have to be on guard. It seems you need to keep me with you for a while."

"You don't want to reshape your body?"

"That's not the case. In the early years of Infinite Company, the outside world called it a research project called "Nirvana". As a senior executive, you should have known about it, right?"

"It seems that you know more about the company than I expected."

The so-called "Nirvana" project is an amazing discovery made by Unlimited Company in medical research. The core of this project is a special material. Everyone thinks that this is a new type of mechanical material developed by Unlimited Company in the laboratory, but Han Zu knows that this should be something found by Unlimited Company in other worlds.

The name of this special material has not been announced to the public, but in the internal archives of Infinite, it is called XIIV-969-T. The original form of this material is a mineral-like substance attached to meteorites in the small meteorite belt at the edge of the planetary system. When Infinite's scientific research vessel first discovered them in the universe, it was mistakenly believed to be a special mineral that can respond to biological signals.

But when the meteorite with XIIV-969-T attached was brought back to the laboratory for experiments, the researchers found that this material would have a huge reaction to the bioelectricity in the body. First of all, their conduction effect on bioelectricity can reach 300%. After the bioelectricity completely passes through a pathway composed of XIIV-969-T, this special material will gradually begin to liquidize and begin to reorganize. Through continuous observation of this material, the researchers at the time discovered that when the bioelectricity of the experimental mice completely flowed through this extracted material, this material began to reorganize and actually changed from a mineral-like form to a biological form. It was quickly absorbed by the experimental mice and turned into something exactly like the flesh.

The reason why it is said to be exactly the same, rather than having turned into flesh, is because the body part composed of these materials has mechanical-like characteristics, that is, it can be replaced without consumption using other XIIV-969-T. During the replacement process, as long as the flow of bioelectricity is maintained, the reshaping process can be accelerated, and the organism itself will not become fragile at all.

In subsequent studies, researchers also discovered that after XIIV-969-T became biological material, it would gradually devour and assimilate the original organism. This assimilation did not mean simulating a thing that was exactly the same as the original organism and replacing it, but it was like a painless, wonderful evolutionary process, just like allowing a little white mouse to cross tens of thousands of years of evolution in an instant. It was still itself, but it was already a hundred or even a thousand times stronger than its original self.

After confirming that the mice were in good physical condition, the researchers conducted a new round of tests on them. The results showed that although things that were originally lethal to mice are still lethal now, the dose required is dozens of times higher than before. For example, if a toxin with a concentration of 1% could kill the mouse, now a dose of 80% or 90% would be required, and it might not be successful. Moreover, if the mouse does not die from the toxin at this concentration, its resistance to the toxin will further increase steadily, and it will eventually evolve to be completely immune to the toxin.

Compared with machines, this material called XIIV-969-T has a stronger energy conversion effect. After this material was fully formed into the entire body of the mouse, the mouse gained the ability to recover from its injuries through electricity. And under the test of an unconventional researcher, he successfully made the mouse capable of emitting energy beams. Although no accidents occurred, the researcher was still put in solitary confinement for half a month.

But after he came out, the project leader promoted his authority within the group and specifically asked him to lead a team to study XIIV-969-T's ability to receive and convert energy. As a result, they made an astonishing discovery that this material can convert 969% of known energy. In other words, if one uses XIIV--T to completely "evolve" one's body, then it would be equivalent to becoming a walking universal energy reactor that would never "run out of power."

Something that humans have been longing for since they began to think seems to have become possible at this moment, and that is "eternal life."

Soon, some senior researchers who were quite adventurous at the time, and even the leaders of scientific research projects, conducted a human experiment that was not reported at the time and would most likely not have been approved even if it had been reported.

They first secretly found some armed personnel from the Infinite Company who had lost body parts due to injuries or whose lives could only be maintained by machines. After learning about the effects that XIIV-969-T could have on living things, these personnel basically chose to undergo the experiment without hesitation. The experimental process can be said to be unprecedentedly successful. The reshaping of severed limbs and the replacement of organs have never failed. Although the time taken varies, the most seriously injured armed personnel even lay on the operating table for more than a year, but the final result is that all are successful without exception.

Truth will soon spread inside the company and even to the outside world. To avoid causing a stir in society, the company held a press conference, saying that they had developed a new material in the laboratory that had no side effects and could not cause rejection, and could be used as an artificial organ. Of course, they did not say what its actual function and effect were.

Sure enough, even the news of castration and recastration caused a great sensation in society (Han Zu was not aware of it at the time, he was busy with school, in fact, it would be more appropriate to say that he didn't care). Although Unlimited Company raised the price of this "material" that can be used as an artificial organ to a level that even the rich would curse at the sight of it, but who doesn't want to live a few more days, let alone the rich? After all, for them, being alive is more important than having fewer numbers on their bank accounts.

Now that we have this "material", there must be someone who can afford the price and ask to have the operation. If Infinite Company makes excuses, it would be wrong. You know, when the special characteristics of XIIV-969-T were discovered by Infinite Company, the technology of modifying memory was just beginning.

Therefore, the research and development department of Infinite Company worked intensively for more than half a month, and finally, relying on the characteristics of XIIV-969-T, they produced a beggar's version of a material similar to XIIV-969-T. This material can be said to be the kindergarten version of XIIV-969-T, because it is made of XIIV-969-T after several dilutions. This is the real "Nirvana" project. Although this thing is not even as good as a hair of XIIV-969-T, it is more than enough to reshape an artificial organ that can be used completely for decades and will not easily malfunction.

With the countermeasures, and the subtle influence of the unlimited company on public opinion, the heat of this matter was quickly turned over, society returned to normal, and the unlimited company was able to safely continue to study things like XIIV-969-T. It took a long time, but the researchers finally completed all the research on XIIV-969-T and classified it as a safety project. It is currently being used in a large number of medical projects.

If there is any disadvantage of XIIV-969-T, it is the value required for conversion into flesh. Simply put, take an adult male as an example. If his height is between 170 and 180, then if you want to completely replace his entire body with XIIV-969-T, you will need to use twice the mass of XIIV-969-T of the same weight. This is not a small number. So in fact, although there are people in Infinite Company who have completely replaced their bodies, the number is not large, probably only a few dozen people. After all, although the number of XIIV-969-T is large, this thing only appears in the meteorite belt at the edge of the planetary system. It is very troublesome to transport it, and it may not be found. Even Infinite Company uses diluted materials for medical purposes. Of course, the purity is still much higher than that of the things used in the outside world.

As for why Han Zu knew this thing, it was related to the tissue sample of his own body that he had previously sent to the base of the scientific research department.

After XIIV-969-T was transformed into biological material, it showed a lot of similarities with Han Zu's body tissue samples. This is why Infinite Company was able to study Han Zu's body tissue samples. But at the same time, the sample Han Zu sent over at that time had already exceeded the effect that a complete XIIV-969-T could produce. It can be said to be an evolved version, or in other words, XIIV-969-T is more like a weakened version of Han Zu's body tissue sample.

Because Han Zu seems to be constantly evolving, and after XIIV-969-T has determined its form (completely replacing the biological body), there will be no evolutionary effect. Not to mention, Han Zu's perfect interpretation of the recovery method of creating something out of nothing.

"You mean, you want to use the 'Nirvana' materials to rebuild your body? No problem, although the price is a bit expensive, but money is not a problem for me."

"I'm not talking about the neutered version. I'm talking about...XIIV-969-T."

Han Zu subconsciously glanced at Gloria, and for a second or two, he regained his original emotions and lost his harmless disguise. It seemed that Gloria knew more about Infinity than he thought. Gloria also noticed this. In this short one or two seconds, what Gloria saw seemed not to be a human at all, but a monster disguised as a human. Of course, Gloria would not be stupid enough to point this out, and Han Zu quickly returned to "normal".

"Like I said, you may have to keep me with you for a while. This is something that can determine whether the deal is established, so there is no room for negotiation. Of course, you can also completely erase me from this world and pretend that nothing happened."

"I admire your courage, but you don't seem to think much of me. Of course, I don't mean attitude or anything like that."

Han Zu picked up Gloria's head, took her to a device that had not yet been assembled, and put her on it. Gloria found that on the ground next to the device that had not yet been assembled, there were several thick steel plates welded together to form a floor gate.

"Boom~~"

Han Zu bent down, reached his hand into the edge of the floor gate, and then opened the gate, revealing the space below. When Gloria discovered what was underneath, she obviously recognized it, so she opened her only remaining eye wide and stared at Han Zu in disbelief.

"Aren't all these things..."

"Meteorite with XIIV-969-T attached."

Gloria made a rough estimate and found that the pile of meteorites below weighed at least one ton. This secret base must have other entrances. Otherwise, it would be no small task for Han Zu to transport it from that corridor by himself.

"Of course, I didn't carry this back by hand. There are several entrances and exits here, but they are kept secret for now."

Gloria frowned. This guy was able to get so many XIIV-969-Ts right under the nose of Infinity Company. His identity might not be that simple. He is just a senior executive.

"Who are you..."

"Uh... man!"

Han Zu deliberately acted like a fool and answered in a silly voice, but it didn't make Gloria feel relaxed at all. Instead, it made her feel cold down her spine, if she still had a body now.