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Chapter 942 The Brain in a Vat
Chapter 942 The Brain in a Vat
Meanwhile, the Chukotka Peninsula.
An invisible helicopter hovering at a low altitude of 20 meters slowly revealed its figure. The cabin door painted with the emblem of the Guards of the Organization slid open to one side, and dozens of heavily armed elite soldiers quickly slid down along the ropes. On the ground, an arc-shaped defensive formation was formed.
Then, an officer and a soldier carrying a strange instrument slid out of the helicopter.
"This is the place where the trace of the target was found recently. Scan it." The officer said to the soldier carrying the instrument.
"Yes." The soldier immediately took off the instrument on his back and put it on the ground, then inserted a dozen electrodes into the ground, and then started to operate on the terminal screen...
"Report sir, a residual energy reaction has been detected, something should have passed by here 10 minutes ago!" The soldier immediately reported to the officer as soon as the detection instrument beeped.
"Are you sure it's the target?"
"The probability is more than 80.00%!"
"Very good! Immediately conduct energy trace analysis and track the whereabouts of the target!"
"Yes!"
The soldier's ten fingers were tapping on the touch screen quickly... However, when he pressed the last key, his expression suddenly froze——
"Sir! They're here! Near here—"
As soon as the soldiers yelled, a black figure burst out from the ground at a speed that was hard to detect with the naked eye, and directly rushed to the helicopter hovering above their heads!
A pair of extremely exaggerated bone scythes pierced through the bulletproof glass of the helicopter cockpit without any hindrance. Before the two helicopter pilots even realized what happened, their eyes went dark and they lost consciousness forever... and The instigator who killed them also destroyed the operating platform of the helicopter, and the stealth helicopter lost its balance and smashed towards the ground——
"boom!!"
A few soldiers who had no time to evade were crushed by the falling helicopter, while a guy who ran a little slower was cut in half by the blades that were still rotating at high speed, half of the body was under the action of inertia Was thrown out more than ten meters!
The tail rotor of the helicopter slammed on the hard rock on the ground, broke off and shot out like a flying knife, cutting off most of the head of the soldier standing next to the instrument, splashing red and white The thing immediately stained the officer.
"Gather the formation! Gather the formation!" The officer drew his pistol and shouted loudly.
"Sir! What the hell is that?!" The soldiers quickly retreated and gathered around the officer, but during the whole process, none of them pulled the trigger, as if none of the dozens of guns in their hands like a bullet...
"Shoot! Shoot! Kill him!" The officer raised his pistol and started firing in the direction of the helicopter.
"Sir... I, we don't have a shooting permit... We are asked to capture the target alive... We have not yet been able to determine whether that is the target..."
"Fart! Our mission is to capture the kidnapped prisoner alive. As for the others, life and death don't matter! Do you think the guy who shot down the helicopter is the kidnapped prisoner?!"
After waiting for the officer's order, the soldiers finally started shooting wildly at the helicopter, but at this moment, the black figure jumped down from the wreckage of the helicopter, and in the blink of an eye, he had already penetrated into the hard frozen ground middle.
"It actually has the ability to drill into the ground?!" The officer who saw this scene was stunned. Although the black shadow had drilled out of the ground when he launched the attack, in his mind, the pit used for ambush should be It has been dug long ago... You must know that this place is frozen soil, the hardness and density of the soil are comparable to rocks, and it only took less than a second for that black figure to dig out a hole on the ground that is enough to tear his entire body. The big hole to accommodate it... how is this possible? !
"No...everyone...watch your feet!"
However, it was too late for him to say this, the black shadow had already broken through the ground at the very center of the defensive circle surrounded by soldiers, and the sharp bone scythe mixed with the broken soil all over the sky drew a nearly 360-degree arc, Hot blood spilled all over the ground, and a dozen soldiers were cut into pieces in just an instant!
"monster?!"
It wasn't until this time that the officer really saw the original appearance of that black shadow clearly...
This is a monster that looks like a human but not human. It has a human-like torso and arms, but its skin is covered with metallic scales. At the end of its arms are a pair of huge exaggerated bone scythes. Both legs The knee joints of the monster are bent backward like an insect, and three pairs of transparent wing membranes extend from the monster's back—as for the monster's head, it is wrapped in a fully covered metal helmet, Only a trace of bloody eyes flashed through the gap in the front of the helmet.
"Damn it...not the target..." The officer took a step back involuntarily, and the soldiers under him immediately turned their guns around and started shooting violently at the monster that appeared out of nowhere!
Useless... Bullets are completely useless. Whether it is a regular-caliber bullet or a large-caliber full-power bullet specially used to deal with monsters, there is no way to penetrate the layer of scales on this monster's body. Even the moving kinetic energy couldn't stop it from moving, and saw the huge bone scythe swinging past, and the heads of two soldiers were separated again...
"Backup...we need support...Area 47 appears—"
Before the officer finished speaking, the walkie-talkie fell to the ground. Along with it, there was also an arm severed from the shoulder by Qi Gen.
And at the last moment of this officer's life, he vaguely saw a series of serial numbers on the monster's shoulder...
"F0905..."
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Anchorage, Federal Reserve Bank building.
Qi Lin checked the entire bank lobby carefully, but found nothing. Apart from cleaning up all the living dead that might have existed here, the mastermind did not leave any traces for Qi Lin in the lobby. clue.
Bypassing the counter and passing through the archive room, a stairway extending underground appeared in front of Qi Lin, leading to the bank's underground vault. In the past, this place must have been strictly guarded, but now, not only the guards have He disappeared, and even the door that was supposed to be locked was left open.
"Is the stronghold the bank's vault?"
The Federal Reserve Bank was the most influential banking institution in the United States before the war. The person in charge behind the scenes was actually the famous Morgan Consortium. With the capabilities of the Morgan Consortium and the importance of the Federal Reserve Bank, the underground of each branch In fact, the vaults are all built according to the standards of the highest-level nuclear shelters. Neither shock waves nor nuclear radiation can penetrate layers of barriers to enter the underground vaults... So, according to this idea, the bank Transforming the underground vault into a safe stronghold seems to be a very feasible option...
However, just after Qi Lin entered the underground of the bank along the stairs, this idea was directly rejected by him...
The entire basement floor of the bank was seriously flooded, and dirty water with excessive radiation pollution poured in from above. The depth of the pooled water was enough to cover Qi Lin's knees.
Not only the underground vault, but the drainage system of the entire city has been paralyzed, and when the ice and snow melted, the radioactive sewage flowed into the underground part of the city along various gaps and accumulated inside.
"...Why is this happening?"
An underground vault full of radioactive sewage naturally cannot be a safe stronghold selected by the mastermind. The radiation intensity inside is even much higher than that on the surface. Except for Qi Lin, the rest of the team have no choice survive in this environment.
"Did I go to the wrong place?"
Even though he thought so, Qi Lin still walked forward without giving up... The depth of the snow, and the bank hall where there were no undead wandering around, these were the only two things he found in Anchorage Clue, if that safe stronghold isn't here... where could it be?
"Huh?" After walking tens of meters in the knee-deep sewage, Qi Lin's attention was suddenly attracted by a tightly closed circular gate. Such gates abound in underground vaults. These gates The back of the gate is a compartment for storing banknotes, gold, or other valuables, and the body of the gate is generally made of high-strength alloy... Generally, it will not rust... Of course, this refers to the general Under normal circumstances, under the multiple erosion of radiation and waste water, these gates have already become rusty, and the gate in front of Qi Lin has serious wear marks on the rust on the circular valve.
The radiation wastewater here was only poured in after the nuclear explosion passed, and at that time, there were no living people in Anchorage, and the gate began to be rusted after that, and it was impossible for the dead to go. Turning the valve on the gate...
"I finally found it..."
Qi Lin held the valve with both hands, turned it hard, and the creepy sound of metal friction came from the mechanical components inside the door. The gate was not locked. Qi Lin turned the valve a few times and gave it to him. opened.
Since the gate was higher than the ground by nearly half a meter, the accumulated water did not overflow into the compartment. Although it was a bit damp inside, at least the ground was still dry.
A wooden box as tall as a person was placed in the middle of two rows of safes. Unlike the dusty and rusty safes, this wooden box was very brand new, obviously it was put here not long ago.
"This is……?"
Qi Lin walked around the wooden box twice. In this compartment, apart from the wooden box, there was nothing else, and the safes had no trace of being opened.
With a hint of curiosity, Qi Lin pried open the wooden box.
Inside the wooden box is a glass tank filled with physiological maintenance fluid... However, the volume of this glass tank is too small, and it is estimated that it can only fit a newborn baby.
And put together with this ultra-small glass tank, there is also a complete set of life support equipment.
"Could this be for Qin? But... such a small life support cabin... there is no way to put Qin in it..."
Qi Lin fiddled with the set of life-support equipment, and finally found a document under a pile of electrode patches, and according to the contents of the document... This so-called "life-support equipment" was indeed not for Qin Suo. prepare……
To be precise, it was prepared for Qin's "brain".
The mastermind has already known that there was an accident in the rescue operation. Due to the restrictions of the first mastermind, it is currently unable to provide any help to Qi Lin and the team... The planned safe stronghold does not actually exist... and considering Qin's Physical condition, the only way to keep him alive is to send him back to the survival cabin.
However, the size of the life-support cabin and a complete set of supporting equipment is too large. Under the strict monitoring of the first mastermind, the second mastermind has no way to send it to Anchorage, so it can only settle for the next best thing and try to get it first. Keep Qin's brain.
Qi Lin and the others had to find a way to take Qin's brain out of his head and put it into this "survival tank". Otherwise, Qin's brain would probably die along with his body. There is a way to save it.
And with Qin's special ability, he has already changed his body once, and if he has the first time, there will be a second time, and he will look for him when the time comes...or simply clone a body, so that he can have a chance Get out of the "brain in a vat" state.
In this document, the detailed surgical procedures and operation methods are also attached to ensure that Qi Lin and the others can smoothly transfer Qin's brain from his body to this glass jar...
It's just... I don't know why, Qi Lin suddenly felt... the whole thing seemed extraordinarily strange...
"Strange... really strange..."
Before the start of the rescue operation, the mastermind had already told Qi Lin that he must completely destroy Qin's brain to prevent it from being used by the mastermind and the organization... But now, he wants to A way to preserve Qin's brain...
Although they have rescued Qin from the submarine prison now, Qi Lin is well aware of the unique way of thinking of the main brain. Since he said before that Qin can be killed, in the main brain's plan, Qin's ending is right. It is dispensable, Qin's life and death will not affect the mastermind's next move, or the impact is very small.
Judging from the current situation, if Qin really becomes a burden, the second mastermind will definitely mercilessly suggest that Qi Lin kill him and destroy his brain to find a way to get out of the predicament.
But why... After Qi Lin and the others crossed the Bering Strait, crossed the Alaska Mountains, and entered Anchorage, what they saw was a set of equipment prepared for "Qin's brain"?
It doesn't make sense!
If Qin's brain is really put into this life support tank... wouldn't it really be a "brain in a tank"?And the definition of a brain in a vat... isn't that very close to what the Utopia project wants to achieve?
If you want to separate the consciousness from the physical body... the first step in the operation on the physical level is to let the brain leave the body and connect directly with the computer...
Isn't this process what the mastermind and the organization planned to do to Qin?
Thinking of this, Qi Lin suddenly felt that his back was drenched in cold sweat... Their current situation, I am afraid they have...
(End of this chapter)