Valentine ignored Dr. Herrington who started talking about the glorious past, but turned his face to look at the computer screen that was in standby mode. The display screen is mirrored, and Valentine can see his face more clearly under the reflection of the lights in the room.
Her peach blossom eyes, willow-leaf eyebrows, fair skin, and silver-white hair are exactly the same as the person in the photo. At that time, he just felt that his body looked a bit feminine, but now...
Valentin began to have doubts about his gender and decided to check it out.
…
No, no, no, this is ridiculous.
Although she looks like a girl in appearance, and her experimental code name is also the name of a goddess, but the personal file in front of the computer just now clearly stated that she is a male, how could she be a woman?
The occurrence of such a situation can only mean that there is a small problem with the time travel.
After eliminating the unrealistic thoughts from his mind, Valentine gathered his mood and began to listen to Dr. Herrington's speech. The good doctor finally got to the point.
"...The Colombian government is dissatisfied with the status quo and decided to form a special armed force focusing on infected people. This is also a key research topic of Rhein Life Laboratory in recent years."
"So, with the secret support from above, Rheinland Life began to send people around the world to search for those infected people with great potential, and brought them back here to start a series of human experiments, striving to tap out more potential in them .”
Recalling the information about the Rhine Life Trio in the Arknights game, Valentin can be sure that there is more than one experimental subject like Charmander. After all, he is also one of the experimental subjects of the Rhine Life Laboratory.
Perhaps while Dr. Herington was chatting with him at this time, Ifrit was being tortured by drugs somewhere in this experimental facility.
An army of infected people... The Colombian government is really big-hearted. Isn't it afraid that after it is formed, these infected people who have suffered inhumane persecution in the Rhineland will rise up?
Great Chuxing, King Chen Sheng!
"... We have discovered enough infected people with violent abilities such as blasting, assassination, and precise strikes. Although almost none of them can reach the level of 'Balrog', they are enough for ordinary warfare. Some time ago, the government conducted an operation against a hostile country, and it was during this operation that they discovered serious deficiencies in this infected team."
"Guess." Dr. Herrington pretended and smiled.
"What is this deficiency?"
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"They lack medical operators?"
Valentine easily guessed the result. He himself is a medical magician, and Dr. Herrington is his supervisor. This sentence is obviously about him.
"That's right." Doctor Herrington patted Valentine on the shoulder: "A team of 7 infected people was completely wiped out."
"They completed their mission well, but were attacked by enemy military forces during the retreat. These outstanding soldiers were wiped out before they even reached the retreat point."
"Is there no doctor in this team?" Valentine asked.
"No one wants to be the medic of this infected team." Doctor Herrington sighed: "This is why we are asked to look for infected people with the talent of medical origin stone."
"So you found me?"
Dr. Herrington looked at Valentine with a complicated expression. After a few seconds of silence, he finally told the truth: "You were not infected before you came to Rhine Life. You were infected with the ore disease after you came here."
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Valentine tilted his head and blinked a few times. It was as if something heavy had hit his head directly. The poor man who had just traveled through time felt his head was buzzing and his pupils had lost their brightness.
He shook his head slightly to calm himself down.
"Well, what happens next?" Valentine acted very calmly.
Just kidding, I am already a patient with ori disease. Is there any use in worrying about where I got ori disease? Can I still dismantle the Rhine Life Laboratory?
If I could become a powerful warlock like Ifrit, maybe...
No, that wouldn't work either. There was no need for Ceria to hit him. He could cry for a long time even if he punched Ceria himself.
"...I feel relieved and guilty for your tolerance." Dr. Herrington withdrew his right hand from Valentine's shoulder and bowed slightly in front of his chest.
Valentine did not respond. He seemed to accept Dr. Herrington's apology.
"Okay, where did I just say it?" Dr. Herrington raised his head, and his philosophical smile returned to his face.
——————Capitalism turns people into ghosts————————
During the countless days and nights of Rhine's life, Duckholm Herrington often stayed up all night. He would lie in bed tossing and turning every night, thinking about the enthusiasm he had when he graduated from medical school, the promise he made when he first entered the doctor's position, the experiments he participated in, and the numbness of the experimental subjects. s face.
He kept asking himself whether he was still a doctor or a scientific researcher. Whenever that happened, his hands would ache.
Those were the hands that injected the diluted Source Stone reagent into Valentine's body, and those were the hands that pushed a child into the abyss.
But he had to do it.
Happy? unhappy? Why? For life.
The first few years of joining Rhine Life were Dr. Herrington's happiest years. At that time, he had just graduated and was immersed in the joy of having both career and love. His work did not involve these unethical experiments.
But as time went by, the world revealed its true colors, mercilessly venting its pressure on Dr. Herrington, who had entered middle age. Mortgage, car loan, tuition, insurance... A lot of financial pressure made his hair turn gray in just a few months, and he seemed to have aged dozens of years in an instant.
Colombia is a free country, but freedom requires a price, money that exudes the fragrance of ink.
It was at that time that he set his sights on the secret experiment of Rhine Life and on the contract that was contrary to human principles but could bring huge economic benefits.
Every senior researcher at Rheinland Life has the right to choose to participate in experiments. They only need to sign a few contracts. Although the daily experimental subjects have become real people, their salary levels will also receive a qualitative leap.
At first, Herrington, like most of his colleagues, was disdainful of the experiment, and he even participated in a strike action against the experiment within Rheinland Life. However, human experiments continued, and the resistance of Herrington and others had no effect. Instead, they lost a lot of salary.
They returned to their posts under the pressure of life, ignored the experiments that violated human ethics in the laboratory, and did the job at hand.
But in the end, Dr. Herrington, who looked down on human experiments, like most people, bowed his head to reality.
During this time, Dr. Herrington has been thinking about what he has done and his own heart. When he saw the extra numbers in his bank card, he felt no joy, only discomfort.
Finally, before falling completely into the abyss, he chose to leave.
Leave this place where he let go of his true nature as a doctor, leave this place that blasphemes life.
This is also the reason why he came to Valentine's residence. He wanted to apologize to Valentine before leaving, even if he was not forgiven, it would make him feel better.
Fortunately, Valentine, or rather Valentine now, didn't care about it at all. He only cared about the important information coming from Dr. Herrington.
After all, every word spoken by Dr. Herrington now violates the confidentiality agreement.
"You said that you were asked to search for infected people with medical Source Stone skills, and then you found me and brought me here for testing." Valentin reminded the macho doctor in front of him.
Dr. Herrington looked a little embarrassed, but he quickly adjusted and continued: "Yes, we found you. Maybe you have forgotten, but what you have done can be said to be great."
"We found you in a town outside Sakaz. At that time, you were using your Origin Stone skills to treat others. When we arrived, we did not alert you immediately, but settled down to observe in secret. , and collect some data by the way.”
At this point, Dr. Herrington's tone changed, full of surprise and pleasure: "You treated one hundred and five injured people in just three days, and most of the injured were knife wounds and arrow wounds, and even There are several people injured by gunshots. We investigated them one day after you treated them and found that the wounds of the patients with stab wounds and arrow wounds had basically healed with scars. The wounds of the patients with gunshot wounds were also infected. It was effectively suppressed, and you even helped them remove the bullet from the wound!"
Valentin was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and he fell into a state of confusion.
Damn it, I actually have such a DIO?
Is this guy’s original name Hua Tuo?
"Well... um, Doctor Herrington." Valentine interrupted his speech: "Can you tell me how I treated the patient at that time? I can't remember."
"..."
Dr. Herrington suddenly lost his words, and it took him a long time to hold back a sentence: "This is the first time I have seen someone with such complete amnesia as you."
Valentine scratched his head awkwardly and showed an apologetic smile.
There's no way...it's really a pain in the ass to not inherit the memory of the original owner of this body after soul piercing.
"The release of Origin Stone skills requires an Origin Stone medium. There is no Origin Stone medium here." Doctor Herrington began to explain patiently: "When you come into contact with the Origin Stone medium, a power will appear in your body. This power You can clearly feel the power, and this power is your Origin Stone skill."
"The Source Stone medium, that is, the staff is like a set of keys. It opens the door to the Source Stone skills sealed in your body, allowing your power to emerge. Then, you will find that you can control this power easily. .”
"Of course, for infected people, they can cast spells without a staff, but the spells released in this way are generally very low-intensity and not practical."
Valentine scratched his head. To be honest, he didn't understand. After all, he had always been a good young man living under the glory of socialism. He had never been exposed to things like ghosts and monsters. No matter how easy-to-understand Dr. Herington's words were, he still couldn't understand them. A feeling unless he could try it with his own hands.
However, it is impossible for Rhine Life to give him a staff and let him use Originium skills at will, at least under a controllable experimental state.
Valentine was terrified when he thought about being tied to the bed that day. However, thinking about Dr. Herington's attitude towards him, Valentine still felt a little confident. After all, he would not harm him.
"So Doctor Herrington, when is the next experiment? I want to try my Origin Stone skills." Valentine rubbed his hands and looked at Herrington with eyes full of expectation, feeling disgusted with the experiment. Also a few points missing.
Just kidding, Origin Stone skills! Spells! This is something you couldn't experience in the original world! Just thinking about it makes you excited!
However, Dr. Herington did not respond to Valentine's expectations, but poured cold water on him: "There may be experiments, but I will no longer be in charge."
"Huh?" Valentine looked 0v0.
"I'm sorry, kid." Doctor Herrington lowered his head and looked at him, his eyes full of affection, which made Valentine feel a little numb.
"If I could... I would like to take you out of here. But I can't."
"However, I can give you some help, maybe you can escape."
Dr. Herrington stood up, reached into his chest, and took out a black card wrapped in a small plastic bag under his arm. He took the card out of the bag and handed it to Valentine.
Valentine's eyes twitched, but he still took the card. The card was very light, lighter than the bank cards he remembered. It felt like a piece of hard paper in his hand. The card is completely black and has a matte texture without any patterns.
"What is this?" Valentine looked up at Herrington, his eyes full of confusion.
"An identification card, a copy." Dr. Herrington stuffed the small plastic bag back under his arm; "So there is no Rheinland Vital logo on it, and there is no everyone's profile picture on it."
"Its function is to allow you to open this door." Dr. Herrington pointed to the door of the room, sliding his finger outward to draw an arc: "And almost all the doors in this building."
What an artifact!
Valentine's hand holding the card suddenly tightened, and then the sharp pain in his hand made him let go of the card. He lowered his head and found that there was some blood on the edge of the card, and a streak of blood appeared on his fingers.
"This card is very sharp. I didn't do any unnecessary processing. Be careful when using it. The method of use is very simple. Just aim at the card slot at the door and swipe from top to bottom." Herington pointed to the card slot at the door of the room. Made a sliding gesture.
"...Why is there this card slot in the room?" Valentin glanced at the door and felt that there was something wrong with the architect of Rhine Life.
As an experimental subject, it should be kept well locked up. Why should we design an unlocking device in the room?
Does this count as helping yourself to escape from prison?
"I don't know." Herrington spread his hands, then put his right hand into his pants and took out a small box.
Valentine took a step back.
Herington smiled heartily, and Valentine's anus tightened.
"This thing is a bit big. It can only be placed here. There is no other way." Herington opened the box, took out the contents with his left hand, and handed it to Valentine. Valentine hesitated and took it.
This is a polyhedral device, completely black and mirror-like, a bit slippery in the hand. The most important thing was that when Valentine took it, he felt as if there was a force coming to life in his body, constantly swimming in his internal organs.
"This is a miniature source stone skill release medium. The purity of the source stone inside is not very high. It is a consumable. Depending on the strength of your source stone skill, it can be released about ten times." Herrington said There was an explanation.
Upon hearing this, Valentine began to mobilize the power in his body, letting it flow along his body to his arms, preparing to release a real spell. Herrington watched the horns on Valentine's head emit a little blue light, and quickly snatched the polyhedron from his hand.
"Don't use it indiscriminately, this is a life-saving thing." Herington looked at the excited little dragon man in front of him with an extremely serious expression.
"Yeah, I understand."
Herrington handed him the polyhedron, told him to put it away properly, and told him a few pieces of information.
"You have to remember what I'm going to say next, it's related to whether you can escape."
"First of all, the Defense Department of the Rheinland Life Laboratory is not 007. They also have time to rest. This time is Sunday. On Sunday, only Director Seria of the Defense Department stays in the base, and he will basically stay on the fifth underground floor. Because it is a top-secret laboratory and the place where the Balrog Plan is implemented. If you want to escape from here, you can only do so on Sunday."
"Second, the card I gave you can basically open all the doors from the first to the fourth floor. If some doors can't be opened, don't worry about it. There is absolutely no way behind that door. You can insert the card later. On the computer, you can get a map of the entire base's internal structure, with detailed route introductions, and you can choose a route you think is safe to escape from here."
"Third, regarding this polyhedron, it is a simple staff with low purity. It can only allow you to use Origin Stone skills about ten times, which means you have ten opportunities to heal yourself. Take advantage of it and don't waste it."
"There's only so much I can do." Herington patted Valentine on the shoulder, stood up and left.
Snap, the door closed. Valentine looked at the door with mixed feelings in his heart. Just when Herington said that he was the culprit who infected him with ore disease, Valentine almost cursed. On the surface, he was as calm as an old dog, but in fact, he was jealous in his heart. When Dr. Herrington later took out these things and said those words, Valentine could truly feel a little bit of his apology.
Language is always feeble, only tangible things have meaning.
Looking at the cube in his hand, Valentine sighed. Although he was very angry, he was still very grateful to Dr. Herrington for what he had done for him. Helping an experimental subject escape is very dangerous, and there must be something in Rhine Life's confidentiality agreement about this.
Valentine hid the card and the polyhedron in the corner of the bed, packed the bed and prepared to rest. Next, life and death are determined by fate and wealth, and we are just waiting for a desperate escape on Sunday.
