Chapter 9
byIt took 77 a long time to confirm that the glass separating him from 76 was unbreakable.
After that, he didn't make this useless attempt again.
The accident happened one afternoon many years later, and 77, who had not restrained his strength, patted the glass separating the corridor with his tail.
The glass, which was supposed to be indestructible, soon revealed a spider web of cracks.
"What's that?" Mermaid No. 65 who emerged from the pool propped up his upper body with both hands on the ground, staring at the cracked glass.
77 turned around, bent down to get closer, and touched the glass surface that was no longer smooth with one hand.
Soon he straightened up again, took a few steps back, and once again slapped his tail vigorously on the position where the crack had originally appeared.
"click"
The glass in front of him was completely broken, and shards of glass fell all over the ground. A few small pieces of glass shards rubbed against 77's tail before it could be retracted, drawing a few small bloodstains.
But 77 no longer cared about the pain on his tail, he stretched out his hand, paused for a moment where the glass originally existed, and then continued to move forward, reaching out without hindrance.
77 withdrew his hand, lowered his head to look at his hands seriously, raised his head after a while, and looked at the slightly larger pieces of glass that were crumbling on the ground with a strange gaze.
The sound of glass breaking soon sounded beside him, 77 turned his head sideways, and saw 76 walking towards him through the broken glass.
76's tail swept away the shards of glass on the ground, and he stopped in front of 77, his brows and eyes relaxed, and the corners of his mouth tried to rise, as if to show a smile.
77 stretched out one hand to cover his eyes, and the other hand smoothed the slightly raised corners of his mouth.
The other experimental subjects in the third district were already excited at this moment, and the sound of glass breaking kept ringing in their ears. The experimental subjects who crossed the glass and reached the corridor were extremely excited, their limbs slapped the ground, and they yelled loudly, waiting to get out from behind the gate.what to do.
A pipe popped out from the ceiling at some point, and a sweet smell came out continuously from it. 77 began to feel the sluggishness of movements, accompanied by sudden sleepiness.
77 also heard the approaching footsteps of the researchers outside the gate of the third district, and he wrapped his own tail around another black tail, just like they did when they were children.Then he put his forehead against 76's shoulder.
77 quickly closed his eyes under the drowsiness, before he lost consciousness, like a warning, he left a sentence in 76's ear: "Don't laugh."
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Although the first escape of the experimental subjects happened suddenly, in the end the researchers successfully locked all the experimental subjects back.
But after that time, the subjects were no longer willing to stay peacefully in the glass room. Even if they tried and couldn't break the glass temporarily, they would not give up.Instead, choose to wait, and try again after your strength grows.
Since then, the experimental subjects have escaped from prison more than 20 times, but limited by the gate of the third district, they have not successfully left the scope of the third district.
But even so, it still caused a lot of trouble for the researchers.
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While the experimental subjects in the third district were preparing for the escape plan in full swing, the hatchlings in the hatching room finally got their own numbers.
Alyssa placed the hatchlings on a small platform, and the hatchlings that had just been put down soon followed her fingers. Compared with the experimental subjects in the third district who were always thinking about escaping from prison, the hatchlings were much more obedient.
The only troublesome thing is that it is a bit too clingy. The hatchlings in front of it have never been so clingy.
"Stop." Alyssa stopped the hatchling's tentacles with one hand, trying to take a picture of it and register information.
"157, stop, stay still on the table." Alyssa began to call it by its title. During the past few days of getting along, the young creature had begun to realize that "157" was also calling itself.
Its movements paused, but the hatchlings, which had not suffered setbacks after coming out of the hatching room, were obviously not very happy.
157 was now as tall as Alyssa's waist, and the pink tentacle bared its teeth and claws to express its reluctance. The end of the tentacle accidentally swept the glassware on the table, and a hand blocked it before the broken glass shards cut 157.in front of it.
A wound was cut on her hand, Alyssa gasped subconsciously, she shook her hand, a few drops of blood got onto 157's body with her movement.
No. 157, who made a mistake, curled up his tentacles with a guilty conscience.It had already experienced injuries and pain during its attempts to explore the world during this time, and seeing Alyssa's wound, 157 seemed to feel the same pain in its own tentacles.
Soft tentacles climbed up the back of Alyssa's hand, and the transparent mucus attached to the wound. The pain gradually disappeared, and the wound healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
After the tentacles were released, Alyssa looked down at the smooth back of her hand, took out a clean test tube from the cabinet, and knelt down in front of 157.
Alyssa held the glass test tube in one hand and the scalpel in the other. The sharp blade easily cut a wound, and the bright red blood continued to flow on the back of the hand that had never been wiped clean.
She knelt down and put her hands in front of the tentacles: "One more time."
The tentacles were actively placed on the arms, and Alyssa continued to speak with inducements: "157, remember what you did just now? Do it again."
157 looked at the wound on her hand, and the tentacles secreted transparent mucus again. After feeling the coldness on the back of her hand, Alyssa quickly lifted the tentacles, allowing the transparent mucus to drip into the test tube.
The juvenile body No. 157 has exhausted the healing mucus accumulated during this period, but it is only half full. Looking at the back of Alyssa's hand that still hasn't healed, 157 tries to stop the continued secretion of mucus.
When it was trying to pull the tentacles back, Alyssa took a little effort to hold the tentacles.
It raised its head to meet Alyssa's eyes. She still smiled and looked at No. 157 encouragingly: "Can you stay a little longer?" Alyssa's peripheral vision fell on the test tube that was not full.She thought, wait a little longer, and the test tube can be filled.
After the test tube was filled, Alyssa closed the lid and was about to put the test tube in the freezer. She took a few steps forward, but her clothes were caught by a tentacle.
"I'm going to work." She was a little helpless, and stretched out a hand to try to take off 157's tentacles.
But 157, who would let go obediently when she heard "work", was not so obedient this time. She slid down from the table, and most of her tentacles were wrapped around her trouser legs.
"157..." Alyssa frowned, and was about to speak sternly to let it go, but felt a chill on the back of her hand.
The neglected wound was re-covered with a tentacle, and the clear mucus quickly took away the pain.
She stopped, and after 157 let go of herself, she touched 157's head with her free hand: "Thank you."
157 looked up at her, forcibly secreting too much mucus, his overdrawn body felt as if it had been drained of water, and the thirteen tentacles limp on the ground, as if they had turned into a puddle of water.
"Why are you acting like a baby again?" Alyssa put the test tube in her hand aside helplessly, squatted down and picked 157 up from the ground and put it on the table. She gently squeezed the soft tentacles like a puddle of liquid:"You are already half as tall as me, and I won't be able to hug you after a while."
Stand 157 let her move, eyes followed her around, it looked at Alyssa's restored skin contentedly, and kept calling "Mom" in a sweet and earnest tone.
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Number 77 who was lazily soaking in the water suddenly straightened up.
"I smell 'mother' blood."
"And that juvenile." 77 looked at 76 and said, "It just confirmed its gender."
The juveniles are genderless at birth, and their sex will be differentiated by their own will after birth.
"It's a female!" No. 45, who heard their conversation, said loudly, "I smell it, it actively differentiated into a female!"
No. 35 giggled, waved the vines on his body, and said to No. 33 who bet with himself: "I said it will definitely differentiate into a female."
Listening to their conversation, 76 looked at 77 through the glass: "I've heard that its 'mother' is a female."
77 blinked his eyes: "The young creature must like her very much, just like I like you."
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