Obedience is seen more often as tacit consent and a lower bottom line.

All the experimental subjects cultivated in the laboratory are very similar in a certain sense, except that they are similar to humans in terms of appearance or certain internal organs of the body, and at the same time retain the characteristics of other creatures, such as incompletely evolved residues.defective product.

And 157 has three hearts, two of which are connected to degenerated gills.

But 157 actually does not have the ability to live in water for a long time. Her gills actually do not allow her to breathe in water for a long time. It seems that she has not had time to degenerate during the development process.In order to adapt to life on land, it has a lung similar to that of a human.

"Gill centers and tentacles have completely different meanings."

"It has two gill centers, even if one is completely removed, it will not die, let alone a little damage."

"I think you should also want to know how strong its self-healing ability can be." After the person who made the suggestion finished speaking, it was no surprise that many people saw some surprises in their eyes.

——

It took a few days to process the juvenile body, so 157's experiment date was postponed for a few more days.

This time the experiment took much longer than before.

157 woke up from the pain, the pain from inside her body made her curl up her tentacles subconsciously, and when she raised her head, she saw Alyssa's face not far away, but this time, she no longer looked for "Mom" after waking upup.

She still remembers the faint smell of the larva on the experimental table, and it is not difficult for 157 to imagine why its smell stays here.

"There are no problems with all physical indicators."

"But its spirit still looks a bit sluggish..." Alyssa raised her head and glanced in the direction of 157, "Are you sure you want to send it to the third district in a few days?"

"It's confirmed." Jonathan didn't deny it, "It can only be said that it grows too fast."

——

The experimental subject who was sent to the third district seemed extremely quiet during this process. Alyssa was a little uncomfortable with 157's silence. She looked back, and 157 happened to be looking in her direction. For a moment, Alyssa felt that, it seems to have humanized emotions in its eyes.

155 had returned to normal during this time, and Erro's death seemed to have passed on him, knocking on the glass before passing 157's cage past his glass room.

No. 157, who heard the voice, subconsciously looked this way. No. 155 looked at her and frowned: "I'm a little worried about you now."

After a while, 157 replied slowly: "Why?"

155 said: "156 was very similar to you before."

35, who was halfway across the corridor, also asked her with concern: "Are you okay?"

157 felt the pain in his body, and then told her: "I'm fine, the wound in my body is almost healed."

She subconsciously curled her tentacles in again: "I'm fine."

but……

77, who was concerned about 76, turned his head to look at 157, subconsciously thinking that even if the wound will heal, it will still be very painful during the healing period.

"I'm just a little sad." 157 said, "Because the baby died."

155 was quiet for a while, and then told her: "But there will still be many hatchlings here."

"Not everyone will be able to stay," he said.

——

After 157's experiment ended, another month's contact day arrived.

Alyssa had something on hand when she got off work, so she stayed a little later, and it took a little longer than usual to get through the video.When got through the video, saw the angry face of the little girl on the opposite side, and she is now speaking relatively fluently.

She poked the screen and complained angrily: "You're late!"

Alisa had a smile on her face after seeing her, and explained softly why she was late.But the favored child is always capricious. She loudly counted Alyssa's faults, from being late for the video appointment to forgetting to say I love you before hanging up the phone.

Her every word can be answered patiently and warmly by her mother.

At the end of the video, she yawns and hears her mother say, "Good night, I'll tell you a bedtime story today."

Alyssa finally chose the story of the stork giving birth. She said: "The stork fell from the sky and put the baby on the chimney."

"Heaven?" The little girl asked suspiciously, "Does it mean the universe?"

"No." Alyssa said, "Humans were still living on the same planet at that time."

"Then how does the stork choose parents for its children?"

Alyssa thought for a while and then told her: "A couple of parents wanted a child, and the child in heaven heard their wish, so they asked them 'will you love me then' and they replied 'of course' and the little babyThen the stork fell from the sky."

On the opposite side of the video, the little girl was so sleepy that she began to rub her eyes, but she still curiously asked the question she wanted to ask: "Then will you love me too?"

Alyssa still looked at her with a smile, with all the deep love of a mother in her eyes: "Of course I love you too, my baby."

The little girl who heard this answer closed her eyes with satisfaction: "I love you too, Mom."

——

157's mental state has been a bit depressed recently, and the researchers attributed it to the incompatibility of being locked behind the glass room in the third district. Some people suggested that Alyssa go and see it.

After all, the stickiness of this experimental subject has spread throughout the laboratory, and in front of Alyssa, she will always be docile and obedient.

Alyssa agreed at the time, but a few days had passed when she remembered this incident. A small piece of tissue cut from the 157 gill core accelerated the progress of the experiment, and she has been very busy recently.So waited until was free before getting up and going to the third district.

Claire was also on the way to the third district with Alyssa. Alyssa noticed a small bone in his hand, and subconsciously asked, "This is it?"

"A bone from a failed clone." He said as he took out another similar bone from his pocket. "This is from another one. I'll check it after I leave the third district for comparison."

"What do you want to check?"

"Wait for the results." He frowned, "It's also possible that there is no difference at all."

——

The two people's impression of 157 was still as docile and obedient as before.

So Alyssa and Claire opened the glass door of 157 with little thought, and approached 157 in the corner.

"Have you been in a bad mood recently?" Alyssa walked in, stopped beside the experimental subject and patted 157's tentacles lightly.

157 turned around, but instead of looking at her, he looked at Claire beside Alyssa, and at the two bones in his hand, which had a familiar aura to her. 157 remembered an experimental subject from the third district.

"What are you looking at?" Alyssa asked softly.

She stood on tiptoe a little, wanting to pat the experimental subject's head comfortingly: "Is the wound still hurting?"

But when she stretched out her hand, two drops of water hit the back of her hand.

Alyssa raised her head in surprise looking at the water marks on her hands, and saw that 157's eyes were glistening with tears, and there were tears streaming down from their eye sockets.

"Are you crying..." Alyssa murmured softly. She met the gaze of 157. It looked extremely sad. Its black pupils reflected its own shadow, which made Alyssa's heart palpitate for a moment.

"It's tears." Claire stretched out a hand, caught a tear, and turned to look at Alyssa with some novelty, "This is the first time I've seen an experiment cry."

He looked at 157 who was still crying: "Maybe we should collect some samples."

Alyssa was amused by his tone, and she stroked the broken hair on the side of her face: "Go and bring me a test tube."

——

157 was there watching them, and she heard "Mom" laughing, and she sounded happy.157 saw that she sniffed the back of her hand that was stained with her own tears, and then said something with a smile, urging the people next to her to go back.

It contained a phrase she had heard before: test tubes.

She heard it twice, both when she woke up on the laboratory bench.

157 understood, "Mom" was very happy because she was crying, and "Mom" saw her tears.

157, who was taller than Alyssa, lowered his head, approached Alyssa's face, and saw a reflection in her eyes.

Thirteen waving tentacles, a huge and bloated body, pink skin, and blue blood flowing underneath.

It is a monster with a strange appearance that is completely different from "Mom".

it's me.

——

For a long time, 157 suspected that "mother" did not feel pain.

In the scenes that 157 saw, she never seemed to care about the wound and pain. Even if she was injured by 157's unintentional fight, she cared about 157 immediately instead of looking at her own wound.

But 157 found out today that "mother" is also afraid of pain - the moment her tentacles pass through "mother"'s chest.

157 heard her terrified scream, which soon faded away as the blood drained, and her wide eyes were filled with disbelief.

But the wound that pierced her heart quickly made her lose all vitality, and her still soft limbs hung down feebly.

157's tentacles wrapped around her body.

"Mother……"

She said in a strange tone: "So you are also afraid of pain?"