This page looks best with JavaScript enabled
Chapter 33
157's death was finally exposed by Mendley, and on the surface, the laboratory seemed to have regained its calm.
77 lay on the branch and looked at 76 next door. His tail occasionally feels a little pain recently. He feels much more comfortable at the star stone near the center of the hatching area. Now he spends most of his time in theThere.
After molting, 76's tail was still a little stiff and not flexible enough. When 77 asked about it, he said that he felt that the change this time seemed to be incomplete.
76 thought for a while, and told 77 that this feeling was closer to the state of No. 11 breaking out of the cocoon for the first time, and there may be more thorough changes in his body next.
That night, 76 straightened up from the resting branch, opened the partition of the ceiling and climbed in.
Some rough scales slid across the partition, bringing out a "rustling" sound. The black snake tail curled up in the dark because of the pain and quickly stretched out. The tail was raised high, and it was lowered under control when it was about to land.
77 woke up after hearing some strange movements, he raised his head to look at the ceiling, 76's panting sound was intermittent.
77 subconsciously opened the partition, leaned his upper body in, and saw that 76's tail had turned into a pair of human legs, and his ankle-length hair covered most of his/body.
76 looked down at his legs, with a hint of disgust in his eyes, and looked in 77's direction after hearing the voice.
"77..." 76's voice was still a little hoarse, he subconsciously wanted to hide his legs, and his feet moved according to his thoughts, only then did 76 realize that he has no tail now.
77 heard 76 sigh, and then asked himself: "Do you want to sit up? I may not be able to move now." He was still a little uncomfortable with his newborn legs and couldn't control them.
In other glass rooms, some experimental subjects who woke up after hearing the noise climbed up, wanted to see their situation, and were stunned for a moment when they saw this scene.
"76, are you okay?" a test subject asked tentatively.
"I'm fine." 76 looked away from his legs, "I'll probably change back after a while of rest."
"Then how long will it take you?" 77 asked. Under such circumstances, the laboratory will definitely increase the monitoring of the third area.Come in after pouring to check the situation.
"It will take about one night."
76 moved his legs, which were still a little weak, and recalled the timeline: "It seems that something has gone wrong since we went to the center of the hatching area."
Before No. 76 molted, he and No. 77 had been the longest experimental subjects there.
"Do you all feel that there is something wrong with your body?" 77 asked the other subjects, "I have had some pain in my tail during this time."
After asking, they found that the experimental subjects who had been to the center of the hatching area had obvious abnormalities, but some of the experimental subjects who had been staying in the glass room had similar reactions.
"Is that the heartbeat sound?" 35 asked. Just a few days ago, she had been staying in the third district and heard the "special heartbeat sound" from the mouths of other experimental subjects.
"So, will everyone become like this in the future?" an experimental subject asked.
All the subjects fell silent, knowing that this was very possible.
Listening to the discussion above, No. 67 floated up from the pool, and said in a somewhat pessimistic way: "It seems that we don't have much time left."
——
At dawn, after vaguely feeling that he could turn his tail back, 76's legs quickly turned into 77's familiar tail under his control.
77 rested his head on 76's shoulder, and subconsciously touched the tail of "Lost and Found" a few times.
"I'm still used to the way you are now."
76 surrounded 77 with its tail, and finally the tip of the tail stopped near the tip of 77's tail, entangled with the white tail, and tied a small knot.
"me too."
——
The long-debated disposition of 157 ended with 157's death, and new confusion began when new researchers saw Alyssa's body.
Like a bug who is used to living in the dark, suddenly sees a ray of light from the top of his head, and then inadvertently follows it and begins to realize the truth that has been lurking around him.
The discovery of Alyssa's body was an accident.
The researcher who went to the freezer to find something accidentally opened the cabinet where Alyssa's body was placed, and the puncture wound on Alyssa's chest was so bluntly exposed in front of him.
Her wound directly ran through her entire body, and the strength of the experimental body was crisp and sharp, as if there was no hesitation in the process.
The researcher didn't realize that something was wrong at this moment, and inadvertently mentioned this discovery while chatting with other colleagues after going out.
"Actually, I find it a bit strange. If 157 was not careful, shouldn't she stop when the tentacles penetrate Alyssa's body?"
But looking at the wounds on Alyssa's body, they all seem to be intentional.
He does not mean that.From the occasional eyes dodging subconsciously when talking about Alyssa with Claire, to the death of Experimental Subject 157 that was not announced and hastily drawn conclusions, after sneaking into the freezer to see Alyssa's body, some people began to learn from these incidentsSmell an unusual breath.
Then a researcher in the archives brought up a nearly forgotten episode in daily chat: "Claire asked me a question at the end of the meeting where Mr. Mendley announced Alyssa's death."
"He asked me, were all the researchers who were attacked were the caretakers of the experimental subjects?"
The person next to him was a little curious: "Then how did you answer?"
"I didn't know then either."
"what about now?"
"I looked through the files a few days ago and made statistics."
"Not all of them, but more than 80 percent."
——
The two researchers pushed the cart into the third area. After feeding the experimental subjects, they vaguely felt that the researcher who was being watched subconsciously turned his head and met the emotionless eyes of the experimental subjects.
He paused, and looked at the people around him: "I don't know why, when they looked at me just now, I actually felt a little scared."
He continued: "We don't seem to have considered their emotions before?"
He said and looked back at the closed gate of the third district: "Will they also try to retaliate against us?"
"Also?" The colleague beside him looked at him and raised his eyebrows.
"Claire asked us after the meeting that day if we thought 157 was intentional," he said. "I didn't believe it that day, but now I'm starting to doubt it."
"Didn't Claire change her mind later?"
"But I still think there's something wrong with him."
"Let's talk about it, Claire's mouth has been tight lately, and I can't get anything out of his mouth for the time being. But it's better not to get too close to the experimental subjects during this time." He reminded his good colleagues around him.
"I know that in the next two days after our round, the feeding staff in the third district should also be replaced."
The few researchers who noticed something was wrong began to distance themselves from the experimental subjects. At the same time, they also vaguely reminded their close colleagues to stay away from the experimental subjects.
After the close colleagues reminded the close colleagues, within a week, the gossip about the suspicious causes of Alyssa and 157's death spread completely in private.
The few insiders they thought still kept the truth under wraps. The researchers who didn't know the specifics subconsciously began to guess based on the known conditions, and the results of these speculations further amplified their anxiety.
The experimental subjects easily noticed the uneasy atmosphere in the laboratory.
77 watched two familiar researchers push the cart in, and after feeding all the experimental subjects in half the time before, they pushed the cart and left quickly.
"Did you see it?" 77 looked at 76 next to him, "He seemed very scared just now."
But a few days ago, he was not like this. They would stop in front of a certain experimental subject, knock on the glass in front of him, make some strange movements when the experimental subject looked over, and then take care of themselves.laugh it out.
The researchers who the subjects saw recently seemed to be like this. When they looked at them, there was unconscious vigilance in their eyes, and their spirits were a little tense.
Occasionally, they would glance over the experimental subjects with a scrutinizing gaze, and when they looked over in the laboratory, they would quickly turn their gaze back.
Then from their mouths, the test subject heard a few words "157", "Alyssa", and "Death" sporadically.
When 157 was mentioned, their voices would tense subconsciously, and their eyes would subconsciously move towards the direction of the experimental subject.
67 came out of the water, lying on the edge of the pool, looking at the backs of the two researchers who were getting further and further away: "It seems that the opportunity we have been waiting for is coming soon."
After the darkness came, the mermaid dived into the bottom of the water, and the sound waves that cannot be distinguished by human ears passed through the wall. Under the sound of the mermaid, the sleepy researchers slowly relaxed their expressions, and then quickly frowned again. After more than ten minutes,Suddenly opened his eyes.
The researcher who woke up felt a little thirsty, and subconsciously went to find the cup he had put on the bedside table. After reaching out in the dark for a few times but failing to find it, he felt an inexplicable irritability in his heart. He waved his right hand vigorously, and directlySweep everything off the table.
The sound of "crackling" sounded, and the researcher sitting on the bed was stunned. After pressing the switch, he looked at the pile of things that had been smashed on the ground in a daze.suddenly disappeared.
"What's going on?" He muttered, then picked up the things on the ground again and climbed into bed to sleep.
The next morning, the person who went to the restaurant for dinner after washing up saw several colleagues arguing along the way.
"What's going on?" He was a little strange, looked at the two colleagues who were arguing, and accidentally rubbed another person's shoulder.
The person walking forward while watching the excitement was caught by one hand: "What's the matter with you? How do you walk, can't look at the road?"
The person who was going to apologize didn't know why, but was suddenly irritated by his tone, left the other videos behind, and quarreled directly with the person in front of him.
The amplified emotions continued into weekly meetings.
"I hope to publish the video of 157 and Alyssa's death, so that everyone can analyze the cause of their death together." A researcher suddenly stood up.
"The result is obvious." Mendley frowned, a clear sign of impending anger.
"Haven't you heard the private rumors recently?" The voice of the researcher who was planning to have a good discussion with Mendley was full of anger, and what he said sounded particularly aggressive.
"Among the causes of death of 157 and Alyssa, is there anything that needs to be kept from us?"
...
77 and 76 are in the ceiling compartment. Ever since they realized that the things in the incubation area might speed up their progress of becoming human, the experimental subjects stopped going there. There was one less place for the two human snakes to go.Choose to chat on top of the glass room.
"That glass room is very small." 77 looked down at his own tail, and opened his mouth somewhat abruptly.
76 looked at him sideways, and 77 lowered his eyes, sounding a little plain: "The few days I stayed there were very difficult."
76 had no experience of being imprisoned there, nor had he seen the narrow space in 77's mouth. He hesitated for a moment, and stretched out his hand to wrap around 77.76 looked at 77, struggled for a while, and then asked him tentatively: "Do you still want to hear my song from last time?"
77 shook his head, he looked at 76: "If you fail to escape this time, will you die?"
76 replied to him: "No, all experimental subjects are very important, and 77 is also very important."
"I'm not important." 77 still hangs his head, 76 knows that after 157 left, he has been depressed during this period.
"You have always been the most important thing to me."
"You are also very important to other experimental subjects." 76 counted the numbers that may have been forgotten by the researchers, "01, 02, ..., 157."
"You are important to all subjects, just as they are to you."
77 was quiet for a while: "Then will you be afraid? If you fail, you will be destroyed like 22 and them."
"I won't be afraid of this." 76 shook his head, "but I will be very sad."
"why?"
"I don't know what it looks like outside the lab, but I hope 77 can see it."