Chapter 306
NO. 0141: The Girl After the Rain
Reaching out to feel the damp, cold touch, Eri Hayashibara looked up at the gray dome.
Raindrops rolled down her wet hair from her forehead, sliding along the curve of her cheeks and into the depths of her fair and slender neck.
"Has the rain still not stopped?"
She murmured.
At this moment, in this place, there is no one who can answer her question.
Then her indigo iris suddenly contracted, and fine data was reflected on the surface of her moist "Ellis" prosthetic eye. The data kept rearranging and combining, eventually being packaged and merged into the public data stream of the Nord resettlement area.
Seconds later, in the Hell Passage of the tenth-floor data center in the resettlement area, several screens in front of him kept popping up error alerts, and the entire network warfare cabin was flashing a dangerous red.
Soon, the rain from the dome stopped.
"He has indeed found some good helpers. I never knew he had such a wide network of connections."
"Ignoring the influence that guy has on this place," Huili said softly, lowering her head.
There was a hint of resentment in her voice.
Just then, a blurry black shadow flashed beside her. Before Huili could react, the person knelt down on one knee beside her boot.
It was a ninja dressed in a dark blue bodysuit—like the samurai before him, dressed in an Edo-era style. But the antique look was merely a facade; its essence was a product of various modern technologies.
The ninja carried a strangely shaped scythe-like ninja tool on his back. His head was covered by a headband and a respirator, revealing a pair of unfocused, bewildered eyes.
"The committee's white-haired leader has arrived."
The ninja reported to the leader in a flat tone, without offering any suggestions or opinions.
At that moment, a gust of wind swept across the rooftop, lifting the wet hair that clung to her forehead.
"Has all the evidence been destroyed?"
Huili asked.
The ninja shook his head.
Well, there's nothing we can do about it...
Hui Li thought to herself, but she didn't feel too much regret about it.
Ultimately, preventing the technology from being leaked was originally a request made by that "painter." No matter how much he valued this point, it was nothing more than a dispensable supplementary clause for Huili.
So what if it's leaked... Knowing Mr. Jim's professional skills, even if you blow up all the zombies' brains, he can still dig out enough information from that pile of wreckage.
The person I fell in love with is just that amazing!
Thinking about this, she even felt a little proud.
Of course, one would have to make amends verbally.
"After all, you're facing that woman, who is your natural nemesis."
She offered this comforting remark.
She then realized she was doing something silly and couldn't help but smile.
Her intention was to prevent them from blaming themselves, but these zombies didn't even have the sense of self in "blaming themselves."
When interacting with these zombies, she always tends to treat them like normal people.
After all, they are family and relatives with whom I have spent every day.
But I'm really curious, what is it like to become a zombie? Will it really bring eternal peace to the soul, as the painter said?
If she could, Hui Li would also like to be like them, a zombie who never has any worries, never needs to think, and never needs to struggle.
But not right now.
She still has things she needs to do.
but……
"If Ms. Bai Rao were to protect him, there would be no way to lay a hand on Mr. Jim."
Huili was somewhat troubled.
We need to find a way to separate them, and then create an opportunity for Jim to act alone.
Upon hearing this, the ninja calmly uttered two names: "Wang Ying and Ji Mu."
Huili immediately understood the other party's plan.
Yes, given Jim's personality, if he kidnaps them, he will definitely come to rescue them.
It's like if I were kidnapped, he would definitely come to rescue me.
"But this isn't right. It's clearly just my business, yet we're dragging innocent outsiders into it."
She was conflicted.
"No need to kill them. Just kill Jim Reit and then release them."
The ninja continued.
Hui Li thought about it and realized that there really was no other way, so she could only nod somewhat reluctantly.
Then, she gave the order:
“We suffered relatively heavy losses earlier. Take the ‘Pegasus’ and go to the third floor to ‘recruit’ a group of warriors.”
The moment he received the order, the samurai vanished in a shadow.
Eri turned around. The two samurai wearing tengu masks who had been meditating behind her... no, they should be called generals, stood up.
Rainwater that had accumulated in the dents of their armor spilled onto the ground, and the joints of their armor made a clicking sound as they turned.
"You guys, stall them for enough time on the basement level."
Upon receiving the order, the two generals simultaneously leaped from the building and disappeared into the shadows between the buildings.
"All right."
Huili turned her gaze to the distance. At this moment, she was like a delicate plant that only belatedly raised its head after the rainy season.
"Mr. Jim, can you save me this time?"
After everyone had left, she wiped the water off her face and whispered to herself, facing the virtual sunlight streaming down from the dome.
…………
"Did you notice anything?"
After the complete brain model of that zombie warrior was completed, Bai Rao asked.
Jim certainly wouldn't directly point out, "That place is Pegasus."
In response, he first looked around pretentiously, then spoke in a somewhat uncertain tone:
"With my limited knowledge of neurosurgery... isn't this person's prefrontal cortex a bit too developed? And, I don't recall that the human prefrontal cortex is shaped like a pair of wings."
Bai Rao nodded in satisfaction at this answer:
“Not bad, it seems you haven’t completely forgotten the employee training you received at Apollo Biotechnology back then… However, one thing needs to be corrected: the place you’re referring to isn’t the prefrontal cortex, but a biological protein chip covering the prefrontal cortex—that’s the key to turning these warriors into zombies.”
"Bioprotein chip?"
Jim asked.
Although he pretended to be clueless, both Jim and Jiang Zhou had actually learned about biological protein chips—Apollo Biotech had a research department with this name back then, and Persephone Fanny was an expert in biological protein chips.
In fact, he had come into contact with two biological protein chips—the "Pegasus" with depth 3 adjustment of the Theseus pathway and the "Apollo Pituitary" with depth 3 adjustment of the Icarus pathway.
It all sounds like it's related to Apollo creatures...
Jim couldn't help but complain.
However, upon hearing Bai Rao mention this concept, Jiang Zhou realized that he didn't seem to have a complete understanding of the official definition of "biological protein chip".
In the past, I had only constructed a general impression based on the literal meaning of the words.
In response, Committee Member Bai tidied his words and then explained:
"You could think of it as a special protein structure that combines running computational programs with biological functions, and its growth can be integrated into genetic material and inherited as a trait across generations... Does this make you think of anything?"
The iridophone region... (End of Chapter)