Trickster Hunter.

Chapter 248 In vivo experiments
"Is there something outside the window?" Yang Qi's questioning voice came from behind, "Why are you staring at the window?"

"Nothing." Sun Hang shook his head, "I was just daydreaming...thinking about something."

"There's no time for you to be in a daze now. In addition to this operation, there are more important things to do tonight." Yang Qi said, "Chen Hongjuan's experiment should have already started. Let's rush over now."

"Hmm..." Sun Hang nodded and looked back at the empty windowsill.

He vaguely felt that perhaps the three apes' obstruction was right...

It seemed that I had accidentally created a big trouble.

……

Although Yang Qi said that she would rush over right away, in fact she was quite humane and gave Sun Hang twenty minutes of rest time.

She herself left in a hurry, carrying the tablet and a pile of documents.

"Is there anything to drink?" Sun Hang patted Song Yarong who was sitting at the computer - although the operation was completed, she could not leave yet, and had to monitor the infection progress in Jiang Yu's body at all times... If everything went well, then Jiang Yu could be transferred to the intensive care unit after the anesthetic effect wore off; but if something unexpected happened... There was a red button covered with an acrylic protective cover next to the computer, which was specifically used to deal with that kind of situation.

The institute has made preparations for the worst case scenario - that is, to carry out "harmless treatment" on Jiang Yu.

"Drinks?" Song Yarong looked around. "There's only purified water, glucose, and saline here... Oh, by the way, there should be a beverage vending machine in the corridor outside. You can buy it by swiping your work ID. But I don't know if they have restocked it recently. After all, this is a special period, you know."

"Okay, what do you want to drink? I'll bring it to you." Sun Hang asked.

"Coffee, canned or instant coffee will do." Song Yarong stretched lazily. "I have to stay up all night today. I don't even have a chance to take a nap."

"OK."

Sun Hang walked out of the operating room and along the corridor for a while. He soon found three vending machines standing side by side next to a bench in a rest area.

However, the shelves of the vending machines selling bottled drinks were empty, with only a few drinks that tasted so unpalatable that no one was interested in buying.

Sun Hang glanced at the instant coffee machine next to him. The green light was on the machine and there were still some light brown water stains on the ground.

Even during special periods, the institute's coffee supply has never been interrupted - after all, for these white-coated workers who stay up late at night, coffee has become a survival necessity second only to three meals a day.

Sun Hang took two paper cups, filled two cups of steaming instant coffee, and returned to the operating room.

He placed a cup of coffee on Song Yarong's desk.

"Thank you."

Song Yarong picked up the cup, blew gently twice on the rim, and then took a sip slowly.

"I couldn't find the sugar bag, and there was no milk either," said Sun Hang.

"I'm used to drinking pure black coffee, without adding sugar or milk." Song Yarong shook her head. "If you find it too bitter, you can add some glucose solution. This thing is very sweet. I think four or five drops will be enough."

"Forget it, forget it. Adding that stuff to the coffee will make it no different from mop water." Sun Hang waved his hand and turned to look at Jiang Yu, who was still lying on the operating table with tubes and electrodes inserted into her body. The restraints made of flexible material firmly fixed her limbs and torso to the table.

"How long will it take for her to wake up?" Sun Hang asked.

"According to the dosage of the anesthesiologist, an average person should wake up in about eight hours. The operation has already taken more than five hours..." Song Yarong glanced at the device screen, "But... judging from her vital signs, she is still very weak. It would be a blessing if she can wake up tomorrow morning."

"The Tai Sui meme will strengthen the human body, but this is after the fusion is completely completed." Song Yarong continued, "Too many things have been replaced in her body. The only thing we need to worry about is that the infection process does not exceed the dangerous threshold... Speaking of which, you are planning to recruit her into the field department, right?"

"No, I plan to set up an independent force, and she should be the first soldier of this force." Sun Hang said.

"No matter where you plan to send her, you'd better be careful." Song Yarong reminded, "Her situation is different from mine... Even if her condition can remain stable, her infection progress will remain at a relatively high level. If you compare each infected person to a bomb, the infection process is equivalent to the fuse of the bomb. There is still a large part of the fuse of my explosive left, while her 'fuse' is almost burned out."

"You mean, she will completely transform into a weird one at any time?"

"I didn't say that. As long as it is properly controlled, it is possible for someone to keep their infection process stuck on the edge of the danger threshold for more than ten years or even decades... But the situation varies from person to person. I advise you to always be prepared for the worst."

"I'll have someone keep an eye on her." Sun Hang nodded.

The image of Ling Xiao popped up in his mind - Ling Xiao, who had no emotions at all, should be very suitable for this job. He didn't even hesitate to shoot at Sun Hang and Chen Hongjuan. If he was asked to deal with a weird teammate, he would definitely not hesitate.

The only thing to worry about is whether Ling Xiao can defeat the weird Jiang Yu by then.

"In fact, in this case, I usually recommend harmless disposal." Song Yarong sighed, "Since you plan to keep her, it's best to bring her to the institute for memetic testing every day. If there is any problem, it can be discovered and resolved early."

"Every day... What if we have to carry out a long-term mission?"

"Then don't let her perform long-term missions, if you don't want her to suddenly turn into a weird thing during the mission." Song Yarong said, "I even want to ask her to do a meme test every eight hours, which is the safest way."

"Then I might as well throw her in the containment area." Sun Hang complained, "I think Tai Sui's memes are quite stable. Those cultists have been lurking in Tianfu City for so many years, and they haven't gotten out of control... And you, you should also find that the memes in your body are very stable, right?"

"But Jiang Yu is the person with the highest percentage of infection from the Tai Sui Meme Organization besides you." Song Yarong emphasized, "We have to be on guard."

"Then why don't you guard against me? According to what you said, I am the most dangerous one, right?" Sun Hang joked with a smile.

"I was very wary of you at first." Song Yarong shrugged, looking helpless. "Then I found out that the people above me trust you so much. As a small researcher, what's the point of being on guard against you... Besides, the people who have the authority to restrict your actions don't care about you, and the people who want to control you don't have that authority... Even if you really go berserk, no one in Tianfu City can stop you."

"What if I really lose control?" Sun Hang asked. "Then I will close my eyes and wait for death." Song Yarong's answer was extremely bad, "So I can only pray that you don't do anything weird... Well, but then again, the old director trusts you so much, why should I worry about it? Even if I die, there are so many people to cushion me... Okay, the rest time Yang Qi gave you is almost up, if you don't go, she might get mad again."

"She gets mad often?"

"It wasn't like that before, but since she became your direct supervisor, the average number of outbursts per month has skyrocketed." Song Yarong suddenly lowered her voice, "It seems that even her period has become irregular... What on earth did you do to her?"

"What does irregular periods have to do with me?" Sun Hang said innocently, "It's because of staying up late... If I could really affect her periods, it would be to make them disappear for nine months instead of making them irregular. You're talking nonsense."

"Then keep going." Song Yarong nodded, "I heard that women's tempers will be much better after giving birth."

"Are you sure you won't become even more irritable?" Sun Hang threw the empty paper cup into the trash can. "Besides... why did you ask me to cheer you up?"

"I've never seen Yang Qi care so much about a man before. If you don't have a chance to talk, then I guess other men will have no chance... Hey, it's been 19 minutes, are you sure you don't want to leave?"

"Go, go, go, goodbye!" Sun Hang immediately turned around and rushed out of the operating room.

……

The place agreed with Yang Qi was the Class B containment area on the second underground floor of the institute. This was not the first time Sun Hang came here, but the last time he went to the deeper Class A containment area.

Compared with the dangerous Black Dragon meme carriers, Chen Hongjuan has not yet reached the threshold of Class A.

The Class B containment area is very large. In addition to the freezers that are kept at temperatures of over 100 degrees below zero, there are also four special laboratories of different sizes. Chen Hongjuan is currently being held in the largest of them, Laboratory No. 1.

Through the one-way glass outside the laboratory, Sun Hang could see that Chen Hongjuan was being imprisoned on a rack made of a special alloy, with tubes inserted in her nostrils and mouth, huge soundproof earmuffs covering her ears, and her eyes covered by a VR goggles.

"What are they doing?" Sun Hang asked puzzledly, "It looks like they are playing some special game..."

If it was Lao Wang or Zhong Ling tied to the rack, Sun Hang would still find it pleasing to the eyes...but when it was Chen Hongjuan, Sun Hang only felt disgusted.

The coffee I just drank is lingering in my stomach, and it seems that it will return to my throat along with the stomach acid at any time.

Chen Hongjuan herself was a middle-aged woman in her forties with a bloated figure. After the transformation, her body had undergone a lot of deformations - the thing imprisoned on the shelf did not look like a person, but more like a pile of rotten meat that could still vaguely reveal a human shape.

"Since her transformation is caused by negative emotions," Yang Qi stared at Chen Hongjuan in the laboratory and said to Sun Hang without turning his head, "then let's try to play videos and audios that can cause negative emotions to her, and observe whether her memes will change further."

"Videos and audios that can cause negative emotions?" Sun Hang asked curiously, "What do they look like?"

"Do you want to try it?" Yang Qi took a pair of headphones from the hook and handed them to Sun Hang.

"It shouldn't be a problem to try it...right?" Sun Hang glanced at Yang Qi, took the headphones and put them on.

Suddenly, a chaotic noise came into my ears. The sound was like countless insects gnawing on wood, mixed with the sound of sharp nails scratching on a blackboard, and some heavy metal music made by some unknown instrument - assuming those damn noises could be considered music.

Sun Hang only listened for ten seconds, but he felt uncomfortable all over. He started to become manic and had a urge to smash something to vent his anger.

"That's pretty impressive." Sun Hang took off his headphones and returned them to Yang Qi.

“Would you like to see the video?”

"Forget it. I now completely believe that these things can trigger negative emotions in people." Sun Hang said.

"But Chen Hongjuan doesn't seem to be affected." Yang Qi sighed, "Before you came, this experiment had lasted for nearly half an hour."

"No effect at all? Or did you not detect any effect?"

"There has been no obvious change in either the meme frequency or the brain waves." Yang Qi pointed to the screen in front of her, which was filled with constantly moving curves. Next to the curves were serial numbers and abbreviations that Sun Hang could not understand.

"Could it be that her cognition has been distorted and she can't understand or hear these things?"

"Did you understand what was in the headphones just now?" Yang Qi turned her head and rolled her eyes at him.

"Can't understand."

"That's it... This kind of sound can affect people's emotions without them having to understand it, and the same is true for the video." Yang Qi said, "Moreover, in previous experiments, several items have proven that her mind is not completely gone."

"Ok?"

"The researchers tried to communicate with her using human language. Although she did not give any meaningful response, when the researchers mentioned key words such as 'son,' 'Ling Xiao,' 'husband,' 'welfare subsidy,' and 'severing parent-child relationship,' her brain waves showed obvious fluctuations," said Yang Qi.

"This doesn't prove that she is still sane, does it?" Sun Hang said, "Maybe it's just the obsession that Chen Hongjuan had before she became a weird person? After all, she became like this just for the money."

"There is another experiment." Yang Qi handed the tablet to Sun Hang.

A video was playing on the tablet. Chen Hongjuan was fixed on a chair, with only her hands and head free to move. A robotic arm brought a document and a pen to her.

Chen Hongjuan held the pen and made a gesture as if to write, but when she saw the words on the document, she suddenly went crazy and tore the document into pieces, and the pen was also broken into two pieces.

And that document was a copy of the document she was asked to sign during the day to sever the parent-child relationship.

"She can not only understand human language, but also recognize words." Yang Qi said, "It's not a pure copy. We have modified the size, font and layout of the text, but she can still recognize the content of the document."

(End of this chapter)