I am the former civilized hero.

Vinal shook his head, thinking that Ryan probably had something to ask him, but Ryan was a nice guy and he didn't mind having more contact with him.

"Let's go for a walk in the garden."

"to make."

The two patients slipped downstairs and chatted on the way. Ryan then learned that three people in the twelve-man team were killed and five were seriously injured. After the trip to Britain, they almost lost their combat capability.

In fact, there are quite a lot of fusion warriors. In the original world line, thousands of them could be sent to fight against the Ruler of Constraint. But just like the unknown Vinar next to him.

They were all living people who felt pain and fear. But Ryan did not sigh, but just held the railing and looked at the river.

"In the Battle of Britain, all units suffered heavy losses, so Europe needs some rest and recuperation."

"Yes, but without you, humanity will be defeated in this battle." Vinar said seriously, and Ryan accepted the flattery calmly.

A dozen fusion warriors and nearly ten thousand soldiers' lives were exchanged for a Herrscher, which was not a loss at all.

"These are the problems that the higher-ups should be worried about, Captain Vinal, I want to ask you something." Ryan turned his head with a serious expression.

"Has the Ed in your team mutated?"

Chapter 149 Please call me a straight science and engineering guy!

It was almost early spring, and a slightly warm breeze blew across the river, causing the plants in the garden to sway slightly. If it weren't for the wounded soldiers with missing limbs everywhere in the yard, there would be almost no smell of war.

It has been less than a year since the Canghai incident, but many things have changed. The memories of the past have become like bubbles, strange and unreal.

Ryan has seen too many things this year, including the desolation of the Gobi Desert, the catharsis of the sea off Lion City, and the hell on earth of North Britain. Now standing in this garden, he does have the illusion of dreaming.

In less than a year, he had killed the Herrscher alone, which was not slow at all.

Vinal fell silent. He thought Ryan would find out how the higher-ups would deal with him, but the result was unexpected. It seemed that he didn't take the subsequent turmoil seriously at all.

"I forgot that your main job is a scientist, it's just a little different." He smiled bitterly again and cleared his throat. "Ed has been picked up by the headquarters, but he is not being sent to the Fifth Institute."

"I know." Ryan nodded. If it was the Fifth Research Institute, Mobius would have come to show off long ago. He heard this news from Sakura.

"Ed lost some of his mind in that battle, and rushed into the Honkai beasts alone to fight. Not only did his body mutate, but even his consciousness became a little blurry. My injury—" Vinal pointed to his bandaged head and spread his hands, "I was injured by Ed when I brought him back."

Mutations after surgery, loss of sanity...

Ryan stroked his beard and asked casually, "Is he back?"

"After we got him under control, Ed later regained consciousness, but I wasn't able to talk to him in detail. The explanation given was that he went berserk."

"Rampage?"

“Well, I don’t understand the scientific terms, but he did break through his own limits. He’s like a bloodthirsty monster, killing people all over the ground. If he can’t come back, I can only kill him.” Vinal’s breathing became a little faster. He felt that something was wrong with his body. He felt that the excitement he had when he gained power was childish and ridiculous.

In this world, all forces have their values ​​secretly determined.

Ryan paused, he almost understood it, but he didn't expect that the other battlefield would be so exciting. That phenomenon appeared on an unknown person. If I remembered correctly, it should be the "evolution" started by Kosmo.

Of course, no one knows where Kosmo is now.

As one of the leaders of the Fusion Warrior Program, Ryan didn't need any "precognitive" ability to roughly understand the reason.

The fusion warriors were injected with a super-mutation factor, which gave them inhuman powers, but this factor was not fully activated.

According to Mebius's assumption and Ryan's foresight, activating it requires talent and life and death experience, so the fusion warrior itself is also improving, but this progress comes at a great cost.

'It's a bit like a warrior in a certain anime, fusing with the flesh and blood of a monster to become a half-human, half-monster being, and then upgrading through mutation. Once it exceeds a certain limit, it becomes a monster itself.'

Ryan was full of the interest of a scientist. In fact, it was not difficult to activate the super-mutation factor. The difficult part was to turn into a monster and come back again. He couldn't help but think of the young man.

It must be the hatred towards Honkai that makes him prefer to die than become the same kind.

"What have you thought of?" Vinar asked hurriedly. He still cared about his subordinates.

"Some interesting speculations, but the man was taken away by the council, so I have no way to verify it. But don't worry, it's a miracle that he can come back. It's a pity that Ed couldn't fuse the upper-level Honkai beast factor."

"If he's in a higher position, he probably won't be able to come back."

This answer was a bit resentful. After all, there were many Fire Moth fusion warriors now, but there were only a few with higher-level Honkai beast factors, such as the man in front of him.

Haha, it seems a bit Versailles.

Ryan smiled awkwardly and walked towards the inpatient department: "It's cold, let's go back to the room."

"Have you finished your questions?"

"Well, that's all. As you thought, I don't care about the reaction from above. Or rather, I can guess what they want to do." Ryan blinked, knowing that Vinal had just returned from a video conference.

Why was Ed taken away in such a hurry? It was just to have more power in their hands. This had nothing to do with courting death. It was human instinct to seek a sense of security.

This time it was Vinal's turn to be embarrassed, and he could only force a smile.

"Let's go, it's time for lunch."

The two of them were not friends, and Ryan had no habit of making friends everywhere, but at least they had the same interests and had experienced the cruelty of war together.

Only those who have experienced it understand that the Battle of Britain is just a small stage, and the backlash in the future will only become more and more fierce.

Ryan declined the invitation to have dinner together. This was a tactic of self-protection on his part. Just like Alice, who had once gone on a blind date, she died on the battlefield in the blink of an eye.

The deeper the feelings, the more painful it will be, so having fewer friends is also good.

On his way back to the room, he sent Ed's information and situation to Mebius. This case was obviously very valuable for reference.

The message fell on deaf ears, Ryan thought to himself, is Mebius really angry? Then he heard a ding.

[Hmph, I'll forgive you for now. ]

A weird smile finally appeared on his face, and he put the phone back into his pocket contentedly.

Humph, if you fight me, I can defeat you with just any thing I can give you.

Ryan grinned and walked to his ward. This time he learned his lesson and approached stealthily, peeking inside through the gap in the window, then frowned.

How come Alicia has grown ears after not seeing her for a while?

A pair of cat ears grew on the pink head, and it lowered its head for Sakura to touch. Only then did Ryan realize that they were a pair of fake ears, and then he heard Alicia complain.

"Oh, I really want to grow a pair of ears. That would be so beautiful, and I would look more like a fairy. Even though the ears I asked Wei Wei to make are realistic, they are still not good enough~~~~"

"Do you really want to grow a pair?" The fox ears on Sakura's head moved slightly. After being with Alicia for a long time, she knew that she would not deliberately comfort her.

"Yes, yes, even though I can move -" Alicia said, making the cat's ears twitch a few times, and then suddenly poked Sakura's ears. The latter let out an 'ah' and immediately jumped several meters away, full of joy. Face flushed.

"But fake is fake, not like your ears. How cute are they?"

After Ryan's last psychological counseling, Sakura is no longer as self-conscious about her ears, but she still cares a lot about it. Seeing Alicia's envious look, she doesn't know what to say.

One thing is certain, if Alysia had these ears, she would definitely show them off everywhere and would not consider them as a defect at all.

"Ellie, I really envy your strength."

"Is this strength? I think it should be confidence. I feel that every strand of my hair is full of beauty and every word is full of love."

Her whole body seemed to be shining, and Ying was speechless. As a killer walking in the dark, she was in a completely different world from Alicia. She remembered that when she first came to this hospital, the weird looks of the nurses made her very uncomfortable, so she simply hid in the room.

"I can't learn your confidence."

"So just be yourself, Sakura is still beautiful now?" Alicia clapped her hands and said with a smile: "And the people who love you will not change no matter what you grow up."

Sakura's eyes widened slightly and she took a breath, "Thank you. I feel better."

"Then in return, can I touch your ears again?"

"Absolutely - no!" Sakura crossed her arms over her chest.

"Stingy." Alicia pouted and looked towards the door. "Ryan, eavesdropping on a girl's bad words is very ungentlemanly. You are not expecting anything, are you?"

Crash.

The door was opened and Ryan stood at the door, looking calm: "What can I expect?"

"Look at me bullying Sakura, like giving her a passionate hug like this." Alicia pounced on her, but Sakura was prepared and quickly dodged, and she hit the wall with a thud.

Ryan saw her covering her head and was speechless. It turned out that Alicia was really teasing her. Well, I did have a little expectation.

He coughed lightly, returned to the bed, and waved his hand to tell Sakura to stop peeling the apples, as it would only feed the greedy fat goblin.

"By the way, hasn't the parliament urged you to go back yet?"

"I was urged, but I applied for leave. York is a big construction site, and the noise every day is annoying. But don't worry, I asked Kevin to take over the task, and he happily agreed."

Of course he would be happy. As long as he has Mei, he can stay in the underground bunker forever. By the way, don’t you have too many holidays? I, a temporary worker, am so busy every day that I feel dizzy.

Ryan grumbled in his heart, but thought of business.

"How's Kevin?"

"Didn't you ask Mebius?"

"If I ask her, that woman will be so wild that she thinks Kevin and I have some kind of relationship."

Gay? Oh, that kind of thing.

Alicia smiled evilly and replied, "Kevin has become stronger, but of course he is still a little bit worse than me, but his body is cool."

Ryan frowned immediately: "How cold is it?"

"It's probably around 10 degrees. You look like Kevin has turned into a big ice cube."

Ten degrees? That's fine.

Ryan relaxed. Now that time was not pressing and he had emerged as a rising star, he didn't have to let Kevin and the others lose their lives.

Fusion surgeries are performed in stages to give the body time to adapt and reduce the mutation rate. For example, Sakura's ears are shorter than before.

The disadvantage is that the cheating speed will be slower, but the advantages are greater, which can be regarded as fulfilling the agreement with Kevin.

"If the sky falls, I'll be there to hold it up. As a friend, I've done my best."

This is an emotional thought, but from a rational point of view, as a scientist he does not believe in metaphysics. Things like kryptonian life are uncontrollable, so it is better to be safe.

Ryan let out a long sigh, and watched Alicia rummaging in her bag and taking out a comic book.

"I have something nice here, do you want to try it?"

Ryan turned his head and knew from the smirk on her face that it was not a good thing. He showed a disdainful expression and gently adjusted his glasses.

"I have no interest in literary works. Please call me a steel and engineering guy."