reincarnation npc, but tomorrow's ark

"So it's Muirsay... I remember, she's the head of the ecology department at Rhine Lab." Bai Ye suddenly realized.

Unexpectedly, that enigmatic elf was a good friend of Ifrit.

"Hemer."

"Get off Mr. Baiye quickly," Himer said seriously, looking at the little fire dragon.

Then she turned around:

"I'm sorry, Mr. Bai Ye, this child is too naughty."

Bai Ye smiled and waved his hand.

Ifrit seemed rather unhappy. She parted ways with Bai Ye in a huff, wondering why Himer had arrived so quickly, when he had just said he was busy.

Ifrit originally wanted to find out about Saria from Baiye, but Himer happened to arrive at that moment.

If Himer is there, you absolutely must not bring up Saria's name, otherwise she will get angry.

With her original plan failing, Ifrit's mood soured.

Then, at that moment, she suddenly looked up and saw Bai Ye wink his left eye at her during a break from chatting with Hermer.

The sudden wink startled Charmander for a moment, then she realized what was happening, smiled, and obediently left.

Hemer didn't see Bai Ye's little tricks. She wasn't wearing her glasses, so her eyesight wasn't very good. However, she was very curious as to why the little fire dragon wasn't as noisy as before.

Bai Ye found himself caught between her and the little dragon, and between her and Saria. It was a strange situation; he was able to maintain good relations with both sides simultaneously, even though their relationships weren't exactly harmonious.

"Actually, she cares about you quite a bit, Saria," Bai Ye couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"What?" Hamer tilted his head.

"No, it's nothing..."

……

"Continuing our previous topic... So, Ifrit wasn't originally a Sarkaz?"

Judging from the girl's polygonal horns and tail, this child is undoubtedly a Sarkaz.

“No, this child was originally a Saffra, but after the chimera experiment, its tail and horns took on the shape of a Sarkaz,” Himer replied, shaking his head.

"..." Bai Ye fell silent for a moment.

Although Bai Ye himself is a product of human modification, most of his body parts are still original, inherited from his biological parents who are like strangers to him.

However, his parents were different; most of their body parts had been replaced. The first crew members of the "Tianjin IV" mission were known as the first-generation Spartans. Bai Ye heard that there was a mortality rate among the first generation; some suffered genetic collapse due to the modification surgery, while others experienced very strong rejection reactions.

However, they are all human modification experiments, the difference being whether they are voluntary or involuntary.

And the maturity of the technology.

Even the first phase of Sparta underwent a transformation process that Luna fully calculated and verified.

It is likely that Ifrit's human experiments were not fully verified, had no safety whatsoever, and were simply using people as expendable resources.

This approach is indeed somewhat unhuman-like.

However, this also involves a debate between radical and conservative. For example, Himer belongs to the conservative camp, believing that the development of science and technology should be subject to moral constraints and must be kept within a controllable range. However, there are many people on the opposite side, who believe that science should pursue breakthroughs, and that anything can be sacrificed for even a 0.01% progress. If the restrictions are not lifted, how can we break through the unknown?

……

"This is what my teacher advocated...so my decision to come to Rhodes Island was also influenced by this."

After Charmander left, Himeru and Baiye went to a bar on Rhodes Island and began a conversation between adults.

This was also the first time Bai Ye had learned about Himer's feelings.

The ability to be compatible with all things rarely works.

Or rather, on Rhodes Island, Hermes considered White Night a relatively reliable person to consult.

She wanted to hear Bai Ye's opinion.

Chapter 79 Just Like My Own Mother

There is no absolute right or wrong in this matter.

In response to Miss Hermer's question, Bai Ye shook his head.

“Even human experiments like Ifrit’s?” Himer pressed.

“Of course that’s wrong. Projects like ‘Loken Water Tank,’ ‘Flame Demon,’ and ‘Lumber Mill’ are unforgivable to me…” Bai Ye said, then suddenly changed the subject, “However, what if… the person involved did it voluntarily?”

“Voluntary?” Hamer sneered. “Do you know how many homeless people in Colombia sign agreements they can’t even understand every year and are ‘voluntarily’ joined into so-called scientific research projects? For those crazy projects, these homeless people are just expendable resources.”

"Well, those certainly weren't voluntary, but the voluntary I'm talking about is truly voluntary."

Hemer looked up and realized that Bai Ye didn't seem to be joking at this moment.

“Let me tell you a story…” Bai Ye sighed. “For some grand plan, they selected about 10000 fetal embryos, and from one month after birth, they were forced to separate from their parents. 8000 of them became candidates.”

"Of the 8000 candidates, 3000 were eliminated because they did not meet the physical, psychological, or academic requirements. The remaining 5000 are only 15 years old at the moment, and they will begin to undergo human modification surgery from this moment on."

“Even though the risks have been minimized, injuries and deaths are still unavoidable. There are a total of 19 reconstructive surgeries, which will take 3 years in total. After each surgery, some people will not survive.”

"Limb amputations, internal bleeding, fractures, intracranial hemorrhage... these are relatively minor. The most terrifying are brain damage, genetic failure, and some even more bizarre ways to die."

“至少有2000人因为受伤而落选，同时，还有17人死于人体改造手术。最后当初的5000人此刻只剩下了3000人。而最后，他们从这3000人中挑选出了300人。”

"These 300 people must be the best of the best, carefully selected. They must possess the most outstanding qualities, the strongest physique, and the most intelligent minds. At the same time, and most importantly, their genes must be stable, able to be passed down in a dominant manner from generation to generation, ensuring that their offspring are also naturally gifted."

"..."

After Bai Ye finished speaking, Hemer was stunned. Bai Ye's words sounded really absurd. If there were 10000 candidates from the beginning, then the personnel, materials, funds, and even time required to support this plan would be an astronomical figure.

However, she could sense that Bai Ye was not lying.

Hammer tried asking:

"So, you're one of them...?"

“No, I… am their descendant, the second generation of Spartans.” Bai Ye shook his head, interrupting Himer’s question.

This was something he had never mentioned before, belonging to his past. However, it wasn't something that couldn't be talked about; it was just that there was no need to bring it up.

"These people are all volunteers; their existence is for the continuation of the entire civilization."

"Well, let me give you another example... In the ocean, there is a deep-sea kingdom called Agor. In order to resist the monsters in the deep sea, they selected some Agor people to undergo human modification surgery. They combined the monster's genes with humans to create powerful biological weapons that are strong enough to fight against the monsters."

"Although the higher-ups who made this decision certainly had some unspeakable dark motives, these Agor people who underwent the modification surgery all voluntarily accepted the modification. In order to protect their race, they were willing to turn themselves into monsters."

After a pause, Bai Ye continued:

"Even if it's not voluntary, if sacrificing a portion can ensure the continuation of the entire civilization, how would you consider it? Would you all die together, or sacrifice some to allow more people to live?"

Hemer fell silent.

She didn't know how to answer.

"That's good, because there's no answer to this kind of question. It just depends on your perspective," Bai Ye smiled.

"Or rather, in the end, it's just that we don't have enough power to save everything, so we can only give up... Making a choice is not difficult in itself. If we don't resist, something even more terrible will happen. Once you understand this, you'll know what to do."

"A difficult choice is one where you can only choose one of two options and you have to balance both sides, because you have to choose what to give up and what to gain..."

Bai Ye had said this to Lao Wei, and it was also a constant reminder to himself not to be complacent. When you need to use it, you can never have too much power.

He hated the feeling of helplessness when faced with problems.

“However, I will absolutely not let those who modified Ifrit go. They are only thinking about their own interests.” Bai Ye shrugged.

"What if they claim it's for the sake of scientific progress?"

"That's also for one's own benefit. Miss Hemer, everyone has a different understanding of benefit. Money is benefit, power is benefit, survival is benefit, and becoming a stronger Pawwa is also benefit. Even, for one's own beliefs, for one's own dreams, is also benefit in another sense."

Himer was somewhat disappointed:

"Is there nothing pure in this world?"

"How could it not exist?" Bai Ye laughed, looking at Ifrit, who was bouncing around not far away, and slowly said:

"Pure love is not bound by self-interest; possessing it allows you to overcome all obstacles and difficulties..."

Clearly, Himer herself possesses this trait.

She is a person who possesses love.

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"Hemer, what's wrong?"

After Baiye left, Himer walked back to Ifrit's side thoughtfully.

Looking at Himer who was standing there in a daze, Ifrit asked curiously.

"No, it's nothing... Hmm, by the way, why do you like seeing Bai Ye so much? We haven't met many times before." Hemo suddenly brought up a question that had always been on her mind.

"Hmm, aside from Saria, are there any other reasons?"

After thinking for a moment, Himer added another sentence.

"Uh... so you already knew." Charmander stuck out his tongue and chuckled sheepishly.

It's just like how he can't hide anything from his own mother.

Himer snorted.

Chapter 80 Chimera

"Because as long as I stand next to that person, my head won't hurt."

Ifrit finally gave the answer.

Unfortunately, Bai Ye wasn't there at the moment, otherwise he would have suddenly realized why Ifrit and he had such a good relationship, and why this brat listened to him so much.

"Will you still have headaches after coming to Rhodes Island?!" Himer asked, somewhat surprised.

Ifrit nodded silently.

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"..."

Because there's nothing to say.

That was a secret known only to Ifrit.

She is not alone.

In her mind, there was another voice, another consciousness, another existence.

Ifrit initially thought it was her hallucination; she was probably delirious from the fever.

But ever since that outburst, she could clearly feel another presence in her mind, a damn fat man who kept chattering in her head.

A gigantic, terrifying being, engulfing her dreams and wreathed in flames, appeared.

That fat man kept tempting her to use her power; he was inducing her to get angry, not only emotionally but also physically.

The "Flame Demon Incident," which caused a complete rift between Saria and Rhine Lab, was actually caused by the rampage that occurred under the influence of the consciousness in Charmander's mind.

It is the root of all evil.

Whenever Charmander loses control of her emotions, her inner thoughts will take advantage of the situation, and before she met Bai Ye, those thoughts were definitely full of malice.

Interestingly, when Ifrit first met Bai Ye, she felt the fat man in her mind retreat. It was also the first time she experienced complete tranquility.

This was the first time Charmander had ever felt so relaxed.

Therefore, when Bai Ye thought that it was her high charm attribute and universal affinity that had played a role, little did she know that it was actually Ifrit's own fault.

She sensed that the thing was afraid when it encountered Bai Ye.

It's amazing that she could make such a terrifying thing afraid. Therefore, Ifrit actually admires Baiye immensely, and even has some sense of awe. If Baiye seriously teaches her something, Ifrit will definitely listen instead of rebelling.

……

However, Charmander didn't tell Himeru any of these things.

Himer was already busy and tired enough, and Ifrit didn't want to add to her workload. Besides, who in their right mind would believe her—there were other voices in her head.

Even if Himeru heard this, he would probably just think that the little dragon was having a mental breakdown and hallucinating. Perhaps for a rational scientist, this is the most reasonable explanation.