Emily said, “You know our situation.
Since we were young, we often volunteered for various clinical trials, so we know that after the first phase, the second phase of an early clinical trial is generally safe and has a high chance of success.
With such clear benefits, only a fool would pass up the opportunity.”
Edmund nodded.
“Successful participants also tend to receive attention from the higher-ups and gain access to better educational and welfare benefits.
That’s why, even before we adopted a child, we had long decided to involve our children in the organization’s great cause as much as possible—at the very least, to ensure the child’s future.”
Dr.
Smith gazed at them for a moment.
Sensing their sincerity, he finally nodded in satisfaction.
“I’ll make sure to convey your heartfelt intentions to the headquarters.”
He thought of a certain highly confidential experimental study that the headquarters was currently undertaking.
Due to the extremely secretive nature of the project, very little was known about it, even to someone like Dr.
Smith, who had been a core member of the organization for most of his life.
The higher-ups had disclosed only a few pieces of information, one of which concerned the specifications they were looking for in a test subject.
Currently, Alice’s condition was far from suitable.
However, Dr.
Smith had long noticed the child’s remarkable ability to adapt to any experiment conducted on her.
During the years when the child had been in a coma, she had participated in no fewer than twelve clinical trials, and in every one of them, Alice’s body had shown no signs of rejection.
That was simply miraculous.
As for her lackluster performance in the most recent trial, Dr.
Smith had a guess.
If that guess proved to be correct—
What a coincidence.
Alice would perfectly fit all the requirements.
…..
….
Life continued as normal for Alice.
She didn’t really know what was considered normal in this peaceful era.
She simply judged everything according to her own standards.
Feeling like a winner in life, Alice laid on the bed with satisfaction, enjoying the VIP treatment of having everything delivered to her.
She ate on time, watched cartoons, underwent several tests with the help of the doctors, and slept well.
Still no monster appearances.
Perfect!
Well, there had been a slight change, although it wasn’t worth mentioning.
The amount of time she spent connected to various apparatuses and undergoing observations by Dr.
Smith and his team seemed to have increased slightly.
But Alice had nothing much to do, so she didn’t mind.
She simply watched curiously as strange machines and electronic screens were gradually added to her room.
By now, she seemed to have deduced something.
The thing floating in one corner of her vision resembled the symbols she saw on the electronic screens of the various machines.
Did I have some kind of machine in my head?
Alice guessed.
But the thought didn’t bother her much.
It must be some kind of technology from this peaceful world that they, the natives of the desolate era, did not know about.
So much of the peaceful era had been erased in the passing of time.
She had to undergo another treatment.
Shortly after Alice celebrated her ninth birthday with her parents, Dr.
Smith and his team brought her somewhere else and carried out a series of procedures.
Alice had no way of knowing what they were.
She was injected with anesthesia and fell asleep during the procedure, completely unaware of her surroundings or the surgery being performed on her.
Before this, during the five years she had spent in a coma, Alice would often awaken in the middle of surgical procedures, as though she was struggling to break free from deep waters, only to sink beneath the surface once again.
Back then, she could vaguely sense the cold touch of blades against her body.
Wary of danger, Alice would instinctively struggle to regain consciousness, even if only for a brief moment.
But now, after spending a relatively long period awake in this peaceful era, Alice had come to understand that she was not in danger.
Rather, the people around her were trying their best to treat her.
So this time, Alice allowed herself to sink peacefully into the deep blue waters, no longer worrying about the outside world.
She was back underwater, with rolling blue waves around her body, and shimmering blue lights enveloped the underwater world.
Alice remained peaceful until she slowly began to sense a disturbance in the peacefully rolling waves.
The water around her seemed to stir, as though a current were gradually forming around her.
The current was silent, but it steadily grew stronger until she felt herself being pushed toward the surface.
Alice opened her eyes with a gasp.
Before her mind could register the sight before her, a powerful wave of vertigo and dizziness assaulted her senses.
The entire world was spinning.
Alice instinctively turned onto her side and vomited profusely.
Everything was a blur.
She felt hands supporting her, heard voices all around her, and sensed people moving back and forth.
Someone helped her rinse her mouth with clean water.
After a while, Alice’s dizziness gradually subsided, and she began to steady her breathing.
Then, she froze.
She saw the string of symbols in the upper-left corner of her vision rapidly changing.
The long bar, which resembled a slowly charging battery, was filling at an increasingly rapid rate.
…80%.
90%.
100%.
Then, Alice could no longer see the people or objects in front of her.
A flood of indistinguishable symbols swept across her vision, filling every corner.
They moved too quickly for her to make out.
Another wave of dizziness followed.
This time, it was accompanied by excruciating pain that seemed to originate deep within her brain before spreading throughout every part of her body.
Alice clutched her head and gritted her teeth.
Her head felt burning hot, yet cold sweat poured from her pores.
The pain grew stronger as the symbols flashing through her vision moved faster and faster, until all she could see was a bluish-white glow, as though countless stars had flooded the world around her.
Unable to endure it any longer, she finally lost consciousness.
Seeing her fall unconscious once more, the researchers surrounding the bed immediately went on high alert.
One researcher administered a dose of anesthetic to help manage the pain.
Another dutifully recorded the test subject’s symptoms.
“Test Subject C3 is exhibiting much stronger after-effects than the other test subjects.
It may be because she received the highest configuration level.
Hmm…
the other two test subjects in Group C also experienced severe dizziness and nausea, but their symptoms weren’t as serious as hers.
This one appeared to be in considerable pain.”
“Her muscles are spasming,” another researcher remarked while observing the monitor connected to the sensors attached to the test subject’s body.
“Abnormal contractions, muscle twitches, and increased blood flow.
Her heart rate is accelerating abnormally.” This story is hosted at g.com.
“Prepare for possible cardiac arrest—”
The laboratory remained in chaos for a long time before they finally managed to stabilize the test subject’s condition.
Unfortunately, the stability lasted only a few hours.
It truly was only a few hours.
Just when the researchers thought they could finally rest, another wave of similar symptoms flared up again in Test Subject C3, forcing them back onto the battlefield once more.
They even had to request assistance from research teams assigned to monitor the other groups of test subjects, whose conditions had already stabilized.
These unusual episodes continued to flare up periodically, and an entire month passed with the researchers working in rotating shifts to monitor the test subject around the clock.
Naturally, the headquarters was alerted.
A full and comprehensive examination was ordered, and the results from every aspect astounded everyone.
“This…
this is a little different from the expected results.”
“Not just a little.
The difference is enormous.
We only increased the energy configuration, yet it immediately triggered the nanofluid to begin body calibration—and at such a rapid pace.
How curious.
Did the neural interface malfunction?”
“Are you sure the data is correct?”
“Absolutely.
I performed several tests just to make sure.
The neural interface is functioning perfectly within the limits of the test subject’s capacity.”
“Then her constitution must be extraordinary.
Such incredible potential.”
A core researcher pushed up his glasses and looked toward the long-haired man with a ponytail standing nearby.
“What can I say, Dr.
Smith?
This test subject you brought has exceeded our expectations.
Given her lackluster results before, I thought she was a failed sample.
But clearly, that is not the case.”
Dr.
Smith continued staring at the results before him, his eyes shining.
“I told you before.
This child has abnormally high levels of brain activity.
The energy generated by the nanobots to sustain the combined neural interface and nanofluid might not have been enough, but none of you believed me!”
“Come on.
Didn’t the headquarters allow you to accompany the test subject to this small branch so you can confirm your suspicions?”
Test Subject C3, also known as Alice, remained unconscious.
Her clinical profile showed an enormous increase from the baseline conditions recorded at the beginning of the clinical trial.
Her vital signs and body conditions displayed an almost vertical spike in improvement.
First, the nanofluid inside her body emerged from its low-power state and entered full operational capacity.
Next, guided by the neural interface—which continuously monitored every aspect of her body through the nervous system—the billions of nanobots circulating throughout the test subject’s body were mobilized to carry out the core mission of the nanofluid project.
Body optimization–gradually bringing the human body closer to its ideal condition!
The nanofluid began repairing cellular damage, optimizing the problematic issues in all corners of the body, improving tissues and muscles, and carrying out countless other adjustments.
This process was supposed to occur gradually and over longer intervals in order to avoid overloading the patient’s physiological capacity.
Therefore, the fact that the neural interface was continuously sending optimization commands within such a short period could only mean one thing.
They have finally stumbled upon a test subject with a special constitution exceptionally suitable for body optimization research!