Chapter 106

MEI remembers that these two girls had such a special title, but MEI forgot the specific reason. However, if the two people in this tube were not mentioned by Raven...

She couldn't tell at all that they were the two girls.

"Okay, tell me the details." MEI decided to completely believe what Raven said.

As for why, Mei seems to remember something vaguely—the two girls had a serious...

Is it a bit nonsensical?

Um...

Like...

That's roughly it.

Anyway, it seems that the influence these two sisters had on MEI was quite nonsensical, both in their lines and actions. They weren't exactly rational, calm, or wise.

So let me explain.

It's possible that these two girls ended up like this not Jackal was doing some kind of malicious experiment on them.

"Well... I don't really understand either."

MEI's question directly touched on Raven's blind spot; if she had known these things, she probably wouldn't have ended up in such a terrible situation.

Regarding MEI's question, Raven could only shrug and say, "I heard from our leader that these two children were injected with... Apsaras's genes..."

"No... what did you say?" Raven was a little surprised as soon as she finished speaking. "Say it again so I can hear you."

"The Apsaras genes," the Raven said. "They injected themselves with them, which led to this."

"Apsaras's genes?" Mei's usually cold and expressionless face finally showed some surprise as he said, "No, shouldn't this thing be carefully preserved? In a classified box or a special storage box?"

"How did they find out? How did they get it? How did they inject it?"

"I don't know about that," Raven said helplessly. "I can only say that's just how reality is."

"The leader said that's exactly how it is; they injected themselves."

Mei stared at the two people inside the tube. She genuinely couldn't fathom how these two were going to inject themselves with genes. Genetic modification wasn't simply a matter of giving yourself a syringe.

This involves many aspects such as gene recombination and sequencing.

Give yourself an injection.

That means they feel they haven't died fast enough.

"Please believe me," the Raven said earnestly. "Although I don't know what's going on, I also think this is impossible."

"They injected themselves, but..."

"No, they injected themselves," MEI said, adjusting her glasses. "I believe them. Because a legitimate researcher and research institution..."

"I really couldn't do something so mediocre."

There are a whole host of procedures to go through, including observation, screening, culturing, and sequencing. Directly injecting something like that is simply irresponsible towards one's own experiment!

Even if it's based on the desire for quick success, it doesn't have to be like this.

Because there are too many parameters that need to be observed and corrected in this process.

If you inject any random substance, who knows what parameters will be generated, what results will be obtained, and you can't observe any correlation between them.

So although it's impossible, it's possible that these two people did it themselves.

After Mei roughly figured these things out, she basically came to believe it.

"You really believe that?" Raven scratched her head a little; to be honest, she didn't believe it at first either.

But that's just how it is.

"I can think of coming over," MEI said.

Actually, she could sometimes guess that these two girls might be a bit dramatic. Now that her memories were gradually returning and she recognized these two people, she seemed to remember that these two girls were indeed the dramatic type.

I just never expected to be so reckless.

"So there's nothing you can do." MEI pushed up his glasses and said, "The Jackal's suggestion was to suppress and remove it."

"Right?"

"Yes." This time it was the Raven's turn to be surprised. "How did you know?"

She didn't seem to mention this, did she?

"A very simple conservative treatment plan," MEI said, "Remove the severely infected tissue, preserve the normal tissue, and suppress the continued infection of the less severely infected tissue."

"Yes, that's right," said the Raven.

Mei looked at the two girls.

How should I put it?

The Jackal's treatment plan wasn't wrong in its calculations, but it wasn't entirely correct either. It was simply a highly feasible treatment option chosen under the current conditions.

The infected tissue that was no longer able to function normally was removed, while the normal tissue that still had function was preserved.

At the same time, it inhibits the further deterioration of tissues with mild infection.

After Honkai, Honkai infection is somewhat like cancer cells; that might not be entirely accurate, but it does metastasize and spread. And this isn't just Honkai Energy infection; it's a genetic infection of Honkai Beast.

From a genetic perspective, this is due to mutations.

Therefore, apart from the clearly infected cells, it is difficult to confirm whether the rest are also infected.

Moreover, the infected areas also exhibit a pattern of fluctuating between infection and repair.

The Jackal certainly did its best.

"It's just that Jackal's technique isn't good enough," MEI said definitively. "She's still a little bit lacking."

"Indeed." Raven also admitted that Jackal's technology could not completely cure the two girls. If she really had that ability, then the two of them wouldn't be stuck here.

"Are you alright?"

Raven wondered if Mei had a solution after hearing her say that.

Hmm, it seems like it might actually work, right? She was a PhD from the last era, so she must have some amazing qualities to be chosen by the Lord.

So she has a solution?

'It won't work either...'

MEI pushed up his glasses, looking at the two people without giving a direct answer.

If it were the original Mei from the previous era here, there would be absolutely no problem. But she isn't the original Mei! But even if she isn't the original, it's not entirely impossible.

MEI's memories, experience, and wisdom are all in her.

It all depends on how she uses these.

If used properly, it can save these two people.

It was not used well.

'These are two lives, after all.' MEI looked at the two people.

Yes, these are two people who have resigned themselves to fate. If their mission fails, there will be no second chance for them.

Perhaps their fate destined them to become those two goofy Valkyrie.

Even if MEI doesn't interfere, there won't be any problems.

They will be alright.

But...

But these are two lives at stake.

If you truly lack the ability, don't force yourself. But now she has it, she has the ability. She might be able to save these two people. Having the ability to save them yet remaining indifferent, Mei cannot forgive herself under any circumstances.

This is both an opportunity and an unprecedented challenge.

She could use this opportunity to further understand MEI and improve her knowledge of it. But it also means two lives are lost.

Perhaps their fate was predetermined in other times and spaces.

But in this space-time...

Nobody can say for sure.

MEI closed her eyes; this was a really tough choice.

Raven remained silent, though she didn't know exactly how capable the doctor was. But at least she didn't doubt his abilities.

If she had any doubts, she wouldn't have tied this doctor to the World Serpent.

This PhD student may seem a bit cold, and sometimes a bit silly.

But surely they can't be completely devoid of humanity?

Will she make a move?

The Raven is waiting, waiting for the doctor to make his own choice.

I waited for quite a while.

"I want all their data." MEI finally made up her mind and said, "I've requisitioned their data and the original samples of the injected Apsaras gene."

Go for it! Give it your all!

She wasn't Doctor Mei before, but she is Doctor Mei now.

If it really is Doctor Mei, wouldn't he have let such an opportunity slip by?

These two children would also be excellent candidates for integration.

For most people, the injection would have been fatal, and they could have been sent directly to the crematorium for safe disposal. But they survived, though not well.

But you still survived, didn't you?

This suggests that they must have something special about them.

So let's take a gamble!

"You can definitely do it, right?" Raven was overjoyed. Although the Doctor hadn't agreed to rescue the Lord, her agreement to save the two children was still a good thing.

How could this possibly upset her?

"There's an old saying in China," MEI said. "Man proposes, God disposes."

"I can't guarantee you that I will succeed," MEI said sincerely. "I can only promise you that I will do my best."

"We will do everything we can to save these two children's lives and do our best to treat them."

"But will they ultimately survive...?"

"That's not something I can decide."

"You need to understand," MEI said, "That nothing is 100% guaranteed to succeed, and there is always a certain degree of risk involved."

"I can only guarantee that I will increase the chances of success to 99.9%."

"The remaining 0.1% depends on the weather."

"That's enough." Raven finally showed a smile he hadn't shown in a long time. "That's enough. I will do my best to help you get the information you want."

"Hmm... but what do you need the original sample of Apsaras for?"

"Gene Fusion." MEI didn't intend to hide anything about this, saying, "If we want them to return to their former state."

"It's definitely impossible for them to rely on their own genes."

"It's an infection at the genetic level now, which is irreversible."

"It is impossible to perfectly eliminate Apsaras's genes."

"Therefore, the best approach is Gene Fusion."

"Merge their genes with Apsaras's Gene Fusion."

As soon as Mei finished speaking, Raven's face turned grim again. Wasn't Gene Fusion exactly what Jackal was doing? And the reason Jackal set up the lab here was also because he wanted the children here.

She used those children to conduct her Gene Fusion experiments.

However, due to his own reasons, the Jackal dared not touch these children for the time being.