Xiang Xiaotong took a sip of milk tea, propped her face up with one hand as she lay on the bed, and continued weakly.
"After the Neuron Mechanical Hand and Neuron Mechanical Leg were covered by medical insurance, a county magistrate from Gan Province contacted me through several layers of connections. He said that his county had a pair of Conjoined Twins and asked whether it was possible to install smaller Mechanical Legs in their case."
"I looked over the information. The Conjoined Twins had just turned three. They were two girls sharing a pelvis, with two complete upper bodies and complete internal organs, but they shared a pair of legs."
"With current medical technology, separation surgery could be performed on the twins. But the surgery meant that only one child could keep the legs, while the other would become a person without legs."
"Their parents had spent sleepless nights, unable to decide whether they should undergo separation surgery. No matter which child lost her legs, it would be unfair. They were both their flesh and blood, and the parents simply couldn't choose. But if they weren't separated, it meant the two children would be bound together for life, and their lives would certainly be different from those of ordinary people."
"If they could be fitted with Mechanical Legs, the separation surgery could be performed without worry, and both the parents and the children could accept it. That was why the county magistrate contacted me to ask about the technical details."
Song He nodded repeatedly. On average, one in every two hundred thousand infants was born a conjoined twin. Pelvic conjunction was the most common kind, and also the luckiest. The survival rate was high, and after separation, the children would at most lose their legs.
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