Chapter 167 Core of the Split Body

Chapter 167 Core of the Split Body

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Shen Xing opened the glass bottle and took out the fragment of [02—Doll] from it.

When the cytokines are first removed, they are only about the size of a finger joint. If they are huddled together, they look even smaller.

Shen Xing took out two fragments from the doll and put them into two different glass bottles.

Inside glass bottle number 1, Shen Xing continued to feed himself with his own gluteal muscles, just like before. In glass bottle number 2, Shen Xing fed himself with ordinary human flesh and blood.

It's easier to observe the devouring and growth inside a glass bottle than a thermos. The split bodies in both bottles have completely digested the flesh and blood, and both have grown.

To the naked eye, the two objects look almost identical, and even their weights are nearly the same.

The abnormal flesh and blood in one's own body, compared to the flesh and blood of a normal corpse, does not provide any significant help to the growth of the split body. Currently, the size and weight of split bodies 1 and 2 are almost identical.

Because bottle number 2 contained more flesh from a regular corpse, it actually appeared larger and weighed a few grams more.

This marks the third time Shen Xing has conducted experiments using the split form of [02—Puppet].

The first time was in the garage, when Shen Xing tried to cut off a small piece, but perhaps because the amount cut off was too small, it disappeared as if it had weathered away after a short time in the petri dish, leaving not even a speck of dust.

The second time, Shen Xing fed it with his own flesh and blood, then put it in a thermos. The resulting fragment survived and merged into Shen Xing's own body.

However, the second one wasn't strictly an experiment, because Shen Xing didn't understand why the other party could survive, nor did he figure out whether there was a temperature involved in survival.

But now, after this glass bottle culture, the influence of temperature and humidity, as well as the influence of its own flesh and blood, can be basically eliminated.

It seems that as long as there is flesh and blood, the other party can survive.

However, compared to Split 2, which was fed ordinary corpses, Split 1, which was fed with its own flesh and blood, showed more affection towards Shen Xing, just like the one that was raised in the thermos before.

Are there absolutely no differences between No. 1 and No. 2? Does one's own flesh and blood really have no special effects?

Shen Xing held the No. 2 split body and placed it on the operating table. He used tweezers to hold it in place with his left hand and a utility knife in his right hand to cut it directly along the center line of the black ball.

He remembered clearly that when he first cut open the face of [02 - Doll], he saw the mycelium that covered it, and what impressed him most was the black core that was wrapped and wrapped around the very center of the black mycelium.

Logically speaking, the split offspring should not have that core.

As the utility knife cut through the tender skin of the second cytokine, Shen Xing used tweezers to pry open the opening and look inside.

No.

I stirred it inside with a utility knife, and apart from cutting some mycelium, I didn't feel any obstruction or anything like a core.

Shen Xing threw the second division body back into the glass bottle. Inside the bottle, the second division body was gradually recovering. The hyphae connected with each other and sutured the cut, and it quickly returned to its original state.

But it seems that it's not as energetic as it was at the beginning.

After inserting the stopper, Shen Xing uncorked bottle number 1, poured out the number 1 fission body, and repeated the previous operation.

The first clone was obviously more obedient, not moving around, and didn't even need Shen Xing to use tweezers to hold it in place.

When Shen Xing cut open the other person's skin, he saw a scene similar to what he saw after cutting open the face of [02 - Doll] before.

Tiny hyphae crisscross the interior like a spider web, and at the center of this tangled hyphae is a tiny black core, smaller than half the size of a fingernail.

A core has appeared in the clone that was fed with its own abnormal flesh and blood?

Does this mean that it has truly become an independent entity separate from [02—Doll]?

"Can you feel the connection between yourself and it now?" Shen Xing turned to look at the corner of the wall.

At this moment, [02 - Doll] seems to have changed its posture. It has changed from sitting on the ground burning out to leaning against the corner of the wall, as if it has entered a hibernation state where it has completely lost the ability to move.

It seems it doesn't want to see the scene of Shen Xing cutting off the split body.

Shen Xing's question went unanswered.

"Da da".

Shen Xing snapped his fingers twice, and the puppet trembled slightly before reviving. It turned around and looked in Shen Xing's direction.

The current [02—Doll] head mask contains three photos: Fang Zhengfeng, Shen Yuan as children, and another unnamed little girl. At this moment, it is using Shen Yuan's face as a child.

"Can you feel the connection between yourself and it right now?"

Shen Xing asked again.

"Okay." The doll looked at Shen Xing, expressionless.

"What kind of connection is it exactly? Can you share pain? Or emotions? Or can you just sense the presence of others like you?" Shen Xing asked, adding more details.

Now, when talking to [02-Puppet], there's no need to be as concise as before. The repeated feeding of abnormal flesh and blood has solidified some of [02-Puppet]'s thinking abilities.

"It's one of us," the doll replied. "I can sense its emotions."

Do they share a similar consciousness?

Have the parts that were cut off become independent entities?

Does that mean that [02 - Doll] can continue to reproduce in this way?

"What's its mood right now?" Shen Xing asked.

"pain."

"What about the others?"

"Fear."

"Is that all?"

"there is none left."

Pain perception and fear are very basic biological emotions that can be abnormal.

But higher-level emotions seem to be absent.

For example, if the other person considers themselves the "mother," then the behavior of their caregiver cutting them off would likely elicit more complex emotions from a higher being, such as disbelief, sadness, anger, or something else.

Like [02-Puppet], the split entity does not possess higher-order emotions. Even the emotions and thoughts of [02-Puppet] are merely "borrowed" and not generated autonomously.

Can't highly intelligent beings arise from anomalies?

There may also be anomalies similar to [02—Doll] that can utilize emotions and thoughts, and have developed to a higher level.

It's almost 6 p.m. now.

Because Shen Xing needed to study [04—Dream Bell], the funeral home closed on time today, and even the security guards on night duty were not left behind and were given the day off.

Unbeknownst to Shen Xing, at that moment, a woman with a tuft of white bangs on her forehead entered the funeral home after registering her information at the security room.

Across the street from the funeral home, an old black Volkswagen Santana was parked. The driver wasn't from the funeral home; he seemed to be just the woman's watcher.

After the woman entered the funeral home and disappeared from the sight of those behind her, she took a suitcase from a staff member and dragged it toward the innermost mortuary.

The woman stopped at the doorway, raised her hand, and knocked on the door at a specific frequency.

"Knock knock, knock knock..."

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