Volume 8: A Trip to the Sick Village Chapter 389 Ze Luo
"You can understand it this way." Chiron said lightly, "I am not very clear about the principle behind it... If it was me two hundred and ninety years ago who was here now, I might have gone crazy... But now, I just want to complete my last mission and then sleep forever."
"Will you report this to Ark?" Ke Lan continued to ask, "I don't want to desperately try to escape back to the ground, only to be captured by a group of security agents and sent to the research institute as soon as I land."
"No." Chiron said, "To be honest, I have thought about many things during these decades of exile... I always feel that some of the choices made by my colleagues may lead humanity into a more dangerous situation... I don't agree with their approach, but I can't come up with a better plan... Although my heart is tormented, I have never resisted the orders from the crew... And this time, I want to make a try."
"Can you explain yourself clearly?" Ke Lan said, trying to hold back the curse words that were about to rise to his throat. "Is it fun to be mysterious?"
"Those are things you cannot know now," Chiron said.
"I don't know how many times I've heard this! The two guys from the Undead Crew said the same thing before. Are all of you Riddlers?" Ke Lan couldn't help but feel irritated. "Anyway, it looks like you're planning to break up with the Undead Crew, so why not reveal some of those secrets to me? If the operation to seize the airship fails, then at least I can die with a clear conscience, right? I don't want to be a fool."
"I didn't tell you the truth to protect you," Chiron said. "I agree with Hermaphroditus and Themis on this point."
"Fuck!" Ke Lan couldn't help but cursed.
"Also, at her request, I will choose to remain silent," Chiron continued.
"She?" Ke Lan looked at the expressionless girl standing aside like a doll.
"Yes. She wants to experience life as a 'human', so she hopes we can keep it a secret for her."
Ke Lan swallowed hard, then said, "Let me confirm again, she...she wants to be on the Ark...to live? Right?"
This time the answer was not relayed by Chiron, but by herself - the girl looked at Ke Lan and nodded slightly.
"Are you crazy..." Ke Lan scratched his hair in bewilderment, "Let's not talk about anything else, just the issue of identity..."
" With my authority, this is not a problem," Chiron said.
"That's right... After all, you are a member of the Undead Crew... Oh, a former member... Anyway, you have the final say over the entire Ark... But the problem is... Bringing 'her' to the Ark will really not cause any chaos? Although she looks no different from a human, you should know better than me what she is, right?"
"She said she would listen to you and abide by all the rules of human society." Chiron continued, "I can read her thoughts. She really wants to live as a 'human'."
"Let me take it slow...slowly..." Ke Lan waved his hands, squatted down, and rubbed his face vigorously. "This is fucking weird ...Just now, there was a person who was trying to prove at the top of his lungs that he was no longer a human being, but a creature completely different from humans...And now, there is a thing that has nothing to do with humans except for its appearance, but wants to settle on the Ark as a human being...This is really...too weird..."
"What's the reason?" Ke Lan raised his head suddenly and looked at the girl. "You have to give me a reason that can convince me, otherwise even if you kill me, I can't take you to the Ark. Who knows how long your interest in 'human life' will last? What if one day you suddenly get bored and start a killing spree in the city center? Wouldn't I become a sinner for all eternity?"
"She read your memories from me. She longed for the kind of life you and your friends had. She said she didn't want to live in this world as a weapon."
"Is it that simple?" Ke Lan's expression changed slightly.
"It's that simple," Chiron said. "Her mind, in some ways, is similar to that of a newborn baby, and you are the first person she comes into contact with after her consciousness awakens."
"The first person? Was it when we were in East District 9?" Hearing this, Ke Lan couldn't help but think of a saying that many animal cubs will regard the first thing they see after they are born as their mother... So this creature thinks of itself as its mother?
"Forget it, let's not discuss these things for now - can you quickly prepare the space shuttle? Solving the problem of the puppet individual first is the most urgent task ." Ke Lan simply took the initiative to change the subject.
"I have issued instructions to all the servants of God who have established a mind link with me, asking them to stop their aggressive actions, and told your companions some information about this matter. Of course, I have not revealed her identity to anyone, and you will need to explain it yourself when the time comes."
"...It seems you even ordered your men to attack my teammates."
"Don't worry, none of your teammates were injured. Instead, they killed a lot of incomplete experimental subjects... If my men hadn't stopped them, they would have probably rushed here by now." Chiron explained.
"Okay...but how should I explain her identity?" Ke Lan muttered, "By the way, do you have a name?"
"They...they called me...Zero...Subject Zero..." The girl opened her mouth and spoke intermittently.
"I mean a name, not a number... Well, it seems like you don't have such a thing, so I'll just give you one... Zero... Zero... Zero... How about Zero? No, this name sounds like a white person, and your face shape is obviously Asian... How about Ze Luo? This sounds more like a Chinese name. As a bad namer, I've done my best."
"Ze...Luo..." The girl repeated the name she had just chosen with some difficulty.
"Oh, by the way, can you change your appearance? You look a little bit... too dazzling now, do you understand what I mean?" Ke Lan continued to say to the girl.
"Oh." The girl nodded, and the next second, her figure began to change... Not long after, a lifelike "Zofia Soma" stood in front of Ke Lan, and the clothes that Ke Lan had put on her before had fallen to the ground.
"She asked me to ask you if you like this," Chiron asked.
"...You should change back to your original appearance." Ke Lan said, covering his forehead, "But make a slight change to your appearance... Oh, by the way, you can use Chiron to read my thoughts, right? Then you can shape my face according to my ideas..."
Ze Luo finally turned back into her original girlish appearance, but her face and figure had been slightly adjusted to a certain extent. Although she still maintained a very high level of appearance, she was at least not as stunning as before.
"Hair, the color of your hair needs to be changed too. White hair is really too eye-catching." Ke Lan continued, "As a Chinese, your hair should be black."
