Etranger

Chapter 92

What will happen will surely happen.

A road always splits into two different paths.

All one has to do is choose.

Whatever way one goes, its ones destiny.

Sad!

Why am I always unhappy now? Clouds cover the sun, but

Dont you know it will soon be scattered away?

The innocent bride lights the candles and waits for her groom,

But the groom doesnt know where his bride is.

Oh! Oh!

Good betrayal!

Ecstatic mistrust!

Expensive despair!

When the last bell rings

Will someone be awake until dawn to hear?

Yeria shook her head vigorously. Her eyes turned to the summer sky. A flock of birds leisurely passed through the soft clouds floating in the deep blue sky like clean cotton.

What would Captain San say if he had heard that oracles words? she thought. She suddenly came up with an appropriate answer. The edge of her mouth gently rose.

Dont act smart. Youll get hurt.

Yeria was still a proud company commander and crew member.

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[A30245, G40872] 

[A30246, G40873]

[B10004, H20123] 

[B10005, H20124]

San and Biyeons conversation never stopped.

***

A huge square with a side length of over 100 meters. The place felt more like a well-organized high-tech factory than a square. Inside, a faint light spread out. It seemed to be artificial. The ceiling was covered with a translucent membrane, where light leaks in like a skylight. Jewel-like objects were fixed on all sides, shining brightly, and translucent lines of varying thickness densely filled the walls and floors, like interwoven spider webs.

This place was an all-weather biological composite laboratory and was also located within the mightiest being in the world. It was the inside scenery of a dragons main body.

Among the dragons in existence, three giant dragons are said to be the strongest powers. One of them was this dragon, which had a secret laboratory space in the core of its body. This was Siluone, a dragon that combined the biological features of a dragon with various technologies incorporated into its body.

As such, the experiments being carried out here were proof that this being also had a great interest in its specimens. The two specimens were floating in the air, separated from each other.

However, if one looked closely, one would find that they were surrounded by thin lines and transparent membranes that wrapped around them like cocoons, and over ten thousand lines connected their bodies to outside machines.

What is their state? the Sage, Sil asked. She, too, was connected with wires all over her body. The wrapped wires were connected to Biyeon through the body of her mother, Siluone.

We have complete control. All their brain waves and nerve functions have been properly contained. We have full control over them, Sul, who was connected to San the same way as Sil was to Biyeon, replied.

Shall we start step 1 now? Sil asked.

Start!

First off, basic physical abilities

Sans body fluttered. His fingers and toes moved, and his small and large muscles began to move one after another. They measured the limits of their outer muscles and skeleton structure, internal organ functions, and endocrine scaffolds. Limits for destructive power, persistence, and instantaneous speed were also measured. This process was usually painful for the specimens. It was no exception for Biyeon.

Raise the Acceleration stages, Sil directed.

1st Stage

The two bodies Accelerated. The fact that humans can Accelerate by external stimuli was proof that these beings had been studying Acceleration systems for a long time. It would take at least a day on each stage of Acceleration to measure all the combinations of variables they sought out. It would usually take around 4 days to get into the Awakened Warrior Stage.

Four days passed.

Whats the result up to step 2, the 2nd Stage of Acceleration? Sil asked. 

She was accurately emulating Biyeons body condition with her own body. Biyeons consciousness was suppressed. She was closer to a machine than a living being.

All the experimental data was precisely gathered, interpreted, and analyzed in the mother dragons system. She possessed this space and its technology, so the results naturally went directly to her.

Theres no big difference from other people. Theyre in the same condition as copied specimens. Just the energy barrier was considerably lower than average until the 2nd Stage of Acceleration?

Sul was reviewing the analysis sent by Siluone.

Does it mean that they easily transited into the 2nd Stage of Acceleration?

I believe its said that its a characteristic of Episode 285 humans?

Thats probably why Episode 285 was sealed Sul replied.

Shall we go to step 3? 

Will it be a little different from now on?

Their experiments were proceeding slowly and being closely monitored. However, Sil and Sul would have never guessed what was happening in the lab at the same time.

Signals from completely different systems and principles flowed secretly through the channels connected to them. Furthermore, these signals were piggybacking off the Sages connections to the dragons mainframe, Siluones body. These signals were entering into the mainframe, causing a major danger for system error and theft

Also, they didnt know that another experiment was progressing, hidden from their view. In addition to these Sages, there were human beings in this world who could fully interpret biological signals and visualize all organs and structures of living things.

Episode 2. Book 4: Choice Chapter 11

This is the first time I had to conduct such a terrible experiment!

Sil plopped on a plush chair with her coat haphazardly put on. She leaned back as far as she could in the chair and took a deep breath. Her long hair poured down the back of the chair. Through her messily put-on clothes, her inner skin was exposed here and there, but she didnt care.

I thought my body was being dismantled, too.

Sul was also roughly dressed and lying on a bench while drinking purple liquid.

How long has it been? Sil asked in a weary, tired voice. Her head was still leaning behind the chair.

15 days have passed Sul answered briefly. 

A long silence ensued. They didnt say anything for over an hour.

What do you think? Sil asked, breaking the prolonged silence, as she straightened her body.

You still cant communicate with mother yet, right? Sul asked instead of answering Sils question. 

Im still in a severed state. It seems all communication has been cut off, Sil said as she shook her head.

What do you think is the problem?

I I cant even venture a guess. This is the first time this ever happened, right? Mother disconnected from us first. Those two humans are still connected

Do you think Mother is conducting the experiments herself?

Is that reason enough to disconnect us?

What do you think? 

A long silence ensued again.

Did you see it, too? Sil asked while she stared at the floor.

I saw

It was amazing. It was really

Sil closed her eyes. She tried to recall what she last saw

***

- This is interesting. Obviously, theyre still in a state of unconsciousness Why did the alarm go off in my body? It was also a special-level emergency alarm

Siluone, the Mother magical dragon, constantly reproduced, interpreted, and analyzed different signals. The interpretation and analysis used the linguistic knowledge and grammar system of all human races, which she had accumulated over 9,000 years of living. But

- There are fragmented words, not sentences. Its not a conceptual virus Should I consider this as background noise? Or is it an intended search? Thats also interesting, but

Siluone couldnt shake off her feeling of anxiety. There was no being who could search her own body by reversing the connections in her system. In particular, the type of connection in this special room of hers was impossible to reverse, even for a system with the same design.

This sort of reverse-engineered information pathway was not allowed except for the Creator, the Original Human, who created all things. Only he knows his code well enough to reconfigure its meaning and pathways. It was not something that insignificant humans could find out by chance.

But what if they could and did? Then these two would be related to the Original One. They may be prototypes for the reincarnation of the Original One, the so-called Original Humans.

However, the information conveyed to her by the Masters messenger assured her that they were living material summoned from Episode 285. The Master was known as a person who didnt lie. So, unsure of what was happening, she took precautions.

- Its a contradiction Then theres only one possibility. Theres also only one way to find out

Siluone made her decision.

- It tickles. Can you stop now? Clever humans! I know you both are already awake.

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[Damn, we got caught] Biyeons mischievous voice rang through the line connected to the dragon.

[Hey, didnt you say lets not go there?] San started to complain mischievously. 

Siluone clearly heard Sans playfully spiteful voice. Siluone laughed out loud. Although she couldnt see their expressions, she could tell how the two were interacting.

- So, did you find anything out about my body, brave humans?!

[Well not really anyways. Its really big and complicated. I got motion sickness while walking around. It was the first time a monster was over 500 meters tall. Are we in your stomach?]

Biyeon replied and then asked.

- To be precise, its my womb. Well, you werent surprised?

[There was nothing more surprising since we came to this world. Everything else is insignificant compared to your body.]

- Good. Now Ill ask you both a few things. I look forward to your sincere answers.

[We also have a few questions]

- What an interesting way of conversing. Would you like to test my patience? Did you know youve been caught by me? I want you to know that were not in an equal position, right?

[]

- Have you met the Creator? How did you find the ways inside my body?

[Fuck you] San said before laughing out loud.

- Do you want to go through eternal pain? To never die but also not live, is that what you want?

Siluone growled.

[Do whatever you want. Would you like to see what we saw in your body?] San asked.

[The lines connected to our bodies really helped us search every nook and cranny of your body. There were so many interesting things, you know?] Biyeon added on.

- Have you seen my body?

Siluone, the mother of Sages, a magical dragon, growled. Were there such foolish humans? However, her threats had very little effect on San and Biyeon. Heartbreakingly

Siluone began to objectively analyze the situation. She looked back on what had happened over the past 15 days from a new perspective. Suddenly, a creepy feeling passed through her whole body. A signal from one of them must have touched somewhere in her core. Was it a powerful demonstration?

It could be true!

Now, the millions of lines connected to these specimens were directly connected to her Kernel, the backbone of her system and being. In terms of humans, the Kernel corresponds to the cerebrum and cerebellum. They were the brain organs that controlled knowledge and sensory processing.