Collection of Short Stories 5: Chapter 5
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The sound of metal clanging echoed as it hit the ground. 0
 
I watched him tear off his protective suit, revealing electronic patterns spreading across his chest like Chen Pi Mycelium. 0
 
"Three years ago, in that car accident, do you know why I was the only one who survived?" 0
 
He snapped the data cable beneath his collarbone, and azure liquid splattered against the ice wall. 0
 
"My organs were replaced with Biological Chips long ago; even my tears are just Electrolyte with a predetermined pH value." 0
 
As the blast from the Cold Storage Door sent a rush of air flying, Lin Wanyi burst in on her Electromagnetic Levitation Board. 0
 
The QR code in her eyes flickered wildly. 0
 
"Teacher Shen, there are 47 seconds left for the Clearance Procedure!" 0
 
Shen Yanbai suddenly shoved me into the Liquid Nitrogen Cabinet, locking the Airlock with a motion reminiscent of when he protected me from creditors years ago. 0
 
Through the Bulletproof Glass, I saw him pull out the Data Cable from his Spine and elegantly pierce it into Lin Wanyi's Iris Chip, as if wielding a Jade Spoon. 0
 
In the explosion of azure liquid all around us, 0
 
 
His final words were frozen in the frost: 0
 
"Remember, the true Heat Level..." 0
 
At the moment the intelligent Countdown reached zero, 0
 
all data from the cold storage suddenly surged into the sensor at the back of my neck. 0
 
In excruciating pain, 0
 
my grandfather's voice echoed in my mind: 0
 
"Girl, can you taste the humidity of this Chen Pi Candy?" 0
 
It was a rainy night in 1998, 0
 
and five-year-old me was crouched by the Old Cellar, learning to distinguish the scent of mold— 0
 
at this moment, all sensory memories were being transformed into a Data Flood. 0
 
When the rescue team broke through the ice, 0
 
I was etching equations into the frozen ground with a Jade Spoon. 0
 
Shen Yanbai’s protective mask was covered in blood crystals, 0
 
his stiff index finger pointed at my chest, 0
 
while the Smart Diagnosis Device displayed that my heart's surface was covered with Chen Pi Mycelium-shaped bio-circuits— 0
 
those were the Taste Nerve Regenerator he had secretly implanted on his last night. 0
 
As the Biological Dialysis Machine emitted a buzzing sound, 0
 
 
I was using the Jade Spoon to pick at the scab on my fingertip. 0
 
Dark red droplets of blood fell into the Smart Medicinal Pot. 0
 
Suddenly, the Holographic Screen flickered to life, displaying the Old Almanac from 1988— 0
 
the day I was adopted. 0
 
Next to the yellowed date floated the childhood medical record code of Shen Yanbai. 0
 
"Miss Su's Hematopoietic Stem Cells chimerism rate is at 21%." 0
 
The reflection on the attending physician's glasses obscured his pupils. 0
 
"Do you know what this means?" 0
 
As the scalpel sliced through the skin at the back of my neck, 0
 
the scent of Chen Pi Xiang mixed with antiseptic invaded my nostrils— 0
 
this was the unique aroma of Shen Yanbai's laboratory. 0
 
The moment the Nano Robot streamed into the wound, 0
 
I saw a Rainy Night in 1999. 0
 
Six-year-old Shen Yanbai curled up in a corner of the Su Family Ancestral Hall, 0
 
his grandfather's trembling hand forced a Chen Pi Candy into his mouth: 0
 
"Eat it, and you will forget about your parents' accident." 0
 
The smart microscope displayed, 0
 
 
Those Chen Pi were mixed with Memory Blocking Strain. 0
 
"So I was also a test subject..." 0
 
I tore the Dialyzer line. 0
 
The Biological Chip projected a Blood Data Stream onto my Retina. 0
 
The Jade Spoon suddenly heated up, 0
 
the handle engraved with "Guangxu Twenty Years" cracked open, 0
 
revealing a Micro Holographic Projector— 0
 
what my grandfather had given me before he passed was not an Heirloom, 0
 
but a Memory Storage Device. 0
 
Shen Yanbai burst into the laboratory wearing a Patient Gown, 0
 
just as I inserted the Spoon into the Nape Interface. 0
 
Thirty years of Memory Data transformed into currents that penetrated my Spine, 0
 
and I saw the scene of him, at seven years old, bound in the cellar: 0
 
my grandfather holding a silver needle, 0
 
injecting Chen Pi Mycelium into his Temples, 0
 
while the Smart Monitoring Device displayed a "Brain Neural Reconstruction Success Rate" of 78%. 0
 
"You should have told me sooner!" 0
 
 
I smashed the petri dish, 0
 
the Mycelium writhed wildly in the nutrient solution. 0
 
“What heritage preservation? This is nothing but a living experiment!” 0
 
Shen Yanbai suddenly grabbed my hand and pressed it against his temples, 0
 
the subcutaneous Mycelium veins quivering beneath my touch. 0
 
“Feel this, these are the neural connections of the monsters cultivated by your Su Family.” 0
 
The Smart Security System suddenly activated the laser grid, 0
 
and Lin Wanyi's holographic image seeped out from the ventilation shaft. 0
 
“How touching, but unfortunately, the Experimental Data has already been synced to the cloud.” 0
 
Her shattered Iris Chip reassembled in the projection, 0
 
revealing the face of my grandfather in his youth— 0
 
that adoption was a meticulously planned genetic pairing. 0
 
The Jade Spoon melted into Liquid Metal within the laser beams, 0
 
and the dripping silver droplets suddenly coalesced into a key shape. 0
 
 
 
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