After Song Ren came back from getting his meal, Jin Sichen took his dinner and said pointedly, "Your speed... is much worse than Xiao Li's."
"After all, I've played a lot, so I'm familiar with it." Li Chunhua guessed what Song Ren was doing and quickly joined in.
Jin Sichen smiled, as if he really believed what Li Chunhua said.
Adult socializing is so hypocritical! He secretly complained.
"How is Lin Fan?" Song Ren pretended he heard nothing.
"I haven't moved at all. I don't know how long it will take for me to wake up this time." Li Chunhua took his lunch box and said.
In the past, he'd been asleep for either seven or nine hours after transforming, but today was a little different. Lin Fan didn't do anything; he transformed and immediately returned to his original form.
According to the theory that the greater the effort, the longer the sleep period, how long will I sleep this time if I don’t do anything?
Everyone could only wait and summarize the patterns after Lin Fan woke up.
After dinner, Song Ren went to the activity room and got a book to pass the time.
Lin Fan was still asleep, and they couldn't just stare at her.
It's not that you can't, it's just pointless.
Li Chunhua sat on the sofa playing games. Jin Sichen sat on the bed, fiddling with his phone. He sat at the end of the bed, so if someone pushed the door open, he'd be visible.
The book in his hand was borrowed from Jin Sichen. He seemed to be reading seriously, but in fact, his mind was full of thoughts.
Just now in the office, his answer to Cui Yan was "I will guarantee to complete the task!"
But can he really do this to Lin Fan?
When the mecha first appeared that afternoon, he subconsciously reached for his gun. But he quickly realized it was Lin Fan, and when he called her, his hand relaxed.
After spending so much time with Lin Fan, could he still kill her without hesitation?
He knew his heart was wavering.
If the mecha does pose a huge threat, I will definitely take measures!
He was well aware of the mecha's terrifying power, and the strength it had demonstrated so far was also alarming. She could indeed pose a significant threat, but that wasn't guaranteed.
Moreover, who defines this threat? Cui Yan, or himself?
Judging from the mecha's previous performances, they all tended to be positive. Lin Fan herself was harmless, and Wu Yi could easily knock her down in one fell swoop.
As long as Lin Fan can control the mecha, the so-called threat will naturally be greatly reduced.
What was Cui Yan worried about? Was he simply worried about Lin Fan losing control, or was there something else he was worried about?
Forget it, why think about these meaningless things now? Song Ren decided not to waste time on some meaningless speculations.
There are too many unknowns about Lin Fan, so let's just take it one step at a time.
He continued to bury his head in the book, and this time he really read it.
That night, Lin Fan had been unconscious for nine hours and hadn't woken up yet. Doctor Xiao and Wu Yi came to check on him.
"All vital signs are normal." Dr. Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt anxious.
As long as Lin Fan is still awake, no one can completely relax.
But since Lin Fan didn't wake up, they had no choice but to wait patiently.
We waited until noon the next day.
Xia Jing belatedly learned the news and rushed over. He also met Xie Bisheng at Pangu's place, and only after asking him did he learn about Lin Fan's transformation.
"How is Lin Fan?" Xia Jing asked as soon as he entered the room.
"Still sleeping." Several people made way for Lin Fan so that Xia Jing could see him clearly.
"This shouldn't be the case! It's been 15 hours. The last time we pushed Pangu, it weighed more than a thousand tons, and he was unconscious for less than 9 hours!" Xia Jing was very surprised. He thought Lin Fan had woken up a long time ago.
Li Chunhua sighed helplessly: "Doctor Xiao said her vital signs are normal. We can only wait for her to wake up on her own."
Xia Jing moistened his lips and sat down on the sofa: "This won't do! Let's analyze it. Where are Dr. Xiao and the others? Call them all over!"
Lin Fan was still in a coma, and the scientific trio was still concentrating on their research. The remaining seven people simply held a seminar in the ward.
"What exactly happened with her transformation this time?" As the only person not at the scene, Xia Jing could only find out what happened by asking.
Li Chunhua recounted what had happened, and others occasionally added to the story.
"Oh, by the way, there was a video recording the entire process in the laboratory yesterday. You can take a look. Team Leader Yu has already released the access rights to that video." Wu Yi reminded.
Xia Jing quickly opened his notebook and found the video to play.
Because there were so many people watching, he had to turn on the TV in the ward to cast the screen so that everyone could see it easily.
No matter how many times I see it, the transformation remains breathtaking.
"That thing has become smaller!" Kuang Li pointed out sharply.
I was so focused on the mecha and Lin Fan that I didn't notice anything else. Everyone gathered in front of the screen and saw that it seemed a little smaller.
"It should be at least one-fifth smaller. The spikes on the surface are gone, and even the spots are not so severe." Kuang Li can easily notice subtle differences, probably because he has been observing microscopic organisms for a long time.
"You mean... Lin Fan absorbed that thing when he transformed?" Jin Sichen immediately understood what he wanted to say.
"Lin Fan? Absorb that thing?" Li Chunhua couldn't quite imagine how this process happened.
"Have you noticed the light on her mecha?" Xia Jing, who had been silent, spoke.
He zoomed in on part of the footage and replayed it.
Sure enough, there seemed to be all kinds of light flowing on the white shell of the mecha, like a colorful revolving lantern on a white background.
"I saw it at that time, but I thought it was dazzling." Wu Yi said hesitantly.
"There is a stream of light, right?" Xia Jing said affirmatively. He called up the video from last time, zoomed in and froze it, and showed two pictures of the same part in front of everyone at the same time.
On the left, there is a faint colorful glow under the white shell; on the right, it is pure ivory white.
"So... it's evolution?" Kuang Li raised his eyebrows and looked at everyone.
evolution?!
Everyone looked at Lin Fan.
She lay quietly in bed, with no sign of anything unusual.
If it is really evolution, what will it look like when it is completed?
"We can now confirm that she is connected to that thing, otherwise she would not have been able to absorb it." Everyone agreed on this point.
"Whether she can transform by touching that thing is accidental or will happen again in the future, we have to wait until the next time we try it to confirm it." Song Ren suggested.
"Do you have anything to add?" Xia Jing nodded in agreement and asked others.
"When I called her, she looked at me. When Song Ren called her, her eyes lit up. I think she might be conscious." Jin Sichen pondered.
Whether it has evolved, whether it has consciousness, whether it can transform as soon as it touches that thing, we can only see it after Lin Fan wakes up and transforms next time.
The sun sets in the west and slowly sinks into the horizon.
Lin Fan opened his eyes and saw the white ceiling again, knowing that this was the ward.
"Lin Fan, how are you?" Jin Sichen came over and pressed the pager. "Doctor Xiao, Lin Fan is awake!"
A group of people soon poured into the ward.
The scientific trio studied all night and made some progress. They happily came out to look for food, but when they learned that Lin Fan was still unconscious, they had no time to study the materials.
If something happened to Lin Fan, with their current methods, it would be difficult to research anything. They also hoped that Lin Fan could help with further sampling later.
They had also heard of the theory of evolution and found it quite reasonable. Everything just had to wait for Lin Fan to wake up to verify it.
After a thorough examination by Dr. Xiao, the patient was found to have no other problems except that he was a little weak.
"Li Chunhua!" Song Ren shouted.
"Let's go!" Li Chunhua squeezed out of the crowd and rushed to the cafeteria to get food. Lin Fan's special kitchen was waiting.
"How is it? Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere?" Jin Sichen looked her up and down, afraid that she might feel pain again.
Wu Yi rocked the bed for Lin Fan to a certain angle where he could lean against it. "Can you move this time? Can you?"
Even though everyone agreed that the discomfort last time was caused by overload, no one dared to be sure without confirmation.
"I can move." Lin Fan stretched his arms and legs.
"Does it hurt?" Zhang Zhaojie asked fearfully.
Lin Fan raised his head and thought about it. There was no sharp pain. "No pain."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and started talking about what had happened the day before.
"So I've transformed again?" Lin Fan nodded.
She now knew that as long as she woke up in the hospital ward, she would definitely have transformed.
"Yeah, yeah! We're all so excited!" Zhang Zhaojie, a mecha fan, was the happiest. After he regained consciousness, he regretted countless times why he didn't touch it at the time and actually hid far away, trembling. It was so embarrassing.
"Don't you have any impression at all?" Ke Wenbin asked curiously.
"Well... I just remember putting my hand on it, and then I felt an electric shock..." Lin Fan recalled.
"It was an electric shock? Are you sure? We have touched it many times and didn't feel this way..." Ke Wenbin frowned.
"Are you wearing gloves?" Kuang Li asked coldly.
Indeed, for research purposes, they have to wear rubber gloves most of the time, and operating with bare hands is not standard.
"I'll try it without gloves when I get back," Yu Guangli decided.
Could it be possible that, like Lin Fan, she could transform after being touched? This thought suddenly occurred to Zhang Zhaojie. Thinking about it again, that wasn't right! Lin Fan transformed because she had a part of that thing in her head.
But... I can't be sure it's just a part of it... Zhang Zhaojie was secretly struggling.
"And then what? And then what?" Wu Yi wanted to know what Lin Fan experienced next.
"Then, I felt that thing had a heartbeat..." Lin Fan continued.
"What?!" Many people exclaimed in unison, looking at Lin Fan in disbelief.
Although I couldn't tell what that thing was, it was clearly not a living thing! How could it have a heartbeat?
"Yeah, I felt it with my hand." Lin Fan was stared at by a group of people. After thinking for a while, he nodded in affirmation, "It jumped twice."
The scientific trio wanted to rush back and take off their gloves immediately, but they were afraid of missing out on Lin Fan's next description, so they patiently stayed.
"Tell me! Tell me in detail! How does it feel?" Yu Guangli became excited and moved forward with anticipation on his face.
"After I put my hand on it, I felt my heartbeat very loud. Then my palm felt like it was electrocuted. I wanted to pull my hand back, but I couldn't move. Then I felt that thing under my hand beat. Then my heartbeat coincided with it, and I didn't know what happened anymore."
As soon as Lin Fan finished speaking, the scientific trio rushed out.
The door of the ward hit the wall with a bang, bounced back, and locked itself with a click.
Here's the second chapter of Day 7. It's finally over. I'm proud of myself. I triumphed over myself. It's too difficult for me to update twice a week without any drafts saved. I'll start updating once a week to ease the pressure. I'll try to update twice a week from time to time when I have some drafts saved. This kind of continuous double update wouldn't work without drafts saved. Thank you all for your tolerance. As always, I need votes. Come on, come on, vote...