Lin Fan has always known that whether or not she can successfully control the mecha is the most important issue that will affect her future life.
Even though she always acted nonchalant, deep down in her heart, she had never forgotten the dream of turning into a monster, getting beheaded and locked up.
John Woo once said that there is a prison under the Special Affairs Bureau, where people who cannot control their superpowers are imprisoned.
She didn't know whether transforming into a mecha was a superpower, but the fact that she couldn't control it was a real consequence.
Ever since Pangu's transformation was captured on camera and there was solid evidence, she had a kind of intellectual panic.
Even if Qian Lao's earrings prevented her and the mecha from getting out of control, how much benefit could an uncontrolled mecha bring?
Compared with mechas with independent consciousness, mechas that can only be transformed by subconscious control are too threatening.
Especially after demonstrating such powerful military strength, not being able to control it is equivalent to a threat.
Even though Lin Fan was so weak and had never harbored any ill intentions, she and the mecha were now inseparable. In this situation, what good could she expect?
Even though the 800 people were very patient, they had to remember that this was just the beginning. If she couldn't regain her consciousness while transforming, what would happen to her?
The human heart is always the most terrifying thing in the world.
Lin Fan was not so naive as to think that the 800, which was also a confidentiality unit and had obviously stronger confidentiality measures, did not have a special detention place like the Special Affairs Office.
She works hard to exercise and actively cooperates with treatment, not in order to go to jail to experience life after regaining her health.
Yes, she felt that life was meaningless. But that didn't mean she was willing to let someone else control her life.
To do this, Lin Fan had no choice but to work hard to become useful.
Only by controlling the mecha can her life be guaranteed, and the sooner the better.
The last time she transformed, she accidentally gained consciousness in the mecha, which gave everyone a shot in the arm and also sounded the alarm for her.
As their expectations for the mecha grew, Lin Fan became very passive if he could not control it.
We can't delay any longer! We must make a quick decision and get this done as soon as possible.
She had decided early on that if she could still be conscious during her next transformation, she would not "go offline" easily. She had to hold on a little longer and try to regain control as soon as possible.
So, even though the transformation was extremely uncomfortable, she still forced herself to do it.
She didn't expect that the body behind the mecha would be so flexible and easy to control.
Movements like clenching her fists and turning around seemed as if she were using her original body, and even felt lighter.
But her head hurt so much that she couldn't hold on for long and she changed back.
Although she was exhausted and her mind was not clear, she was still thinking about it in her subconscious and wanted an answer.
800 people think that this level of control is acceptable this time? Is it acceptable?
After hearing the affirmative reply, she was finally relieved and calmed down, but her vital signs were also declining rapidly.
When Song Ren and the others saw Jin Sichen suddenly lie down, they thought something had happened, so they quickened their pace and rushed over, and they also heard what Jin Sichen said.
"What's wrong?" Li Chunhua asked anxiously.
Song Ren understood after a moment's thought.
"She's still awake!" Doctor Xiao then discovered that Lin Fan's eyes were still open, although there was only a small slit and his eyes were dull, but they were indeed open.
Lin Fan heard the voice and slowly turned around.
"Doctor Xiao, please help her quickly." Song Ren said in a deep voice, "She is about to collapse."
"Wu Yi, give her fluids!" Doctor Xiao lifted Lin Fan's eyelids and shone a light into her pupils, then looked at the various physiological data on the large screen. Her blood pressure was low, her heartbeat was weak, and her heart rate was increasing. "She's going into shock!"
Although it is basically certain that 818 has become the key to trigger the transformation, the previous speculation that the drug will affect Lin Fan's central nervous system cannot be easily rejected.
You can't take medicine for the time being, but you can still inject glucose.
Kuang Li, who had recovered, walked to the wall with stiff hands and feet, dragging a cart full of medical supplies over.
Doctor Xiao pulled out the oxygen pillow and put an oxygen mask on Lin Fan.
Wu Yi took a few deep breaths to calm the trembling of his hands and feet, took out glucose, and prepared to give Lin Fan an injection.
Lin Fan was so weak she couldn't even find a vein. Wu Yi tried several times, unsuccessfully, causing multiple bleeding points. Jin Sichen and the others frantically helped, applying hemostatic pads.
Seeing that this wasn't working, Wu Yi went to the cubital fossa to try to find a vein. The veins in the elbows of most people are thicker and more visible, so when a vein in the hand isn't accessible, the cubital fossa is usually used for needle insertion.
But Lin Fan couldn't do it. Her veins were so shallow that they couldn't be seen clearly. Wu Yi tried twice, sweating profusely, but still failed.
Jin Sichen, Song Ren, Li Chunhua and Dr. Xiao each had two hands that were not enough to apply the hemostatic cotton, so Kuang Lidu reached out to help.
"Can you do it or not?" Jin Sichen gritted his teeth, completely forgetting his usual fake soft-spoken demeanor.
There is no doubt that Wu Yi's skills are good, but Lin Fan's current condition makes it difficult to give him an injection.
It’s not that Jin Sichen didn’t understand, but from his standpoint, he couldn’t bear to see Lin Fan unable to even breathe and with blood on his hands.
Tears welled up in Wu Yi's eyes, but she suppressed them forcefully. She wasn't feeling wronged, but rather hated her own incompetence.
"Insert an injection into the external jugular vein!" Doctor Xiao gave the order directly when he saw the situation was not good.
Intravenous injections are usually not performed on the external jugular vein, but given Lin Fan's current condition, there is no better choice.
Wu Yi did not hesitate, gritted his teeth, and finally gave Lin Fan an injection in the neck.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing that the needle had stopped bleeding, Dr. Xiao quickly released it. He then pulled out a neck brace to secure Lin Fan's head, preventing her from moving. After all, the needle was still stuck in her neck.
Kuang Li originally wanted to remind Dr. Xiao to take the biological sample, but seeing Lin Fan's half-dead appearance, he pursed his lips and didn't say anything.
He is just stubborn, not crazy.
Seeing the blood pressure and heart rate on the big screen slowly returning to normal, Doctor Xiao wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Why did he suddenly go into shock? He didn't do this last time. Even with Pangu, it was just a problem with his reflex nerves. The pain was unbearable!"
"It's evolution! After her evolution this time, the energy required for transformation must be more than before, but Lin Fan's physical fitness has not improved significantly compared to before, so she was drained even more!" Song Ren speculated.
Indeed, everyone saw the changes in the mecha, but for a moment they did not expect that the backlash of evolution on Lin Fan himself would be aggravated.
Seeing Lin Fan, whose face was as pale as paper and he fell into a coma with his eyes closed, everyone was frightened.
If this backlash was more severe and Lin Fan couldn't be saved...
It was regrettable that the mecha disappeared, but if only Lin Fan disappeared...
Jin Sichen's throat twitched. "There's another aspect: Lin Fan's sense of autonomy should have increased. She was clearly controlling the mecha just now, so this might have increased the damage to her."
Doctor Xiao nodded. "I'll do a detailed examination of her organs later and compare the previous values to see if there's any attenuation."
Everyone has seen that animation, and everyone still remembers the contingency plan proposed earlier to prevent Lin Fan from becoming weakened due to his transformation.
If that is the case, we will have to find other ways to intervene and reduce the frequency of transformations.
"What...what happened?" Zhang Zhaojie and Ke Wenbin walked over, supporting each other. They saw a group of people surrounding a stretcher and performing a series of rescue measures, and their hearts were hanging in the air.
After finally regaining their mobility, the two of them came over tremblingly.
Xia Jing also resumed his movements and was walking towards this side, but Yu Guangli was still unable to move.
"He just went into shock, but he's stable now," Doctor Xiao replied. "We'll push him to the ward once he's a little more stable."
"This sudden situation is caused by evolution, right? It's obviously putting a greater strain on Lin Fan's body." Xia Jing figured it out easily. "It's better not to let her transform anytime soon. If she keeps going like this, her body will be ruined."
Everyone agreed.
Although they hoped to obtain more information from the mecha and speed up the development and research of humanoid mecha, Lin Fan was a living person, and her right to life and health could not be completely ignored for any reason.
The first few times, everyone saw the long periods of drowsiness and pain after the transformation.
Furthermore, Lin Fan was a patient herself, with her own pain and worries. But when cooperating with their research, she never once complained, always silently obeying.
Recently, my condition has improved, and whenever I see them, I smile softly. It seems I will be back to health soon.
How could such a person watch her die for unknown research results? What's the difference between them and executioners?
No! They are passionate about scientific research, but they are also living people with flesh and blood and emotions!
"Lin Fan..." Yu Guangli's voice came. Everyone looked and saw that he was finally able to move, walking towards them unsteadily.
"The transformation time this time is 8.73 seconds." He held up the timer in his hand and showed it to everyone.
"So the limit of transformation time is 10 seconds?" Zhang Zhaojie said to himself.
"It should still be related to physical fitness. After all, it has evolved this time. If it follows the original version, it may reach more than 10 seconds." Ke Wenbin speculated.
But these cannot be verified at present.
Seeing that Lin Fan's condition was stable, Dr. Xiao pushed her to the ward.
Jin Sichen, Song Ren, and Li Chunhua naturally followed, and the remaining two members of the medical trio also left.
The scientific trio and Xia Jing did not go, partly because they had not fully recovered yet.
On the other hand, they really couldn't do much in the past, so they might as well stay in the lab, where there's a lot of data for them to analyze.
Several people tacitly pulled out the memory cards of the slow-motion camera and read them one by one.
In the infirmary, after Lin Fan received fluids and oxygen, his face no longer looked pale and he gradually recovered, but he was still in a coma.
Dr. Xiao carefully performed various tests but found nothing abnormal. Everything seemed to be back to normal.
Everyone thought that Lin Fan would sleep for a long time, but unexpectedly, he woke up in less than 3 hours.
At this time, it's not time to get off work yet.
"Are you feeling unwell anywhere?" Dr. Xiao brought Wu Yi and Kuang Li to the ward.
"I have a headache and no energy," Lin Fan said listlessly.
This time his coma was a little worse than the last time, and he couldn't get up immediately, but it was better than the time with Pangu, and he wasn't that weak.
"My body hurts too." Lin Fan added with a pout.
"Your whole body hurts, like before?" Dr. Xiao was also a little nervous.
"No, I just feel a lot of pain in my joints." Lin Fan could always feel the pain, but most of the time it was the dull pain of chronic inflammation.
After saving Pangu last time, the joint pain was particularly severe and wouldn't go away. Dr. Xiao arranged for Song Ren to give Lin Fan a massage, and it had been going away for a while, but I don't know why the pain came back this time. Was it because of the transformation?
Dr. Xiao examined the joints and found no redness, swelling, or deformity. Blood tests also showed no signs of inflammation or infection. She still suspected nerve pain. Since medication was not an option, she asked Song Ren to massage the pain.
Song Ren was pressing it when the door of the ward opened again.
The scientific trio and Xia Jing rushed over when they heard that Lin Fan had woken up.
"Lin Fan, your joints hurt, right?" Ke Wenbin asked with a frown as he walked in and saw Song Ren massaging Lin Fan's joints.
"Well, how do you know?" Wu Yi felt strange.
"We just watched the latest video in the lab, slowed down at 120 frames per second. We saw Lin Fan's transformation clearly," Zhang Zhaojie said dejectedly. "If you watch it, you'll understand why Lin Fan's joints hurt."
"Why?" Li Chunhua asked blankly. He felt that this might not be good news.
"Because her mecha came out from her joints! The mecha broke through the skin and flesh, drilled out from the joints, wrapped around her, and became what we see!" Xia Jing said in a deep voice.
Song Ren unconsciously stopped what he was doing.
Everyone's eyes were focused on Lin Fan's joints.
No wonder she cried out in pain!
Oh, my Lin Fan is suffering all the time. Stickers. Anyone with tickets, please give them out, hehehe.