103 Project Garden of Eden (1/2)

Chapter 103: Project Garden of Eden

Translator: _Min_Editor: Lis_

”You keep saying inferior creatures. Just how superior are you?”

She immediately became unhappy with his words. Tense, she argued, ”Me? I'm a digitalized human being. Do you understand what that is? My brain is developed up to twenty percent, and my brain capacity is twelve times yours. The amount of knowledge in my head scares me. Do you know what that means—”

”It means that you're my captive,” Jiang Chen said casually. It did surprise him that the girl had so much technology in her head. The most precious commodity on the wasteland was exactly this.

Lin Lin's face paled again, but just as she was about to retort, her pupils became a distinct, crimson color.

A shiver went through his mind, an instinctual sense of danger making him immediately raise his pistol and aim at her head.

The red pupils stared blankly at him. No, rather than blank, it was better to say that it was an emotion that he could not understand.

He recalled that the bug's brain had been implanted into Lin Lin's body.

”Lin Lin” gazed at him in silence, then slowly raised her head. Jiang Chen tensed.

Shoot? But she wasn't attacking. Don't shoot? But this is what controlled the zombies.

She didn't seem to understand what the pistol was. Her face came closer to the weapon in Jiang Chen's hand before she gently placed her mouth on the metallic muzzle.

She was kissing it?

Jiang Chen was completely lost.

It was at this moment that the storm of crimson washed away. Lin Lin, who regained control of her thoughts, looked up at the gun barrel in her mouth, completely at a loss.

Hmm? Was she back now?

Jiang Chen gave her a friendly smile, which from her perspective, seemed psychotic.

Her frail shoulders began to tremble, and her dark eyes were shaken with fear.

Finally, her fear forced out a high-pitched scream.

”No, don't kill me! I-I'll be your slave. You can do whatever you want to me. You must be thinking about it anyway! Maybe in the game! Now that you finally see my pure body, you're thinking evil thoughts. I-I'm going to be—”

”Shut up!” Jiang Chen shouted.

Lin Lin finally settled down, but partially due to fear. On the surface, she was defiant and aggressive, but in the face of danger, she was a coward.

”I have a question for you, so answer truthfully,” Jiang Chen said in a deadpan voice, his grip maintaining the gun's aim.

Lin Lin gulped and rapidly nodded, but her vision remained on the pistol.

”The bug is in your body, right?”

”Yes!” Lin Lin said, but upon feeling a chill creep up on her, she immediately added, ”but only in the brain!”

”Is there a difference?”

”Yes, it can no longer produce the x2 bacteria,” Lin Lin quickly explained.

”X2 bacteria... so that's what it's called. And then?” Jiang Chen stare bored into her eyes.

”And?” Lin Lin didn't understand.

”I'll be honest with you. My purpose here was not for the artificial intelligence, but rather to kill that bug.” Jiang Chen smiled with a hint of hostility.

Lin Lin stared at him with vacant eyes. To his surprise, she didn't cry this time.

Jiang Chen sniffed, then frowned.

What was this smell?

He then noticed something flowing out of her.

[What? She peed?]

Jiang Chen was shocked all over again. He didn't expect this girl to be so scared that she'd lose control like that.

As far as he knew, it was nothing too excessive; it was a slight threat.

”No, don't kill me. I-I'm afraid of pain,” the tiny mouth stuttered listlessly as her tears rolled down in silence.

”Ahem, don't be like this. I'll take into consideration the fact that you spent such a long time in the virtual world, and therefore have some mental problems. But for your safety, you have to calm down and answer my questions.

”The next question is, where did you hide the bug?”

Lin Lin paused and then slowly pointed at her chest.

”Heart?”

”Mhmm. It's attached to the surface of my mechanical heart. It seems to be attached to my nervous system.” Lin Lin nodded. She sensed that Jiang Chen didn't plan to kill her, so she finally calmed down.

”Mechanical heart? Speaking of this, if you're a digitized human being, then could you remove your heart and then reinstall it?” Jiang Chen pointed a mischievous look at her raised chest.

Like a cat with its tail stomped, she curled back and hugged her clothes.

”No, I will die. I don't want to!”

Jiang Chen raised his eyebrows. It was going to be problematic now.

”To be fair, you don't have to kill it,” Lin Lin carefully said.

Of course, she said this not because she was a benevolent person; she also hated the bug inside her, but she was more afraid of the devil dissecting her.

”Oh?”

”It's not dangerous right now; the only thing remaining is its brain. And, it seems to really like you?”

”Pshh! What?”

Jiang Chen was completely dumbfounded.

[Could my charm have surpassed the limitation of species?]

”Mhmm, because whenever you approach me, my heart beats faster. Ew, ew, ew! Its heart beats faster. Also, it is also a creature that possesses some intelligence, so the secret teller forced it into the game.” Lin Lin then carefully continued, ”The character it played... seems to have been Yao Tingting.”

”...” The silent girl with the books was played by a bug?!