I Will Teach You How to Hunt Gods

Chapter 704 - 14: Created by My Own Hands

[I understand, brother, don’t regard me too poorly, haha, I’m still a doctor after all]

[The experiment officially commenced on the sixth of this month, involving the first batch of subjects, three people: two adults and a child, all paralyzed in the war. We obtained consent from their families, so there’s absolutely no procedural issue, rest assured, brother]

[The experiment is going smoothly, I personally operated, swiftly replacing their original spinal cords with electronic spines]

[The brain modification is slightly more complex, but it won’t stump me. With the assistance of AI technology, I should be able to complete everything within three months]

[As for the "Shadow Council" you mentioned... lately, the Death God has indeed come here to enquire, but rest assured, we’ve never divulged any of your information]

[Wish you peace...]

[However, if you truly encounter insolvable troubles, please make sure to contact us, we won’t let you and Lamia suffer outside]

Following this letter, Jin did not respond as he used to, so after three months, Akas sent another letter to Jin.

[April 2041]

[To my brother, Elrond Gold]

[Brother, you didn’t respond to my letter this time, is it because the Death God’s organization’s sweep hasn’t ended? I’m very concerned about you, if there is any news, please be sure to reply]

[Over there in the experiment, it has hit a small bottleneck... well... it can hardly be called a bottleneck. Simply put, currently, all adult subjects have lost control, their bodies are already defined and cannot accept too much drug and neural modification]

[Once the drug injection exceeds a set limit, their bodies will collapse]

[But the child hasn’t presented major issues, strictly speaking, human individuals under ten years old can fully endure all drugs and modifications... Frankly, this really defies common sense because we all know a person’s drug tolerance is often related to their body size, and children are small in size, why do they have such high acceptability to drugs?]

[Currently, we are still studying what’s going on, brother, if I discover anything new, I will notify you immediately, please also promptly reply to us]

...

[June 2041]

[To my brother, Elrond Gold]

[After our relentless efforts for over half a year, the first subject is finally complete... yes, it’s the child from the first batch of subjects]

[He awoke under the effect of drugs, and we very quickly discovered with surprise that this child possesses incredible talent and power]

[Firstly, regarding prosthetic bodies]

[Brother, you should know, in the past, although the strength of prosthetic equipment kept increasing, the number of prosthetic bodies humans could equip was extremely limited, once there was an overload of prosthetics and chips, the person’s spirit would suffer problems; lightly they might experience hallucinations, heavily they would become unrecognizable to their loved ones and cause chaos on streets. This is the so-called "cyber psychosis"]

[But this child is completely free of such problems. We once installed hundreds of intelligent chips in his brain in a short time, yet he could wield them freely without encountering any malfunctions, it’s simply like he transformed into a large computer matrix]

[In terms of combat, he feels no fear, no retreat. He will not be psychologically affected by the brutality of the scenes in front of him, only silently executing orders given by his master]

[More critically, they are absolutely loyal to their creators, or we can say masters. They require no rewards and do not pursue material or fame, even if you ask them to die, they would not object]

[They are born warriors and servants]

[Apparently, going through "aging" experiments, we found that these modified subjects hardly age, perhaps related to not requiring breathing... the oxidation reaction’s effect on them is negligible; in other words, theoretically, they can live for thousands of years, as long as they keep replacing aging organs inside...]

[The achievements of this experiment are simply too bountiful, not just in biotechnology, even the Death God Organization cannot resist coming to us for further collaboration]

[Originally, my father and I intended to refuse; the family has never been involved with the Death God Organization over the years, nor do we wish to involve ourselves, but... brother, you know the Death God Organization’s ways have always been aggressive, saying they are giving us a chance to consider, but actually, not allowing us to refuse]

[So in the end, no matter how unwilling, we could only be forced to agree...]

[But don’t worry, brother, even in collaboration with the Death God Organization, we will never betray you by selling off any bit of information]

[Moreover, there’s an advantage here, that is the Death God Organization can provide us with a continuous supply of subjects for experiments]

[Frankly, brother, I previously only reported the joyful news, maybe making you believe this transformation project is very simple and any child could be transformed successfully, right?]

[Actually, it’s not like that. The reason this child was transformed successfully is merely because our luck was relatively good; the first subject was exceptionally brilliant, able to absorb any drug...]

[I secretly calculated, under normal circumstances, the survival chance of this transformation is extremely low, even only one in ten thousand, and that’s when I’m personally operating. If the technology is spread, and other unskilled physicians perform this experiment, success rates might further decrease by several percentage points...]

[In other words, a successful subject is inevitably accompanied by thousands upon thousands of failures, and those failures have only one outcome - death]

[Under such circumstances, we almost can’t produce many successful subjects, the damage rate is too high, even giants like biotechnology companies can’t let us experiment at will, businesses also need to consider yield...]

[But the Death God Organization is different, this existence overriding rules doesn’t care about "cost". After all, even if the purchase price of subjects is high, they don’t have to pay anything out of their pocket; plenty of people willing to flatter the organization will source funds]

[To acquire this technology, they are willing to pay any price, and thus, the subject material problem is resolved]

[I know, brother, surely you’d say... the subjects provided by the Death God Organization are likely homeless... even actively abandoned children. These children know nothing but are brought here as subjects, which goes completely against my initial promise—not to harm any innocent]

[But brother, I am also powerless, you know the means of the Death God Organization; if I disagree, the family may suffer devastating blows... of course, I still remember the Hippocratic Oath, but if I must uphold that oath at the cost of family suffering, I can only choose to break the oath]

[I hope you won’t blame me...]

[Elrond Akas]

And after this letter, Jin indeed responded.

[August 2041]

[To Akas]

[I understand your choice, Akas, it’s a helpless move, no one has the right to criticize you, do what you ought to do, afterward, protect yourself; the thing of "discarding the donkey after unloading the millstones," the Death God Organization has done quite a few times]

[Hope you, father, and mother remain safe...]

[By the way, regarding this experiment, have you considered giving those subjects a name? Always calling them subjects, feels somewhat disrespectful]

[Elrond Gold]

...

[September 2041]

[To brother Elrond Gold]

[Thanks for your support, brother!]

[Regarding names... I have indeed thought about it]

[Those successfully transformed children are extremely obedient and will not express any resentment towards our actions, just like dolls being manipulated]

[Therefore, we call them Doll]

[These children are the Dolls that carry our dreams and future]

[Perhaps one day, I can find a way for the dolls to regain emotions]