Rebirth: Divine Machine-Making Master - Chapter 17
Chapter 17: Terrifying Thoughts
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
They captured the son of a major arms dealer and even turned him into an experimental subject.
Weren’t they asking for trouble?
Everyone felt that this was a tricky situation.
The experimental staff continued, “According to our investigation, Elrond is the youngest son of the second head of the Edwards. He had neither awakened his aura nor showed any special performance. He doesn’t have any talent to lead, and his character is very soft.
“When we found Elrond, he was on the verge of death, among a pile of dead bodies on the battlefield.
“According to our investigation, Elrond and Ace, his elder brother, were on their way to transport a batch of ‘supplies’ across the ocean. But they were attacked by pirates.
“Ace was the commander of the team then. The pirates were not targetting the supplies but the intelligent Ace. He asked Elrond to change into his clothes, to assume his identity, and averted the disaster.
“We were not able to find any details on what happened to Elrond after that or the reason for him appearing on the battlefield.
“However, we were already investigating his identity when we found him. We inquired about his whereabouts from the Edwards several times, but the second head of the Edwards could not be bothered about his youngest son at all.
“Therefore, we were relieved to use him as an experimental subject.
“The memory in his brain might have deviated, leaving some of his instinctive awareness behind. Therefore, while he was unconscious, there were some mutations, and it led to him recovering part of his memories.”
Actually, Elrond did not remember anything about the Edwards at all.
When he transmigrated, Elrond’s original memories were replaced, and he changed into another person.
As for the awakened aura, it was an unexpected accident.
A benefit for transmigrators was obtaining the system, and it had nothing to do with the original body at all.
In other words, the second head of the Edwards family did not care about the life and death of his youngest son because he felt that this was the best solution.
No one would compete with Ace for the position of head of the family if Elrond died.
The leader said, “Being poor and weak is a crime. I don’t care about his incompetence in the past. I just want to know what’s going on with him now.”
The old researcher thought for a moment and carefully flipped through the information that he was holding. After comparing the data, he nodded and said, “Leader, we speculate that something happened during Zero’s brainwashing process, and that stimulated some of his potentials. But we do not have any idea what those potentials might be.
“After all, the most mysterious part of the human body is undoubtedly the brain.
“After the brainwashing process was completed, he started to read mechanical books.
“But at that time, none of us paid any attention to it.
“We just wanted him to become a puppet, so we neglected this fact.
“But the real situation might be this. After brainwashing, he had already developed thoughts of rebelling. In the past six months, his dullness, his lack of speech, or even—,”
The experimental staff paused, took a look at Helen Harry, and said, “even when he was sparring with Helen, he had been hiding something.”
He took out a report and passed it to Helen.
Helen took a look and said, “I have never asked him to borrow any books from the library…”
The experimental staff said, “Yes, Commander Helen, you didn’t ask him to get a book. But back then, the entire experimental base treated him like a fool, and no one guarded against him. He slowly accumulated his mechanical knowledge in this way.”
“But this is really fascinating. He is a super genius. He found a way to break through so many layers of blockades and eventually escaped. The only word I can use to describe him is a genius.”
The experimental staff got a little excited.
Helen kept silent for a moment before saying, “You mean to say, it is possible that after brainwashing, he managed to retain the memory from his previous life? That was why he developed resistance and planned to escape?”
The experimental staff nodded and said, “This is one of the possibilities. It’s also possible that the brainwashing device had activated some kind of subconsciousness and developed his brain.”
Activated his subconsciousness and developed his brain.
Although this was a strange explanation, it seemed to be the only way to explain this.
Otherwise, why would a piece of trash suddenly become so strong and so intelligent?
Everything seemed to be planned.
Would a weakling be able to endure for half a year, and even hid his intentions from everyone while coming out with a meticulous plan to escape?
“He might not have recovered his memory. It is also possible that his second or third personality was activated.”
“Can you guarantee that it’s exactly as what you said?”
The experimental staff smiled bitterly and said, “Leader, our brainwashing device can only emit one kind of wave. This kind of wave can disrupt the memory area in the human brain. But if we study it further, there is theology in it.
“It’s hard to tell why Zero turned out in this way.”
Test Subject Two asked, “Could it be luck?”
Everyone looked at him as though he was a fool.
Luck?
He killed more than 30 people and also killed One. Moreover, he escaped right under Helen’s eyes.
Until now, no one managed to figure out what was his last means of escape.
Was this due to luck?
If that was the case, everyone on the streets would have struck lottery.
Everyone fell silent.
Even the leader fell silent.
It was only now that everyone realized a problem.
Zero had put up with acting as a dull fool for the past six months. He played the role of a failed product and was ridiculed by everyone. In the end, he seized an opportunity and made a successful escape. It was simply a miracle.
Besides creating a miracle, Zero was a terrifying existence.
His brain was even scarier than his ability.
He was so meticulous to come up with such a thorough plan. He also managed to escape under the encirclement of so many experts.
He was an extremely dangerous figure.
Before the leader said anything, a testing personnel suddenly came in and said, “Leader—”
He wanted to say something but hesitated.
“What is it? Speak up. What other bad news is there?”
The testing personnel handed a document to the leader.
It was a blueprint.
To be exact, a detailed blueprint.
“This is—”
The leader was a little dazed.
The testing personnel said, “This blueprint depicts all the official routes and the route map of the entire experimental base. There is a mechanical blueprint as well.”
Saying that he handed it over to the leader.
The leader took a careful look and gasped.
“This…”
The leader passed the blueprint around.
Everyone was stunned and speechless.
“F*ck!”
One of the experimental staff cursed, “What the f*ck! Was he prepared to use this official route map to escape if he couldn’t force his way out? He could just disappear without anyone noticing.”
Everyone was shocked. What kind of ability was this?
When did he manage to figure out all the routes in the experimental base?
Everyone went to a rubbish bin outside the experimental base.
“Start digging—”
The leader gave the order and a few of them started digging immediately. After digging for close to three feet, they found a secret passage.
Everyone was stunned.
The experimental staff said, “If my guess is right, this secret passage should lead to Crocodile Lake, which is dozens of miles away.”
Everyone stood around in a daze.
