civilwarnovels Chapter 3210 The Shadow of Faraines (7)
Chapter 3210 The Shadow of Faraines (7)
Chapter 3210: The Shadow of Faraines (VII)
When Schiller saw the large number of electric shock devices that the Joker brought out, he felt that the Pale Knight must have wronged Bruce.
In the video shot by the Joker, only the front half of the device appeared on camera. Now seeing the full picture, Schiller realized that it was normal for this thing to not be debugged well, because the device in front of him had a very steampunk aesthetic, like a product left over from the Victorian era. Schiller couldn't tell which part of this thing could generate electricity.
Schiller began to consider whether to hand over the Deep Diver to Bruce.
It is quite troublesome to catch the fishman, and his night vision goggles are running out of power. Now they only have this precious sample in their hands. If Bruce comes to rescue them again, it will be troublesome.
But Bruce was quite confident. He fiddled with the equipment for a long time, then asked Schiller and the Pale Knight to carry the Deep One to the center of the house, where Bruce prepared to connect him to the electric shock device.
The Deep Diver's calf was shattered by a bullet, and his nasal cavity and jaw were smashed by Schiller with a crowbar. He was unable to speak and could only scream in pain.
"Let me make it clear that I have no sympathy for these monsters, but I think if we want to get information from him, this should not be the way to do it." The Pale Knight said.
In fact, Schiller had no intention of extracting any information from the Deep Diver. This guy should not be able to communicate with humans. Humans would lose their minds as soon as they heard what they said, so there was no need for any interrogation.
But the agents don't know how to perform dissections, and currently Bruce is the only one with dissection skills. But in this situation, if you don't let Bruce have fun, he will definitely not do his job properly, so you can only let him do it.
Schiller didn't think that the Deep One would be electrocuted. This thing should have a strong vitality. Besides, Bruce, who had tested it once with the Joker, should have some experience. It wouldn't be a big deal if he was electrocuted.
Bruce clamped huge metal clamps that conducted electric current onto the Deep Diver's limbs, and then inserted a metal rod into his abdominal cavity.
After starting the machine, Schiller saw the room suddenly light up. The thing modified by the Joker was very powerful.
The Deep One let out a terrible scream, and then lost consciousness. It was the first time that Schiller knew that this ugly monster could faint.
Human beings' fear of lightning even predates their fear of fire. Although modern humans have integrated electricity into all aspects of social life, they still have a strong fear of direct contact with electric current. The reason is that electric current is the natural nemesis of carbon-based organisms.
If you eat something bad, you can vomit it out; if you are burned by fire, you can run away, but carbon-based organisms have almost no way to resist the electric current passing through the body. The moment the electric current enters the body, it is too late.
Bruce seemed very satisfied with his debugging results. Although he had not used his knowledge of mechanical engineering for a long time, the basics were still there. Soon he debugged several electric currents, which made the muscles of the unconscious diver twitch, just like a fish that kept tumbling after coming ashore.
After the debugging was almost done, Bruce finally started to do the real work. He used a sharp boning knife to cut open the Deep Diver's abdomen.
The Pale Knight also leaned over to take a look, but the result disappointed him greatly. The internal organ structure of the Deep Diver was not much different from that of humans, or in other words, for vertebrates that grew into this form, there was no room for evolution in the structure of their internal organs.
They then checked their chest cavities and genitals and found that they were similar to those of humans. However, what was more bizarre was that their respiratory and circulatory systems were very different from those of humans. Like fish, they relied on gills to filter oxygen in the water, while their lungs could store oxygen for activities on shore.
In other words, they do not actually breathe on shore, but rely on internal circulation breathing with the oxygen stored in their bodies.
After Bruce stabbed them a few times, he discovered that the weakness of this monster was not the heart or the brain. To be precise, the heart and the brain were also vital parts, but the easiest way to kill them was to attack the air sacs in the lungs. Once the oxygen they stored was exhausted, they would suffocate to death.
And through this autopsy result, Schiller knew that the time each deep diver could move on land was limited. After Bruce threw a successful dice, he speculated that the time was about 8 hours.
Every 8 hours, divers on land have to return to the water to breathe, and it takes a certain amount of time for them to accumulate oxygen. After throwing another successful dice, Bruce speculated that it would take about 8 hours to accumulate oxygen.
In other words, the Deep Diver works in 16-hour shifts, 8 hours on and 8 hours off. The importance of this information lies in that it lets the group know that this kind of monster is destined to change shifts.
Friends who have been assassins know that no matter how tight the defense is, as long as there is a shift change, there will always be an opportunity to take advantage.
Bruce also deduced a conclusion, that is, there is no reproductive isolation between deep divers and humans, because the two are indeed too similar. However, there is no accurate conclusion as to whether the children they give birth to are human-monster hybrids or just monsters.
However, Schiller himself knew that after deep divers and humans mate and reproduce, the children will be in human form when they are young, but as they grow older, they will become more like deep divers and are destined to return to the ocean, unable to survive on land for a long time.
After he told Bruce his speculation, Bruce deduced that the reason why he looked like humans when he was young might be that his respiratory system was incompletely developed, and that as he grew up he looked more and more like a deep diver, and that the genes belonging to the deep diver gradually transformed his respiratory system, forcing the hybrid to return to the ocean, otherwise he would not be able to breathe.
But Bruce also speculated that the reproductive capacity of this product of human-monster intermarriage would become weaker and weaker, and it would no longer be able to produce offspring after 1 to 2 generations. Otherwise, with this invasion alone, the number of deep divers would increase exponentially, and humans would sooner or later become deep divers.
Schiller didn't want to study the genetics of the Deep Ones for the time being, as he had more important work to do. However, he couldn't take Bruce and the Pale Knight with him because they neither understood nor had any resistance to this aspect. In case one of them went crazy, Schiller didn't want to waste resources to deal with them.
"You have two choices now." Schiller said, "There is a group of survivors in the village. They have pretty good weapons, but they are not very smart. You might as well go find them."
He was actually hinting at Bruce and the Pale Knight to take over the resources in the hands of the survivors. He was not asking them to rob them openly, but to see if they could become the leaders of the survivors.
Even if it's just for resources, it's estimated that a few people can be rescued in the end, and then the identities of the survivors can be used to make something of it.
"What about the other way?" Bruce asked. He really didn't want to save anyone, especially those who were considered not very smart by Schiller. He could imagine how stupid those people were.
"Go find Batman." Schiller thought for a moment and said, "He went to the dock, but I'm afraid he's not in a good condition. I think you can find a way to rescue him. Now that the Joker is gone, he should be able to exert his full strength."
The Pale Knight opened his mouth. He actually wanted to save the survivors. It wasn't entirely out of kindness, but he was considering that if there were any survivors, the tragedy here would hopefully be made public, which would save more people.
But saving Batman was equally important, and the Pale Knight could certainly see how strong this Batman was, especially when compared to Bruce, making him seem more reliable, and they needed a leader like that.
"Don't think about dividing your forces." Schiller said, "You may encounter something far beyond your cognition. It will be terrifying, bizarre, and weird. No one can control their own destiny. Human life is as precious as grass. Even if you try your best, you may not be able to protect yourself completely."
The Pale Knight's expression gradually became serious. He said, "If it was only this monster you called the Deep Diver, it shouldn't be so serious. Is there anything else?"
"Of course, these monsters that can be seen and touched are far from being called disasters. The real disaster is always invisible."
The Pale Knight took a deep breath and said, "I think we should go back to the village first. Besides the fact that I believe in Batman's ability, I also think he may not need us to rush over to help him. On the contrary, if he is here, he should choose to accept the survivors."
"Well, I may meet up with you later, but I may not. It depends on whether I can get any useful clues at the next investigation location."
"Do you have any suggestions for us?" Although the Pale Knight felt that Schiller might not know more, which might increase his pressure, but listening to each other's advice could at least deepen the trust between them.
On the surface, the few people alive now no longer have conflicts of interest. At least the players' camps have been unified. Now that they are facing a powerful enemy, even if the camps of the characters in the game are not unified, they can at least cooperate for a short period of time.
Schiller thought for a moment and said, "Don't be tempted."
"Don't be tempted?" The Pale Knight repeated this sentence. He really didn't expect it to be this kind of advice. He thought it would be advice to stay calm or not be indecisive.
Schiller nodded and said, "Try not to be interested in unknown creatures as much as possible, and don't think there is a shortcut to solve this problem. Don't take it, otherwise you will only get deeper and deeper into trouble."
"What about me?" Bruce came over and asked, "Do you have any advice for me?"
After a moment's hesitation, Schiller said, "Can you tell me where your intelligence has reached?"
"Uh… is that important? Well, I didn't add any extra intelligence points."
"So what time is it?"
"5."
"That's okay."
"What? No suggestions?"
"You don't need any advice, just be more restrained." Schiller looked at Bruce and pointed at the Pale Knight and said, "If possible, don't let him die."
The Pale Knight raised an eyebrow, an expression that said, "Are you serious about asking him to help me?"
It's not that the Pale Knight is too arrogant, but Bruce's unreliability is written all over his face. Apart from anything else, is there any normal person who can have an IQ of only 5 when playing this kind of game?
"I'm counting on him to save me? I might as well count on the clown who just survived a robbery to take me away."
Watching the two people leaving, Schiller sighed in his heart. Bruce's personality was naturally suited to this kind of weird game setting. If he had a little bit of intelligence in this area, he wouldn't have been unable to learn psychoanalysis after ten years.