Boulder City.

In the prosthetic operating room of Jushi Military Industry, a naked girl was lying on the operating table surrounded by multi-axis machining cantilevers.

Her skin is smooth and delicate, like flawless mutton-fat jade, and her quiet and beautiful sleeping face is like a finely crafted work of art, exuding a magical power from the inside out that makes people unable to take their eyes away.

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In fact, it is indeed a work of art.

This new set of bionic skin combines the most cutting-edge technology of the college and the engineering power of the company, and was installed by the alliance's uncanny prosthetic surgery skills. It perfectly replaces the original one that was almost completely damaged by neutron radiation.

There is no intact cell left in the original skin.

Just from the perspective of vision, touch and other senses, this new skin is flawless compared to the original skin, and can even be said to be even worse.

If I have to find fault, I'm afraid it's just the trivial point of "being too perfect makes it seem less real."

not only.

This set of bionic skin also focuses on strengthening the user's soft tissue defense capabilities.

When the elasticity limit of the skin reaches a certain threshold caused by longitudinal cuts and puncture damage, the bionic skin will automatically trigger a hardening effect, thereby forming a protective layer with strength comparable to titanium alloy in a short period of time to resist cuts and puncture injuries that penetrate deep into the dermal tissue.

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With the titanium alloy skeleton and buffer components, it is not a big problem to withstand the kinetic energy damage of pistols and rifle-level light weapons.

In addition to the armor that comes with these skins, Jiang Xuezhou also made endless DIY modifications based on them.

For example, in order to adapt to outer space activities and various complex special situations, she asked Jushi Military to implant a series of plug-ins such as variable temperature, anti-negative pressure and positive pressure controls into her subcutaneous tissue while performing skin grafting surgery.

In this way, she can move normally in a vacuum environment without wearing protective clothing.

This system was designed by herself, and it is also an improved version of the system used by Ye Shi.

With the blessing of many buffs, her body has indeed reached the level of a work of art.

Moreover, it is the pinnacle of prosthetic art achieved through technical power!

As the prosthetic modification surgery was completed, the multi-axis cantilever hanging above the operating table like an octopus shrank into a huge sphere.

At the same time, vaporized liquid nitrogen was sprayed out from under the operating table, and Jiang Xuezhou opened his eyes at the same time, waking up from the white mist.

At the same time she woke up, a line of light blue loading pop-up windows was projected on the retina of her prosthetic eye.

[The server has logged in...the prosthesis integrity check protocol is being executed...]

[Testing completed...all components are operating normally.]

The light blue text and loaded data disappeared instantly, as if they had never appeared.

Jiang Xuezhou took a deep breath and tested the temperature adjustment and positive and negative pressure balancing functions one after another. Then he held up his hands and jumped off the operating table.

After standing in front of the floor-length mirror and admiring his renewed body for a while, Jiang Xuezhou felt refreshed.

"Not bad, not bad...she is probably 70% or 80% as charming as this girl at her peak!"

Although I don’t know what competition I am participating in, I always feel that I have won at the starting line.

She even thought of someone's jaw-dropping stupidity.

Of course, if not, she wouldn't mind taking it upon herself to knock the guy's jaw off with one punch.

"Cool cool cool..."

The more he looked at himself in the mirror, the more he liked it. Jiang Xuezhou couldn't close the corners of his mouth in secret joy. He almost laughed out loud with his hands on his hips like a villain.

At first she couldn't let go, so she reservedly pinched the hair on her temples and twisted it around her fingertips a few times, feeling embarrassed.

But maybe she realized that there was no one else here anyway, so she quickly became more and more aggressive. First she gently flicked her bangs back, and then she struck several poses in a row in a coquettish way.

It wasn't until she saw the rotating medical robot coming towards her that she blushed and hurriedly stopped, grabbed the clothes handed to her by the robot and put them on.

The satin-like gown was like a light stream, flowing over her shoulders and falling like a waterfall.

The friction seemed to disappear.

Jiang Xuezhou, neatly dressed, stood in front of the mirror again, and this time his appearance and demeanor were much more serious than before.

Raising her restored wrist, she looked at the smooth and soft skin like silk, and the delicate and white skin like jade. After the excitement passed, she suddenly became worried about gains and losses.

this……

Is it really herself?

Standing in front of the mirror, there is no doubt that she is still her original self, and her smiles and frowns do have the same charm as before, not to mention the professional knowledge in her head, which has always been what she is most proud of.

thing.

The only difference is probably that the prosthetic body is like a work of art...

Everyone loves beauty.

She is also not exempt from vulgarity.

What makes her feel uneasy is that she always feels that the thing from head to toe does not belong to her and has replaced the existence that originally belonged to her...

Am I still me?

perhaps--

The real me is actually dead, and the one standing here is just a copy of me...

Jiang Xuezhou suddenly felt a chill in his heart, and his hands clenched into fists involuntarily, but he soon released them and calmed down with a deep breath.

First of all, this kind of thing is impossible.

Secondly, her existence at this moment is extremely real, and this is what she can feel.

In the face of strict logic, there is no point in being suspicious.

However, maybe she was too sensitive, and another question quickly emerged in her mind uncontrollably——

Where is the boundary between bionics and humans?

Or--

From the moment a specific part is replaced, a person ceases to be a person and becomes a thing.

At this moment, standing in the same position, she suddenly understood the loneliness that Ye Shi had been silently enduring all this time, as well as the expression on his face that he hesitated to speak.

"I see……"

In the past, she always felt that that guy was ignorant.

She had obviously put so much effort into resuscitating the unconscious man and replacing him with the best prosthetic body, but he was still not satisfied. Even thanking her was a sign of reluctance and death.

Look.

It was only then that she gradually understood the emotions he had experienced...

When he thought of this, Jiang Xuezhou suddenly felt his eyes getting slightly hot.

He's not the only one who's immature.

I also have myself.

"It's a pity for you."

Youyou's voice suddenly came from the side, and Ibers was already standing at the door of the operating room.

"No……"

Jiang Xuezhou quickly put away his slightly gloomy expression, sniffed hard, put down his raised wrist, looked at his flawless self in the mirror and said.

"I just feel like...part of the things on my body have been replaced. Although it looks like me, it's not me."

"Then do you want me to help you put it back on?" Ibers said gentlemanly, "Although it is a bit troublesome, it is not difficult for me."

"That's not necessary." Jiang Xuezhou blurted out almost without hesitation.

Ibbers laughed out loud.

Hearing the undisguised laughter, Jiang Xuezhou was a little annoyed and complained in a low voice.

"why are you laughing……"

"I'm sorry that my laughter made you feel unhappy." Ibers cleared his throat, but his smile didn't mean he was really sorry at all.

Jiang Xuezhou muttered softly.

"There's no need to apologize...Thank you for the surgery on me."

"You're welcome," Ibers said politely, and suddenly the intriguing smile appeared on his face again, and he continued, "I probably know what you are confused about. Assume the composition of a certain item

The elements have been completely replaced, is it still the original item... am I right?"

"..." Jiang Xuezhou said nothing, but that silence might not be an answer.

Seeing that he had guessed correctly, Ibers's smile turned into happiness and he continued speaking slowly.

"Actually, you don't need to worry about this kind of thing at all. The cells in your body can take anywhere from seven years to hundreds of days to automatically complete a cycle of metabolism... And for some people, this cycle will be shorter. But even so

, in my opinion, some things will never change.”
To be continued...