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Chapter 300: An Impossible Goal

"Lin, Miss Lin?" Walter stared at the switch in shock, unsure of what to say. Should he ask what that thing was? Or had he witnessed something he shouldn’t have?

Miss Lin, however, raised a finger to her lips.

"Shh..."

Walter immediately closed his mouth.

Soon after, he seemed to hear rustling sounds, starting from afar and growing closer, growing from small to large...

No, it wasn’t an illusion! It was coming from above!

Walter lifted his head, looking fearfully at the ceiling... The sound of sand rolling was increasingly clear, like thousands of marching ants advancing, interspersed with occasional metallic clinks, crisp and loud.

This process lasted for about thirty seconds.

After the sound disappeared, the surroundings returned to silence, as if nothing had happened earlier.

But Walter knew... This wasn’t the familiar experimental factory he knew anymore.

"Hmm, what is this place? It feels far inferior to the previous setup."

A voice suddenly sounded from behind Walter, startling him and causing another cup of tea to spill on the floor.

"Who!?" He turned around suddenly, but saw nothing.

"Hey, I hate damp things, can you stop throwing trash around?" The voice spoke again, sounding like a teenage boy.

Walter finally found the source of the voice—it was coming from a security camera in the corner of the ceiling.

This type of camera was equipped with a loudspeaker, allowing the monitoring room to directly speak to a certain area through it.

But even if you gave the monitor operator ten times the courage, they wouldn’t dare speak to Walter like that.

"Alright, don’t be so jumpy. This is temporarily your new body, though not large, it has the essential equipment, and many more will be expanded later." Lin Qing said calmly.

"...Actually, I’m not that picky, it’s better than staying in a pitch-black hole. Is N21 doing well?"

"She’s doing great, and she wants you to perform well here." Lin Qing replied.

The voice, which previously seemed a bit complainant, immediately became much more restrained, "Understood, N959 is now operating normally."

"Let’s avoid using code names." Although the code name belonged to intelligence from another world, the Dimensional Limit Mechanism had already ventured into that world. To be cautious, Lin Qing decided to give it a name, "From now on, you’ll be called Requiem."

"Name overwritten."

"Miss Lin... What exactly is this..." Seeing the eyes looking at him, Walter cautiously asked.

"You don’t need to delve into the details, just know that this is a technology that transcends the times." Lin Qing found a chair and sat down, "From now on, it will respond only to your summons besides mine, even the people working here will hardly notice Requiem’s presence. As for its purpose... you’ll find out shortly."

At this time, the voice of the guard sounded from outside the door, "Boss, the items you requested have been delivered. However... Dr. Wei is also here, and he insists on seeing the designer of the intelligent prosthetic eyes."

Walter frowned, "No, send him back!"

"But... we don’t dare to be rough with him..."

"Who is this person?" Lin Qing asked.

"Wei Hefan, an expert in neuroscience, and the project’s chief leader." Walter chuckled, "That guy’s a weirdo, and he’s not on your list."

"Then how did you get him?"

"We didn’t ask him, he came to us voluntarily... We invited his fellow disciple, and the news reached his ears."

Lin Qing nodded slightly, although she had provided a list of expert choices, she truly didn’t know who would be usable and for what purpose. After all, this was the result of Lv’s screening from the database, and the actual implementation depended entirely on Walter.

Since Wei Hefan could become the chief leader, he naturally had qualities the boss favored.

"Let him in. Letting him see a few things might be beneficial." Lin Qing agreed.

Relieved by Lin Qing’s consent, Walter spoke, "Let him in!"

The door opened, and a middle-aged man eagerly rushed into the room with two glass jars in his grasp. Seeing Lin Qing, his face was full of doubt, "Are you the designer?"

Lin Qing also sized up the man; he had quite evident Asian heritage from his features, wore a common lab coat, his hair slightly messy, and he had a monocular eyepatch on his face.

Seeing glasses-wearing experts is common, but monocular experts are rather rare.

Lin Qing nodded, "And you? Why do you want to see me?"

"Impossible! This can’t be done!" Dr. Wei’s tone suddenly became excited as he pointed at the jars and shouted, "I’m not speaking of your design... The design is impeccably perfect, even unimaginably ingenious, but it’s simply unachievable! I’ve tried every method possible but couldn’t completely fuse bionic materials with nerves! They can only maintain connection for a few hours after surgery, then disconnect, dissolve... even cause rejection reactions in the skull, I almost died from it!"

"You almost died?" Lin Qing raised an eyebrow.

"Precisely!" He forcefully removed his eyepatch, revealing a black metallic frame beneath it, "I’ve tried it myself, it’s indeed remarkable, initially like a real eye... but... but ultimately, it can’t replace a human eye. If you’re truly the genuine designer, you would know... The so-called prosthetic eyes are doomed to be unmanufacturable, at least with current technology it’s definitely impossible!"

"May I ask, did he initially have just one eye?" Lin Qing turned to Walter.

The latter shook his head, "No... He was normal when he first arrived, and I also provided willing participants for blindness experiments, yet he still willingly removed one of his own eyeballs."

Interesting...

Lin Qing couldn’t help but smile.

This guy truly is crazy, believing this thing impossible yet wishing to try it himself.

Why? Is it drawn by the advanced technology displayed on the blueprint, or is he willing to sacrifice everything for the work?

More praiseworthy is that Wei Hefan’s judgment was accurate.

Even a century later, people still have not found materials that can perfectly connect with the body, instead approaching it from other aspects, attempting to delay the disconnection process as much as possible. Initially, the mechanism used inhibitors to protect the fragile connection between bionic matter and neurovascular systems, only with many unpredictable side effects. Later... nanobots solved all troubles. These inorganic beings, similar to lifeforms, can work nonstop for 24 hours a day, continuously repairing damaged bionic material, thereby achieving perfect balance between prosthetics and the body.

Lin Qing also has nanobots inside her body—as lubricants between flesh and machinery, they are indispensable epoch-making creations. As long as they’re not abused, the benefits of this technology far surpass its risks.

Originally, she planned to extract some of her blood to supply to Walter as raw material, allowing her to control his production and choke the company from becoming a monopolistic giant she so despises.

However, now she has a new plan.

"The fact that you’ve made such a product truly is impressive." Lin Qing examined the glass jars held in the doctor’s hands, the test prosthetic eyes soaked within them. Although he verbally claimed them as failures, his embrace seemed to protect them as rare treasures. "To be precise... it has already succeeded."

"Succeeded?" Wei Hefan stubbornly shook his head, "No... A few hours lifespan hardly qualifies as success..."

"For artificial creations, this is already its limit. To truly replace the human eye would require changes that defy logic." Lin Qing chuckled and removed one of her own eyes, speaking in Chinese incomprehensible to the two, "Here... it’s a sample."

The ventilation cover on the ceiling suddenly burst open.

A mechanical arm extended from the fan duct, precisely clamping onto her eye.