Enforcer Manual
Chapter 253: The Bug Swarm Will Guide Your Way_1

Chapter 253: Chapter 253: The Bug Swarm Will Guide Your Way_1

Chief Snick’s work efficiency was very high. Just ten minutes after the photo was sent, he had investigated the identity of the homeless man.

The homeless man was named Sammuen, which was a fairly common name in District 17.

A bachelor with no relatives or friends, his social circle before going missing was limited to a few homeless people in the East District, and not many people would look for him if he went missing.

Several months ago, one of Sammuen’s homeless friends came to the Law Enforcers department and reported his disappearance – this was all the department’s records on Sammuen, mostly taken from that homeless man’s testimony.

However, after receiving the report, they did not send out anyone to look for him.

What District 17 had no shortage of was homeless people; these unemployed individuals wandered the streets all day, making up the majority of the population who went missing each month. In most cases, these missing persons either hitchhiked to "the outside world" or died in some gang shootout, and in either case, they were unlikely to be found.

Therefore, the department always maintained a laissez-faire attitude towards missing homeless people.

They would not actively seek them out, and if one day an unidentified body was found in a corner of District 17, it was likely one of those missing persons.

It was clear that Sammuen’s situation was much more unique than that of the other homeless persons.

He had not been caught up in a gang fight, but for some reason, had fallen into the hands of a company, and was implanted with a body full of expensively made military-grade prosthetics. Unfortunately, his tolerance for prosthetic implantation was poor, and before he could rewrite his fate and reach the pinnacle of his life, he was driven mad by the operating system in his head.

After bringing Sammuen back to the garbage dump, the three scientific giants all developed a keen interest in him.

In District 17, a Cyber lunatic was very rare, especially one who was as thoroughly insane as he was.

For the average citizens, Cyber lunatics were like a nightmare, but for researchers, they were excellent study subjects.

In fact, both the United Government and various Neutral Countries had established specialized departments to study Cyber lunatics. Apart from researching various possible ways to cure them, they were also contemplating the potential for human evolution in the future. According to studies, although Cyber lunatics were not very sane, their coordination with prosthetic bodies was significantly higher than that of normal people.

This is also why they were difficult to deal with.

If you were to put two individuals with identical prosthetics into an arena, the Cyber lunatic would definitely be the winner in the end.

Apart from the coordination with their prosthetics, Cyber lunatics also lacked all negative human emotions. They wouldn’t flinch, and their tolerance for pain was remarkably high. As long as they hadn’t passed out, no matter if they were missing an arm or a leg, they would continue to attack.

So was Sammuen.

Even when facing Song Lan who had taken off both his arms, there was no fear in his eyes.

Song Lan had no doubt that once the straps on the homeless man were removed, he would try to ram him with his head, even without the thermal cutting blades.

"Yungang Biotech also set up a department to study Cyber lunatics. They believe that if they can find a way to control the Cyber lunatics, they could become mass-produced Super Soldiers."

Creating a Cyber lunatic who has lost his senses is much simpler than training a rescuer of the same level.

Song Lan said, "This idea is somewhat similar to CTEA-32."

He realized that the large corporations’ thoughts on mechanical artifacts and genetic technology converged, with the ultimate goal being to create a batch of soldiers that would absolutely obey them.

"This is also why genetic technology has replaced prosthetic research. They are one of the smallest parts in the company, with a pitiful amount of funding each year," Medea said. "Genetic technology is much cheaper than prosthetics."

The goal was the same, but the cost of genetic technology was indeed much lower.

Corporations had to consider the cost issue when the technology became widely promoted while researching it.

They could equip a few homeless people with military-grade prosthetic limbs, but arming a Cyber madmen army with prosthetics and operating systems was an entirely different concept.

Song Lan, who was dedicated to developing the forces stationed in District 17, strongly agreed with this.

"Currently, research on Cyber madmen is still at a preliminary stage, with no means to fully heal them. One school of thought believes these symptoms result from the brain and prosthetics competing for control, and the indiscriminate killing can be considered an instinctive behavior of the military-grade operating system after it has replaced the brain,"

Medea continued, "Even if the disease can be temporarily controlled, it will almost inevitably recur in the future, unless the chips in the Cyber madmen’s brains are removed. But doing so would most likely ruin the prosthetic implant recipients."

The company was capable of removing the prosthetics from Cyber madmen, but they never considered this method a treatment because they valued the high coordination of Cyber madmen. Without the operating system, they are no different from a pile of scrap metal.

"However, the Bug Swarm can give them a new direction."

Song Lan’s sudden remark took Medea by surprise. After a moment of thought, she asked, "You mean, let the Devourer parasitize Sammuen?"

This was indeed a path untraveled by anyone before, because no one had been able to effectively communicate with the Devourers until now.

Su Li undoubtedly provided them with a successful case.

After being parasitized, while influenced by the Queen’s Nest consciousness, he retained a high level of autonomous consciousness. In most cases where the Queen’s Nest did not give orders, his actions would be based on Su Li’s own consciousness. Such unique individuals were considered extremely special within the Bug Swarm consciousness.

Medea had always believed that Su Li, as a specimen, had high research value.

It was a pity that he had to return to the core area with the crew and continue his acting career.

"Exactly,"

Song Lan nodded, "Being controlled by the chip of the operating system is equivalent to losing one’s own consciousness. For those who have lost their way in life, let the Bug Swarm guide them."

This was not the first time Medea wondered if Song Lan was some kind of mutant creature in human skin.

From his recent discourse, she felt as though the Queen’s Nest was communicating with her through consciousness.

In some ways, Song Lan’s thoughts were highly similar to those of the Devourers, which she believed was an important reason they got along so well—after the initial fear of Song Lan, the Devourers now changed their attitude towards him.

Medea found that they seemed to regard Song Lan as a role model to learn from.

"Time is almost up, let’s get started."

Song Lan returned his amputated limb back to Samuel’s side, bent down, and picked up the parasitic creature that had separated from the Devourer.

In the moment he let go, the plump bug burrowed into Samuel’s amputated limb and fused with his flesh and blood in a matter of seconds.

Then, his amputated limb began to regenerate, sprouting flesh that slowly extended towards the arm on the stretcher, making them reunite with his body.

Having regained control of his prosthetics, Samuel easily sliced through the restraining straps binding him. His movements were still swift as the wind. He looked down at his newly restored arms, seemingly adapting to his brand-new body.

But this time, he didn’t pounce on Song Lan; instead, he slowly approached the two of them.

This was also the first time Song Lan heard the homeless man speak.

His voice was low and hoarse.

——"Samuel, at your service."

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