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Chapter 300 An Impossible Goal
"Miss Lin?" Walter stared at the switch in shock, at a loss for words. Should he ask what it was? Or... had he witnessed something he shouldn't have?
Miss Lin, however, put a finger to her lips.

"Shh..."

Walter immediately shut his mouth.

Immediately afterwards, he seemed to hear a rustling sound, coming closer and louder...

No, that's not an illusion! It's coming from the top of your head!

Walter looked up in horror at the ceiling... The sound of the sand rolling became more and more obvious, like thousands of army ants marching forward, interspersed with a few crisp and loud metallic clanging sounds.

This process lasted approximately thirty seconds.

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

But Walter knew... this was no longer the experimental factory he knew.

"Hmm, where is this place? It feels much worse than the last one."

A voice suddenly rang out from behind Walter, startling him so much that he spilled another cup of tea on the floor.

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

"Hey, I hate damp things, can you please stop littering?" The voice rang out again, sounding...like a boy around ten years old.

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

This type of camera has a built-in loudspeaker, allowing the monitoring room to directly broadcast messages to a specific area.

Even if you gave the monitor ten times the courage, they wouldn't dare to speak to you like that.

"Alright, stop making such a fuss. This is your new body for now. It's not big, but it has all the basic equipment you need. We'll be expanding it a lot later," Lin Qing said calmly.

"...Actually, I'm not that picky. It's better than being stuck in a dark cave. How is N21?"

“She’s doing very well, and she wants you to do your best here,” Lin Qing replied.

The previously slightly complaining voice immediately subsided. "Understood, N959 is now in normal working order."

"Let's not use the code name anymore." Although the code name of the artifact belongs to information from another world, the Dimensional Agency has already ventured into that world. Just in case, Lin Qing decided to give it a name. "You will be called Requiem from now on."

"The name has been overwritten."

"Miss Lin... what exactly is this...?" Walter asked cautiously when he saw that the other party's gaze was on him.

“You don’t need to delve into the details. Just know that this is a technology that is ahead of its time.” Lin Qing found a chair and sat down. “From now on, apart from me, it will only respond to your call. Even those who work here will hardly be able to detect the existence of Requiem. As for its use… you will find out in a moment.”

Just then, the guard's voice rang out from outside the door, "Boss, your order has arrived. However... Dr. Wei is also here. He says he absolutely wants to see the designer of the intelligent prosthetic eye in person."

Walter frowned. "No, send him back!"

"But...we dare not lay a hand on him..."

"Who is this person?" Lin Qing asked.

“Wei Hefan, an expert in neuroscience and the project’s lead investigator,” Walter chuckled. “That guy’s an oddball, and he’s not even on your list.”

"So how did you manage to invite him?" "We didn't invite him; he came to us on his own initiative... We invited one of his fellow disciples, and the news reached his ears."

Lin Qing nodded slightly. Although she had provided the other party with a list of potential experts, she didn't actually know who was available or where they would be used. After all, this was just the result of Xiao Lü's filtering in the database; how well it could be implemented depended entirely on Walter himself.

Since Wei Hefan was able to become the chief person in charge, he must have something that the boss would value.

"Please let him in. It's good for him to see some things."

Seeing that Lin Qing agreed, Walter breathed a sigh of relief, "Let him in!"

The door opened, and a middle-aged man rushed into the room carrying two glass jars. The moment he saw Lin Qing, his face was filled with suspicion. "You're the designer?"

Lin Qing was also sizing him up. Judging from his appearance, he had a fairly obvious Asian ancestry. He was wearing a white lab coat, which was common in laboratories. His hair was slightly messy, and he was wearing a single eye patch.

We've seen plenty of experts who wear glasses, but one-eyed experts are quite rare.

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

"Impossible! This is impossible!" Dr. Wei's tone suddenly became agitated. He held up the jar and shouted, "I'm not talking about your design... This design is absolutely perfect, even unimaginably ingenious, but it's just impossible to realize! I've tried everything, but I still can't get the bionic material to fully integrate with the nerve! It can only last for a few hours after surgery, after which it will disconnect, dissolve... and even cause rejection in the brain. I almost died because of this thing!"

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

“Not bad!” He ripped off his blindfold, revealing a dark metal frame underneath. “I tried it myself, and it’s truly amazing. At first, it seemed just like a real eye… but… but it can’t replace the human eye. If you were the real designer, you couldn’t possibly not know… that so-called prosthetic eyes are destined to be impossible to create, at least not with current technology!”

"I'd like to ask, did he only have one eye from the beginning?" Lin Qing turned to Walter.

The latter shook his head. "No... he was normal when he first came here, and I also provided blind volunteers for the experiment, but he still voluntarily removed one of his eyeballs."

interesting……

Lin Qing couldn't help but smile.

This guy is really crazy. He clearly thinks this thing is impossible to succeed, but he still wants to try it himself.

Why? Was he attracted by the advanced technology shown in the drawings, or was he willing to dedicate everything to this work?
What pleased her even more was that Wei Hefan's judgment was correct.

Even a century later, humanity still hadn't found a material that could perfectly integrate with the body. Instead, they focused on other aspects to delay the process of disconnection as much as possible. In the early stages, inhibitors were used to protect the fragile connections between the bionic body and the nerves and blood vessels, but this had many unpredictable side effects. Later... nanobots solved all the problems. These life-like inorganic entities could work 24/7, constantly repairing damaged bionic materials, thus achieving a perfect balance between the prosthetic body and the human body.

Lin Qing also has nanobots within her body—serving as a lubricant between flesh and machinery, they are an indispensable, groundbreaking masterpiece. As long as they are not misused, the benefits of this technology far outweigh the risks.

She had planned to extract some of her blood to provide to Walter as raw materials, which would allow her to control his production and strangle the company, preventing it from becoming the giant monopoly she hated most.

But now, she has a new plan.

"It's truly astonishing that you could create such a finished product." Lin Qing examined the glass jar the doctor was holding, in which the prototype prosthetic eye was immersed. Although he verbally considered it a failure, the way he held it tightly made it seem as if he were protecting a priceless treasure. "To be precise... it's a success."

"Success?" Wei Hefan stubbornly shook his head. "No... a lifespan of only a few hours can hardly be called a success..."

“For man-made objects, this is already its limit. To use it to replace the human eye, some changes beyond common sense are needed.” Lin Qing smiled, reached out and removed one of her eyes, and said in Chinese, which the two could not understand, “Here you go… this is a sample.”

The ventilation cover on the ceiling was suddenly knocked open.

A robotic arm extended from inside the fan duct and precisely clamped her eyes.

(End of this chapter)