The UFO's door closed, and pale lights illuminated the inside of the cabin. Were they going to fly out of the Earth and head straight to outer space? Happiness thought it was unbelievable, but if the ancient species had mastered the technology to enter interstellar civilization, the beast clan wouldn't have ruled the entire Earth.
Isaac gently placed Happiness on the ground. The treatment the white tiger received was very different. Under Happiness's watchful eyes, they gave him an injection. The black liquid looked terrifying, and after the subcutaneous injection, the white tiger was thrown into a closed, pitch-black metal room.
Noah coolly walked along the cold light passage, and everyone followed suit. Isaac bent down and said, "Happiness, come with me."
She had no choice but to obey and stay close to Isaac. Honestly, even though Noah was the one who kidnapped her, she would rather only face Noah.
At the end of the passage was a large circular hall. Happiness's vision suddenly opened up. It turned out that the top and bottom of the hall were embedded with a whole piece of transparent glass, making the cabin crystal clear. Outside the window, the sea of clouds rolled in huge waves, which was extremely spectacular.
In the sea of clouds, stood a tall figure with neat dark gray short hair and the same icy gray eyes as Noah. With a straight nose and thin lips, flawless features, if it weren't for the slight bulge of her chest and slender waist under the tight vest, it would be hard to determine her gender. This person was dressed extremely simply, with a black vest and long pants, and a long dagger attached to her right thigh. Compared to her, Happiness, who already lacked presence, looked even weaker and smaller like an ant.
"Maya, why did you come down? There's no one watching the headquarters," Noah frowned.
"I've already solved the energy self-circulation system. As long as we replenish the energy crystals in time, there won't be any problems." Maya glanced at Happiness who was standing next to Isaac, secretly observing her tiny human form, and said, "Is this the female beast?"
"She's Happiness, she can speak Chinese, and claims to be a person who traveled to the future city of C a thousand years later." Isaac said, "She's from the same place as me, so she's considered half of the same kind. But her luck is really bad, she was actually picked up by the beast tribe and kept in captivity."
"..." Happiness remained silent.
"Oh? Let me test her." Maya stretched her long legs and walked towards Happiness. Isaac squatted down and held Happiness's shoulder, lifting her arm. Maya pressed her index finger against Happiness's fair skin and there was a crisp sound. Happiness was in so much pain that she almost screamed. After Maya removed her finger, a deep blood hole appeared on Happiness's arm. Although the wound was not large, a lot of blood poured out. She used her sleeve to block it, quickly staining it red.
Isaac slapped his forehead. "We don't have any medicine that humans can use."
"I'm fine," Happiness gritted her teeth.
Maya raised her arm and a miniature computer appeared on it, along with a thin display screen. Her left hand's five fingers danced on the control panel, and she came up with the result in just four or five seconds.
Maya nodded and said, "Happiness is indeed a living human. She is very young, and her cell activity is quite good. I suggest that she be handed over to me for research, if everyone agrees."
"Your ability in biochemistry is the strongest, I have no objections." Noah was the first to speak.
"Well, I don't have any objections either. But Maya, go easy on Happiness, don't research her to death." Isaac said.
The rest all voted in favor.
Happiness held her bleeding arm, her expression as if she had been constipated for thirty days. "What are you going to research on me? Only the beast tribe needs research on how to create women? We all came from 2012, don't you treat me like a guinea pig? That day, I was at home eating cake and feeding my cat, and in a blink of an eye, there was an earthquake. Then I ended up here. I'm neither from a wealthy family nor a government official's family. My house doesn't even have air conditioning in forty-degree weather. Can't you let me go?"
After she said that, everyone except Maya and Noah burst into laughter. Isaac chuckled, "Happiness, you're really funny. I haven't heard anyone speak like this in a long time. Say more!"
Happiness became anxious. She had been worried about being dissected by the beast tribe, never expecting to be dissected by ancient zombie-like creatures first. Was her mission to travel through time to be dissected? She definitely had to stop this tragedy from happening to her. This woman named Maya was so weird, she even almost pierced her arm when drawing blood. If she fell into her hands, she might turn into a skeleton in less than a week.
"Can you give me a bowl or something? It's such a waste to let my blood flow like this. Since you're going to research it anyway, wouldn't it be more cost-effective to take another sample later? Hmm, this blood is still hot, fresh!" Happiness suggested.
Maya said something that almost made Happiness faint. She said, "That's not necessary, we have enough blood samples. Next time, we'll take bone marrow. Are you afraid of pain? I'll be more careful next time."
Happiness drew in a breath of cold air and sat down on the ground, looking weary.
"Haha, Maya, don't bully the little girl just because you're both women. What if you scare her silly before we even get to the base?" Isaac said.
" 'Female?' Maya scoffed, 'Does gender awareness really matter to us? If you want, you can even change your appearance to that of a woman. I maintain this look simply because Moses was originally designed this way.' As she spoke, Maya's body radiated a glowing light, her figure grew larger, her height shot up. In the blink of an eye, her breasts flattened, her chest muscles bulged, her defined abs became visible, her waist inexplicably thickened, her pants turned into caprices. However, it didn't look ridiculous at all. Satisfied with her new appearance, she looked at herself and said in a deep, masculine voice, 'From now on, it shall be like this in order to study Happiness.' "
"No! Maya, you're so irresponsible. You know I've been having a platonic love affair with your female image. How can you just change your gender like that!" A scream came from the crowd next to Happiness.
Maya went forward and picked up Happiness, holding her in her hand like a toy kitten, shaking Happiness's weight. Maya nodded in satisfaction, "That's settled then. When we get to the base later, I'll take a sample of bone marrow first. Happiness, just cooperate, it won't be more painful than giving birth." Happiness's mouth twitched, her vision darkened. She wished this was just a nightmare and that she would wake up and still be waiting by the lake to eat grilled fish...
The rising "UFO" suddenly braked, causing Happiness to bounce up. She looked down and saw a huge metal door with tightly interlocking serrated spirals slowly opening. With the terrifying fact of bone marrow extraction weighing on her mind, Happiness couldn't even muster the excitement of being in an airborne base. She struggled to identify where they were, but the clouds and mist made it impossible to determine the direction, and in this high altitude of who knows how many meters, she couldn't even distinguish the cardinal directions. Fear gripped her heart, and her thoughts became entangled with Alexander and the others.
"Are you worried about oxygen, Happiness?" Maya said as she walked outside with Happiness in her arms. "The base has an oxygen mechanism that produces fresh oxygen. Your breathing won't be affected."
After exiting the UFO, the ancient beings split into three groups. Noah and Isaac formed one group, Happiness and Maya formed another group, and the rest carried a tiger, forming the third group. They were now walking inside a metal building that was tall and wide like a palace, and as cold as hell. Happiness pulled herself together and continued to fight for her own treatment. "Maya sister, no, Maya brother, where were you from before 2012?"
"B City," Maya said. The new research materials had made his brain cortex more active, and he felt the long-lost joy. "I was from the Central X Hospital and also studied medicine for seven years. Don't worry, this is a minor surgery."
Seeing that his tone had become more varied in his speech, indicating that he was in a good mood, Happiness continued incoherently, "Maya brother, I feel a strong connection with you, like my own sister. Can we not be guinea pigs?" Damn it, Happiness thought, it's the hardest to deal with people who study medicine and are scientists. Even if I play the grassroots card, Maya, who earns at least a six-figure diamond salary, won't have any resonance.
Maya stopped, holding the small animal in his hand and said, "Do you feel a connection? Then from now on, you can be my little sister."
"Really?!" Happiness became excited like a monkey injected with 5000CC of adrenaline. "Maya brother, are you serious?! Can I be your little sister?!"
"Really," Maya said seriously.
"Then can we not do the bone marrow extraction?" Happiness's eyes sparkled with anticipation.
"No, we can't," Maya said.
Being a little sister is useless! Happiness rolled her eyes, sighed, and then heard Maya say, "I will support you for a while, and if you perform well, I may not dissect you when the time comes."
What does "may" mean... dissecting, they indeed plan to dissect her...
"Aaron, prepare the operating room, I brought back an female animal that needs to be used," Maya suddenly said to the square object on her wrist.
Female Animal... Happiness's heart grew even colder. Is it necessary to refer to her sister as an female animal? Is this person named Maya actually a deeply twisted and perverted scientist...
"Okay." A hoarse voice came from Maya's wrist.
The white door opened and Happiness's eyes were greeted with green. The "operating room," which spanned a hundred square feet, was filled with glass jars connected by slender pipes. The jars were filled with green luminescent liquid, and bubbles rose from the bottom, joyfully dancing... near the pale brain.
The man named Aaron was at least 8'2 tall. He lowered his head and carefully observed the little person in Maya's hand, puzzled. "So, Maya, what is this?"
"Oh, she is my sister, Happiness, a human child who came from 2012 and is still alive," Maya said lightly, placing Happiness down. The tall Aaron nervously took two steps back. From Happiness analysis, perhaps he was afraid of accidentally stepping on her.
But how could Maya still have the audacity to call her his sister? Happiness felt like a migrant worker who was attacked by the boss's thugs when demanding payment, curling up on the ground, listening to the crisp sound of metal utensils colliding. She pulled her hair forcefully, trembling all over.