Chapter 5:

“If it's just the human eye that needs light to look too closely, it's the most sophisticated organ in nature. Why isn't it perfect in terms of function?”

I found my eyes as if she was strangling the general, can not help but move to his eyes.

“Why not combine the wide-angle view of an eagle with the night vision of a cat?”

I couldn't look at his eyes without a device to figure out the density of cones and the two concave centers in his eyes, or the shape of the lens without cutting it open. But during my trance, the pupil changes from a circle to a cone, which is the window through which the light enters, the intensity of the light.

“Wouldn't it be a shame to lose the sea if it were only perfect on land?” Bewitched by the sound, I reached out and pressed on his eyelids. There is not only a thin layer of eyelids, but eyelids also wrapped under a layer of smooth thin, then the thin piece was gently pulled down by me.

I can't help but gasp for this creation of the Creator. It's like when you dive into the water, you put on a pair of goggles, and the creator has provided it with a pair of fine transparent goggles that allow it to see clearly in the water, it can even filter out the deviation caused by the refraction of light rays in different media. There are so many great features in just one eyeball, but what about the rest?

"A miracle of the creator isn't it," Alice whispered behind my ear.

The creature that had been so meek as to be at my mercy suddenly became angry and showed his teeth to Alice.

"Oh, Sorry!" Alice raised her hands and slowly took a step back to distance herself from me. "You see, with a little human temper, like..."

The ultimate perfection of human evolution.

I was startled by this terrible thought and turned my head in disbelief, "You're experimenting on the human body. It's forbidden!"

“Yes, it is indeed banned in the international community, but think about it. In the future, humans will become such perfect creatures. It's not just intelligence that stands at the top of the biosphere. Body, intelligence, beauty...”

“This is a violation of...”Alice violently covered my mouth, then snickered under the threat of his raised paw and sat back down, “Sacrifice is inevitable, but it also benefits more people.”

“Cara!” She looked straight at me, her fingers spread, her head raised, like a faithful believer asking for the blessing of the gods, "It's not just the body. Disease will never defeat us again. Disability is just a symbol of the past... and you, one day soon, will receive the Gardner Prize in front of your father and the world."

"It will be... it will be the greatest scientific achievement of this century!"

I was shocked by what she said, and I followed her train of thought, sketching out what might happen next.

"Isn't it wonderful?"

Bathed in the glare of the cameras, and with the world watching, I took Gairdner Award. Father would be so proud of me!

As soon as I imagined the scene, I couldn't stop shaking, "What do you need me for?" I Can't wait to get involved in this experiment.

“You really are my sweetie,” Alice giggled. “In fact, your father's work is almost perfect, at least genetically...”

That I can't do what I'm good at? I'm a little discouraged.

“But...”Alice interrupted my thoughts. “But that's only near perfection.”

“You mean...”I feel my heart is so up and down back and forth. from the dark corner of disappointment and was pulled back to the flickering stage.

“Yes, life is wonderful, it has a quality,” said Alice, pointing her scarlet-tinged nails at the “Artefact” behind me. “It's like a new life born after parents have created their offspring, going in completely unknown directions, personalities, preferences, ideas... ... completely develop into a completely new individual.”

"We thought we know everything, but now we find out we don't know anything about it."

I turned my head, and the white-scaly creature lifted its head and pulled apart its cheeks. If you ignore the spasmodic muscles of its face, it can indeed be called a smiling expression.

"You see, it's imitating, it's learning..."

Yes, a completely 'new' creature.

I can already imagine what knowing it will do to my career.

“Oh, I almost forgot one thing,” said Alice, patting me on the shoulder and pulling me out of my frenzy, “It's a little hard to say... because when I synthesized it, I accidentally mixed it with Tardigrade. Do you know tardigrade?”

“Very hardy creatures that can survive even in the radiation-filled environment of space.”

Well... the problem is, after we synthesized it, we found a small change in the gene.” Alice rubbed her fingers. “It can only live in an environment full of radiation.”

What are you talking about!” I suddenly realized what she had done with the strict precautions she had taken, “You let an unprotected person into a radiation-filled environment!”

“Calm down, honey,” Alice said with a shrug. “It's just a tiny amount of radiation. It's not even worth a CT scan.”

“Really?” I glanced at the translucent protective suits they were wearing.

“It's not primarily used to isolate radiation,” she said, “You know, herbivores are territorial, and they don't like our smell very much.”

Alice gestured to the man next to her, turned her back, and said, “Look, sweetie...” the zipper on her back was slowly pulled down.

The Creature lying beside me suddenly became angry, his black pupils elongated, locked onto Alice on the ship, and purred in a low voice.

"Oh, how awful..."Alice spread out her hand and took a small step to the left.

His eyes followed and made a ready-to-attack pose.

Alice zipped up and laughed sheepishly, "I guess animals do not like me..."

Right after Alice zipped it up, he moved his nose, then turned his head and looked back at me.

I'm already used to this scene. My father loved to take me around the world since I was very young. Swamps, forests, even deep sea... ... These are deadly scenes for a young child. One of the most important reasons is the animal's closeness to me.

It's a gift biologists dream of. More than once my father whispered in my ear that he believed that with this 'gift,' I would be a better biologist than he was. I think so, too.

“Cara, My Sweetie, have you decided whether to leave or stay?”

“If Ms. Alice became a lawyer, I think you would be a rising star in the legal world.”

“That would be an honor,” said Alice, holding out her hand to me, “To a future... Partnership!”

“My pleasure,” I held her hand, too.

The two hands that hold have not retracted, side suddenly flies a puddle of water, splashing on my face, “Oh…”

He came out of the water at some point, curled up beside me, his dark green paws resting on the palm of my hand that had just been held by BORLANT, then lifted his upper body and stared at me with his big, wet, golden eyes.

"It's begging you to touch it," Alice said.

I raised my other hand and dangled it in mid-air over his head, not knowing where to start.

“Mm…” He pursed his lips and grunted, and I could hear the grievance in it.

"All right, all right." I didn't hesitate anymore and put my hand on his cheek. It looks no different from human skin but much smoother. I bent my fingers and gently stroked them with my fingertips.

Up Close, his face is not covered with a thin layer of dermis like the outermost layer of my face but densely covered with small white scales. But it's so small and thin that it looks just like human skin.

"Gollum, " He raised his head, made a sound in his mouth, and rubbed it in my hand.

My Mind is a move, involuntarily the palm pressed in its hair gently rubbing. I was fascinated by the sensation of touch, its incredible softness, without a trace of hair slipping through my fingers. I moved my fingers to catch the strands of hair as the purr in my ear suddenly lengthened…

"Be careful, his hair is connected to his nerves," Alice interrupted me.

As soon as the words fell, the soft, smooth hair began to wiggle, as if it were blossoming, blowing out countless fine hairs that wound around my fingers.

"It's amazing," I can not help but sigh a sentence, but dare not pull down the hair wrapped in my fingers, can only bend the fingers gently to touch the fuzz wrapped in the fingertips.

"He likes you," Alice said with conviction, “Bringing you here was the best thing I ever did.”

Then I face a cold, was a force turned around. He seemed upset that I was so focused on Alice.

"Woo... ah... Woo Woo..." He whimpered a few times, making strange sounds in his mouth, and then with a 'bam' he withdrew his paw from my face, and placed it on the hand he had grabbed before.

The Paws go up and down, the Take My Hand goes up and down.

"Ahh... Ahh... Ahh..." he saw that I did not respond, and his anxious mouth issued a confused cry.

"Are you shaking my hand?" I suddenly realized it might be mimicking what Alice and I had just done, “Hehe, my pleasure.”