Chapter 10 chapter Five

"Here we are, 38A is ahead." The taxi driver said.A black couple and their daughter got out of the car and looked timidly at the front yard.Behind the beautifully decorated iron gate, two neat rows of Euonymus lobata extend forward along the corridor, and the white building is exposed in the shade of the trees.On the right is the garden, the fountain is surrounded by a Chinese-style rockery, seven or eight people are playing there, and the laughter of children comes from time to time.The black girl looked at her parents and went to ring the doorbell.After a while, a beautiful middle-aged woman walked over quickly: "Jessica!" Suma shouted happily, "I guess you are here. Mr. and Mrs. Moorcock, please come in, we have been waiting I'm looking at you."

She led the guests through the avenue, toward the crowd. "Hi, Jessica and her parents are here!" she called, and a few people who were playing with the children hurried over to meet them. Suma introduced to the guests: "This is my father John. This is my father. Husband David Williamson, son Danny. That's Paul Raines whom Jessica already knew, his wife Victoria, son Jimmy. This is our old friend Howson." Everyone around stared at Jessica: "Like, so similar!" Only Victoria asked curiously: "Really like Hela? Unfortunately, I have never had the chance to meet her."

Paul took Jessica into his arms and kissed her on the forehead. Howson couldn't wait to pull her over and looked at her carefully.Jessica looks good, her eyes are clear, and she has a smile on her face. It seems that she has indeed quit drug addiction and regained her former self.Howson and Paul exchanged glances and nodded in relief.Danny and Jimmy came under the adult's armpit and pulled Jessica out: "Jessica, let's jump on the trampoline." Jessica looked at Suma, and Suma signaled with her eyes: "Go."Soon, indulgent laughter sounded from the trampoline.Two days ago, Paul received a call from Jessica.Jessica said that she is completely free of drug addiction and is now back in the United States, and she wants to meet Paul and Suma.Paul was very happy: "Of course, I'm so happy, you can come tomorrow, we welcome you at Suma's house." Jessica said mischievously: "So, are you celebrating my birthday? Tomorrow happens to be my birthday birthday."

"Really? That's great, Suma will be more than happy. Come along, with your parents." Now, the three families are sitting together in the big dining room of Suma's house, enjoying themselves happily.The lights in the restaurant went out, Suma came out with a birthday cake, and 22 candles illuminated her joy. There are 22 candles, 6 in the inner circle and 16 in the outer circle, symbolizing Jessica's real age and comparable age respectively.Danny shouted strangely: "There are 22 candles on the cake. Is sister Jessica already 22 years old?" Suma smiled and explained: "No, she is only 16 years old. Those 6 candles represent a secret, which cannot be used for the time being." Tell you." While Danny yelled "Tell me, tell me," Jessica made her wish, blew out the candles, and everyone clapped and sang "Happy Birthday to you."Paul and Suma looked at each other, and couldn't help but think of the scene of celebrating Hela's 3rd birthday in the mountains, and their eyes were moist.Victoria touched David's shoulder and said jealously: "Look, as soon as Hella is mentioned, they forget about us!" David and Paul smiled and embraced their wives respectively.

Jessica cut the cake and distributed it to everyone. When it was Suma, she asked in a low voice, "Mom, did you really see Hela?" "We guessed that we saw it. When the dean was talking to us at the Virgin Orphanage, Howson slipped out and only saw a figure from the back. But we are all sure it is her." Jessica hesitated and said, "I still don't know what to call Hela, mother or sister. I'll just treat her as my sister, because I would like to treat you as my mother." The Moorcocks had nothing but laughs at this merry feast.Jessica leaned into Old John's arms and said, "I'm so happy, today I have two more parents, and I spared a grandpa."

John also smiled and said, "I took advantage even more, picking up such a big granddaughter." After the birthday meal, the two children took Jessica away again, and the three of them got into Little Danny's bedroom and closed the door to play.The Moorcocks walked up to Paul and Suma and said solemnly: "Mr. Raines, Mrs. Williamson, we would like to express our thanks again. You..." "You're welcome." Paul said, "Actually, I should thank you and Jessica. Do you know? Jessica can take the initiative to restore contact with us, which is a great spiritual comfort to Suma and me."

Mrs. Moorcock wiped her tears with a handkerchief: "We sincerely thank you. You know, our life is quite embarrassing and there is nothing to recall. Jessica was our hope, but she suddenly took drugs. That period Time, our spirits are about to break down, we curse God for being so unfair. But now we have regained our faith, because we have met good people one after another. You, Gaddas, and Ms. Zhen Yu who is far away in China, Doctors at the drug rehab hospital. Thank you all." She mentioned Gardas, and Paul hurriedly asked: "Has Gardas been in contact with you? We went to Brazil to look for him, and he disappeared at that time. We heard that he was back in the United States, but we have never been able to get him." news."

"He had a phone call with Jessica after he returned to China and asked her about her drug rehabilitation. Paul," she said worriedly, "he looked very bad and wasn't in the right mood that day. We were very worried about him. " Paul looked at Suma, both of them looked worried.It had been four months since they returned from Brazil, but Gardas hadn't been seen.Howson tried his best to inquire, and the information he got only confirmed that Gardas had indeed returned to his country, but after returning to his country, he disappeared, and there was no news about him for four months.This is very abnormal, and this abnormality must be related to Hela.He remembered how, when they had warned the Mother Superior about Gaddas, she had said lightly: Don't worry, my patron knows him well.I hope this is true, and I hope Hela will not underestimate the enemy.

He didn't want to disclose these facts to the Moorcocks. In their minds, Mr. Gardas Billy was a good man who was a chivalrous man. Why destroy this image in their minds? "That's all. Gaddas will be all right, he has a famous senator father. Let's have a good time tonight, or Victoria and David will be jealous again." But they were destined to be unable to get away from this topic. After a while, the maid Vicky came over in a hurry, saying that the White House Office had called to find Suma.White House Suma's face turned pale, and she hurried over and picked up the old-fashioned gold-plated microphone: "I'm Suma. Excuse me..."

"You're Suma Williamson, maiden name Suma Robertson, right?" "That's right." Suma used a joke to hide her worry, "You asked in such detail, is it because the White House has appointed me?" The other party continued to ask: "Excuse me Paul Raines and Howson Jos Is Te at your house?" "Yes. We're having a birthday party for a girl." "Jessica is that Jessica Moorcock?" Suma frowned: "Yes, I don't think the FBI tapped my phone, who are you?" The other party smiled: "Where is the information, if it is wiretapped information, will I disclose it to you? I am the White House Chief of Staff Gankins. I would like to inform you and ask you to forward Paul and Howson. Please contact me tomorrow morning. Arrive at the West Conference Hall of the White House at 9 o'clock, and the president will meet with you."

"Appointment with the president?" Suma repeated loudly, "Can you reveal the content of the conversation?" "Unfortunately, I can't disclose. Goodbye, please make sure to inform both of them and arrive on time." Suma returned to the crowd in a daze.Several people stared at her forehead, as if there was an answer to the question there.Suma said confusedly: "President's appointment! And Paul and Howson!" Howson immediately remembered the meeting with the senator: "Don't guess, it must be related to Haila. Suma," he said heavily, "I don't think it will be good news. I am afraid that the government has made up its mind to deal with Haila. King La is undergoing major surgery." The children's carefree frolic sounded into the living room from time to time. Paul, Suma, Howson, David, Victoria, and the Moorcocks all looked at each other. Only Old John calmly advised: "Don't worry, if you have decided If you act, the president will not meet with you, and I don't think things are completely hopeless." Suma was silent for a long time before she said dully: "I hope so, otherwise maybe I will assassinate the president, as long as my daughter's life can be saved." Paul stood up: "I think we should leave early. Rest for a few hours, and get enough energy to fight the president." No one responded to his joke, and a gloomy mood shrouded the room. "Don't tell the children, don't disturb their good humor. Let's go quietly, the three of us." The three made simple preparations, and after a while, a black Lincoln quietly drove out of the courtyard, and the noise of the three children could still be heard from the window. The Lincoln car drove along Pennsylvania Avenue, entered the black fence gate of the White House, and drove to the North Foyer to get off according to the instructions of the guards.A staff member checked the names and led them through a small French door hung with green draperies.Inside the house, black leather-backed swivel chairs are arranged in two rows, the national seal is carved on the east wall, the presidential flag and the national flag are hung on both sides, and there are many bookshelves against the wall.Paul touched Suma and said softly, "This is the cabinet meeting room." The three nodded knowingly.The president put the meeting place here, which shows the importance he attaches to this meeting.They came earlier, and there was only one young man in the house, sitting alone in a corner.Seeing the three people coming in, he immediately squeezed through the gap in the chair: "Is that Mrs. Williamson, Mr. Raines, and Mr. Jost? I'm Gaddas Billy." "Gadas!" The three exclaimed, looking at him with unconcealed hostility. Needless to say, this appointment with the president must have something to do with his "efforts".What are they going to do with Hela?Paul said coldly: "We went to Brazil to find you, but you disappeared there by then." "It's a long story, and you'll know it later." He smiled wryly, and sat down beside the three of them.His complexion was indeed very bad, his face was pale, his face was thin, and his eyes were full of pain. He looked like a prisoner who had served 10 years in prison.He said bluntly: "I know all about your situation. I learned about it from Jessica and my father. You may not know about my situation, me." After 7 days of married life, I lived in her underground world for another 5 days. Also, Hela is pregnant with my child." These sudden news made the three of them so surprised that they almost cried out.Think about it, the three of them traveled all the way to Brazil, only to see Hela's blurred back, and this young man actually established such a close relationship with Hela!Their mood changed in an instant, from vague hostility to kindness and intimacy.Suma already considered Gardas as her son-in-law—although she seemed younger to be his mother-in-law.But the surprise of the three people quickly froze, because no matter what, Gardas's expression did not look like a happy husband. There were so many despair, self-blame, and resentment in his eyes, which made him look like he was enchanted by a witch. people, as if soaked in the "pain" like thick ink.Seeing the urgent questions of the three people, Gaddas smiled wryly and said, "Wait a minute, I am the keynote speaker at today's meeting, and they asked me to share my most secret happiness and pain with everyone." He said hoarsely , Like a wounded wolf, "Father asked me to do this—and I couldn't say no morally." The people who attended the appointment came in one after another.Gardas introduced them in a low voice: this is Joey the biologist, this is Harlan Knight, the president of the Human Purity Alliance, this is Frank, the editor-in-chief of the New York Times, and this is Walter the musician (Gadas explained , the reason why he was invited was that he expressed many of the most radical views on the issue of human cloning)... Paul knew the two people who came in again, they were Ian Hillard and the Japanese Masaharu Hashimoto, and they also saw Paul and Suma greeted each other from afar.More than a dozen people came in one after another, and some of them didn't even know Gardas. At 9 o'clock, the inner door of the conference room opened, and Senator Brad walked in, accompanied by President Orrin Keefe.President Keefe is small and thin, with thick eyebrows, deep-set eye sockets, and a pair of eagle eyes. He greeted everyone with a smile, exchanged simple greetings with a few acquaintances among the guests, and said bluntly: "Thank you for coming. I want to , although I didn’t announce the topic of today’s talk, you must have guessed it—it’s related to the cancer patient who was born 12 years ago.” Even though it was expected, Suma still felt her heart sank. She could almost guess the outcome of this meeting, and couldn't help but feel as tragic as if the boat was sinking.In any case, she must protect Hela's life.Many people in the conference room knew about her relationship with Hella, and now subconsciously turned their attention to her, including the pity of Hashimoto and Ian, and the hostility of Harun. The president said succinctly: "12 years ago, Hella was born in the hands of Paul Raines. Since then, various incidents have occurred around Hella: explosions, assassinations, and escapes. Now I can tell everyone publicly that the incident before Hella disappeared The explosion was planned by the FBI with my prior approval." There was a slight commotion in the house.The president looked at Suma specifically, with apology in his eyes, but not specifically.He smiled wryly and said: "It's a pity that the explosion was unsuccessful. Under the planning of Hela's three relatives, she successfully deceived the police, fled to Brazil, and soon established her own 'country' - almost a country, A country within a country. I know that Senator Brad took a lot of angry curses for me before that, and maybe in Ms. Suma's mind, the Senator is still an evil guy. But I want to tell everyone that in the struggle around Hella, there is no self-interest in the two factions with completely different opinions, there is no such thing as bloodthirsty, cruelty, and crime. We are all for the lofty beliefs in our hearts. I I think Mr. Paul Raines in particular would agree with me." He turned his gaze to Paul, who nodded thoughtfully.Yes, they used to be full of hatred for Brad, but in an objective evaluation, Brad has no personal ugliness, and he is working hard for a noble purpose.Maybe there is only one ugly person, the bloodthirsty Dutak, but Dutak is just a tool and does not play a leading role in this incident.Dutak was not at the meeting today, is he still hiding in the next room and listening?The president said: "Now how should we treat Hella? Execute her, or protect her? Today's meeting can be regarded as a referendum, and the representatives include all Hella's closest people. I hope that after this meeting Reaching consensus - certainly difficult, but I am confident. Now, Mr. Gaddas Billy to talk about his experience." Gardas didn't get up, put his hands on the table, lowered his head, and began to narrate.At the beginning his voice was boring and dull, but as he recalled, he quickly entered the past time, and returned to the environment where he spent day and night with Hela, and the tone of his voice began to seep into deep emotions.He frankly and unabashedly traced his acquaintance with Hella, their passionate love, their age quarrel, and even their subsequent breakup.His voice was full of pain and helplessness, which touched everyone present.His vivid description of that alien cocoon—the giant robotic womb—made everyone shudder.Finally he said distressedly: "Since then I broke with Hela, and was sent out of the underground world in a coma, and I haven't heard from Hela since then. It has been 6 months, and it is very likely that my child has been born , because Hela was born at the full 6 months. I still love Hela, love her deeply, and miss the born or unborn child. However, that collective uterus is also my daily nightmare, isn’t it Are human beings really going to be mass-produced parts? No more maternal love, mother’s murmur, sweetness of breast milk, and the flesh-and-blood connection between mother and child?” He shook his head in pain, “I have no choice, I can’t make a decision. I don’t know Should I lead the B-2 bomber to flatten there, or should I spread my arms to protect my wife and children. My father advised me to make these situations public and hope for the wisdom of society. I followed my father's advice and revealed all the secrets Here you go, now let us judge." His speech was over, and the president watched the room calmly. "Please talk about your views enthusiastically, and put forward appropriate opinions on how to deal with it. Okay, please speak first." Biologist Joey stood up: "What I want to explain is that the artificial uterus mentioned by Gardas just now has many advantages - high efficiency, women no longer have to endure the pain of pregnancy and childbirth, and the fetus can fully develop in the womb. The implementation of prenatal education, etc., is completely real. In fact, it is more than that, for example, genetic diseases can be easily diagnosed and even completely eliminated. Therefore, if the green light is given to this artificial giant womb, I am afraid that human beings will soon Give in to its temptation." He paused and said, "Technically, there is no difficulty, if there is determination and financial support, at least 100 biologists can independently complete it within a year or two." He smiled wryly, "However, at least I will not do this. I firmly oppose it and hate it. Why? Because this change is too big and too profound. It will completely obliterate human nature and change human nature. Moreover, this' Does scientific progress 'bring accidental disaster? Don't forget that several catastrophes in modern human history have been caused by some kind of seemingly completely innocuous scientific progress: HIV and Ebola were rampant because humans moved into virgin forests , activates viruses that have been dormant for millions of years in green monkeys and bats; mad cow disease is due to the addition of crushed livestock offal to the feed - what a harmless innovation at first glance, if I were 20 years ago As a farmer, I would have scoffed at someone who warned me that crushed animal protein might be dangerous. What is the cost of the above-mentioned mistakes? Tens of millions of deaths. What we have to face now is not animal feed, Little things like the green monkey virus." His remarks set the tone for the meeting, and subsequent speakers expressed concern about the matter.Only the musician Walter sang the opposite tune: "Mr. Joey, why do you want to stop something you know you can't stop?" The President asked calmly, "What's your opinion?" "Let it go, let it run its course. If this new human is going to replace us—we can't stop it anyway. Let's say it's a meeting of a dozen australopithecus right now, and they pass a resolution to strictly ban apes Human transformation—can it be stopped?" This kind of view is too shocking and irresponsible, and most people look at him with hostility, even Suma disagrees.The President made no comments, leaving others to speak. Suma's heart was getting heavier and heavier, and she felt more and more murderous intent in the venue. She poked Paul anxiously: "What do you think should be done?" Paul looked at her seriously, but didn't answer.He had been determined to defend Helya's interests, but his resolve had crumbled slowly and inexorably after hearing descriptions of the evil collective womb.It happened that the president called Paul's name at this time: "Mr. Raines, you are the creator of cancer patients, and we would like to hear your opinion even more." Suma looked at him eagerly, hoping that he could turn the atmosphere of the venue around with his wise speech and save Hela a chance... But, is it true that Hela should use that machine womb to incubate new humans?Paul stood up and looked down at Suma. She suddenly felt a deep chill—Paul's eyes were apologetic and determined. Paul and she were no longer in the same camp!Paul began to speak: "Suma and I can be said to be Hela's parents. We love her, love her deeply, especially Suma, who has poured too much maternal love on her. But, frankly speaking, this This kind of motherly love is not based on the spirit of fraternity advocated by the church. No, the essence of this kind of motherly love is selfish, because Hela was conceived in her womb and is a piece of flesh and blood that fell from her body. If the mother and offspring are cut off Will there really be such a strong maternal love in this world? I," he looked at Suma apologetically, "I will never agree to kill Hela, and I will never tolerate this artificial womb. " "So, Ms. Suma, what's your opinion?" the President asked with a broad smile. Suma was deeply disappointed.Since even Paul has this attitude, who else can he expect.Only by yourself!She stood up full of grief and indignation, and talked eloquently: "It's unfair to treat Hela like this! When Hela was a three-year-old child and hadn't made any mistakes, she lived in hostility and had her kidney cut off , was assassinated, and was forced to flee the world. You forced her to go this far, and you made her completely free from the shackles of human morality. Now, you are going to use human moral rules to accuse her! Please don't forget, Even though she was treated so unfairly, she did not make an enemy of humanity, all she did was to reproduce her race - just like any of us would do. She has a right to live!" Her fierce speech made everyone look sideways at her. Paul looked up at her and shook his head with complicated emotions.The president looked back at Brad, and said with a bleak look: "From the present point of view, our decision-making back then may not have been appropriate. Of course, we also had our own difficulties, because at that time, public opinion could not be unified for a while, and there was still Unable to see the real threat of Hela to human beings, we prophets can only take decisive measures without telling the public. However, let’s put aside the right and wrong of the past, Ms. Suma, please stand in the position of a mother and say Say: Can you tolerate your offspring being hatched in that giant womb?" Suma froze for a long time before shaking her head in pain.The President nodded: "Very well, I think at least a consensus has been reached on this point. Mr. Hillard, please express your opinion. You are the mastermind of cloning cancer." Ian said very simply: "I have already regretted it, Your Excellency the President." The president turned to Gaddas: "Gadas, first of all, I would like to thank you. Your work has enabled humans to understand the truth of the underground world. As Hela's lover and the father of her unborn child, please choose a Best advice." "I," Gardas said slowly, "I hope that Hela can return to human society in a dignified manner. Given the particularity of this incident, I hope that the president will grant amnesty to all people in the underground world—if the court finds them guilty, Because it can be considered that Hela’s actions are based on the morality of an indigenous tribe, and our laws are not fully applicable to that indigenous tribe.” He added, “I also hope that my child can obtain human qualifications, But I will not tolerate that robotic womb." Everyone at the meeting spoke, and finally the president stood up and scanned the audience: "Thank you for your speech. I don't want to repeat the mistakes I made 8 years ago, so today I will tell the whole story. Since Gardas left that underground world, 5 Over the past few months, we have discovered two other underground strongholds of Hela after careful reconnaissance. We have reached a consensus with the Brazilian government and made all preparations for military operations. However, we do not want to cause division in American society. Today we have invited representatives from various parties closely related to Hella, listened to the opinions of all parties, and based on this, we have drawn up an opinion that meets the wishes of the majority. Frankly speaking, there are no legal restrictions on the government’s actions, but I would like to make a promise to you: if the resolution announced later cannot be approved by two-thirds of the participants, we will put military action on hold and continue to brew revisions until a new consensus is reached. You agree with me ?" Everyone agrees."Just a moment, please," the president said, exiting the venue with Brad and staff.Paul immediately took Suma's hand and looked at her apologetically.Howson, Gardas and many others also looked at her, and everyone silently said the same thing: I'm sorry, but we can only do this.Suma sighed, closed her eyes, anxiously waiting for Hela's verdict. Ten minutes later, the President and Senator Brad returned to the venue. Brad opened the folder and read: It is hereby decided, 1. Completely destroy all the facilities established by the cancer man Hela to reproduce his race in unnatural ways. 2. Implement a presidential amnesty for all participants, not pursue their previous faults and crimes, and allow them to obtain the qualifications of American or Brazilian citizens.The condition is that they shall pledge themselves not to use unnatural methods to reproduce. He explained: "Many people may disagree with the legal status of cancer patients, such as Mr. Harlan Knight, I am afraid that is the opinion." Strong interest, we think she has natural human emotions despite her cancerous birth. Therefore, it would be too cruel to force her and her descendants to be excluded from human beings. But this is only a special case and will not be Human cloning, especially cancer cloning, is allowed to be born. Now, please think about it for 10 minutes, and then we will pass this decision by a show of hands." Suma didn't expect the government's decision to be so lenient, and she couldn't help but burst into joy. Maybe this is the best solution. Hela can leave the dark and evil underground world, return to her side, tie the knot with Gardas, and live a happy life. raise children.She was just worried that with Hela's stubborn personality, she might not agree to the bond, so I will try to persuade her. Ten minutes later, Brad announced the start of the vote: "If you object, please raise your hand." Only the musician Walter raised his hand, and he shouted: "Don't fight the windmill like Don Quixote!" No one responded to him.Brad added, "Show your hands if you abstain." No. "If you agree, please raise your hand. Well, thank you for your support to the government." He turned around and said a few words to the president, "You can leave now, and please keep the content of the meeting confidential within 12 hours. Mr. Raines, Ms. Williamson , Mr. Jost, and you, Gardas, please stay and move with the army. I hope you, as relatives, can convince Hela." People left one after another, and the president came over and shook hands with the four remaining people one by one: "Please, I hope you will make full use of your influence to make things have the most satisfactory ending. Please leave immediately." The military helicopter on the White House lawn had already started, and Brad led the four of them out in a hurry.Suma took Gadasi to the front. They were looking forward to meeting their daughter (the lover), but they all had strong unease in their hearts.Paul and Howson walked behind, exchanging glances with heavy hearts. They knew very well that the government had given an empty favor—Hela would never walk out of the underground world obediently, and would definitely live and die with her own world.However, the president's decision is beyond reproach, and both of them raised their hands in agreement just now. Apart from this, is there any other solution?They could only try their best to persuade Hela.They cried bitterly in their hearts: Hella!Hella!Hastily boarded the plane. The U.S. fleet met with the Brazilian Air Force's Super Emblem fighter jets at the mouth of the Amazon River, reorganized slightly and then went upstream.Gaddas looked at the bottom of the wing, which was the Amazon River as wide and endless as the sea. Cities such as Macapa and Gurupa were scattered on both sides of the bank. Going west, the river gradually narrowed and narrowed, and the jungles on both sides became more and more dense. Dense, and soon, the jungle turned into a dark green slimy green hell, covering the sky and covering the ground, showing the power and bravery of the tropical rainforest.The plane didn't fly high enough to even see the spray from the crocodile's predation.After flying about 800 kilometers, the plane left the river and flew northward. Below is the remnant of Mukaray Mountain.In the thick green, there are countless conical mountains standing upright. They try their best to break free from the tangle of tropical rainforest and stretch their bodies towards the sky. Although Gardas spent 5 days in Hela's underground world, he was brought in and out in a coma, so he didn't know the geographical location of the place.He didn't know he had reached his destination until the plane began to circle and descend.Several convertiplanes and helicopters found a landing spot and descended with difficulty. Three heavy bombers hovered high in the sky, shaking the sky with their heavy roar. The plane with 4 people landed at the waist of the cone-shaped mountain. Brad led the 4 people out of the cabin, hurried down the mountain, and stopped in front of a rock wall.It is strictly covered by dense shrubs and overlord vines, without any artificial traces.Two Brazilian soldiers walked over with a woman on their backs——the dean's mother. Although she was in custody, she looked quite calm.She saw Gardas and turned her eyes after just a glance. Gardas saw the cold disdain, but he still walked over and said bitterly: "Hello, Mammy. We have no ill intentions towards Hela. These are Hela's parents and her Uncle Howson, her most beloved relatives in this world." Suma walked over: "Nurse, do you remember us? Let's work together to save Hela, okay?" Tears welled up in her eyes, "Please, Nurse." The dean looked at them and didn't speak.The senator came over and said majesticly but kindly: "Hi Dean, the 3 underground facilities of Hela will be destroyed today, don't have any illusions about it."But the president has issued an amnesty, Hela and all her men can return to human society and live a normal life.You see, we brought all her relatives: parents, uncle, husband, and me, her father-in-law, which is enough to show our sincerity.Please contact Hella and let Paul, Suma, Howson and Gardas go into the underground world to have an interview with her.We really don't want tragedy. " The dean smiled and said: "I understand Hella's rough life experience, I really hope that you showed such sincerity eight years ago. I'm afraid it's a bit late now." She looked around reluctantly, "Your Excellency Senator, you know , I am a descendant of a white missionary and a Guaharibos woman, but my heart belongs to the jungle, to the wild world, and I never want to enter your society. I will convey your words to Hella truthfully, if Hella If I don't plan to come up, I'll stay with her underground. So, let's say goodbye." She scanned the forest with nostalgia again, turned around, and put her palm on a rock.After a while, accompanied by a very slight rumbling sound, the stone wall slid away gently.Only then did people see that the overlord vines on the stone wall were carefully arranged. One end of them was fixed on the stone wall. When the stone wall moved, the stems of the vines also moved away, revealing a huge hole.Inside was a massive elevator, big enough to hold the helicopter they were in.The dean stepped into the elevator, and Gardas, Suma and others hurriedly followed.The dean waved his hand to stop them, and said gently: "Please wait a moment, I'm going to seek Hela's opinion first." Several people looked at the senator anxiously, and the senator nodded: "According to the dean's opinion." The elevator doors closed, and the rumbling quickly sank to the ground, but the stone walls did not close.The relatives at the entrance of the cave waited anxiously.Brad withdrew to the battlefield command post dozens of meters away, and Major General Maizes, who was in command, closely watched the dynamics of the battlefield.The reconnaissance plane kept sending monitoring reports: "No signs of chemical agents were found. No signs of biological agents were found...", the precision-guided bombs of the F-22 fighters aimed at the 4 secret exits and vents in the underground world, B The giant bomb on the -2 bomber was aimed at the belly of the underground world. 10 minutes passed, suddenly there was a twittering sound, and several metal objects slowly rose from the front, back, left, and right, pushing the palm trees, fat pig trees, and overlord vines aside, and countless leaf-cutter ants, grasshopper spiders, etc. They fled one after another and became a mess.Major General Mezzes decisively ordered: "There is an ambush! Evacuate this area!" It was already too late, a dozen laser beams came through the air—but they were not murderous weapons.These laser beams are woven together, and after a brief shock, a clear picture is suddenly piled up.The picture is the giant womb of the underground world, and Gardas recognized it at a glance. People in the underground world gathered here silently, still wearing the fashion of the Guaharibos.The Mother Superior is also here, and she too has taken off her worldly clothes.In front of these people was a deck chair, and Hela, who was also naked, reclined on the chair.The picture became clearer and clearer, and it could be seen that the eyes of those people were all focused on Hela, but there seemed to be some kind of interference around Hela, and her body appeared hazy and erratic.Suma and the others couldn't help but rushed forward a few steps, reaching out to grab Hela in the light and shadow. "Hella!" Suma yelled, choking.Hela spoke, and it came from thousands of meters underground, her voice was very clear and calm, and the calmness concealed her dancing passion. “妈妈，爸爸，豪森伯伯，还有加达斯，我的爱人（加达斯像挨了一记鞭抽）。你们好，咱们终于又见面了。” “海拉，请让我下去，我有好多话……” “妈妈，不必劝了，”海拉微笑着说，“我全知道了。不过，我不能再回到人类世界，我完全属于这里——而且，也晚了。” “不，不晚，你还年轻……” “不，妈妈，已经晚了。加达斯，”三维图像中的海拉转向加达斯，“我们的孩子已经出生，是个女孩。” 加达斯悲喜交加地说：“她在哪儿？海拉，这难道不是你一直在寻找的证明吗？证明你和自然人类一样……” 海拉打断他的话，带着平静的伤感说：“不，不一样。告诉你吧，怀孕和分娩激活了癌细胞的本性，我的身体已经失控，它每天都在变化着，只有大脑还暂时保持着清醒。现在我已经几乎失去人形。我很想和你们拥抱吻别，可惜不行了。” 4个人的心都猛然沉落。他们瞪大眼睛看着躺椅上的海拉，但是不行，无法看清，那儿加有电子干扰，只能看见一团略具人形的电子流体。4个人都哑口无言，因为在这样的悲剧下，任何安慰都是苍白无力的。海拉幽幽叹息道：“爸爸妈妈，我仍然感谢你们，你们让我降生于世，享受到活着的快乐。我只怨造化弄人，它既让我来到这个世上，为什么不舍得把人的属性全部给我呢。”保罗痛楚地说：“孩子，不管你现在是什么模样……” 海拉尖利地说：“即使我只是一堆无定形的原生质？爸爸，那不是感情，是怜悯，我不会接受怜悯的。再见，我的亲人们。现在请布莱德参议员过来，我要给他讲几句话。” 布莱德显然对这片激光围起的区域心怀忌惮，但他仍勇敢地走过来。海拉冷淡地说：“阁下，如果一个月前你敢来这里撒野的话，我很乐意陪你玩一场战争游戏，而且我相信，能让你得到记一辈子的教训，不过今天我丧失这种兴趣了。我已决定毁灭我的3处地下世界。地下世界的人员决定全部留下，和我一同去死，我无法说服他们离开，只好遂他们所愿了。至于已经送到美国和各国的克隆婴儿，包括不久前送出去的200个，希望你们履行诺言，不要加害于他们——如果他们能活下去并且不重复我的悲剧。加达斯，我们的孩子就留在这里吧，请你原谅，我不愿她再经受我的痛苦。好了，我马上就要启动地下世界的自毁指令了，爆炸将在20分钟后开始，请你们立即撤回飞机吧。” 她对手下说：“把那两个家伙放出去，不要脏了我们的地方。” 两分钟后，电梯嗡嗡地开上来，门自动打开，赤身裸体的杜塔克和另一个特工被捆作一团，扔在角落里，眼神呆痴，浑身浸泡在屎尿中。他们潜入地下准备破坏救生通道时失手被擒，那些准备迎接死亡的瓜哈里博斯人恢复了野性，兴高采烈地商量着处死两人的办法，但在海拉的严令下，他们最终没敢杀死两个人，只是让他们吃了一些苦头。几名军人迅速冲过去，把俩人架出来，割断绳索，塞到一架直升机中。 梅泽斯命令所有人立即登机，他们都迅速执行了命令。只有苏玛等4个人留在原地没动，苏玛和加达斯在嘶声喊：“海拉，海拉，让我下去！你快点上来！”这时激光图像刷地消失了，山岩缓缓合拢，这里完全恢复了原始丛林的蛮荒景像。几名军人冲过来，两人架一个，不由分说把他们扯到飞机上。所有飞机都飞到空中了，这时他们听见一个遥远的声音，像是发自于地下，又像是发自于高空：“永别了，亲人们！” 一声沉重的闷哼，大地抖动一下，这一带的地面眨眼间下陷数百米，陷坑周围形成一圈陡崖，露出白色和红色的岩层。坑底仍是浓重的绿色，只是显得比原先零乱了。一座圆锥形山峰垮掉了半边，巨大的石块堆集在陷坑的边缘。地表下陷引起了强烈的空气扰动，一直影响到在空中盘旋的飞机，它们剧烈地抖动着，不过很快恢复平稳。 飞机上的人们默默观看了这场无声的葬礼。 在白宫的椭圆形办公室里，总统一直在关注在事态的发展。办公室主任甘金斯报告说，这次行动异常顺利，由于海拉怀孕分娩后的肉体崩溃，她已经自我毁灭了所有的地下设施。美国和巴西的空军未费一枪一弹就完成了任务，现在已经开始撤回。 总统淡淡地说：“真是个刚烈的女子，我们该向她致敬。” 甘金斯也附和道：“是啊，一个可敬的敌人。她和加达斯的女儿与她陪葬了，地下世界的所有人也都选择了死亡。总统，现在该考虑那些生活在美国的癌人了，据统计，他们一共有898名，都已受到严密的监视。” 总统点点头，这些癌人该怎么办？真是一个让人头疼的事。忽然，屋内响起吓人的卡卡查查的破碎声，一个尖尖的机头透过玻璃窗伸进来，激光炮的炮口阴险地指向屋内，机身则仍悬停在窗外。屋内的人一时间惊呆了，两名听见动静的警卫冲进屋内，立即扑过来，把总统掩在身下。此时总统已经悟到，窗外肯定是海拉乘坐的那架幽灵飞机，驾驶员光着头，赤身裸体，对着他嘲弄地咧着嘴。那人马上就会按下激光炮的按纽，把这里变成死光横飞的屠场——忽然飞机悄然离开了，跃升到空中。总统推开警卫，跑到阳台上观看。那架飞机像是疯了似的在天上纵情驰骋，平飞，倒飞，俯冲，甚至来一个眼镜蛇机动。忽然机尾后冒出白烟，飞机拖着这条长尾，在蓝天上书写着清晰的花体字母：海拉！ 飞机随即拉高，迅速消失在蓝天中。总统回到房中，听见甘金斯正在声嘶力竭地打电话：“……它刚刚从办公室的窗户中退出去，这会儿正在天上写字哩。什么？雷达没有任何反应？我用肉眼都看见了，千真万确！” 20秒钟后，几架F-22唿啸着飞过来，但幽灵飞机早已消失，在F-22造成的扰动中，天幕上的一行字母逐渐消散。 特丽打开栅栏门，把牧羊犬玛亚和它的4个小狗崽赶出去：“去吧，去吧。”她柔声说，“这儿马上就要毁灭了，海拉让你们自己逃生去。快走吧，我要回去和海拉死在一块儿。”她向玛亚挥挥手，黯然回头。玛亚听不懂她的话，但这条聪明的狗早已觉察到异常。这些天，女主人变得越来越阴郁，她的模样好像每天都在变化。当然她的模样与玛亚无关，玛亚辨别主人是靠气味。但是，这几天来女主人再也不让它近前了，它曾恼怒地在门外吠叫，在门上抓挠，但女主人就是不让它靠前。 现在，黑人姑娘又把它和4个狗崽送出栅栏，这是为什么？过去不是从来都不让它到栅栏外吗？地下世界里沉寂得像是坟墓，忽然麦克风响了：“现在进入10分钟倒计时，请各处人员迅速撤离。”然后是不慌不忙的均匀的计数声：600、599、598、597……玛亚听不懂这些，但冥冥中的本能告诉它，危险马上就要来临。4只小狗崽唧唧地叫着，茫然看着四周，玛亚急忙领着儿女们向安全出口跑去……忽然它停住了，昂着头思索着，它转过身，推开栅栏门，飞快地向里面跑去。它闪电般地跑着，到处都没有人影，它嗅着特丽沿路留下的气味，径直奔向中区的球形塔，没错，这儿灯火辉煌，人们都聚集在海拉的周围，安静地等待着，特丽也站在人群中。海拉看见了玛亚，生气地喊：“玛亚，快跑，快点跑出去！” 玛亚悲哀地朝她吠了一声，猛然扑向婴儿车，婴儿车翻倒了，玛亚叼着婴儿的衣服，最后看一眼海拉——它的狗眼中含有多么深的悲伧！然后叼着婴儿向来路跑回。周围的人都看着海拉，海拉摇摇头，低声说：“由它去吧。由她去吧。” 她第二句指的是婴儿。 玛亚跑到栅栏外，4只小狗正悲哀地哼唧着，四处乱撞。玛亚放下婴儿，吠叫着，小狗听见妈妈的声音，欢欢喜喜地围上来。婴儿在地上扎手舞脚地弹动着，奇怪的是，她竟然没有哭泣，一直笑盈盈地看着玛亚。玛亚没有停留，低头叼上婴儿跑起来，同时用呜呜的吠叫招唤小狗随它跑。身后的计数声越来越远，越来越微弱，它知道危险时刻已经逼近，更加焦燥地跑着。小狗们追不上妈妈，在后边着急地尖叫，但玛亚已顾不上了。 它总算跑到了洞口。这是一片阴暗潮湿的河边林地，下午的太阳透过密密的树叶，在灌木的叶子上撒下一个个圆斑。小狗崽们还没出来，玛亚想回头寻找，但婴儿的哭声阻住了它，玛亚卧在她的旁边，把奶头凑过去，婴儿立即香甜地吮吸起来。 玛亚昂着头，焦急地向洞内唤着它的儿女。忽然一声爆响，洞内的气浪唿啸着冲出来，把洞口的树木齐腰吹断。它和婴儿都在地上翻滚着。一分钟后，狂风减弱了，它竖起耳朵，听见了婴儿愤怒的哭声，它四肢着地爬过去，伏在婴儿身上，婴儿马上找到奶头吮吸起来。后边忽然传来唧唧的狗叫声，原来小狗们都被气浪吹出来，正晕头晕脑地在地上爬着。玛亚吠了一声，狗崽们欢天喜地地跑过来，与婴儿拥挤在一起，抢夺着妈妈的奶头，随即安静下来。 5张小口贪馋地吞咽着乳汁，玛亚则冷静地打量着周围的环境。这儿藤蔓缠绕，阳光难以穿透，空气中弥漫着腐叶的气息。毒蛇在灌木丛下探出脑袋，巨蚁在枝叶间奔跑，饱食的鳄鱼懒懒地看着它们，悠闲地挪动着四肢，返回河边。 玛亚没有人类的思维，但基因深处的本能同样正确地教会它该怎么做。它要活下去，在这片险恶的环境中尽力活下去。小狗吃饱了，快乐地哼唧着，哼唧声夹杂着一个喃喃的人类婴儿的声音。这些生命都是它的后代，它会用生命保护它们。 它把5只小崽子一个个叼回洞中，随后的一天里，它从各处叼来枯草树叶，建造了一个舒适的狗窝。于是，一场生存之战从此开始了。