The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 1016: Chapter 1016: Intimidation

The male doctor said expressionlessly, ”You talk too much nonsense, maybe I can give your vocal system a complete overhaul.”

Ji You: ”...”

Ji You clamped her mouth shut, not daring to speak again.

This—

This is Dr. Luo’s mentor after all.

Dr. Luo’s medical skills are already terrifying, and she’s still an apprentice... If the mentor personally takes charge, Ji You is afraid she’ll wake up as a pig-headed monster.

Afraid.

Dare not move.

The male doctor saw Ji You finally settled down, not daring to babble again, and thought to himself that if he’d known it was so easy to shut this chatterbox up, he would’ve used this trick long ago.

So.

The male doctor said with a cold face, ”Don’t speak until I tell you to, don’t move until I tell you to, otherwise... I can’t guarantee I won’t swap your body organs out of anger.”

Ji You: ”...”

Ji · Trembling · You, not daring to move a bit, didn’t dare to utter a single word.

Then—

The male doctor finished all the examinations, recorded the data, then turned around and, with surgical forceps, threw Ji You’s useless hand into the recycling machine right in front of her.

Ji You: ”!!!”

Ji You’s face showed a look of suppressed pain, almost making the male doctor laugh, but he maintained a straight face, his voice flat, ”Shut your mouth, that’s not your hand anymore, you won’t feel any pain.”

Ji You: ”...”

—But that was once my hand.

The male doctor pressed the start button with an indifferent expression, and instantly, the recycling machine made a creaking, clanking noise, like a blender, while Ji You opened her mouth...

—Damn! I never thought I’d see my own flesh being ground into powder.

—Cough, cough, even if I didn’t see it, just hearing it was unsettling enough.

The male doctor remained silent, continuously watching the machine, and after more than ten minutes, when it stopped, he said, ”Crushing complete, now continuing with gene elimination.”

Ji You: ”...”

Ji You couldn’t help it, ”Why not just burn it all? Once it’s ashes, it’s gone, right?”

The male doctor replied blandly, ”No, even ashes can still yield some genetic tissue.”

Ji You: ”!!!”

”And—” the male doctor asked coolly, ”Did I tell you to speak?”

Ji You: ”...”

Ji You quickly shut her mouth.

The male doctor’s tone suddenly became very solemn, ”Since I’m in a good mood today, I’ll teach you a survival trick for free. If you don’t want your body or body parts to be used for experimental materials someday, then... don’t leave any of your genetic material anywhere, not even gene fragments, leave nothing behind.”

Ji You stared: ”???!!!”

The male doctor opened the recycling machine and said lightly, ”Like this...”

Inside, only a handful of ash remained, which the male doctor picked up with forceps and placed into a petri dish. Next, he sprinkled some unknown fragments into it and added a few drops of liquid...

The next second.

A sizzling sound came from the petri dish, and under the microscope, Ji You clearly saw a new cell being born, developing rapidly...

In the blink of an eye, it had doubled in size.

Ji You gawked: ”Holy shit!!!”

The male doctor flicked his finger, and the petri dish closed quickly, the growing cell withered without nutrients. He pressed the destroy function, and the newborn cell was completely obliterated.

Ji You clutched her heart, looking at her own handful of black ash with a complicated expression, ”Doctor, doctor, please... please completely destroy it.” If not destroyed, who knows what kind of monster it might become.

The male doctor complied and pressed the start button.

The recycling machine continued making clanking, sizzling noises...

Ji You clutched her heart and asked, ”How do I know for sure that this recycler has completely destroyed my genes?”

The male doctor revealed a rare smile, ”That’s simple. Use this gene probe, just check and you’ll know if any remain.”

Ji You: ”I’ve learned something!!!”

The male doctor smiled and said, ”The gene probe is specifically invented for collecting various biological genes, but with slight modifications, it can also be used to protect oneself.”

”...” Ji You opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but couldn’t find the right words to express her true feelings at the moment.

The male doctor said lightly, ”No need to be overly surprised. This is just modern medical technology.”

At this point, the male doctor suddenly raised his head, his deep, dark eyes quietly staring at the starry sky through the medical room’s transparent ceiling, then said softly, ”Is the Star Beast terrifying? No, it’s not.”

”Any creature in this Universe can be erased from the gene level.” When the male doctor said this, it was like a murmur, like a sigh... Under the lights, his figure was cloaked in a light layer of sorrow, half bright, half dark.

”!!!” Ji You’s mouth dropped open, initially startled by the doctor’s words to the point of almost jumping up, but in the next second, upon seeing the doctor’s expression, Ji You inexplicably shut her mouth. She felt the doctor’s words seemed to be directed at her, but actually should not have been a conversation with herself; he... seemed to be just speaking out of emotion.

Turns out—

The Star Beast, not terrifying?

Really, not terrifying?

But, then why do they keep being born, never able to be eliminated?

Ji You’s mind was filled with questions, but she didn’t dare ask, not because she didn’t want to, but because she really didn’t dare to.

Dr. Luo’s mentor... Ji You sneakily glanced at the name tag on the male doctor’s white coat, which read: [Jiao Space Station Infirmary Urology Department Director—Cheng Zhi.]

Ji You: ”...”

Urology Department?

!!!

Ji You couldn’t quite believe the doctor handling her case was in the Urology Department!

This!

Could this cause a serious medical accident?

Suddenly, Ji You shook like a sieve, and the male doctor seemed to notice the tremendous anxiety that had suddenly risen in Ji You, he lightly lowered his gaze and said, ”Don’t worry, my handling techniques are top-notch here at the Space Station.”

Ji You shrank her neck, ”But... but I’m still scared.”

The male doctor laughed, ”No need to be scared. If it’s wrong or doesn’t work well, I’ll just dismantle it and reattach it for you.”

Ji You: ”...”

Oh no.

It’s that feeling of myocardial infarction.