The Blacklist

Chapter 149: Changsheng Company Human Experiment
On the evening of May 5, on a highway in the suburbs of New York, a patrolman was shot dead after the driver took away his pistol while checking a suspicious truck. The murderer fled in the police car...

Later, when the police inspected the truck, they found several dismembered bodies!
This vicious case involving multiple deaths and serious nature was naturally taken over by the FBI New York branch at the first time. SER also saw this case on the FBI network, but did not want to intervene at the beginning.

It was not until the third day, Monday, when Elizabeth went to work that she received a notification from Reddington and announced: the murderer in this case is the next blacklist target.

Because she thought Carrey would be interested in this case, Elizabeth called him up and introduced the case to everyone: "Everyone knows about the case of the transportation of dismembered bodies on a highway in the suburbs of New York the night before last, right?"

Seeing everyone nodded, she continued, "According to Reddington, these body parts are the waste from human experiments conducted by a private company called 'Longevity Project'..."

Hmm? Everyone was stunned. Conducting human experiments? Chopping up human bodies? Then this "Eternal Life Project" company is an evil enterprise!

Cooper’s eyes fixed, and he ordered, “Tang, contact the department and ask for the right to investigate this case.

“Nawabi, contact the FBI New York branch and bring the case files over.

"Aram, first check the situation of this 'Eternal Life Plan' company.

"Mira, you should also find some relevant information..."

After the others were busy, Kerry asked, "Liz, you said I would be interested in this case. Is this company rich?"

Elizabeth smiled and said, "Reddington said that the purpose of establishing this company is to study ways to indefinitely extend human lifespan, and the operating funds are provided by the technology tycoon Roger Hobbs!"

"Roger Hobbs! The billionaire who likes to invest in high-tech fields?" Cooper said in surprise.

"Yes, that's him," said Elizabeth.

Carrie didn't say anything else, but started thinking. He remembered the case, but at the same time he also knew why Reddington didn't tell him about the case. It seemed that Elizabeth had informed him on her own initiative. She probably thought that she could collect taxes from this case!
So he said, "This case can be investigated, but I will not get involved for now. If you need my help, just call me!" After saying hello to everyone, he left leisurely.

Elizabeth and Cooper looked at each other and curled their lips. They both thought that Carrey felt that he could not collect extra taxes from the rich Roger, so he was not interested in this case.
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Donald took Elizabeth and Nawabi to New York by helicopter. They first went to the FBI branch to sign and receive the case information, and then met the technology tycoon Roger Hobbs in a very high-tech mansion.

Roger was very polite and introduced to them the operations and research of the "Eternal Life Project" company, but he firmly denied that the body parts found in the truck were caused by the company. For this reason, he was willing to provide a list of all relevant staff and cooperate with the investigation.

At this time, Cooper, who was at the post office base, received calls from several acquaintances in the ministry and the bureau, asking him to stop investigating Roger, saying that Roger had many friends in high-level positions and was a major campaign donor, and many people did not want him to be investigated... But Cooper directly refused because he insisted on his own justice.
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Although Carrie didn't want to take care of the case when she returned upstairs, she was still concerned about Elizabeth's safety, so she asked Gina to keep in touch with her and provide support when needed.

In comparison, Abby, Katie and others who came after hearing the news were very interested in the case. They kept learning about the progress of the case through the shared screen. Finally, they felt it was too troublesome, so they said hello to Kerry and went downstairs directly to SER to participate in the scene.

As soon as they entered the command hall of the post office, they saw the forensic report just sent from FBI-NY, which showed that several dismembered bodies found in the truck died from psychiatric experiments and their brain tissues were injected with foreign cells... However, the frontal lobes of these deceased people had suffered serious damage, but the damage was not caused by the experiments, but by accidents.

With the help of Abby, the super master, the identities of several dead people were quickly found out. It was discovered that one of the dead had disappeared from a nursing home in New York not long ago, so the situation was immediately reported to the front.
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After receiving the information about the missing person, Donald and other two people in New York immediately rushed to the nursing home to investigate.

They learned that when the deceased disappeared, another patient named Paul was at the scene, but Paul had severe Alzheimer's disease and was only busy playing the poker game when questioned, without any response...

When they were about to give up, Paul suddenly drew out the King of Diamonds and gave it to Elizabeth!
The three of them left the ward disappointed, but on their way out, Elizabeth checked the visiting records and found a medical representative from the "Golden Crown" Pharmaceutical Company. Only then did she understand what Paul meant.

Continuing to investigate the medical representative named Lloyd Munro, they found that he was not at work today, and that Lloyd had also appeared on the day another victim disappeared.

With the help of FBI-NY, Lloyd was captured and a gun was found on him. After interrogation, Lloyd confessed that he was hired by Dr. Julian Powell to find and kidnap test subjects with frontal lobe damage.

Following Lloyd's instructions for picking up and dropping off test subjects, the FBI raided a laboratory and found another dead test subject.

The forensic doctor found injected Turritopsis dohrnii cells in the deceased's brain. The Turritopsis dohrnii can reverse its growth process when it is under environmental pressure or attacked, and turn back into a larva, thus making it immortal.

The forensic pathologist believes that Dr. Julian used this feature to conduct genetically modified research.
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While SER was working hard to investigate the case with the help of Abby and Katie, Reddington went to SLR to find Carrie. Seeing the scene of the SER command hall displayed on the big screen on the wall of the office, he asked, "Richard, are you also concerned about the case of 'Changsheng Company'?"

"It's not me, it's Gina who's reading it." Carrie said casually while sitting on the sofa reading a book.

Reddington also walked to the sofa and sat down. He picked up the teapot and poured himself a cup of tea. While drinking, he said, "Did Liz and the others go to New York to investigate the case?"

"You've tricked me!" Carrie pouted, then put down the science fiction novel in her hand. "Old Lei, you're going too far. It was you who wanted to establish a relationship with Roger, so why did you mess with the SER people?"

(End of this chapter)