Technological practice: leading the human race to the stars

Chapter 107 Dark Cocoon

As this therapy became more widespread, the number of people who discovered they had the potential for Yuanwu increased dramatically.

This naturally attracted the attention of the stability maintenance faction. However, with the clever cooperation of Li Haisheng and Commander Chen, they successfully deceived the experts of the stability maintenance faction.

Moreover, Li Haisheng's team worked together with Dr. Xu's team and used the "life resonator" provided by Yuanze to successfully develop a species detection device that can distinguish between humans and "humanoid monsters."

As a result, the stability maintenance faction quietly launched a liquidation operation against this kind of source beast. Countless "humanoid monsters" identified as source beasts were taken away by investigators and dealt with in secret.

However, to the surprise of Yuanze and others, this liquidation operation, which was supposed to be carried out in secret, was accidentally exposed and met with strong resistance from ordinary people.

News about "humanoid monsters" has unprecedentedly occupied the top 20 hot search list in China.

"Yuan Ze, take a look at the evidence we just collected from Lin Mohai. This overturns some of our past inferences." Commander Chen holographically projected a large piece of information.

According to information, Lin Mohai's wife suffered from a rare terminal illness and was expected to live only a month. Even Lin Mohai, an expert in a biochemical laboratory, was helpless.

At this desperate moment, Lin Mohai met a "mysterious man" who claimed that he could restore Lin Mohai's wife to health on the condition that he must provide a list of patients in the hospital who were also dying.

Lin Mohai, who was desperate, could only seek medical help from all directions, but he never expected that the mysterious man would actually induce his wife to commit suicide.

The mysterious man's reason was that the "humanoid monster" could transform perfectly and inherit all the thoughts and memories of the deceased, allowing her to continue to accompany her son in another form.

However, when Lin Mohai learned the truth, he felt extremely painful. Although the "new wife" looked and behaved exactly like his previous wife, he could not accept this fact.

So he sent his son to YN02's hometown and killed his "new wife" with another virus.

"This is what we found in his home." Commander Chen pointed to a female corpse in the holographic projection and said, "We recently identified her identity through the species detection device. She is the 'humanoid monster'."

Commander Chen couldn't help but sigh: "At the beginning, he was determined to die. No wonder he was so determined. It's really not easy for you to pry out such a few clues."

Yuanze fell into deep thought, not because his inference was inconsistent with the facts, but because he was touched by the complex emotions of human beings.

He browsed through several completely opposite stories on the hot searches, and an inexplicable emotion surged in his heart.

In one story, a woman struggles to defend her boyfriend, a "humanoid monster," who was dying and doctors were at a loss for what to do, so they were prepared for the worst.

However, overnight, her boyfriend miraculously recovered and the two were able to be together happily again.

In the woman's eyes, this was her beloved boyfriend. No matter what others said about him being a source beast, she couldn't believe it.

Another hot search was about a little girl's diary.

Her mother greeted the morning coldly due to overwork.

That day, the little girl kept waiting, hoping that her mother would wake up.

When she woke up, she was delighted to find her mother still busy in the kitchen preparing dinner.

She didn't understand why those people took away her mother who cooked for her. She just wanted to be with her mother.

…It turns out that these source beasts have gained intelligence similar to that of humans during the experiment. Because they are tainted with human aura, they cannot be accepted by other higher source beasts, so they choose to transform into human form and lurk in human society.

There are countless examples like this. Countless people who have lost their loved ones see their beloved ones appear alive again before their eyes. How many people can easily let go of this kind of emotional entanglement and struggle?

Not to mention that they are no different from their own relatives; their consciousness, habits, memories, and even those subtle details that can only be perceived between relatives are perfectly copied.

"We also found out that someone in the stability maintenance faction had defected. The person who went to search him didn't know his identity, and a fight broke out between the two. He desperately protected his 'grandmother' and was unwilling to hand her over."

"But someone else eventually took 'Grandma' away, so he exposed some of the facts. Although it has not been confirmed, it is very likely that he did not hesitate to cooperate with 'Ghost Epidemic' to amplify public opinion."

Commander Chen noticed that Yuanze was also browsing the news, so he sighed and told him all the inside information he knew.

"It seems that this matter is beyond control and has made most ordinary people angry."

Yuanze continued to scroll through the news interface, and he found that more and more stories about similar personal experiences were emerging.

"This kind of thing has no precedent in human history. I don't know how the higher-ups will handle this matter."

"My guess is that it will be a public trial, and the final outcome will definitely be the destruction of the 'humanoid monster'."

"Why do you think so?" Commander Chen walked up to him and patted his shoulder. "Tell me about it, Yuanze."

In Yuanze's opinion, this matter has risen to a public event and has even attracted the attention of some overseas organizations and countries. If it continues to be suppressed, it will only backfire.

However, most members of the stability maintenance faction still did not want the matter to be further exposed. Even the person who defected was very restrained and only exposed part of the facts.

Therefore, using public trials to guide public opinion and relieve pressure is their only option. Its essence is not to discuss whether their existence is reasonable, but to go through the motions and shut up those who are making comments.

"Your analysis makes sense, but this matter won't be handled so quickly. They will be very cautious."

"Too."

"You have been carrying out missions here for almost two months. You will be returning to the training camp soon, right?" Commander Chen changed the subject and asked about Qiyuanze's itinerary.

"The flight is tomorrow."

"Sun Zeyuan asked me to just give you a pass on the mission, but now it seems that your performance has far exceeded my expectations." Commander Chen turned around and smiled with satisfaction, "You did a great job, Yuanze."

He walked to the window, turned his back to Yuanze, and suddenly pulled open the curtains. The sunlight instantly filled the entire room, dispelling the dim light.

“No matter how beautiful the light is, it is not as bright as the sun.”

Yuanze nodded, understanding the implication of Commander Chen's words.

In this complex world, emotions and memories are the most real existence.

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(End of this chapter)