From the end of the world

Chapter 183 The True Humanitarian Department
The girl Lu Chan was openly trying to sow discord, and the young researcher immediately became alert.

At the same time, the signs that he was about to break free from the quick-acting hypnosis were rapidly becoming weaker. The words of the girl Lu Chan seemed to have a magical effect, which quickly dissolved the defense line that he had been struggling to hold up.

I felt as if I had a vague grasp of the truth behind this change.

"There should be a dozen or so people like you in this stronghold. Originally, I couldn't hypnotize you with this level of mental magic, but now I can do it easily. Do you understand why?" The young girl Lu Chan said in a teaching tone, "An unswerving spirit can only shine when you practice the path you believe in. But your originally airtight heart is now full of loopholes, and I easily conquered it. This is because your hearts are full of contradictions."

"……you're right."

Under the power of the mental spell, the young researcher seemed to be pouring out beans, and spoke out the truth that he shouldn't have said.

"When I decided to join the Humanitarian Department, I thought I was contributing to the country. It didn't matter if I had to work for an 'evil organization' that was not visible to the public. After all, it was under Luo Shan's nose. The country couldn't openly set up a department to study how to deal with demon hunters. We could only retreat behind the scenes and provide silent support, while acting to distance ourselves from them. We insiders were not allowed to explore the background of our own organization.

"And I believe that my efforts will eventually give back to society. It doesn't matter if I don't get the recognition of the masses. As long as I can avoid the future of Luoshan's extraordinary people ruling the secular world, I am willing to sacrifice myself... But what will be the result?

"They are clearly under the banner of saving ordinary society, but from the top to the backstage, they don't care about the lives of ordinary people at all. They even use living people...even ordinary people as experimental subjects, and their minds are full of how to become the second Luo Shan. How can they expect me to believe that there will be a better society in the future opened up by the Humanitarian Department?
"I even began to suspect that we were deceived. Our backers are not the country at all, but just a group of high-ranking but hidden ambitions with huge amounts of money and connections..."

"So you're just sitting there doing nothing?" I asked curiously. "Are there many people like you in the Humanitarian Department?"

He still didn't seem to want to answer, but the girl Lu Chan repeated my question exactly as it was, luring him out with the answer: "...at least not very few. Some of them were held hostage by the top management, and had to put all their energy into the project, but they couldn't produce good results with that negative mental state."

"Given your hypocritical attitude, I'm afraid...Silver Mask will not sit idly by and watch." The girl Lu Chan seemed to be asking a question intentionally.

"Hmph... Silver Mask can solve any problem anyway, so why not just throw all the problems to him?" The young researcher said disdainfully: "Cyborg technology, Heart Seed, Twelve Gods Project, Tailoring Reality... Whenever the Humanitarian Department needs something urgently, he can always take it out just right like a mechanical cat.

"The Humanitarian Department is now too dependent on him, from the top to the backstage, and he is probably happy to see this happen. It is only because of the Doctor that we are urged to concentrate on our own research. However, the Doctor is after all a 'possible clone' of Silver Mask, and there is probably a conspiracy by Silver Mask in this.

"That guy is definitely a devil. He has no future for the Humane Department in his heart. Accepting his gift is undoubtedly a temporary solution. The top management and backstage personnel seem to be excited, but I can only see a huge sense of despair. Especially that Heart Seed... What on earth is that?

"The Humanitarian Department's main research direction is now mostly based on the heart seed to transform human technology, but I just feel like we are just making things easier for him and the existence behind him."

Speaking of the latter part, it seemed that he was no longer speaking because of the girl Lu Chan's quick-acting hypnosis, but simply spoke his true feelings to vent the pent-up emotions in his daily life.

And his words also answered a question in my mind.

Since the Humanitarian Department is an underground organization established to resist Luo Shan's destined rule, its establishment time should not be earlier than the "Fantian Incident" three years ago. And is such a short period of three years really enough to support the Humanitarian Department to develop the current supernatural technology?
Whether it is the technology of transformation into a monster or the means of tailoring reality, these are not researched by the Humanity Department itself. The former is a creation created by Ying Lingyun using "future technology obtained from unknown channels" and "heart seeds obtained from unknown channels"; while the latter is purely the power of the fragments of the divine seal. Apart from these "external forces", the Humanity Department itself seems to have achieved nothing. They should not have been in such a state.

But this doesn't mean they are incompetent. Using science and technology to analyze strange things is not a goal that can be achieved in a short time. Coupled with the pressure from Luo Shan, they had to give up the accumulation of technology in the right way and choose to take a shortcut.

This so-called "shortcut" is the high reliance on the unknown technology provided by Ying Lingyun... No, the key may not be here. It is a reasonable decision to take extraordinary measures in extraordinary times. It is definitely not incomprehensible to rely on powerful external forces in the weak starting stage. As long as you get through this stage, whether you abandon external forces and strive for self-improvement, or take the initiative to absorb external forces, it is not necessarily hopeless.

So what is the root of the problem? Is it that the Humanitarian Department, while upholding the banner of ideals, is operating on living people and even ordinary people, causing members like this young researcher to feel disillusioned?
But as the senior researcher said before, the Humanitarian Department has little time left. Even if the senior and backstage personnel of the Humanitarian Department are not as selfish as the young researcher thinks, they are not at the stage where they can pay attention to ethical taboos. Facing the behemoth Luo Shan, they still hold on to the moral burden, which is simply seeking death.

What exactly are they doing right?
Is this the "real humanities department" that the young girl Lu Chan wanted me to see?

I have never studied the subject of "organizational management". Perhaps those who have made contributions will think that this is just a layman's perspective after listening to my thoughts. I am not very interested in this topic itself. In my opinion, the most important information revealed by the young researcher is Ying Lingyun's special position in the Humanitarian Department.

I had guessed from the beginning that he was not on the same page with the Humanitarian Department, but I didn't expect that his position in the Humanitarian Department was so detached. "... Just kill me." The young researcher closed his eyes. "I have also used ordinary people as materials for countless inhumane human experiments here in the past. Being killed dozens or hundreds of times by you victims is not enough to pay back. Although I will be resurrected after death, I have no objection if you want to torture me and take revenge on me."

Quite frankly.

The girl Lu Chan sighed softly, then walked forward, raised her right hand, put her index and middle fingers together, and tapped his brow.

"Just go to sleep first."

The young researcher was immediately completely hypnotized and fell backwards to the ground, unconscious.

If we keep this young researcher, maybe he will report our whereabouts to his superiors after he wakes up - especially since the girl Lu Chan escaped, it might be better to kill him on the spot. His death will certainly attract the guards to attack, but if we really want to play hide-and-seek, I am not without a solution.

But since the girl Lu Chan doesn't want to kill people at will, I will respect the wishes of my companions for the time being.

At this time, as if awakened by the sound of the young researcher falling to the ground, the "strange man" tied to the cross next to him woke up.

He saw us at first sight.

"Lu Chan? And..." He looked at me while reading the name, "Are you that kid?"

Why does everyone call me a kid all the time? I'm almost getting angry.

Although I am indeed a child now.

"Why are you here? The cells here should only be accessible to those with the corresponding permissions. It is almost impossible to unlock the magic seal..." The demon hunter seemed to be sorting out his chaotic thoughts. "And the researcher lying on the ground... Did you find a way to escape from this place?"

"Not yet." The girl Lu Chan said, "We are working hard."

"Can you free us too?" he asked anxiously. "As long as all of us... no, even if only half of us are freed, we can unite and escape from this... place..."

I originally wanted to tell him that there was no way to escape from here, but before I could say anything, he froze on the spot, his face changing dramatically, and he muttered to himself, "Wait, what's with this sense of déjà vu... Have I said something like this before?"

"You are still the same. You told me the same thing last time, and the time before that when I was secretly working with you to plan a prison break." said the young girl Lu Chan.

"Last time... and the time before that?" The demon hunter looked more and more confused. "What are you talking about... No, I remember it. I seem to have experienced something similar..."

"——It's about time you wake up." The girl Lu Chan seemed to use that magical voice again.

"..."

Hearing this, the demon hunter was silent for a long time, then revealed a bitter yet relieved emotion, and said in a desperate tone: "... So, it turns out that I am dead... We are all dead."

As he spoke, he actually emanated a sense of death, as if he was about to die.

(End of this chapter)