Rebirth 2014: I, the King of Criminal Investigation

Chapter 543 What kind of weapon must be hidden in a mountain ravine for research?

real or fake?

Upon hearing this, Qu Tuotuo's eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at the woman before him.

"If you were to set up a technology department, could you keep the R&D budget under 20 million?"

She herself felt it was absurd when she asked that question.

Reducing R&D costs by 90% at once is unimaginable in any field.

"That's already a conservative estimate."

Ying Xuelian replied calmly:
"The main reason for the high R&D funding is the integration of interdisciplinary technologies. Many R&D projects require the integration of multiple technologies, but I don't have to go through that trouble here."

How arrogant... Yu Dazhang could hear the confidence in her words.

However, considering her IQ of 175, everything seems to make sense.

"wait for me a while."

Qu Tuotuo said somewhat excitedly:

"I'm going out to make a phone call, I'll be right back."

After saying that, she took out her phone and hurriedly walked out.

"It seems my decision to come to Songhai was the right one," Ying Xuelian said with a smile.

"I never imagined your fiancée was a rich heiress."

Since they met, Qu Tuotuo has not revealed his identity, and Yu Dazhang has not given them a detailed introduction.

But Ying Xuelian still guessed it.

"Who can say for sure about matters of the heart?"

Yu Dazhang responded with a smile:
"Perhaps you can find your other half when you come to Songhai this time."

A woman like Ying Xuelian has no shortage of suitors wherever she goes, but very few people can attract her.

Even Yu Dazhang was a little curious about what kind of man she liked.

Ying Xuelian ignored his teasing and changed the subject, asking:

Do you know exactly what the Fifty-Three Institutes are researching?

Why ask this? Are you trying to trick me...? Yu Dazhang immediately focused his mind and his brain started working quickly.

She knows the core secrets, so there's no possibility of her trying to trick her into revealing information.

Why did she ask that question?

Could it be that Ying Xuelian has another mission in coming to Songhai this time?
Guoan sent her to test me... Yu Dazhang felt this was very likely.

But, is it really necessary?

Even if one guesses the research direction of the research team, it is only superficial and does not pose any risk of leakage.

Yu Dazhang hesitated for only a moment before asking in return:

"Why do you ask this?"

He certainly didn't dare to answer directly.

There's no way to answer a question like this correctly.

The woman in front of me has an IQ of 175, which is equivalent to having an eight-core processor in her brain.

Lying is the most foolish thing to do when talking to this kind of person; she won't even bother to call you out on it.

"I want to know what level you, a complete novice who's just learning on the job, have reached."

Ying Xuelian smiled:
"Don't be nervous, just treat it as a casual chat between us teachers and students, the kind that you'll forget about as soon as it's over."

It would be nice to chat... Actually, Yu Dazhang also wanted to talk about this topic, but he was a little hesitant.

In the past, discussing state secrets behind someone's back would have been a capital offense.

If someone reports me, I'm definitely going to be shot.

If there are enough bullets, it would take at least half an hour to execute him.

Even in this day and age, many things are not to be discussed casually.

However, when he thought of Ying Xuelian taking a knife for him earlier, Yu Dazhang unconsciously lowered his guard.

"To be honest, I don't know, and no one has told me."

Yu Dazhang looked serious:
"All the project information I have access to was taught to me personally by you."

"However, this does not prevent me from making a judgment on the whole matter. In fact, I have already made a preliminary guess about the research direction of the project, and I am confident that I am not wrong." When he was undercover at the 53rd Institute, he followed Ying Xuelian to do scientific research every day. Although he could not access the project information, he could still make some connections.

"is it?"

Ying Xuelian also became interested:

"Tell me your judgment; I'm curious where your confidence comes from."

Now that the atmosphere has been built up, let's have a good chat... Yu Dazhang could hear Qu Tuotuo making a phone call in the corridor outside.

Moreover, judging from the content of the call, this call won't end anytime soon.

"I have a request."

Yu Dazhang spoke calmly:
"Whether I am right or wrong, you have to give an answer, just like grading an exam."

Ying Xuelian didn't respond, she just smiled.

"First of all, the level of secrecy achieved by the 53rd Research Institute means that the projects they are researching must be related to weapons."

Yu Dazhang spoke very quickly, clearly having already thought it through beforehand:

"But nuclear weapons are no longer a secret, so what weapon would you want to hide in a remote mountain valley for research?"

"This is the question I've thought about the most."

“The mountains surrounding the experimental area are barren, but even in winter, there shouldn’t be not a single withered grass to be seen.”

His voice was slightly lower:
“At first I thought it was nuclear radiation, but when I was on the mountain with the National Security officers, no one took any precautions, so we can rule out radiation as the cause.”

At this point, Yu Dazhang's expression darkened slightly:
"Since it's not a nuclear weapon, yet it's devastating to plants, why is the secrecy level so high?"

"There's only one possibility I can think of..."

"Gene!"

After saying those two words, he stared intently at Ying Xuelian, trying to read something from her face.

To his disappointment, Ying Xuelian maintained a calm expression, as if she had already anticipated his response.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" she urged.
"Go on."

Her reaction made Yu Dazhang feel uncertain.

They couldn't tell at all whether their own deductions were correct.

After hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and continued:
"Even nuclear bombs have limited destructive power and range."

"But genetic weapons are different; they are specifically designed to target humans, and the damage and harm they cause are sustainable."

Yu Dazhang's tone became increasingly serious:

"This is something that no hot weapon can do."

"If we divide weapons into two types, thermal weapons and nuclear weapons are equivalent to physical attacks, while genetic weapons are equivalent to magical attacks."

He took a deep breath and emphasized:

"Therefore, compared to nuclear weapons, genetic weapons are more terrifying, which is the fundamental reason why they are being researched in secret."

"The purpose..."

"We can do without it, but we can't live without it."

His speculation about genetic weapons is based on evidence.

While at police academy, he had heard from his teachers that scientists abroad were already developing "racial weapons."

Doesn't your name sound scary?
This weapon can accurately identify individuals based on differences in skin color and genetic structure.

If such a genetic weapon is developed, it could wipe out 30% of the population of the attacked country in the event of war.

Then there's no need to fight; no country can afford that loss.

"The field of human biological genes?" Ying Xuelian asked.

"How would I know?" Yu Dazhang felt a headache coming on when he heard such technical terms.

"What I just said were all my guesses; I don't understand anything deeper than that."

He noticed that Ying Xuelian's expression hadn't changed, and he couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

guessed wrong?
Probably not. This is the result he arrived at using the process of elimination, and it is also the only logical guess.

"You have a really rich imagination."

Ying Xuelian smiled, a very happy smile:
"Unfortunately, you only guessed one-third correctly."

(End of this chapter)