Chapter 108-107- Sky Whale Project

At the end of April, the sunlight spread like melted butter on every corner of Yangon's streets. The old oak trees on the roadside sprouted tender green buds, swaying gently in the breeze, casting mottled light and shadows on the asphalt road.

Sitting in the white rocking chair in the courtyard, Yvette glanced at the workers busying around in the corridor, then opened the magic terminal and began to check the latest information on the Internet.

This is the house she just rented in the city of Fosjiang. It is a two-story villa with more than a dozen rooms, a garage and a small garden.

The workers currently busying around were the cleaners she had hired from a housekeeping company. The house had probably been unoccupied for so long that dust accumulated everywhere. Using wind magic would only make her dusty, so after some thought, she decided to spend her money.

After checking the news in New Eden and making sure that her photos were not circulating online, Yvette logged into her New Eden citizen account and glanced at the message box.

There are quite a few messages here from Miss Irene and the middleman Caster, all sent in the past two days. The reason is self-evident.

Not only them, but even the mysterious Fire Bearer of the Society for the Preservation of Civilization forwarded the relevant news to her and attached a "thumbs-up" emoticon, as if to express admiration in a concise and concise manner.

So, immediately leaving Miss Irene and Custer aside, Yvette sent a message to the Fire Bearer: "Do you know anything about the Kux underground base?"

This was the information she had been searching for in her free time over the past two days, but the information she obtained was limited. She didn't know if it was blocked or if the incident was indeed so mysterious that the local residents of Kukes didn't know about it.

"I know." The fire bearer replied quickly.

"How much?"

"100,000 credit points."

"So cheap?" Yvette was a little surprised, thinking that this might not be some important information.

But after all, it was information that could not be found online, so she paid directly - 3.1 million credit points left her with 1.9 million after deducting 1.2 million in personal income tax, allowing her to indulge in some limited luxuries.

Fortunately, the state where the customs is located has no state income tax. Otherwise, if I were to go to some state with high state taxes, I might have to pay another 300,000 or 400,000 less.

After receiving the money, the Fire Bearer immediately said, "The Kux Underground Base was a research base jointly established by the federal government and the Lin Tui Biological System, but it has been abandoned. The project they used to research was to revive ancient giant whales as large biological weapons that the federal government secretly cultivated."

"Ancient giant whales?" Relevant historical data immediately emerged in Yvette's mind.

According to archaeological discoveries, during the ancient civilization period 30,000 years ago, the Origin Star once had a very prosperous high-magic era, with giant dragons soaring in the sky. However, there are two well-known monsters that are equally famous and equally terrifying as the dragons, namely the giant whale and the giant squid.

Among them, the giant whale is believed to have the ability to fly and is the overlord of the sky and sea that can compete with the dragon. The giant squid is considered to be the king of the deep sea. Once dragged underwater by it, even a dragon will die without a burial place.

"Yes, it's that giant whale from the ancient civilization," the Fire Bearer said. "That happened in the latter half of the last century. At the time, the New Eden United States and the Kuroshio Federation were at odds. Shortly thereafter, the Kuroshio Corporation discovered a relatively well-preserved fossil of an ancient giant squid in the deep sea. They partnered with the Kuroshio Federation and formulated the 'Sea Demon Project'. Their goal was to obtain the genetic sequence from the ancient giant squid fossils, revive this 30,000-year-old super monster, and use it as a giant biological weapon to gain control of the seas."

"The New Eden government already possesses intact ancient giant whale fossils. Provoked by the Kuroshio Federation, they launched a biological weapons competition. Together with the 'Lin Tui Biology', they launched a project called the 'Sky Whale Project', aiming to resurrect ancient giant whales capable of soaring into the sky and diving into the sea. This would counterbalance the Kuroshio Federation's giant squid and ensure their unwavering control of the seas near Kuroshio Island."

"What happened next? Was it successful?" Yvette thought of the mountain whales under Commander Purple that flew continuously from Kux to the Yuanliu North Sea, and finally understood why he chose to base his base there.

It turned out that the materials he needed to hatch mountain whales were there!

"No, the plan failed."

"Failed?"

"The world's environment has changed. How could such a plan succeed? Whether it's a giant dragon, a giant whale, or a giant squid, they're all products of a high-magic environment. Even if they were resurrected, how long could they survive in this world? It's just that people at that time were too naive to understand this matter. It's just a joke."

The Fire Bearer's response was tinged with sarcasm. "In short, these two massively expensive projects, which cost countless taxpayers worldwide, were abruptly terminated. They served no purpose other than enriching a few commissioners who enriched themselves. The research base in Kukes City has been sealed, and even the relevant information has been blocked. You can only access these historical materials by connecting to the networks of Emerald Island or Silver Mirror Island."

Now Yvette knew why the Fire Bearer was sold so cheaply. It turned out that this information could be directly searched by using a VPN.

She felt a little depressed, and then asked, "Did the Sky Whale Project leave any embryos or something?"

The fire bearer was a little surprised: "How do you know this?"

"So there is?"

"Yes, but they are some frozen, almost unhatched embryos of imitation creatures. They are the only thing that can be called the 'achievement' of this foolish plan..." The Fire Bearer said, "This is the core secret of this plan. Apart from the relevant high-ranking officials of the federal government and the Lin Tui Biological Organization, no one outside the outside world should know about it. Miss Wuming, you are increasingly surprising me for knowing this information."

"Same here." Yvette said, and thought of the Black Tide Company's Sea Devil Project again. She wondered if she would encounter the deformed giant squid in the water again in the future. She just didn't know whether its combat effectiveness would be higher or lower than that of the mountain whale.

"By the way, do you know where Zero and One are?" she asked again.

She didn't say who Zero and One were, but judging by the Fire Bearer's current performance, she believed that he knew who she was talking about.

"I'm not sure about that. I think they went to Rusty Bone. But since you asked this question, I guess Miss Wuming, you may have got some clues in Fus River?" The Fire Bearer said meaningfully.

…

After getting some confirmation from the Fire Bearer, Yvette ended her conversation with the Fire Bearer and began to concentrate on thinking about how to find Zero and One.

In fact, from a pragmatic point of view, obtaining knowledge of necromancy from the Holy Spirit Sect should be given higher priority.

But there are risks, and she herself is more interested in the two little girls, after all, it is related to her past.

What are the three ultimate questions in philosophy?

——Who am I, where do I come from, and where am I going.

Although she already knew where she came from, how could she know where to go if she didn't figure out who she was?

…

In the evening, Yvette bought several time capsules and decided to find a good place to bury them.

After the apocalypse, the Fos River would be flooded, but she could still identify the areas of the surrounding high-altitude mountains where she was familiar with the terrain and had relatively stable geology. Just in case, she would bury several more in different locations, at varying depths, to ensure a foolproof outcome.

After doing all this, Yvette returned to the city.

Due to the poor infrastructure in Fusjiang, which greatly restricted the performance of rune hackers, she couldn't find any ideas about Zero and One for a while, so she asked the taxi driver to take her to the "Soul Fire Church", the headquarters of the Holy Spirit Sect in Fusjiang Diocese, intending to gather some information here first.

As the religion with the largest number of believers in the Rustbone Free State, there are still many people coming and going in the Soulfire Church at night, probably all here to attend mass.

After getting out of the taxi, Yvette took in the black spire of the church and found it rather eerie. The arches resembled ribs, the reliefs on the walls were composed of skulls, and the clergy were all dressed in black robes and hoods. But since they worshipped the god of death, it seemed fitting.

After looking at the door for a while, she was about to go in when she suddenly had an idea and glanced at a place above the black church.

There, she saw a somewhat familiar translucent face flash by and disappear into the depths of the twilight.

She withdrew her gaze expressionlessly and continued walking inside, thinking that the evil spirit she had encountered in the human trafficker park before was indeed related to the Holy Spirit Sect.

(End of this chapter)