Chapter 129 Cause and Effect, Fate "I only wish you peace."...

He Chen sighed.

“The task BEAM gave me,” she whispered, her eyes filled with helplessness and self-reproach, “was to carefully record every step of your growth, to raise you as a real human being. Every laugh, every cry, every fall, just like any other child, I had to record. And so, your first eighteen years of life came into being.”

She told herself that this was just an experiment.

Although it sounds inhumane now.

But at the time, at least in He Chen's eyes, this was a social experiment, and BEAM did not treat Sang Li with any special care.

At first, she brainwashed herself, telling herself that she didn't like marriage or so-called family ties, and that it was all just a mission.

But as time went by, Sang Li entered her life.

Her eyes shone like tiny light bulbs.

Experiment, task?

These words gradually lost their weight.

It seems that Sang Li was not the test subject.

Sang Li didn't speak.

She guessed it; as an experimental subject, this was her fate.

“Everything proceeded as planned,” He Chen paused, his expression slightly somber, “until Chi Du appeared, and everything changed.”

Golden eyes, like shimmering yellow gems in the sunlight—that's how BEAM-107 is described.

Chi Du's sudden appearance was like opening Pandora's box.

Sang Li, who has lost her memory, is gradually regaining it.

This is something He Chen was able to detect.

Or rather, Chi Du was gradually recovering Sang Li's lost memories.

He Chen gradually noticed that Sang Li's gaze towards him was strange.

Moreover, it is becoming increasingly filled with cold hostility.

Until she received the order.

She later learned that BEAM must have been indicating through Sang Li's unusual magnetic field that she had fully "matured".

"The night I received the order, I was thinking about how to tell you. I wanted you to run away and not be caught by BEAM, but how could BEAM's inescapable net let you go? But the truth is, you disappeared. I guess you must have fully regained your memory around that time and left with Chi Du."

On the third day after Sang Li disappeared, He Chen received a heavy box of documents delivered by courier.

It arrived at my home.

It was He Chen's original home, not the place where they originally lived.

The files inside the cardboard box were neatly stacked, like bricks.

They are all copies of BEAM materials.

These are all secrets from the past few years.

Chi Du suddenly remembered something and laughed: "Those things weren't easy to find. Sang Li said she had to show them to you. Actually, while you were looking through them, Sang Li was spying on you the whole time."

He Chen was taken aback for a moment: "Really?"

Sang Li didn't remember either; it was probably to observe whether He Chen was aware of it.

After all, she wasn't exactly someone who felt very secure.

Chi Du: "After verification, it should be the first time you have seen that information."

When He Chen opened those documents, he almost fainted.

Familiar data.

My mind exploded, and the scene before my eyes became blurry.

She originally thought that Sang Li was just an abnormal being who had undergone genetic optimization.

【BEAM-071 Test Record】

[First Experiment]

[Second Experiment]

[...]

Numbers, curves, injection records, video screenshots... these are all experimental data from that year.

These data, which she had personally recorded, were originally just a reference for gene research and theoretical exploration, but now they are being used directly in human experiments, affecting Sang Li's body.

He Chen's mind exploded, and fear surged like a tidal wave. BEAM was actually conducting human experiments!

She had always thought that "abnormal body research" and "the direction of genetic evolution" were just unconscious animal experiments. She never imagined that there would be scenes of blood and flesh lying around, of painful torture, of real humans being injected, manipulated, and forced to endure unknown pain.

As I turned the pages of the archive, I found many experimental images.

The record shows the moment when Sang Li's small body trembled under the cold light.

Needles, restraints, pain, and fear.

He Chen's heart clenched, and anger and heartache burned in her chest.

This is her daughter.

Children are made of flesh and blood, not cold, hard data curves.

Even now, He Chen still felt heartbroken. She looked at Sang Li, but no amount of words could make up for the trauma Sang Li had suffered: "I feel so sorry for you, and I regret not discovering BEAM's secret sooner. I should have guessed long ago that you weren't some kind of social experiment that allowed abnormal beings and humans to coexist peacefully. In fact, I only understood that moment."

"So later, I started investigating what BEAM's purpose was."

He Chen rubbed his temples.

"I suppose you already know this."

"It's Sang Li who controls the anomalies and the army. Behind him are Qian Rujun and Peng Bo."

"Qian Rujun is ostensibly the head of the tactical strategy department and all containment projects of the Federal BEAM, but in fact he has been secretly conducting human experiments all along."

"You are the most successful example of this."

“During the time I was missing, I investigated BEAM, also trying to find information about you. Until two years later, you found me. You had changed; you looked like a grown woman.” He Chen smiled with relief. “You said you wanted to conduct an experiment to find out if an emotional manipulation anomaly lost their memory, would their anomalous abilities degenerate? Then, I met Amber.”

"You said you would use the strongest medicine to make Amber completely forget you and forget the past."

"I'm asking you, why are you still willing to believe me?"

“You said it was because you still felt sorry for me, and that I was unaware of it back then. After all, the years of companionship are not fake. From when I was thirty to fifty, we were already considered family to each other. At that time, you seemed to be hiding from the pursuit, you were injured, and you came with Chi Du.”

“I did the experiment for you; after all, it was easy for me.”

He Chen chuckled self-deprecatingly.

"I'm asking you, will we ever see each other again?"

"You said to hide it well. I will. That's not how my daughter talks to me now."

"I asked you what you wanted to do."

"You said that others should pay the price, everyone."

"I just hope you're safe."

"Later, BEAM tracked you down and found out you came looking for me, so I was imprisoned on the former experimental island. They wanted me to continue my research, but I refused."

It matches up.

The order in which the story unfolds.

After regaining her memory, Sang Li and Chi Du began their escape.

Later, he met Amber and began to put his plans into action.

The most crucial step was to return to BEAM, find clues about the potion, and possess it, which would allow her to control everyone. Therefore, with the amnesiac Amber, the deliberate approach of Lu Jin, and her alteration of her memories, she evaded BEAM's scrutiny, lowering BEAM's guard while simultaneously reconnecting with Lu Jin and Bai Heng.

What about her parents' divorce, or her relationship with an invisible boyfriend during college?

They're all fake.

Sang Li stared at He Chen for a long, long time: "Aren't you worried that I might do something terrible?"

The room was unusually quiet.

He Chen's expression remained calm, as if he were facing a formula that he had already deduced countless times.

Her voice was calm, resolute, and cold: "If the final conclusion is destruction, then so be it. That's fate."

It seems she has thought about this question countless times.

She paused, then said, slowly and deliberately, "You must understand that the world never stops evolving because of the goodwill or fear of any one individual. The essence of our research on anomalous individuals is to ask the question: where are the limits of human evolution? Since the answer is already written in your life, the consequences of further deduction are inescapable."

He Chen's gaze was fixed on Sang Li, as if piercing through flesh and blood to strike at the core: "So, no matter what you become, or even if you want to destroy this world, it is cause and effect, it is inevitable, it is inevitable in a scientific sense. Since it is inevitable, there is no point in being afraid."

The sound was not loud, but it was like a cold wind sweeping across the deep sea.

"As for me, I am your mother. Fate placed me here so that I could bear this variable. If you are going to destroy the world, then the only thing I can do is to stay with you until the end."

Although Sang Li didn't want to admit it, she had a rather self-destructive feeling.

However, she didn't want to destroy the world; she only wanted to destroy BEAM.

***

BEAM headquarters, strategy meeting room.

On the huge screen, blurry surveillance images of the sea surface flickered.

Lu Jin's figure flashed by and was then swallowed up by the thick fog.

Qian Rujun stood at the end of the long table, impeccably dressed in a suit, his face grim: "Lu Jin has completely betrayed us. He is no longer one of us, but a threat. He must be arrested."

The senior executives exchanged a glance.

Qian Rujun paused, his gaze slowly sweeping over everyone: "Conventional methods alone are not enough. He is not an ordinary person. We need to use BEAM-777."

Bloomberg pushed up his glasses, his voice tinged with barely suppressed excitement: "BEAM-777 has been manually intervened and is ready for use. Its existence was originally intended for special circumstances."

"As for the target," he paused, a glint of light flashing in his eyes, "not only Lu Jin, but also BEAM-071."

Qian Rujun tapped the table: "This time, we can't afford any more mistakes. Lu Jin won't give in easily."

His gaze darkened, coldly sweeping over the figure on the screen. "We have another layer of protection; he has a weakness."

He paused, a slow, mocking smile playing on his lips: "Yu Qi, and the others. Release their plans ahead of time. Once Lu Jin senses danger, he won't stand idly by."

Several high-ranking officials looked at each other in bewilderment.

Someone lowered their voice: "You mean, use them as bait?"

"A bait?" Qian Rujun scoffed. "No, this is an inevitable strategy. If Lu Jin has truly betrayed us, then let him deliver himself to our doorstep."