Qian Lan lowered her head silently and said nothing more.

"Alright, now let's proceed with the treatment of the HeLa cells."

Seeing that Qian Lan had stopped speaking, Zhou Fan moved on to the next part of the meeting.

"My suggestion is to first have researchers conduct scientific studies on it, and then execute it directly."

Ladies and gentlemen, who agrees and who disagrees?

Zhou Fan's voice wasn't loud, but it seemed to carry an inherent sense of authority that made it hard to refuse.

Most of the high-ranking officials and key members of the Night Star Clan present raised their hands in agreement with Zhou Fan's proposal.

They've even started discussing which research team should study Hera and how to execute her.

Zhou Fan nodded slightly, opened his mouth, and prepared to make a decision.

"So, our handling of the xenogeneic [HeLa cells] concludes here..."

"etc."

Just then, a voice suddenly appeared, stopping Zhou Fan.

Zhou Fan paused, his brows furrowing slightly as he looked at the man. The other executives also turned to look at him.

A bespectacled, well-mannered boy, only about ten years old, sat there calmly, standing out starkly from the group of older executives.

Seeing that they were all looking at him, the boy showed no unease or nervousness, but calmly expressed his opinion.

"Commander Zhou, I think your proposed solution is somewhat inappropriate."

Zhou Fan and the other executives looked at the young man with a hint of displeasure in their eyes.

Some people even looked at him with disdain, but Zhou Fan still let him continue.

"Since you feel this is inappropriate, Mr. Wang, please share your opinion."

The bespectacled boy was Wang Canxin, a recruit who graduated in the same year as Hera two years ago.

Wang Canxin adjusted his glasses.

"I think it would be a waste to simply use HeLa cells for scientific research and then kill them."

"So you want to..." Zhou Fan's eyes narrowed, staring intently at Wang Canxin.

Wang Canxin, however, was not affected by his gaze, and spoke slowly, word by word.

"I think we should add him to the Night Star team."

"What?!"

The moment the words left his mouth, the entire upper management erupted in uproar.

"Do you know what you're saying?! Letting an alien join the Night Stars? That's pure fantasy!"

"It's a mutant that slaughtered a million people in City C! You expect it to protect humanity?!"

"Quiet..." Zhou Fan gently raised his hand, and the entire scene fell silent.

"Mr. Wang, why do you say that?"

Wang Canxin looked at him calmly, "Because I feel that [HeLa cells] are different from all other alien species. This can be easily seen from the fact that she has been in the special investigation team for almost a year and has not attacked the people around her."

Therefore, I don't think she necessarily harbors a hostile attitude towards humans.

But these words elicited a cold laugh from one of the higher-ups.

"Mr. Wang, I think you are still too young and do not understand the nature of the alien species at all."

Besides, I don't think your words will have any effect on someone like you who got into the upper echelons through connections and opportunistic means.

Wang Canxin's expression remained unchanged, completely ignoring the high-ranking official, his gaze still fixed on Zhou Fan.

Looking into his eyes, Zhou Fan slowly felt a sense of surprise.

Because Wang Canxin's eyes did not have the naivety and impulsiveness that a teenager should have. Instead, they were like those of an old monster who had lived for nearly a thousand years, revealing endless wisdom and composure.

This made Zhou Fan put aside his contempt and seriously examine Wang Canxin, and the two remained deadlocked.

After a long pause, Zhou Fan sighed helplessly and looked at Wang Canxin with a meaningful expression.

"Mr. Wang, I know your intentions are good, but you still need to consider many other factors."

"Even if a mutant like HeLa cells, which wiped out an entire city, truly had no malicious intent towards humanity, do you think the general public could accept it?"

"Why don't we just not tell them?"

Without the slightest hesitation, Wang Canxin replied with a completely emotionless sentence, causing everyone present to tremble.

Zhou Fan's eyes turned cold. "You mean to cover up the truth?"

Wang Canxin nodded indifferently, seemingly unconcerned by the angry looks in the crowd's eyes.

"Is it that difficult? Isn't this what we're best at?"

"What do you mean by that?!"

Zhou Fan's gaze grew even more serious, and he felt a chill run down his spine as he looked at the other person's matter-of-fact gaze.

"I'm just stating the facts. Commander Zhou, make your judgment and make this decision that will affect humanity."

At this moment, Zhou Fan felt unprecedented pressure, and this pressure actually came from the young man in front of him who was less than half his age and whose cultivation level was only 'high-level'.

The other high-ranking officials were also stunned into silence by the powerful aura in Wang Canxin's words.

At the same time, their minds were in turmoil because Wang Canxin had said too many things that puzzled them. They felt as if there were many secrets that even they didn't know, which left them unable to process them for a while.

Ultimately, after weighing the pros and cons, Zhou Fan chose a compromise.

"Let's do this: contact people who were close to HeLa cells when they were human, and have them give statements to see if HeLa cells are truly trustworthy."

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