Chapter 66: Clone of a Super-intelligent Monster?
"Have you brought the guards assigned to you by the base?" Gu Jinsheng asked again.
Ji An is just an ordinary person now, but his value is too important. The base is afraid that he might be in danger, so they equipped him with two mid-level psychics after the commendation meeting.
Before, when Gu Jinsheng was at home, the two psychics had no place to use their skills, so they were given a holiday.
Now that Gu Jinsheng is at work, the two psychics were recalled by Gu Jinsheng.
"I brought it." Ji An replied.
Gu Jinsheng was very busy, with people constantly looking for him. Gu Jinsheng gave Ji An a few instructions and then hung up the phone.
Wu Youyang was so embarrassed that he tapped his toes on the ground. "Boss Ji, I didn't mean to report your whereabouts to Commander Gu. It's just that your current mental state is not suitable for research."
Ji An said: "I understand your good intentions."
Wu Youyang knew that Ji An was not going to pursue the matter, so he immediately said, "Boss Ji, I promise that I will never leak any information about you to Commander Gu again."
Ji An said nonchalantly, "There is nothing about me that he cannot know."
Wu Youyang was shocked by Ji An's words. Perhaps Ji An didn't even realize what these words meant.
"Let me introduce you to these two people with special abilities. They are my guards, named Yin Fang and Yu Xi. They will stay with me for a long time. When I come back later, you can enter their permissions."
"Okay." After Wu Youyang said hello to Yin Fang and Yu Xi respectively, Ji An led his men to the command center.
It was busy at this hour in the command center, with people coming and going.
Logically speaking, Ji An belongs to the research institute and is a non-staff member of the institute. Even Han Yaokun, the director of the institute, does not have the right to enter the command center at will, let alone Ji An.
But Ji An is different. He is not a member of the institute but can enter the institute at will and use all kinds of equipment at will. Research projects do not require approval from the headquarters, and the research results belong entirely to Ji An, and he has the right to dispose of them at will.
Also on the command center side, Ji An is also a special existence. He is entered into the command center central system as the command center's technical director and can enter the command center at will.
"Boss Ji, you're here, this way." Ji An had just sent a message and went upstairs when Gu Jinsheng got the news and sent Wan Xue to come down and pick him up.
Wan Xueying led them into an office on the tenth floor that was equipped with anti-eavesdropping and anti-detection equipment, and said to Yin Fang and Yu Xi, "You two can wait at the door, or in the lounge next door. I'll notify you when Boss Ji is done here."
"Okay." Yin Fang and Yu Xi agreed immediately.
Although Wan Xueying gave them two options, either to go to the lounge next door to rest, the two of them did not leave and just stood guard at the door.
Ji An opened the door and saw Gu Jinsheng, Kong Zhongcheng and Zhou Qin had already arrived, as well as Fang Rurong.
Gu Jinsheng explained to Ji An: "These ten people are healing psychics sent by Country M. All ten of them are level seven psychics."
Healing-type psychics are known as one of the three rare types of psychics, along with psychic-type psychics and space-type psychics.
Zombies with the above three abilities are even rarer, even rarer than psychics with three rare abilities. After all, psychics know how to restrain their desire to kill each other, but zombies don't.
Zombies with three rare superpowers are weak in the early stage and have little power. They are the best blood food for other zombies that cannot hunt humans for food. This is why the already rare three rare superpowers zombies become even rarer.
It is extremely difficult for psychics to hunt down zombies with three rare superpowers.
Therefore, the main way for those with these three rare superpowers to advance is to hone their abilities.
It is easier said than done, but extremely difficult to actually practice.
For example, a person with healing abilities needs to treat each patient one by one, hone his abilities over many years, and also be careful not to over-consume his abilities, which would cause them to become useless. Therefore, it is very difficult for a person with healing abilities to upgrade. But now Country M has sent ten people with healing abilities here at once.
There is not even a single base in Beijing, but Country M can easily send out ten people, which is enough to show that ten people with special abilities are not so rare for Country M.
But even so, how could Country M be so kind as to suddenly send them ten at once?
Ji An asked Gu Jinsheng: "What is Country M up to?"
Gu Jinsheng said: "Nutrients."
Ji An suddenly realized and looked at Zhou Qin.
"Country M wants nutrients, but they dare to plot against the deputy commander of our Beijing base. They are dreaming." Gu Jinsheng said, "If they can cause trouble, then I can break my promise and not send the nutrients."
Country M was already out of food, waiting for the nutrients to save their lives. But DeWitt suddenly did this. If it had been successful, it would have been fine. But now, not only did it fail, but Gu Jinsheng also caught it.
Naturally, Gu Jinsheng would not give up and directly tore up the contract with Country M.
The internal situation of Country M has never been one of solid rock. As soon as they saw that the nutrients in their mouths were about to fly away, they immediately fell into internal turmoil.
After fighting back and forth, they finally pushed all the responsibility onto the base where DeWitt was located, threatening that if they didn't give a satisfactory explanation to the Jingshi base, they would unite and attack the base where DeWitt was located.
In fact, the assassination of the commander of the Jingshi base was not the idea of Dewitt's base alone, but the result of a joint discussion among all the bases. Even the action was not the work of one base. But now that something happened, the other bases immediately changed their minds and pushed Dewitt's base out to take the blame.
In order to appease Gu Jinsheng, the exchange of materials was increased again, and ten legendary full-level psychics were sent over.
The Jingshi base accepted this condition and proposed that nutrients could be supplied to any base in Country M, except the base where DeWitt was located.
Isn't the base where DeWitt is located a tool base? Then let's make it a more thorough tool.
Ji An nodded, no longer doubting.
Several psychics had already checked Zhou Qin's leg injury. The leading psychic was named Philemon, a level seven peak healing psychic.
As a top-level healing psychic, Philemon has her own pride. Even when she came to the Jing City base as a hostage, she still retained her arrogance in her bones.
Philemon said to Gu Jinsheng proudly: "His leg bones were not preserved. If the leg bones that were not infected with the zombie virus were preserved, then I could cure him."
Philemon's tone was very arrogant, as if he was talking to a bunch of country bumpkins who had never seen the world. It was as if he was complaining about them not knowing how to keep their leg bones from getting infected.
Zhou Qin was originally full of hope and had many fantasies about the legendary seventh-level psychic's miraculous healing abilities, but in the end he got the same answer given by Fang Rurong and others. He was already feeling disappointed, and was provoked by Philemon's rude tone, and he immediately flew into a rage.
"If there is a way to preserve the leg bones that are not infected by the zombie virus, it would be your turn for the seventh-level healing psychic from Country M to show off at our Jing City base! The psychics in our base have already cured me." Zhou Qin said, "The legendary full-level healing psychic is only this good!"
Philemon probably didn't expect that Zhou Qin would dare to be so rude to her. Her eyes were wide open and she looked completely incredulous.
Wan Xueying said coldly: "I think you should understand your identities. You didn't come here to help us. We don't owe you anything. Your country owes us. We sent you to treat the injured in our base as an apology."
Gu Jinsheng said expressionlessly: "If you can't help me, kill me!"
Ji An also said, "It just so happens that I don't have a crystal core of a full-level healing psychic in my laboratory. I can get a few to study. Maybe one day when I have thoroughly studied it, I can also get a few top-level healing psychics for our base to play with."
Philemon saw that the expressions of the few people were serious and they didn't look like they were trying to scare them at all. Moreover, before they came, they actually knew why they came. Their faces turned pale with fear, fearing that Gu Jinsheng would really dig out the crystal cores in their brains for research.
Even if the Jingshi Base really did that, Country M couldn't do anything about it. At most it could just take the opportunity to ask for more nutrients.
But by then they were all dead, so even if Country M got more nutrient supplements, what would it have to do with them?
Philemon is not a person who does not know the current situation. In fact, her attitude just now was not a brainless behavior. She behaved like that on purpose, but just wanted to test the attitude of the Jingshi base.
Now that they found the Beijing base unexpectedly tough, they immediately softened.
Philemon said: "The full-level healing ability also has its limits. We can revive the dead, but we really can't regenerate them out of thin air. Even if there is a little bit of uninfected cell tissue, we can make it regenerate into a complete tissue and heal the psychic."
Ji An caught the loophole in Philemon's words and said, "If people with special abilities can't do this, then ordinary people can?"
Philemon didn't expect Ji An to be so perceptive. He immediately heard the loophole in her words and bit his lower lip tightly in annoyance.
"Yes." Philemon said, "Ordinary people and people with special abilities are different."
This is for sure. Apart from anything else, even if a healing psychic can heal an injury, he can only treat psychics of the same level. Treating psychics of a higher level than oneself is a challenge for the healing psychic, even if they are just minor injuries.
As far as the psychic himself is concerned, the awakening of superpowers not only increases the power's plug-in, but also enhances the psychic's physical fitness, greatly reducing the chance of the psychic getting sick and making it almost impossible for him to get sick.
Secondly, it also increases the five senses of the superpowers, making them more developed. Many people who were myopic before the end of the world took off their glasses after awakening their superpowers, and their vision became so good that they almost developed clairvoyance. In terms of hearing, there are also examples of deaf people who can suddenly hear sounds.
Superpowers can also delay aging and give people new vitality. According to the research on cells extracted from the bodies of superpowers, the normal life span of superpowers can be extended by ten to twenty years compared to ordinary people.
As the level of supernatural powers increases, lifespan will also be extended.
This research result has been confirmed. A small number of elderly people in their seventies and eighties who were about to die suddenly awakened their special powers and are now able to walk briskly and live well.
Ji An immediately thought of those heroes who contributed to the base but ended up losing their superpowers and having their limbs broken.
Jin Sheng naturally thought of it, "Kong Zhongcheng, go and retrieve the files."
"Yes." Kong Zhongcheng understood Gu Jinsheng's meaning and prepared to arrange them according to their merit points, starting with the one with the highest merit.
Philemon's face turned even paler. "That kind of treatment is against the law of human survival and will cost a lot. You should think carefully about it."
"What's the price?" Ji An asked.
"Superpowers." Philemon said, "If ordinary people receive regenerative treatment, although their broken legs can be healed, they will never have the hope of awakening superpowers again.
If one day one is unfortunately infected with the zombie virus, the resistance will be greatly reduced, at least 70% lower than that of people who have not received treatment. Even if one is lucky enough to escape, there is absolutely no possibility of awakening superpowers. "
Ji An suddenly asked: "So what harm does healing and regenerating broken legs do to you healing-type psychics?"
Philemon turned his gaze to Ji An again. This man was really sharp and could always grasp the key to the problem.
Everyone present looked at Ji An, totally unaware of why he suddenly asked this. Then when they looked at Philemon, they saw his pale face and bloodless lips, and they knew that the reason Ji An asked this must be because he noticed something they didn't notice.
Gu Jinsheng threatened: "I advise you to tell the truth. I don't have patience for that kind of thing."
Philemon could only say, "The price is the superpower. Regenerating a broken leg consumes a lot of healing power. Every time a broken leg is regenerated for an ordinary person, the superpower of a healing power user will be wasted."
Sacrificing a healing ability that can heal the wounds of thousands of people for a worthless ordinary person sounds like an extremely uneconomical deal. The two are completely incomparable in terms of social value, which is tantamount to killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Moreover, there is absolutely no possibility for ordinary people who have been cured to awaken their superpowers again.
After Philemon explained the situation truthfully, he looked at Ji An and asked, "May I ask this gentleman, how did you find out that I concealed information that was unfavorable to me?"
Ji An said indifferently: "You M country have never been kind people. This time we sent you to our base to help not out of kindness, but out of necessity. I'm afraid that before you came, we also gave you some secret tasks, which are nothing more than tasks that are not conducive to the development of our base.
So if healing a broken leg for an ordinary person can completely cut off the possibility of him awakening his superpowers, this is a great thing for your country M. How could you possibly give up such a great opportunity? "
Ji An sneered: "Everyone has selfish desires. Unless this great thing for Country M touches your personal interests and is likely to make your situation fall from heaven to hell, you will deeply resist and be unwilling to do it.
The only thing that can make a full-level healing ability user fall from heaven to hell is to lose his ability. "
Philemon asked in confusion: "You are so sharp, are you a brain power person? But I don't feel any energy fluctuations from you?"
There is a "radar" between the psychics, and they can sense each other's energy fluctuations.
Of course, if a psychic is strong enough, he can deliberately hide this energy fluctuation, but generally speaking, this kind of hiding can only be hidden from psychics with lower power levels than himself. It is difficult to hide it from psychics with higher power levels than himself.
Philemon is already a maximum-level psychic. If Ji An has superpowers, there is no reason why he could hide them from her.
Ji An smiled indifferently, "It used to be, but not now."
A trace of regret flashed across Philemon's eyes, and then he was glad. He had lost his psychic ability but was still so sharp. How terrifying would he be if he hadn't lost his psychic ability? Assuming that he hadn't lost his ability, once he grew to the full level, he would be so powerful that Philemon couldn't imagine.
Such a person growing up in Xia Country is a threat to M Country.
Gu Jinsheng asked: "Do you have any way to restore the abilities of those who have lost their abilities due to excessive consumption of their abilities?"
"Yes." Philemon answered very straightforwardly this time, but before Gu Jinsheng and the others could finish their joy, she continued, "Re-infection with the zombie virus will block the 20% possibility again."
The possibility of being infected with the zombie virus again is not just 20%, but far less than 20%.
The probability of a person being infected with the zombie virus twice and surviving both times and awakening superpowers is definitely lower than the probability of being infected in the initial stage and awakening superpowers.
Ji An couldn't afford the risk, and the Jingshi base wouldn't let him take it either.
Philemon's tone was instigating when she said this. She really hoped that Ji An would die from the zombie virus.
If the interests of Country M do not conflict with her personal interests, she is very willing to help Country M.
Ji An asked, "Actually, I'm curious about a question. Is it that the full-level healing psychics in your country can't heal a broken leg, or that all full-level healing psychics can't do it?"
This question is very interesting, and it almost points out that there is something wrong with the method used by Country M to improve the level of superpowers.
This time, they had so many full-level psychics coming at once, plus the high-level psychics like Cruz before, it was impossible for them not to attract the attention of the Jingshi base.
Philemon said: “I don’t know, our base doesn’t have a healing psychic who has reached the maximum level through his own training.
It is said that such a person with superpowers can heal and regenerate the broken legs of ordinary people without destroying their own superpowers, nor will it hinder the ordinary people from awakening their superpowers. However, if you treat and regenerate the broken legs of a superpower, you will lose your superpowers due to excessive consumption of superpowers. "
Ji An stroked his jaw with his fair fingers, and said thoughtfully: "In other words, it can be assumed that the reason why you can't heal is not because the full-level healing ability itself can't heal.
It's because your abilities are superficial and your levels are unstable.
If that's the case, then if we dig out the superpower crystal cores in your brains and absorb them directly, then we can be cured."
In theory, a psychic can only absorb psychic crystal cores with the same properties.
However, the healing and psychic powers among the three rare superpowers are different.
These two types of supernatural crystal cores can be absorbed across attributes.
The healing crystal core, after being absorbed by the psychic across attributes, can heal the psychic's hidden injuries.
The spiritual crystal core, after being absorbed by a psychic across attributes, can enhance the psychic's ability level.
Philemon was so frightened that she had no idea how Ji An got this useful information without her even mentioning it.
"You can't do that. If you absorb the crystal core of a superpower, you will get mania! Do you want your superpower to become mentally ill because of mental disorder?"
In fact, when Ji An made that guess just now, Zhou Qin was moved for a moment.
But then Philemon's words brought him back to his original state.
Would you rather be a cripple with a broken leg or a mentally ill person with all four limbs intact? This is a good question.
Ji An shrugged indifferently and said, "Don't panic, I was just guessing, and it seems that I guessed right."
"The last question is, what special means did Country M use to quickly improve the ability level of psychics?" Gu Jinsheng asked.
At the auction, Country M took out a large number of psychic nuclei, and all of them were high-level nuclei. Even if they wanted to plot against Country Xia, such a large sum was a bit too big.
Originally, Gu Jinsheng thought that Country M only had a method to quickly improve psychic abilities. Now seeing Philemon, and thinking about Cruz, who was executed by the Jing City Base before and whose abilities seemed to be inconsistent with his level, Gu Jinsheng realized that Country M did not simply have a method to quickly improve the level of psychic abilities, but a method to improve the level of all abilities.
Philemon didn't expect that he had only come to the Jingshi base and hadn't said anything, but he was stripped of everything.
How could she explain this when she went back? She said she didn't say anything, but it was this group of people, especially the handsome man who lost his psychic powers, who guessed it themselves because he was so smart. She didn't know if anyone would believe it!
Philemon was about to cry. She said, "I don't know. I don't know anything. After I awakened my psychic ability, someone will regularly provide us with psychic crystal cores. All we have to do is absorb the crystal cores every day to improve our abilities."
Ji An smiled and said, "Did you forget to tell me that you absorbed the crystal cores of zombies? There is another group of people who absorbed the crystal cores of superpowers. The crystal cores in the brains of these people will eventually be sold to our country and sold to the Xia people, in an attempt to fundamentally destroy the superpowers in our country."
Gu Jinsheng, Wan Xueying, Kong Zhongcheng and Zhou Qin looked at Ji An at the same time. They really didn't know how Ji An could extract so much information from Philemon's words this time.
Philemon no longer dared to look into Ji An's eyes. She always felt that Ji An's psychic abilities were not abolished. He even controlled her mind without her knowing and asked her for all the information she knew.
Philemon refused to speak, not even a word to Ji An.
Ji An was not in a hurry. He sat on the sofa and took a sip of tea leisurely, "I really sincerely thank you for coming. Not only did you answer many questions for me, but you also inspired me from your country's methods of cultivating people with special abilities, providing new ideas for my experiments that have been stagnant. Now I have reopened another door."
This sentence shocked Gu Jinsheng. Others didn't know what experiment Ji An was doing, but he knew that Ji An had never hidden it from him. It was a human cell tissue regeneration experiment!
If this experiment is successful, then mankind will achieve a leap forward in the field of medicine and enter a completely new field of medicine. Just like space storage props and nutritional supplements, it will be another great feat of epoch-making significance.
Philemon didn't know how horrible the experiment Ji An was conducting was, but a psychic, even a former psychic, was enough to make Philemon feel uneasy.
Philemon glanced at Ji An quickly and immediately lowered her head, as if she was afraid that Ji An would see other secrets in her eyes.
Ji An smiled, "Actually, you don't have to do this. I already know the means by which your country quickly improves superpowers."
Philemon raised her head suddenly and met Ji An's eyes. She felt that Ji An's clear eyes seemed to be able to see through everything about her. All the secrets she had hidden, and even her entire soul, were exposed under his gaze. Philemon suddenly closed her eyes.
Her voice trembled slightly. "That's impossible. I don't even know, so how could you know?"
"Clone." Ji An spit out two people lightly, and Philemon lost all her strength and she collapsed to the ground.
"Impossible, this is impossible..." Philemon murmured, "You must have controlled me mentally, otherwise you wouldn't have known?"
Ji An shrugged his shoulders. "This is a very regrettable thing, for you as well as for me. I have indeed lost my psychic abilities."
"Then how do you know? How could you possibly know?" Philemon shouted in disbelief.
Ji An spread his hands, "Another regrettable thing for your country, that is, I happen to be a scientific researcher!"
When Philemon was taken away, her eyes were still filled with disbelief. The moment she walked out of the room, she said, "Fortunately, you lost your psychic powers! You are so scary!"
"Thank you." Ji An took this as a compliment and thanked him politely.
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