Chapter 123 Hidden Crisis
Federal Central.
At the ten-meter-long rectangular conference table, everyone's expressions were solemn.
After a fruitless discussion, everyone turned their attention to one place - there was a person sitting on the leather swivel chair in the center of the front. Since his back was facing everyone, only the hand holding the cigar and the smoke above his head could be seen.
"Your Excellency, what do you think we should do with that ancient human?" someone at the table couldn't help but ask.
The leather chair did not move. The person sitting on it raised his hand to take a puff of his cigar. After a long while, he waved his hand slightly. The secretary standing next to him immediately nodded and projected a research report on the screen.
"Reports indicate that ancient humans have a precious gene called peptidoglynamine in their genes. If peptidoglynamine can be extracted and mass-produced into a drug, it could be used to calm orcs when they go berserk."
One person questioned: "Does it really work?"
The secretary nodded calmly. "We've extracted 0.01% peptidoglynamine from the human blood sample stored at the Paleoanthropology Research Center. After administering it to berserk orcs, the success rate in calming them down reached 60%."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present was in an uproar.
0.01% can actually have a success rate of 60%. If the concentration is increased, wouldn’t it be a very significant era for the whole nation to escape from the frenzy?
For a moment, there was a lot of discussion in the conference room.
Someone hesitated and asked, "If that's the case, why does the Prime Minister still allow ancient humans to run wild without restraint?"
"I think we should let the research center take over as soon as possible."
"Have you all forgotten? The last time the Paleoanthropology Research Center took over, what happened? Not only did they escape, but they also turned that lunatic Zong into their fan. Let me tell you, this ancient human shouldn't be underestimated."
At this point, everyone's gazes were obscurely directed towards Prime Minister Soto, Zong Yan, who was seated at the table. Someone even coughed twice and winked at the person who had just spoken, signaling him to stop talking.
Zong Yan was mature and steady. He closed his eyes and did not respond, as if the person they were talking about had nothing to do with him.
The leather chair turned, and the person in the high position finally revealed his face.
He wore a silver mask on the left half of his face, and looked to be in his twilight years, but still energetic, with a pair of hawk-like eyes that exuded a sense of majesty without even being angry.
Seeing the leader turn around, the secretary quickly and calmly picked up a mini loudspeaker and placed it against his throat. The leader's mouth remained motionless, and only a hoarse, dry voice came from the loudspeaker.
"What's the point of catching a fish that foolishly bites the hook? The fish that can attract friends and attract a whole group of fish into the net is the valuable fish."
When everyone heard this, they all looked thoughtful.
"Wei Shou."
When the secretary heard the Prime Minister call his name, he stood up and saluted.
"Go and take good care of our little fish. Don't make the line too tight or too loose."
"yes."
After the Zongfang incident came to an end, Qiao Susu has been very busy.
First, the interstellar buzz about her has only intensified. Numerous scraps of information about her have surfaced on the Nebula, all of which are gossip of unknown origin. There are even rumors that she has 18 spouses. Zizai has already attracted over a million applicants, with applications ranging from those eager to watch the excitement, those hoping to see Qiao Suisui in person, ancient anthropologists, and those hoping to become her spouse. Almost eight out of ten males with internet access have applied, with some even turning their ten-minute introduction videos into blind date presentations.
It would take Qiao Suisui quite some time to sift through this vast crowd to identify those truly committed to the organization. Fortunately, she wasn't alone. During the first round of screening, Luka ordered Ans to use a program to automatically filter out orcs with impure motives, questionable identities, or those who didn't meet the requirements. Those who met the requirements would then proceed to the second round of screening, which involved three rounds of interviews, carefully evaluating and eliminating candidates based on eight criteria. The third round of screening involved stress testing to determine whether these candidates would engage in harmful actions or self-destructive behavior under extreme circumstances. By this stage, 80% of those with unsatisfactory character had been eliminated.
It can be said that candidates can only join the organization after going through layers of screening in a funnel model.
This kind of work is not a one-time thing, but a periodic one. Because of the large scale and the constant application of new applicants, it needs to be screened in batches, and the list of names screened out in each batch is what Qiao Susu sees last.
"There are 22 people in this group, and their information is all here." Luka transferred an encrypted file to Qiao Susu's computer and carefully introduced the situation of each person to her.
Qiao Suisui leaned in his arms and flipped through the pages. When she saw a line, she stopped and asked, "A female also submitted an application?"
Luka nodded. "Yes, she's the only female in this group. Ans's investigation revealed that she's an inferior artificial female with limited intelligence."
In fact, this female did not pass the three rounds of interviews, and was even blocked in the first round. It was Luka who insisted on adding her name in the end.
Qiao Susu clicked on her introduction video and found that the entire video was only two minutes long.
For two minutes, the girl in the picture kept shaking her body back and forth, her expression twitching uncontrollably, and her words stuttering, but she still insisted on introducing herself.
"My name is Ellie. Brother, I'm afraid of big shadows."
Qiao Susu listened to her words twice and still couldn't understand what the girl named Ellie meant, but she could clearly feel what she was trying to express.
"You kept her here specifically, have you found out something?" Qiao Susu asked Luka.
"Yes, her brother was once the steward of my other palace."
Qiao Suisui was a little surprised, "You mean Evan?"
It was the butler Evan who had colluded with the people from the Federation when they took her away.
"That's right." Luka squeezed her palm and told her the whole story.
After being rescued by Libery, Ellie had been living with her brother, Evan. But one day, Evan disappeared, and Ellie, using the pension Libery gave her, struggled to live on her own. But not long ago, she began being harassed by a brown bear orc. Because Ellie was genetically inferior and intellectually disabled, the male raped her but didn't take responsibility, only coming to her every now and then to relieve his sexual desire.
Ellie's intelligence is equivalent to that of an 8-year-old, though her language development is limited. She knew how to call for help in this situation. When the brown bear came again, Ellie screamed for help, only to be dragged by her hair and thrown against the wall. Beatings and kicks followed. Ellie no longer dared to call for help, perhaps because she was desperate, or perhaps it was coincidence that she had watched Qiao Suisui's video hundreds of times when it went viral online.
Ellie didn't fully understand what Qiao Sui Sui said, but there was one sentence that she kept replaying over and over again -
"Weak man, are you struggling?"
Ellie saw that the girl in the video had long hair like her, a pleasant voice, and firm words, which made her instinctively want to believe and ask for help. Hence, the video that Qiao Sui Sui was watching now.
Qiao Suisui looked at the girl in the picture with pity in her eyes. She looked at Luka and asked, "So the big shadow Ellie mentioned is that brown bear orc?"
Luka nodded.
"So what did you mean when you said that this matter was also related to Ash?"
(End of this chapter)
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