Chapter 376 Deep Virtual 204
When a person is nearing the end of their life, any medicine that can keep them alive, regardless of any side effects, is a miracle cure.
Especially for the super-rich at the top, who possess the vast majority of the world's wealth, what don't they want? Only longevity and health are what they desire.
Because the only equality among people is death.
Whether rich or poor, everyone will eventually die.
The rain pattered against the glass windows, the sound drowned out by the vibrations of the helicopter rotor blades. Instead of heading straight back to the company, they landed on the rooftop helipad of the hotel.
Rainy days make travel difficult, and they also have other tasks: Xie Ning has an exchange meeting, and he also needs to visit a branch office with Professor Sidane.
"Are you nearby?" Luo Yin vaguely sensed Xie Ning's location.
"I'm in Moonshadow Bay." Xie Ning thanked the waiter, then took the card from him and entered the room, where her suitcase, which had been delivered long ago, was still inside.
"Me too!" Luo's voice was filled with excitement.
"We came here on a mission, but it seems to have failed. All the personnel who went out have lost contact. Yu and I have been hiding outside, so we haven't been targeted."
A mission? Xie Ning paused in his movements. "Are you going to Meteorite's Edge on a mission?"
"How did you know?" Luo's eyes widened on the other side. Yu was sitting by the window watching Luo Yu. Noticing Luo's unusual behavior, she tilted her head in confusion. Her silver-white hair slid down onto her black nightgown, seemingly shimmering with a soft light.
"Because I was attending a banquet there, some unexpected things happened. The Shen family representative was seriously injured and is still in critical condition; his life hangs in the balance. I don't know about the other intruders, but a young man disguised as a waiter committed suicide..."
She was just guessing; she never expected those people to actually be members of the rebel army.
"They...they're actually from the rebels..." Xie Ning murmured. "What happened? What was the purpose of this assassination?"
Because she was busy, she hadn't contacted Luo for a long time.
In the cramped little room, Yu got up and sat by the door. Luo glanced at Yu and then closed her eyes again.
Do you know what a cardiac stimulant is?
"I know." It is one of the products that the Shen family launched this time.
"The Shen family owns a pharmaceutical company in Nanhu District... At first, they only used mice and rabbits for experiments, then they started using larger mammals, and later they used death row inmates for clinical trials."
Xie Ning walked to the table and looked at some news information about Nanhu District.
Experimenting with death row inmates or serious offenders is in accordance with federal law, and the institute can take them away as long as they sign a consent form.
The death penalty is non-reduction, but it can provide their families with a considerable sum of money. Of course, if they encounter a particularly unscrupulous research institute, the money will be gone.
Serious offenders can have their sentences reduced.
The sound of falling continued, "...Later, in order to expand the experiment, they recruited a large number of volunteers, mostly from slums and some remote and backward places, and some from underground cities, but very few people from underground cities participated in the experiment."
After all, the rebels have considerable influence in the underground city. They have exposed some of the dark secrets of the research institute's experiments. Although it is unclear whether the Shen family's pharmaceutical company is the same, in the underground city, people who can make a living will not apply for the job.
In other places, it's different. Whether through coercion, bribery, or even buying and selling, large numbers of "volunteers" are sent to the experimental table.
Speaking of experiments, Xie Ning sighed. Even though Luo hadn't finished speaking, she could vaguely guess what was going on. After all, experiments were no easy task, especially clinical human trials.
As expected, Luo's voice lowered, "Most of the volunteers who went to participate in the experiment died on the experimental table. Even those who didn't die... lived as miserable monsters. Not a single volunteer was able to leave that pharmaceutical company unharmed. Not one. This is the result of our statistics."
Therefore, it was not a simple contract, but a life-or-death contract.
Luo's emotions surged; she was sad, not for herself and Yu, but for those who were unrelated to her.
Xie Ning remained silent. Leaving aside the Shen family's pharmaceutical company, even in experiments conducted by other research institutes, very few "volunteers" managed to receive payment and then escape with their lives.
Federal law does not allow such things to happen; illegal human experimentation is a crime. But here, above the law, there is power.
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