He raised his head, his gaze like an icy probe, staring directly at Ning Xiwan: "I knew my parents... might be involved in gray areas. Real estate, finance, and even the sale of sensitive medical technology... I was mentally prepared. But I never expected..."
The suppressed anger in his voice made the air tremble. "How dare they... get involved in such a heartless and inhumane business!"
"I tried to stop it." Ning Xiuyuan's voice remained steady, but the knuckles of his clenched fists turned white, revealing the turmoil in his heart.
"Delaying funding, questioning funding flows, secretly sabotaging suspicious 'purchases'... But I'm powerless. That 'Prometheus' fund is completely independent of my control. And Dad..."
He closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, only cold determination remained. "He never really trusted me."
"Until this time! Until Qingshi'ao! Until you..." His gaze fell on the scar on Ning Xiwan's neck again, and the heartache and guilt in his eyes were instantly replaced by deeper anger.
"Until that freezer! Until the military advisor's words! The clues finally connected!" He flipped open the file bag, pulled out a document, and pointed at the complex chemical formula and the hideous virus structure circled in red.
"According to the preliminary biological testing briefing and the information I've gathered over the years...what's in the box isn't a transplant organ at all! It's a highly purified, modified... 'biological agent'! A vector for biological weapons or genetic engineering!"
"The target isn't patients! Instead, they're being selectively released into specific populations for genetic contamination, disease transmission, or even more horrific purposes! The 'Scavengers' are a bioterrorist organization disguised as organ trafficking! The Ning family's secret fund is their financial backer and technological backing!"
The truth was like a poisoned ice cone, piercing Ning Xiwan's heart.
It's not organ trafficking! It's bioterrorism!
And her biological parents...this luxurious cage...is actually the source of such a heinous crime!
She leaned on Duan Shuce's arm, her nails digging deep into his palm, and the coldness in her eyes quickly solidified into an icy wasteland that froze everything.
Just then!
"Bang!" The heavy wooden door of the study was kicked open from the outside! The door lock broke!
Ning Xiuyan was like a trapped beast that was forced into a desperate situation, his eyes were red, and his face was a mixture of horror, rage and confusion of being deceived.
He stared at the three people in the study, his chest heaving violently, his voice distorted and out of tune:
"What you just said... is it true?! Dad... Mom... are they really... selling organs?! Or... are they... biological weapons?! Ning Xiuyuan! Ning Xiwan! Are you crazy?! Are you slandering Mom and Dad?!"
He had obviously overheard the key part.
Ning Xiuyuan looked at his brother's collapse with a complicated look in his eyes.
Ning Xiwan looked at him coldly, speechless.
"Is it true? Tell me, big brother!" Ning Xiuyan rushed in, grabbed Ning Xiuyuan's collar and roared.
"It's true."
Duan Shuce's cold and calm voice rang out. He took out his encrypted tablet and turned the screen towards Ning Xiuyan.
Clear photos:
Close-up of the opened refrigerator box - tissue sections with strange metallic luster and complex biological textures!
Screenshot of the forensic report – labeled “High concentration, unnatural retroviral vector and gene editing enzyme markers…”
Funds flow chart - ultimately converging to "Ning's Biotechnology - Prometheus Project (Top Secret)"!
The evidence is irrefutable!
Ning Xiuyan seemed to have lost all his strength. He loosened his collar, staggered backward, and hit his back heavily against the bookshelf.
He stared at the tablet intently, his face as pale as paper. His eyes changed from anger and disbelief to horror and confusion, and finally settled into dead despair and... nausea that penetrated deep into his bones.
"Ugh..." He suddenly bent down and retched, as if he wanted to spit out his soul.
He held onto the bookshelf, his body shaking violently.
After a long moment, he slowly raised his head. His bloodshot eyes were devoid of their former arrogance, leaving only a fire of pain and a hint of mad determination, a fire that had been completely shattered and then forcibly held together.
He looked at Ning Xiwan, the "bastard" sister whom he had humiliated in every way. His eyes were now as cold and firm as iron.
He looked at Ning Xiuyuan again - his tired face was filled with the heaviness and determination of fighting alone for many years.
Finally, he looked at Duan Shuce - representing absolute strength and reliability.
Ning Xiuyan stood up straight abruptly and wiped away the tears and sweat from his face.
He walked to the desk, looked at the file bag, then looked at his brother and sister. His voice was hoarse, but it was filled with a desperate ruthlessness:
"Count me in."
No hesitation, no doubt.
Ning Xiuyuan looked at the determination in his brother's eyes, nodded slowly and heavily, and pushed the file bag in front of him: "These are the fragments of evidence I have collected over the past seven years, including the flow of funds, suspicious projects, and code names of key figures... but they are not fatal enough."
"But there's no ironclad evidence to convict them, especially regarding the core of Project Prometheus."
Ning Xiwan's fingertips traced the scar on the side of her neck. The cold touch made the fire in her eyes burn even more fiercely. "The irrefutable evidence is in the box, and also in Ning's Biological's core database."
"The military advisor's words point to this plan. They used living 'carriers' to test the spread of that substance."
She thought of the needle marks on the woman's wrist in the cave.
"The refrigerated container is a breakthrough point, but the 'media' inside is extremely dangerous and has been sealed at the highest level of national security. It cannot be used as conventional evidence."
Duan Shuce analyzed calmly and called up the 3D map of Ning's Biological Headquarters.
"The most direct evidence must be obtained from the source. The main server room, the Prometheus core laboratory on the third underground floor, and Director Ning's private encrypted terminal. There are complete project information, funding details, and a list of participants."
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