The lockdown of the B City and C City bases did not last long, only three days each. During these three days, all the superhumans and high-ranking officials of the bases were investigated, and even the experimental personnel of the bases were not spared.
Externally, both the B City and C City bases stated that this was a normal verification process and would not affect their transactions with external bases.
What was discovered was unknown to the outside world; all they knew was that the two bases had not taken any other action besides being sealed off for three days, so they were relieved.
But only those in the know at the two bases know exactly how much was uncovered this time.
Holding the review results, Ye Lin knew that such a large base couldn't possibly be without any dark side, but he never expected that some superhumans would be so unscrupulous in taking advantage of their superhuman status.
Theft, robbery, occupation, and murder occurred far too frequently to be fully described in the entire document. There were even people bribed in various bases who openly received payments from the bases but secretly committed evil deeds that harmed them.
He stared intently at the large stack of reports in his hand. The actions of these people were beyond description. Ye Lin felt his heart was exhausted in an instant. Jiang Yue and Chen Yu, who were standing on either side of the desk behind the desk, understood Ye Lin's feelings. But these things would appear as long as they were ranked. Even before the apocalypse, were they any less?
Compared to Ye Lin, the two of them had become much more open-minded, which was why they had proposed to redefine the base's rules. The reason why these superhumans acted so recklessly was largely because the base protected them.
Superhumans are indeed quite rare in the post-apocalyptic world. Their abilities aren't readily apparent when fighting mutated animals and plants because the base has a lot of advanced equipment, which makes those mutated animals and plants quite formidable.
However, in the face of natural disasters, the number of superhumans in the base determines the extent of damage the base will suffer. In the past, the base was able to survive many natural disasters because it had a large number of superhumans.
Therefore, the B City base naturally treats these superhumans with more preferential treatment. However, some people have taken advantage of this preferential treatment to act recklessly and have seriously crossed the base's bottom line.
Ye Lin put down the documents in his hand. "As you suggested, let's revise the base rules."
Chen Yu and Jiang Yue, who were standing to the side, were not surprised by Ye Lin's decision at all. No matter how much Ye Lin considered the overall situation, he was still the same Ye Lin. It was better that he didn't know, but once he found out about these things, he would not stand idly by and let them develop.
Chen Yu replied, "We will discuss the new rules carefully."
After resolving these issues, Jiang Yue handed the last document to Ye Lin, saying, "This time we found out who leaked the blueprints; it was Zhu Zhengzhong."
Upon hearing the name, Ye Lin gripped the document, not opening it but staring at the cover. After two seconds, he closed his eyes and said, "Continue."
Jiang Yue turned to look at Chen Yu, who nodded silently. Jiang Yue then took a deep breath and continued, "We are still interrogating him about the specifics, but we have now confirmed that he is the one who stole the blueprints. His goal is simple: the other party promised him that after the experiment is successful, they would select a strong-attack ability user for him to be among the first to undergo the experiment."
"Accept the experiment?" Ye Lin's voice was unreadable, only repeating the last few words.
"He knows more than we do. From him, we learned that the ultimate goal of this experiment is to give ordinary people superpowers. It can not only change the physical condition of these ordinary people, but also extend their lifespan. The process of the experiment is to dig out the crystal core from the body of a living superpowered person and transplant it. Simply put, it is to replace one superpowered person with another. However, according to him, the experiment has not been successful yet."
"Bang!"
Ye Lin opened his eyes and slammed his hand on the desk. He was now close to level 4, and even without deliberately using his special ability, he still managed to break the thick solid wood table in the middle. The things on the table crashed to the ground, but they did not attract Ye Lin's attention at all.
"These people are utterly inhuman! Zhu Zhengzhong, as a high-ranking member of the base, actually concealed this information, attempting to become a superhuman through this method!"
Jiang Yue and Chen Yu lowered their heads; they knew why Ye Lin had been so angry.
They both initially thought Zhu Zhengzhong was a fence-sitter. Although they didn't object to merging the Qiyuan base, Zhu Zhengzhong was no longer suitable to be a high-ranking member of the base.
Ye Lin wanted to give him a chance, since Zhu Zhengzhong was one of the original founders of the B City base. So he was given a position, although it was a high-level position, but he didn't have much real power and didn't have the authority to participate in core meetings. It was basically a retirement position.
Ye Lin never expected that his momentary mercy would cause such a huge blunder.
Ye Lin's expression grew increasingly somber. "He had no authority to access the lab, nor did he possess any special abilities. How did he obtain the blueprints?"
"Previously, the Qiyuan Base had been keeping an ability user named Lin Zhong'an. He has a special ethereal ability. When Du Xueting tried to assassinate you, it was he who did it. In the past few months, he broke through to level 4, and his ability increased so that he was able to sneak into the laboratory and get the blueprints. However, when we locked Zhu Zhengzhong up, he seemed to have noticed something was wrong. He actually escaped last night, and we are still doing our best to capture him."
"Void power?"
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