Chapter 157
Not wanting to continue this topic, Mu Ling quickly stammered and skipped over it, asking another question: "So, why did you give the Beak Zoo to me? And you asked me to run it for three years, so that I can have a relationship with the Bai family again, isn't that a bad thing..."
Having said this, Bai Huanqiu suddenly fell silent.
Mu Ling looked at her seriously.
Bai Huanqiu hesitated for a moment before saying, "In this regard, it was indeed my fault..."
Mu Ling was stunned.
"Lab X was shut down after Sheng Tianhai became president. Sheng Tianhai probably didn't know what Lab X was actually used for, but he felt it was a waste of money. So much federal funding and time had gone into it for almost twenty years, yet the lab hadn't produced any valuable medical products. He felt it was unnecessary. He believed the Federal Research Center could do everything the Federal Institute of Biology could do..."
After Sheng Tianhai shut down the X laboratory, Ying Qianhe could no longer conduct human experiments, but he was unwilling to give up, so he placed the laboratory in the rebel army. After taking over the rebel army five years ago, he made internal adjustments. Therefore, the rebel army now has so many laboratories, and they have experimental bases on countless planets, including the God King Planet.
These laboratories distributed across the stars have two tasks: one is to breed exotic beasts. In order to breed exotic beasts, they do not hesitate to steal war beasts for experiments.
Second, collect data on various exotic beasts and war beasts. These data will be provided to Laboratory X as reference data for human experiments.
There are two purposes for breeding exotic beasts.
1. For the presidential election seven years later, imagine that during Sheng Tianhai's tenure, the rebels were unable to capture the country for a long time, and the repeated waves of alien beasts harmed many planets. But as soon as Ying Qianhe came to power, the rebels were gone. Then it goes without saying who is the savior of the Federation.
Second, during the alien beast tide, people burned, killed, and looted, obtaining a large amount of ill-gotten gains. The experiments required huge financial support. If Ying Qianhe wanted to continue conducting human experiments, he would need a lot of financial investment. If Sheng Tianhai didn't give him money, he would naturally have to rob the money from other places.
There is a rumor that the rebels created the alien beast tide in order to negotiate with the federal army, just like the previous rebel leader occupied Mercury and Jupiter five years ago and openly demanded 33 planets.
But in fact, Ying Qianhe understood the federal government and Sheng Tianhai. They would never compromise with the rebels, nor would they really give the rebels a chance to negotiate. However, this excuse could be used. So, they pretended to create a tide of alien beasts for the purpose of decentralization. In this way, they could hide the secrets of making money, building momentum, and human experiments deeper.
After hearing this, Mu Ling understood the purpose of the rebels. But what did this have to do with her aunt giving her the Beek Zoo and requiring her to run it for three years?
As if seeing Mu Ling's confusion, Bai Huanqiu continued, "Your major is pharmaceutical research. After graduation, you went to your mentor's laboratory to conduct research. I know that your purpose of studying medicine is to treat yourself, but you probably don't know how many young children like you with medical talent have been recruited by the rebels in the past five years."
Mu Ling was stunned.
Bai Huanqiu said: "The rebels have so many experimental bases, so they naturally need a large number of experimental talents. Some of these people join the rebels voluntarily, and some are pure geeks who don't like to do normal research and like to study some prohibited things. There are also many more whose family members and friends are held hostage by the rebels, and they have no choice but to compromise. After joining the rebels, they are brainwashed, controlled, and beaten. In short, there are many methods."
Mu Ling's face looked grim.
Bai Huanqiu sighed. "You were raised by Bai Huanting. Even though he never truly taught you, the books he gave you and the occasional casual pointers have allowed you to navigate the medical field quite smoothly. Your first experiment with your mentor was a huge success. This is what I'm most worried about. If you make a name for yourself in this field, you'll definitely be noticed by the rebels. And with your abilities, that's only a matter of time."
Mu Ling pursed her lips, her expression heavy: "I am indeed quite good."
Bai Huanqiu: "..."
You shouldn't praise her.
Bai Huanqiu continued: "That's why there is Piccolo Zoo."
After rescuing Xiang Yuanren, Bai Huanqiu planned to escape, but how to accommodate Mu Ling was a problem. Finally, she decided to open a wildlife park. As she expected, the purely wild zoo was located in an extremely harsh mountain environment. It was inconvenient for vehicles to pass through, tourists to visit, and employees to maintain it because there were too many trees. Even satellite monitoring could not be set up. Because the area was too large, the animals hid and kept silent. It was impossible for tourists to come to such a ghost place.
But Bai Huanqiu wanted this state. She would only feel at ease if she hid Mu Ling in this remote mountain forest.
She was afraid that Mu Ling would not want to come, so she made a three-year agreement, requiring her to run the zoo for three years. After three years, what she wanted to do was almost accomplished.
Before the handover, she had deliberately reduced the number of animals in the zoo to only a few dozen. With fewer animals, it would not be difficult for Mu Ling to take care of her, but with the animals as a tie, she could not leave. She had also agreed with Lawyer Xu that if Mu Ling really could not make ends meet and came to him for help, he would give her some money every month, as long as it could ensure the survival of the animals and employees.
She planned everything well.
But I never expected...
Mu Ling had only been there for a few days, but she had already made Beak Zoo a hot topic.
Once it comes on the hot search, it will continue to appear.
In less than half a year, she has almost made Beak Zoo the most popular zoo in the Federation!
I originally wanted her to keep a low profile, but now, she has become extremely high-profile and is even going against the rebels.
Not only did he ruin the rebels' plans several times, but he also quietly destroyed the rebels' stronghold on the God King Planet.
Seeing that she was endlessly courting death, Bai Huanqiu became afraid, so he sent the harvest over, hoping to guide Mu Ling to understand her own life experience and make her more careful.
In fact, even if they hadn't come to her today, she would have slowly revealed more information to them. Of course, she herself would not show up. The fewer people who knew that she was still alive, the better.
Bai Huanqiu said a lot in a row, and after listening to the aunt's words, Mu Ling finally understood the old lady's good intentions.
She was very moved and asked, "So you didn't know beforehand that my physique is actually attractive to war beasts?"
Bai Huanqiu shook his head: "There are no war beasts on Planet 877. You have never seemed to attract any animals since you were a child. Your grandfather and I have never thought about it in this direction."
Yes, from childhood to adulthood, Mu Ling only played with the stray cats in the school when she was in college. She had no chance to see animals at other times. Some of her neighbors raised dogs, but they were all acquaintances living on the same street. They saw each other every day. It was normal for these dogs to wag their tails at Mu Ling.
So this is where Bai Huanqiu made a mistake.
She underestimated Mu Ling's ability.
Mu Ling lowered her head. Now there was only one question left.
What are those scales on her body?
Why does she have the ability to absorb alien beast cells?
Why is she so particularly popular with war beasts?
What did she go through before she was harvested and picked up?
Time passes by every second.
Seeing that Mu Ling and Xiang Bie had nothing to say, Bai Huanqiu waved his hand and dismissed the guests: "Alright, now that you've asked your questions, leave. Don't disturb my peace."
Mu Ling looked at her aunt with worry in her eyes: "So you faked your death, what exactly did you want to do? You protected me and took in Brother Xiang. You let us hide safely in the Beak Zoo, but what about you? What are you going to do?"
Bai Huanqiu frowned: "Children should stay out of the adult's business."
Mu Ling said nothing, just thought for a moment, then looked at her aunt deeply.
Bai Huanqiu: "..."
No way, that look in her eyes... could it be that she has already guessed it?
Yes, Mu Ling guessed it.
The aunt should be planning to join forces with the president. The next presidential election will be in half a year. Ying Qianhe is the common enemy of her and the president, so it would be best to join forces with the president.
But she hasn't approached the president yet, because no matter how good his reputation is, no matter whether she is Xiang Ge's savior or not, it does not hinder the fact that the president is already a politician, and the minds of politicians are changeable and difficult to understand.
The aunt couldn't guarantee that if she told the president about the matter in advance, the president would stab her in the back. She didn't want to gamble or take risks, so she planned to cooperate with the president at the last moment. This would minimize the occurrence of variables and best protect her own safety, the Bai family's safety, and Mu Ling's safety.
Mu Ling suddenly stood up and bowed deeply to her aunt.
Xiang Bie stood up and bowed to the old man in the same manner.
Bai Huanqiu looked at the two children quietly, with the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and then when the two stood up, he forced his mouth corners down and continued to chase them away: "Alright, let's go."
Mu Ling and Xiang Bie finally left. Only after the door closed behind them did Mu Ling look at the young man beside her and asked, "Brother Xiang, you won't tell anyone about my aunt's affairs, right?"
Xiang Bie understood what she meant, and he said seriously, "No."
In fact, the fact that the aunt let Brother Xiang come in together shows that she also trusts Brother Xiang, but Mu Ling is still worried: "No one will?"
Xiang Bie shook his head: "No."
Ms. Bai already has her own plan, and she believes that her uncle also has his plan. Regardless of whether Ying Qianhe is the one who hurt him, the unchanged thing is that Ying Qianhe is her uncle's political enemy. With the election approaching, her uncle will definitely take action against Ying Qianhe.
Moreover, during the period of the alien beast tide on Nurha Star, his uncle was in charge of Nurha Star the whole time. He didn't believe that he didn't find out anything.
So he didn't need to pass on any message in the middle, they already had their own things to do.
Mu Ling said nothing more.
Xiang Bie looked at her profile, was silent for a while, and then said: "My life is yours, I will never lie to you."
Mu Ling: “…”
Although I know that's not what he meant, it still sounds weird.
Mu Ling scratched her ears, hummed, lowered her head, and walked quickly towards the elevator.
Xiang Bie looked at her back and walked over.
The elevator door opened and closed, and the two stood in the narrow, enclosed space, watching the changing numbers above.
The elevator was very quiet.
When the elevator reached the second floor and was about to go down to the first floor.
Xiang Bie suddenly spoke again: "So, what's going on?"
Mu Ling was stunned: "What's going on?"
Xiang Bie tightened his hands on his sides a little, and his throat rolled, a little nervous: "Do you want my life?"
Mu Ling: “…”
The temperature in the elevator seemed to rise suddenly.
"Whoa." The elevator door opened.
Mu Ling did not go out. Since she did not move, Xiang Bie was also tense and did not dare to move.
Time passed by little by little. After a while, Mu Ling suddenly turned her head and looked at the man beside her, especially staring into his eyes. Then, she said, "Okay."
Xiang Bie was stunned and his heart suddenly started beating very fast.
Did she agree?
Seeing him stunned, Mu Ling chuckled, walked out of the elevator, and then shouted inside: "Let's go, Mimi."
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