Chapter 40 Belllit 32

"Beardhead, what's wrong with you?"

Chu Cheng didn't care about the physical and mental health of Beardhead. He himself was a mental patient on the verge of mental collapse, let alone caring about others. But he was sensitive to the tone of Beardhead's voice and realized that Beardhead definitely knew something about this "false phenomenon".

Sure enough, after a long silence, Beardhead covered his face with his hands, and then stroked his thick beard as if to vent his anger, and as if he couldn't believe it, and then sighed heavily.

"This matter is a bit long..."

Chu Cheng resisted the urge to pull out the sharp dagger tied to Beardhead's arm and stab it into his blood vessel, and pretended to listen attentively. He knew that it was not the time for him to speak. Hu Zitou was obviously a little lost in his emotions. Excessive questioning would arouse his vigilance and defense. He only needed to guide Hu Zitou to say more.

"My daughter Perna has been weak and sick since she was a child. As a short-lived person, she may not even live for more than ten years... and the money I have is not enough to support her treatment..."

"So... you participated in the Sky Lab project?"

In fact, both of them knew the answer to this question, but Chu Cheng said it just to lead Hu Zitou to continue. As expected, Hu Zitou, who was immersed in memories and pain, began to explain this past event according to Chu Cheng's words.

"You're right... because of Perna, I agreed to join the Sky Laboratory's genetic project... although the experiment did not go very smoothly, but in the past few years, the laboratory has been able to carry out a certain amount of production of certain races. And at this time... Anna's condition suddenly began to deteriorate rapidly... I let Anna join the experiment at the recommendation of my colleagues..."

"And the experiment went wrong?"

The bearded man put his hands on his forehead, blocking his complicated vision.

"Yes...the symptoms are the same as you said, chapped, glowing, bleeding, and wounds..."

"But these are not enough for you to judge that there is a problem with Perna's experiment, right? For example, is the gene she implanted phoenix?"

The bearded man raised his head, his bear-like eyes hiding in the shadows, looking at Chu Cheng through the hood, then closed his eyes tiredly and took a deep breath.

"Yes, we originally hoped to implant the phoenix gene into Anna so that she could be reborn through the phoenix nirvana, but we failed... she failed to ignite the flame during nirvana, and her genes showed a rejection reaction. In order to reduce Perna's pain when she died, we injected her with potions in advance to end her life."

But there are so many logical loopholes in this passage, so many that even Chu Cheng, who is not a professional in the relevant field, knows the loopholes in this experiment. The most serious problem is that this group of researchers bluntly chose to give Perna death.

The bearded man sighed, leaned back, and laid his head on the back of the chair, staring at the cloth net on the ceiling.

"Perna's desire to survive is very low, and Perna said at the beginning of the experiment that she didn't want to die in a non-human form, so we didn't try the genes of other races... But the phoenix gene experiments have always been the least, and most of the compatibility is very low, so generally speaking, we don't conduct large-scale experiments..."

Chu Cheng immediately responded to the meaning of Hu Zitou's words.

"So so many fake experiments in the laboratory can't be the modification of phoenix genes?"

"Yes, too many"

Hu Zitou confirmed Chu Cheng's guess. According to Chu Cheng's description, there was a table full of "fake experiment reports", all of which were within the past two months, and the amount was enough to kill many participants in the phoenix gene modification in the past few years. There must be something wrong.

"But how do you know that Perna was not really involved in the failed phoenix gene experiment, but entered this 'fake experiment'?"

The bearded man rubbed his fingers over the rough handle of the wine glass, looking a little irritated and anxious.

"Because in theory, all failed test subjects will be cremated to prevent their traces from being captured through the remnants of superpowers and magic fluctuations, which would cause unnecessary trouble."

"Perna was not cremated?"

"Yes... They said Perna shouldn't be the same as their group of failed test subjects. They hope to hold a grand funeral for Perna, which can be regarded as satisfying Perna's wish to die in human form."

Everything makes sense. They must have chosen Perna in some way, tricked Bearded Man into taking Perna for phoenix gene modification, but actually made Perna participate in the 'false phenomenon' and hid Perna's body... No! It may not even be a body!

Chu Cheng and Hu Zitou raised their heads at the same time. Hu Zitou was so excited that he could hardly hide it. He slammed his tightly clenched fist on the table, causing the glass of wine to ripple and spill a few drops onto the table.

"Perna may not be dead!!"

"That's right... Since they hid Perna's body, it means Perna is definitely worth the experiment... Maybe the phoenix gene in Perna was successfully modified, or even Perna may still be alive."

After hearing this, Hu Zitou could no longer sit still. He propped up the table and jumped up, knocking over the stool, but he didn't care. The heat in his eyes was about to burn through Chu Cheng's robe. It seemed that he wanted to run to the laboratory in the next second.

But Chu Cheng quickly poured a basin of cold water on Hu Zitou.

"But you can't go back to the lab. Even if you are a former researcher, you can't openly view the files now because you were concealed from the fake phenomenon. You can't do it alone."

The bearded man didn't rush to refute Chu Cheng, but looked at Chu Cheng from top to bottom, walked around the table to the door, and spoke with his back to Chu Cheng.

"You can go in...right, as long as you take me to find out the truth, whether Perna is really in this fake phenomenon or not, I can give you the information you want for free. This is a deal that doesn't lose money. Do you want to do it?"

Chu Cheng didn't get up immediately, but still sat in the chair calmly, but God knows how painful it is for him to feel that his blood is boiling. On the one hand, he felt the excruciating pain of the burning blood and the scorching heat that scalded his internal organs, but on the other hand, he felt a strange pleasure because of the pain.

"How can I not lose money? The laboratory is heavily guarded now, and I will take a big risk if I take you in."

"Is it enough to be on call once? I am a B-level psychic, you should be able to feel it."

A B-level psychic's on-call service is already quite valuable, but Chu Cheng does not intend to stop there. The false phenomenon must be a landmine buried in the comics, and this kind of thing usually has foreshadowing. And Chu Cheng now has a very bold guess in his mind.

"If I can take you to find Perna..."

"Then I'm willing to help you with anything."

The bearded man took the bait thrown by Chu Cheng without hesitation. He knew how slim the chances of success were, and he also knew that Chu Cheng was like a devil throwing out an olive branch and a parchment scroll, but everything about Perna made it impossible for him to think rationally. This rough man who was doing well in the underground intelligence center, at this moment, was like all the fathers in the world who cared about their children, hoping to grasp the slightest possibility.

Chu Cheng stood up with one hand on the table, walked to the bearded man, opened the curtain with one hand, and walked out as if he didn't notice the defensive magic, leaving only a faint reply.

"Let's go and look for possibilities."

Chu Cheng and Hu Zitou did not follow the normal route to go in. It made sense. Although Hu Zitou should know the way to get in, neither of them had a reasonable excuse to go in openly, so Chu Cheng opened a teleportation array and added the ignore magic to both of them to go in. As

soon as he entered the room, Hu Zitou went straight to the information on the table. As a former researcher, Hu Zitou's way of searching for information is quite professional. He can scan several irrelevant documents in just a few seconds.

Chu Cheng did not participate in this process, but silently continued to increase the magic time on Hu Zitou. He knew that he could not help in this situation, so he simply let Hu Zitou do it himself. Anyway, he was angry and his work efficiency was much faster, like a robot.

"Found it..."

Following the voice, Chu Cheng turned his gaze to the document in Hu Zitou's hand.