Chapter 117 Chapter 117
Chapter 117
After seeing the situation on the scene, Leander wished he had never been here, but unfortunately he had already been seen by the people present, and leaving now would make things even more obvious.
Seeing Ethan's gem-like blue eyes looking at him, Leander did not try to run away. He barely maintained his signature smile, looked into the room and said, "I guess I'm late?"
"No, Chief Leander, you've arrived just in time. In fact, we were just about to start preparing to explain this incident."
Chief Leander, the head of the military, found his nameplate and sat down in his seat, secretly sweating.
"What on earth were the higher-ups thinking? They actually sent Professor Ethan here. Even though there are only one or two people in the entire Federation who can compare with him in linguistics, this is not an excuse for you to just send him here!"
The military leader thought bitterly.
Who the hell doesn't know that the three people present are all Professor Ethan's former suitors!
This is going to kill him!
Although Professor Ethan did not speak from beginning to end, he just kept calmly flipping through the information on the holographic screen. However, his expressionless face did not even look at the two people present, which directly brought the atmosphere in the conference room to freezing point.
Needless to say about their marshal, they had only seen him and Jiang Qi take the initiative to talk to each other, and Harrison Beaumont was a technician who basically didn't talk much, so they didn't dare to force him.
His last name is the same as President Beaumont's.
Now, Leander has been added.
The military leaders had noticed that the atmosphere had become more weird. Although the others did not say anything because of the status of these people, they kept giving them looks.
Whether it was the medical team, the logistics organization, or the technical team, even the marshal's adjutant had exchanged glances with Beaumont's assistant across the street several times.
They were happy to gossip with their eyes, but the military leaders were really afraid that these people would start a fight!
Although this is a confidential meeting, all skills are focused on anti-theft. According to what I heard from above, there is not much physical protection. The military leader secretly groaned in his heart, but spoke to everyone in a serious manner.
"Now that everyone is here, let's start this meeting."
The military leader picked up the holographic screen on the table and said, "I am Barry Elk, the military leader this time. I have urgently summoned everyone here because there is an important mission that requires everyone."
Barry clicked on the holographic screen and pulled up one of the incident reports.
"——"D-5889 Human Mutation Incident Report", the results are all in it. I will report it again, and I hope you can read it carefully."
Following Barry's voice, everyone present lowered their heads to look at the holographic screen below. Even Marshal Theodore and Harrison condescended to look at the holographic screen.
"…On the night of June 8th of the star calendar, three adventurers were ordered to go to the D-5889 border planet to conduct an energy exploration mission. During the process of landing and conducting exploration activities, the team members accidentally discovered an ancient civilization temple."
"After entering the temple, two team members suddenly experienced physical changes when approaching the altar. The third team member managed to evacuate the two team members out of the temple in panic and returned to the spacecraft. Currently, the three team members have been rushed to the Federal Military Hospital for treatment."
Following Barry's voice, everyone present finally understood why they were urgently summoned here. Leander already knew some of the inside story, but this was the first time he heard the specific details.
A solemn look flashed across Sheldon's eyes. He heard some news of impending disaster from the report.
And Barry's account proves his point.
"…During the evacuation process, the third member reported the situation to the base through the emergency communication device and requested medical support. Afterwards, they successfully returned to the spacecraft and initiated emergency medical procedures to provide initial treatment to the mutated member. The spacecraft immediately took off and returned to the base, and sent the three members to the Federal Military Hospital for further treatment."
"…After examining and watching the video, the experts concluded that the expedition team members suddenly became emaciated and their fingers began to grow dendrites in a very short period of time. The experts performed conventional limb regeneration therapy, but it did not work. The limbs that grew back still had dendrites."
Barry's expression became more serious when he said this, and the medical team put away their gossiping expressions and stared at the report in front of them with serious expressions. They were medical personnel and knew how terrifying this situation could be.
"…After testing by experts, it was found that their genes had been distorted and mutated irreversibly. There is currently no treatment for this disease."
Upon hearing this, the medical team members all looked grim. The others didn't know what this meant, but from the serious faces of the medical team around them, they knew that the matter was probably quite serious.
As the leader of the medical team, Leander was naturally equally amazing, and even looked uglier than the other members of the medical team.
...Because the next report included his previous report on Chris's mental power.
This shows that it was not really an illusion.
"…During the subsequent treatment, the head of the medical team, Chief Leander, discovered that the spiritual realms of the two expedition members had been artificially distorted, and the spiritual power in their spiritual realms had all been shattered."
"But when exploring the edge of the adventurers' spiritual realm, we discovered that there seemed to be another unknown force hidden there, which would cause incomparable pollution to the spiritual power."
As Barry spoke seriously, the people present gradually focused their attention on Leander. After seeing Leander nod with a grim face, everyone had a feeling that a storm was about to come.
After Barry put down the report in his hand, he said to everyone, "Now everyone should have some understanding of this incident, and before coming here, you should have received the appointment letter from above."
"The Federation also needs to give an explanation to the people who are paying attention to this incident, so the Federation has stated the manpower needed this time at the end of the report."
Barry said, and Theodore, the federal marshal, had already seen the text in the follow-up processing.
'Currently, the three team members are receiving comprehensive examinations and treatment at the Federal Military Hospital. The hospital has organized a team of experts to consult with the team members who have undergone abnormalities and develop a treatment plan.'
'The Federal Military has set up a special team to investigate the incident, including analyzing the environment inside the temple, collecting samples for testing, and studying the cause of the mutation. At the same time, the expedition team's equipment and operating procedures will also be inspected to rule out the possibility of human factors.'
'In view of the seriousness of this incident, the Federal Exploration Bureau has issued a safety warning to all expedition teams, requiring them to strengthen safety awareness in future exploration activities to prevent similar incidents from happening again.'
These words were quite high-sounding. Theodore knew at a glance that it was the arms of those old foxes. They said that the person was undergoing treatment, but the current situation had not been revealed. However, this was the version for the public after all, so it was normal not to announce it.
However, it was the following last paragraph that caught Theodore's attention.
'Although an accident occurred during this interstellar exploration, it also revealed that there may be unknown energy sources and ancient civilization relics on the D-5889 border planet. Under the premise of ensuring the safety of personnel, in-depth exploration and research of this planet should continue in the future...'
Theodore narrowed his sharp eyes.
Now that mutations have occurred at the genetic level, do we still need to continue our exploration and research?
No, it is precisely because of the genetic mutation that we need to continue the investigation.
——Those old guys are willing to do anything to live longer.
*
“…The current arrangement of duties is as follows.”
Barry held up the holographic screen in his hand and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
After he finished reporting the incident, no one at the scene raised any questions. Everyone was immersed in their own thoughts. Barry almost thought he had said something wrong.
Fortunately, Professor Ethan, who had been cold and indifferent since the incident, turned out to be a good man. He at least asked a few questions and also introduced the content of their next work.
"Your Excellency Marshal Theodo, as the person with the highest spiritual power in the entire Federation, I currently need you to explore the spiritual realms of the two expedition members."
Theodore nodded, without a trace of surprise in his icy blue eyes.
At present, the front line is still normal. He was supposed to go to the military academy to contact Jiang Qi. He has free time, so it is not difficult for him to be a firefighter.
but……
The Marshal lowered his eyes and tapped his fingers on the table.
Theodore felt that if this investigation did not produce any results, given the ideas of those old federal men, he would probably have to go to the temple to find out.
"Mr. Harrison's team is responsible for the technical support this time, mainly in the field of medical analysis. Of course, the data team can also apply if needed."
Harrison blinked his gray eyes and looked half asleep, but when he heard Barry calling him, he raised his eyes and looked at him, then lowered his eyes again, looking indifferent.
"And Professor Ethan, you are in charge of the data group. This time, the adventure team brought back some ancient runes or texts, as well as the murals in the temple."
"The murals will be interpreted by a specialist. After the interpretation, the information will be summarized here. As for the text, you may need to take more care of it. If you need any AI support, you can contact Mr. Harrison directly."
Barry spoke seriously, but he actually started to panic again.
Professor Ethan's expression didn't seem to be anything wrong, but the assistants beside him looked at him in an unfriendly way. In terms of linguistics, Professor Ethan was simply an incomparable rising star, and even Jiang Qi couldn't compare to him.
It seemed that Professor Ethan didn't say much, just nodded, then lowered his eyes and began to look through the information that belonged to him.
He didn't seem to notice that after his name was mentioned, Theodore, Harrison, and Leander all looked in his direction.
Barry immediately made his closing remarks as he realized the situation was not looking good, and repeated the confidentiality rules once again.
The people present also began to pack up the things on their desks while listening to the confidentiality regulations, but they were very slow, as if the holographic screen in front of them, which would not cause any harm if they simply rolled it up and stepped on it, was some fragile item.
The atmosphere at the scene became increasingly weird.
Leander sighed. When these people pursued Ethan in the first place, their motives were not pure. Now that they have met someone better, it is only human nature to turn to pursue someone better.
Their public relations team reacted immediately to the situation and blamed it on Ethan's vanity. This is why they were not questioned by fans on a large scale until Ethan's affairs were exposed.
Leander himself knew that what he did was not very moral, so he was quite tactful and did not intend to get close to Ethan.
——But that may not be the case for the other two people.
Compared to him, who had come into contact with many patients and knew what normal people were like... Theodore had been at the border with the Zerg for more than 10 years.
Harrison is not much better. Ever since his talent in AI was discovered at the age of 10, he has been engaged in various technical jobs, including high-tech activities such as repairing the main brain.
The only person he talks to on a daily basis is the tech geek and the cold-blooded mastermind.
If the two of them could realize that there was something wrong with their behavior, they would not make those remarks in the comment section, causing those fans to become even more crazy.
Although the support rate of these two people has not dropped...
But their support rate for Jiang Qi dropped sharply.
Leander was thinking as Barry finally finished reciting his closing remarks, and then he routinely asked everyone present if they had anything else to say.
"...Since none of you have anything to say, then this meeting--"
Barry saw that no one wanted to speak, and just as he raised the corner of his mouth, he heard a cold but magnetic voice speaking.
"This incident is very important to the Federation. I hope everyone present here will not do anything that would affect our work."
Barry's heart trembled when he heard this voice. Isn't this the voice of Marshal Theodore?
He probably didn't say this to Professor Ethan...
Barry thought hopefully, but when he raised his head, he saw that the man was looking in the direction of Professor Ethan.
——And made eye contact with Professor Ethan!
"Reconsideration." Harrison actually intervened at this time. He had a sleepy face, uttered two words and was about to walk out.
Barry could only be thankful that Professor Ethan was originally cold and wouldn't care about such a small matter.
But his fantasy was shattered the next second.
Professor Ethan lowered his eyes and spoke slowly while packing up his things.
"I also hope that some people will not be controlled by their lower body, and think about improving their genes during work time instead of doing it outside..."
"Like a few dogs that are talking (expletive)."
After Professor Ethan finished speaking, his sapphire eyes glanced in a certain direction, and he walked out with a few assistants who seemed to be sleepwalking. However, everyone present was frozen in place, including Barry, who had originally thought that nothing serious would happen.
They really didn't expect Professor Ethan to curse like that, and they didn't even think they would dare to curse out loud in front of everyone.
What was Professor Ethan like before? He was vain and self-deprecating. He would blush when he spoke loudly in front of the public.
And now...
Barry felt his hairs stand on end.
He turned his head to look in the direction of Theodore and Harrison and wanted to stop the fight, but the mental power of those two men was faster than his.
“Boom boom boom—”
A tornado blew up directly in the conference room. The mental strength of the 4s and 3s was really amazing. It destroyed the tables, chairs and benches in the entire conference room and turned them into scrap metal.
“Ahem…!”
The flying smoke and dust made everyone present cough a few times, but the culprit who caused this situation just glanced at him and squeezed out a sound as if he was grinding his teeth.
"The bill will be sent to the military later."
*
After what happened that day, everyone kept their mouths shut about what happened before, not daring to reveal even a single bit of information, in compliance with the confidentiality rules that Barry had specifically emphasized before.
And quite thoroughly.
It's just that human beings' gossiping nature is hard to suppress. Although they cannot post all the scenes of the day online to gossip with netizens, they can gossip about the relationships between people in the group and with other people when they are free.
However, considering that these people were their immediate superiors and scolded them to death during work, there was no such thing as taking sides this time. Only a few assistants in the information group highly respected Professor Ethan.
"…After all, the professor's knowledge is rich enough, and he never hides anything. Although Professor Ethan looks cold, he is really kind to us."
The assistants over there blushed as they spoke, and under the envious gazes of the crowd, they said, "What's more, Professor Ethan is really good-looking. When you are tired from work, looking up at Professor Ethan can refresh your eyes."
"…I envy our team leader. He thinks we are interested in him if we look at him more. He stares at us. We are so scared that we can only stare at the ground when we report to him in the future."
The technicians from Harrison's team said helplessly.
The members of the medical team just laughed at this.
Their medical team was the worst off hospital, with all sorts of gossip and cheating news, causing the marshal and the well-informed Chief Leander to involuntarily become alert when they saw them passing by.
Come on, they are not so hungry that they will do anything. What's more, what they want to do more than to have sex with men is to get professional titles and promotions!
A promotion means extra bonuses, salary and improved retirement benefits!
They must be crazy to risk being kicked out of their jobs and demoted for hooking up with men!
"…So, I think Professor Ethan was right when he cursed during the meeting that day."
One of the medical assistants, who had been glared at several times because of her pretty looks, gritted her teeth and said.
"I originally thought that these marshals and the president's son were all big shots, handsome, and I would definitely be dazzled if I got closer to them, but after actually meeting them, I realized what kind of shitty personalities they have."
Another man from the technical team also said this through gritted teeth.
The data team has rarely spoken when these two sides complain.
——At a time like this, wouldn’t it be inciting hatred if we say how good Professor Ethan is to them?
"...That's why I envy you, Mona. But your data group must have a hard time. After all, those words look like ghost paintings to me. It's hard for you to actually find the pattern from them."
The medical team said.
They had also seen the video footage when they were treating the third expedition member who was merely mentally ill, but the ghostly drawings in the footage looked too weird to them and often gave them goose bumps.
Moreover, they did not think that there was any similarity between those cryptic drawings, but they did not expect that the data group actually made some discoveries. This is probably because different fields have different worlds.
The medical team sighed.
"No, it mainly depends on Professor Ethan. If Professor Ethan hadn't quarreled with Mr. Harrison, we wouldn't have the useful AI model we have now."
Mona said seriously.
That was on the 8th day after they arrived. Harrison had delayed delivering the AI model that was promised to be delivered on the 4th day to the professor until the 2nd day.
After learning about this, Professor Ethan calmly put down the documents in his hand, and then brought several of his assistants to slam the door of Harrison's team's room.
If the medical robot next to it had not escaped quickly, the medical hammer in its hand would probably have been used by Professor Ethan to pry open the door.
Mona still remembers how frightened she was at that time, especially the dark look on Harrison's face when he opened the door, which almost made Mona scream.
However, the professor pretended not to see anything and cursed directly, asking why he hadn't given him the model yet, or was Harrison already in such a useless state?
Harrison was so angry that his mind nearly went into a rage, but he was still no match for his own professor. In the end, he had no choice but to hand over the AI model with a gloomy face.
The professor took it and left without even looking at the other person, but Mr. Harrison's face became even darker.
but……
Recalling the scene at that time, Mona's face gradually blushed.
Everyone present was a little curious about what Mona had been thinking about recently. After looking around and finding that no one was approaching, and since this was the default gossip time, Mona whispered.
"To be honest, when Professor Ethan curses, he's really..."
Mona rubbed her nose, and everyone present immediately understood and nodded.
At this time, a member of the medical team whispered, "Actually, I think so too. When Professor Ethan scolded those dogs in the conference room, it was really..."
Once again, everyone present understood instantly.
Although I know that Professor Ethan was very angry at that time, and I also know that he really cursed, but...
"I want to be slapped in the face by Professor Ethan while being called a piece of shit..."
Such a voice was heard silently in the crowd. For a moment, no one could tell who said it. They could only sigh, "Brother, your XP is really weird," and nodded silently.
Unfortunately, the relaxing and enjoyable gossip time passed very quickly. Everyone looked at the time and decided that if they didn’t go back, they would not have enough time for their lunch nap at noon, and they would probably be squeezed into a listless afternoon until the evening.
Mona was resting today, so there was no need to rush. She said hello to a few assistants and planned to go back to the dormitory along the hospital garden with her companions who were also resting. However, halfway through the walk, Mona was pulled aside by her companions.
She wanted to ask what happened, but her companion covered her mouth.
'Be quiet and look over there.'
The companion typed some characters on the light screen, which made Mona cover her mouth and speak slowly. She looked in the direction her companion pointed, and then her eyes suddenly widened.
Professor Ethan was sitting on a bench in the garden, and next to him sat...
——It’s Chief Leander!
*
"...I never thought we would have a peaceful conversation. I thought you would treat me the same way you treated Harrison."
Leander said jokingly.
"Harrison delayed his work. If I didn't scold him a few times, he would think he was playing some pursuit game outside?"
As the blond young man spoke, the lines on his face became clearer than a month ago, and his eyes were also blue and black. I'm afraid the situation of the information group is not very good.
Fortunately, the flesh on my cheeks still looks soft.
Leander inexplicably recalled a date they had when Ethan had just graduated. Although his mind was not on that date at all, he now remembered the young man's childish appearance when he still had baby fat.
"…Harrison has a bad temper. I'm afraid you are the first person besides his family to scold him in front of him."
Leander recovered and still smiled.
The two of them chatted casually like this. If this scene was seen by other people, they would probably scream in surprise immediately.
But this scene was actually just Leander's spur of the moment idea.
Although the medical team had made some progress, they were stuck at a critical point. Leander conducted several experiments but failed to find a breakthrough. Already having a headache, he asked for a half-day break.
He had been planning to go back to the dormitory, but when he walked to the garden he saw Ethan sitting on a bench, looking up at the sky with a blank look on his face.
Ethan has become famous in this working group during this period. Not everyone dares to bring a few c-level mental power trash and dare to knock on the door of a 3s mental power.
Not only did Ethan dare to do so, he actually snatched the AI model from Harrison.
The news of this feat spread to all the groups in an instant, and coupled with what he said in the meeting room before, the most difficult person to mess with in all the groups was no longer Theodore at the 4S level.
But it was Ethan, whose mental strength was only at C level.
Originally, Leander should have quickened his pace and crossed through another route, but somehow Leander walked to Ethan and sat down.
Then we started chatting for some unknown reason.
"…An expert was sent in from above. It seems the higher-ups can't wait any longer."
Leander chatted casually.
Ethan held a can of refreshing drink in his slender fingers and said calmly, "No, they should be quite patient, otherwise they wouldn't have sent someone to hold you back."
Leander's originally depressed mood suddenly became relaxed. He smiled sincerely and said, "I didn't expect you to be able to praise others."
Ethan didn't reply, but stood up, drank the energy drink in one gulp, and then threw it into the trash can beside him.
"I've praised you many times before."
He only left Leander with a thin back view and walked towards his studio.
Looking at the furry golden head, Leander was a little stunned. He stood there for a long time, feeling lost, before he got up and left.
He was so distracted that he didn't even notice that there were two people hiding in the bushes.
Mona and her companions looked at each other, and their eyes flashed with heartache for their professor and contempt for Leander.
——Of course, there is also a lot of gossip.
Apparently there will be no shortage of explosive news in tomorrow's group members' gossip session.
But the two groups of people who were feeling sorry for Ethan obviously didn't notice the coldness that flashed in Ethan's eyes after he turned around.
[How is the intelligence combined with the original plot analysis? How far has the hidden plot progressed? 】
Gu Youxing turned around and forgot about Leander and asked 777.
Seeing that the host was planning Leander's route, 777 specially set up a model in the system to simulate the conversation that would most easily make Leander spit out information, and then spoke directly according to the model.
[Host, thank you for your hard work. ]
*
777 These words are not sarcasm, but true feelings.
——If Master Su had some emotional value, why would he go into battle in person and sell out his disguise to obtain information?
Yes, Gu Youxing has no emotion value again.
The merit network in the fairyland is still lacking a large amount of emotion value, and the temple in the interstellar world is still just an empty shell. Currently, all that can be seen is the temple and the altar.
But Gu Youxing’s goal is to create a relic that can change the worldview of the entire interstellar world!
How can it be just an empty shell?
Therefore, Gu Youxing reduced other expenses to the minimum at once. Except for some really necessary emotional values, he invested all the remaining emotions into two large-scale construction projects.
The consequence was that Gu Youxing went from being rich to being poor all of a sudden.
Really poor.
They were so poor that if he hadn't sent his scumbag parents to Orange to absorb some of their emotional value, Gu Youxing would have already started considering whether to let Wen Li and Sheng Xingsi play the father-son duo.
But even so, Wen Li's comment section was already extremely disgusting.
Fortunately, the emotional value in the ancient world was in relatively stable supply, so Gu Youxing didn't really do anything crazy and let his pseudonym go public.
However, in terms of intelligence, Gu Youxing could no longer afford to spend lavishly to customize a camera in the system store that could conceal mental detection.
The camera from the fairyland is still hanging in the Imperial Palace. The camera hanging in the underground palace is of comparable value, but observing the interstellar world is much more important.
After all, in just a few days, Gu Youxing already knew where the war in the fairy world would be fought, as well as the combat power layout of both sides.
Fortunately, Interstellar World does not need these for the time being.
The great ancient god will solve everything! .jpg
Naturally, the foot skin of the great ancient god can solve everything.
Considering the current level of human dependence on mental power and the degree of research on the script he set, Gu Youxing has enough confidence that no matter how many people the other party sends, even an army of 100,000 can only go crazy in endless delirium.
——However, even if Gu Youxing is so confident, he still needs to explore the intelligence to avoid some irreversible situation.
So this is why Gu Youxing was pretending to be depressed on the bench today under the guise of Ethan.
[But is this host Leander so easy to get into a trap? I have now matched the expert he mentioned with the one who was airborne. It seems to be the professor who used the protagonist's body for experiments in the original book. According to the information in the original book, the professor's schedule should be top secret.]
Gu Youxing walked slowly, looking at the office which was getting closer and closer to him, and said to 777.
[First, he didn't have the original plot as a reference, he just said that an expert came down, and we didn't even know his name or what he looked like, so it wasn't a leak at all, and we also have confidentiality regulations. Didn't you see that the gossip groups gathered together every day to talk, and the higher-ups didn't care? ]
Gu Youxing returned to the office and looked at the deliberately distorted Chinese characters with a distressed look on his face, but he continued his translation work calmly inside.
Other professors and scholars were clueless when looking at these Chinese characters, but when watching the video, they all felt dizzy and even felt an indescribable fear strangling their throats.
This situation caused the progress of other researchers to stagnate, and only Ethan's team continued to produce results.
As for the reason, it's very simple.
——Gu Youxing mixed a large amount of Cthulhu’s nails into the materials used to build the ruins.
Watching the video will naturally be affected, but looking at the text extracted by the mastermind, it will be impossible to analyze it at all because of the loss of some strokes that he supplemented through the shadows of the buildings.
Among the materials of the altar, he mixed some Cthulhu's foot skin, which is why only the altar can cause changes in people's bodies.
[As for the second one…feeling that the other person likes you, and that your charm makes the other person unable to extricate themselves, is a common problem among some humans, mostly men.]
Gu Youxing turned over a page of information and said.
[The original owner was a love-minded person. Rather than believing that the original owner didn't care about them at all, they would rather believe that the original owner had suffered a major blow and turned his love into hatred for them.]
Gu Youxing pulled the corner of his mouth into a sarcastic arc.
[This can be seen from the fact that after Harrison gave me the AI model, he did not complain to the higher-ups. In his opinion, the original owner was in a weak position, and we came here just to throw a tantrum.]
[…So all this is due to the original owner’s fertility?] 777 said in confusion.
[No, it's the level of mental strength. If they only care about fertility, they should marry an artificial womb.] Gu Youxing said venomously.
[The original owner's mental ability was only C-level. In their opinion, even if the original owner made a big fuss, it was just a kitten playing around and would not cause any harm to them. They could pin the original owner down with one hand so that he could not turn over.]
Gu Youxing pointed at the information in front of him, looking like he had made some great discovery. After organizing and summarizing some of the information, he waved his hand to signal his assistants to prepare for the meeting.
[So when they themselves become that little piece of shit, their expressions must be quite nice. ]
*
Meeting room.
The young man, who had an upright figure but a noticeable size difference from the people present, placed the information he had sorted out on the holographic screen, and then spoke with a cold face.
"The latest research data shows that people with B-level or higher mental powers are best not to come into contact with the mental powers of patients, nor watch the video."
He looked in one direction meaningfully.
"Apart from having three more S-level lunatics, it has no effect."
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