Chapter 2131: Ke Si Biology
Before dawn, Xu Huo went to a medium-sized city far from the station city—Qing City.
This was the location mentioned on the Message Collection Terminal where the starship appeared. There was more than one witness. After the starship was damaged and appeared here, the greatest possibility was that its destination was nearby.
Information on the Message Collection Terminal spread quickly. By the time he arrived, many unofficial flying instruments were already searching the city, mainly focusing on the outskirts. They likely suspected that the Tian Clan's secret industries were nearby.
Most buildings within the city did not allow unofficial flying instruments to approach or investigate. And with many eyes and ears inside the city, if someone wanted to do something illegal, it was best to find places with fewer monitoring instruments. Therefore, more people turned their attention to some mountainous areas on the city's periphery.
In fact, with 008 District's technology, hollowing out a mountain and putting a shell on the outside was not a difficult task. So a place that looked like a vast mountain range on the outside could actually be a city on the inside. Although 008 District explicitly prohibited non-governmental organizations from using mountains in this way, no one could guarantee it absolutely didn't happen.
Of course, it was also possible inside the city. Because of the existence of Container Items, moving a large number of people without attracting attention was not difficult.
Xu Huo went to a repair company in Qing City. According to the Message Collection Terminal, there was an order from Hai Yun Technology here to repair some low-tech facilities inside the starship. He controlled the company's technical personnel to investigate the order's destination. In the end, these repaired facilities were to be sent to a Tian Clan subsidiary in Qing City.
Large-scale equipment required transport vehicles. He found the transport company used by this repair company from the monitoring instruments of nearby residents. After a little investigation, he knew that this transport company was just a front; it was also a Tian Clan industry.
This made it difficult to distinguish the authenticity of orders under the transport company. However, this was still a small gain, because it meant that some secret transport orders within the Tian Clan might be handled by this company.
Selecting one from the outstanding employees announced by the transport company, Xu Huo hypnotized the person and asked about his work content.
This full-time driver's main transport items were some vegetables, meat, and fruits. His daily task was to run to companies and laboratories in five nearby cities, including Qing City. These companies and laboratories had different names and holders. The one with the largest supply was called Ke Si Biology. Because this company's main research subjects were some evolved animals, making evolved animals evolve more practical functions was an eternal topic for researchers. Therefore, a large number of Mutant Animals were raised here, and the supply was also the largest.
With a clear target, Xu Huo went straight to Ke Si Biology. From the outside, this company was not much different from ordinary biology companies. But when he deliberately sent a flying instrument inside, the alternating Defense Barriers and weapons immediately destroyed the instrument, not even allowing it to leave the company's range.
And this was not the first instrument to be destroyed. There were some fragments of flying instruments nearby, probably sent by nearby residents.
Even now, he could still hear some people discussing that Ke Si Biology's defense level was too high.
Tonight, many properties belonging to the Tian Clan were being spied on. Ke Si Biology was farther from the station and had no changes for the time being. There was no movement inside the company either.
Xu Huo stood outside the company for a while, then went to a nearby observation tower. Less than five hundred meters from the observation tower, there was a person on a call. To prevent outsiders from overhearing the conversation, this person's room had sound shielding. And before that, he had closed all doors and windows and turned on the privacy mode—these actions didn't necessarily mean anything, but they happened to be within the range of the Spiritual Realm, making people a little curious.
Out of curiosity, Xu Huo discovered that the other party was exactly an employee of Ke Si Biology. The call content was not a secret; it was a family member calling to ask if Ke Si Biology was really conducting human experiments. The photos of rows of corpses, combined with the information revealed by Fang Jing, made it hard not to think of live human experiments.
The man's family urged him to resign from Ke Si Biology immediately, so he wouldn't inadvertently commit a crime in the future. Technical personnel in 008 District had no trouble finding high-paying jobs.
Faced with his family's good intentions, the man agreed verbally, but he himself obviously didn't think so. After thinking for a moment, he contacted another internal company member and suggested transferring Ke Si Biology's experimental subjects, in case the city government had to inspect the company under public pressure.
The person on the other end of the call said something unknown, and the man's expression relaxed a little. After ending the call, he reopened the windows and bedroom door, then walked to the living room. From a hidden compartment in the cabinet, he took out a box of pills. The pills had no packaging or instructions. He stared at them for a few seconds, as if making up his mind, then tilted his head back and swallowed one.
After doing this, the man's expression was much more relaxed. He even had the mood to lean on the bed and read a book. Seeing that he showed no signs of sleeping, Xu Huo didn't want to wait until dawn, so he released a little sleeping agent into the air. After the man collapsed, he gave him an injection of truth serum.
"Wake up." Patting the man awake, Xu Huo smiled and said, "How did you get distracted?"
The man came to his senses and found himself in the company. After a moment of confusion, he said, "I was thinking about the things on the Message Collection Terminal... Who are you?"
"Maybe I look too ordinary and have no presence," Xu Huo said. "I usually just assist. No wonder you don't remember me. I saw the news on the Message Collection Terminal too. It's spreading like wildfire, but anyone with a bit of brains shouldn't believe it."
The man forced a smile. "Yeah, what human experiments? Who would use their own kind for human experiments?"
Xu Huo paused, then said, "Someone's calling me. You get busy."
The man nodded and watched Xu Huo walk away before entering his own workspace. After locking the door, he used the lifting device in the workspace to descend to the basement level.
As if bumping into someone, he opened his mouth and asked, "Has Old Man Tian arrived? I feel uneasy. We need to find a way to transfer the experimental subjects!"
"Many people are watching the Tian Clan now. It's better to stay still than to move." The "Old Man Tian" walking from afar said.
"Use transport trucks to move them," the man said. "The vehicles usually used for deliveries won't attract attention."
"Old Man Tian" shook his head. "Too big a target. If they're discovered, it will only bring us unnecessary trouble."
The man grew impatient. "This won't do, that won't do. Then what should we do?"
"Dispose of them all," "Old Man Tian" said. "Leave no trace."
The man looked at him in shock. "How can that be? This batch of experimental subjects has just entered the observation phase. They are important data samples!"
"Old Man Tian" indicated that this decision was not made by him alone and that execution had already begun.
The man's face darkened. He immediately ran towards the other end of the corridor. He first went to the place where the experimental subjects were held, found it empty, then ran downstairs. As soon as he got out of the elevator, he shouted, "You can't melt..."
The man suddenly sat up from the bed, gasping for breath. He comforted himself, "It was just a nightmare..."
He looked at the sky outside, quickly washed up, and prepared to go to the company. But instead of going downstairs, he took out a Teleportation Device, passed the identity authentication, and said, "Number 221A-level personnel request direct passage."