Chapter 273: Dissecting the Biochemical Pets
The carcasses of the three biochemical pets were sealed and stored in the examination center, which was under the jurisdiction of the monster research center.
In the beginning, Xie Xiaolei wanted someone from Spirit Creations to be in charge of investigating the problem.
But this request had naturally been rejected by Heavenly Works Machines, which had a victim from its company.
Heavenly Works Machines had wished to hire their own experts to dissect and examine the biochemical pets, but Spirit Creations rejected it.
The reason they gave was that the modification of the biochemical pets contained a series of business secrets.
But the true reason was naturally because they were worried that Heavenly Works would do something.
In the end, as the ones whose interests were related to this, both sides decided to have the three biochemical pets sent to the examination center of the monster research center.
This unit had been working for a long period of time with the police and the Supernatural Tower, so their authority and fairness was not to be questioned.
Besides, Agricultural University and the University of Technology, which were behind these two companies, also hoped to get firsthand information, which was why they asked Ning Shewo, a guest lecturer, to observe the process.
On their way to the monster research center, Meng Chao asked about Gao Ye.
“Gao Ye is a true monster expert, and he’s a genius through and through,” Ning Shewo said. “Many people only join this field because of profit, but Gao Ye… is truly passionate about all sorts of strange-looking monsters.
“I know that it’s strange to say this, but Gao Ye is just like that. He treats monster genetics as a very interesting puzzle. He hopes to gather the strengths of all monsters together and create the perfect monster that would be loyal and serve well.
“To achieve this goal, he has been working nonstop for twenty years, and he’s practically living in his lab. He’s so full of life that even three groups of assistants that take turns helping him can’t catch up to his rhythm.
“By the way, in the beginning, Gao Ye didn’t look like this. When he just graduated, he was more than 1.9m tall, so he was tall and handsome. When he was in the arena, many martial arts course students couldn’t even hope to win against him.”
“What?” Meng Chao was shocked. “Then, how did he…”
“How did he turn out like this?” Ning Shewo sighed. “Genetic modification itself is not dangerous to the human body, but during the experiments, he often has to come into contact with subjects like the Naked Rat. You should know what they are, right?”
Meng Chao nodded. “Yes.”
Naked Rats were naturally not rats that did not wear clothes.
Instead, they were mutated mice that were born without a thymus.
Since they did not have a thymus, it meant that they had a lack of T cells and were a type of animal without an immunity system. They were easily infected with all sorts of viruses, so they were often used for all sorts of virus and genetic research.
Naked Rats were the best subjects in the Other World since it was a world where viruses and bacteria mutated at crazy speeds. But they were also the most dangerous biochemical bombs.
“During Gao Ye’s experiments, he was infected with viruses a few times, and a lot of the invasive properties of viruses toward the human body are far worse than the infamous zombie virus. Even though he managed to survive, he lost his limbs, his body became hunched, and his features became twisted. That is the price he had to pay. Even so, he never lost his will. It’s as if he doesn’t mind his face being contorted as long as he can continue experimenting,” Ning Shewo said with a sigh.
“Perhaps this is what you call not being able to achieve anything if you don’t go mad. Only people like Gao Ye can continuously create miracles!
“Honestly, if Xie Xiaolei had been the only one who promised me that Spirit Creations is not the problem, I wouldn’t have believed him fully, but since even Gao Ye said that the biochemical pets he modified wouldn’t go out of control, then I choose to believe them.
“Of course, don’t be affected by me. You have to make your own judgment. I’m old now, and I can’t catch up to the pace of the endless mutations that create brand new monsters. I asked you here because I want a youngster’s judgment.”
As they spoke, they reached the monster research center.
Meng Chao was not unfamiliar with this place.
He had the practical test of his national college examination for postsecondary vocational colleges over here.
On the surface, this place was attractive with its flowers and birds. It was a park that looked like a botanical garden located at the center of the city.
But as they moved through long corridors and went through a few disinfection procedures before they had to put on airtight suits with their very own oxygen tanks, the atmosphere instantly became grave.
The person managing the examination was an expert from monster research center. He was also an expert in the harvesting circle. He was Sun Yufeng, known as the Shadowless Blade.
Meng Chao had met this veteran a few times when Ning Shewo invited him to a few high-end material trading fairs. Both of them nodded at each other with smiles, and the atmosphere was very harmonious between them.
According to Ning Shewo, Mr. Sun was famous in his field for being just and honorable. If there was really something strange about the biochemical pets, he would definitely show no mercy.
Naturally, they also saw the representative from Heavenly Works Machines, along with a few people from the University of Technology who shared a similar observer status to that of Ning Shewo.
They were both from the alliance of the five universities, and not long ago, they had fought alongside each other on the northern frontlines, so there was no hostility between them when they met. The veteran machine masters even smiled and gave Meng Chao a few encouraging words, praising him by saying that his performance at the northern frontlines had been pretty good, and they hoped that he would continue to work hard to bring glory to Agricultural University, the alliance of the five universities, and all of Dragon City.
But when the representatives from Heavenly Works Machines saw Xie Xiaolei and the others from Spirit Creations Creatures, they immediately caused trouble and stated aggressively that they wanted Spirit Creations to be responsible. They even mentioned that they would definitely bring this matter to the news outlets so that Spirit Creations would pay the price.
But as Meng Chao observed the situation, he found that they were not really seeking a fight to the death with Spirit Creations. They were just full of bravado while making wild speculations and were implying that Spirit Creations should make a concession for the bidding of the construction of the underground tunnel and give them a huge slice of the pie.
This puzzled Meng Chao. He could not be certain whether this matter was really just a pure accident or whether there was something wrong with Spirit Creations’ modification technology. There could also be an even more sinister plot that they were yet to grasp.
But no matter what the truth was, they would only be able to learn it once the biochemical pets were dissected.
When both sides were present, the unique harvesting and injury examination session immediately started.
The carcasses of the three biochemical pets were brought out of the mithril-based solution maintained at negative 18 degrees Celsius.
The mithril-based solution could limit and suppress the growth of bacteria in the biochemical pets’ carcasses, so they would remain in the state of when they had just been killed.
Even though the three carcasses had been crushed and mangled, Meng Chao could still tell from their ridiculously protruded fangs and claws just how fierce they had been before their death.
However, the main character on that day was not him. It was the Shadowless Blade Sun Yufeng.
“This is the true strength of a veteran in the field. Learn from him,” Ning Shewo whispered while nudging Meng Chao with his elbow.
Meng Chao nodded. He opened his eyes wide and focused.
Sun Yufeng was a man with graying hair. He had a cordial presence, but when he stood in front of the dissection table, that cordial presence turned into an aggressive air.
As he mumbled, his wrinkly fingers immediately filled up and started shining as if they were jades. Spirit tattoos rose on his skin to form rows of complicated and profound runic symbols. They then broke free of his physical body and rose into the air to fly toward the dozens of lancet knives that were placed in front of the three dissection tables.
An amazing sight appeared. Led by Sun Yufeng’s spirit threads, the dozens of lancet knives floated in the air while swaying. It was as if they were controlled by three pairs of invisible hands. The next moment, they headed to the three biochemical pets’ carcasses.
‘He’s controlling them remotely, and he’s multitasking by working on all three pets at the same time!’
Meng Chao gasped in amazement.
The density of his spirit energy and his focus were all things worthy of being learned.
Sun Yufeng controlled the dissection knives remotely to perform harvests and injury examinations that were even more meticulous than embroidery. It was ten times harder than killing an enemy with a sword, which would look awesome, but would actually not be as hard as this.
Besides, to reduce the time required to perform the dissection and increase his accuracy, Sun Yufeng actually controlled dozens of dissection blades to perform harvests and injury examinations on the three carcasses at the same time.
Meng Chao felt that with a senior like this holding the fort, he should have nothing to do, so he should really just learn.
But even if he wanted to learn, it was not that easy to use one’s vitality magnetic field to control dozens of dissection knives to move about in arcs as quickly as lightning but also cut into the carcasses as gently as feathers. Sun Yufeng was doing this difficult task as if it were something easy, and he did it smoothly too.
Meng Chao only saw a blur before his eyes, and Sun Yufeng cut open the hind legs of the three biochemical pets. He harvested their tendons without damaging them and showed it to the people.
The people who had the right to observe this injury examination were all superhumans with great spirit energy.
Quite a number of them had optical cells which were much stronger than those of a normal person. As they shrank or expanded their pupils, they could use their eyes as X-ray machines or electronic microscopes.
They immediately saw that the tendons in the hind legs of the three biochemical pets were covered in dense holes that looked like hornet nests. The color of the tendons was also clearly paler than a normal biochemical pet’s color. There were also countless fine tears between the holes.
This showed that an explosive strength had burst out of the hind legs after the tendon was filled with spirit energy and the potential in its cells was drained dry.
This meant that the three biochemical pets had indeed entered combat mode before they died.
“Based on the Temporary Biochemical Pet Regulation Law set by the Survival Committee, when normal citizens rear biochemical pets, if there is no fog or when the master or other people are not in danger, the biochemical pets are not allowed to enter combat mode,” Ning Shewo said with a frown. “There was no fog in Blessed Paradise or the area around it two days ago. How are they going to explain this?”
Xie Xiaolei’s face was dark. He crossed his arms and said nothing.
Sun Yufeng worked as smoothly as a butcher cutting up a bull. His movements were smooth as he dissected the carcasses of the three biochemical pets.
Once he harvested the tendons of the four limbs, he went onto the organs.
When he extracted the mangled fragments of their lungs, many people sucked in sharp breaths.
The lungs of the three biochemical pets had patches on them. There were dark-purple lesions and black spots indicating bleeding points, which showed that the lungs were rotting. They no longer had the spongy quality of lungs, and when they were cut, there was a lot of discharge gushing out of the alveoli. There were also a lot of uneven tears.
It looked as if the lungs had burst before the biochemical pets had died.