Chapter 509 - Chapter 509: Chapter 509: The Buried Secret (Part 2) (1/2)

Chapter 509: Chapter 509: The Buried Secret (Part 2)

The content of the investigation report was about a series of incidents that occurred in June of 1992 at a research institution named the 955 Institute. Forty-seven researchers and related staff members died during these incidents. Apart from those who died in a fire later, most died of sudden unexplained death, with their internal organs experiencing large-scale necrosis prior to their demise. Yet, the cause could not be determined even after autopsies.

Some details in the investigation report indicated that the 955 Institute was the official research institution focused on “mutants”.Moreover, just before this series of severe incidents, the 955 Institute had just captured a live specimen of a “Blood-eating Creature” and had conducted over two months of research on it, already reporting substantial findings to higher authorities.

After the incident, not only did the live research sample disappear, but all those involved in the research and those who knew about the situation died. Most of the relevant materials were destroyed in the fire.

Initially, the direction of the investigation was focused on “enemy sabotage”.

But as the investigation progressed, they discovered more and more strange and inexplicable circumstances.

Xiang Kun looked serious after reading this. It turned out that the government had a dedicated agency to investigate and research “mutants”, or what they defined as “Blood-eating Creatures”.

However, he had never heard of the name “955 Institute” before, not even in the various tales, unofficial histories, or gossip.

Generally speaking, the official classified research institutions all start with 5 and 7, such as the 704 Ship Equipment Institute of the CSIC Ship Research Institute and the 503 Satellite Information Engineering Institute under the Aerospace Science and Technology Group.

In various works discussing peculiar abilities, mysterious areas, and science fiction, institutions often mentioned include the 507 Institute, the 749 Bureau.

If he hadn’t seen this document here, in another context, he would have thought it was something fabricated by an author of a novel.

Yet, how come the death of dozens of researchers, such a big event, had never heard about before?

Xiang Kun continued to read more relevant documents, especially those that were categorized in the same way as the investigation document.

Soon enough, he discovered the follow-up. The investigation into the series of incidents at the 955 Institute linked many bizarre phenomena to incidents that occurred at some scientific research institutions in the 1960s.

And just when the investigators were preparing to conduct further in-depth investigations, the higher-ups introduced them to an expert from the former Soviet Union. The expert told them that a few years ago, several departments including the “Biological Information Laboratory” in the former Soviet Union had encountered similar incidents while researching “Blood-eating Creatures”—all related researchers died of sudden unexplained death, and most of the relevant research materials were destroyed for various reasons. Due to the characteristics of the “Blood-eating Creatures,” no living samples were left behind, and no sample tissues were preserved.

Not only the former Soviet Union but also several “Blood-eating Creatures” research programs led by DARPA in the United States during the same period yielded little to no results. Any institution that had obtained a living “Blood-eating Creature” sample and conducted extensive research or had significant research findings would soon experience unexplained “annihilation”.

The findings of research and observation of “Blood-eating Creatures” were not completely destroyed. However, following scattered pieces of information, investigators into the incidents and research on “Blood-eating Creatures” also encountered problems each time they uncovered some content.

Later on, any “Blood-eating Creatures” detected by relevant institutions would almost instantly decompose into grey powder upon being discovered, and some of the investigators and witnesses who found them would suddenly die.

With similar occurrences in the former Soviet Union, the various investigations and research in America began to halt, the related files were archived, and no declassification date was set.

This investigation report apparently was incomplete, but Xiang Kun didn’t find any follow-up content in the subsequent documents. He wasn’t sure whether the follow-up investigations were halted or the relevant information was lost.

However, he soon discovered more documents that could answer his questions, detailing the different attitudes and development history both nationally and internationally in research regarding “Blood-eating Creatures”.

In a document written by a researcher named Shen Hai Chong, he elucidated the mysterious incidents related to “Blood-eating Creatures” in the late 1980s and early 1990s. After losing a large number of researchers, countries made a consistent decision to suspend research and archive materials—after all, be they researchers or investigators, almost all relevant individuals would die of sudden unexplained death or do something unimaginable. Should the affected scope expand, it would inevitably lead to widespread unrest and panic.

Yet, given the characteristics demonstrated by the “Blood-eating Creatures,” all countries were unwilling to give up completely and continued to conduct “tentative research.”

Of course, during this period, various cognition based on conspiracy theories, mysticism, and religious legends also began to emerge among the public.

Shen Hai Chong believed that there seemed to be a “power” monitoring human research into the fundamental cause of “Blood-eating Creatures” mutation. Once humans were likely to discern something, it would trigger its “defense mechanism,” annihilating everything possible.

The appearance of “Blood-eating Creatures” may date back to a distant past, but their traces of existence were perhaps “erased” in a similar way in history, or they may have been passed down in a form that has already deviated from the truth.

The wave of research on “Blood-eating Creatures” in the late 1980s and early 1990s did not entirely yield no results. At the very least, the greyish powder left behind by a “Blood-eating Creature” after its death had been analyzed for its specific components.

The components of the greyish powder left by different types of “Blood-eating Creatures” differed slightly. For example, the main component of the greyish powder left by human “Blood-eating Creatures” after death was a special nitrogen-carbon compound.

Through research into the composition and crystal structure of this nitrogen-carbon compound, humans made significant progress in materials science, such as the synthesis and application of β-C3N4 and g-C3N4 materials.

Because of the foreseeable huge temptations, humans are still cautiously exploring the power hidden within the “Blood-eating Creatures,” even though they know it may trigger terrifying disasters.

Shen Hai Chong, using analyses from various other national institutions and related personnel, made his own conclusion:

When humans conduct research on “Blood-eating Creatures,” the more people are involved, the more people know about it, and the deeper the research is, the more likely it is to trigger the “defense mechanism” of that mysterious power;

When national power is involved, the “defense mechanism” is easier to trigger;

The mass killings in the late 1980s and early 1990s were a result of the high triggered state of the “defense mechanism”. If only one nation, one institution, a small group of people is conducting research on “Blood-eating Creatures”, that power might not be so “sensitive”;

If the researcher is a “Blood-eating Creature” themselves, the “defense mechanism” will be more lenient.

This judgment is not only made by Shen Hai Chong, but it is also the consensus of most people in the world who know about the existence of “Blood-eating Creatures” and still intend to conduct research. This is the experience obtained by conducting “experiments” with lives at stake.

Therefore, after the twenty-first century, research on the “Blood-eating Creatures” in all countries adheres to several principles:

1. Officials try not to be directly involved, and private research institutions are the main bodies;

2. They try to have human “Blood-eating Creatures” as the research team;

3. They suppress the news about “Blood-eating Creatures” from the public;

This document written by a researcher named Shen Hai Chong provides a systematic and easy-to-understand introduction to the research history of “Blood-eating Creatures” both nationally and internationally, and the reasons behind various decisions. It clearly is a guidance document for “those who come later.”