Chapter 551 - : Together We Grow (1/2)
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
“What? A monster? Not a human! And it could speak human language? And it fights with some sort of human true energy?”
In the quiet research hall, Lin Liqiang’s astonished voice was so loud that it could tear the entire ceiling apart. Enzo Rota’s cold face, which usually looked like being frozen, was as surprised as Lin Liqiang.
As humanity approached the space era, various mutated creatures emerged endlessly. It was not surprising to come across mutated creatures that had strength comparable to a fifteen-star martial dao master. After all, there were many mutated creatures that had not been discovered, and mutants were still evolving over time.
However, no matter what kind of mutated creatures they were, they were just seen as another kind of mutated animals by scientists all over the world. Just like lions and tigers, they might be very fierce and cruel and even had a certain level of intelligence, but their intelligence was almost negligibly low.
Language was to important human beings; it symbolized our position as the apex-level intelligent creature. Over the years, there had been no mutated creatures that could speak human language, let alone set traps with new energy and new metals to lure humans who went to explore. And it could even use human martial arts and true energy. It was arguably another existence which could also be the apex-level intelligent creature.
“An alien?” Lin Liqiang shook his head repeatedly, “I admit that there are probably other creatures in the universe, but I can’t accept that there are aliens coming into our society now. You know, even with today’s technology, we are still unable to enter the real space voyaging era. Our various observation instruments had never discovered any living objects in the known galaxies through the detectors. If there are really aliens coming to us, how many times better are their technologies than ours?”
Lin Liqiang gently drummed his fingers on the table, and he was guessing with a very serious expression, “According to Old Qin’s introduction, this creature is obviously not a kind fellow. With that, if it has the technology that is many times better than us humans, it should have a martial strength that could pose a threat to us, right? Why didn’t it use it? Why don’t they come over? According to Qin Fen, Chen Zhi once said that it seemed to want to go back? Where did it want to go back to?”
Qin Fen couldn’t answer any of Lin Liqiang’s speculation. He nodded in agreement. If it was really an alien and it was aggressive, why would it come to this planet since it had the ability to come here?
“This is…” Qin Fen took out a piece of bloody flesh with the size of a fist from the nano battle suit’s pocket and said, “I secretly hid some of its tissue.”
Lin Liqiang’s and Enzo Rota’s eyes suddenly lit up. This weird creature’s tissue had a high research value; it was especially worth researching why the insect warrior Lan Caihe was close to that monster, perhaps there would be new discoveries.
“What about the others?” Lin Liqiang looked at Qin Fen eagerly, “Old Qin, I don’t mean to nag you. When you face this kind of creature that has a high value in research, you should be gentle! Be gentle on them! It’s best if you could catch it alive, you should have just disabled it. You should have at least kept more of its tissues, did you smash all of it with your punch? It’s such a waste. I’ll have to sternly criticize you for your wasteful behavior.”
Enzo Rota nodded at the side in agreement with a serious face. It was hard for them to accept that they were left with such a tiny bit of research material.
Qin Fen sighed helplessly, “It was Du Zhanpeng who cut it, he took away all other tissue. I saw that they were very nervous about its body, I guessed they wouldn’t give it to me even if I asked for it. So… I’ve snuck this one for you guys.”
Lin Liqiang gave an ‘oh’ and didn’t say anything after that. On a first-come, first-served basis, Du Zhanpeng killed that monster so naturally, its body belonged to him, unless Qin Fen intended to be a robber and snatch away the body. The only thing he could do was to temporarily steal a piece of it.
“It’s better than nothing.”
Enzo Rota concluded with just four words. Then, he picked two drops of dried blood from the flesh with a scalpel, and placed it carefully under a laser microscope to observe it more closely.
Lin Liqiang also copied Enzo Rota and picked some dried blood. Then, he observed it under a laser microscope. Data projected above the table surface, forming weird genetic chains and cell maps.
Lin Liqiang stared at the projected infographics and the generated data. His face expressed some doubts and his eyes were contemplative.
Qin Fen sat quietly beside, waiting for the preliminary results. He focused only on martial dao training over the years and had not been to university or learned any of the more advanced science. He had no right to say anything in this field, and could only wait for his friends’ conclusion.
Enzo Rota knew far less information than Lin Liqiang about the insect warriors. Lin Liqiang, who had dissected a complete insect warrior before, kept changing his facial expression from confused to contemplative, serious to admiring to praising… showing all kinds of different expressions.
“Interesting, really interesting. It’s a pity, it’s such a pity.”
Lin Liqiang looked up at Qin Fen, “The preliminary judgment made from observing these materials is that the Founding Society, which created the insect warrior, should already have dealt with these creatures before. From what we can see now, insect warriors should have taken in some of this creature’s advantages, but at the same time, they didn’t copy everything from this creature.”
A crisp snap of the fingers sounded in the hall, and Lin Liqiang continued to speak, “Which means, this creature didn’t just recently start to appear, it must have already existed for quite some time. It’s just that you and I didn’t know about its existence. Perhaps it’s because of this, the insect warrior behaved somewhat affectionately towards it.”
“Furthermore, the insect warrior’s existence has proven my speculation that it is indeed a composite creature. There were ten body parts on it that I couldn’t understand at all previously, one of them…”
Lin Liqiang pointed to the projection floating on the table next to him, “Was this thing. I didn’t understand where it came from. Now I know that it is not something that the Founding Society has developed by themselves, it came from a kind of creature that can speak human’s language.”
“There are nine more parts?” Qin Fen was very surprised.
“Yes.” Lin Liqiang’s fingers typed rapidly on the keyboard, and weird projected graphics appeared one after another once again, “Can you see these? These nine cells are something I have never seen before. These were obviously being broken down and recomposed. Although I have tried to restore them to a certain extent, I believe these are not their original appearances. But even so, I still couldn’t find out where they came from, as there were no clues about them among the known mutated creatures. And this…”
A group of projections, which looked eighty-percent similar to the flesh cell brought in by Qin Fen, appeared on top of the table. Lin Liqiang extended his hand and introduced it like a saleslady, “Do you see this? This is one of the unexplainable parts that I found in the past. After trying my best to restore it, I still couldn’t restore it to its original appearance completely. Doesn’t it look quite similar to the one you brought me?”
Qin Fen nodded without expressing a comment. The two sets of data graphics were indeed somewhat similar.
“Do you mean…?” Qin Fen probed further, “There may be nine more types…”
“It’s hard to say.” Lin Liqiang shook his head and waved continuously, “It’s just one type, but those cells and tissues are not on the piece of meat that you brought back. So like I said, it’s a pity; if you can bring back a complete one for me, then maybe I can unlock more mysteries.”