At night, to be better prepared for danger tomorrow, everyone had fallen asleep.
Because the electricity was destroyed, there were no lights in the house, not even candles were lit, and the surroundings were plunged into the most primitive darkness.
In this pitch-black environment, a pair of crimson eyes glowed exceptionally, just like a Vampire in a movie, emitting an enchanting light.
Inaba Tsukiyo was not asleep. After everyone was deeply asleep, she got out of bed and went to the window.
The rain had stopped, and the cool wind carried a pungent smell of blood, making her frown uncomfortably.
She went to Marikawa Shizuka's bedside. This teacher, who usually seemed to have no tension, was soundly asleep, as if no disturbance could wake her.
She touched her bangs and poked her tender cheek. After confirming that there were no signs of her waking up, she turned and walked towards the bathroom.
Using the bathroom as a teleportation point, Inaba Tsukiyo entered the Imaginary Space and arrived near the location the Honkai Beast had told her about.
The Honkai Beast had found suspicious signs nearby. Although the place seemed abandoned, there was electricity and the sound of machinery operating underground.
This was too strange. After the EMP attack, any electricity and equipment in the surroundings should have been unusable. Why was there such activity here?
Through the power of the Herrscher of Corrosion, Inaba Tsukiyo accurately discovered a large, very secret underground base here.
Entering this underground base through the Imaginary Space, no one detected Inaba Tsukiyo's arrival, not even the surveillance cameras.
The power of the Herrscher of Corrosion can corrode living beings and machinery. Controlling a surveillance camera, as part of machinery, was just a matter of thought.
The space here was enormous. Behind it was a metallic gate that looked very high-tech. Without thinking, one could guess that this was the so-called research institute.
Unlike the dilapidated environment outside, the electricity here was unaffected. The research institute likely had a separate power generation system to ensure the operation of its equipment.
"This is a place no one has discovered yet, it seems there are many places worth exploring."
Inaba Tsukiyo was a little excited. She felt she was touching the deepest secrets of this world.
Even if this was only a part of the research institute, she should be able to find some important clues here.
Carefully avoiding the Researchers of the institute, Inaba Tsukiyo came to an empty room, which seemed to be a private room.
Inaba Tsukiyo found a computer in this room and prepared to hack into the internal network of this base through it.
What? You said private computers have passwords? I'm sorry, in the face of the Herrscher of Corrosion's power, any password is fake. No matter how many digits the password has, it's a matter of seconds.
The computer's password was quickly cracked, and Inaba Tsukiyo successfully opened the computer to browse its contents.
At this moment, a report-like content appeared. It looked like ordinary experimental records, but the spaces between these records were unusually large.
"Eh? This feeling, it's like a plot from a certain detective conan. Tsukiyo, try using the mouse to select the blank areas. See if you can find anything useful."
"Is that you? Why did you come out? You haven't appeared for a long time."
Herrscher Tsukiyo's appearance interrupted Inaba Tsukiyo's search for clues. She asked Herrscher Tsukiyo with some surprise.
"Hmph, is there anything about you that's worth my attention? Besides, the outside world is so boring, why would I come out? I'd rather just stay inside you and play games."
Herrscher Tsukiyo said discontentedly. There was one thing she didn't mention, which was that she could see what was happening outside from within.
Inaba Tsukiyo didn't know this, and nodded understandingly. What kind of game was this 'game' she spoke of? Could she play games inside her body?
"Oh, right, hurry up and do what I just said. I want to see if this guy is copying a detective conan plot. Hurry! Hurry!"
"Alright, I get it. Seriously, detective conan and all that, how do you know these things?"
Inaba Tsukiyo complained in a low voice. She always felt that during the time Herrscher Tsukiyo had disappeared, she seemed to have seen many things Inaba Tsukiyo didn't know about.
Following Herrscher Tsukiyo's words, Inaba Tsukiyo dragged her mouse across the blank spaces between the records. As the mouse moved, a blue selection color appeared in the blank areas, and text that wasn't there before now appeared.
"Indeed, I knew it. Hehe~ Humans really have no other tricks, they only know how to do these things. Don't they know how to come up with something new?"
Although she was complaining verbally, she was actually very satisfied inwardly, feeling as if she had done something incredibly amazing.
(Herrscher Tsukiyo: I'm so proud of myself.)
Inaba Tsukiyo ignored Herrscher Tsukiyo. These hidden contents contained a lot of information.
"I don't know why I'm writing this. Maybe it's to make myself feel better, or maybe it's to vent the guilt in my heart."
"If this virus has no antidote, then I am the sinner responsible for the destruction of the world. Hehe~ Destroying the world, I never thought what I said in junior high would actually come true now."
Seeing this, Inaba Tsukiyo's eyes narrowed. It seemed the room she had casually entered belonged to the main Researcher studying the virus.
However, this date was before the virus outbreak. Did this person already know the potential harm the virus could cause?
"The cause of the incident was a certain country in Europe cooperating with the Neon government. As for which country? Who knows, I'm just a small Researcher. Even if I'm somewhat famous, in the eyes of the country, I'm just a pawn with exploitable value."
"Lifespan has always been a concern for those in power. These powerful individuals are not as simple as national leaders; even the Emperor is controlled by them. Although I don't know much, these people in the shadows are the true wielders of power."
"But life is finite. After indulging in the taste of power, how could these people be willing to die like this? They want to live, they want a stronger, longer lifespan, not this body that is aging day by day and needs a cane to walk."
"For this reason, these people approved this plan and invested the highest funds and authority to allow this project to proceed..."
"Lifespan... So that's the reason. Could it be that among those troublemakers at Yubie Bridge, there were people who understood this matter?"
Among the troublemakers at Yubie Bridge, there were those who claimed this disaster was due to a biochemical experiment conducted by the US and Japan.
Could some of these people know the truth? Was the government afraid that this matter would be discovered by others, which is why they cut off all power with an EMP?
To eliminate the informed ordinary people, and then let the rich and upper-class survive?
This behavior feels a bit like Noah's Ark. Could it be that the government plans a major purge at an opportune time?
As for how to purge, wouldn't it be with a large number of incendiary bombs, or missiles, missiles, missiles, and other such weapons?
"Initially, I didn't know about this. I only knew that all research teams received the same research project this time. This was very unusual, because the country wouldn't put all its resources in one basket, as that would hinder the development of other projects."
"But after learning that this project was about genes, I understood what was going on. It was like the elixir of immortality I heard about in China before; the government's goal this time was exactly that."
"How could this be? From the perspective of modern science and technology, immortality is clearly impossible."
"But we couldn't refuse. Those who refused to participate in this experiment were dragged out by security personnel. We don't know what happened to them; perhaps they were silenced."
"To avoid becoming one of them, I did my best to find possible solutions, and finally found a direction in a certain biological species: the immortal jellyfish."
"Jellyfish have existed on Earth for hundreds of millions of years. The immortal jellyfish possesses an ageless state of life; when their bodies develop to a certain extent, they revert to a polyp state and undergo another growth cycle."
"Besides the immortal jellyfish, even the moon jellyfish has this ability. I made a report of my findings and submitted it, hoping to obtain these two types of jellyfish for further research."
"Indeed, my report received attention from the higher-ups. I also went from being a small Researcher to a team leader, becoming one of the main Researchers for the project."
Seeing this, Inaba Tsukiyo's eyes narrowed. She knew the characteristics of the immortal jellyfish and the moon jellyfish; these two creatures indeed had the ability to rejuvenate.
However, due to their extremely fragile vitality, these two creatures are easily killed by various causes.
Moreover, their immune systems are very poor; even changes in temperature can drastically reduce their immunity, and if their bodies are injured, they will suffer damage that is difficult to recover from.
Even if the reason why these two jellyfish possess this ability were discovered, it would be impossible to achieve it in humans.
The differences between species are vast, just as humans like to experiment with rats and apes.
But things that are effective in rats and apes often have no significant effect in humans, and can even harm the human body.
Inaba Tsukiyo didn't believe these people didn't know this. She didn't believe this Researcher didn't know this.
Much of the subsequent content was about the Researcher's experiments with these two jellyfish. They initially experimented with rats and apes, which undoubtedly failed.
The experiments were conducted many times, and just as they finally made a little progress, the higher-ups became impatient.
They wanted to see results immediately; they couldn't wait any longer and had to produce the best results as quickly as possible.
There was no other way. The Researchers, who originally only used rats and apes for experiments, had to use humans as research subjects to accelerate the research.
These were all serious offenders, prisoners with no possibility of release, who would spend their entire lives in prison.
To make these guys serve some purpose, these unfortunate individuals became test subjects for the elixir of immortality for the higher-ups.
"The experiment failed. Although I had previously tried to fuse human genes with jellyfish memories, the fusion of two genes is not that simple. Without a detailed formula, it's impossible to achieve this. Genetic mutation, this is the problem I thought of. If human genes and jellyfish genes cannot perfectly fuse, then introduce a third gene, a gene stronger than the other two, to fuse these two genes."
"But... this is the cause of the disaster. This is the origin of the disaster."
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