Chapter 268: Iris, Who Slept for a Hundred Years

Casting the alien's body aside onto the floor, Mike's body finally reached its limit, and he slumped to the ground, gasping for air.

Professor Gailun was full of anxiety, yet he only dared to stand to the side, gesturing wildly as he tried to persuade him:

"Damn it! This is an alien!"

"It is a massive treasure for all of humanity; it might help us unlock the secrets of the origin of life, make the human genetic sequence more perfect—it is the hope for human evolution!"

"Boss, you are erasing the hope of human evolution! This is a monstrous mistake!"

Just as he was speaking, a thumping sound of someone pounding on the door began to come from the entrance.

Professor Gailun suddenly remembered that he could open the door and let the security personnel in; perhaps that would save the alien's corpse.

He hurriedly ran toward the direction of the door.

But after running only two steps, a large hand ruthlessly thrust into his back; several sharp nails pierced through skin and flesh, and the immense impact instantly sent him flying, slamming him into the alloy door with a bang, and he fainted on the spot.

"Daring to ruin my plans, you are truly courting death!"

Mike sneered.

A series of violent movements made him unable to help but vomit another large mouthful of blood mixed with unknown chunks of flesh, after which he slowly stood up.

Just at this moment, Mike suddenly felt something was wrong; his body seemed to be shrouded by a shadow, and behind him...

There seemed to be something!

Mike turned around abruptly.

He saw a dark green figure about two meters tall standing straight before him, a pair of dark golden eyes looking down at him from above.

The look in those eyes was utterly indifferent, just like a god looking down upon the mediocre mortals of the mortal world.

"Hiss!"

Mike's breathing stopped instantly, and his heart began to beat violently with a thumping sound.

"Jili gulu, jili gulu."

The tall alien said something, its voice carrying a cold, sinister aura similar to a snake flicking its tongue.

Then, it raised its fan-like hands, placed them heavily on both sides of Mike's head, held him firmly, and stared at him fixedly.

In Mike's perception, from the moment the other party's hands touched his head, his temples felt as if they were being stimulated by a slight electric current, and there was an intense feeling of numbness.

Coupled with the two large hands covering both sides of his head, it brought a strong impact to his brain, causing him to fall into a daze for a moment, letting the other party hold him, unable to even resist.

A full few minutes later.

The massive hands covered in scales gave a gentle twist, snapping Mike's cervical vertebrae, and then tossed his corpse aside casually.

The alien stretched its body, and a series of crisp cracking sounds erupted from its joints, just like firecrackers going off all over its body.

"Blue Star, one hundred satellite years."

"I never imagined I would survive this disaster and sleep for so long."

"However, being able to encounter a backward Level 1 Primitive Life Planet can be considered a blessing in disguise; this is a stroke of good fortune bestowed upon me by the Dao!"

"Hahaha! I, Iris, actually have a day where I become a Planet Lord!"

"Jielante! You just wait!"

"Once I develop using the resources on this planet and become a true Star Lord, I will repay my suffering a hundredfold!"

The alien named Iris shifted from muttering in a low voice to a maniacal laugh.

The Ying language he spoke went from unfamiliar to fluent, and by the time he said the last sentence, it was no different from a native of Yingjiang Country.

"However, my spaceship doesn't seem to be nearby, and this is inside the territory of the Blue Star natives; this is a bit troublesome."

The alien looked at the surrounding environment and frowned involuntarily.

The memory he obtained from Mike's mind was only semantic memory, that is, those memories related to knowledge and rules, such as language and basic social common sense, and so on.

He only needed to say a few sentences and familiarize himself a little to be able to use the native language freely.

But among the memories he obtained, there were not many episodic memories; for instance, the specific whereabouts of the spaceship, the other party's life experiences, etc., he knew nothing of, at most only knowing the general situation of recent events, such as the current predicament.

However.

Regarding the location of the spaceship, he could perceive the general direction and knew the spaceship was not here.

While pondering, the alien's gaze fell on Professor Gailun, who had fainted by the door, and the other party happened to be slowly opening his eyes.

In his hazy vision, Professor Gailun saw a dark green figure standing before him; he thought the other party was Mike, so he smiled miserably:

"Mike, you madman, aren't you going to kill me? Why haven't you done it yet?"

As he spoke, Professor Gailun's vision gradually became clear, and he finally saw the true face of the figure before him.

The other party's clothing, height, build, and temperament were all completely different from Mike's.

Professor Gailun was stunned, his gaze shifted to Mike lying on the ground not far away, and his brain began to turn sluggishly.

"You... are you... an alien?"

"You... are... alive?!"

Professor Gailun's voice trembled, his eyes gradually widening, and he looked at the familiar yet strange figure before him, stuttering as he spoke.

He had stayed in this Laboratory for over a decade and had seen the alien many times.

But the alien he had seen before was always in a refrigerated state, lying quietly in a crystal coffin, with no heartbeat, no breathing, and no movement, like a corpse that had long since died.

Yet at this moment, the other party stood proudly before him, tall and upright like an abyss, his gaze like lightning, his whole body exuding a cold and terrifying aura.

Especially those scales with extreme texture, resembling armor from the cold weapon era, paired with that tall body, it was as if a blood-soaked general had traveled through time from an ancient battlefield, carrying a strong murderous aura, giving people an intense sense of oppression.

Thinking back to how the other party had lain like a corpse for a hundred years and could now stand up alive, this was practically equivalent to a corpse coming back to life.

And it was a hundred-year-old corpse from outer space!

Professor Gailun was completely dumbfounded.

Su Xin opened the file on his phone.

This is a report automatically generated by the Tianwei Butler based on a summary of various intelligence.

It records the causes of death for six high-ranking members of the Yongji Society, their primary experiences before death, the whereabouts of their main family members, and the movements of their overt assets.

Regarding the three missing persons, two of them disappeared after entering a certain secret residence of theirs, and have never appeared in any public place since.

According to the Tianwei Butler's analysis of surrounding surveillance and mobile phone signals, there is a ninety percent probability that these two have been assassinated.

Furthermore, the Tianwei Butler has identified the suspects from surveillance footage and, after hacking into certain classified databases for comparison, concluded that the suspects belong to a special department of Yingjiang Country.

As for the last person, no traces were found.

After all, the Tianwei Butler's intelligence sources are limited to the internet and telephone surveillance, which ultimately has its limitations.

"In other words, apart from this Yongji Society president named Mike Lewis, the other eight are basically confirmed dead?"

"Yes."

The Tianwei Butler responded.

Su Xin rested his chin on one hand and whispered:

"The last location where Mike Lewis appeared is not far from the Snowdon Laboratory; his final destination must have been the laboratory."

"Having lost almost everything, he still headed to the Snowdon Laboratory, likely hoping to use something within it to turn the tables."

"Previous intelligence indicated that their new experiment had made some progress; could it be that they really created a complete Green-Scaled Modifier?"

"Or perhaps some other achievement?"

After pondering for a while, Su Xin looked back at the last few lines of the intelligence record in the document.

Over the past week, the Yongji Society president, Mike, has indeed had no trace, but the activity at the Snowdon Laboratory has been somewhat strange.

The chief researcher, Professor Gailun, and all other key research personnel have gone missing.

Furthermore, the Tianwei Butler saw teams carrying various weapons and equipment nearby through the surveillance system; based on the routes and timing, they were all likely heading to the Snowdon Laboratory.

Someone on the local internet also revealed that a large-scale firefight occurred a few days ago, but since no one captured footage of the scene, it was questioned by netizens as fake news, so it didn't gain much traction.

"It must be that the two sides have broken ties."

Su Xin pondered secretly in his heart.

"Mike no longer has his former wealth and status, so naturally, he is not taken seriously by Yingjiang Country."

"With the imbalance in status between the two sides, it is impossible to cooperate as before, so a falling out is quite normal."

"However, for the location of the falling out to be the Snowdon Laboratory, that is somewhat unusual."

"Mike went to the laboratory, perhaps precisely because the modifier technology had matured and possessed significant combat power, so he brought a team of modifiers and clashed with the Military at the laboratory."

"In any case, since they were able to force the Military to take such drastic measures, their complete modifiers likely succeeded, at least in terms of having strong combat power."

"They should be able to ignore firearms to a certain extent; otherwise, it would be impossible to force the Military to deploy so many heavy weapons and equipment."

Su Xin mused, his fingers tapping lightly on the desk unconsciously.

"However, since no subsequent news has come out, the Yingjiang Country side must have emerged victorious; otherwise, this matter could not have ended so easily."

"Come to think of it, they are, after all, the former world's number one power, and their military strength is still recognized by many as the world's strongest; no matter how strong those complete modifiers are, they are still mere flesh and blood and cannot resist their guns and artillery."

"Mike must have been able to foresee this point as well."

"Then, his falling out with the Military must have been a last resort."

"This also happens to explain the earlier doubt: why the conflict happened at the laboratory, because Mike did not anticipate that the other side would turn on him."

After thinking for a while, Su Xin ordered: "Tianwei, keep watching the Snowdon Laboratory, and also keep an eye on Mike's whereabouts."

"Also, keep an eye out to see if Yingjiang Country releases any advanced technology later, especially technology related to biology."

"Remember to notify me if there is any."

"Received!"

The Tianwei Butler replied, then fell silent.