Chapter 665: Non-Human

While Tang Luo and the others were putting Mu Yang through intensive tempering, the upper echelons of Homeward Watch were also arguing into a complete mess.

Going public is impossible, impossible in this lifetime.

We can only keep it secret and handle it internally.

Once made public, even if capable and ambitious people turn the tide and prevent Homeward Watch from splitting apart, it would still suffer severe damage to its vitality.

It would be like two armies doing battle, only to behead your own commanding general first.

The upper echelons of Homeward Watch would never do such a foolish thing.

Even if they detest the actions of some people, they have to pinch their noses and accept it, concealing the matter.

Fortunately, Mu Yang has the rotten habit of "I just won't say," with absolutely no intention of sitting down for a proper talk, simply single-mindedly thinking "I'll hack you to death or be hacked to death by you."

Mu Yang's distrust, his choice, guaranteed the current relative stability to a large extent.

As for that white beast Tianjian Star person, even if he shouts himself hoarse, no one will believe his words.

And thanks to him, many people are now thoroughly disappointed in Mu Yang, believing he has defected to the Tianjian Star people and become a true running dog.

Even if Mu Yang jumps out at this time to tell the truth of the matter, not many people would believe him.

And those who should be dealt with will certainly be dealt with; Mu Yang wasn't the first to discover those experiments, some people hope Mu Yang is the last.

For this, the upper echelons of Homeward Watch have been arguing for a full day.

A portion of the upper echelons who maintain justice and kindness in their hearts slammed the table demanding an immediate halt to all related inhumane cruel experiments.

Another portion opposes or secretly opposes — the number is more than imagined.

Yes, aside from some people who actively participated in it, there is also a portion who knew of this matter, and they chose to let things drift, tacitly permitting those experiments to proceed.

At certain critical moments, they would even give the green light.

They don't have to bear responsibility, and when the scandal breaks they can preserve themselves by staying out of it.

If it succeeds, they can even gain some benefits.

The number of these "fence-sitters" and "radicals" added together instantly exceeded those righteous "conservatives."

"No matter what you say! All related experiments must stop immediately!" someone in the conservative faction said, pounding the table.

"Impossible! I'm telling you, impossible!"

Han Liangji, the vanguard of the radical faction, said loudly, "Open your eyes and look for yourselves, what time is it now!"

"What time? I don't care what time it is now! The experiments must stop!"

"Stop? If the experiments stop, you are sinners of humanity! How powerful are the Tianjian Star people beside Mu Yang? Can't you see?! Who can stop him now!"

"And! These! Look for yourselves!"

Han Liangji threw out a stack of photos; they weren't particularly clear, but one could make out a scene of a group of Tianjian Star people gathering.

Over a hundred in number, and unlike the previous few times of messy, haphazard gatherings, this time it could be seen that the Tianjian Star people had already formed a battle formation.

"The beasts now have a wise leader! Who can stop them"

"Does that mean your inhumane experiments are acceptable? This is desecration!"

"If we can survive, what does desecration matter?" Han Liangji said coldly, "Dan Ling, you speak."

Behind him stood a quiet, scholarly-looking man.

A few days ago, not many people present were familiar with him.

And now, basically everyone knows this man.

This man who looks to be just over thirty years old participated in those experiments roughly fifteen years ago.

And after the Great Infection Incident, he took over most of the experiments, becoming the chief researcher and director of the experiments.

It can be said that the results achieved by the various experiments over these years all came from the hands of this pale-faced man.

He pushed up the glasses on his face, and Dan Ling reached into his pocket and took out a flat little gadget slightly larger than a fingernail.

He pressed it down, and an incomparably piercing sound emitted from it.

Completely suppressing the clamor in the room.

Not until some people couldn't help but cover their ears did Dan Ling let go, then stuck that gadget on his neck: "Can you hear me?"

His original voice was very light, and somewhat hoarse; through that little gadget it became resonant and loud.

Clearly audible inside the room.

"Let me explain the results of the experiments." Dan Ling said, "The first type is the currently matured enhancement modification surgery; the whole process takes three to seven days."

"Who let you speak of these!" someone said discontentedly, "You butcher!"

Dan Ling didn't even acknowledge the remark: "This experiment can give an ordinary person the ability to protect themselves or even escape when facing Tianjian Star people."

"..."

The scene fell completely silent.

The cruelty of those experiments, the conservatives also had some understanding of.

But the specific results, they were not clear on.

"Then, what is the cost?" someone asked in a deep voice.

"Very small." Dan Ling said, "Only twenty fresh warrior corpses needed, or five to ten living warriors, depending on their strength, combined with some special medicinal ingredients, and one hundred living materials — young adults."

His expression was flat, as if he were saying how many steamed buns it takes to fill a stomach.

"What are you saying!"

"What do you take people for!"

The scene erupted into clamor again; if those present weren't all big shots, the kind who have people hold umbrellas for them when they go out, the conservatives might have rushed up and pinned Dan Ling down for a beating right then.

Too bad their combat power is very weak.

And among the radicals, besides the dead Lin Hu, there were actually two Army Commanders in their midst!

Without them, the "materials" the experiments needed would obviously not be so easy to obtain.

Rushing in now to start a free-for-all would only bring humiliation.

That poor table — slapped, pounded until the sound shook the heavens.

Still, the table was remarkably thick; only a qualified, seasoned warrior of the Black Watch could manage to smash out a dent with a single fist.

No matter how loud the hammering, the one hurting was still your own hand.

After a while, the room fell quiet.

Dan Ling pushed up his slightly slipping glasses: "Current reserves can still supply modification for twenty people. If anyone wants it, they need to apply early."

"……"

Suppressing the anger in his heart, someone said: "Continue."

"But this kind of enhancement modification surgery can only be said to have barely given a portion of people a chance to survive in the past." Dan Ling was clearly a pessimist. "Now that the special Tianjian Star People have appeared. This achievement is meaningless before them."

Some conservatives opened their mouths but said nothing more.

The shock the White Beast brought had long since surpassed anything before.

The power of the Tianjian Star People, when the White Beast appeared, exploded in exponential, frenzied growth.

What was branded into people's hearts were the two words "despair."

Inside the Watch Home, a wind had inevitably begun to blow; some felt that not resisting might be the only way to survive.

Look at Mu Yang getting along with the Tianjian Star People — isn't that going pretty well?

This trend, the Watch Home's upper echelons couldn't suppress it, and for the moment they didn't have the energy to suppress it either.

"Fortunately, there is a second research result." Dan Ling spoke calmly. "Those materials — I mean, warriors, being able to fight a Tianjian Star Person is essentially because they possess powerful 'vitality.' This vitality, drawn out through black iron, can injure a Tianjian Star Person."

"And vitality, everyone possesses it. Do you understand?"

These words explained why the enhancement modification surgery could be performed.

It was simply gathering the 'vitality' of multiple individuals onto a single individual.

"So, as long as you keep increasing… I mean, you know what I mean, many powerful warriors can be born?" someone from the fence-sitting faction asked.

"No."

A flash of mockery crossed Dan Ling's eyes. "How could things be that simple? A cup can hold a fixed amount of water; any more and it overflows. If it's a sealed container."

He held out his fist, then suddenly spread it open: "Bong!"

"The more I research, the more I understand — humans have limits."

At this moment, Dan Ling finally looked like the cold-blooded, mad villain scientist type.

"The Tianjian Star People are inhuman; only the inhuman can defeat the inhuman!"

"And I have created the inhuman."

"Cough cough."

Han Liangji had to cough twice to keep Dan Ling from falling completely into his own world. "Your thing — is it already complete?"

"Don't know." Dan Ling said.

Han Liangji couldn't help but frown. In front of everyone, you actually say you don't know?

Was all that invested funding fed to dogs?

"We can go witness together whether that inhuman monster of yours can deal with another group of inhuman monsters." Dan Ling said. "This is a test. Without testing, how can a product be called complete?"

This incomparably spacious conference room naturally had a projection screen and projector.

The overhead lights were turned off, the whole room turning dark, feeling like a movie theater.

Except the movie theater atmosphere was terrible, acrid smoke curling around.

Fortunately most were old smokers and didn't mind; the few who weren't got used to it after staying a while.

In the screen's projection was a bird's-eye view, then rapidly zooming in — there should be an aircraft conducting aerial photography.

The clarity wasn't especially high.

But it was enough to let people see clearly what was in the picture.

It was a humanoid thing, roughly three meters tall, its entire body wrapped in black streamlined armor, very futuristic in style.

The armor had no decorations whatsoever, only six black tubes in two rows on the back.

Spreading to both sides, at a glance they looked a bit like the legs of a spider or other arthropod.

"If it can hunt down thirty Tianjian Star People, then it counts as complete." Dan Ling said.

The scene switched, instantly shifting from third-person to first-person.

Then the picture began to shake, becoming blurry — the inhuman Dan Ling created was sprinting wildly.

"Is this a live feed?" someone asked.

"Yes." The answer came not from Dan Ling, but from his assistant. "It's currently going to hunt those Tianjian Star People."

"These?"

The questioner tapped a photo on the table.

"Yes, exactly these. We've already locked onto the locations of these Tianjian Star People." Dan Ling just stared at the screen and said.