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Chapter 367: Chapter 305: Genetic Weapon: The Truth

Inside an elegantly decorated office on the eighth floor.

Liang Qi walked in.

The six people inside all stood up.

"Huh? Councillor Liang, what happened to your face?" one of the councillors asked, staring in shock at the mark on Liang Qi’s face.

Inside the Federation Government Building...

’Who would dare lay a hand on Liang Qi?’

"It’s nothing, I just bumped into something," Liang Qi said, waving his hand dismissively before walking over to his chair and slowly sitting down.

"How did the discussion go?" another councillor asked.

"He’s hard to get through to. My teacher is the same as ever—always going on about human rights and freedom. I don’t think it’s possible to persuade him with words alone," Liang Qi said, shaking his head.

"But surely he knows the problems the Human Alliance is facing, right? We’re out of time! In a year and a half, if we don’t have a weapon that can turn the tide of the war, humanity will likely be annihilated!"

"Sigh... My teacher rushed to announce Gao Neng’s talents for the sole purpose of making us back down. And now, Gao Neng has become a supernova for all of humanity—twenty full talents! If I had known he had such potential, I never would have put him in my teacher’s hands!"

"Councillor Liang, we can’t touch Fang Tangtang for now. But from what I know, Gao Neng has a mother. Why don’t we..."

"Shut up! Have you all forgotten what happened sixteen years ago? If you hadn’t acted behind my back, how could Fang Haotian have died? How could I have had a falling out with my teacher?! How could the human-shaped nuclear weapon project have ended up in this state? Fang Haotian... sigh... He was a truly peerless genius. If he were still alive, the Alliance’s military weaponry might have reached a whole new level by now!"

"Councillor Liang, you can’t really blame us for that, can you? Did we want him to die? He said the human-shaped nuclear weapon project wasn’t a success and was firmly against mass production. And the result? His own daughter is a human-shaped nuclear weapon! Back then, he alone held all the data on the project. We had no choice but to kidnap his wife. Who knew he’d seek his own death! Besides, everyone involved in the kidnapping died with him. Not even my younger brother was spared..."

"Enough. We’re dropping this matter. As for Gao Neng, I will find another way. But if you dare use such methods again, forget my teacher—I won’t let you off the hook either!"

"No need to get angry, Councillor Liang. We’re only doing this for... Alright, just pretend I never said it. But there is one thing you can do without any trouble, Councillor Liang."

"And what’s that?"

"I heard that Lan Ruosi’s sister once conducted genetic research on Gao Neng by herself in the Forgotten Land. She has a blood sample of his from before he entered the Eastern Capital Military Academy. If I recall correctly, you and this Dr. Lan were classmates, Councillor Liang? If we could get our hands on Gao Neng’s old blood sample and compare it to a current one, we might discover something."

"Lan Ruohua... Hmm. I’ll take care of it." Liang Qi’s brow furrowed for a moment, then he nodded.

...

「Research Center 1.」

「Inside the Gene Weapon Laboratory.」

Gao Neng, Fang Tangtang, and Shen Ning’Er were touring the facility under Lan Xiaobing’s guidance.

This was a massive laboratory. It wasn’t located inside Research Center 1 proper but was connected by a special, heavily guarded passageway.

Lan Xiaobing explained as she led the way.

"The Gene Weapon Laboratory wasn’t actually called this when it was first established. It was known as the ’Machine Armor Manufacturing Experimental Base!’"

"Machine Armor Manufacturing Experimental Base?" Gao Neng looked around. Sure enough, the gene lab was filled with all kinds of humanoid robots.

Starting from the first generation and evolving through each successive one, by the seventh generation, the robots’ appearance was nearly indistinguishable from humans. At least on the surface, there was no longer any difference.

"Robot research began back in the era of peace. Their main purpose was to replace humans in various jobs. Of course, some were also used in warfare. Later, during the early days of the Great Cataclysm, humanity went through a period of vigorous development, hoping to create powerful war robots. However, the project was ultimately shelved."

"Why was it shelved?" Gao Neng asked casually.

"The reason is actually quite simple. The weapons equipped on the robots were still conventional firearms, and their lethality on the battlefield wasn’t as great as we’d imagined. Besides that, there was another fatal flaw: robots rely mainly on circuits and chips, and both are extremely vulnerable to electromagnetism! If an enemy were to use electromagnetic interference, all the robots would become nothing more than scrap metal!"

"I see," Gao Neng nodded.

The alien races weren’t beasts; they possessed intelligence. Moreover, they also had special abilities. In the face of a terrifying magnetic field, the robots’ circuits were truly no match.

"This is the ninth-generation robot. Well, more accurately, it’s no longer a robot, but a gene weapon." Lan Xiaobing walked up to a metal enclosure and pointed at a lion lying inside.

"A lion? A gene weapon?" Gao Neng’s gaze froze.

If Lan Xiaobing hadn’t told him it was a gene weapon, he would never have guessed that the lion in front of him was fake.

"Why isn’t the lion moving?" Fang Tangtang’s concerns were always a bit peculiar.

"Because it’s already dead," Lan Xiaobing explained.

"Dead? Gene weapons can die?" In the sixteen years Fang Tangtang had spent at the Celestial King Group, they had only ever researched firearms. They had no involvement in gene weapons whatsoever.

However, she had heard the term "gene weapon" before. She had also heard that the Celestial King Group had researched them for a time long ago.

But they later stopped.

When Fang Tangtang was very young, she had asked Fang Yuan why they didn’t continue researching gene weapons.

Fang Yuan’s answer was that research into gene weapons was controlled by the Federation Government, and the Celestial King Group was not qualified to conduct it.

So, even now, Fang Tangtang’s knowledge of gene weapons was quite limited.

"Gene weapons, in essence, are no longer robots. Like us humans, they have biological hearts, so of course they can die," Lan Xiaobing explained again.

"They have biological hearts? Are their hearts transplanted from animals?" Hearing this, Fang Tangtang’s curiosity was piqued.

"Yes, the ninth generation’s were transplanted. But the tenth generation’s are not; the tenth generation uses artificial hearts," Lan Xiaobing replied.

"Oh, I see." Fang Tangtang understood.

The Alliance had been developing its biotechnology for so many years that artificial hearts were a relatively mature technology. So, Fang Tangtang wasn’t too surprised.

"Come on, I’ll take you to see the latest generation!" Lan Xiaobing glanced at her phone and then began to pick up the pace.

"Okay!" Fang Tangtang was extremely excited.

"Meow." Gao Xiaomeng, perched on Fang Tangtang’s shoulder, blinked.

Gao Neng and Shen Ning’Er quickly followed.

Led by Lan Xiaobing, the group passed through four partition doors and finally entered a laboratory filled with all sorts of nutrient pods and nutrient fluids.

The sight was absolutely shocking.

Inside those nutrient pods were gene weapons that looked just like living people, each one identical in size to a human.

"These are all gene weapons?!" Gao Neng was truly shaken. He had never imagined that such a laboratory existed within the Alliance.

"Yes. Want to see their power?" Lan Xiaobing nodded.

"Can we?"

"Of course. In fact, it’s already been prepared. Follow me." Lan Xiaobing nodded again and led the way.

The group arrived at a training ground.

In the middle of the training ground, a young man was standing motionless.

"Begin," Lan Xiaobing said to a researcher standing nearby.

"Understood." The researcher pressed a button.

The young man who had been standing still in the middle of the training ground moved at that moment. His eyes snapped open, a bronze light glowing within them.

HUMMM!

In an instant, a layer of bronze armor covered the young man’s body. At the same time, he threw a punch at the steel plate in front of him.

BOOM!

The punch tore straight through the steel plate.

And that wasn’t all. The moment after the plate was pierced, the young man raised his right leg high and, like a knife, sliced at the steel plate, easily cutting it in two.

"Wow, that’s so powerful! That’s at least equivalent to a Tier Five Energy Warrior, right?" Fang Tangtang’s eyes went wide as she watched.

"Mm, that’s right. This is a Tier Five Early Stage gene weapon," Lan Xiaobing nodded.

"So strong! Are there even stronger ones?" Fang Tangtang exclaimed in admiration.

"Of course there are. The strongest one in this lab right now is a Tier Eight gene weapon," Lan Xiaobing answered frankly.

"Tier Eight?! If there are gene weapons that powerful, why do we still have to train so hard? Wouldn’t it be better to just mass-produce them?" Fang Tangtang asked, blinking.

Gao Neng also looked at Lan Xiaobing.

Fang Tangtang’s question was the same one on his mind. If gene weapons could really reach the strength of Tier Eight, then what was the point of the Dragon List challenge?

Why go to such great lengths to cultivate three hundred high-tier Warriors?

"An excellent question!" Just then, a voice sounded from behind Gao Neng, Fang Tangtang, and Shen Ning’Er.

This inexplicably startled Gao Neng.

’Someone’s standing behind me?’

’But I didn’t sense them at all?’

Gao Neng turned around.

Behind him stood an old man with a goatee, a ruddy complexion, and a researcher’s uniform.

"Hello, Dr. Wu." Upon seeing the old man, Lan Xiaobing immediately greeted him respectfully. Then she turned to the others. "Gao Neng, let me introduce you. This is Dr. Wu from the Gene Weapon Laboratory. If you have any questions about gene weapons, feel free to ask him."

"Dr. Wu?" Gao Neng’s eyes widened.

Then, a line of information appeared before him.

Name: Wu Qingjing.

Identity: Speaker of the Federation Supreme Council.

Strength: Tier Nine Late Stage.

As for what came after...

It was a string of gibberish.

Gao Neng guessed that his ’Glare at You’ skill was probably only at the intermediate level and couldn’t completely see through Wu Qingjing’s strengths and weaknesses.

But the information he could see was more than enough.

’The Speaker of the Federation Supreme Council?’

’Posing as a doctor? So he wants to have an acting showdown with me, is that it?’