Chapter 275: Current Progress, 1%
The crowd burst into a ruckus.
Xie Xiaolong’s joy was reflected on his face, but he instantly squashed it down and whispered, “I knew it!”
Heavenly Works Machines’ representative was dumbfounded. “That’s impossible!”
The others stared at Meng Chao with great interest.
They did not expect that an injury that a veteran who had been in the circle for years had not been able to detect would be pointed out by a university student who was new in the field.
Even Ning Shewo himself did not expect that Meng Chao would be able to discover such a hidden sign. He could only be amazed and impressed by the Old Fire Relayer’s personal disciple.
The virus examination results were not out yet, but the dissection had come to an end.
Since they had discovered clear signs of human marks in the ear, it was impossible for them to determine this as a simple accident or mistake. Instead, it was a malicious crime, and they had to hand the case over to the police or the adjudicator court in the Supernatural Tower.
The adjudicator court had a really long history. It had come into being even before the Supernatural Tower and the Survival Committee.
In the beginning, it was just an organization of arbitrators who settled disputes between different superhuman organizations. In the society where societal order had collapsed, where the city turned into a b.l.o.o.d.y forest, where humans who had just awakened to superhuman powers started acting according to the law of the jungle, and where everyone fought for power, they were the fires of civilization that insisted on shining in the dark.
As different superhuman organizations relied on violence to fight for their personal interests but ended up being horribly injured or dying with their opponents, the recently awakened superhumans gradually came to understand the importance of order.
In the end, Battle G.o.d Lei Zongcao made a suggestion. Seven of the largest superhuman organizations at that time were to unite and create an adjudicator court, which would be given a certain degree of authority to carry out the law and serve as arbitrators to settle the disputes among superhumans.
Order gradually recovered. When the Survival Committee was formed, the adjudicator court’s authority and strength continued increasing. Now, they were a violent governmental organization that specialized in solving cases and judging superhuman criminals.
There were two major special features when it came to superhuman criminals.
First, superhumans usually possessed all sorts of incredibly unique abilities. They had incredibly mysterious ways to perform crimes, and it was not easy to capture them using normal crime investigation methods.
Second, superhumans possessed great destructive powers. When they were forced into a corner and decided to continue walking down the wrong path, even one-star superhumans could easily turn into moving human-shaped bombs that would severely hit innocent citizens.
Many tragedies had happened in the past.
One of the cases was a normal police squad being in charge of solving a case in which a superhuman had committed a crime. They managed to identify the criminal, but while they were in the process of capturing him, they made a mistake, and the criminal fled downtown. He made his vitality magnetic field surge to its limit, and at the cost of everyone in the area, he released dozens of killing moves while he entered spirit energy deviation.
When his body exploded, he took the lives of hundreds of innocent citizens and dealt severe financial damage in damages to various buildings. He also estanger the superhumans from normal people.
After that lesson, all cases that seemed to be committed by superhumans were handed to the adjudicator court.
There were two major organizations under the adjudicator court, and they were the secret police and the adjudicators.
The secret police were tasked to investigate superhumans.
During the process of the investigation, they usually were not dressed in their uniforms and did not reveal their ident.i.ties, but enjoyed all sorts of privileges that eased their investigations. They even had the right to act before having to report to the adjudicator court.
This power was given to them in consideration of the unique nature of superhuman criminals. If they found out that the police were investigating them and became desperate, then ran to the downtown areas where there were a lot of people to act wilfully, the losses would be too great to cover the gains.
Once the secret police investigated the case, the adjudicators would be sent to capture or suppress the criminals.
The adjudicators were heavily armed and trained by the Supernatural Tower. They were skilled in capturing and suppressing people in all sorts of complicated areas downtown. They had all sorts of spirit energy weapons that could kill in one shot, and usually, before the superhuman criminals could react to the situation, they would descend on them like lightning and blast their heads open.
The adjudicators’ ident.i.ties were top-secret information. Aside from the times they were promoted by the government, only a few people knew just who was a secret police officer or an adjudicator.
Someone who appeared harmless and an elegant supporter-cla.s.s superhuman whose only task was to teach people in schools could be a secret police or adjudicator. Once they received a secret order, they would immediately change into an adjudicator wearing a nano fighting and heavy armor, which was covered in runic symbols.
In their hands would be a top-tier weapon, and they would have an airtight helmet covering their head so that everyone who saw them would know that this person was an adjudicator, a person feared and respected by all average superhumans.
The secret police and adjudicators were sharp blades that hung above all superhumans’ heads.
They served as a constant warning to all superhumans that even after they had awakened to supernatural abilities, they were still normal people in this world and bound by the rules and laws, so they could not act wilfully and step over the boundaries.
Even though there were no signs of superhumans performing crimes for the case of the biochemical pets losing control, it was related to the conflict between Spirit Creation Creatures and Heavenly Works Machines.
If a normal person wanted to sneak into Blessed Paradise and inject a virus into the ear ca.n.a.l of a biochemical pet without anyone noticing it, it would be impossible.
Hence, it was highly likely that once this case was pa.s.sed over to the police, it would be handed to the adjudicator court.
No matter how the investigation ended, at the very least, the possibility of Spirit Creations Creatures’ modifications leading to the pets losing control was reduced to miniscule.
On the way out from the monster research center, Xie Xiaolei was finally unable to suppress his emotions. He thanked Ning Shewo and Meng Chao profusely.
He was especially grateful to Meng Chao for being able to guess that there would be a needle-shaped hole in the biochemical pets’ ear ca.n.a.ls. This cleared Spirit Creations Creatures from a crime, and it also made him regard his junior with a new light.
“As expected of the strongest freshman in Agricultural University’s martial arts course this year. You’re just as great as Zong Ye of the past, who was known as the Super Future Star. You’re indeed not someone simple, considering the fact that you managed to shine so brilliantly in the northern frontlines,” Xie Xiaolei said with a smile. “Looks like I will have to look for a chance in the future to form closer ties with you.”
While they were in the car, they sent the news to Gao Ye, who was in his research lab.
Gao Ye was not as delighted as Xie Xiaolei. He snorted coldly and said, “I told you that the biochemical pets I modify would never go out of control. Since that guy is just asking for his own death, he can’t blame anyone for it.”
Then, he said that he needed to perform a whole new modification experiment for biochemical beasts and hung up.
Xie Xiaolei and Ning Shewo were used to the way he acted, so they did not mind it.
Xie Xiaolei then treated Ning Shewo and Meng Chao to a meal at the most lavish hotel in Dragon City to express his grat.i.tude.
Even if Meng Chao had his horizons broadened, he was still shocked by the glorious decorations and the lavish decorum that made the place look like a palace. He remembered what Lin Chuan mentioned about the division between the strong and weak and the problem of the disparity between the rich and poor again, and he could not help but be a little dazed.
Fortunately, Xie Xiaolei was a charming man and a smooth talker. Very soon, he managed to drag Meng Chao’s attention back to himself.
Once he learned that Meng Chao was the man behind Superstar Resource Recovery Company, which had recently risen to power, Xie Xiaolei’s eyes lit up, and he said that Spirit Creations Creatures had to use a lot of monster materials every year to conduct the experiments and make the modification drugs.
Now that Dragon City had achieved great victory on the northern frontlines, the construction site of the newly developing area would need a lot of new type beasts of labor.
Their plans right now were to modify the monsters who lived in Shattered Starlake, Graveyard Forest, and Raging Waves into biochemical beasts who possessed a certain degree of intelligence but were loyal to humans.
Because of this, there could be a lot of chances to work together with Superstar.
Ever since Superstar took over Prosperity, it possessed the preliminary ability to harvest Nightmarish monsters. They just lacked a benchmarking enterprise like Spirit Creations Creatures.
After they spoke to each other in detail, the guests and the host were both happy, and both parties returned satisfied.
“So, you gained a lot today, right?” While they were on their way back to the university, Ning Shewo smiled to Meng Chao. “If you want to become an ace harvester, one of the most important things you must possess is skill, but connections are equally important; otherwise, no one will be at ease to let you harvest the incredibly valuable Nightmarish Beasts and even h.e.l.l Beasts.
“Among all the businesses formed by the alumni of Agricultural University, Spirit Creations Creatures can be considered to be an outstanding business. The scale of their business might not be big right now, but with Xie Xiaolei charging through the fray of the business world and Gao Ye conducting research with everything he has in the lab, their comprehensive strength is increasing very quickly. Once they manage to s.n.a.t.c.h the deal to construct Subway No.20, nothing will be able to stop them, and they will become giants in the industry.
“If you form good ties with Spirit Creations Creatures now, it will be very beneficial for you and Superstar’s development in the future.”
Since a senior was imparting his experiences, Meng Chao would naturally remember it.
He also knew that Ning Shewo did not actually require an a.s.sistant for today’s case. It was just that he valued him highly and wanted to help him lay out a path in the harvesting circle.
Meng Chao thanked Ning Shewo and asked how this case would come to an end.
Ning Shewo told him that since this case had been handed over to the Supernatural Tower and the adjudicator court, the secret police and the adjudicators would definitely investigate this properly, so they did not need to worry about it anymore. All they needed to do was to keep their mouths shut and keep this a secret to not alert the enemy.
Meng Chao nodded and agreed to it.
When he returned to the university, he lay down in the cultivation cabin for the Ultimate Style and entered a state of deep meditation. A few distracting thoughts still floated about in his head, and he found himself plagued by questions.
Why did the two biochemical pets have traces of being injected with drugs in their ear ca.n.a.ls but one of them did not?
If someone from Heavenly Works Machines had really intentionally injected the virus into the biochemical pets to frame Spirit Creation Creatures and accused them of their biochemical pets going out of control after their modifications, why did they involve their own middle management? Isn’t it just asking others to place their attention on them?
Also, Gao Ye mentioned that more than half a month ago, Giant Sandworms had gone out of control at the garbage treatment center. Was it an isolated case, or was it part of the same case?
With these questions, Meng Chao fell asleep, and he had an extremely strange dream.
In his nightmare, he seemed to be lost in a complicated underground area. It resembled a maze.
A large creature attacked the area at one point in time. It opened its mouth, which was covered in rows of fangs, and ate rocks, crushed foundations, and even the subways and entire carriages full of pa.s.sengers were devoured. Not only did it turn the underground into h.e.l.l on earth, it stirred up a terrifying earthquake, which made a few buildings collapse.
What Meng Chao saw... was an incredibly monstrous Giant Sandworm.
He was shocked awake while drenched in sweat.
Then, he saw Kindling shining at the corner of his eyes, and he found himself unable to say anything even after a long time had pa.s.sed.
[Mystery of the Supernatural Ent.i.ties: Current progress is 1%. Increased contribution points by 500.]