Chapter 427: Pivot Point for Brainwashing
Meng Chao’s mind raced as he thought about Lu Fanghui’s suggestion.
Naturally, he would not be so naive as to think that the president of Sky Pillar Minerals had taken a fancy to Superstar or the technology from Spirit Creation Creatures.
Even if Sky Pillar Corporation really lacked the related technological equipment, they could just choose to work with companies that were of a larger scale and had even more advanced technology.
It had to be because he placed a high value on his relationship with Lu Siya and felt that there was a need to groom him into someone on his side.
Speaking of which, Meng Chao had recently been troubled by the matters related to Spirit Creation Creatures.
Superstar had bought over Spirit Creation Creatures for quite some time. It was a standard case of a tiny snake trying to swallow an elephant.
Before this, Superstar hadn’t had a lot of connections, skills, and experience related to the field of biochemical technology.
And after Spirit Creation Creatures took a huge blow to their foundation, they had to face strict investigations from related departments. A lot of its businesses, including the contract related to Subway No.20, were put to a stop.
Even though they managed to pa.s.s the investigation, it was not easy for them to recover their business.
Even if the abnormal beast research department acted as a middleman and introduced some businesses to them, they were still a long way from making major deals again.
To put it simply, Superstar took in more than they could swallow when they merged with Spirit Creation Creatures and could not quite digest it now.
Meng Chao himself did not know how to manage a company, and his father’s experience and abilities were not enough for him to handle such high-level business operations.
Qin Hu and the former president of Spirit Creation Creatures, Xie Xiaolei, qualified somewhat, but even the best chef could not cook without rice, so they were not able to do anything without any suitable projects.
If Meng Chao managed to get a firm grasp over Lu Fanghui’s suggestion, it would definitely be able to push Superstar to a higher stage.
“Professor Gao Ye was a genius.” Lu Fanghui’s next words showed that he was not just running his mouth off. “His skill in creating the Ultimate Sandworm alone is already peerless among all the other sandworm experts in Dragon City. And his consciousness transfer technology is also an ingenious creation that can create a whole new generation. If it could be perfectly executed, it would change how our entire civilization looks and the relationship between superhumans and normal people.
“I might be a superhuman from the Lu family, but I admire some of his ideals. Even if normal people came in control of great power, they might not threaten the benefits of superhumans. Instead, they could bring about balance and make our civilization even more stable and better.
“Unfortunately, a genius like Professor Gao Ye was bewitched by the abnormal beasts and, just like Lin Chuan, walked down the wrong path.
“However, no matter how many wrongs Gao Ye and Lin Chuan made, it has nothing to do with their ideals and skills. Professor Gao Ye used the consciousness transfer technology to turn himself into the Ultimate Sandworm and committed multiple crimes, but that doesn’t mean that the consciousness transferring technology and biochemical modifications are evil.
“At the end of the day, technology is blameless and strength is innocent. There are also plenty of rotten eggs among superhumans who absorbed too much spirit energy, which led to their minds becoming deformed and distorted. They became lost people who commit countless crimes, but are we supposed to forbid cultivation just because of lost people? That would be the same as us not eating because of that one time we choked.”
The truth about Lin Chuan and Gao Ye’s cases was highly cla.s.sified information. But with Lu Fanghui’s status, it would not be difficult for him to learn the inside information.
“Meng Chao, I know that most of the technological reserves from Professor Gao Ye are in Superstar’s hands together with Spirit Creation Creatures,” Lu Fanghui continued. “Right now, Dragon City is developing the new region in the north. Sky Pillar Minerals has more than ten crystal mining projects in Shattered Starlake, Graveyard Forest, and Raging Waves, and we are in urgent need of a large number of Giant Sandworms to dig tunnels and mine the crystals.
“If you’re interested, we’ll have a lot of chances to work together in this area. If our cooperation goes well, we can set up a biochemical lab that has even higher specifications than the one originally in Spirit Creation Creatures to research consciousness transferring technology. I do believe that it’s something possible.”
This suggestion made Meng Chao’s heart race.
What concerned the specifics of the cooperation, he would let Qin Hu and Xie Xiaolei handle it. For now, he just sincerely thanked Lu Fanghui for it and taking care of him over the past few days.
“You don’t have to thank me. I should be the one thanking you.” Lu Fanghui smiled. “No, it’s not just because of Lin Chuan, and it’s not just because of you saving Siya a few times. It’s because of you performing various war achievements and because of Zhou Tianshui.”
“Zhou Tianshui?”
Meng Chao was a little stunned.
He remembered the pitiful person who was swallowed in one bite by the Demonic Abyss Eye after he mutated and became a deformed monster.
What relationship did he have with Lu Fanghui?
“Yes, Zhou Tianshui.” Lu Fanghui sighed and said in resignation, “Zhou Tianshui was the boss of a second-hand metal recycling company, while his brother-in-law was an engineer in Kun-peng Dynamics. They were partners, and Zhou Tianshui had bought Kun-peng Dynamics’ shares secretly through his wife. They had a really tight relationship in terms of economic interest.
“Kun-peng Dynamics has received investments from Sky Pillar Corporation, so Zhou Tianshui’s wealth increased ten times or even a hundred times after Kun-peng Dynamics rose to prominence.”
Meng Chao felt really confused. “Kun-peng Dynamics is?”
“Oh. Kun-peng Dynamics is a new high-tech enterprise that develops new crystal engines. They’re also a complementary production factory to Thunderbolt Airship. They’re in charge of providing the crystal engines for the new armored airship project,” Lu Fanghui explained.
“You should have heard some rumors. The Red Dragon Army and related departments are currently deliberating on a project to change all the advanced armored airships in hopes to develop a super armored airship that is faster, can travel further, has a longer firing radius, and can carry more ammunition. They want to upgrade all the armored airships in the city.
“The profit from this project would be astronomical, but the base investment is also ridiculous.
“If the government gives the green light to this plan, there might not be a lot of resources and money left for the development of controllable transmigration technology, the full upgrade of the defense systems in the residential areas, or other defensive projects.
“However, if the Home Party’s voices became louder and controllable transmigration technology development, the full upgrade of all defense systems in the residential areas, and other projects took up most of the budget and investments, the projects that focused more on the offense, such as switching all the advanced armored airships might be delayed, and there might even be variables involved.”
Meng Chao’s mind raced, and he instantly understood what he meant.
“This means that Zhou Tianshui didn’t fall to disgrace because of fervent ideals, but also because there were very real benefits involved that drove him to it. That’s why he turned into a puppet of the abnormal beasts and tried to destroy Project 101’s members as well as deliver a huge blow to the Home Party?” Meng Chao came to an understanding.
“Once the transmigration experts were dead, the development of controllable transmigration technology would come to a halt, and the money and resources would end up in the projects focusing on offense, including the switching of advanced armored airships.
“Kun-peng Dynamics would receive a lot of impetus from the great profit, because they would be providing crystal engines for the new armored airships, and would definitely rise to power. Zhou Tianshui would also become even richer because he secretly has a lot of shares in Kun-peng Dynamics. It would no longer be just a dream for him to become rich!
“I was wondering how the mastermind managed to bewitch him to such an extent. No matter how strong it was, it shouldn’t have been able to do it. So, that astronomical profit served as a pivot point to make a soul blinded by greed switch sides. It makes sense now!”
“Yes, it’s not just Zhou Tianshui. A lot of other people are involved,” Lu Siya added. “Over the past few days, the abnormal beast research department hasn’t stayed idle. Even though the zombies, monsters, and undead were all killed, we haven’t managed to capture all the people who helped sneak them into Dragon City!
“This was a large scale operation, and they managed to launch such precise, specific attacks. Gao Ye and Zhou Tianshui alone would not have been enough help to carry out such a plan.
“The department sent its elites to capture more than one hundred perpetrators based on various clues. There might be quite a few bigshots who will be proven to be involved in this later. This is a major storm in Dragon City’s superhuman circle!”
Meng Chao was shocked. Unable to believe his ears, he said, “No way, you’re telling me that more than one hundred superhumans were like Zhou Tianshui, bewitched by the mastermind?”
“That’s not it,” Lu Siya said. “There are only a few rotten eggs like Zhou Tianshui, who are h.e.l.l-bent on serving the monster civilization. Most of the people are either bewitched by the mastermind or hypnotized by supporters of Zhou Tianshui’s ideals. Then, while ignorant, they became accomplices of the monster civilization.”
Meng Chao thought about it, shook his head, and said, “I don’t get it. What do you mean by ignorant?”
“It’s simple. These people definitely did not want to see monsters wreaking havoc in Dragon City, but they also did not want to see the Home Party rise to power. It was a dream of theirs to see the Home Party suffer a major blow,” Lu Siya said.
“Most of these people are like Zhou Tianshui. They have tight relationships with various offensive projects in terms of economic interest, and they’re firm Colonization Party members. If the transmigration experts were all killed and Project 101 failed, their projects would be able to get more money and resources.
“That’s 300% profit. It’s enough to make humans even crazier than monsters. And it became their motivation to attack Project 101 and the Home Party.
“As the puppet of abnormal beasts, Zhou Tianshuui could understand their thoughts clearly, so he secretly gathered the firm Colonization Party members and used the nine great cultivation families’ name to say that the nine great cultivation families are supporting them by providing them with all sorts of help to attack the Home Party. Then, many people were tricked due to their ignorance.”
Meng Chao was stunned. “In your name?”
The nine great cultivation families were the strongest supporters of the Colonization Party in Dragon City.
Besides, while Meng Chao was investigating Blue Home, he had noticed that the Home Party were not really idealists who were pa.s.sionate about returning to Earth. Instead, it would be more accurate to say that they had gathered together under the name of going back to Earth to form an opposition party to fight against the nine great cultivation families.
If he looked at this from the angle of a conspiracy theorist, aside from monsters, who had the greatest possibility of organizing an attack against the Home Party and the transmigration specialists?
The only answer was the nine great cultivation families.
This meant that if Meng Chao and Lu Siya had not worked together to stop the Demonic Abyss Eye’s scheme and the transmigration experts and the leaders of the Home Party really died, the Home Party members who managed to survive would be fuelled by rage and blame the entire thing on the nine great cultivation families.