Chapter 89
The scene in the video ended here.
The camera cut back to the scientist’s face.
“That’s pretty much it. If I die, this video will be handed over to the TV station.” The scientist sat at his desk, his expression looking like that of someone whose world had collapsed and then suddenly been rebuilt. “Anyway, I’m going to start the research. I will Use Song Kuafu’s body to create gods… After much study, I have drawn up 13 plans…”
His hands clenched tightly into fists. The look in his eyes could either be resentment or madness. “And in destruction, I will be reborn.”
That was the end of the video.
Si Chen turned off the computer, his expression ugly.
“A person like Song Kuafu,” Si Chen lowered his head slightly, closed his eyes and fell into deep thought, “would never ever sacrifice himself for the betterment of others. Since everyone in the world is doomed, in his eyes, they might not even be as important as the strands of hair that fall on his pillow when he wakes in the morning.”
Maybe for a moment, Song Kuafu would sincerely feel regret.
But that’s definitely only when retribution comes. It was impossible for this kind of self-realization to occur.
Thirteen sets of plans. They corresponded to the 13 Children of God.
“According to the information currently available, the timeline of this world is that Song Kuafu caused the pollution and the world was about to be destroyed. Scientists created the Children of God the first time to save the world. Then humans killed the donkey after the grain was done being milled and killed the Children of God. After the Children of God died, the pollution intensified once again and they had to create another batch of the Children of God… But this time, mankind failed. In the end, the world was destroyed.”
At least, that’s how it seemed on the surface.
But there was actually a rather complicated process behind it.
“The director had pushed the wheelchair past and said that the person in the wheelchair was Kuafu.”
“The director of the Khaos Manufacturing Institute has always been called Kuafu.”
“Chen Zhizhou’s dream… He said that in his dream there was a giant lying on the ground, surrounded by numerous black insects that were eating him. Based on the imagery of Song Kuafu, this person was probably him, or rather, his body .”
“Song Kuafu also said that inside his body is the first and last Eternal Life Abyss in the world. I initially determined that the limited scope of this ‘world’ is the world he was in.”
“He also alluded to other worlds during that conversation. This shows that Song Kuafu is very much aware that there are universes in other dimensions.”
“Before, in the black mist, that person said, ‘What a perfect vessel’. By vessel, was he referring to me?”
“So, the most likely possibility is that Song Kuafu abandoned his original body in some way and was reborn in the body of the scientist? This way, it can also explain why the scientist calls himself Kuafu.”
Si Chen played the video back again, trying to find some clues.
On the screen, the scientist gritted his teeth “I will use Song Kuafu’s body to create gods…”
Si Chen suddenly raised his head. “Child of God No. 5, stomach.”
[We implanted **’s stomach into No. 5’s body.]
Si Chen realized almost instantly – the blacked-out words on the experiment record stood for “Kuafu”.
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Si Chen gave up thinking. “Teacher Song, what do you want to tell us by choosing this place as the venue for the exam?”
But the exam was continuing on regardless.
Si Chen took out his cell phone and looked at the time. 18:10, roughly two hours before their agreed meet up.
He endured his mental discomfort and continued to open the remaining rooms.
Aside from various labs, there was unexpectedly a specimen room as well.
The reason for building this room was to learn from one’s mistakes.
There were numerous deformed fetuses soaked in condensate. They have long since stopped breathing.
Looking at their distorted features, these were “Black Goats” that had yet to completely take shape.
In the center of this specimen room was a pit similar to the pit of the Terracotta Warriors. It was filled with semi-coagulated plasma and pieces of flesh, remains of “failed products”.
Like other experiment subjects, the embryos of Child of God No. 11 were cloned many times.
These Black Goats have a similar appearance. They floated in the septic tank-like mass grave. They spent their entire lives in the laboratory, never even glimpsing the outside world.
The semi-finished products that still had some value to them were placed into specimen cases.
The worthless failed products were thrown into the pool, waiting to be dealt with en-masse.
They were clones produced in batches using the frozen genes of Child of God No. 11. They were born in petri dishes, as expendable as wheat waiting to be harvested.
These embryos were exact duplicates of the first-generation Child of God but they were never able to become a true Child of God, able to absorb pollution.
And so, the world was destroyed.
Save for the core Kuafu Science and Technology City, other places were forever shrouded in black fog.
One embryo of the Black Goat preserved in a specimen case was only the size of a baby but its belly was swollen as though pregnant. Inside that belly was what looked to be a ball of red mud; the belly was stretched to the point of becoming translucent.
Si Chen raised his ax and hit the specimen case hard.
They axe cut through the iron like clay and the glass shattered.
Light yellow liquid flowed out from the shattered case, emitting a pungent fishy smell.
Si Chen held his breath and carefully knocked down the rest of the glass with the axe.
The failed Black Goat fell limply to the ground, carried by the rush of water.
Si Chen used a knife to cut open the belly of the embryo.
Inside was a ball of red minced meat.
Si Chen: “So, the Black Goat’s characteristic of unlimited proliferation came from Kuafu’s flesh and blood.”
He thought for a moment, took out a containment bag and packed the embryo in it.
Si Chen looked around and finally put it in the drawer of the conference room.
Si Chen didn’t know what awaited all of them after death. Maybe this Black Goat that failed to be born had already entered the cycle of reincarnation.
But a burial of the deceased has always been a comfort to the living.
Halfway down the corridor, the Eternal Life Abyss let out a soft “squeak”.
Si Chen actually managed to glean the emotion from the chirp — it was a strange hesitation.
He turned his head and looked at this door.
This door was no different from the dozens of doors he had opened before. It wasn’t even locked.
But Si Chen understood that this was the “Room 11” of the Khaos Manufacturing Institute.
The cry of the Black Goat was not pleasant. Si Chen listened for a long time and although he had gotten somewhat used to it, he was still made dizzy from the noise.
It was also a form of constant mental pollution and this cry was generally used to lure prey.
But after that “squeak”.
The Black Goat’s cry suddenly stopped.
The Eternal Life Abyss broke away from Si Chen’s body, rolled on the ground and came to the door.
“Squeak! Squeak Squeak!”
It must be speaking in the dialect of its own race but Si Chen couldn’t understand it.
But the vague sense of crisis had suddenly disappeared.
Si Chen hesitated for a moment and finally opened the door.
This room was extremely narrow, like an interrogation room. There was only one overhead light.
The Black Goat sat in the center of the room.
Unlike the Black Goat in the photo, this one had eyeballs in its sockets.
However, at this time, its eyes were closed tightly.
It even had a skirt on that covered its genderless body.
The Black Goat’s hands held a transparent glass box containing a ball of red flesh, as translucent as dessert jelly.
Si Chen had actually readied himself for a fight but the Black Goat on the chair didn’t move.
It wasn’t even breathing.
This was a dead Black Goat.
Except for the area illuminated by the lamp, the rest of Room 11 was filled with a black mist so thick it could almost be liquid.
This black mist was the same black mist that appeared at night in this Space Fold.
To most people, it represented contamination and mutation.
The mist was being confined within a certain range and did not spread outwards even with the door open.
The Eternal Life Abyss took action.
It extended its tentacles and then quietly rolled up the glass box held in the Black Goat’s hands.
The dead Black Goat opened its eyes.
It has a pair of completely dark eyes, cold and inorganic, like coal ready to burn at any time.
The Eternal Life Abyss suddenly froze mid-move.
But these eyes were fixed only on Si Chen.
Si Chen’s body entered a state of uncontrollable stress and dark blood instantly surged under his skin.
The Black Goat opened its mouth and let out a shrill cry from its throat.
The Eternal Life Abyss said quickly, “Squeak squeak squeak! Squeak -!”
Maybe it was because Si Chen was turning stupid but the Eternal Life Abyss seemed to have become smarter.
The Black Goat looked at the Eternal Life Abyss, whose back was arched high and suddenly laughed.
“On the thirteenth day, remember.” The Black Goat’s voice came in fits and starts, “Resurrect me under the gallows.”
It then let go.
The Eternal Life Abyss quickly pulled away the glass box. Then there was a “click” and it closed the door with a tentacle.
Out of their sight, the Black Goat in the room turned back into black mist.
Only then did Si Chen realize that in just a few minutes, his clothes had been soaked with cold sweat.
On the test paper, the space for the additional question heated up.
A line of fairly neat small characters was sewn onto the test paper with thin black thread.
Bonus question: Collect the remains of a Child of God.
[Collected: The remains of Child of God No. 11]
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Thank you for the chapter!
i don’t know why this arc feels so much creepier than the ones before that
👀👀👀 he’s seeing all this stuff by himself, and he can’t think clearly! I would just expire
I’m kind of scared on cloning…
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