Meng Chao, you came at the right time. Come and admire the newest super Giant Sandworm we just created. "
Ever since Meng Chao discovered the carcass of the super Giant Sandworm under Trash Site 4, Gao Ye's attitude toward him became warmer. There was an excited smile on his ugly face, and he said in high spirits, "Thanks to you, we discovered a lot of industrial waste water that can make Giant Sandworms deform in the drainage pipes at the side of Trash Site 4. We refined the residue and adjusted the original formula, and we developed a super gene medicine that can make Giant Sandworms evolve.
"What you see now is the Ultimate Sandworm injected with the super gene medicine.
"Its efficiency in eating stones and digesting trash is three times that of a normal Giant Sandworm. Its comprehensive usage of trash is five times higher than the average value. You can say that as long as there are tens of millions of people in Dragon City and they produce an astronomical amount of trash every day, it can eat that trash and turn it into something similar to a perpetual motion machine. It can clean the environment and dig tunnels day and night, which will greatly increase the speed at which we build the underground transportation system!"
As Meng Chao watched Gao Ye talk with a flushed face and a confident expression, he felt complicated emotions.
The longing in Gao Ye's single eye made Meng Chao certain that he truly wanted to build Dragon City and do something for the tens of millions of people.
So, how could a biochemical expert who buried his head in books and experiment equipment be connected to the Supernatural Entity that nearly destroyed Dragon City?
Meng Chao did not hate Gao Ye.
Even though some of his views were a little extreme.
But in this turbulent era, when many people thought about the future, their views were very extreme.
At the very least, when Gao Ye mentioned the normal people who made up more than ninety-seven percent of Dragon City's population, Meng Chao could sense his sympathy and anger.
Unfortunately, all the evidence pointed to Gao Ye.
He had a motive to kill Jin Yongqiang.
He could get in touch with Xie Xiaolei's terminal, and he could get his hair, blood, and iris information. He could even use biochemical technology to create Xie Xiaolei's fake eyeball so that the terminal could recognize him.
As one of the creators of Spirit Creation Creatures, Gao Ye definitely knew that Xie Xiaolei used Drizzle Studio to control public opinion.
And the most important evidence was the super Giant Sandworm in front of him.
It was a super Giant Sandworm that was becoming increasingly similar to the Supernatural Entity in Meng Chao's nightmares.
Unfortunately, Meng Chao was the only one in all of Dragon City who knew the significance of this piece of evidence.
In fact, even Gao Ye himself might not know as clearly as Meng Chao just what the Ultimate Sandworm would become.
The next problem was how he should present the evidence to Lu Siya and the people from the abnormal beast research department when they arrived.
Based on the few times he came into contact with Gao Ye and the information he obtained from Ning Shewo, Meng Chao had a general idea of Gao Ye's personality.
Suddenly, he realized that he might have overcomplicated the problem.
In other words, the current situation was worth a gamble. Even if he lost, he wouldn't lose anything.
"Director Gao, could you ask everyone to leave for a moment? I have something to say," Meng Chao said to Gao Ye.
Gao Ye was slightly stunned.
The flames in his eyes flashed.
The lone eyeball seemed to have turned into a red-hot iron ball.
He nodded, signaled the researchers in the lab to leave, and locked the door.
Right now, he and Meng Chao were the only ones left in the lab. They stared at the silent Ultimate Sandworm through the strengthened glass.
"It's over, Director Gao."
Half a minute later, Meng Chao finally spoke. "The police and the related departments are on their way here. They'll conduct a thorough search of Spirit Creation Creatures. I believe that they'll be able to find some clues about President Xie.
"You can't move around easily, so it'll be difficult for us to use normal methods to destroy President Xie's corpse. The best way is to throw him into the Giant Sandworm's hatching pond and turn him into their food.
"But time is short. Even if President Xie was really eaten by the Giant Sandworm, he wouldn't have been able to digest and absorb everything.
"As long as we cut open the Giant Sandworm's stomach and carefully examine every inch of the soil in the hatching pond, we'll definitely find something. I believe that you know better than me just how advanced biochemical detection technology is right now.
"But I'm leaning towards the possibility that you haven't killed President Xie, or at the very least, you haven't gotten rid of his corpse.
"Even though the company has been taking turns to rest over the past two days, it's still early, and there are still plenty of employees who are working.
"I heard that you're a workaholic and treat the lab as your home twenty-four hours a day. You've been here for decades, so it's only natural that you know about all the employees' work and rest schedules as well as the loopholes in the company's surveillance system.
"When it's midnight, when there are the least people in the company, you'll think of a way to throw President Xie into the hatching pond so that the Giant Sandworms can eat him. After twenty-four hours of digestion and absorption, not even his bones will be left.
"Usually, adults who have the ability to take care of themselves are considered to have gone missing after losing contact with them for more than forty-eight hours. Only then will the police pay attention to them. At that time, forget about President Xie, even the bloodstained soil in the hatching pond will have been eaten by the Giant Sandworms. They won't be able to find any evidence. This is your plan, right?
"Unfortunately, your plan won't succeed. Everything is over, Director Gao."
Gao Ye listened quietly.
His face was riddled with holes from bacteria, viruses, and all sorts of drugs, but his expression did not change.
"Meng Chao, I don't know what you're talking about," he said calmly.
"It's useless, Director Gao."
Meng Chao sighed. "Perhaps my guess is wrong. You used an even more brilliant method to hide President Xie or his corpse. You're also well-versed in the law, and you know that without any conclusive evidence, it'll be very difficult for the police to conduct a thorough search on Spirit Creation Creatures.
"But this sort of struggle is meaningless, because I'm absolutely certain that it's you, and I've decided to use all my resources to pin you down.
"I believe that you're not afraid of death.
"I've seen pictures of you when you were in university. You're tall, mighty, handsome, and elegant. Girls seem to like you even more than President Xie.
"You're willing to take all sorts of risks and stay in the lab for decades, allowing yourself to be contaminated by bacteria and invaded by viruses, which resulted in you becoming what you are today.
"I believe that you've already cast aside your life and death and dedicated your life to biochemical modification technology and your career.
"In other words, this career has already become your life.
"But now, I've already made up my mind to pin you down, and President Xie has mysteriously disappeared at this critical moment. Even if there's no proof that you're the one who did it, with you in control of Spirit Creation Creatures, there's no way the public, the government, and even your own employees will be able to trust you.
"I don't know why you killed President Xie.
"But you definitely want to monopolize the power of Spirit Creation Creatures so that you can achieve some sort of goal.
"As long as I pin Spirit Creation Creatures down and President Xie is indeed missing, rumors will soon spread through the city, and you won't be able to get the resources to achieve your goal.
"Then, even if the law can't punish you, your career and life have already ended. This is what I meant when I said that everything is over.
"Of course, there's a possibility that I'm being paranoid and spouting nonsense. You could have chased me out and made us wait for forty-eight hours to see whether President Xie would appear.
"But I'll give you a piece of advice. Don't even think about doing anything to me. I ran all the way to Spirit Creation Creatures, so a lot of CCTVs must have captured my face. I've also revealed my whereabouts to my friends, and the security guard, receptionist, and many other employees saw me just now. It's meaningless for me to disappear. Your plan is still — no, it has already failed."
Meng Chao's words caused an indescribable light to shine in Gao Ye's eyes.
When he looked at the Ultimate Sandworm, he looked like a child looking at a toy that he could not touch.
No, it should be said that he was a warrior looking at his weapon.
He heaved a long sigh, as if he had removed some sort of disguise and exhaled all his fighting spirit, but also as if he had removed a heavy burden.
"I'm not a perfect criminal, am I?" he asked Meng Chao.
"No, your performance is already perfect."
Meng Chao was not flattering Gao Ye.
In truth, if he had not returned to the past and had the ability to predict the future, he would not have been able to locate the Supernatural Entity's existence beforehand.
He simply had no reason to suspect Gao Ye.
If he had not persevered and refused to let go of the clues that could not even be considered evidence, Gao Ye's plan would have most likely succeeded.
No one would have cared about Jin Yongqiang's death.
No one would have cared about Xie Xiaolei's disappearance in the future.
Gao Ye, who had sole control over Spirit Creation Creatures and a lot of orders, would have obtained ten times the resources he had in the past. In the end, he would have created an incredibly perfect and powerful Ultimate Sandworm.
That Ultimate Sandworm would have also turned into a terrifying Supernatural Entity.
But Meng Chao did not understand. "In the beginning, why did you want me to join the case of the murderous pets in Blessed Paradise? You 'accidentally' mentioned me to Elder Ning because you wanted him to bring me along, right? "
"… I was worried that they wouldn't be able to find the pinhole in the biochemical pets' ear canals."
Gao Ye was dazed for a long time before he said slowly, "Regardless of whether it's Ning Shewo or Sun Yufeng, the older generation harvesters have experience and skill, but their thoughts are inevitably rigid. Based on the normal harvesting process, it's difficult for them to notice that someone might have done something to the deepest parts of the biochemical pets' ear canals.
"But you're different.
"I've seen quite a few of your harvesting videos, and I've also heard some rumors about you. I know that you, Junior Brother, have a bold and imaginative mind. You often show off some harvesting techniques that are immature but very creative. These are harvesting techniques that represent the future.
"Since I know that you have a good relationship with Ning Shewo, I mentioned it in passing. If he brought you along and you had a flash of inspiration and noticed the pinhole, I wouldn't have needed to remind you. It would have been too unnatural for me to point out the existence of the pinhole."
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