Meng Chao knew that Gao Ye had reached the crux of the matter.
Even though he did not understand why Gao Ye was being so honest, he still held his breath and listened to him carefully.
"Look, we're currently facing three problems."
Gao Ye extended three bony fingers and said, "First, normal people can't keep up with the development of the times. In the new world where spirit energy explosions, biochemical technology, and runic symbol technology are changing by the day, they're gradually losing their place.
"Second, superhumans are becoming stronger. With all sorts of automated technology, attack drones, and biochemical fighting beasts protecting them, they're becoming the strongest, and they're losing the balance.
"Third, as biochemical modification technology and runic symbol machine technology develop, the possibility of artificial intelligence being born, awakening, and going out of control increases. Regardless of whether it's Apocalyptic Beasts or thinking vehicles with superbrains, they might awaken to their own will and turn into fierce enemies.
"I've thought about these three problems for a long time.
"In the end, I found a way to kill three birds with one stone and solve the problem.
"It's incredibly dangerous for monsters to have human-like intelligence.
"But if a human has monster-like power, there won't be any problems, right?"
Meng Chao looked at the strange smile on Gao Ye's face and could not help but ask, "What do you mean?"
"You should know that aside from being skilled in biochemical modification, I'm also a monster controller," Gao Ye explained faintly.
Gao Ye explained faintly, "The current beast taming art uses a two-pronged method of cultivation and biochemical modulation. It opens up a portion of the 'ports' in the brains of the beast tamer and biochemical beast so that part of their central nervous systems can be wirelessly connected together. At the same time, the beast tamer can also use his Mentality to stimulate the biochemical beast's glands and output some simple commands to it.
"But this sort of connection is only on the surface, and it's easily disrupted. The frequency of their brainwaves isn't synchronized, so there's a slight delay.
"Monster controllers can't control the biochemical beast's will completely, so there's no fundamental difference between them and traditional monster tamers. They're just replacing the spikes and whips of monster tamers with their minds.
"Besides, this sort of monster controller technology requires really strong minds to be used. Unless they awaken to supernatural abilities, it's impossible for normal people to become monster controllers.
"I've spent ten years to develop a new beast taming technique, but it's different.
"Not only can the gene medicine I concoct open up most of the 'nerve ports' between the human and beast brains, it can also allow the human consciousness to fuse deeply with the biochemical beast's consciousness. Since the human's intelligence is higher and their self-awareness is extremely strong, the human's consciousness can often completely cover the biochemical beast's consciousness, allowing them to control the biochemical beast's body with 100% certainty.
"In a nutshell, I can transfer a human's self-consciousness, or 'soul', into a biochemical beast's brain.
"We don't need beast tamers' whips anymore. In fact, we don't even need beast tamers anymore, because we've become monsters. We've become monsters with human consciousness, and we can fuse human intelligence and monster strength together. Regardless of whether it's our work efficiency or fighting strength, we'll be more than one hundred times better than traditional biochemical beasts and mind control methods!"
"Transfer a human's soul into a monster's brain?"
Meng Chao gulped.
His mouth was dry and his temples were throbbing with pain.
Something was fluctuating in the air, like an invisible electric current sizzling.
"Don't you think that this is the ultimate answer to solving the problem?"
Gao Ye asked with a smile. "First of all, the current cultivation system is too difficult for normal people, and it uses up too many resources. Even if a normal family's parents are both working and have proper jobs, it's still very difficult for them to provide for their child's high tuition fees, the fees for the extracurricular interest classes, gene medicine, and high-calorie nutritional fluid.
"Even if they can provide for them, the child's potential isn't high enough. Even if they spend millions on tuition fees and nutrition fees, it'll all be for naught.
"But my new beast taming technique, or rather, consciousness transferring technology, is different. As long as I have more time and resources, I'll definitely be able to find a way to transfer a normal person's consciousness into a biochemical beast's brain so that normal people will have the strength of monsters.
"Most of the monsters, even if they're Nightmarish Beasts or Hell Beasts, have the intelligence of a seven or eight-year-old child. If they can master this skill, there's no reason why normal people can't learn it, right?
"That way, normal people can usually use the shocking strength of biochemical beasts to work. A monster with human intelligence and consciousness will have a much higher work efficiency than drones and automated machines.
"And once the ambitions of the superhumans grow and they want to stand above Dragon City and even human civilization, the normal people who control monster bodies will rise up in revolt. Both sides will be heavily injured, and this balance will allow our civilization to walk further down the path of humanity.
"Also, since the biochemical beasts have human souls in their brains, they're actually humans with monster flesh and blood, so we don't have to worry about monsters awakening to self-consciousness and super intelligence.
"Isn't it good to kill three birds with one stone?"
Meng Chao thought about it for a long time before he said cautiously, "It sounds good, but all lies have one thing in common, and that's that they sound good. You've been talking for a long time, but you still haven't explained why you wanted to kill Jin Yongqiang and Xie Xiaolei."
"… Because they caused trouble for my plan."
Gao Ye was silent for a while before he said, "A month ago, when I was remotely controlling Giant Sandworms to conduct research under Trash Site 4, I accidentally noticed Jin Yongqiang sneaking around.
"I used the new generation monster controller skill, so my control over Giant Sandworms was much higher than that of a normal monster controller. I immediately sensed the boy's existence and noticed that he had secretly injected a few drugs into a few Giant Sandworms.
"The Giant Sandworms instantly went berserk and pushed my consciousness out.
"But I remembered Jin Yongqiang's characteristics, and I had a general idea of his identity and goal.
"So, when he went to Spirit Creation Creatures' pet shop to buy a Contest Tiger, I predicted what he would do.
"I was careful and left a backdoor in the chip I implanted in Contest Tiger's brain to control biochemical pets. It will allow me to control this biochemical pet from a distance.
"Jin Yongqiang didn't notice it at all. I could invade the biochemical beast's brain at any moment through the wireless network and take over its eyes and ears. I could see all sorts of things he didn't want others to see.
"Then, one day, I saw him injecting drugs into the ear canals of two of his neighbors' biochemical beasts. Those two biochemical beasts were products of our company.
"I was furious, and I wanted to kill them."
"Wait," Meng Chao said.
"Since you saw it, why didn't you call the police? It would take at least a few hours for the mutated rabies virus to completely invade the central nervous system after the drug was injected. Based on the time, you could have definitely saved the lives of two innocent victims. "
Gao Ye was silent for a while before he said, "I didn't have proof. Even if I called the police, I wouldn't be able to do anything to Jin Yongqiang and Heavenly Works Machines. They might have planned an even larger operation and killed more innocent people. It would have been better …"
"It would have been better for you to watch Jin Yongqiang kill people, and you could have controlled the biochemical beast remotely to kill Jin Yongqiang. You could have blown up the matter and turned it from an accident to a murder," Meng Chao said coldly.
"In any case, all the evidence pointed to Heavenly Works Machines. You didn't have to worry about not being able to solve the case. Once the truth of the case came to light, the deal for Subway No.20 would definitely land in Spirit Creation Creatures' hands. That way, you would have ten times the resources and could continue your research."
Gao Ye fell silent.
Meng Chao felt a little frustrated.
He should not have been so worked up.
It was meaningless to judge Gao Ye based on his morals.
It was the only way he could solve the Mystery of the Supernatural Entities by getting more information from him.
Meng Chao adjusted his tone and said, "Alright, even if Jin Yongqiang deserved to die, what about Xie Xiaolei? Also, why did you use Drizzle Studio to stir up public opinion? Were you just trying to create the image of a victim so that when the truth came to light, you could gain more sympathy and support from the citizens? "
"No, I told you that those were words from the bottom of my heart," Gao Ye said slowly.
"Even though we're all part of the biochemical modification faction, Xie Xiaolei and most of the people in the biochemical modification faction have different ideologies.
"Xie Xiaolei believes that as long as we continue upgrading biochemical modification technology, we can create bigger, faster, stronger, and fiercer biochemical beasts. As for whether these biochemical beasts will awaken to super intelligence, whether they will end up as tools for superhumans to do whatever they want, and whether they will take over the jobs of normal people … These are all groundless worries. We shouldn't be thinking about them.
"But I want to develop consciousness transferring technology so that the souls of millions of normal people can crawl into the brains of millions of monsters and control their bodies.
"That's why I used this chance to warn the citizens in the article to be wary of the threat of biochemical beasts gaining artificial intelligence and losing control. If I want to use the strength of biochemical beasts but not let them gain intelligence, there's only one way, and that's to use consciousness transferring technology so that the consciousness of normal people can crawl into the brains of biochemical beasts and cover up their consciousness.
"This is also the mental preparation for the next stage of my experiment."
"I think I understand now," Meng Chao mumbled.
"Xie Xiaolei doesn't agree with your ideologies, so it's impossible for him to bring out a lot of resources to support … your consciousness transferring research, right?"
"Yes, he's a traditional businessman, but he's also a selfish superhuman. He chases after profits, snatches resources, expands the scale of his company, increases his cultivation realm, and achieves success in the secular sense. These are the things he's passionate about," Gao Ye said.
"If I want the consciousness transferring technology to be completely successful, I won't be able to do it on a small scale, like I did over the past ten years. I'll need to pour in an astronomical amount of resources, and I might even be able to crush Spirit Creation Creatures.
"Xie Xiaolei is rubbing his palms together. He wants to get the deal for Subway No.20 in one go so that he can develop the new northern frontlines.
"He's decided to pour most of the profits we get into expanding the company, and he even gave me a big picture. In less than ten years, Spirit Creation Creatures will definitely become a mega corporation whose name will shake the entire city, and the two of us creators will also be able to gather enough resources to reach Deity Realm.
"Heh. He doesn't understand that I didn't step on the path of a superhuman for boring reasons like reaching Deity Realm.
"He wants to expand the company and increase his cultivation realm, but I want to use all the profits to upgrade the lab and pour it into an experiment that has a high risk of failure. Our differences are irreconcilable, but he's the person in charge of the company. Unless he disappears, I won't be able to win against him. Tell me, what other choice do I have?"
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