From the White Spirit case to the Gao Ye case, from the destruction of the underwater tunnel construction site to the ambush on Noble Descent Hotel, the bewitching figure of the Blood Flower was always present in the abnormal beasts' attacks on humans.
Based on Meng Chao's memories, the Blood Flower played a crucial role during the later stage of the Monster War. It was one of the important factors behind the monsters' accelerated evolution.
Because the Blood Flower was a special lifeform that was between a plant and a fungus, it had the ability to stimulate the activity of carbon-based life cells. Experts and scholars also wanted to study its structure and find out its secrets. Under the premise of weakening its infectivity and corrosiveness, the Blood Flower's ability could be used by humans.
But based on what Meng Chao knew, the famous biochemical labs in Dragon City, including the zombie research center, did not manage to obtain any breakthroughs in their research on the Blood Flower.
Instead, the abnormal beasts' research on the Blood Flower was one step ahead. Half a year ago, they reached the stage where they could modify it into a biochemical weapon and use it in battle to mass produce the undead.
Did the Deification Capsules really contain Blood Flower components? Was it related to the abnormal beasts?
The basic testing equipment in the field labs could not answer this question.
Coincidentally, the military stationed nearby arrived at the base at that moment.
The communication system was soon repaired, and the wireless network connected to Soaring Dragon Construction's headquarters in Dragon City.
Meng Chao used the communication line in the base to contact Captain Ye Xiaoxing of the abnormal beast research department's ninth special search team and told him about his experiences over the past few months in the wild. He also told him about his gains that day, the Deification Capsules, and his observations of the humans' strengthened state and tragic state after they took the Deification Capsules.
"Have you heard of the Deification Capsules in the research department?" Meng Chao asked.
"Based on what I know, no. Unapproved gene medicine isn't part of the research department's scope of work," Ye Xiaoxing told Meng Chao.
Ye Xiaoxing told Meng Chao. "Besides, these three no gene medicines produced by illegal workshops usually don't have proper names. When they circulate in the black market and deep web, they have all sorts of strange names. Today, they're called Deification Capsules. Tomorrow, they might be called Soul Burning Pills. The day after tomorrow, they might be called Spirit Channeling Pills. The name alone doesn't explain anything.
"Speaking of which, once a normal person takes it, they gain superhuman strength and have such a high mortality rate. Such a domineering medicine is rarely heard of.
"I'll report your discovery to the drug research department. Later, I'll have the staff there contact the manager of Soaring Dragon Construction and take over this matter."
"Is that so …"
Meng Chao frowned a little and said, "Captain Ye, are you saying that we should let the drug monitoring department have full authority to investigate this?"
"What's wrong? Investigating and punishing banned drugs is the authority of the Drug Supervision Bureau! "
Ye Xiaoxing paused for a moment. Perhaps he remembered Meng Chao's "intuition" during the Noble Descent Hotel incident, so he raised his voice a little and said, "What is it? Did your intuition tell you that the Deification Capsule is related to abnormal beasts?"
"Uh, not really."
"I just think that there's a high possibility that the Deification Capsules contain Blood Flowers, and the abnormal beasts are the ones who have the most knowledge about Blood Flowers in Dragon City." Second, ever since we ambushed Noble Descent Hotel, the abnormal beasts haven't caused any trouble for a few months. "The Red Dragon Army and the exploration squads from the four research centers have already stepped onto quite a number of the highest mountains in Monster Mountain Range and created a lot of military maps. They might be able to find the abnormal beasts' nests at any moment.
"It's impossible for the abnormal beasts to be so obedient all the time. They're definitely plotting new schemes in the dark. In any case, I don't have any other clues on hand, and since I have nothing to do, there's no harm in investigating them."
"That's true. You're not an official investigator in the department. There are plenty of things that the department can't do in public, so you're the most suitable person to do it," Ye Xiaoxing said readily.
"In any case, I'm going to say the same thing. The department trusts you absolutely. No matter what clues we discover, we'll have the manpower and resources we need. Of course, it'll be best if we can bring out solid evidence."
"Got it. Thank you, Captain."
Meng Chao would definitely not act recklessly.
Besides, aside from the Deification Capsule, he did not have any other clues.
He was wondering whether he should wait for the staff from the drug monitoring department to come to him to get more information.
But Manager Jiang told him that the only girl who did not take the Deification Capsule had woken up, and her mental condition was rather stable.
There was also another piece of information. The girl was a couple with the young man with the mohawk haircut in the surveillance video.
The mohawk haircut young man had already died because his life potential was drained, he was severely dehydrated, and his organs were carbonized.
But when he was alive, he treated Meng Chao as his greatest idol.
The girl had just woken up and asked who saved her. Manager Jiang told her that it was Meng Chao, and the girl said it herself.
"The girl is pretty pitiful. There are a lot of pathfinders in the developing land. They're her neighbors, classmates, and of course, her childhood sweetheart's boyfriend. She might not have taken the Deification Capsule, but she could only watch her best friend and lover go crazy and die of exhaustion through the surveillance video. The mental blow was too great for her," Manager Jiang said to Meng Chao.
"She said that you once organized the members of the Broken Star Club and went to the slums to carry out public welfare activities. You even taught the children there how to cultivate. Her boyfriend admired you the most when he was alive, so I'm thinking that if you go and talk to her, you might be able to help her regain her spirit and restrain her grief."
"Teach children how to cultivate?"
Meng Chao thought about it. "Are they the residents of the temporary settlement in the east of the city?"
Meng Chao had only taught children how to cultivate in one place.
It was the martial arts refresher course that Ms. Xiao Fanghua organized for the children whose homes and schools were destroyed by monsters and who could only live in tents and simple sheds.
After all, Ms. Xiao Fanghua had given birth to twins of a boy and a girl, and she was still breastfeeding. Before Meng Chao came to the wild to train, he would go to that area to teach as a substitute teacher every few days, and he became friends with quite a number of children.
Since they were disaster-stricken citizens who lost their homes, they had to have their own reasons for running into the depths of the fog to develop the land, so Meng Chao naturally agreed to it.
He saw the incredibly haggard girl in the infirmary.
The girl's eyes were unfocused, and her lips were pale. Even her breathing was incredibly weak, as if she had lost her will to live.
When she saw Meng Chao, a sparkle shone in the depths of her eyes, as if she had remembered her boyfriend who admired Meng Chao.
But it was precisely because she remembered her dead boyfriend that she became even more dejected. Her eyes instantly filled with cold tears.
Meng Chao feared seeing this sort of scene the most, so he quickly said something like, "Your boyfriend took the risk and took the Deification Capsule because he wanted to fight to the end and fight for a chance for you to survive. Since so many people sacrificed themselves in exchange for your survival, you should treasure your life and live well."
The girl sucked in a few deep breaths and calmed down. With a quivering voice, she thanked Meng Chao for saving her life.
"It was nothing. If anyone ran into monsters in the wild, they would help each other and fight together," Meng Chao said.
"Besides, even if it wasn't for me, you could have killed all the monsters with your own strength. Where did you get those Deification Capsules? They're amazing!"
The girl was not stupid.
She could naturally tell that the power and danger of the Deification Capsules far surpassed that of normal gene medicine. From a certain perspective, they were the culprits behind her boyfriend's death.
Hence, she did not hide it and said, "Little Hua got them from Big Brother Wolf."
"Big Brother Wolf?"
Meng Chao knew that Little Hua was the girl's boyfriend. He was the mohawk guy who told everyone how to use the Deification Capsules in the surveillance video.
Who was Big Brother Wolf?
"Big Brother Wolf was Little Hua's friend, but I'm not familiar with him. I don't know his name either," the girl said.
"Little Hua wasn't familiar with Big Brother Wolf in the beginning. I knew practically all his friends. They were his neighbors and classmates from elementary school and junior high school. Big Brother Wolf was older than us by two or three years. In the past, he lived in another residential area, so we didn't have much of a relationship.
"Then, nearly a year ago, since the residential area we lived in was destroyed by monsters, the residents of more than ten residential areas were squeezed into the temporary settlement. When there were more people, there were more conflicts, and they were in a bad mood. Little Hua and the others often quarreled with other people and even fought until their heads bled. It seemed like they got to know Big Brother Wolf through fighting, so for some reason, they became fair-weather friends."
"So, this Big Brother Wolf also lives in the temporary settlement to the east of the city?"
Meng Chao thought about it for a while before he asked, "Do you know who he is and why he has something as dangerous as the Deification Capsules?"
"I don't know."
The girl shook her head. "Big Brother Wolf should be living nearby, but there are tens of thousands of families living in that area. I don't know where he lives either, but he seems to be a very capable person. He has a lot of friends and knows a lot of powerful people. He's very popular wherever he goes." Last year, he even joined the pathfinder team and stayed in the wild for a few months. Even though their developing land didn't manage to survive in the end, he didn't die. When he returned to Dragon City with a body full of scars, he became even more impressive.
"A large part of the reason why Little Hua joined the pathfinder team is because of Big Brother Wolf.
"As for the Deification Capsules, I only know that Little Hua got them from Big Brother Wolf. I don't know anything else. I've been with Little Hua for ten years, and he's willing to tell me everything except the Deification Capsules. He's really tight-lipped about it.
"We only know that this super gene medicine is a new product that a large organization has just released. I heard that it has already gone through three rounds of animal experiments and two rounds of volunteer experiments, so there's absolutely no problem with its safety. It's just that it hasn't been approved by the drug control department yet, so it can't be put on the market for the time being." Big Brother Wolf heard that Little Hua wanted to join the pathfinder operation, so he used a lot of connections to get it for us to protect our lives. I think that Big Brother Wolf lied to Little Hua, and Little Hua really believed him like an idiot. I didn't expect that … "
The girl started sobbing quietly.
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