Human Experiment
The appearance of this instrument was beautiful. Its bright red color was like a fresh strawberry, delicate and alluring. It was completely different from the other instruments in the laboratory.
Xia Fei took a look at the label, and it said that this was a fully automatic mineral particle collector. It could be used to collect tiny minerals and then combine them into a single piece of ore.
However, the location of this device was a little strange. It was located in a corner of the lab, far away from the other devices, making it look a little lonely.
Using his hand to touch the device, Xia Fei was slightly taken aback. He furrowed his eyebrows and said, There's something wrong with this device.
What's wrong? Phantom approached and asked curiously.
This device feels very fragile. It doesn't have the heaviness of the other devices, Xia Fei said in a deep voice.
Whether it was sturdy or heavy could be completely determined by the touch of his palm. It was like touching a can and an aluminum alloy plate at the same time. Though both were made of aluminum, he could still feel that one was light and the other was heavy, and this device gave Xia Fei a very light feeling.
Xia Fei stretched out his palm and pressed hard on the device. He was not as strong as a strength ability user, but he was much stronger than the average person. The strawberry device let out a crisp sound as its outer shell caved in.
It turned out that this device was actually an empty shell! It could not withstand Xia Fei's forceful press at all.
Squatting down, Xia Fei carefully observed the ground and saw that there was an inconspicuous scratch on the alloy floor. It was obvious that this device was often moved around.
Following the direction of the scratch, the strawberry device actually moved. Xia Fei did not need to exert much strength to push it to the side, revealing a secret passage that led downward.
Xia Fei and Phantom exchanged glances. Neither of them could have imagined that there would be such a secret passage in this seemingly ordinary mineral research facility.
Thinking back to what he had seen along the way, Xia Fei suddenly understood that it was extremely illogical for an ordinary mineral research facility to be built so deep underground. Furthermore, the security here could be said to be very tight. Just entering this place required four layers of security, which was enough to show that this seemingly ordinary research facility was actually not ordinary.
The entrance to the secret chamber was slanted downwards and was only big enough for one person to pass through. When the equipment outside was pushed open, the lights in the passageway naturally lit up.
As a precaution, Xia Fei took out his communicator and glanced at it. Though he was very deep underground, the communicator's signal was still full. If there really was any danger, he could use it to send a distress signal.
Xia Fei did not think too much about it. He continued down this passageway, and after walking less than a hundred meters, a new sealed door appeared in front of him.
The defense of this door was much tighter than the ones above. Not only was a vibration detection system installed, but all the opening mechanisms were also connected by a compatible circuit. In other words, as long as any one of the systems was destroyed, it would trigger a chain reaction and activate the emergency defense system.
The more heavily guarded a place was, the more it would attract the imagination of others. Xia Fei spat on the ground and took out his toolbag from his spatial ring. He took out all the tools he needed and arranged them neatly on the ground.
The only way now was to unlock the security systems one by one. There was no other way.
Xia Fei first used the old method of cutting open all the control panels, exposing the circuit structure inside. He then began to analyze these circuits in detail to find the most feasible solution.
The results of his analysis were disappointing. Not only was the security system much tighter than the ones outside, but there was also no possibility of using any tricks. Using brute force to destroy them was even more of a bad idea.
A signal repeater screwdriver and an almost undetectable needle stripper danced around in Xia Fei's hands. Perhaps it was an exaggeration to say that they danced around, but it was an indisputable fact that these tools danced around like fingers on a piano.
The movements of speed ability users were much faster and more agile than the average person. This agility was not only reflected in their bodies; even the subtle movements of their fingers were very different from the average person. These small movements were like the rapid movements of a bee's wings, precise and efficient.
Deciphering the first layer of defense took more than three hours. Xia Fei remained in a half-squatting position for this long period of time, focusing all his attention on the circuits. His mind followed his tools as they explored and moved around.
To Xia Fei, this was like a decryption game. As for what he would gain after deciphering the code, that became a secondary problem. Right now, he was focused on the joy of deciphering one defense after another, happily accepting the challenge.
* Pa! *
The defense mechanism made a crisp sound, and Xia Fei's heart skipped a beat.
Several seconds later, there was no movement from the secret passageway, and the alarm did not sound. Xia Fei was confident that he had successfully deciphered the first layer of defense.
He wiped the sweat off his forehead with his sleeve. The temperature in the basement was slightly cold, but Xia Fei's intense work had still left him sweating quite a bit.
Without any hesitation, Xia Fei continued to decipher the next defense mechanism. Phantom, who was watching from the side, laughed out of boredom. In his opinion, fiddling with circuits was not only troublesome but also very boring.
With a sudden flash, Phantom disappeared from the secret room, and Xia Fei heard Phantom's voice. Im too tired. Im going to take a nap. Ill come out when you open the door.
Xia Fei ignored him. In his opinion, deciphering the ancient civilization's defense mechanism gave him a great sense of accomplishment. After all, the circuits and machinery were very advanced, and it was already a great success for the average person to be able to understand them, let alone decipher them.
Moreover, the process of deciphering was also a process of understanding and learning. Xia Fei first needed to determine the purpose of these circuits before he could make the appropriate changes and decipher them.
As time passed, Xia Fei's understanding of this circuit system deepened, and the speed at which he deciphered it naturally began to increase.
* Pa! *
Xia Fei finally succeeded in deciphering the last layer of defense mechanism through his continuous efforts. Twenty-seven hours had already passed.
With a light tap of his finger on the door, the alloy door slowly creaked open. Xia Fei smiled and stood up to put away the hundreds of tools at his feet.
He had used several hundred tools to open a door. This could be considered a minor record.
The secret room was around a thousand square meters in size, much smaller than the research center outside. Many sealed glass jars were placed along one wall. Inside the jars was a faint red liquid, but there was nothing inside.
In the center of the room were two neatly arranged rows of instruments, but these instruments were not used to study minerals but biological sciences.
Xia Fei was very curious. How could a mineral research institute have so many biological research instruments? And why were they hidden in a secret room?
He approached one of the glass jars and checked its label.
Name: Unknown
Age: 179 years old
Gender: Male
Ability Type: Purple Light Control
Rank: Intermediate Eternal rank
Seventh Brain Region Open Probability: 64%
Note: The brain of an intermediate Eternal rank light-control ability user. Research shows that this person's seventh brain region has been opened to a relatively high degree, and he is a three-star talent. However, because he developed his brain too intensely when he was young, he lost the chance to advance further. Detailed file number: Cyn- 00792.
Xia Fei paled in fright. It turned out that the brain of an Eternal rank expert had once been stored in this jar, and these people were conducting research on this person's brain!
According to the classification of abilities, the lowest was the Star Light rank, followed by the Star Base rank, Star Domain rank, Star River rank, Legendary rank, and finally the Eternal rank.
It had to be said that this was a rank 6 expert, and their combat power could be described as that of an apex expert. It was very difficult to imagine that a apex expert's brain would be soaked in a jar for research purposes.
As expected, this research center was not simple. They were secretly conducting human experiments under the guise of researching ores, and they were even using apex experts as experiments!
Suppressing the unease in his heart, Xia Fei checked the labels on these jars one by one. From Low Legendary rank to High Eternal rank, there had once been fourteen brains stored here. If so many apex experts were gathered together, they would definitely be able to unleash unimaginable combat power, but in the end, they had ended up as research subjects for someone else.
Out of respect for apex experts, Xia Fei's expression was very solemn. He himself was an ability warrior, and though his rank was not as high as these people, no one would wish to become someone else's lab rat one day.
Xia Fei also discovered that these apex experts did not have a particularly high seventh brain region open. The highest was only seventy-eight percent, and the lowest was only fifty-one percent.
Xia Fei felt a chill in his heart. 'They've only opened a little more than half of their seventh brain region, and they've already become someone else's research subject. Isn't it even more dangerous for me to have my seventh brain region fully open?'
Xia Fei made up his mind that he would never reveal the fact that his seventh brain region was completely open to anyone. He could not tell anyone, not even to anyone. He would never be like these people, who were wantonly researched!
After making a few rounds in this human experiment room, Xia Fei discovered that there was a lot of valuable equipment here, but the problem was that these equipment were all rather large, and he could not take them away.
This was indeed a very depressing matter. It was like a person who was guarding a mountain of gold but could not squander it.
There was a small door in the secret human experiment room. This door did not have any protective mechanism, so Xia Fei pushed a button and walked in.
This room was even smaller, not more than two hundred square meters in size. It was a twenty-meter-long corridor with eight fully equipped prison cells on both sides.
Xia Fei had been in prison before, so he was very familiar with the environment here.
The difference was that the cells here were not tightly surrounded by alloy bars. Instead, a type of laser emitter was used to keep people locked inside.
No matter how sturdy an alloy was, it would not be able to withstand the destructive power of a high-level ability user, but a laser beam was different. Anyone who dared to get close would be burned into charcoal.
To a high-level warrior, a small laser device was not enough to kill them, because almost all warriors wore combat suits of the same level. These combat suits with extremely sturdy and strong defense could completely withstand attacks from small thermal weapons.
However, this place was equipped with an industrial-grade laser emitter system. It was not a laser beam but a laser wall!
Not to mention that the ability users locked here had their combat suits removed, even if they were wearing combat suits, they would not be able to break through the defense of a laser wall. The slightest movement would cause them to be burned to ashes.
"I wonder what this laboratory has captured so many pinnacle experts for?" Gui Ying asked.
"Judging from the equipment outside, it's very likely that these people are conducting research on the seventh brain region of the ability users. Those jars just now have the status of each expert's seventh brain region specially marked on them." Xia Fei lit up a Hongtashan and said after a moment of thought.
He casually pressed the switch and turned off the laser wall in the prison cell. Even after so long, these blue laser walls were still working. Xia Fei was very impressed by the advanced technology of the ancient civilization.
Phantom shook his head. "That's just a possibility. We have no way of knowing how much the ancient civilization researched the seventh brain region. We only know one thing about the ancient civilization, and that is that their technology was very advanced."
Youre right, Xia Fei said. Xia Fei said, "Our understanding of the ancient civilization is truly too shallow. Is there any organization in the universe that specializes in researching the ancient civilization? I believe that they'll have more detailed information."
There are, but due to the rules of the Alliance, these organizations are all done in secret, just like Qin Mang in the library. Isn't he secretly researching the ancient civilization? Oh right, you're one of them too. After all, you've learned quite a bit about the ancient civilization from Qin Mang, Phantom said with a chuckle.
Xia Fei pursed his lips. So far, Ive only scratched the surface. If only I could get my hands on that Introduction to Robot Coding book in the basement. If I can master how to code a robot, I might be able to build a few robots with artificial intelligence. Xia Fei pursed his lips.
Phantom hurriedly waved his hand. Thats not possible. An AI robot is no longer a machine but a living human. Humans creating humans is against the laws of nature, and they will be punished by nature.
Xia Fei smiled. Strange. Why do I feel that your tone is very similar to Qin Mangs? He often says the same thing, too.
Phantom's expression turned cold. I've been listening to your conversation every day, so of course I'm affected. Actually, what Qin Mangs said makes sense. Humans are just a tiny species in the universe. Compared to the vastness of space, the existence of humans is nothing.
Even if humans are wiped off the star map, the universe will continue to operate according to its predetermined trajectory, unaffected at all. That is why humans should behave themselves and not try to challenge nature.
Xia Fei chuckled. Lets not talk about that. Let's get down to business. How can we take all the equipment here away? Do you have any ideas?
Xia Fei was now completely focused on money. He needed to buy medicinal ingredients, and Quantum Holdings needed to develop. Neither of these could be achieved without the support of funds. He had gained quite a lot from this trip to the ruins, but how to bring all these things back had become Xia Fei's biggest headache.
Though his spatial ring had a volume of twenty cubic meters, that little space was not enough. He could only store one or two sets of equipment at most, so Xia Fei was not willing to leave so many valuable items here.
Phantom rubbed his chin and thought for a while. Youre quite physically fit. Why don't you store all these things in your spatial ring and transport them to the surface?
Xia Fei rolled his eyes at Phantom. You call that an idea? Forget it. We still have some time. Lets explore this research facility thoroughly and collect all the valuable items. If push comes to shove, we'll just have to use the stupidest method to transport these things back.
Standing up, Xia Fei casually walked around the cell. What he needed to do now was to carefully inspect this research facility, not letting even the tiniest of clues slip by.
All of a sudden, Xia Fei keenly noticed that there seemed to be something flashing on the floor of one of the cells.
Xia Fei walked over and squatted down, picking up a white object from the floor and putting it in front of his eyes for a closer look.
A tooth? Xia Fei could not help but laugh bitterly after observing it for a moment.
Any human would have thirty-two teeth in their mouth, and from the shape of this tooth, it looked like a molar. It was unknown which apex expert had left it behind.
This tooth was as white and clean as porcelain. Its surface was undamaged, and even the root was the same. It was so intact that it was shocking.
Xia Fei let out a bitter laugh. No matter what, this is the tooth of an apex expert. At least it has some commemorative value.
Phantom was greatly disappointed. He smirked. The size of this tooth is very small. Your spatial ring just happens to be able to store it.
All of a sudden, Xia Fei was taken aback. He asked doubtfully, That's not right. If this place was attacked by the annihilation beam, this tooth should have been turned into dust. How could just one tooth be left behind?
Phantom was also shocked. Xia Fei was right. The annihilation beam could completely destroy a human body, so there was no way a tooth would be left behind in this cell.
There were only two explanations. One was that this planet had not been attacked by the annihilation beam, and the second was that this tooth was not a human's original tooth but a fake tooth. Other than that, there was no other explanation for such a strange phenomenon.
Phantom laughed so hard that he was rocking back and forth. Xia Fei, ah, Xia Fei, it's fine that you picked up a tooth, but it's actually a fake tooth.
That was when a translucent blue laser wall suddenly popped out, trapping Xia Fei in the cell.
The cell's confinement system had suddenly been activated for some reason.
Xia Fei hurriedly got up from the floor and walked over to the laser wall with a grim expression.
Not good. We're trapped! Xia Fei hurriedly said.
Being trapped in this prison, Xia Fei was naturally very anxious. He exerted a bit of force in his fingers and crushed the tooth.
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