A geneticist
"Xia Fei, have you ever consumed Amethyst before?" Harry asked.
Xia Fei shook his head. "I have no idea what you're talking about. You don't have much time, so I hope you won't keep talking about these unimportant things. Right now, I'm more concerned about who you are, what are your motives, and why are you spying on me."
It would not be accurate to say that Xia Feis aura was not intimidating. Though he was still young, the moment he got serious, the air would be enveloped by a bone-chilling killing intent. After all, there were not many people in this world who had been to Hell, and Xia Fei was one of them.
People who crawled out of a pile of corpses had a special temperament. This temperament was calm and dangerous. No words could describe this feeling. If one had to use words to describe it, perhaps despair would be the closest.
When a person experienced a hellish tragedy, his special temperament would make his opponents feel a deep sense of despair. This had nothing to do with strength, it was purely the pressure brought by the temperament.
Surprisingly, Harris was not destroyed by Xia Fei's killing intent. He smiled bitterly. How could it not matter? That's my life's work.
Xia Fei did not understand what was going on, not knowing why Harris was so depressed.
Whats an amethyst? Xia Fei quietly asked Phantom.
Phantom seemed to be even more confused than him. "How would I know?"
Harry looked out of the porthole and said in a sorrowful voice, "Amethyst is also known as Amethyst Jade. It's a type of gene optimization fluid. If I'm not wrong, it was because you consumed it that you were able to completely open your seventh brain region."
Xia Fei stealthily glanced at Phantom, only to see that his mouth was wide open, his shock written all over his face as he stood there, not moving an inch.
How could Xia Fei not be shocked? The fact that his seventh brain region was completely open had always been his greatest secret. His unique way of doing things, his tireless hard work, and the bottle of purple potion had made Xia Fei what he was today.
"His life's work?" Xia Fei wondered to himself, Does that mean that Harry has a deep relationship with that purple potion?
Xia Fei was greatly shaken in his heart, but his expression was as calm as still water. "Harry, I won't hide it from you. I have indeed consumed a bottle of purple gene optimization fluid before, but I can't be sure that the bottle is the Amethyst that you mentioned."
Harry stared at Xia Fei. The amethyst itself has a faint sour taste, and depending on your physique, it will take effect one to fifteen minutes after consuming it. By then, the cells in your body will overheat due to overheating, causing your body temperature to rise. After 0.125 seconds, the cell overheating will begin to affect the normal functioning of the brain, causing you to feel dizzy or even faint.
"The seventh brain region is starting to break through at this moment, and it's an explosive breakthrough! The cells that are moving at high speed are like a tide crashing against the threshold again and again. After 33.96 seconds, the seventh brain region will be completely opened, but the cell movement will continue for another minute and a half before stopping.
"I know all the test data. Unfortunately, no one was able to survive the two minutes of darkness. Everyone who participated in the experiment died without exception. You are the first person to survive after consuming the purple crystal!"
Harry said in a deep voice, his tone filled with extreme excitement.
Xia Fei glanced at Phantom in the corner. He had immediately fallen unconscious after consuming the gene optimization fluid and was unaware of the entire process. By the time Xia Fei opened his eyes, the seventh brain region had already been completely opened.
Phantom nodded slightly, agreeing with what Harry had said. As someone who had personally experienced the incident, Phantom was naturally very clear about it.
"Just how did you do it? None of the thousands of people who participated in the experiment survived, yet you did. Could your physique be different from others? "
Xia Fei lit a cigarette and said indifferently, "I advise you to worry about yourself. Even if I can prove that I have indeed consumed the purple crystal, that's my problem. It has nothing to do with you."
"How can it have nothing to do with me? I was the one who invented the purple crystal. I am Harris, the chief supervisor of the Alliance Genetic Research Center, "Harris said anxiously.
Xia Fei pursed his lips and said with a smile, "So what?"
Harris was speechless. Even if Xia Fei had successfully withstood the violent effects of the purple crystal, it still did not prove anything. The thousands of lives would still be on his head, and he would still be sentenced to death once he returned to the Alliance.
Sighing, Harris began to narrate his story from the beginning.
"Back then, I was once an expert in the field of genetic research, specializing in the human seventh brain region. In order to study the mysterious seventh brain region, I have looked up countless of information left behind by the ancient civilization. I discovered that the seventh brain region is like a wall, shielding the abilities of humans. If we can successfully break through this wall, humans will reach unprecedented heights.
"The seventh brain region is surrounded by a substance called zero-degree meson. It's a very strange substance, and the seventh brain region of newborns is completely open without exception, but twenty-four hours after birth, the zero-degree meson will be produced at an exponential rate, and seventy-two hours later, it will completely seal the seventh brain region of a human."
"After many years of research, I discovered that in ancient times, the seventh brain region of humans was completely open. I don't know when it started, but this zero-degree meson suddenly appeared, turning humans ordinary and even weak."
At this point, Harris suddenly became extremely agitated. "Did you know? That is not fair! Humans should have been an incredibly powerful race, able to look down on the entire universe, but this thin layer of zero-degree meson turned humans into a mediocre member of the universe! They are not as good at fighting as the insectoids, and they are not as smart as the Na'vi. "
Harris rubbed his bloodshot eyes and said with melancholy, "From then on, I spent several decades searching for a way to break through the zero-degree meson, and failure after failure never wavered my determination.
"Hard work pays off, and I finally found a mineral from the ancient civilization that could defeat the zero-degree meson, the Supernova Nockstone. This special mineral can mobilize the most extreme cellular energy, and after a special sequence, it can be used to shatter the zero-degree meson in one fell swoop, breaking through this barrier and allowing humans to have a completely open seventh brain region.
"Unfortunately, without the support of the seventh brain region, humans are simply too weak, unable to resist the mutation of cellular energy. Thousands of volunteers died because of this, and I became a wanted criminal by the Alliance Parliament.
"However, I was unwilling to let my experiment fail just like that, so I came to this desolate no man's land, hoping to find a new substance to fight against the zero-degree meson. After a long time, due to the lack of a source of income, I gradually turned to smuggling."
Harris smiled bitterly and self-deprecatingly. "If my parents were still alive and found out that their outstanding son had become a smuggler, I really wonder what they would think."
Xia Fei would never have thought that Harris was once a top genetic scientist, but his methods were somewhat crazy.
Perhaps it was because Xia Fei himself was crazy enough, but he did not find anything wrong with what Harry was doing. Of course, Xia Fei did not agree with the idea of experimenting on humans without knowing the effects of the amethyst.
"You said that you've been researching for several decades, so isn't your real age over a hundred?" Xia Fei asked.
Harris thought for a long time. "If I remember correctly, I should be 136 years old this year."
Xia Fei was shocked. Judging from Harris's appearance, he did not look to be over sixty years old, yet his actual age was more than twice that of a sixty year old.
"How could that be? You don't look like it at all."
Harris chuckled. Xia Fei, you mustn't know this, but every time a person's ability cultivation increases by a level, their lifespan will increase correspondingly. It's said that there were some experts in the ancient civilization who had once reached the realm of immortality, and there should be such experts in the Alliance now, but their realm is too high, so we can't even come into contact with them.
Xia Fei came to a sudden realization. Qin Mangs, Thurams, and the others all looked very old, but their mental state and bodies were still in good shape, probably because of their high cultivation. As for their actual age, Xia Fei had never investigated it before.
"It is indeed as he said; the higher the cultivation, the longer the lifespan," Phantom said.
Xia Fei furrowed his brows. "Why didn't you tell me?"
"You didn't ask."
Xia Fei pursed his lips and continued to ask Harris, "You've been in this no man's land for so long. Have you found the substance you were talking about?"
Harris shook his head. "Nope. The universe is very big, and this no man's land is only a small part of it. I'll go even further to search for it as long as I'm still alive."
Harris was very determined, and Xia Fei could not help but be moved.
It was admirable for a person to have a goal and work hard for it. Every child had a dream when they were young; some wanted to be a scientist, some wanted to be a president, but how many of them had actually worked hard for their dreams? Even if they had worked hard, who would persevere to the point of death without giving up?
Though Harris was crazy, at least he had worked hard, and this was something that no one could deny. Xia Fei did not like those so-called rules, so the rebellious Harris in the eyes of the judge was just an overly stubborn person; it was just that his method was not right.
"I understand you," Xia Fei said softly.
"You understand me?" Harris asked, confused.
Xia Fei nodded. "It's just that your method is wrong. There are many people in this world who don't have the right to live. If you want to conduct human experiments, you should use these people. Only you can think of experimenting on innocent people. If I were the judge, I'd give you the death penalty."
With that, Xia Fei stood up and prepared to leave.
"You're not planning to kill me?" Harris asked.
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