"So he's dead."
Chen Chen only received the news when he woke up the next day. He did not pay much attention to such trivial matters. At most, he would treat it as an interlude during breakfast the next day.
"He's been successfully killed by Leon."
Little X responded, "We've arranged a decent funeral for him. It won't affect the reputation of our bionic combative police force."
Chen Chen nodded nonchalantly.
Chen Chen did not know what kind of person Brook was in the past. However, ever since he was disabled due to his injury, his personality began to turn dark and twisted. Within a year after he was reborn, he divorced his wife and abandoned his children.
This had always been criticized by anti-fans. However, Brook had a large number of diehard fans and these were all whitewashed into "heroic qualities" and "mistakes all men in the world make". His dark history was suppressed.
Not only that, Brook had always been a little unruly in the company. Chen Chen was aware of this. The good thing about this guy was that he knew how to adapt to the circumstances. After being secretly warned by the company's higher-ups, he became completely obedient.
Of course, this was only on the surface.
Secretly, he had always held a grudge against the CAI for this matter. As a result, he was roped in by the CAI and became a nail in the belly of Blacklight Biotechnology. He secretly collected information about Blacklight Biotechnology and provided it to the CAI.
He thought that he was doing this without anyone noticing. In fact, it was all seen through by Little X. It was only to balance out the vigilance of Northern America that they did not remove him.
After all, Blacklight Biotechnology had already extended its reach into the Northern American Continent. As the "eyes" of Northern America, the Central Intelligence Agency had no qualms about collecting information on Blacklight Biotechnology. On the other hand, if Blacklight Biotechnology were to eliminate Brook just because he had secretly colluded with the CAI, that would be a problem.
It was just that Brook's behavior had become more and more outrageous recently, which eventually led to Chen Chen's disgust. Thus, he made up his mind to eliminate Brook.
Then, as someone who held a grudge against Brook, Leon was chosen as Brook's successor. Step by step, he made up his mind to get rid of Brook.
All of this was within Chen Chen's control.
Little X even used Brook's death to hype up the BHB Combative Police Force, pushing the name of BHB to new heights.
After all, this was often the case in reality — a dead artist's painting was worth more than when he was alive, and a dead celebrity was often more sought after by the public …
This was not groundless. Researchers had already done some statistics on this phenomenon. When a famous musician suddenly passed away, one day, everyone would suddenly want to listen to their music, and the sales of their albums would become unusually explosive.
Stan Renard and Richard Graetz, professors of musicology and marketing at the University of Texas, counted 81 famous musicians who died in 2015, 2016 and 2017, including George Michael, Al Jazeera and Glenn Frey, as well as Prince, Patty and David Bowie.
They discovered that the day after "Prince" Prince's death in 2016, his album sales soared by 16,000%; the day after Tom Petty's death in 2017, his album sales soared by 6,800%; and the week after the death of Soundgarden's lead singer, Chris Cornell, the band's album sales soared by 550%.
Death seemed to have become the most effective booster for their careers …
This phenomenon was called the "Prince Effect" by researchers.
"I just hope that Leon can hold on a little longer …"
Chen Chen chewed on his energy bar and mumbled incoherently. Then, he skimmed through this message and turned to the next one...
After breakfast, Little X suddenly reminded again, "By the way, Sir Godfather, the scientific expedition team on Mars has sorted out a fairly complete preliminary Mars exploration file. There's also a batch of biological samples. The Ares spacecraft is also ready to return with these things, but there are some different voices in the scientific community."
"I know, some voices opposed to bringing things from Mars back to Earth."
Chen Chen smiled and said without hesitation.
"Yes."
Little X stood aside and said helplessly, "Several prominent scientists in the scientific community have issued a joint statement, saying that they want to boycott our behavior of bringing Martian life back to Earth. They believe that these samples may contain infectious microbes unique to Mars, which may cause a fatal plague in humans."
"These people aren't scientists from the four major continents, right?"
Chen Chen sneered when he heard this. They wanted to stop the tens of billions of dollars of investment from Blacklight Biotechnology and the four major continents with a simple statement? That was wishful thinking.
These people had the mentality that since they could not get it, they did not want others to get it. Anyway, it was not a project of their own country, so they could make as big a fuss as they could. Even if they did not succeed, they could still disgust the other party.
As for the species invasion caused by the Martian microbes invading Earth, Blacklight Biotechnology was not a pushover. The level-5 biosafety standard was set up for this purpose. The risk of leakage was less than one in ten thousand.
Of course, there might still be people who thought that even if there was only one in ten thousand risk, they should not take it. However, they had forgotten that human civilization would eventually progress and these studies were all necessary for the progress of human civilization. If human civilization did not progress, then it was tantamount to not far from extinction.
This was the logic of advancing or retreating.
"We don't have to worry about this kind of thing, just make a statement and leave the rest to the people from the four major continents to clarify."
Thinking of this, Chen Chen waved his hand, stood up, and left the table.
After breakfast, Chen Chen went to the Spire Experimental Base as usual. He directly used the black sphere to teleport to the Spire and then went down level by level.
The projects in the Spire Laboratory had been greatly reduced recently. Some of the previous projects had been completed. At this time, the projects that were still in progress at this time were the daily research related to the black goo, the T-virus, and the C24 chromosome.
The black goo, which was a catalyst-like substance extracted from the Alien Dimension, could be described as a great treasure. Any life form that fused with it could create an unexpected miracle. With this weapon of mass destruction, the Spire Laboratory had created dozens of biological weapons, as well as some special drugs.
For example, the G-358 virus that Chen Chen once injected and turned into a three-meter giant was one of them. The G-virus series was a new virus formed by the fusion of the T-virus and the black goo.
Under the leadership of James Watson, the father of DNA, the Spire's biological research team had created many biological weapons. One of them was something called "Parasitic Spores". This was a plant-type biological weapon that was more destructive than the T-virus. As long as this spores were spread to the outside world, they would grow into a special fungal plant.
This plant was a strange half-living half-plant. Once it detected a creature passing by nearby, it would automatically release its spores. When the creature passed by the space where the spores were hiding, the spores would enter the body of the creature through the eyes, ears, mouth, nose, and other parts of the body and parasitize.
After that, the parasitic spores would use the host's body as nutrients and the host's DNA as a reference to produce a monster that could automatically adapt to the environment of the host and looked somewhat similar to the host.
As this monster had absorbed the host's DNA, it was like a tumor that could perfectly deceive the host's immune system. After more than ten hours, when this group of monsters had finished growing, they would break out of the host's body and slaughter any creature in sight until the original host was completely replaced...
Chen Chen planned to use this powerful biological weapon to deal with other dimensions. After all, who knew what they would encounter when the next dimension opened up. With these weapons, it would be better to be prepared.
At this time, Chen Chen came to this laboratory. In these specimen glass jars that were as thick as a person's arms, there was a group of corpses of "Parasitic Spores" monsters that used Earth creatures as their host.
Inside the first jar was a monster about the size of a calf. Its entire body was black, and its entire body was wrapped in a layer of hard exoskeleton. Its limbs were in the shape of reverse joints, and its skull was in the shape of a water droplet, but also like a fusiform.
What made it look threatening were the sharp claws on its limbs and the sharp teeth in its mouth. Its claws and teeth were not white but silver-gray like metal, full of a hard texture.
Emmmm...
Chen Chen stared at the monster specimen in front of him with a satisfied expression. Anyone who had seen this monster in the movies would know that it was one of the most classic Hollywood monsters, "Alien".
Apart from the size, the monster in the jar was very similar to the Alien in the movies in terms of details and expression.
The original host of this monster was a black Doberman.
After that, Chen Chen looked at the other jars. There were monsters that used chickens, ducks, rabbits, pigeons, cats, and other small animals as their hosts. There were also monsters that used chimpanzees, monkeys, and even primates like humans as their hosts. In particular, the monsters that used humans as their hosts were almost no different from the Alien in the movies...
This was the power of the Blackwater.
The Spire Laboratory had also conducted research on these "Aliens".
As Chen Chen continued to visit the laboratories, he soon came to a laboratory next door that looked like a breeding room.
This was the laboratory where the living Aliens were imprisoned.
These Aliens were imprisoned in bulletproof glass isolation rooms up to forty centimeters thick. The interior of the isolation rooms was also made with a large number of materials that could not be corroded by high-strength acids, all to prevent these monsters from escaping the laboratory.
Upon Chen Chen's arrival, he saw rows upon rows of isolation cells with several pitch-black Xenomorphs locked up. These Xenomorphs had different forms due to the different genes they had ingested. Some of the Xenomorphs had flat teeth while others had sharp fangs.
However, whether it was the Aliens born from primate hosts or feline or canine hosts, they could climb on all fours or walk on their hind legs. This seemed to be an innate advantage of all Aliens.
After that, Chen Chen came to the window of one of the isolation rooms. At once, the Alien inside seemed to see Chen Chen as well. It came to the window curiously and observed Chen Chen through the glass.
Chen Chen could even see his reflection in the dark, smooth forehead of the Alien.
As they stared, the Alien seemed to be triggered by Chen Chen's gaze. It could not help but open its mouth to reveal its sharp, metallic teeth. At the same time, it let out a hissing sound.
Wisps of white smoke came out of its mouth and a large amount of mucus dripped down. Anyone who saw such a strange and ferocious monster would not be in the mood to appreciate it, but Chen Chen was not one of them.
He continued to move forward with interest, mimicking Xenomorph's actions, opening his mouth and revealing his teeth.
"Hiss..."
The Alien felt even more provoked. Its mouth opened even wider, even its fatal inner nest teeth could be seen.
The Alien's entire body was a weapon. Its claws were sharp enough to tear through steel plates and its bite force could bite through high-carbon steel. However, this was nothing. The Xenomorph's strongest weapon was still its strange inner nest tooth.
This was a weapon that could easily tear through steel plates.
Seeing this, Chen Chen withdrew his gaze and continued to follow Little X deeper into the room. At the same time, he said, "That seems to be an Alien with a primate host..."
Little X, who was walking in front, immediately explained, "Although these Alien hosts are different, we found that they still recognize each other's identity. Not only that, these Aliens seem to have some kind of telepathic connection. Even if they are isolated from each other, even if they have never seen each other before, they tacitly obey the command of a" Queen "..."
"Queen?"
Chen Chen raised his head when he heard this.
"Yes."
Little X replied, "They're like the social structure of ants and bees. The ordinary members that are born are like the worker bees in the colony and the Queen is equivalent to the queen bee. The worker bees feed the queen bee by hunting and the queen bee bears the task of laying eggs and breeding the colony..."
"They can reproduce..."
Chen Chen smiled when he heard this. "Then what if we kill the Queen?"
"If the Queen dies or disappears, then among the remaining Aliens, one will advance on its own and transform into a new queen bee, continuing to shoulder the task of breeding."
Little X replied, "And in a tribe, there will always be only one Queen. This is why we think that they have telepathic abilities. Because these Aliens have never even met each other, but they can still tacitly choose one Queen. There will never be two Queens at the same time."
Following Little X's explanation, the two finally came to the end of the laboratory. Suddenly, Chen Chen saw the main character this time — an Alien Queen with a body length of more than eight meters and a height of more than four meters!
At this time, this hideous and terrifying behemoth had been locked in the isolation room by thick tungsten chains. Like the other members of the tribe, it had a black exoskeleton that was harder and thicker.
Not only that, but a huge crown grew on top of its head. The fan-shaped structure of the crown extended all the way to its back, tightly protecting its head. At critical moments, its mouth could also be retracted into the crown.
Its teeth were no longer the color of metal, but had turned into an even more bizarre translucent color. The four tube-like breathing organs on its back had turned into four sharp spikes that soared into the sky. They were sharp and slender. Together with the huge fan-shaped crown, they exuded a savage and bloodthirsty aura …
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