Chapter 17
Seeing that Yang Rizhao was so sure, Liu Chenlong was stunned for a moment and asked a little dissatisfied: "What do you say?"
Yang Rizhao held the clay-like object in front of him and looked in detail for a while. It seemed that there was something that could not be understood. His eyebrows were almost tied together, and he didn't even bother to answer Liu Chenlong's words for a while.
Liu Chenlong suggested again: "Otherwise, let's send this for inspection!"
Yang Rizhao nodded and responded, "No, right! It should be a good test!" He took out a piece of yellow cloth, carefully wrapped the thing, put it in his backpack, and then clasped his fists at Liu Chenlong and said, "Brother Liu, I didn't understand something just now, I was lost for a moment, I'm sorry for the rudeness!"
Liu Chenlong found that Yang Rizhao was sometimes really retro and cute, and waved his hand and smiled, "Nothing! Nothing!"
The two of them took action to release Wang Mu's body back and then walked back. Yang Rizhao was still worried and said nothing along the way.
When he arrived at Yang Rizhao's residence in the hotel, Liu Chenlong saw that he was not in his mind and suggested that he rest early. He turned around and wanted to leave, but was stopped by Yang Rizhao.
Liu Chenlong joked: "What's wrong? What instructions do the leader have?"
Yang Rizhao smiled: "Brother Liu, come with me to the provincial capital tomorrow!"
Liu Chenlong responded, and then asked, "What's wrong? Did you find anything?"
Yang Rizhao shook his head and said, "I want to find someone to identify that thing!"
Liu Chenlong was a little confused and said, "Now the best criminal investigation experts in Shannan Province are basically in Yanhai. Brother Yang, who do you want to go to the provincial capital?"
Yang Rizhao smiled and said, "What I am looking for is not a criminal investigation expert, but a professor Fang Baicun from the Institute of Biology, Shannan University!"
Liu Chenlong couldn't figure it out, frowned and asked, "Is Professor Fang not an expert in biological DNA? It doesn't seem to be very close to this!"
Yang Rizhao took a deep breath and said, "This is a long way to say it. Come in, I'll tell you again!"
Liu Chenlong was also curious. As Yang Rizhao entered the room, he poured tea for both of them. Then he sat on the sofa and looked at Yang Rizhao.
Yang Rizhao thought for a while, as if he was thinking about where to start, and then he said, "Actually, Brother Wang Mu is also ours!"
Liu Chenlong was startled and asked, "Do you mean he is the same as you? He is also from the Ministry of National Security?"
Yang Rizhao nodded and smiled, "But he is different from me. He belongs to the peripheral cover organization. The largest shareholder of Yike Real Estate is the country!"
Liu Chenlong then understood a little: "That is to say that the chairman is the same... No wonder Brother Wang is a person with cultivation like you!"
This time, Yang Rizhao shook his head and said, "He didn't join because of this reason. This matter starts seven years ago!"
"Seven years ago, Wang Mu appeared in Guangdong. At that time, he was still a homeless man. He accidentally saw several urban management officers bullying an old lady who set up a stall. He slapped the table and taught the urban management cadres a lesson. To be honest, those bastards deserved to be taught a lesson. Later, when we heard about this, we applauded!"
"But this also caused him the police and exposed his abilities. The country has always had some control over such extraordinary abilities, so we sent people to contact him. The person sent at that time was me!"
"When I got in touch with Wang Mu, I felt very intimate. Although his cultivation is not high and he is secretive about his origin, he is a hero and righteous man and drinks happily. Haha, I always think that no matter how bad the character of a person is, he will not be much worse!"
Liu Chenlong couldn't help but laugh. No wonder Yang Rizhao felt that he was very close to him. After all, the two of them were so similar in their bad taste at this point.
Yang Rizhao continued, "So I asked him if he would like to join us. He thought about it and agreed. He then told me his origin, saying that he came from the Miao village, and he said that he knew that there was actually a technology in his ethnic group that could change the fate of all mankind. However, because the people there were self-enclosed for a long time, they were far away from this society, and even their entire civilization was gradually forgotten by this society. So he wanted to bring the technology there to this era, and also wanted to bring the brilliant civilization represented by his ethnic group into this era! But he was not tolerated by the people of that ethnic group, so he sneaked out. He told me frankly that if he joined us, he hoped to use the power of the country to fulfill his dream!"
"I have no right to agree to this point, but I promised him to do his best to lobby with his superiors. However, the country does not believe in this statement. Firstly, it is because after all, the backward village settlements such as Miao villages are too absurd to master any technology that is beyond the times. Moreover, we have also investigated Miao villages and found nothing special. Secondly, it is because the technology that Wang Mu mentioned is too incredible and too unbelievable!"
At this time, Liu Chenlong was very curious and couldn't help asking: "What kind of technology is it?"
Yang Rizhao smiled and did not answer, and asked back: "Brother Liu, what is the most famous among the strange legends of the Miao people you know?"
Liu Chenlong replied without hesitation: "Raising Gu, and driving corpses in Xiangxi!"
But he immediately scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "Actually, I'm not very clear, I'm talking nonsense!"
Yang Rizhao shook his head and said, "Don't talk nonsense. In everyone's eyes, these two things are the most popular legends of the Miao people! Brother Liu, what do these two spells look like according to what you understand?"
Liu Chenlong thought for a while and said, "It is said that the Gu first refers to the insects born in the pot. It is said that the Miao witch technique put dozens of poisonous insects together and let them kill each other, and the rest became the Gu. But as for driving the corpse, I don't know much. A few days ago, someone in the newspaper revealed that the corpse was actually fake, and it cut off the head and limbs of the corpse of a person who died in a foreign land, took it to the scarecrow, and then carried it by one person. However, these are all rumors. No one knows what the specific situation is!"
Yang Rizhao nodded and said, "Yes, Miao wizards have always been independent of our magic system. We don't even know this kind of magic, let alone the general public. So although I still admire Brother Wang at that time, I still believed and half-doubted about his words. No wonder those leaders thought that what he said was nonsense!"
"But later I checked some of the master's information and found that Brother Wang's words are not unreasonable. Raising Gu and refining corpses are both a kind of improvement and enhancement of biological functions. In other words, they are all changing the DNA molecules of this creature."
Liu Chenlong seemed to have guessed it vaguely, but he didn't understand it very well. He frowned and said, "What does this have to do with the DNA molecule?"
Yang Rizhao continued: "The process of raising Gu is of course not as simple as Brother Liu, you said just now, but the principle is similar. It's just that the function and status of this refined Gu are completely different from any poisonous insect that was originally used as raw materials. In other words, after the refinement of Miao wizards, a brand new creature was produced!"
This was really too fresh, Liu Chenlong thought carefully.
Yang Rizhao continued, "As for corpses refining, our Maoshan Sect actually has similar magic, but I have never thought about this aspect like Brother Wang. There are many kinds of corpses, such as zombies, zombies, etc. The legendary zombies seem to have naturally formed, but I now think that the legend is wrong. All zombies, zombies, etc. are probably refined by special methods. Although these demon spirits use human bodies as raw materials, in fact, after they become demon spirits, they have no relationship with the humans in their lives. Although they may have preserved some memories of their lives. But they are indeed not humans, but have passed some special procedures and completely transformed into another kind of creature!"
Liu Chenlong felt a little dizzy when he heard this and said, "Wait! Wait! What zombies are like, zombies? What's going on? Aren't the zombies mentioned in the movie formed by burying human corpses in special places?"
Yang Rizhao explained: "The walking zombies are also transformed from human corpses, but they can still walk freely and move freely. The zombies are another kind of demons with stiff movements, but they are extremely powerful and have more solid skin and flesh than gold and stone. There are ways to sacrifice zombies in Maoshan Sect, but no one in our generation has practiced them. As for the kind in the movie, it is probably a random talk. Some places can prevent corpses from rotting for a long time due to the earth energy. When these long-term uncorrupted corpses are unintentionally discovered, they will be combined with the legends of zombies that have indeed existed, and it is normal to spread rumors!"
"However," Yang Rizhao pondered for a while again, adding: "Maybe it is true that in some special environments, similar procedures can be generated, turning some corpses into zombies. In fact, this is the same as evolutionary theory that apes evolved into humans through natural selection. Didn't Hawking also say: 'According to evolutionary theory, the chance of life happening by chance in the world is like a typhoon blowing through a garbage dump, but the waste is turned into a Boeing 747 plane!' Since the history of human evolution is like this, maybe some corpses have a very small chance to naturally evolve into zombies in certain environments!"
Liu Chenlong looked at Yang Rizhao's expression like a rigorous scholar and couldn't help but laugh: "Evolution? Is it an evolution to become a zombie?"
Yang Rizhao also smiled and said, "Brother Liu's reaction is the same as when we first heard Brother Wang tell him. In Brother Wang's opinion, these spells for sacrificing demon spirits are not purely mysterious things. They are actually a genetic conversion project. Through the genetic conversion of the original organism, life evolves to another level!"
Liu Chenlong was still a little confused and said, "Even if it is indeed a genetic transformation, what is the evolution of turning a human into a demon spirit?"
Yang Rizhao said seriously: "We did not regard these as a gene conversion project before, so no one thought about the difference between demon spirit and human genes in the past. In the process of sacrifice and refining, we were also cautious and proceeded step by step. No one thought about studying which part of the genes of the original organisms has affected, and how to convert the original organisms step by step into the final state! If we accept the statement that sacrificing demon spirits is a gene conversion project, it means that we can combine science and magic. If we can study the specific connection between each step and gene conversion, and study the impact of new and different parts of genes on the biological state, it means that we may transform life with the advantages of demon spirits but without these demon spirit defects! You said, isn't this an evolution?"
Liu Chenlong understood halfway through his words, and couldn't help but be shocked and gasped.
Yes, from ancient times to the present, many people lament the hasty come and go of life, but suddenly. It is just birth, old age, sickness and death, but it is an irreversible stage in life, which makes people sigh helplessly. To this day, fighting for life and death with heaven, and surpassing life and death is still the greatest dream of mankind, and it is also the most common topic that people see when they imagine the future. And if such a life form as Yang Rizhao said, abandons the defects of demon spirits and inherits the characteristics of demon spirits, then such a life form will not only be immortal, but also have the strange abilities of demon spirits. This is not only an evolution, but can be regarded as a huge leap in life.
However, after Liu Chenlong calmed down, he couldn't help but be confused: "Is this possible? As far as I know, humans' research on genes is not just beginning, so it should be unlikely to figure out what corresponding functions are? Besides, if we follow this statement, the Taoist art of cultivating immortals is also a biological gene conversion project, and it is obviously higher than that level and has no side effects. Why not use the Taoist art of cultivating immortals to study it?"
Yang Rizhao replied: "I don't know the first question either. Maybe when you meet Professor Fang, you can ask him in person. As for the second question, I can answer you, because we also discussed this question at that time, but no one has seen anyone who has successfully cultivated immortals. If we sacrificed a demon spirit to study, we may have a way to do it, but if we want to ask a god to study it, then we can't do it. Besides, Brother Wang did not just put forward this idea in verbal words. He still provided some information to Professor Fang at that time. Although I don't understand it very much, according to Professor Fang, these materials are definitely of pioneering significance for this research!"
Liu Chenlong nodded, and Yang Rizhao smiled bitterly and said, "When talking about this topic, it's a long way to go, let's go back to Brother Wang!"
"At that time, Brother Wang proposed this statement, but his superiors were not very acceptable. In fact, our country also had the idea of connecting scientific research with magic, and this was not even unique to our country. At least the United States and the former Soviet Union had similar research. The former Soviet Union even achieved certain breakthrough results. However, these studies were limited to the level of exploring and developing people's spiritual power and brain ability. We have never thought about the combination of science and magic at the level of Brother Wang before, so the country did not agree with this, so Brother Wang's plan was temporarily shelved. However, Brother Wang did not give up, but used his own business dividends in Yike Real Estate to invest in a small-scale biology research institute, which is the biology research institute at Shannan University, and Professor Fang also met Brother Wang at this time!"
"When Brother Wang was recruiting researchers from the Institute of Biology, he tentatively put forward some insights into biological evolution and gene conversion about the goals of the institute. As a result, most experts sneered. At that time, Professor Fang was already a nationally renowned scholar in this field, so when Brother Wang submitted the information, he didn't have much hope. Unexpectedly, Professor Fang was very interested when he saw him. After several meetings, he even resigned from his teaching position at Tsinghua University and focused on this newly established private research institute to be responsible for this research!"
"According to Brother Wang, the information he provided to Professor Fang at that time was only part of it, and the more complete and valuable information was treasured in his ethnic group, so he proposed the current cooperation plan between Yike Real Estate and Yanhai. Of course, this is just a cover. Brother Wang has a complete plan to take his ethnic group to society, but the country was not enthusiastic about it at the time and had not approved it until this year!"
"In March this year, Professor Fang's research made breakthrough progress, successfully solved part of the problem of gene conversion, and made significant progress in the strengthening of biological organisms. Of course, this topic is still highly confidential. Only Professor Fang's discoveries on the correspondence between human genes and functions have been announced to the public, but this has caused an uproar in the academic community!"
"At this point, the country began to pay attention to Brother Wang's plan. After passing the verification of the other professor's achievements, he immediately approved Brother Wang's plan. So Brother Wang came to Yanhai, but he didn't expect..."
Speaking of this, the two of them couldn't help but sigh again. Especially Liu Chenlong, after all, he was a person with cultivation. Although Yang Rizhao's words were incredible, he accepted most of them, but he felt even more sad and regretful in his heart.
Only then did he realize that what Wang Mu said at the signing ceremony was not a silence. If he had the opportunity to finish this career, it might really change the history of mankind and the face of the entire civilization. He can still remember Wang Mu's proud eyes shining with confidence that day.
It’s a pity that this man has passed away. Perhaps the future will be rewritten from that moment, but unfortunately he can never see it again.
The two of them were silent for a while before Liu Chenlong asked, "Then you mean you are going to find Professor Fang to identify that thing tomorrow. Do you think the one who killed Brother Wang is the demon spirit?"
Yang Rizhao nodded: "Yes!"
A flash of light in his eyes, and he said slowly: "I think I've guessed roughly what it was!"
Chapter completed!