Chapter 2850 - 2912: Humanoid Test Subject

Even for him, being pinned down for blood extraction equivalent to two people’s worth made his face pale, but the surrounding researchers were quite friendly, smiled at him, and said a few thank-yous. Since the blood had already been drawn, there was no need for further pleasantries. Besides, the research done here is medicine-related development, which Li Yifei didn’t quite understand. Even if they explained it to him, it’d still be obscure. But he knows that as long as they develop something that can benefit the general public, that’s enough; the endeavor is worthwhile.

"No problem, I don’t know when I’ll be back next, so this time you might as well draw more to keep in reserve," Li Yifei said.

The white-haired old man in the Zhongshan suit chuckled and replied, "This blood will only last about three months, so in three months, Little Li, we may need you to come by again."

"Only enough for three months?" Li Yifei widened his eyes.

"Three months is quite a lot; that’s with everyone conserving. Otherwise... it’d be gone in a bit over a month. But that’s also because you’re new and in demand right now," the old man said while stroking his beard.

"So I’m just a commodity now," Li Yifei said speechlessly.

"Hahaha, what did you expect? Once you’re in our lab, you’re an experiment here. Yes, you agreed to it yourself. Only outside the lab, you are really you!" the old man said proudly.

Li Yifei’s mouth twitched a few times, feeling like a piece of meat on a chopping board, ready for the butcher’s knife. Yet, these people’s goals were too grand, too righteous. As a patriotic person, Li Yifei naturally couldn’t refuse their requests.

"Go on, for now, we only need blood and some of your skin. Go find others," the old man waved his hand dismissively, as if he were shooing a fly.

Li Yifei looked at him speechlessly, put on his coat, shivered walking out of the lab, showing how cold it was inside. But as soon as he stepped out of the institute, he saw a bunch of people standing at the entrance, divided into three groups. Seeing Li Yifei come out, they immediately surrounded him enthusiastically. Li Yifei knew he had just escaped the tiger’s lair only to enter the wolf’s den, so he had no choice but to... choose the lab of the short-haired woman.

But to his surprise, once he entered the lab, the other party directly asked Li Yifei for semen.

"I don’t know how to address you, but... lady, are you sure you aren’t joking with me?" Li Yifei asked, eyes wide open.

"I’m old enough to be your grandmother, but I don’t see gender, only male and female. As a male animal, if I want to study you, I need those tadpoles," the other party replied casually.

Oh, she’s seventy or eighty years old. Well, asking for some semen seems justifiable, although she looks younger, Li Yifei thought. But he quickly shook his head. It’s one thing to think, but handing over his tadpoles to these people felt odd. He and his wife never felt they wasted anything doing what they loved, but now, suddenly he felt a pang for those tadpoles.

"What’s the matter? Oh, I understand. I’ll find you two young beauties. We just have a few newcomers here, with their help, surely you’ll be more willing," the short-haired woman said.

"Wait, no, I don’t need it." Seeing she wasn’t joking, Li Yifei quickly waved his hand, "How about you guys got movies or something? I don’t need help from anyone. Whatever amount you need, I’ll just handle it myself."

"You sure you don’t need anyone’s help?" the short-haired woman asked.

"There’s no lying about this; though I like women, it’s not like any woman is fine, right? So, if you need it, I’ll only trouble my left and right hands."

"Alright, we don’t have discs, but there’s a computer. You know how to find it, right?"

Li Yifei rolled his eyes and entered an office. After a while, a few beautiful women actually came in, looking like they were in their twenties or thirties, but all had stern faces, not a hint of a smile. Some held computers, some carried utensils, and one even had headphones. The most exaggerated one had sterilization equipment, and she walked over without saying a word, squatted in front of Li Yifei, and started disinfecting his hands. After wiping them, she reached to unzip Li Yifei’s pants.

"Hey, hey, I can do it myself. The disinfecting, right? You don’t need to do it; also, you all go out and close the door," Li Yifei hurriedly said.

"Just make sure to cover the lid when you’re done, to prevent contamination," that woman said.

"Got it!" Li Yifei said with twitching lips.

For heaven’s sake, Li Yifei recalled that except for the time under the influence of Worm spells, he hadn’t solved anything on his own. Even if he did... it surely didn’t need that many times, right? If he had to settle with exhaustion of time and resources, Li Yifei glared at the line of glass tubes in front of him, couldn’t help but roll his eyes. If all were filled, that’d be an elephant, not a human, even if it were a horse, it wouldn’t be enough.

Despite his grumbling, Li Yifei started working hard because this was to improve people’s lives, make society better. If somehow his semen or other things could extract something to produce medicines or other substances that improve lives, it would indeed be a good thing.

"But... extracting from semen, could it be DNA?" Li Yifei suddenly thought wickedly.

In the research institute, Li Yifei not only contributed his semen but also gave spinal fluid, feces, etc. However, when they mentioned extracting brain marrow, Li Yifei immediately condensed a True Qi Blade, looking ’kindly’ at them, with eyes implying something, and they quickly got his meaning, wisely abandoning that idea.

What a joke — extracting brain marrow? Wouldn’t that take my life? Li Yifei shook his head with wide eyes.

The third research institute was relatively harmonious, because they only requested some organ tissues, like skin or internal organs. These organs Li Yifei could cultivate using True Qi, so it wasn’t too challenging. However, there was one discovery for Li Yifei—the Dantian. Modern detection devices couldn’t locate the Dantian, couldn’t even form images.

"I always thought it could be seen, like through ultrasound or so," Li Yifei mused.

"No, generally people can see it, but yours... can’t be seen. We’re curious if your cultivation is too advanced for machines to detect," a researcher said.

"Oh, that explains it," Li Yifei nodded.

The fourth research institute focused on True Qi. They used various instruments and methods, subjecting Li Yifei to many tests. Compared to the first three, Li Yifei preferred this fourth one. Unfortunately, each action had to be repeated many times; their greatest interest was in Li Yifei’s process of condensing the True Qi Blade, making him repeat it over four or fifty times.

For heaven’s sake, Li Yifei, despite his cultivation reaching an unfathomable level, couldn’t continuously condense dozens of True Qi Blades in one breath—it was deadly. So when the tests concluded, Li Yifei simply lay sprawled on the ground, his muscles aching.

"It’s been ages since I felt muscle soreness, today I felt it—it’s invigorating!" Li Yifei weakly said.

"Yifei, thank you, your contributions provide much more research scope, different from Director Murong’s research direction."

"It’s nothing, everyone is in this for the sake of the revolutionary cause," Li Yifei joked.

"Indeed, it’s all for the country."

"One question you may choose not to answer," Li Yifei asked.

"What’s a question not to answer? This isn’t a secret to you."

"Did you test Elder Murong the same way?"

"Almost, though males and females differ physiologically, the Yin Yang properties vary, so the treatment differs. But generally it’s similar."

Li Yifei’s lips twitched again; he’s had several spasms today. His mind suddenly imagined Murong Yuanqing squatting inside a small room, working hard with his hands to give the semen to researchers—way too outrageous. Li Yifei quickly shook his head, asking, "Did the Northwest Five Great Masters get researched too?"

"No, only Director Murong handles our place. We can’t request help from other grandmasters, which is why our research hasn’t achieved rapid progress over decades; we lack strong support, as top masters are few, they’re the specialty these years." the other answered.

"Oh, I said so. I remember Elder Zhongshen’s cultivation was very high; I had a respectful feeling as if facing a mountain. If you targeted him, surely you’d have made much progress by now."

"Yifei, it’s easy to talk, we wouldn’t dare disturb Elder Zhongshen, nor propose such demands."

"So you dared target me. Today you’ve tortured me to death, what good man can handle ten times or even twenty times in one day?"

"So many times? I thought one or two times suffice; a single occasion gives millions, enough for them to study a long time." the researcher paused, staring.

Li Yifei jumped up, eyes wide, "What did you just say?"

"I said one or two times is sufficient; you provide billions each time, they study a hundred a day, that’s tens of thousands of days," the researcher repeated.

"Oh my! I’ve been robbed blind!" Li Yifei couldn’t hold back cursing, recalling his painstaking efforts, enduring hunger, and filling several test tubes, tragic indeed.