Novel Full Chapter 1263: Chapter 104: Perfect Individual
Chapter 1263: Chapter 104: Perfect Individual
Her mind was entirely bewildered by the invitation from ‘Tang Tianlin’ and the mention of Perfect Human Cells—her slightly accelerated spirit once again rummaged through the remaining memories of ‘Nan Xiao Nan’, but found nothing, only a sense of urgency—or rather, part of ‘Nan Xiao Nan’s’ lingering obsession.
Of course, being bewildered is something a Star Creation Saint Guide must never show—otherwise, how could she maintain her mystique!
“Perfect Human Cells…” She secretly calculated in her heart, her palm naturally sticking to her back as she prepared an ability she could use, and said calmly, “Did you really find them?”
‘Tang Tianlin’ shook his head, “The definitive news is not yet available, but clues have emerged, and I believe concrete information will come soon. How about it? I know that both you and your teacher, as well as the members of the laboratory back then, were quite interested in it… After all, it was because of Perfect Human Cells that your teacher mapped the human genome to 99.999% completeness.”
She sneered, “Someone who secretly sent people to assassinate me—why should I believe you?”
‘Tang Tianlin’: “If I intended to deal with you, I wouldn’t have come alone today nor withdrawn those men. Now that I’ve betrayed Haus, there’s no need to add another enemy.”
“What is your goal?” She said as she naturally stepped forward, with only a coffee table between her and ‘Tang Tianlin’.
“You don’t need to ask about that.” ‘Tang Tianlin’ looked at the other with sincerity, “But I promise, I’ll tell you everything once it’s all over.”
“Is that so…” She nodded, while her palm behind her swept gently forward.
‘Tang Tianlin’ had no idea what this gesture meant and was momentarily dazed… his whole body became lifeless.
Who is engaging in treachery with you here… Naturally, the Transcendent solves problems with transcendent methods, mundane people.
She casually stretched her body, served herself a cup of chocolate cereal, then pulled out a computer chair, sat cross-legged, stirring her cup with a spoon, while observing ‘Tang Tianlin’… She undoubtedly needed to learn more about ‘Nan Xiao Nan’s’ past.
Not the identity of ‘Nan Xiao Nan’ as a forensic doctor, but the other identity connected to Auston Pharmaceuticals, and Haus—the man before her seemed to be a good source of information.
Indeed, when you’re sleepy, a pillow comes your way; luck is unstoppable when it strikes.
Could it be because she stayed at Mr. Luo’s house for a few days that the bad luck got neutralized… She licked her lips, wondering whether to accept Ren Ziling’s invitation.
“Why did the laboratory you mentioned exist in those days?”
‘Tang Tianlin’ was in complete truth-telling mode—such methods, for a former Star Creation Saint Guide and Grand Arcane Arts Master, were apprentice-level techniques; back in the day of the dismemberment case, the ‘witness’ was created this way.
“The laboratory had two purposes.” ‘Tang Tianlin’ said slowly at this moment, “First, it was to help Haus achieve immortality, attempting to create a body to replace his. But current technology allows human cloning but not consciousness transfer.”
She nodded; she was present during the experiment a few nights ago. The so-called consciousness transfer was merely a lie… the science in this sub-world hadn’t reached the domain of mental sciences.
“And the second purpose?”
“The second purpose was to replicate Perfect Being and create the most perfect humanity, to innovate human evolution.”
She was clearly more interested in their second goal—even in her original sub-world, human evolution was an equally significant and challenging subject.
“Perfect Being… or should I say, what exactly is Perfect Human Cells?” She asked curiously.
“Perfect Being, Perfect-individual, refers to the perfect human.” ‘Tang Tianlin’s’ voice seemed to carry a sense of longing… Even in this near-hypnotized state, he seemed unable to hide the fervor in his heart, “Possessing the most perfect genes, the most perfect metabolism, immune to all diseases, the body forever maintained at a crucial point of vitality, unaging and undying humans.”
“Unaging and undying?” She was astonished… Unaging and undying is a relative proposition.
The scope of unaging and undying is vast… How can one truly be considered unaging and undying? Do you know the eternity of time? But if the sub-world were to perish and all matter reorganized, could unaging and undying endure?
Also, if unaging and undying can last for thousands of years, tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands, such existence has surpassed several, even hundreds or thousands, of human collective consciousness iterations, it seems it could also be called unaging and undying…
She pursued the Eternal, seeking the Origin World, where it seemed there are secrets to truly becoming Eternal… Perfect Being seemed to provide her a clue—could it be the sub-world really holds a grand secret of the Eternal?
Suddenly, she had a moment of enlightenment, thinking: could it be the reason Mr. Luo stays in this sub-world is related to this grand secret?
It seems quite plausible… That level that clearly surpasses the degree of Regal Immortal, seemingly only the Eternal’s secret can retain it. Otherwise, she couldn’t figure out why such a higher-level being hasn’t gone exploring, but chose to remain here.
“You… really found the Perfect Being? Please tell me the situation, how was it discovered, when was it discovered?”
Her heart longed to believe, but it was hard to convince herself that a group of mundane people could accomplish what explorers, even she didn’t know how many, across multiple sub-worlds had been trying to do for countless years.
‘Tang Tianlin’ unreservedly responded to her question, slowly saying, “The first discovery of Perfect Being was made by Haus, during the period of World War II.”
During World War II, Haus, as a junior officer in the Alliance against imperialism, initially had no intention of military achievements, merely seeking the convenience of rank to facilitate his business of drug smuggling on the war-torn mainland—simply put, he was just a businessman aiming to profit from the war.
But during a drug smuggling operation, choosing a completely new route, Haus and his smuggling crew accidentally crossed a swamp and discovered the existence of Perfect Being.
It was a simple wooden cabin built in the ancient woodland, yet in an environment full of miasma, obviously not suitable for residence—but Haus found a male corpse inside the cabin.
Though referred to as a corpse, this male had neither breath nor heartbeat—but the degree of dust accumulation on the corpse confounded Haus!
This mysterious man has probably been lying in the room for over several years… During these years, this body, without breath and heartbeat, has surprisingly not decayed in the humid environment!
His skin is as elastic as a living person’s, and even retains body temperature, only much lower than that of an average person, yet obviously not to the extent of a cold corpse.
This mysterious man seems to be living.
Haus conducted numerous experiments on this man’s corpse—for instance, cutting wounds, but the wounds would begin to heal at an extremely fast speed… yet no blood would flow from the wounds.
Haus tried burning this body with fire, scorching it to resemble black charcoal, but after peeling off the carbon-black surface, the body remained intact.
Members of the smuggling crew exclaimed that this mysterious man was a monster, a devil, and even went so far as to use explosives to blow the body to smithereens.
Finally, this mysterious man’s body was completely turned into a pile of flesh and blood—when he bled, no blood flowed out, but after exploding his body, the fresh blood was clearly visible—fresh blood existed like gel within the muscle tissue and blood vessels.
They burned this pile of flesh and blood again… however, when the flame extinguished, the body appeared intact before everyone’s eyes once more.
Several members of the smuggling crew were frightened and slightly unhinged by this.
“…Later, Haus suppressed all opposition and took away the body of this mysterious man.” ‘Tang Tianlin’ recounted slowly: “He was utterly obsessed with this body and began a frenzied exploration. After the war ended, Haus garnered a substantial fortune and began delving into the field of biotechnology. Over the years, he’s been researching this Perfect Being’s body.”
“He… has always lacked consciousness, hasn’t he?” She noticed the most critical point.
‘Tang Tianlin’ nodded: “Yes, through detecting brainwaves, it can be found that he does not possess brainwaves.”
She was greatly shocked; without seeing this so-called Perfect Being, she couldn’t draw any conclusions, but solely listening to ‘Tang Tianlin’s narrative, she developed a slight hypothesis… A body without consciousness that can’t be destroyed—a level that exists in certain sub-worlds of Giant Energy Civilization, her occasional encounters with explorers in the past gave her some conversations, hence knowing a little.
Could it be… an explorer from a Giant Energy Civilization sub-world accidentally fallen in this sub-world’s body?
“Then what happened? You haven’t made any progress all this time?”
‘Tang Tianlin’ said: “Accompanied by the continuous establishment of disciplines, Haus’s research on this body also gradually deepened, but never resulted in useful gains… However, Haus began to age; over the years, in pursuit of immortality’s secret, he even neglected to leave behind descendants, until the appearance of Dr. Will Douglas.”
Upon hearing this name, she clearly felt some emotional fluctuations and asked: “That’s my teacher, right?”
“Yes,” ‘Tang Tianlin’ nodded silently: “Initially, it was Haus who sought him out, inviting him to join the research of the Perfect Being. Later, he too, like Haus, became so engrossed in the study of the Perfect Being to the point of neglecting food and sleep… In fact, the lab’s primary objective—to create a replacable body for Haus—was just a byproduct of the research… At that time, the lab’s cloning technology managed to freely adjust the life traits of clones, even fixing the age, height, and comprehensively adjusting the body’s abilities…”
She waved her hand dismissively, “I’m not interested in that old man’s dream of longevity, let’s talk about the Perfect Being… Have you tried to fuse this man’s cells biologically?”
“Yes, but without exception, the test subjects would die immediately.” ‘Tang Tianlin’ said woodenly: “Perfect Being’s cells cannot undergo external cell fusion, so later we planned to clone him… Initially, the idea was, if we could cultivate his cells into a viable embryo, perhaps another Perfect Being could appear, one with consciousness. We badly wanted to know, whether having consciousness would elevate a Perfect Being’s wisdom. If it did, possibly learning and research would eventually provide new insights for study… We envisioned they might possess learning ability, logical capacity, predictive skills, far surpassing humans.”
“Success… failure?” she asked gravely.
These mortals may be frail, yet simultaneously tremendously audacious… she begrudgingly had to admit this. In the quest for exploration, even mortals could be just as tiresome as transcendants.
The difference between transcendants and mortals seemed only to be in their capabilities, yet essentially they seemed no different… Progress, she suddenly remembered this word.
“The preliminary preparations were in fact done, but the experiment had yet to officially commence.” ‘Tang Tianlin’ shook his head: “Because just as the experiment was about to begin, a mysterious force suddenly barged in. It nearly seized all of our research results. The situation was incredibly urgent at that time; those mysterious forces were utterly terrifying, and our guards were unable to resist. Later, Haus called in reinforcements, seemingly not our original personnel… I wasn’t sure, because we were just focused on running at the time. Ultimately, the results were taken by that mysterious force, along with the Perfect Being. Haus even sold us all out in order to buy time, treating us as abandoned pawns, while the teacher did all he could to protect us and gave me the time to escape. You should know the rest.”
She was more concerned about the mysterious forces, not noting ‘Tang Tianlin’s reference to ‘teacher,’ nor delving deeper into the conversion of ‘us’, “Afterwards, those mysterious forces, haven’t they sought you out again?”
‘Tang Tianlin’ replied: “They should have, but it seems their forces in Hua Country are very weak, or rather, not yet to the point of acting without fear, or perhaps they already took all the results, even the Perfect Being, thus feel no need to act against us.”
“And the Perfect Being cells you mentioned?”
“Haus was a naturally suspicious person, with no sense of security. He was accustomed to making several preparations, so he quietly left behind a sample of cells taken from the Perfect Being, and hid it away. But only he himself knows where it’s hidden.”
“So, do you have news about those cells now?”
“That’s right.”
She eventually finished the cup of oats, habitually wiped clean the rim and spoon, finally smiling, “Great, you’ve successfully piqued my interest… An undying body.”
As she spoke, she suddenly snapped her fingers.
‘Tang Tianlin’ blinked unexpectedly, then noticed her sitting posture, with a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes… He couldn’t shake the feeling something was amiss.
But she didn’t give him more time to ponder, only said slowly, “I agree.”
“What?” ‘Tang Tianlin’ was stunned.
She stood up, “Pleasant cooperation.”