Chapter 239 The Core Theory of the Hungry Ghost Apocalypse

Chapter 239 The core theory of the "Hungry Ghosts' End of the World" disaster

With spiritual vision, the path inside the door and possible dangerous passes are all in sight.

Jiang Qian went down the stairs and went deeper.

The underground corridor was a little long, but he soon discovered the "new world":

After reaching the open space along the corridor, Jiang Qian found that this seemed to be an activity area extending from the patient activity room above, with games, interactive facilities, and even toys.

The degree of damage here was obviously not as good as the outside, and the items were well preserved.

Jiang Qian took out the album obtained from the dean's office and compared the background picture on the album with the scene.

"Well, there are some similarities..."

He paused for a moment, put away the album, and continued to move forward.

The second area began to become weird. There were cages of different sizes from small to large in the room, with chains inside the cages, and whipping-like punishment tools hanging next to them.

However, no bones were found here.

This means that some unspeakable projects may have been carried out here, but it was abandoned before the disaster. Therefore, after the disaster, there were no valuable traces left in the scene.

"Patients, doctor, cages and chains... Interesting."

Jiang Qian continued to move forward and finally came to an area that interested him: a place similar to a multi-functional reception room.

There was a large screen for display, a long sofa, a coffee table and a desk, and a computer and a projector were placed on the desk.

Jiang Qian went straight to the desk. In addition to some cultural supplies and electronic devices that could not be turned on, there were also potted plants on the desk.

The locked drawer had been opened roughly recently, but the things inside were very neat.

"Is there a pit?"

Jiang Qian thought of the possibility of being pitted by the opponent.

"Let's take advantage of it..."

He smiled slightly and quickly sorted out the things in the drawer, and got a bunch of keys and some handwritten text materials.

Go through these materials while they are hot.

It records an interesting experimental hypothesis and related experimental processes:

Exploring a feasible solution for species fusion: a methodology for fundamentally transforming humans into another species.

In simple terms, this mysterious scholar believes that there is a common core between different species. By mastering this fundamental core, different species can be domesticated and unified.

He therefore proposed three directions:

First, rewrite the gene source code and achieve species transformation through genetic science; the result is marked as: failure.

Second, achieve species transformation through artificial domestication; the result is also marked as: failure.

The third direction is a bit mysterious, through the mystical formula, the stimulation effect achieves species transformation; the result is marked as: success!

The details of the successful case are recorded in the data: through a certain "mysterious extract" to stimulate a human experimenter with "mental illness", the experimenter's physical characteristics have undergone a fundamental change.

However, the definition of "success" in this experiment is relatively vague, and it is more likely to be understood as transforming species A from species B to species C.

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It is understandable that scientists who are not called crazy have no chance of being remembered by history, not to mention that this is originally a mental hospital... Jiang Qian read all the materials without changing his face and felt deeply inspired.

Regardless of the crimes and ethical issues of these experiments, this set of data at least explains why Elizabeth's experiment failed: rewriting the gene source code is not feasible.

Artificial domestication is even more nonsense.

The last successful case of mysticism is most likely the theoretical basis of the source of the catastrophe.

Fortunately, the "mysterious extract" is also marked with a number!

Jiang Qian searched the entire room according to the number, and finally found a row of 12 liquid extracts with the same number in the safe in the freezer.

The key in the drawer was used to open the safe.

When the 12 liquid extracts were in hand, Jiang Qian, who was about to taste the "poison", heard the good news from the copy:

[Hint: Three sets of core experimental data of "Source of the Catastrophe" have been retrieved: Gene source code*1 (invalid) Species domestication record manual*1 (invalid) Mysterious extract*12 (valid)]

[Side quest exploration progress: 50%! 】

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Well, the first advancement was to find the "core figure" Dr. Kate, and this time it was the "core theoretical data"… Jiang Qian was not too surprised by the sudden progress of the branch line, and continued to extract one of the extracts and open it to taste the poison.

It is the same substance as the venom on the creeper's tail needle.

The current situation quickly formed a deduction in Jiang Qian's mind:

When the mysterious extract (poison) acts on humans with mental illness (including humans with mental pollution sources), the transformation occurs.

This is the theoretical basis of the effective source of disaster recognized by the copy.

It is just like the practice that Jiang Qian put into practice when rescuing the residents of Ideal Town before:

In the absence of a pen to help output his own reserve of strange energy, by calling the venom retained in the infected person's body, it acts on the mental pollution source it has, so as to adjust the unbalanced energy structure and complete the healing operation.

One way and the other, the same purpose.

But Jiang Qian can do this, and it also depends on the additional compatible vision obtained from the "Children's Playground" - the visualization of the energy structure.

Does this mean that there may be characters in this world with similar abilities to his, who see the connection and take some unethical path?

Is this possible?

Wait, the basis for Dr. Kate's diagnosis of mental illness seems to reveal a clue... Jiang Qian recalled Elizabeth's description:

"Grandpa was diagnosed with a complex mental illness. It is said that he can see some indescribable hallucinations, which often make psychiatrists shake their heads and sigh."

Jiang Qian chewed on this information again and again:

"Elizabeth also mentioned that her grandfather's theory is controversial in ethics. Could it be that the operator of this experiment is Dr. Kate himself?"

"Then where did these 12 mysterious extracts come from..."

This is a "chicken or egg" question.

Jiang Qian looked at the sealed tube in his hand that stored the "mysterious extract", then placed it on the table and continued to check the properties of the extracts in other sealed tubes...

As he took them one by one to taste the poison, he suddenly noticed that there seemed to be some kind of vague diagram hidden at the bottom of the box where the extracts were placed.

Jiang Qian immediately took out the two test tubes next to him, and an interesting pattern appeared in the box.

He had seen this pattern somewhere else:

Kraken sea monster!

Jiang Qian's mind quickly flashed back to Monat's solemn expression and Elizabeth's description of Monat's identity.

"Interesting, the relationship between the characters in this copy is quite complicated."

Jiang Qian then put away the extract. He thought it was necessary to hurry to the next information point to extract clues.

But before leaving, there was still a tail to deal with.

His eyes once again swept over the casually placed plates on the sofa coffee table, the starchy residue in the plates, and the potatoes that had sprouted in the bonsai on the table...

Finally, his eyes stopped at the door of the bathroom that he had never opened, and he said in a calm tone:

"Come out by yourself, or I will go in and invite you."

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Typos will be corrected later.