Chapter 241 Hungry Ghost Apocalypse Side Quest Completed

Chapter 241: "Hungry Ghosts' End of the World" side quest completed

In a high-rise apartment in the center of Lotus City.

As the glass window shattered, Jiang Qian, with snake scales and green feathers, carried people into the room with both hands and landed smoothly.

In the blink of an eye after landing, the snake scales on Jiang Qian's body faded, and his wings were folded. He put down the howling Northeast Home Cooking and the unconscious Canyon Lao Liu in the most energy-saving posture.

"Ahhh~ Oh my God!"

After Northeast Home Cooking demonstrated the courage of a tough man, he ran to the side of Canyon Lao Liu without stopping and pushed his motionless body.

For a while, he cried and said, "Brother Monkey! You died so miserably~ Woo woo woo!"

"He is not dead, he just fainted temporarily."

Jiang Qian ruthlessly interrupted the dramatic operation of Northeast Home Cooking, and under the other party's horrified eyes, he reached into the shirt of Canyon Lao Liu and took out the suspicious book.

Northeastern Home Cooking's shocked expression immediately turned into confusion: "What is this?"

"The Miracle of Genes, related to the side quest."

Jiang Qian spoke calmly, sitting cross-legged, and opened the book with a severely damaged cover and read it quickly:

Dr. Kate's fascinating words caught Jiang Qian's eyes:

"I often toss and turn in the middle of the night. Is it my sin or merit to reveal such a secret..."

Jiang Qian's eyes were focused.

He turned back to the title page and found the time when the book was published. At the same time, he recalled the time when Dr. Kate was hospitalized for treatment. The order was: this book was first published and banned and recycled in the second year after Dr. Kate was discharged from the hospital.

This is undoubtedly a hint that Dr. Kate wrote the book "The Miracle of Genes" after experiencing some things in the mental hospital.

Jiang Qian continued to read...

At this time, Northeastern Home Cooking had come to Jiang Qian's side, looking at this all-English book with curiosity.

Northeastern Home Cooking As a chef of Northeastern cuisine with an IELTS score of 7, although his spoken accent has a strong regional flavor, his full English reading ability is still remarkable.

But he was still surprised by Jiang Qian's reading speed.

A thick professional book, in less than half an hour, from beginning to end!

This is not just a matter of "speed", behind it is Jiang Qian's solid knowledge structure, well-trained concentration, and super information retrieval, memory and integration ability.

When Jiang Qian calmly closed the book and raised his face, he found that Northeastern Home Cooking was already dumbfounded.

"How is it, he hasn't moved yet?"

Jiang Qian glanced at Canyon Lao Liu who was lying on the ground motionless.

Northeastern Home Cooking shook his head like a rattle, and the honest and dark rough man had a desire for knowledge on his face:

"Master, have you solved the branch clues...?"

Jiang Qian smiled slightly: "Let me think about it."

He was calm on the surface, but he was actually confused in his heart.

In "The Miracle of Genes", the whole book is about the "great" idea of ​​transforming an established species into another established species through genetic science, as well as the practical scheme of human beings.

In other words, the main content discussed in this book is related to the rewriting of gene source code. In general, it only discusses one of the three experimental directions found in the mental hospital.

In short: this professional book that he was looking forward to did not bring new theoretical information.

The idea was stuck.

But Dongbei Home Cooking did not see the door, and vowed to Jiang Qian:

"Well, Master Qianlong, think about it slowly, and the safety here is left to me!"

While speaking, he had already gone into the kitchen to get a few sharp weapons, holding them with both hands, guarding the pass in the living room.

At present, the three of them are located in the high-rise of the urban residential area. In the case of damaged elevators, the risk of ordinary natives climbing high-rise buildings to scavenge is extremely high, and the joint defense force will not waste time and resources in such a small family. Before Jiang Qian entered, there was no trace of the crawler.

Because of this, the internal facilities of this house are basically still in the state of the early stage of the disaster. It is still safe and can be used as a temporary place to stay overnight.

However, this "temporary" place is not safe.

Because Jiang Qian cannot be sure how many players are still active in this city, and has regarded them as thorns in the eyes or hunting targets.

Therefore, the most urgent and important options at the moment are to attack the side quests and open the props permissions.

Jiang Qian sighed lightly without leaving a trace.

Quickly sort out the many information currently obtained on the "Source of the Disaster", and splice the newly obtained parts with the known ones:

It is known that Dr. Kate, as the core figure of the "Source of the Disaster", will definitely connect the main clues.

The "core experimental data" obtained by the mental hospital has a "total-part" relationship with the book "The Miracle of Genes".

But Dr. Kate did participate in the experimental project underground in the mental hospital, and the photo album found in the dean's office is the best evidence.

Dr. Kate participated in that experiment, but only focused on proving a path that has been verified to fail. What is the intention?

Is it to hide the crimes and secrets of the other two experimental paths, or is there another reason?

Jiang Qian flipped back to the page of The Miracle of Genes, his eyes fixed on the last sentence:

I dedicate this book to my confidant: Hermit ()...

This page was also damaged, so the suffix of the character's title was missing.

Scientists and writers are accustomed to thanking someone at the beginning or end of their works, and they will complete this beautiful gift or blessing ceremony with the sentence "I would like to give this book to XXX first".

For example, there is a novelist that Jiang Qian likes who always dedicates books to his wife to express his gratitude to his wife for taking care of him day and night and for constantly giving him creative inspiration.

But Jiang Qian has reason to believe that the reason why this sentence appears here is by no means an unintentional move by Dr. Kate.

Jiang Qian closed his eyes and recited the logic of the entire book in Dr. Kate's place.

Corresponding to the fascinating self-narration in the previous article, Jiang Qian seems to have seen an extremely persistent and serious Frankenstein, devoting his entire life to listing evidence for the correctness of his theory to his opponents!

So could Comrade Hemet be Dr. Kate's academic rival who is both an enemy and a friend?

Just ask Elizabeth this question and you should be able to get the answer.

Of course, another imaginative possibility is...

Hermit is the mysterious Frankenstein hiding in the mental hospital, and he is even the director of the mental hospital. During Dr. Kate's hospitalization, the two madmen hit it off and started a fantasy-like talk about species transformation.

Both sides held different opinions. Dr. Kate insisted on genetic science and technology and studied this method day and night until he was discharged from hospital and wrote "The Miracle of Genes";

Hermit obviously didn't want to put his eggs in the same basket, so he explored three paths at the same time and recorded the results.

But what is the connection between these and the "source of disaster"?

What will be the other 50% of clues that lead to the source of the disaster?

Jiang Qian's eyes fell on the book "The Miracle of Genes" again...

I thought that since Kate is undoubtedly the core figure of the source of the disaster, his book, "The Miracle of Genes" that appears very frequently in this copy, must contain core and important content related to the "source of the disaster".

So, he reviewed the contents of the book for the third time, putting aside the scientific theory part, and focused on the most essential issue: the root cause.

Where is the source of the disaster?

Kate does demonstrate some unusual ideas in the non-theoretical part of "The Miracle of Genes".

When he talks about the formation of the idea of ​​"fusion of species", he uses some cynical, even antisocial descriptions:

"Our world is corrupting and it is unstoppable. Humanity is racing through the night on the path of pathological greed, and the results are obvious. As a scientist, I feel nothing but fear."

"The devil that lurks among us is driving us to our destruction."

"God gave me extraordinary talents and a pair of eyes that can see through hypocrisy and sin, but he forgot to give me the sword to slay demons."

Through this, Jiang Qian recalled the information given at the beginning of the copy:

Hunger, greed, cannibalism...

"Perhaps the reason it was banned was not an ethical issue but a satire on the imperial authorities in the name of scholarship."

Jiang Qian murmured to himself, closed the book "The Miracle of Genes" again, and expressed his thoughts in a voice that only he could hear:

"So, the so-called miracle of genes is just a kind of irony. The 'gene' here does not refer to the narrow concept of genes, but the selfish, greedy, dissatisfied and evil nature of human beings under the rule of the empire, which leads to cannibalism."

[Hint: The core idea of ​​"The Source of Catastrophe" has been retrieved! Side mission exploration progress: 75%! 】

Jiang Qian raised the corners of his mouth.

Sure enough, it's like selling sheep's head to dog meat!

Just talk about how Dr. Kate could use a whole book to discuss a theory that has failed to be verified. In fact, the drunkard's intention is not to drink, but to criticize the imperial authorities!

This also explains Kate's subsequent series of encounters... Jiang Qian gradually formed a certain logical closed loop in his mind, and had some reasonable predictions about the core of the "Hungry Ghost Apocalypse" copy.

When he was considering where the last 25% of the clues would come from, the dungeon actually placed the "shortcut" to the task directly in front of him!

[Tip: Congratulations to the player Qianlong, you have obtained the qualification to answer the question "Source of Catastrophe"! 】

[Please answer based on the exploration results: The "source of disaster" in "The End of the Hungry Ghost" is: ____ (Please limit the answer to 10 words or less, remaining verification opportunities: 3 times)]

The answer box pops up directly. In other words, with my current exploration progress, can I cover the answer to this question... Jiang Qian thought for a while and filled in his first intuition while it was still hot:

"The source of the disaster is: the corrupt rule of the empire."

Although reading comprehension is usually the most grueling question, as a top student, Jiang Qian is still very confident in his answers.

[The answer is being verified, please wait...]

【verification failed! 】

[Verification cooling time: 10 minutes]

"..."

This question is a bit basic... Jiang Qian took a deep breath, calmed down, stretched out his hand and pressed his temples.

There are still two verification opportunities, which are very limited.

Dongbei Home Cooking is still patrolling the house, looking attentively to protect the master.

Jiang Qian stood up and stuffed "The Miracle of Genes" back into Canyon Lao Liu's arms, and readjusted his thoughts in his mind.

"The source of disaster, the source of disaster...could it refer to 'Dr. Kate'?"

He muttered silently in a voice that only he could hear, and fell into thinking:

"No, Dr. Kate is only a key figure in the source of the catastrophe, and there is currently no evidence that there is an effective logical connection between Dr. Kate and the occurrence of the catastrophe. What "The Miracle of Genes" exposes is Dr. Kate's personal thoughts. Doesn't mean it's true..."

Jiang Qian already understood the reason why the verification of the first answer failed, and tried to break away from the limitations of the ideas in this book and return to the overall environment of "The End of the Hungry Ghosts".

He began to review the important information since entering the instance:

[This is a world that is on the verge of destruction due to the expansion of desires and evil thoughts. When more and more human beings put down their dignity and bottom line on the stage of competing for interests, and use methods such as oppression, deception, and terrorist threats to walk around the world, it is like a nightmare. The catastrophe happened. 】

[People don’t even know how “it” happens: some humans are “transforming” into another species: ferocious, greedy, hunting their own kind for food...]

[The world order was rewritten as a result...]

He lay back and stretched his shoulders and neck, closed his eyes, and used a more relaxed posture to connect to his inspiration.

And replayed in his mind all the events related to the disaster that he had experienced over the past few days:

Lianhua City, Ideal Town, Joint Defense Force.

Creepers, toxins, infections, cures…

Mysterious extracts, and mysterious symbols...

He recalled the process of rescuing three infected people in Ideal Town for the first time, and then recalled the residents of different genders, skin colors, and ages that he cured after the black trench coat attacked Ideal Town, looking for patterns and connections among them.

In the process, his overall vision of the entire "Hungry Ghost Apocalypse" gradually became clearer.

This sense of clarity includes multiple dimensions of time, space, and logic.

This sense of clarity and control made him more relaxed.

This also makes the judgment on the "source of disaster" clearer...

Well, if it fails again this time, the clues obtained so far will be disclosed to these two colleagues to increase the number of verifiable times. I believe they will not refuse... Jiang Qian has a plan in mind and is ready to continue answering.

At the same time, the 10-minute cooling period expires.

The copy prompt arrived as expected:

[Please answer based on the exploration results: The "source of disaster" in "Hungry Ghost Apocalypse" is: ____ (Please limit the answer to 10 words or less, remaining verification opportunities: 2 times!)]

"The source of the disaster is..."

…

The canyon old man who had been lying dead on the carpet had his eyebrows trembling and slowly opened his eyes.

His blurry vision gradually became clearer, and what came into his eyes was Qianlong Wuyong who "seemed to be plotting something evil" beside him!

Canyon Lao Liu quickly tightened his arms!

Is the thing still there? !

He was surprised and secretly relieved.

He thought to himself: It’s okay if you don’t use this hidden dragon! He didn't find such an important thing. I really think highly of him. What is this kid thinking?

Canyon Lao Liu is not worried about Jiang Qian being unfavorable to him. After all, we are colleagues, and it is a very low-level method to make moves in the presence of a third party, Northeast Home Cooking.

He suddenly straightened up and stood up!

Looking down at Jiang Qian who was in deep thought, he said in a cold voice: "Hey, don't use Qianlong. Are you looking for clues to the side quest?"

But Jiang Qian's expression slowly calmed down, his lips moved, and he said in a calm tone:

"The side mission has been completed."

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