I Am Extraordinary Alone
Chapter 156 - 154: Dawn of Humanity

Chapter 156: Chapter 154: Dawn of Humanity

Wei Tianyang was also agitated as he grabbed the old man’s collar, his eyes gleaming red as he sternly demanded, "What else do you know?! What exactly is Project 091?!"

As his emotions fluctuated, the glow on the stripes across his right arm slowly intensified, and the coverage of the black patterns continued to spread, with several black lines climbing up and down around his collarbone, already extending to his neck and right chest.

Seeing him like this, two members of the Superpower Special Department already had their hands on their gun handles, and the judge appeared somewhat panicked, leaning backward, while Lawyer Wang had bolted out the door.

"Wei Tianyang! Stop this... Calm down!" Li Songyan urged.

As soon as he had finished speaking, Wei Tianyang and the Chairman of Tiantai Pharmaceutical vanished into thin air.

The room fell silent for a few seconds.

"Can he teleport with someone?" asked a male from the Superpower Special Department.

"Contact Zhao Ling!" Helena Mina told the confidential secretary.

Then, looking at the special forces, she added, "You stay here. I think, we haven’t made our decision yet. I’ll go bring the lawyer back."

"You don’t think... he’s coming back, do you...?" asked the confidential secretary.

"He must come back..." Helena Mina stood up, saying sternly.

At the Lingxiao Palace conference room, after the dinner last night, Zhao Ling had been pulled into a meeting that lasted all night by an elder of the Tri-Institute.

They had criticized Zhao Ling for paying too high a price, but Zhao Ling hadn’t taken it to heart.

In order to fulfill her promises, Zhao Ling was currently coordinating tasks with the leaders of Section Six Division Twelve, and the atmosphere in the conference room wasn’t great.

Just then, a man walked up to her, and whispered something in her ear.

Zhao Ling furrowed her brows slightly, giving a slight nod.

Immediately, she stood up and said, "Let’s pause the meeting here. Everyone can go back for now."

After saying this, she briskly walked out of the conference room, pulled out a specially made cell phone from her pocket, and directly contacted her direct subordinate in the Superpower Special Department "Dragon and Snake".

"Diting, conduct a full scan of Fengrao City and find this boy immediately!" Zhao Ling instructed.

With a swipe of her finger, she shared a 12-second video of Wei Tianyang to the group.

Soon, the agent codenamed Diting responded, "And once found? Should I eliminate him?"

"Authorize the use of lethal weapons, but wait for my command. Once you find him, Taotie, create a large spherical domain to trap him, then proceed with evacuation and lockdown of the area. Lastly... Qilin, you escort me in," Zhao Ling instructed.

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A giant moth landed on the rooftop of a white building carrying the chairman of Tiantai Pharmaceutical.

After disconnecting from objective reality, the chairman fell to the ground, and Wei Tianyang, bare-chested, grabbed his lower leg and dragged him to the edge of the rooftop.

The building was located next to a well head without windows on the side facing the stairwell, but it did feature many projection advertisements.

A voluptuous woman displayed her smooth skin, pulling out a small jar of skincare product, and threw a flirtatious glance into the void: Produced by Red Pharmaceutical, age-reducing and whitening Red Blessing Cream.

The chairman leaned over the edge of the rooftop, glancing down once before his heart tightened and he gasped for breath—the height of the courtyard was overwhelming, just a fleeting glance enough to make one dizzy and disoriented.

"Tell me everything you know!" Wei Tianyang demanded.

The chairman looked at Wei Tianyang,

"The doctor’s theory is feasible... Wei Tianyang, you are not just part of the Superpower Special Forces; you represent the next stage of humanity," said the chairman.

"What next stage? What do you mean? Black Medicine is just a means to create Superpower Special Forces... You’ve killed so many people, isn’t it just to provide your Black Medicine to various countries?" Wei Tianyang asked.

"No, no... Our vision... is much more grand, Wei Tianyang. The Superpower Special Forces are just a by-product... They are simply what we use to persuade the world leaders to provide shelter and funding... You, you are what we truly desire."

"In this planet, the species called ’human’ has existed for a million years, yet the recorded history only spans slightly over five thousand years."

"Modern genetics usually regards DNA as the code of life for species, but inside our mitochondria, there is an HNA that needs to be activated by Black Medicine to be identified. Besides us, no other life form on Earth possesses HNA; we are not descendants of Homo sapiens or Neanderthals, we are not even native species of this planet. Like them, we too come from the stars."

The chairman continued on his own.

Wei Tianyang saw something else in his eyes, a pursuit of lofty ideals. He grabbed the man’s collar, angrily saying, "Are you trying to fob me off with a story?!"

"Think about it, young man. There are tens of thousands of satellites in near-Earth orbit, our space telescopes can see hundreds of light-years into the universe, and military air defense systems worldwide can shoot down even a mosquito, yet why have the Heavenly Falling Objects never been intercepted by these systems, never detected by any satellites? Why do we only find them after they have crashed... where exactly do they fall from..." said the chairman.

Wei Tianyang didn’t understand these things, but the information revealed by the chairman was even more mysterious than 091 itself.

"What does this have to do with me? I just want to know what makes 091 different from other Heavenly Falling Objects," Wei Tianyang said.

"Of course, it matters... 091 is the only humanoid Heavenly Falling Object; it might just be our origin. Its HNA is very similar to ours, but its chain length is far greater, and besides, its HNA is completely different from other Heavenly Falling Objects. Were we once the same entity, and did we land on this planet before 091?"

"The production method of Black Medicine for the 091 project is entirely different from the conventional Black Medicine. The research team in charge of this project was also unaware. Ruan Yu and Hans’ failure was inevitable, but ultimately, we obtained you."

"Do you think you are still a human? Or should I remind you... who are you really? What defines you isn’t your brain, it’s not your DNA, but your HNA, and your HNA has been overridden by 091. We know what you did in Chicken Snake Country; that’s not something Wei Tianyang could have achieved. You are 091—there’s no other answer," the chairman said, smiling.

"I am me! Don’t try to mislead me! My memories, my emotions, everything I’ve gone through is correct! I killed those who deserved it! I have no regrets, and that is what I’ve done, and it has nothing to do with 091!" Wei Tianyang shouted angrily.

"One day you will fully awaken, and the genetic chains in your HNA will bring you memories from before your fall... To awaken those memories, you must kill, use the violence inherent in your instincts to unlock the truth. When you are ready, someone will come for you, you are the key to humanity’s leap to the next stage..." the chairman said, laughing.

"You will never manipulate me," Wei Tianyang shouted angrily. "Before you find me, I will find you first...!"

"We come from among the stars, and we shall eventually return to them. My mission is accomplished... My Tiantai Pharmaceutical no longer needs to exist. The faction will know of my success; I will become a great man leading humanity into a new dawn!" said the chairman and knelt down, lifted his head, his arms spread wide, and a fervent look appeared on his face.

Wei Tianyang grabbed him and held him over the edge of the rooftop, beneath which lay a thousand-meter abyss.

At this time, the rooftop was covered by a layer of dark-golden film, cutting off all sounds and sights from the outside world. He turned back to look and saw a purple portal slowly appearing; Zhao Ling walked out from it.

"Wei Tianyang! Put him down..." Zhao Ling urged.

"He’s lying! I am Wei Tianyang... I am not 091!" Wei Tianyang yelled loudly.

"I know, put him down, let him stand trial," Zhao Ling said.

"I want to throw him down, I want him to shatter into pieces! Then I’ll go to the headquarters of Tiantai Pharmaceutical, I’ll kill every single one of them... I’ll find them, kill them all! Kill them all!!" Wei Tianyang was overwhelmingly angry, and the chairman kept laughing maniacally.

"Kill them all!! Hahaha! That’s it! Remember who you truly are! Use your abilities and bloodshed to reclaim your memories! 091!!" the chairman laughed.

"Wei Tianyang!! Let him stand trial, if he dies, all leads will be lost, killing won’t solve the problem. Make the decision you would make... Don’t succumb to the influence of Black Medicine!" Zhao Ling was also very agitated, edging closer to Wei Tianyang as she spoke.

"Shut up! All of you, shut up!!!"

Enraged, Wei Tianyang screamed hysterically. Following the voice of the seventeen-year-old boy, there was a deeper, more violent and aloof voice—as though it belonged to a dark emperor.

"Emperor, the target is in a high-pressure state, request permission to fire, I can end him with one shot," a member of Dragon and Snake requested Zhao Ling through an encrypted channel.

"No! Do not fire!" Zhao Ling shouted.

She stopped the Dragon and Snake member and continued to approach Wei Tianyang, now only ten steps away.

"Wei Tianyang... remember your name, remember what you’ve lost, and the people around you!" Zhao Ling urged,

Wei Tianyang remained silent; looking at Zhao Ling and then at the chairman, his irises had become pitch black, his blood-red pupils flickering violently, half his face covered by black lines, like a demon.

"Remember... 091, hahaha... My death will lead humanity to a new dawn... I am... I am a great man!!" laughed the chairman.

"No..."

Wei Tianyang shook his head.

"You...?" The chairman frowned.

"You will rot in prison. Yin Country’s Inner Guard will pry all secrets out of you. No matter who is behind you..." Wei Tianyang’s eyes returned to normal and the lines on his face faded.

He dropped the chairman on the ground, closed his eyes, trying to calm his inner turmoil.

Zhao Ling rushed forward and hugged him_after the dark golden film disbursed, about a dozen members of the Superpower Special Department were on standby on nearby rooftops, with three more standing directly behind them.

"I’m human, right?" Wei Tianyang looked up at Zhao Ling.

"You always have been," Zhao Ling said, smiling.