I Am Extraordinary Alone
Chapter 398 - 396: The Cradle of Humanity

Chapter 398: Chapter 396: The Cradle of Humanity

Time flew by, and another six months had passed.

The peaceful days always seem to fly by.

Yin Country, Lingxiao Palace meeting room.

At 4 p.m., a meeting had just ended, and Zhao Ling was sitting in his chair, lost in thought.

Venerable Xu had intended to leave, but seeing Zhao Ling’s distracted state, he pulled up a chair and sat beside him. He glanced at the Inner Guard by the door, who nodded, cooperated, and left the room, closing the door behind him.

"It’s been over half a year since Venerable Gu’s position was vacated. You should have promoted someone from the Three Institutes to fill the gap. I’ve been acting in that capacity for a long time, and people are already gossiping about you," Venerable Xu said.

"I don’t care. Right now, I simply can’t trust anyone else," Zhao Ling said.

"It’s been a year. Can’t you move on? Moreover, in this past year, we’ve purged quite a few political enemies. The opposition’s strength has been severely weakened; they pose no threat to us," Venerable Xu said.

"You and I both know Venerable Qin is still hiding behind the scenes. I feel uncomfortable just looking at her face," Zhao Ling said.

Venerable Xu tapped on the table and said, "I know you want to deal with her, but after all, she is a Venerable—with too many connections. You can’t just kill her whenever you want. Many leads have been cut off. That old woman is cunning and won’t let herself suffer losses."

"What connections... If Wei Tianyang were here... she’d have been long dead," Zhao Ling said.

"Wei Tianyang could kill without reason, you can’t. He could kill without needing a reason; you’re the Emperor. All your orders must be justifiable; otherwise, how can you command respect?" Venerable Xu said.

Zhao Ling punched the tabletop, his anger having nowhere to vent.

"She’s been in control for so long. You’re thinking of a complete overhaul at once, which isn’t very realistic. It’s been a year; we’ve caught so many moles, and she’s been severely weakened—only managing to keep her own forces intact. But before us lies an open field; it’s an excellent opportunity for reform. Now, it’s up to you to adjust your mentality," Venerable Xu said.

"I know there are two generals in the military who have been in contact with Venerable Qin, and I’m worried they will cause trouble," Zhao Ling said.

"I know those two; they’ve followed me for years. But they’ve become too accustomed to the good life. Entering the era of superpowers, they no longer trust in the troops at their command, becoming indecisive at the sight of Lingxian Sect’s devices. After they contacted Venerable Qin, I took care of them immediately," Venerable Xu said.

"Now, the neutralizers are everywhere on the streets, and even the terrorists have superpowers... Those damn dogs at the border aren’t staying quiet either. Xu, we’re facing troubles both within and without. You’re the only one I can rely on now," Zhao Ling said solemnly.

Venerable Xu nodded gravely and said, "Haven’t we come this far in the same way? If we could withstand it before, why can’t we now? You can’t depend on Wei Tianyang your whole life. He’s gone; he’s gone. Zhao Ling, you weren’t like this before. It’s been a year; it’s time to move on. Moreover, we now have the technology of the Lingxian Sect and Black Medicine at our disposal. The advantage is ours; this might be the best opportunity for reform."

Zhao Ling nodded, his expression becoming stern.

Midnight.

Yin Country Medical Research Institute.

Over the past year, countless researchers had been digesting and mastering the technology of the Lingxian Sect, but progress was very slow.

The main reason was that the purity of Lingxian Sect’s Black Medicine was far beyond what the world’s superpower special forces used, and some of the raw materials used in their neutralizers were unheard of.

Initially, the researchers thought these names were some kind of anti-leakage mechanism, but after trying all known materials, they couldn’t produce a neutralizer that was exactly the same as the one in the storage warehouse.

As for those Black Medicines, based on the electronic records of the Lingxian Sect, they rarely had forms with double triangles or triangles; almost all were trinities. The most extreme were those with the ability to control gravity and, to some extent, deprive human senses.

In addition, researchers also found in some technical documents the problems that the Lingxian Sect was attempting to solve.

At 27, Lin Yan had studied abroad in the Sethiyan Federation, and after obtaining her PhD in Biology, she had turned down an offer from United Pharmaceuticals and returned to Yin Country.

She was easily granted the status of a special civil servant exempt from exams by the Foreign Affairs Bureau and started working at the Yin Country Medical Research Institute.

She sported a ponytail, wore AR glasses, was draped in a white lab coat, and her hands were clad in blue sterilized gloves.

At this moment, she was working with her mentor, Professor Li Xianping, to replicate the neutralizing agent from the Lingxian Sect, but the unresolved problem truly preoccupied Lin Yan.

"Professor Li, look at this," Lin Yan said.

She shook the test tube she was holding, and the black liquid inside, thick like a gel, remained motionless.

Professor Li Xianping adjusted his glasses; he was a composed middle-aged man in his fifties, with slightly graying temples, a square face, gentle eyebrows, and he too was wearing a white lab coat.

"What is it?" Li Xianping asked.

Lin Yan positioned a high-speed camera towards the test tube and then sent a connection request to Li Xianping.

The right lens of Li Xianping’s AR glasses displayed the camera’s viewpoint.

Lin Yan shook the test tube again.

"I see it," Li Xianping’s expression became serious.

The human eye couldn’t catch it, but the AR glasses, with the attached high-speed camera, clearly revealed the phenomenon happening inside the test tube’s seemingly inert black medicine, which supposedly acted like a gel: a separation like oil from water took place, briefly displaying transparent vacuoles within the dark black liquid.

However, as soon as the shaking ceased, the phenomenon immediately vanished without a trace, and the duration of this anomaly was only three frames within a single second.

"This phenomenon only occurs when two types of Black Medicine combine, and moreover... they should not be compatible, different Black Medicines are like oil and water, they should not blend," Lin Yan said.

Li Xianping nodded and replied, "Yes, the Lingxian Sect actually mastered the technique of fusing Black Medicine... then this Black Medicine... could it possibly provide the injected person with multiple superpowers? Just like Wei Tianyang?"

"No wonder their neutralizer formula is different from ours. At first, I thought their neutralizer might just perform particularly well, but now it seems to be specifically tailored for these fused Black Medicines," Lin Yan said.

"That explains it. The problem they have not yet solved is how to induce an essential change in the superpowers generated by Black Medicine... It means they do not want a simple 1+1 effect but aim to create new superpowers," Li Xianping said.

"Hmm... they want to treat each Heavenly Falling Object as a material... to custom design superpowers... that’s just too crazy... But I must say, they really are impressive..." Lin Yan remarked with some emotion.

"The world is chaotic enough as it is, luckily Wei Tianyang took them down... If they had succeeded, who knows what they could have created," Li Xianping said with a shake of his head.

"But Professor, what do you think, where do these Heavenly Falling Objects come from? Why did they die?" Lin Yan asked.

"Questions about the cosmos should be directed to astronomers, we who work with biology explore the microscopic world, the macro is not our field, hahaha~" Li Xianping laughed.

"It’s such a pity... I really wanted to meet that Wei Tianyang," Lin Yan sighed.

"Listen to me, Lin, it’s better to keep your distance from such people. Many experiments have confirmed that substances like Black Medicine cause irreversible damage to the human brain... Many from the Superpower Special Department have, to varying extents, mental illnesses that persist even after the Black Medicine is removed and are incurable," Li Xianping said.

Lin Yan nodded and continued with her tasks at hand.

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