206: Chapter 205: Stones of Special Material Again

After ordering the food, a knock sounded at the door not long after. Lian Caiyi called out, "Come in."

The door was pushed open, and a middle-aged man and woman walked in.

The man had an elegant and scholarly air, while the woman appeared gentle and virtuous.

They looked like people who were well-versed in literature and poetry.

The man looked at Lu Qingfeng, then at Lian Caiyi, and said respectfully, "Greetings, Miss Lian..."

"Have a seat!"

The couple obediently sat down.

"Let me introduce you. This is the actual ruler of our Chaos City; you can just call him Lord Lu!"

The couple glanced at each other, their eyes filled with some doubt, but they still stood up and called out, "Greetings, Lord Lu."

"Please, there's no need to be formal," Lu Qingfeng said with a smile. He was extremely polite toward talented individuals, wishing he could treat them like treasures. In his heart, the status of genetic experts was no lower than Yang Lei's, and perhaps even higher.

Lian Caiyi continued the introduction, "These two are also fellow people of Blue Star: Professor Zhang Jingwei and Professor Jiang Ruiyi. This couple are authorities in Blue Star human genetics. It's only because the Human Alliance doesn't value genetics enough—focusing all their research on how to use Life-extending items—and because various races gather here, that they came to this place. They didn't come here because they committed any crimes."

Lu Qingfeng nodded. "Professor Zhang, Professor Jiang, I truly admire your dedication to academic research. You are genuine experts."

"Lord Lu is too kind," Zhang Jingwei replied.

Meanwhile, Jiang Ruiyi hadn't said much. Lu Qingfeng noticed that her hand was tightly gripping her husband's.

He felt a bit of sentiment, seeing that they were truly a devoted couple.

Thus, he decided not to beat around the bush or use any schemes.

He said directly, "I'll be honest with you since I've invited you here today. Blue Star people don't lie to Blue Star people."

The couple looked at him, appearing somewhat nervous.

"There's no need to be nervous; this is a good thing for both of you. It's like this: I want to cooperate with you. I wonder if you're interested?"

"What kind of cooperation?" Zhang Jingwei asked cautiously.

"Regarding biological genetic research. As far as I know, the Three-Eyed Race currently has the best genetic research. I can arrange for you to exchange knowledge with their top genetic experts... but..."

"Is that true?" Jiang Ruiyi stood up abruptly and asked, her voice loud, her face flushed with excitement and agitation.

Zhang Jingwei pulled at her, signaling her to sit down and not get overexcited, though he was also very excited himself. Studying genetics with Three-Eyed Race experts was something they hadn't even dared to dream of.

"Lord Lu, my wife was too excited and interrupted you. My apologies!"

"Lord Lu, I'm sorry!" Jiang Ruiyi also felt a bit embarrassed, knowing she had lost her composure just now.

Lu Qingfeng smiled and waved his hand. "It's of no consequence. This is scientific research, after all. I feel that Professor Jiang is a pure researcher, which I respect very much."

"Lord Lu, may I ask what the 'but' entails? What do you need us to do?" At this point, the couple became nervous again. They looked at Lu Qingfeng expectantly, knowing there was no such thing as a free lunch in this world.

"Of course there are requirements!" Lu Qingfeng poured himself a cup of tea, took a sip, looked at the couple, and said with a smile, "Don't be so nervous. The requirement is very simple. I just need you two professors to return after finishing your studies and help us research a project."

Zhang Jingwei pondered for a moment before asking, "May we ask what project it is?"

"The Human Gene Lock project!"

"The Human Gene Lock?" Zhang Jingwei glanced at his wife, then looked at Lu Qingfeng in shock.

"What is it? Why are you so surprised, Professor Zhang?"

He said bitterly, "This is the very project we have been researching. But after three hundred years, we still haven't found a single clue... We've spent countless fortunes on this, and because of it, we never even had children."

After saying this, he looked at his wife. Their eyes met, glistening with tears.

Lu Qingfeng was pleasantly surprised and glanced at Lian Caiyi, who was looking at him with a smile.

This woman definitely knew; she had intentionally given him this surprise. But this surprise was big enough and good enough.

"Professors, isn't this a coincidence then? What we need to research right now is the human Gene Lock—how to break the Gene Lock to improve human Physique and blood Qi."

The two were silent for a while. Zhang Jingwei calmed down and asked, "I would like to ask Lord Lu, why do you have this idea? We want to know the reason."

Lu Qingfeng chuckled. "If I said I don't believe Cancerous Mutation can lead to eternal life, would you believe me?"

The two were shocked once again.

"How do you know that?"

"Does that mean you know it too?"

The couple nodded. "We know. Not only do we know, but we know for certain. Because our great-great-grandfather was the biologist who worked for the current Emperor Tianhuo, Wang Haoran, when he underwent Cancerous Mutation back then. So we are very clear that Cancerous Mutation cannot lead to eternal life."

"Oh?" Lu Qingfeng was quite surprised and asked, "Can you tell me about it?"

The couple looked at each other, and Zhang Jingwei nodded. "We can..."

Then he spoke slowly, "The method of Cancerous Mutation was proposed by Wang Haoran back then. He was the director of a pharmaceutical research institute at the time, but the person responsible for the research was my great-great-grandfather. In fact, they didn't start by experimenting on Wang Haoran, but on living people, doing experiments non-stop. Wasn't there a war back then? They used prisoners for experiments. Wang Haoran's influence was immense."

"Back then, the experiments lasted for a very long time—a full century—with no results. Seeing that Wang Haoran was about to enter the grave—he was already 150 years old then, barely clinging to life by using medicinal fluids and replacing his blood with that of prisoners—my great-great-grandfather and his father had already passed away. My great-grandfather took over the research. But then, one day..."

As he reached this point, his gaze became a bit dazed.

"One day, someone brought a stone. That stone looked like metal yet wasn't metal, looked like jade yet wasn't jade. No matter what they did, they couldn't damage it."

Lu Qingfeng suddenly interrupted and asked, "Was it like Skynet?"

"Yes..." Zhang Jingwei was a bit surprised and immediately continued, "That stone was very special. It had strange characters on it that couldn't be understood or thoroughly researched. But if you placed it against a person's forehead and meditated, you could obtain a strange kind of knowledge."

"Someone experimented and found it was something related to cancer. Since cancer had been completely solved a hundred years prior, no one paid it any attention."

"So the stone was sent to the institute that had solved cancer. From that stone, my great-grandfather obtained the original method for Cancerous Mutation, which is to achieve longevity and Awakening of a Special Ability by controlling cancer cells."

"At that time, Wang Haoran was already facing death and suffering from multiple types of cancer. My great-grandfather used him for the experiment. As it turned out, Wang Haoran succeeded on the first try and came back to life."

Speaking to this point, his eyes revealed a hint of hatred.

But he did not continue further.

PS: For the readers who have reached this point, I wonder if anyone still remembers what Qian Lingfeng said?