268: Chapter 268 Weyland Corporation

"To actually be able to write information into genes, this is the first time I've seen such a method. Although I don't want to admit it, their gene editing technology is ahead of ours."

Isaac sighed, "But I have never heard of this Verland Company..."

After speaking, Isaac looked at Lin Fang, only to find the latter wearing a very rare and solemn expression.

"Commander, do you know this company?"

Lin Fang: ...

He naturally knew of the famous Verland Company, the mega-corporation that ran through the entire "Alien" series, an enterprise even more comprehensive and superior than the Umbrella Corporation.

In Lin Fang's understanding, this company was already capable of contending with the entire Earth government and had begun interstellar colonization, practically single-handedly bringing Earth's civilization to the limit of Type 1.0.

Such achievements had once been the goal for Lin Fang's own company development.

"I've heard of it; it's in another world..."

Lin Fang answered Isaac's question, briefly explaining the company's situation from its early development to its search for the "engineers" who created humanity.

Isaac listened extremely intently. When he learned that there was such a company that, with a mortal body, insisted on chasing the mysteries of the Creator, an indescribable and complex expression appeared on his face, making it hard to tell if it was respect or worship.

"Commander, the Creator... does he really exist?"

Well, Lin Fang could tell at a glance that he had fallen into a sort of dead end unique to researchers.

Faced with this situation, Lin Fang didn't have any great solutions, so he simply snapped his fingers. Under the influence of a Force Field, a weak electric current coursed through Isaac's body, causing him to snap back to his senses instantly.

Isaac spoke in surprise, "Commander, what just happened?"

Lin Fang: "Nothing."

Hearing this, Isaac didn't pay it much mind, merely sighing as he continued, "What the Commander just said has given me great inspiration. Biotechnology is truly endless. What the Verland Company can achieve, we must also achieve."

Finally, Isaac solemnly promised Lin Fang that he would find a way to extract the R Substance from pokémon blood as quickly as possible, and investigate whether this R Substance hid anything deeper...

After finishing his words, Isaac ignored Lin Fang's advice to take a rest and hurried off again.

Lin Fang watched Isaac's retreating figure disappear through the doorway and shook his head helplessly. Once Old Isaac entered this state, ten Tauros couldn't pull him back.

However, this almost paranoid spirit of research was precisely the key to his ability to continuously break through technical difficulties.

Just like the founder of the Verland Company, Peter Verland.

Lin Fang thought of this company again, an enterprise as famous as Umbrella. If it weren't for Peter Verland dying too early, this enterprise would have gone even further, perhaps even reaching a Type 2 civilization.

Shortly after his death, the struggling Verland Company merged with the Yutani Corporation to form the even larger and colder Weyland-Yutani Corporation.

Thereafter, the company's goal shifted completely from building a better world to the pursuit of alien biological weapons like the Xenomorphs, eventually declining and vanishing amidst various self-destructive endeavors.

Emm...

Looking at it now, Isaac and Peter have some similarities?

Lin Fang was speechless. Actually, Umbrella wasn't completely inferior to Verland. In terms of virus research, Umbrella was undoubtedly more comprehensively developed, utilizing viruses for various biological weapon R&D and genetic modification, and had even produced something as heaven-defying as the Gene Optimization Agent.

Lin Fang had secretly inquired about Isaac's age; he was already 90 years old, yet he was still full of vigor.

In the movie "Prometheus," Peter Verland was like a frail old man on his last legs just past the age of a hundred, forced to travel to the planet LV-223 to find the "engineers" and pray for eternal life.

The newly awakened "engineer" clearly had a bad case of morning grumpiness and did not respond to his request. Instead, he directly tore off the head of the android David and then slapped the elderly Verland to death on the spot. His lifelong pursuit of immortality fell through in the most brutal way.

Tsk, a bit tragic.

But the problem now is, why would he hear news of the Verland Company in the Pokémon World?

R Substance...

After pondering for a moment, Lin Fang turned his attention back to the situation in the Pokémon World. Under the pressure of global public opinion, the longevity families hidden in Australia finally came forward. If they didn't, the angry populace would have surrounded the entirety of Australia.

In fact, it wasn't just the commoners stirring up trouble, but also the powerful and wealthy.

After all, like Howard, there were many powerful and influential people in the world, yet they also didn't have a ticket to longevity! So when the video revealed that Henry Watson and others were not only alive but had also usurped a hundred years of time and power,

what these contemporary rising elites felt, besides initial shock and anger, was more a strong sense of jealousy and resentment at being betrayed and deprived!

"On what basis?!"

"We stand at the top of the world, controlling current resources and power, yet we have to watch our own bodies age and head toward death! While those old fossils who should be lying in coffins hide in the pokémon forests, using the filthiest methods to enjoy an eternity that should belong to... no, an eternity that even we cannot reach!"

"This is unfair!"

This emotion spread silently through their circles, far more destructive than the anger of the commoners. They controlled the media, capital, intelligence networks, and parts of the armed forces. With their secret instigation, these longevity families were forced to appear.

Today, Henry was about to hold a public briefing for all of humanity at the headquarters of the Earth Alliance.

So when Henry Watson's face, which belonged in history textbooks, appeared on screens across the globe, the world boiled over.

Any news website was filled with a tsunami-like wave of discussion.

[They're here, they're here! The old fossil's fashion show scene!]

[????]

[What the hell!!!!]

[A corpse from the history books has come back to life?!]

[They've really... lived for nearly two hundred years? The video is real?!]

After the initial shock, the anger of being deceived followed.

[We pay taxes, we work, we grow old... what about them? On what basis?]

[Over a hundred years! They hid behind the scenes, watching five generations of us like we were ants!]

[They must hand over the method to extend life!]

...

The Earth Alliance's meeting hall was even more chaotic. Security worked very hard to quiet the crowd for a moment, preventing them from rushing the podium.

Henry Watson stood behind the podium. Having occupied high positions for a long time, he couldn't hide the fatigue in his eyes, because he wasn't facing an audience, but a pack of thirsty wild beasts about to lose control.