269: Chapter 269 Stealing My Statue

Henry Watson's gaze swept across the faces below, filled with greed and skepticism.

"Ladies and gentlemen, citizens of the World, I am very sorry to meet you under these circumstances. I feel deeply guilty..."

Unexpectedly, the President bowed deeply directly in front of the camera for tens of seconds. This stunned the indignant audience in front of their screens, and the surging barrage of comments froze for a moment.

"What I want to say is that everything we did in Osialia was not, as the online videos slander, to hoard immortality, but to research the Tears of God."

"This is the ultimate purpose of the city we built in Osialia."

Henry straightened up, and without waiting for them to discuss, he took a transparent prismatic container out of his pocket. Inside, a small amount of pure White liquid rippled. Under the lights, the liquid itself seemed to emit a soft glow, instantly attracting the attention of the entire audience.

"This is the Tears of God, the key to human longevity!"

Whoosh—

Camera flashes exploded, and the uproar in the venue almost blew the roof off. Everyone looked eagerly at the bottle in Henry's hand.

Henry was very satisfied with this effect. He held the bottle up for everyone to see enough before slowly placing it on the table. A staff member nearby immediately covered it, blocking most of the covetous gazes.

Henry paused and continued, "Obtaining the Tears of God was very accidental, and the stock is scarce. To research this liquid, we gathered the World's top scientific teams to participate in the research, but the results were not ideal..."

The screen behind him began to scroll through a series of complex formulas and molecular structure simulation diagrams.

In the venue, a burly man stood up and shouted at the top of his lungs:

"Liar! Do you think we are fools? It's purely selfish!"

"That's right, I think he's just making up a story."

"Liar!"

"..."

The situation was about to spiral out of control again, but Henry was not flustered. He even raised his hand and pressed it down in the air.

"Everyone, I was born in the most intense era of the Third Resource War. Cities were ruins, the sky was obscured by dust, and clean Water and food were more precious than gold.

I watched with my own eyes as my mother had to kneel to the occupying soldiers for a simple anti-inflammatory drug, and watched my father get severely beaten for half a compressed biscuit, finally dying in pain and humiliation..."

Henry's voice was sincere, and tears welled up in his eyes:

"Later, I became President. When I learned of the existence of the Tears of God, my heart was filled with fear and secret joy. I was afraid that if it could not be applied to the World, it would cause the originally peaceful World to become chaotic again, just like this month."

"And what I was secretly happy about was that it could allow me and my family to live a little longer."

"I swear in the name of God, not a single word I said is a lie. Ladies and gentlemen, these two things do not conflict. I have tried my best to do my best..."

After saying these words, this President, who was depicted in history books as a symbol of iron-fistedness and wisdom, finally couldn't help but burst into painful sobs in front of the camera.

It didn't stop for a long time.

It moved quite a few people.

In the end, the briefing ended with Henry promising to distribute the remaining Tears of God to the Research Institute of various countries... to help them figure out the Tears of God sooner.

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Lin Fang watched with great interest. It was truly a loss to the entertainment industry that he didn't go into acting. He dared to bet that this group of people would come knocking within three days.

Sure enough, two days later, Lin Fang received news that they were requesting to meet with him, and the group was already waiting in the reception room.

At this moment in the reception room, Henry and the few Guardians from before looked a bit pale. When they entered Mavidais just now, those fleets on the sea really scared them. Thinking that they all originated from this mysterious company, a little fear arose in their hearts.

This company was unfathomable.

"Your Excellency," after seeing Lin Fang enter, Henry spoke first, his attitude much humbler than when they last met.

The young man before them possessed power even more unfathomable than the secret they had hidden for a century; there was simply no comparison.

Lin Fang sat down and said with a slight smile, "What do you want with me? Are you planning to steal my statue?"

This remark made everyone freeze.

Henry forced a smile: "Your Excellency is joking. How could we dare to have such delusions? We have come to request cooperation. We are willing to provide you with enough pokémon blood throughout the process..."

Half an hour later, this group of people left the room with unsteady footsteps, their expressions unreadable. After paying so much, they had only received a verbal promise.

Lin Fang was quite satisfied with this meeting. There was no harm in cooperating with them; this way, Third-Party Technology could move unimpeded in this World.

Just when Lin Fang thought there was nothing else for the day, Isaac made a new discovery. So, after receiving the message, Lin Fang went to the laboratory where the statue was originally placed.

Isaac looked like he was dying. Lin Fang was almost startled when he came in and immediately said, "Old Isaac, you must go get some rest today. If you don't, I will give you two shots of anesthetic."

"Alright, Commander," Isaac said, sporting two large dark circles under his eyes, "This is still about the R Substance. I have discovered two problems."

"I discovered that the pokémon's abilities originate from the R Substance. The R Substance in their bodies can absorb and release energy, with many variations, and the R Substance seems to be innate to their bodies. I have tried to replicate it many times but have never managed to copy this substance..."

Lin Fang listened carefully. Isaac's general meaning was that this R Substance was like a weakened version of Superman's biological Force Field, capable of converting various energies. While humans couldn't achieve this, they could use the R Substance to extend their lifespan.

In this light, the pokémon in this World were a very important resource, and he had to strengthen his control over the Pokemon Dimension.

While Lin Fang was contemplating, Isaac stated his next discovery.

"Commander, I discovered that the R Substance secreted from this statue is defective. It was deliberately tampered with, and if nothing else, it was the Verland Company, its creator."

"What kind of defect?" Lin Fang asked.

"The life-enhancing effect of the R Substance secreted here is real, but a piece of irrelevant conversion instruction has been embedded deep within its genes."

"Upon receiving a genetic signal, the R Substance within its body will instantly transform into a highly efficient life toxin, triggering a chain reaction of genetic collapse. The result is that in a very short time, all users will die simultaneously without exception."