Chapter 360: A Meeting to Rescue 100 Scientists

Words : 1890 Updated : Sep 17th, 2025

Chapter 360: Chapter 360: A Meeting to Rescue 100 Scientists 2:00 PM. Changsheng Group Headquarters. A special meeting site has already been set up. The meeting room, with windows fully sealed. All curtains drawn. The lights are bright, and on the stage, the people seated all have unusually serious expressions. The fact that these people appear at the same venue and sit on the podium together is, in itself, an incredible thing. Because their identities ensure that it is impossible for them to attend the same meeting. Mayor He Gaosheng. Director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, Zhan Hongyun. General Manager of Changsheng Group, Ding Lizhong. Captain of the Criminal Investigation Team, Shen Yinchuan. Three people at the door. Fengcheng’s detective, Lin Xiaosu. Miaojiang’s Miao Girl, Yixiang. Qianlong King, Blue Demon. He Gaosheng’s gaze sweeps across the venue, feeling complex inside. Today’s meeting, his attendance as mayor, unbeknownst to the secretary. Changsheng Group’s general manager’s presence, unbeknownst to the chairman. The captain of the Criminal Investigation Team’s presence, unbeknownst to the director or the minister. This itself emphasizes the uniqueness of the meeting. A special meeting, originally difficult to materialize, but based on the trust in Shen Yinchuan and the inexplicable trust in Lin Xiaosu, he came! And he came in secret. Let’s see what kind of answers these two present him. As he feels conflicted, Ding Lizhong feels even more so. He is still wavering over what Lin Xiaosu just said to him... What Lin Xiaosu just told him was: The research confidentiality mechanism, many people interpret as adding locks at the entrance continually, yet they overlook the people inside the door. A clever hunter will empty the person inside your locked space directly! Upon hearing this, Ding Lizhong’s inner unease instantly amplified to the maximum! The various collaboration doubts between Qixing Group and Changsheng Group surged up waves of uncertainty in his mind... If... Just saying if! If Qixing Group truly is the base camp of the Nine Headed Snake, what kind of storm would that be? No matter how much inner turmoil leaps inside him, he has no way to deepen the conversation with Lin Xiaosu and can only wait for the grand drama to unfold. At the door, Lin Xiaosu took out his phone to check the time. Everyone’s eyes fixated on him. Including He Gaosheng. Lin Xiaosu, however, gave his gaze to Yixiang. He nodded slightly. Yixiang raised her hand and took out a small bottle. When the bottle opened, a fragrant aroma spread out, even reaching the people seated on the podium. It’s time! Footsteps echoed in the corridor... More than a hundred members of the Changsheng Group’s research team filed in. They had just received instructions from the general manager’s office to attend the meeting. The general manager will personally elaborate on the "Comprehensive Plan for Biological Engineering Control." No one wants to miss this plan. Because of the special status of this general manager. He is the chief scientist of Changsheng Group. He is an authority in domestic biological engineering control. With the issuance of his comprehensive plan, the research direction of Changsheng Group will be set, and whoever can grasp the key areas in his plan, delving deep into those areas, will have bigger development opportunities and achieve greater results. Therefore, no matter how busy these researchers are, whether they care about profit, reputation, or only care about the value of their work and nothing more, they will all put aside their tasks to attend to this class. This is called not just pulling the cart with your head down but also keeping an eye on the road ahead. The general manager’s planning document is the road they need to see... Upon entering the meeting room, they smelled the fragrance in the room, and someone joked that the conference service team is becoming more attentive, even spraying perfume in the meeting room. But when they looked up, they were dumbfounded. The people seated on the podium... Mayor He? Director Zhan from the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission? Isn’t today supposed to be Mr. Ding’s lecture? However, after a moment of thought, it seemed plausible that the biological engineering control plan is a major issue, and it seems normal for the mayor and the leading shareholder, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, to be concerned. Personnel continued to arrive, and the hundred-plus seats below gradually filled up. The meeting was scheduled for 2:15 PM. Shortly after 2:00 PM, everyone was present. Ding Lizhong lightly nodded, signaling that everyone was there, and Lin Xiaosu gently waved a hand, closing the meeting room door. He walked from the back of the room, step by step, onto the podium. The scientists sitting below were all dumbfounded... Who is this person? So young, is he giving a lecture? Is he going to waste everyone’s time? Lin Xiaosu reached the podium and came to the edge of the podium in front of Mayor He’s table... "Ladies and gentlemen of the Changsheng Group’s research team: Today’s meeting topic is ’The Future Plan of Bioengineering Control.’ Do you know what is the core of current scientific advancement?" Everyone frowned collectively, not because they couldn’t answer his question, but who was he? Does he really think he’s a professor? Could he question the scientists present? Lin Xiaosu said, "Science is people-oriented! The greatest core is talent! You are the talent of the Changsheng Group! But do you know that, because you are talent, you have become targets for foreign forces to infiltrate? You might have already been poisoned by the enemy!" The whole room was shocked. Almost everyone’s expressions changed simultaneously. Lin Xiaosu took a breath and slowly added, "Today’s meeting was convened under the guise of Mr. Ding’s lecture, but the real purpose isn’t a lecture; it’s detection!" The lecture isn’t a lecture; it’s just detection! The two sitting in the back row glanced at each other, one whispering, "Why make detection so mysterious?" "Yeah, detection is quite normal; we conduct it all the time ourselves. Just send a notice, and we can arrange some time to go through it. My experiment is only halfway done..." Indeed, as members of the research team, regular disinfection and physical examination are regulations. Everyone was accustomed to it. They were long used to it. Their words were very soft, theoretically inaudible from the podium, but Lin Xiaosu heard them: "I hear someone down below saying detection doesn’t need to be so mysterious. Actually, everybody thinks so, right?" The middle-aged man in the back row stood up: "Yes, I said that! That’s also what I think." "That’s because you don’t know what’s implanted in you!" Lin Xiaosu said, "There’s a kind of Gu worm called the Life Soul Gu that infiltrates the brain, with a dormancy period of up to ten years. It is a life form, not a chip, so normal detection can’t find it. Moreover, it doesn’t release toxins, so blood tests and genetic analysis won’t detect it. What’s deadly is... a strand of special aura can activate this Gu worm. Once activated, it can destroy your brain entirely in one second!" "There’s... there’s such a thing?" That middle-aged man’s face changed. Everyone in the room, faces all changed. For a moment, discussions erupted... Lin Xiaosu said, "When everyone entered the conference room, did you smell a peculiar fragrance?" The crowd suddenly fell silent. Oh my god, he just mentioned a special aura could activate the Gu worms, and everyone smelled a peculiar fragrance upon entering the conference room. Did you... activate the Gu worms? How dare you? Wait, no one fell suddenly ill. Lin Xiaosu laughed, "Let me share two pieces of good news! First, the fragrance everyone smelled is the antidote we’ve specifically researched. As long as you’re in the current environment, even if the enemy tries to activate the Gu worms in your brain, they can’t." On the podium, He Gaosheng gently exhaled a breath. He didn’t actually know a lot, and attended simply out of trust in Shen Yinchuan and Lin Xiaosu. Lin Xiaosu’s initial words were heart-stopping. His heart leapt to his throat. Until these words were spoken, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, understanding the true core of today’s meeting. The essence of the meeting wasn’t about what was said, but about what was arranged beforehand... "Second piece of good news..." Lin Xiaosu said, "I have special methods to extract the Gu worms from your brains, allowing you to see firsthand whether you’re affected!" He turned and picked up a stack of white paper from the table behind him. With a swish, the white paper flew toward the hundred or so people below like it had wings. Landing accurately in front of every participant. Shen Yinchuan’s eyes sparkled. Was this the True Qi’s Flying Flower Picking Leaves? The people below didn’t understand. What was this for? "Everyone prepare, slow your breathing, remain seated, chin towards the paper, and don’t move regardless of any peculiar feeling." Everyone simultaneously held this awkward posture. "Yixiang! Let’s begin!" Lin Xiaosu said to Yixiang. Yixiang took a deep breath, extended her hand, and took out a snow-white little turtle. Holding the turtle in her hand, she seemed like a fairy walking out of the Immortal World. She stepped forward, and suddenly, a hazy white light emanated from the little turtle as she walked towards the central aisle, growing ever brighter... Suddenly, a worm crawled out from the nostril of a middle-aged man beside her, followed by another one from the other nostril... "Ah..." Someone caught sight of it and exclaimed. "Quiet!" He Gaosheng spoke, standing abruptly. Clink! The two peculiar worms fell onto the white paper, unmoving. Almost simultaneously, two worms crawled from the nostrils of the person beside him as well. Falling onto the white paper, unmoving. The white turtle in Yixiang’s hand emitted light like water waves, radiating from her as the center, spreading the terrifying anomaly throughout the venue. One, two, three, five, ten... In the blink of an eye, out of the hundred and twelve people, except for seven or eight, all others had these peculiar worms crawling from their nostrils. The room was as quiet as night. No one spoke. But trembling sounds emerged, as these scientists trembled unconsciously. As scientists, they refused to believe in ghosts and gods. But today, it was as if they themselves starred in a ghostly and divine blockbuster. Over two inches long, the worms crawled from their nostrils onto the paper before them. So clear, so real... After ten minutes, with the fall of the last worm, the light from the white turtle gradually diminished and finally disappeared. The body of the hundred-plus people leaned backward, endeavoring to distance themselves from the worms on the white paper. Yixiang stepped through, collecting the worms from the paper one by one, placing them into a glass bottle. Everyone took a deep breath, the color slowly returning to their faces. "What... what on earth is this?" A researcher asked. Lin Xiaosu raised a hand, pointing to a person below: "Can you answer this question?" Everyone turned their gaze toward that person. This person sat in the third row, exhibiting a very odd state; while others were flustered and disbelieving, he seemed... excited...

Chapter 360: A Meeting to Rescue 100 Scientists

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