"Ling Chen, your father is currently on a secret mission, and I can’t reveal too much information to you at the mont. You know your father’s capabilities, once he completes the mission, I..."
Before Ling Tao could finish his words, Ling Chen impatiently interrupted, "Stop giving so much nonsense, I’m fed up with it. You guys keep telling this is confidential, that is confidential, this can’t be said, that can’t be said, only when things reach do you reveal a bit of information. Do you think I’m so beggar that can be easily dismissed? Let tell you, if you don’t clarify things for this ti, don’t co to for anything in the future. Also, don’t bla if I do sothing outrageous, don’t co to reproach ."
"You... you’re really stubborn, aren’t you." Ling Tao’s tone carried a hint of helplessness, "Didn’t I tell you before? There are things I’m not withholding from you, but... telling you now won’t benefit you, it’ll only add unnecessary worries."
"I believe you have your good intentions, but I don’t want to be a puppet that cos and goes at your command. If you want to do these things, at least tell the reason, let know why I’m doing them. If you truly consider one of your own, you shouldn’t keep everything from . Do you know, the Heavenly chanism Pavilion has already issued the Heavenly chanism Order, sending people all over to hunt my father, and you’re well aware of my relationship with the Heavenly chanism Pavilion. Do you understand how difficult it is for to be caught in the middle? I’m worried every day at ho, fearful that sothing terrible might happen to my dad. And you all, not saying a word, not even reachable when I need help, have you considered my feelings?" Ling Chen grew more agitated as he spoke, and even he, who was usually calm, couldn’t quite control his emotions.
"Alright, I understand your point." Ling Tao was silent for a mont, then said, "Hand the phone to porridge girl, I have sothing to tell her."
"Fine, if you understand, if you want my help, don’t treat like an outsider." With that, Ling Chen handed the phone over to porridge girl.
It’s unclear what Ling Tao said to porridge girl, but she responded a few tis and then hung up the phone.
"What did he say?" Ling Chen asked.
"He said... since you want to know, I’ll tell you so things first. As for the rest, he’ll personally speak to you later. Follow , I’ll take you sowhere." With that, porridge girl proceeded directly to the core area of the base.
After passing through four explosion-proof doors, Ling Chen followed porridge girl into a hidden laboratory.
As the door to the laboratory slowly opened, Ling Chen was imdiately stunned by the scene in front of him.
In the massive laboratory, various instrunts and equipnt were on display, but more eye-catching were over a dozen two-ter-long transparent cultivation tanks. Inside those tanks lay a man each. But that’s not the most shocking part. The most astonishing was that the n looked exactly the sa, as if carved from the sa mold.
This... this is... clone?
Ling Chen stared dazedly at the tanks, his mind unable to react.
He had always thought that only those who crossed the moral line, like the God Organization, would do such things, but he hadn’t expected Ling Tao and his people were conducting such forbidden experints too.
"Porridge girl, what exactly is going on?" Ling Chen asked after regaining his senses.
"Don’t get excited, let explain, it’s not what you think," porridge girl said. "As you can see, these are genetic clones, created over decades of research, resulting in so many test subjects. We’ve paid a heavy price for these test subjects."
Ling Chen waved his hand, "Don’t tell about things that don’t matter, I just want to know why you’re conducting such experints."
For a long ti, Ling Chen fought against the God Organization primarily because they violated human morals and experinted on innocent people over the line. In his view, the God Organization was evil, ambitious, and had to be eradicated. Now, with Ling Tao’s involvent in such experints, what’s the difference from the God Organization? Ling Chen felt confused, had he chosen the wrong side all along?
Seeing Ling Chen’s dazed look, porridge girl explained, "Ling Chen, don’t overthink. We’re different from the God Organization. They’re willing to use any ans to achieve their goals, but our experints have never hard any innocent person. Follow , let show you sothing."
With that, porridge girl walked to a refrigerated box, entered a triple password, and the box door slowly opened.
With a burst of cold air from the box, Ling Chen’s expression changed slightly. He was surprised to see a severed arm inside the box.
This... looking at the severed arm, it seed intensely familiar to Ling Chen. That’s right! During his first eting with Ling Tao, he was trying to seize a tal password box Ling Tao had. Inside that box was a severed arm. At the ti, Ling Tao told him that this arm was crucial to future victory or defeat.
Whenever he recalled Ling Tao’s words, he felt incredulous. He couldn’t understand how a severed arm could relate to future victory or defeat.
"You’ve seen this severed arm before, all our experints are based on it, including those clones. Our researchers extracted genes from this arm and then created these clones," porridge girl said.
"Who does this severed arm belong to?"
"I don’t know, it’s confidential, very few people are aware. If you want to find out, you’ll have to ask Ling Tao. He’s the one handling these matters, including this research base, which he manages entirely. When we talked on the phone, Ling Tao told he’ll co to the base after dealing with other matters, so you can ask him anything you don’t understand then."
"Alright, I’ll definitely find him to get clarity." Ling Chen nodded. This ti he was determined, regardless of what excuses Ling Tao might have, to get to the bottom of everything, including the internal struggles within the Ling Family and their causes.
Upon leaving the base, Agula’s subordinate found Ling Chen and inford him that Zhu Hong had gone missing, and the search troops had returned. Ling Chen wasn’t surprised, knowing Zhu Hong was cunning and must have had a fallback plan. Moreover, intelligence indicated that Zhu Hong seed to have personal protection.
Although he couldn’t capture Zhu Hong, from this incident, Ling Chen was already able to confirm that Zhu Hong had been recruited by the southern faction of the Ling Family.
Taking advantage of everyone’s distraction while cleaning the battlefield, Ling Chen made a call to Hu Fei, who was far away in East Sea City. He was abroad at the mont, but Old K was still in East Sea City, posing a threat that couldn’t be ignored, who knew what his next target might be.
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