in2ebook Chapter 342 The Great Flaw and Virtue Inherited by Ancestor Ying
Chapter 342 The Great Flaw and Virtue Inherited by Ancestor Ying
Chapter 342 The Great Flaw and Virtue Inherited by Ancestor Ying
As the crowd surged, the mind-controlled humans spontaneously mobilized, grabbing anything around them that could be used as a weapon and starting a riot.
Without prior communication, without pre-organization, and even before this, they didn't know how to launch a riot.
It was the super-energy wave of mind control that brought them together.
This included various theories about instigating riots, portraying them as natural-born thugs.
"Mind control..."
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Hongyue frowned as he gazed at the distant beacon of the soul.
Without a doubt, that was the root cause of the riot and also the objective of his mission.
At the request of his faction, he and his teammates split up and rushed toward the beacons that were in use.
He believed his teammates could complete the mission on their own, just as they trusted him.
After a period of fighting in various places, they have gained a lot of power from the evil gods outside the realm, and are no longer the same team as before.
They were enhanced, and the number of five-star reincarnators in the team was no longer just two as at the beginning.
All other thoughts vanished, leaving only trust in teammates and the desire to complete the mission as quickly as possible.
Hong Yue pulled a pocket watch from his pocket, adjusted its hands, and casually asked, "How do you feel? Has the nano-neurostimulator taken effect?"
"I don't feel anything," the officer in charge of his unit replied. "With the nano-neurostimulators, the mind beacon has no effect on us."
"That's good. Let's not delay, let's set off. Everyone, try to stay as close to me as possible."
After saying that, he pressed the button on his pocket watch.
The rabbit pocket watch began to tick, its hands spinning rapidly, as the power of time descended upon Hongyue and the people behind him.
"Time is about to accelerate."
The moment the words were spoken, the person had vanished from the spot.
The mind-controlled thug didn't even have time to react before he was knocked over.
Their vision only caught a fleeting afterimage, and they had no idea what had passed between them.
When they came to their senses, they realized that the human wall they had formed with their bodies had somehow developed a gap.
"Someone went past!"
"Quickly, get back and guard the beacon!"
They had a large number of people; almost the entire city had gathered near the beacon.
However, their quality is very poor. After all, they were just ordinary people before being controlled by mind control, and they cannot suddenly become superhumans after being controlled by mind control.
It didn't take long for Hong Yue's team to break through the layers of human shields and enter the inner ring area of the Mind Beacon.
Most of their time was spent moving people who were stuck together; they could have done it much faster if they had just fought their way in.
"The higher-ups have instructed us to seize the beacon if possible; the people at the Academy of Sciences want to study it, as it seems the 'Kara' project might need it."
Hongyue muttered to himself, then shook his head and sighed.
"If it weren't for this, and the concern about harming the masses, there would be no need for all this trouble. I could have just blasted it away from a distance."
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"...It's the Humanitarian Will Project, not some Kara Project," the officer behind him couldn't help but remind him.
"The functions are almost the same, pretty much the same."
He shrugged and suddenly stopped.
The rabbit pocket watch stopped at that moment, its surface dull and lifeless, and it was unlikely to be used again anytime soon.
However, he didn't care. Since he had entered the Mind Beacon unharmed, this rabbit pocket watch from the "Land of the Unbelievable" could now retire with honor.
Hong Yue calmly gave the order: "Engineer, stop this beacon immediately. The rest of you, disperse at each entrance and exit to build a defensive line. Do not let anyone get close. If necessary, intruders are allowed to be treated as enemies and killed."
Although the soldiers were reluctant to lay a hand on their own countrymen, military orders were absolute...
"Give us three minutes, and we promise to stop this beacon."
With the lives of their compatriots at stake, the engineers dared not be careless and were on high alert in dealing with the beacon.
"Tsk, with this level of mind control ability, the power of the person behind it is probably about the same as mine. They are only one step away from entering the six-star level."
With a long sword slung over his shoulder, Hongyue appeared to be examining the mind-controlling machine, but his eyes kept glancing to the side out of the corner of his eye.
Behind the engineer who was desperately dealing with the beacon, a human figure could be vaguely seen in the shadows of the corner.
The humanoid silhouette raised its hand, a faint purple hue spreading from its fingertips.
He wanted to attack the engineers, but a long knife moved faster than him.
"court death."
The long sword slashed through the air, its blade oozing foul blood.
There are no superfluous special effects, only power concentrated to the extreme.
The spy couldn't even unleash his own mental power before being cleanly cleaved in two by the longsword... or perhaps not even completely intact.
The concentrated power seeped into the spy's body, blasting his two halves into a bloody mist before his internal organs and blood could spill onto the ground.
"You've gotten rid of one pest, don't worry about it, just keep doing your work."
After comforting the frightened engineer, Hongyue once again picked up his longsword and stood guard by his side.
Three minutes passed in the blink of an eye. In fact, the engineers had already turned off the beacon after two and a half minutes.
The large number of mind-controlled individuals who had flooded into the beacon stood frozen in the passageway, their eyes glazed over, like puppets that had lost their manipulators.
"It's a success."
The officer breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the citizens gradually regain consciousness, who were less than ten meters from the defensive line.
"Don't just stand there like an idiot," Hongyue patted him on the shoulder, "there are still backup plans to deal with. Your compatriots have been indoctrinated with some unhealthy ideas and need your guidance and scrutiny."
Mind beacons are a dangerous tool, capable of easily controlling civilians and secretly implanting dangerous knowledge into their minds.
Under the pollution of this knowledge, honest people will become treacherous and cunning, foolish people will become shrewd and calculating, and selfless people will become selfish and self-serving.
They are a highly efficient machine for producing politicians, schemers, and villains.
"I see."
The officer nodded and directed the soldiers to guide the crowd to prevent stampedes or other accidents.
Faced with these friendly faces, the crowd was very compliant, and no accidents occurred along the way.
"It seems the knowledge about beacon implantation shouldn't be too dangerous, but you never know. It might just be temporarily dormant, or it might be hidden..."
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Hongyue stood to the side, one hand supporting his chin, a faint smile on his lips.
"These people trust their country's military a lot, which is not easy to achieve, and that's good."
He appreciates this trend; at least it saves them a lot of effort.
If it were a federal setting, and the public were just waking up to find themselves surrounded by soldiers, who knows what kind of chaos might ensue.
"I wonder how things are going in other places... Oh, all resolved? Well done."
This means that the mental beacons that were causing chaos across China have been shut down, and the first wave of mind control has passed.
Perhaps the higher-ups will retaliate against the mastermind, or perhaps they won't, since they have more important plans to execute right now.
Once the large-scale iteration plan is completed, all subsequent mind control will no longer be a problem.
"The genes embedded in the psychic ability genome are enough to transform every one of our citizens into extraordinary psychic beings."
"This isn't about modifying the mind, though that might be part of it, but the main area is still genes... What? You're asking if a human would still be human after this thing is implanted?"
"Oh, Professor Siegfried, can't you see it yet? This is a new round of human evolution, or rather, an evolution we chose ourselves!"
Siegfried frowned, clearly disapproving of the fanatical man before him, but he still listened patiently.
"You should be able to see how dangerous the enemy's mind control department is, right? Look at those mind beacons that are still active; they can instantly reshape a person's mind, and even..."
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"It can also mass-produce knowledge, producing the best soldiers, researchers, politicians, and madmen."
Siegfried interrupted the man and calmly added, "Professor Selvis, I know just as much about psychic beacons as you do."
"I know, I know, but what I want to say is that the Mind Beacon is ultimately just a mass-produced machine created by imitating the thinking and brain structure of people with psychic abilities."
The man named Selvis remained unmoved and continued to explain his point of view.
In front of numerous political figures and scientists from the alliance, he spoke at length about his vision for the project's success.
"Our plan is just one step away from completion: large-scale rollout of genetic modification. Once we take that step, the enemy's mind control will no longer be effective against us."
"Every person with psychic abilities will possess abilities that surpass those of ordinary people, not only in terms of superpowers, but also in terms of learning ability and intelligence."
"After genetic modification, we may be different from before, but without a doubt, this is evolution, and we are a new kind of human, a Newtype. Our souls will no longer be bound by gravity!"
Unlike other factions, the Alliance embarked on the path of genetic ascension, and it all originated from a chance inspiration from Servis.
It was that inspiration that allowed him to complete the missing piece of the genetic modification technology puzzle, paving the way for the Alliance's genetic advancement.
As for where the initial inspiration came from, and why it happened so coincidentally, no one cares.
Just as few people care whether Newton's inspiration actually came from that apple, they only remember his achievements.
The dignitaries present were indifferent to other aspects, focusing only on the underlying interests and costs.
"Professor Selvis," the representative from France stood up and asked, "From what you've said, this technology seems to be mature. What is the success rate of the modification?"
"Eighty-five percent," Selvis grinned. "With more advanced monitoring and treatment equipment, that probability could be increased to close to one hundred percent."
In other words, having money is all it takes to qualify as an NT.
The French representative smiled; he had gotten the answer he wanted, and sat back down.
Everyone present was either rich or already enjoyed high-class treatment, and most of them were qualified to become NTs.
"Professor Selvis, can your genetic modification technology only be embedded in the genome of psychic abilities?"
Another political figure rose to his feet; he was from Britain and seemed to have other ideas.
"Of course not. In fact, we prepared several modification plans beforehand, each corresponding to enhancing physical fitness,..."
This includes improving learning abilities and lowering satisfaction thresholds.
After a pause, Servais frowned.
"But none of these solutions are as good as the psychic ability genome approach, since the latter provides comprehensive enhancement, although its success rate isn't as high, and its cost isn't as low..."
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"That's enough."
The representative from the UK laughed.
"In that case, why don't we just set up a threshold?"
In this representative's plan, the alliance could simultaneously offer multiple renovation packages, each with a different price.
The most advanced natural corresponding psychic ability genome, also comes bundled with a full set of monitoring and treatment equipment services, specially designed for the wealthy.
Political figures are preparing.
The next level corresponds to improving learning ability and enhancing physical fitness, and is prepared for scholars, researchers, and military officers.
The next category corresponds to lowering the satisfaction threshold and increasing compliance; this category can also be promoted for free and is specifically designed for the underlying systems.
"Selvis's expression turned ugly, as did Siegfried's."
The latter subtly glanced around, taking in the expressions of the dignitaries present.
Sure enough, no matter how good the intention, once such a plan is proposed, they will always manage to execute it badly. He muttered to himself.
It's not hard to tell from the faces of these political figures that they do not oppose the plan to bring the British representative to the Great Debt.
Even if this separates people at the genetic level, and from then on, children from poor families will be far behind children from rich families in both physical and intellectual abilities.
The class divide will be greater than ever before, and no amount of efforts to promote educational equity may be of any use.
Sure enough, these politicians only care about their own interests.
Siegfried glanced at Selvis on the stage again and sighed silently.
Judging from Servis's unpleasant expression, he knew that this scholar, who was so focused on his academic work, had not considered this aspect at all.
Selvis was simply presenting his research in the hopes of gaining high-level support so that humanity could enter a new era.
But he didn't expect the great moral failings inherited from his ancestors, or rather, he didn't expect the politicians to have such low moral standards.
"Professor Selvis, thank you for your brilliant speech. I believe this moment will be recorded in history, and you will be remembered as the father of the new human race."
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"..." Selvis opened his mouth, as if to say something, but was asked to leave the stage by the meeting's host.
This was never what he wanted; he never imagined using technology in this way.
When Siegfried found him again, this so-called father of the new humans had already been ousted by the powerful and wealthy, and was muttering to himself in a dejected state.
With the genetic modification bill now in effect, the entire alliance is about to embark on a different path.
"We drove out the enemy from the east together, but they betrayed us, betrayed all the people loyal to the Alliance," Siegfried said. "That's the truth."
"They stole my research," Selvis suddenly became agitated, panting as he spoke, "and they lied to the people of the Alliance!"
The higher-ups are deceiving the people, claiming that the purpose of the free renovations is to improve the physical fitness of the population; however, it is merely a means to emasculate their spirit.
Make them obey, not resist!