Chapter 3: Laboratory Program
  Luo Xiaowei and Cang Jie looked at each other.
  “Haven’t you received the proposal for the breeding plan? The one for Lin Xi’s selective breeding partner.” Luo Xiaowei was surprised.
  “Should I know about it?”
  “I thought that the mutants of the II and III generations would receive this notice. After all, you must be the preferred gene.”
  “…”
  Mu Yechen glanced at Luo Xiaowei.
  Luo Xiaowei suddenly became clever:
“But I remember that before you got on the plane, you were discussing with Gu Yang about some kind of monsters under Lin Xi’s mask.”
  Cang Jie stabbed him, “He also said that he stared at the executioner for three minutes and twelve seconds, which is very abnormal.”
  Luo Xiaowei hurriedly stepped on him but Cang Jie kicked him feet before it landed on him.
  But it was too late, Mu Yechen’s voice was cold: “Luo Xiaowei, go to the penalty station by yourself.”
  “Yes.” Luo Xiaowei resignedly stood up from the seat and performed a skystand in the cabin.
  “But I didn’t say anything wrong.”
  After thirty seconds, Luo Xiaowei said unwillingly, “He is an executioner and everyone is very curious. Before I left for the task, I saw that there were queues at the entrance of the laboratory. Several officers I know are going to have their serum tested!”
  Mu Yechen squinted.
   Ah… Luo Xiaowei opened his mouth and quickly closed it again.
  Mu Yechen put down the gun and said in disgust, “The regular army and the laboratory do not violate the river water. The less they touch, the safer it is for us, you know?”
  “Understood.” Luo Xiaowei and Cang Jie froze in their hearts and said in unison.
  Mu Yechen didn’t speak any more, his eyes fell on the weapon in his hand.
  The transport plane went all the way, and soon reached the other side. After Mu Yechen got off the plane, he routinely went to the conference room to report the situation.
  He took the elevator and through the transparent tempered glass, he saw the crowd in front of the tower area not far away.
  The experimental tower is adjacent to the military district with a spacious square in front of it. At this time, someone was sitting in the open space.
  In addition to the demonstrators who opposed the base’s human experiment plan, some were showing their ID cards and a notice stamped with the other side’s badge to the guards in the tower area.
  These people were chatting, discussing and laughing, and their smiles were full of schadenfreude.
  They were probably officers who were “selected” for the executioner.
  Luo Xiaowei’s words came to his mind again and couldn’t help but frowned until the elevator sounded.
  There have been a number of important base personnel waiting in the hall for a long time and the communicator conveys the real-time images of the other five districts.
  “Commander Mu, there’s a group of rebels has occupied an oil extraction site, which contains a lot of oil resources. Is this news true?” An old questioning voice came from the conference room.
  “Yes, we sent troops to clean up the site. We did find an underground oil well, which has been mined and transported back.” Mu Yechen stood astride and made a brief report.
  The population in the image opens and closes.
  “Commander, this batch of resources should be shipped directly to our western district. Our western district is engaged in heavy industry production and the energy is almost exhausted.”
  “Commander, the eastern district also needs resource rationing. The population of the residential area has surged in the past two years and the consumption of resources has exceeded three times. It ’s twice as fast as last year.â€
  “The north area is close to Maka Peak, so it needs to be defended against the alien species on the snow-capped mountains, and it also needs to supply resources.â€
  The four districts of the base made a scene about snatching resources.
  This kind of environment has been staged more than once and Mu Yechen’s expression did not change: “My department is only responsible for front-line operations and does not participate in energy distribution.”
  He paused and smiled again: “But if you want energy, next time the aliens invade, please support our department. I will fight for the oil refining ratio of the corpses of all kinds of giant beasts.”
  The oil-like oil brought by the corpses of the alien species is the main source of energy for the other base.
  But the combat power of alien species is far higher than that of humans, and the invasion of alien species is a disaster for all districts.
  The people fighting before become instantly dumbfounded and did not dare to answer directly.
  Mu Yechen snorted coldly and his smile gradually faded.
  This high-spirited resource grabbing meeting came to an end soon, the representatives from various districts withdrew from the meeting.
  Mu Yechen was also about to withdraw but a heavy mechanical voice stopped him.
  “Commander Mu, have you seen Number 01 when you were on a mission?” the voice asked.
  Number 01 is Lin Xi’s code name.
  Mu Yechen took a step.
  “Yes.” he replied.
  The voice began to fall into a long silence until Mu Yechen thought he had left.
  “Then do you know anything about him?” the voice asked again.
  Mu Yechen thought for a while: “This time he intercepted the rebel mutants in the rear, buying time for my unit. I haven’t had time to thank him.”
  “I’m not referring to that.”
  “Then, is it about the supervisor’s problem?”
  “No.”
  Mu Yechen frowned: “The leader was selected for the breeding program?”
  The voice machine couldn’t understand his emotion: “Yes, he is the only one in human evolution. The breeding plan’s goal is to leave a new sample.”
  Mu Yechen felt that there was something in this sentence.
  The voice continued: “This time, we have collected samples of young humans from the base but the blood samples are not well matched. From the perspective of merit selection, maybe you are more suitable for him.”
  Mu Yechen narrowed his eyes.
  Sure enough, the leader began to send out invitations: “You are the first batch of II-generation artificial mutants to survive the experiment. Your father has fused the totem genes of ancient civilizations for you, that’s why your bloodline is very powerful.”
  ” If you combine with number 01, there is a 10% chance of giving birth of a powerful living mutant. I hope you can also participate in the plan.”
  “That’s only 10%.”
  “Yes, after all, he is a man. The probability of reproduction and survival is only 10%.”
  For a moment, Mu Yechen thought of the executioner Lin Xi lay lifeless body on the ground.
  He met a person who was close to a different species today and it was rare to lend a helping hand to him.
  But his aid was rejected without hesitation and that person called him by his title – “Savior”.
  Mu Yechen twitched the corners of his mouth: “Really? If it wasn’t for the confirmation that he was a male today, I would have thought the breeding program was a joke.”
  “Haha.”
  The leader actually laughed, his laughter was pronounced mechanically showing no emotion: “You are the supreme commander, the ‘savior’ of mankind. Regarding the breeding program, our laboratory respects your choice.”
  Mu Yechen heard this address again.
  “But I don’t seem to have any choice.”
  “How do you say it?”
  “I am the supreme commander, the savior you said.”
  Mu Yechen laughed: “The laboratory’s plan is for mankind.”
  “…”
  The leader fell silent , “Yes, the laboratory will always take the interests of mankind as the highest criterion. If your father was alive, he would definitely support this plan.”
  Mu Yechen’s expression froze and quickly laughed.
  “Yeah, what would he do if it were my father.”
  In the conference room, the young general turned around and left last. In the video connection, his back was seen until he disappeared into the light and shadow.
  The leader cut off the call.
  “He agreed.” he said in the video.
  A female doctor in a white protective suit stepped forward: “Head, what shall we do next?”
  The head turned his head and there was a creaking sound in the laboratory.
  “In order to arrange the breeding plan for No. 01 and Mu Yechen, we must ensure that No. 01’s physical condition does not show any difference.”
  “Yes, head.”
  The sound of the parts rubbing slowed down and the head’s voice sounded again, solemn and unbearable.
  “After Mu Yechen contacted No. 01, we immediately arranged for 01’s memory cleaning. We must ensure that he does not have any impression of Mu Yechen.”
  “Yes, head.”
  When Lin Xi woke up again, the huge glass were opened. He was lifted from the nutrient solution and placed on a stretcher.
  The white lights in the experimental area are dazzling and dazzling. Lin Xi narrowed his eyes and subconsciously raised his hand and brushed his abdomen, feeling the wound he suffered in the battle against the rebels.
  The wound has scabbed over and from the looked of the healing, he has slept for twelve days.
  But soon someone took his hand from the wound, laid him flat on a hard white marble bed, and pinned his wrist to the edge of the bed.
  Not only the hands, but also his head and feet were immobilized.
  Someone else came and covered his eyes.
  “The experiment will be carried out after an hour. The leader ordered that his threat value must be minimized and his physical function must be ensured.”
  He heard the instructions from the laboratory next to him.
  Soon, he couldn’t even hear his voice. Someone came over and put a patch on his body, which was connected to measuring instruments such as electrocardiogram, electroencephalogram, and biohormone spectrum.
  He knew almost instantly what he was about to face.
  Fu Yibo called it breeding and the people in the lab called it ‘selection’.
  Lin Xi had no choice but to be forced to accept it. Since he was taken back to the laboratory to study his alien structure, he has lost all his freedom, dignity and past.
  “Lin Xi, let’s go. Go where we can’t find it, and never come back.”
  A word repeated in his mind. He kept thinking of the mountain of corpses and gunfire that day, the wandering whale that became him at the end of the world.
  But he was not reconciled.
  After the archaeal infection, the differentiated heteroblast divides rapidly and he frantically tries out his sixth sense.
  It was at this moment that he detected the vibration of human sound waves.
  “The arrangement here is to record our sex process?”
  The sound wave of this man’s speech was familiar. He stood at the door of the laboratory, as if observing the entire monitoring room.
  “Commander Mu, we must ensure that you and him can be effectively combined.” Someone answered for him.
  “Then I’m also your experiment?”
  The person who came was the savior whom he met in the resistance camp that day.
  No one dared to reply, only the voice of the leader answered: “Commander Mu, he can kill aliens that are several times larger than him in the state of losing his abilities. We are also ensuring your safety.”
  “No need, I don’t have this habit, he can’t pose as a threat to me now.” He sensed the savior’s answer.
  He twitched his eyelashes slightly.
  A staff member carefully started the intravenous injection beside him.
  His trembling began to spread throughout his body.
  He knew that he would no longer be able to hear or see and could only seize the brink of collapse with the last bit of power that was about to dissipate.
  “Bang!”
  At this moment, he heard the sound of glass breaking, accompanied by a weak electric current and the white light suddenly darkened the space.
  He was stunned.
  It was the commander who broke the lights and probes in the monitoring room.
  The laboratory began to report errors and corrections and fell into chaos.
  The head’s voice is also affected by the interruption of the current.
  “Commander Mu, what are you doing?”
  “I agree to this selection, but it doesn’t mean I want to be monitored.”
  “Commander Mu, you are an adult. All the equipment in the laboratory is to ensure that the plan can go smoothly.”
  “No, I’ll finish the mission.”
  “…”
  The leader didn’t speak any more, his connection was cut off. The loudspeaker in the monitoring room made a noise of electric current.
  Soon, the last sound was gone.
  Silence suddenly came and Lin Xi opened his eyes and looked at this dark room.
  One second, two seconds, three seconds…
  He lay uneasily until he felt a pair of warm hands brush his hair, rustling in his ears.
  His hearing shield was then removed.
  Those hands gently stroked his hair and then gently laid on his forehead.
  “Don’t be afraid.”
   He heard his voice.
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Edited: 7/19/22
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