"Ah? Haha, hahahaha!"
Lin Qingsong sat on the ground and burst into laughter.
"I didn't expect you to be even more ruthless than me, not even sparing your own sister."
"You knew the outcome but didn't tell her, probably just for your so-called experimental records!"
"Interesting, truly interesting!"
"I really underestimated you. When it comes to inhumanity, I concede defeat."
"I kill in the apocalypse to get resources, eliminate threats, and survive."
"And you kill for some experimental results. I'd say people like you are the lowest form of life, beasts in human skin!"
Facing Lin Qingsong's mockery, Tang Houde remained unperturbed. He said calmly,
"Are you done with your last words? Then goodbye!"
Buzz!
Immediately after, a beam of energy shot directly at Lin Qingsong's chest.
Bang!
A violent explosion sent Lin Qingsong flying over ten meters away.
It also alerted the Tang Xiaoen squad who were on duty nearby.
Tang Xiaoen, along with his team members, quickly apprehended Lin Qingsong, the intruder.
"Professor Tang, what happened? Why is there no information on this person in the database!"
Tang Xiaoen stood before Tang Houde and saluted, asking.
"He is a subject of the humanity experiment. He killed our research personnel and kidnapped me!"
"Thank goodness you arrived. Quickly deal with this subject!"
Tang Houde said nervously.
He intended to silence Lin Qingsong, but he hadn't expected Lin Qingsong's strength to be so formidable. He was still alive after taking a beam of energy from him!
For an ordinary human, this blow would have likely reduced them to charred bones.
"According to the law, we need to conduct a trial before executing this person. Professor Tang, please rest assured and hand him over to us. We will ensure justice is served."
Tang Xiaoen said matter-of-factly.
"He is not human. Humans are subject to our laws, but he is an experimental subject!"
"Don't you understand?! He's just a humanoid creature."
"I have the right to dispose of my experimental subjects without any legal procedures!"
Tang Houde shouted anxiously.
If Tang Xiaoen and his team interrogated Lin Qingsong, and he revealed that Tang Houde had killed his own sister Tang Zhilan and tampered with the experimental records, then Tang Houde would be ruined.
Scientists do not fear hardship; what they fear most is ruin.
However, in front of Tang Xiaoen's squad, he could not resort to force.
He knew he couldn't possibly fight a well-trained squad, and doing so would only worsen his situation.
"Whether he is an experimental subject or not requires review by the examination committee. This is my duty, please understand, Professor Tang!"
After speaking, Tang Xiaoen saluted Tang Houde and left with the severely injured Lin Qingsong.
Tang Houde knelt on the ground, looking dejected. He felt his world crumbling, his carefully constructed persona as the leader of the progressive faction collapsing.
He could already imagine what others would say about him.
That the young scientific leader had achieved everything through falsifying experimental records.
All his scientific achievements would be overturned and re-examined, and the mecha, his dream, would be permanently shelved, never to see the light of day.
Tang Houde's name would not even be remembered in human history...
For three consecutive days, Tang Houde confined himself to his room, drawing the curtains, waiting for the day of judgment.
On the morning of the third day, Captain Huang, responsible for judicial matters, personally led his team to his door.
"Speak. I will accept any outcome!"
Tang Houde sat by the bed, his hair disheveled, head bowed, his voice hoarse.
"Upon review, Lin Qingsong was indeed an experimental subject and has since been eliminated."
"However, before his elimination, he confessed to other matters."
Captain Huang stood before Tang Houde and stated calmly.
"Just give me the result. No need to beat around the bush."
Tang Houde said dejectedly.
At this point, he had resigned himself to his fate.
"According to Lin Qingsong's confession, he killed dozens of experimental subjects and eight personnel involved in the experiment, one of whom was your sister, Tang Zhilan!"
"Please... accept my condolences!"
"Your immense contributions to scientific research will not be in vain."
"The council has passed the Otherworldly Management Act, incorporating restraint programs into the rings of all traversers. Based on your humanity experiment results, the council has ultimately rejected Mo Pai's insane plan for human modification."
"We understand that this experiment has caused immense damage to your body and mind, but we also hope you will pull yourself together, as humanity's hope for scientific research rests on you."
Captain Huang finished speaking, and then, along with all his team members, respectfully saluted Tang Houde.
"This..."
Tang Houde was stunned.
He couldn't understand why the outcome was like this!
Lin Qingsong, this pervert, had committed countless murders and was severely injured by him.
Logically, Lin Qingsong should have hated him. Moreover, if he had revealed the truth, Tang Houde would have been doomed, and Lin Qingsong would have achieved revenge!
Why did he choose to protect him instead?!
In reality, he didn't know that doing so was Lin Qingsong's greatest act of revenge.
In Lin Qingsong's view, killing Tang Houde was meaningless; it wouldn't provide him with any satisfaction since he wouldn't be the one doing the killing.
So, he deliberately acted contrary to expectations and saved Tang Houde's life.
Tang Houde, for the sake of supposed experimental results, could disregard his own sister's life. What else was he afraid of doing, or whom was he afraid of killing?!
Killing such a person was akin to helping the natives eliminate a tumor!
Therefore, Lin Qingsong decided to let this tumor, which viewed human life as worthless, live on, and to grant him as much power as possible.
This would be the greatest revenge against the natives.
Watching the leader chosen by the natives bring about their own downfall, this was Lin Qingsong's ultimate revenge.
Although he wouldn't be able to witness this day, he believed it would surely come!
Subsequently, Tang Houde, now in power, led the progressive faction to dominate, suppressing the genetics school represented by Mo Pai.
To gain the council's support, Tang Houde proposed the Reincarnator Plan and offered beautiful women from parallel worlds as tribute to the council speaker.
With unprecedented support from the council, Tang Houde began spreading rumors of Mo Pai having an improper relationship with humanoid creatures, and seized this opportunity to kill Mo Pai, thoroughly crushing the genetics school.
However, not long after, Mo Ran, accompanied by Roid, attacked and destroyed the first walled city.
Under the crisis, Tang Houde led all the natives to board the Lighthouse and enter the orbit of the near-water blue star, officially initiating the Reincarnator Plan.
As for the Tang Xiaoen squad, they were left on the surface of the water-blue star by Tang Houde due to the Lin Qingsong incident, tasked with guarding the laboratory and the polar ice cap prison...
Under the influence of time meteors and bio-energy, one native world after another was torn apart, and the reincarnation slowly began...