Chapter 269 - New Spirit Be (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Meng Chao thought about it for a while, but he could somewhat understand it. “Yes, when you put it that way, I feel a little terrified as well, and I wonder whether I can continue keeping my Sword-toothed Hunting Dog at home as a pet. Even if it’s a biochemical pet modified by another company, it still contains the possibility of going out of control, and it’s the same as me putting a ticking time bomb at home. Though I have to say, it’s not actually modified by another company and was modified by Spirit Creations.

“If this creates a ruckus, it will be bad news to all people who are in the monster modification business in Dragon City, and many citizens will even begin wondering whether we should really continue down the path of using monsters in our civilization.

“Agricultural University is known as Monster University, and many of the research projects in the university are related to biochemical modifications. A lot of our alumni work in this field, so we share a relationship where if one of us enjoys success, all of us will enjoy success, and if one of us falls, all of us will fall. This is indeed not something that concerns just Spirit Creation.

“But I don’t understand. Since the matter is so bad, why did they ask us to go and observe it? There are other experts in this field from Agricultural University, right?”

Ning Shewo agreed. “It’s precisely because the matter is so serious and it involves all sorts of complicated interests that the university doesn’t want anyone to have a chance to get blackmail on the university.

“Right now, the matter is still a highly classified case. The news media and the other media outlets aren’t involved, so it hasn’t spread through the entire city, but I heard that the other party is very unyielding in this, so we might not be able to settle this matter on friendly terms.

“Agricultural University doesn’t want to get any blame, but they don’t want the matter to get worse either. So they hope that we can keep it down and settle the matter appropriately. Hence, it’s impossible for the experts who are officially in this field to take care of the matter, and that’s why they looked for me.

“I’m a guest lecturer in Agricultural University and one of the shareholders of Spirit Creation. I have a rather flexible status. As for you, as a freshman of Agricultural University who shares a pretty good relationship with me and also has a pretty positive image on social media platforms, you have a lot of room to solve the problem, and you can be flexible in your methods too.”

Meng Chao thought about it for a moment before he frowned and said, “Elder Ning, are you thinking about using our skills to cover up or change the examination results?”

“Of course not. The amount of shares I have in Spirit Creation isn’t so great that I’d gamble away my entire lifetime’s reputation,” Ning Shewo said sternly. “If the final results of the examination show that something really went wrong with Spirit Creation’s biochemical modifications, even if the company goes bankrupt and the related personnel are sent to court, it’s only natural. After all, three people died because of this!

“But the creators of Spirit Creation promised that there is absolutely nothing wrong with the company’s biochemical modifications. They used well-developed modification technology to modify the three biochemical pets, and they have used the same technology on thousands of pets. Such malicious cases have never appeared before, so the creators suspect that there’s something else going on. We have to be on guard.

“In any case, we have to keep our eyes open this time. We must make sure that no one does anything to the pets during the process of injury examination and inspection of the carcass. We also have to find the reason behind why the biochemical pets became violent. That is all.”

As he spoke, they arrived at Nine Sands Advanced Biotech Development Area, which was not far away from Agricultural University.

They went in a direction that was filled with the pungent and moist scent of earth, and soon, they found a building called Spirit Creation Creatures, which was located at the center of a Giant Sandworm farm.

Giant Sandworms were the first monsters that humans domesticated and modified.

They looked like earthworms magnified a hundred times. Their heads seemed to have been split open, and they had rows of fangs all over their mouths. This made them look monstrous, but in truth, they were pretty gentle creatures that did not take the initiative to attack humans. Instead, they feasted on snakes, insects, rats, and ants in the earth, along with the garbage created by humans.

They could crush sturdy rocks with the fangs all over their mouths and digest as well as absorb all sorts of garbage that was difficult to degrade. Then, once humans modified their excretion, they could turn it into high-grade natural fertilizer. Giant Sandworms were a “model monster”, and during the most difficult times in Dragon City, they helped humans.

Now, Giant Sandworms were one of the biochemical monsters Dragon City could not live without, and there were three main reasons for it.

First, they could be used to dig underground spaces, create asylums, subways, tunnels, hornet nest-shaped underground cities, and mine crystal mines.

Second, they could be used to get rid of trash. There were tens of millions of people in Dragon City, and they lived in an area spanning thousands of square kilometers. The amount of trash they created as they went about their daily activities was astronomical. If they did not have the Giant Sandworms continuously eating the trash and excreting fertilizer, the city would have long since been buried under trash. Not only would it stink, they would also suffer from plagues.

Third, certain breeds of Giant Sandworms could be modified in unique ways so their meat would turn really juicy and rich. It would not lose to the legendary crab meat, and they could produce a lot of it. It was also very easy to rear this breed, so it was really good emergency food.

Ning Shewo introduced the place. “Spirit Creation’s hit product are certain types of Giant Sandworms. You can see them when the city deals with its trash and digs tunnels.”

They had relied on Giant Sandworms to open the market, then gradually moved to the modification of middle-sized and small beasts of labor and pets.

As Meng Chao expected, when he walked into Spirit Creation, he saw two large monitors to his left and right playing the company’s promotional clips. They had really adorable Golden Retrievers opening doors for their masters, picking up items, leading the blind, and even massaging them. They were all cheerful and peaceful sights.

Then, the scenes changed. When Dragon City was invaded by monsters and houses collapsed, the Golden Retrievers all unhesitantly revealed their fangs and fought against the invading monsters. They also used their heightened senses of smell and powerful claws to dig around the rubble to save their trapped masters.