Chapter 22: Information Meeting (Part 2/2) (1/2)

Chapter 22: Information Meeting (Part 2/2)

Hu Yuli forced a smile across his face: “Indeed, we did report it as a drug theft from the laboratory, but that was just a mess created by a staff member. We didn’t recognize the seriousness of the situation at first. We placed importance on searching for drugs…… Now the facts are clear that doing so was a complete mistake.”

“So it really was fake?”

Off stage, Zhang Yingying had carelessly twisted her wound, causing her to grimace in pain. Anyway, she wasn’t easily convinced of Quantum Corporation’s excuse. Part of it was due to her trust in her own intelligence channels and another part of it was due to her lack of confidence in how Quantum Corporation has been handling things all this time.

She talked in a low voice with Susan: “This fellow has been lofty and indifferent all along. He has Burners and the Deep Blue Platform at his disposal. He always loved to ignore us, but today he’s kowtowing on the ground. He’s certainly hiding something.

Susan nodded her head, then she shook her head: “Let’s see how the president responds.”

Hu Yuli’s explanation obviously wouldn’t convince the crowd. Doubting words were repeatedly spoken off stage, causing this business big shot’s head to sweat. He was gradually being overwhelmed.

Ouyang Chen lightly knocked the podium with a gavel at this moment. His voice wasn’t loud, yet it made the entire conference room rapidly quiet down.

Everyone. Since we don’t have faith in Quantum Corporation’s explanation, let’s not waste further time with this matter. Seek the answer on your own free time. Quantum Corporation wishes for our society to intervene with this matter, to help them deal with the issue with the virus spread. They should respond with the appropriate sincerity.”

“Of course. Of course.” Hu Yuli didn’t care about what Ouyang Chen wanted. He would first make a promise for now then talk more about it later.

Ouyang Chen’s eyes bore into the crowd. He spoke calmly: “Mobilization of the society is not compulsory. A majority agreement among the society members is required to organize an operation. And so now I shall state a justification in support of mobilization. It’s very simple. According to reliable information, this Human-Faced Arachnid was the first live specimen that was sent from that ‘Gate’.”

Some people in the crowd were stunned and had yet to recover:

“A Gate, is it that Gate?”

Hu Yuli’s pupils unexpectedly enlarged in an instant. His body rushed to stand up straight, but right when his butt left his seat, Ouyang Chen swept a cold gaze over him. His sudden impulse was extinguished. He was paralyzed on the seat, unable to stand up anymore.

And right at this moment when the attendees finally had the crucial information sink in, a rumble suddenly sounded forth. People had directly leapt up and started to inquire loudly:

“Ouyang. Is the Gate you’re speaking of that one?”

Ouyang Chen adjusted his glasses once more: “The source of the mutant species, the starting point of the new age. Thanks to Quantum Corporation, that which we’ve always doubted, that door whose existence had yet to be proven, has finally been locked on.”

“Where is it? Where?”

“We can determine that it lies in the southern central region of the Mariana Trench of the Pacific Ocean. The society hopes that Quantum Corporation can provide concrete coordinates and data. Obviously this would require us to engage in further discussion. Let’s return to the main topic for now.”

Ouyang Chen’s gaze swept in a circle, sweeping across each person’s face: “Among the seated are Martial Arts Families, Sorcerer Bloodlines, Clergymen and Monks. In this new age, we together are known as the Awakened. Our strength has been increasing over the past 50 years, our abilities becoming more powerful. Our own efforts are a part of this, but there is also that which is hard to explain, the ‘X-Factor’.”

“Why were the limits of power, which were originally difficult to surpass, released starting from the year 2059? How is it that we pulled away and created such a large disparity between us and ordinary people? Why did the powers and abilities of legend appear on ourselves one by one? What did we pay? What did we gain? Is what we paid unequal to what we gained? Do we truly dominate our own fates, or are there certain unknown gods controlling everything?”