Xi Xiu picked up where Qing Zhixun had left off. "We have no idea what things will be like two hundred years from now. Judging by them, these studies seem as commonplace as everyday meals."
Something was clearly wrong.
Only two hundred years had passed, yet projects and research that had once been banned were now being openly placed in laboratories, with such vast manpower organized around them?
"Could this laboratory be unknown to the public?" Xi Xiu guessed.
They lived at the experimental base, and special vehicles delivered everything they needed for daily life.
Normally, they could not leave either.
This place was more like a cage.
Qing Zhixun had tried to leave the base, but even as an administrator, he could not come and go freely.
"You mean all of this is being carried out in secret?" Qing Zhixun considered the possibility.
Whoever had the means to build a laboratory like this and gather so many people for research would need immense financial resources.
Two hundred years later, what family could accomplish something like that?
Xi Xiu felt that no single family could pull this off. "Perhaps these families formed an Alliance, raised funds for a shared experimental goal, and recruited people through every possible channel."
She could not be blamed for thinking so darkly.
Some people would stop at nothing for certain goals.
Naturally, Qing Zhixun understood what Xi Xiu meant. There had been plenty of filthy matters within his own family as well. For profit and money, people could disregard even their parents and familial bonds.
He had seen too much of that.
She decided to first understand the overall situation on the Homeworld two hundred years later, then slowly unravel the truth.
After agreeing on the time for their next meeting, the two left.
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