A Strange Infant

Wei Lanshan looked at the incubator, where a life was taking shape. Her heart, however, was a hidden storm, unfathomable to anyone.

Lin Zeyu and the others obtained the experimental data from Wu Yuan, including various indicators, simulation images, and the experimental subject.

On the way out, all five of them remained silent. They felt terrible, a helplessness born from yielding to reality and power.

Song Wei was filled with pain, unsure if what they were doing was right or wrong.

After returning to his own laboratory, Song Wei sought out Lin Zeyu. "Zeyu, doing this leaves my conscience uneasy. I can't face this experimental subject, let alone conduct experiments on it."

"Song Wei, do you have any other options? You know our previous experiments were already skirting the edges of Alliance Law. If investigated, they could have been deemed violations. This time, it's just a more serious violation. If we go forward, we have a chance to live. If we retreat, there's no possibility."

Like Wei Lanshan, Lin Zeyu had decided to burn his bridges.

There were corners of this universe that even the light of stars couldn't reach, and some darkness was far greater than what they were currently doing.

"If we fail, we'll vanish like smoke along with this subordinate star, and no one will know what happened to us. But if we succeed, the entire Tianning Star System will know us, and we'll become heroes of the Tianning Star System. You must consider Miss Ye's talent.

And the Central Brain – if we succeed, our ranks will be elevated by three levels, and our contribution points will increase significantly."

With Ye Zhenwei's talent, the Tianning Star System would go further in the future, perhaps even rivaling Capital Star Gaia.

No one would know about this experiment, and General Ye would never allow it to be leaked.

If it were leaked, his position as general would be over, the Ye Family would be blacklisted by the entire Alliance, and the Central Brain would impose ultimate punishment on the Ye Family.

When the Ye Family decided to undertake this experiment, they had made all necessary preparations. Lin Zeyu guessed that the Ye Family must have reached an agreement with the Central Brain, as the Ye Family's old patriarch had not appeared in public for a long time.

Lin Zeyu had been prepared for this outcome since he was forcibly conscripted. The worst-case scenario was simply death.

However, he had misjudged human nature and hadn't accounted for Ye Yunhan's wife, Tang Yongyu.

Lin Zeyu's words gave Song Wei's wavering heart a sliver of resolve as they traveled.

And so, Wei Lanshan and the other five began their respective days of nurturing their experimental subjects.

During this period, there were only a few brief video calls, and Wei Lanshan never stepped out of her laboratory.

Experiment Subject 99 grew day by day in the incubator, its appearance changing daily. As the subject's features became clearer, Wei Lanshan felt a complex emotion surge within her as she looked at the subject in the transparent incubator.

Wei Lanshan had performed a gene-writing test for the M Virus in the early stages of cultivation. It was at that time that the M Virus was successfully written into Subject 99's genes.

During the cultivation period, the M Virus in Subject 99 showed no fluctuations. It was indeed true that mental power was needed to suppress the M Virus for the experiment not to fail. Wei Lanshan knew she was one step closer to success.

Lin Zeyu and the others also sent good news: the other four experimental subjects were growing healthily, and they had all successfully completed the gene-writing of the M Virus into their subjects.

Moreover, the subjects were all very healthy. Unlike those created directly from Ye Zhenwei's cells, these subjects exhibited strong mental fluctuations and astonishingly powerful resistance.

Wei Lanshan's approach was correct; only in this way could they withstand the various drug tests and the pain of continuous gene writing.

More than nine Tianning Star Months passed. Wei Lanshan looked at the subject in the incubator, about to be born. It was a healthy baby girl, her eyes still closed.

However, Wei Lanshan could already imagine how lively they would be when she opened them.

She was beautiful, though in the interstellar era, there were no unattractive humans.

But Wei Lanshan knew that this infant before her, from a biological and genetic perspective, had inherited the appearances of the owners of the two cells that had given her vitality.

She would undoubtedly possess astonishing beauty when she grew up, if she could reach that age...

There were too many unknowns in the depths of the universe. At this moment, Wei Lanshan didn't know that a few Tianning Star Years later, she would make such a decision.

On Alliance Year 2800, September 9th, she was born from the incubator, directly addressed as 99 by Wei Lanshan.

This day, in the later interstellar history of the Alliance, became a mandatory exam question for countless students.

No matter which subject you studied, this question would appear. This day became a legend, written into the database of the interstellar Central Brain.

The baby girl was born in the early morning. When she opened her eyes, she seemed startled. Because her vision was too blurry, she couldn't see her surroundings clearly. She thought she hadn't died but had gone blind.

So, after a few seconds, she closed her eyes again. She felt for control of her body and realized everything was wrong; this body wasn't hers.

She thought to herself, 'Holy crap, I've gone too far. Did I possess someone else, or am I reborn?'

What was going on? She tried to open her eyes as wide as possible, but her vision remained blurry. She laboriously lifted her hand, intending to bring it closer to her eyes. As a result, she could barely see a chubby little hand with a few swirls on the back!

A stampede of horses thundered through her mind, but she dared not show it.

This was a strange place, with everything unfamiliar. Frightened, she quickly closed her eyes again.

Clearly, she had worried too much. With her current immature face, she couldn't possibly make so many expressions.

Seeing that she wasn't crying or fussing, Wei Lanshan worried something was wrong and performed a full-body check. Relieved when she found nothing amiss.

Lying in the baby crib, 99 felt life was meaningless. Was this rebirth a compensation from heaven for her sacrificing herself to save others?

But if it was compensation, at least give her a better body.

Within her field of vision, and the woman who leaned close to her, lifting her up for various tests, she could confirm the woman was wearing a white coat.

She was sick! Otherwise, why would she be in a monitoring room right after birth?

It was too heartbreaking, too much to bear. Couldn't they just let her play properly!

Tears flowed like a river in her heart.

She had been here for five days and always felt very tired, her whole body weak, and her chest felt heavy.

So she could only try her best to close her eyes and sleep, controlling her thoughts to calm herself down, ignoring everything happening outside, and ignoring the woman observing her.

Whenever she cleared her mind, she felt especially comfortable.

In her previous life, she had studied Taoism with people for several years and memorized a long Taoist mantra for calming the mind. So, when she felt tired in this body, she would recite it, and it turned out to be very effective.

Seeing that Wei Lanshan was eating and drinking normally and all her data was stable, she felt relieved.

After more than four months since birth, her eyesight began to recover. Upon seeing her surroundings, she was even more surprised because this was not a hospital as she had thought, but a laboratory. Could this body have a terminal illness?

Panic welled up in her heart. Surely heaven wouldn't play such a trick on her!

In her past life, she was truly a model citizen, adhering to the twenty-four socialist core values and striving to contribute to society!

The reason she died early was to save someone. If she wasn't given a cheat system in her rebirth, that was fine, but she just wanted a body that was strong and could eat anything! She was about to cry!