A remarkable parasitic item?
Professor Bai's words made everyone in the conference room fall slightly silent. Confusion showed in each other's eyes.
How remarkable could a remarkable parasitic item be?
"This involves another matter."
Professor Bai seemed to see the confusion in their hearts and slowly lowered the list in his hand.
He leaned back slightly and interlaced his fingers over his still-flat lower abdomen, despite his age. Then he said softly:
"Parasitic items have been a direction that researchers have worked hard on since very early on."
"When the Crimson Moon first descended, everyone at the Research Institute discussed several general directions for combating the chaos brought by the Crimson Moon, such as the Seven Steps Theory and human-related experiments... The research and development of parasitic items was one of them."
"At the time, quite a lot of people supported research in this direction. It was just that progress was too slow. Then that genius researcher proposed the Seven Steps Theory and pointed out a clearer direction, so more people chose to support him."
"Then came the laboratory incident in which someone escaped from the Research Institute, followed by the genius researcher's suicide..."
"..."
At this point, he paused slightly and sighed softly before continuing:
"Alas, from that time onward, the Research Institute's chaos became unavoidable."
"For a long time, the researchers were in a state of confusion, not knowing what to do or where to go."
"After that, the Research Institute had no central research direction for a long time. Instead, it began helping other High Wall Cities establish Special Pollution Cleanup Departments and training relevant personnel in each High Wall City, passing on the flame of civilization in this broken world."
"I left the Research Institute around that time as well."
"Although I distanced myself from