After receiving permission, Song Haiying and his wife went to see their son. By evening, Song Haiying supported Madam Song, who was nearly fainting, out of the Affairs Department.
Once inside the car, Madam Song slowly came to and said, "Old Song, is our child... still salvageable?"
Song Haiying looked at her. "You figured it out?"
"Old Song, after so many years as husband and wife, how could I not know you? You wouldn't do something pointless. What exactly..."
"Shicheng truly can't be saved."
Song Haiying sighed. "But Shicheng's blood and Mutated Tissue can be used with certain technologies to recreate him."
That recreated person would absolutely no longer be the original person, merely an empty shell without the original's memories. But at least he could remain by their side in place of Song Shicheng.
"This could be considered... letting him live again."
Madam Song said nothing more. Though unwilling, she knew this was the best outcome they could hope for.
Song Haiying still faced a problem.
Quite a few laboratories and research institutes possessed this technology, but he wanted to seek help from the factions.
Two had opened their doors to him: the Implant Faction and the Fusion Faction. The Implant Faction's technology was advanced, but it was merely technology. Besides technology, the Fusion Faction also possessed certain Secret Techniques, supposedly capable of bringing back a complete "person."
But he had made inquiries in private. That method required implanting Mutated Tissue into a willing person, then eroding the entire person to complete the process.
It sounded deeply unsettling. Besides, he knew that even if his son returned, he would absolutely not be the same person. He also feared that something else might be involved.
After thinking for a long time in the car, he knew blood and Mutated Tissue