It was hard to say whether people from other countries could uncover anything, but as long as Huaxia was willing to put in the effort and time, they would inevitably connect that ill-fated prince to the men who had kidnapped Cheng Yixue.
Once that connection was established, it would be all too easy for people to link the incident to Shen Bing.
He therefore had to come clean to the Chief. Otherwise, if India and the United Arab Emirates really obtained evidence, he would be left on the back foot.
And once he came clean, what followed would be difficult to conceal, including Monster X, whom he had just acquired.
There was virtually no doubt that once the state learned of an existence like Monster X, it would never allow a private organization to keep him. This was not because Huaxia's leadership had any ill intentions toward Shen Bing, but because Monster X was far too sensitive an issue.
To put it more seriously, he could even threaten humanity's survival.
Who would dare treat something affecting humanity's fate as a game?
Unless Shen Bing was willing to reveal his trump cards and prove to the leadership that he truly could keep X under control and ensure that he caused no further harm. But how could Shen Bing possibly do that? The uncertainties it would create would be even harder to manage than simply exposing X.
Apart from that approach, his only option was to find a way to gloss over the matter and divert their attention.
Shen Bing's idea was to bring out the Gene-Enhancement Technology.
Not long after he had handed the Basic Spiritual Wisdom Potion over to the military, the higher-ups had expressed their hope that he would work toward developing an intelligence-boosting potion suitable for humans. That