Super Gene Optimization Fluid

Ye Jingshan was awash with great sadness. Xia Fei, that troublemaker, had surely lived up to his name. He was finally quiet in those few months following his return from the Wild Star Region, but his first expedition out to the ruins had resulted in the specter of trouble coming back to haunt him once more.

Logically speaking, as the battalion commander of the training camp, he ought to send a search party immediately after learning that a cadet of his had gone missing. He should at least express his condolences even if this was his most-hated cadet, yet the first reaction Ye Jingshan had was frustration, blaming Xia Fei for his carelessness, instead. It was completely out of line.

“Why is it him again?!” Ye Jingshan stood up, frowning.

Ye Jingshan instantly realized his gaffe the moment he uttered that line. He sat back down on his seat and massaged his temples with his two fingers.

Xia Fei was just a normal cadet in his training camp, so he had no reason to be so angry with the young man. What mattered was that his master, Qin Mang, was behind Xia Fei.

A vast majority of people in the training camp had no idea about Qin Mang’s background, thinking he was just an old coot waiting to die in that library of his, but that obese, old man actually had an extraordinarily unusual influence, and even Ye Jingshan had Qin Mang in his shadow back when he was in the Adjudicator Union’s headquarters.

The truth of the matter was that even Ye Jingshan could not be certain of his master’s roots. When Qin Mang had first taken up the post as a librarian, Ye Jingshan was still in his teens, just a run-in-the-mill cadet in the training camp. It was only with Qin Mang’s guidance at every step that he got to where he was today. That was why he had the utmost respect toward Qin Mang, never once daring to go against his master’s orders.

Everything in the human experimentation laboratory was kept the way it was. Bosingwa had not touched anything inside and had specifically waited for Hou Baishan’s arrival to infer what could have happened.

Looking all around Hou Baishan spoke. “Have you informed the headquarters of what happened here? If they learn that we’ve discovered a human experimentation laboratory with so much of its equipment intact, they’ll definitely send men to take over.”

“Not yet. I decided to wait till we conclude this matter before reporting, ” Bosingwa answered.

Inspecting the area outside, Bosingwa and Hou Baishan came up to the secret prison.

Bosingwa pointed to a cell and said, “This was Xia Fei’s last known location. The laser walls in this cell have long been activated by the time we discovered the place, and we found a pair of tweezers belonging to Xia Fei in one of the cells. I believe that he got trapped in this cell and was unable to find a way out, but I simply couldn’t make sense of how he disappeared.”

Hou Baishan was silent. As an expert scout, he needed to be ever vigilant. He was not about to come to any conclusion before he got hold of any concrete evidence.

Pulling out specialized analytical instruments from his spatial ring and placing it on the ground, Hou Baishan stepped into that prison and began a detailed search, while Bosingwa stood to the side and waited with folded arms.

Hou Baishan proceeded with this task slowly and carefully as well as methodically. Every nook and cranny was being inspected by him several times, and approximately three hours later, Hou Baishan kept his instruments and left the prison.

“How is it? Are you able to draw a conclusion from all this?” Bosingwa anxiously asked. Though he did not share anything resembling a deep relationship with Xia Fei, he nevertheless did not harbor the hope of him inexplicably disappearing like this.

After all, that eighteen-year-old man had left an indelible impression on him. Be it the tenacity he demonstrated during the crisis grade assessment, his maverick ways after entering the training camp, or the courage he demonstrated while chasing an insectoid warship, all each of these recollections was hard to forget.

Heaving a soft sigh, Hou Baishan replied, “The space here is stable, and traces of Xia Fei’s DNA are present in the prison. Its timing coincided perfectly with the bizarre energy fluctuations, which means that Xia Fei suddenly disappeared while in a completely sealed environment.”

Bosingwa’s eyebrows knitted tightly together. “Is there no other possibility?”

Hou Baishan did not like others doubting him. At the end of the day, there were few in this line that had the qualifications to do so, yet this time he did not blame Bosingwa for it.

“Nope. It is conclusively clear that this is a unique disappearance incident. Human factors can be excluded. You can take a look after I’m done with my report.”

Ironically, Bosingwa felt his body relax after he heard Hou Baishan give such a resolute conclusion. Regardless, this matter did ultimately reach a conclusion, and that was better than an unexplained disappearance.

The two men headed back out, side by side, when Bosingwa suddenly burst into laughter. He pointed over at all the equipment in the laboratory and asked, “Old Hou, how much do you think all this stuff is worth?”

Hou Baishan thought for a moment before giving his reply. “That’s hard to say. It’ll probably be over a hundred billion star coins, and if you include the Union’s contribution points on top of it, there’re probably plenty of good things one can exchange for. Why did you ask?”

Bosingwa scratched his head. “I was just thinking that Xia Fei probably still doesn’t know that anybody who discovers completely intact ancient civilization remnants will be granted a ten percent cut of the total value, in addition to a large number of points he will automatically be given. That rascal Xia Fei has always been quite avaricious. The fact that he disappeared right after discovering this gold mine is seriously bad luck.”

Hou Baishan patted Bosingwa on the shoulder and chuckled. “That’s true. With all the points and money he would have earned, there’s no way he could spend it all even if given several lifetimes to do so. Truly, what a grave misfortune.”

“Let’s go and share a drink or two to commemorate that unlucky man.”