411: the truth

“Let me show you the so-called truth…”

Yang Kun murmured, then stood quietly at the gate, waiting.

He also wanted to break in, but there was no way; every such institution was a key target of the Sovereign’s attention.

As the original Sovereign of this world, Qiong Guang could still discern a few things based on his extremely terrifying familiarity.

Here, he could not use spatial movement or forced entry to get in.

Moreover, he had observed for a long time that this place would regularly transport items in and out at fixed intervals.

As long as Yang Kun seized the window of time when things were being transported, he could completely sneak in.

He waited and waited, until it was almost midnight.

A heavily wrapped black truck slowly drove towards them.

The people on the truck acted as if they didn't see Yang Kun, driving straight ahead, just like the passersby they had encountered earlier.

This driver was someone who had been influenced by individuals enlightened by Chen De; he also had black liquid in his body, though only a very small amount.

He possessed some of the black liquid's abilities, but not all of Chen De's, such as the map detection skill, which he lacked.

With his small amount, it was insufficient to detect Qiong Guang and Yang Kun, who were fully concealing themselves.

At exactly midnight, not a second off, the truck pulled up to the main gate.

The gate blocking the way also opened at precisely the right moment.

It was as if everything had been calculated; the truck drove straight in without even slowing down along the way.

Yang Kun followed closely, entering the building with it.

The suddenly expansive scene before him made Yang Kun slightly stunned.

The internal structure, filled with a sense of technology, was beyond what even a modern middle school student like him could have imagined.

First to catch his eye was a curved corridor; the walls and floor were made of some kind of alloy.

Yang Kun's body was controlled, and his concealed aura moved forward along the corridor.

After reaching an area invisible from the entrance, the scene before him instantly changed.

Many Fork in the Road appeared here; the truck was parked, and the people and items on it had long since disappeared.

Entering one of the paths, on both sides of the wall, rows of transparent containers were embedded, and the contents within made Yang Kun's pupils contract violently.

Below each container, an alloy metal plate was affixed, embossed with dense text.

One of them read:

Exhibit No. 0249. (Experiment No. 24866 of Laboratory No. 0118733.)

This is an incompletely developed… removed while maintaining its vitality… subjected to radioactivity… yielding relatively classic results.

— 01 Realm Calendar Year 15, March 18th ~ August 24th

Even though Yang Kun’s body was currently controlled by Qiong Guang, he still couldn't stop himself from trembling all over.

How was this possible? How could there be such a place in their city?

How could the Holy Mother Sect, which he had revered since childhood, be doing such things in secret?

Just as Yang Kun was questioning his worldview, Qiong Guang manipulated his body to continue moving forward.

Along the way, he forcibly kept his eyes open, taking in the contents of the transparent containers on both sides.

It wasn't that Qiong Guang wanted to look; millions of years of experience had long made him unfazed by such things.

He wanted Yang Kun to see; even if Yang Kun was trying to avoid it now, Qiong Guang was forcing him to keep looking.

Upon reaching a certain transparent container, Yang Kun's body stopped.

Because Qiong Guang realized that the contents of this container seemed to deeply affect Yang Kun.

As they were in the same body, Qiong Guang could clearly feel that when Yang Kun's consciousness saw this, his inner reaction was completely different from what he felt seeing the others.

Looking at the contents inside, a tear rolled down Yang Kun’s cheek.

Inside was a girl, about eight or nine years old, immersed in an unknown liquid.

Her internal organs had all been removed and were floating beside her body.

And her bones, all 218 of them, were neatly arranged there, along with her brain, uterus… It was as if everything inside her body had been emptied out, yet there was no wound on her exterior.

Only a shell remained, seemingly supported by something, full and plump, without any sense of being hollow.

Her cheeks were slightly red, and her large eyes were open, making her look alive.

And her face, Yang Kun knew it intimately; it was his childhood sweetheart, from whom he had been separated when he was ten years old.

Ah!

At this moment, Yang Kun frantically wanted to roar, but Qiong Guang suppressed him tightly.

If you want to go crazy, do it outside! Are you trying to die here?

The alloy plate below described it thus:

Exhibit No. 8796. (Experiment No. 287375 of Laboratory No. 0118733.)

I have never seen such an optimistic, mentally strong girl… She loved to smile… She could always recover after each session… Occasionally she would call out 'Kun, Kun'… This project has made breakthrough progress… It's over… As a great contributor, I will handle her well… I'm actually a bit reluctant.

— 01 Realm Calendar Year 105, June 21st ~ Year 107, August 19th

Just by reading the content, Yang Kun couldn't imagine how painful this must have been, and she endured such pain for over a year before finally being freed.

Gradually, Yang Kun's eyes began to turn red.

“This batch of people must be sent by the day after tomorrow. Didn't they just pass the blood test recently? We need them urgently.”

“Understood, yes.”

Just as Yang Kun was filled with hatred, a conversation came from one side of the corridor.

Seeing this, Qiong Guang manipulated the body to press against the wall, trying to avoid encountering the approaching people.

In the distance, two figures, one black and one white, were walking towards them.

One wore a white lab coat, appearing to be the person in charge here, and the other wore a trench coat, who was the driver of the truck.

The man in the white coat handed the driver a list, and as he passed Yang Kun, he happened to catch sight of some of its contents.

Zhang Sun, Lin Lan, Xu Xianyin, Li Dazhou... Yang Kun noticed that the name of the female classmate who had spoken to him that afternoon was conspicuously on the paper.

Connecting this to her also being a Holy Chosen, and the fate of his childhood sweetheart who was also chosen as a Holy Chosen.

How could he not understand? The so-called Holy Chosen were no different from being on a death list, and a particularly painful one at that.

It would have been fine if he didn't know the truth, but knowing it, he wanted to save that female classmate.

He even looked at the two individuals currently conversing before him, and Yang Kun suddenly had the idea of giving them a good lesson.

Fortunately, he still understood his situation; even if he didn't, Qiong Guang wouldn't let him act recklessly.

“Do you still want to look?”

This time, Qiong Guang didn't speak aloud but asked mentally.

His goal had been achieved; looking at things wasn't the objective, but making Yang Kun recognize reality was.

“No,” Yang Kun's consciousness refused him. “Let's go.”

Qiong Guang said, “That's good too. We can just leave with that driver.”