199: Chapter 199 A Mysterious Forbidden Zone! Mass-Produced Scientists!

"Mist Star Region? What kind of place is that?"

Upon hearing the name Mist Star Region, Li Mo's expression immediately turned stern, and he promptly asked for the truth.

According to Zhao Zhenyuan, the Mist Star Region was created over a hundred years ago due to a meteorite impact, so logically, Daxia should have plenty of intelligence on it by now.

However, Zhao Zhenyuan told Li Mo that Daxia's intelligence on the Mist Star Region was pitifully scarce.

Even after more than a hundred years, Daxia still did not know what kind of place the Mist Star Region really was.

When the Mist Star Region first appeared, the Baiou Empire kept its existence strictly confidential, with only a few high-ranking officials aware of it.

Later, as time passed, the Baiou Empire's scientists became more numerous and more capable, which aroused the suspicion of Daxia and the Black Earth Tribe.

For this reason, Daxia and the Black Earth Tribe even jointly formed an investigation team to infiltrate the Baiou Empire and gather intelligence.

It wasn't until about twenty years ago that the intelligence agencies of the two nations finally obtained some information about the Mist Star Region.

The specific appearance of the Mist Star Region was, in fact, just an expanse of white fog.

Less than half a year after the meteorite fell, it had shrouded an area of 200,000 square kilometers in mist, and this region is now located in the heart of the Baiou Empire's territory.

For the sake of the Mist Star Region, the Baiou Empire even relocated its capital to a position less than 100 kilometers away.

In the beginning, to investigate the Mist Star Region, the Baiou Empire had sent several waves of people inside.

Yet, not a single one of those hundreds of people ever came out!

One must realize that among these people were many experts of the Liangyi Realm and Sanhe Realm, but the fact that not one of them emerged was simply too inconceivable.

Consequently, the Baiou Empire believed that there was a great terror within the Mist Star Region, and since then, they never sent anyone inside again, even sealing off the entire Mist Star Region.

However, one year after the Mist Star Region was sealed, a strange event occurred.

A resident living near the Mist Star Region actually found a newborn baby on the edge of the Mist Star Region...

Abandoned babies were not exactly rare in the Baiou Empire, so at first, no one took it seriously.

But as time went on, more and more people found babies on the edge of the Mist Star Region, which was somewhat strange.

One has to understand that because the Mist Star Region was sealed off, there were not many residents nearby to begin with; theoretically, there shouldn't have been so many abandoned babies.

The high-ranking officials of the Baiou Empire were puzzled, so they had someone gather all these abandoned babies for testing, only to discover that their intelligence was extraordinary.

At just one year old, they could read, speak, and perform basic mathematical calculations!

Hearing this, Li Mo suddenly realized and immediately said: "Could those abandoned babies be..."

Zhao Zhenyuan nodded with a serious expression: "Correct, those babies were the scientists of the Baiou Empire later on. It is worth mentioning that the current Chief Scientist of the Baiou Empire was once an abandoned baby from the Mist Star Region!"

Li Mo couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine; he hadn't expected that the Baiou Empire's scientists were all abandoned babies without parents, coming from a mysterious Forbidden Ground!

"This is just too bizarre!" Li Mo exclaimed.

"Who can say otherwise? The even stranger part is yet to come!" Zhao Zhenyuan's expression became incomparably serious.

Initially, regarding these abandoned babies, the Baiou Empire hadn't intended to raise them into scientists; after all, any normal person would find these infants very strange.

Therefore, the Baiou Empire made up its mind to fully explore the Mist Star Region!

Only by knowing the full picture of the Mist Star Region could they safely use these babies!

To this end, the Baiou Empire assembled a luxurious team!

Two Martial Gods, plus ten Heaven-Earth Realm martial artists!

Such combat power was enough to traverse any corner of the globe.

But regrettably, even with such combat power, in the end, not one of them walked out of the Mist Star Region!

One must realize, those were Martial Gods!

With the combat power of a Martial God, they could soar through the Universe, and their maximum speed could even reach the speed of light!

What was a mere 200,000 square kilometers of land to them?

It is no exaggeration to say that a Martial God could level 200,000 square kilometers of land without even needing to exert much effort!

Because of this, the Baiou Empire lost a batch of powerful combat forces and hadn't recovered even after more than twenty years.

To prevent being unable to fill the vacancy left by these twelve people, the Baiou Empire began to boldly nurture these babies from the Mist Star Region!

These babies slowly grew up, but they were no different from normal humans; except for their extraordinary intelligence, all their physical indicators were the same as humans.

However, there was one point: they had no potential whatsoever to be a Martial Artist; it was as if they were like humans before the Spirit Awakening, unable to utilize any Spiritual Qi!

Fortunately, thanks to these people, the Baiou Empire's technological strength improved rapidly.

But because this group of people was similar to humans before the Spirit Awakening, they could not adapt to this Earth filled with Spiritual Qi, and their lifespans would be greatly shortened, with a maximum age of no more than forty.

Originally, they just had to wait for this group of people to die off, and the Baiou Empire's technological strength would immediately stagnate.

However, the high-ranking officials of the Baiou Empire discovered another shocking fact!

As long as they sent people into the Mist Star Region, babies would continuously appear on the edge of the Mist Star Region!

To put it in a cruel way, as long as they made sacrifices to the Mist Star Region, high-intelligence human infants would appear!

What happened next is easy to imagine; in order to keep their technological strength from suffering a gap, the Baiou Empire would send a batch of people into the Mist Star Region every year, about a few hundred, to exchange for high-intelligence scientists!

In reality, regarding this point, although it sounds a bit inhumane, both Zhao Zhenyuan and Li Mo felt that whether it was the Baiou Empire, Daxia, or the Black Earth Tribe, if they had such a place, they would probably do the same.

The value of an ordinary person and the value of a scientist are ultimately not equal.

Although this matter is cruel, it is reasonable.

Of course, neither Daxia nor the Black Earth Tribe would allow this situation to continue, so twenty years ago, the two nations held joint discussions and decided to send their own top-tier agents to the Mist Star Region to investigate.

At that time, Zhao Zhenyuan was the head of Daxia's highest intelligence organization, so since the nation had issued an order, he naturally could not refuse.

For this reason, Zhao Zhenyuan conducted an internal lottery, and in the end, Li Mo's parents were chosen to execute this mission!

The result that followed is easy to imagine; both of them never returned!

One year after Li Mo's parents went missing, Li Mo's uncle found Zhao Zhenyuan again; he wanted to find the whereabouts of his brother and sister-in-law, so he cruelly abandoned his own wife and daughter, and ignoring Zhao Zhenyuan's dissuasion, resolutely headed for the Mist Star Region!

And after that, all three of them went missing!