Chapter 134: Chapter 0134: Immense Crisis_1
"Rabbit King, tell me, are you a man or a woman?" Zhao Dawei said into his phone.
"Damn, can’t you tell from my voice that I’m a man?" Zhang Bin said, astonished.
"Your voice must have been processed by software. Who knows if you’re a man or a woman?" Zhao Dawei said. "I have a feeling you’re a woman, and an unmarried beauty at that. How about being my girlfriend? Let me tell you, when it comes to a man’s ’bird,’ mine is the second largest in the world. My abilities are incredible. I can guarantee you extreme happiness and endless pleasure."
"Scram," Zhang Bin said irritably, nearly vomiting. "I’m a man. I don’t swing that way."
"Hahaha..." Zhao Dawei roared with laughter. "Since you’re a man, you must be unmarried, right? How about I introduce you to a peerlessly beautiful woman to be your girlfriend?"
"You’re going to introduce a girlfriend to me?" Zhang Bin asked, surprised. "Is she really that beautiful?"
"For real, I’m not kidding. Take a look at this photo." Zhao Dawei pulled up a picture of a woman on his phone and said in a seductive tone, "Her name is Hanbing Yun. You could say she’s the most beautiful woman in China."
The woman in the photo was, in fact, Dr. Hanbing Yun from the biological research base. She was truly enchanting and stunning, with a noble aura. That, combined with her profound scholarly air and a disposition as pure and cold as a lotus flower, made her tremendously alluring to men.
"This woman is truly beautiful," Zhang Bin said with admiration. "Too bad I’m a hacker and can’t show my face, otherwise I’d take you up on that offer."
"Showing your face is no issue! You haven’t done anything wrong, and you don’t have a criminal record. If you serve the country, it will absolutely guarantee your safety. The strongest experts will be sent to protect you. Plus, this beauty will be yours. Why wouldn’t you do it?" Zhao Dawei said persuasively.
"I prefer my freedom," Zhang Bin replied, his eyes lingering reluctantly on the photo. "Was there anything else? If not, then goodbye."
"There is something else." A look of regret appeared on Zhao Dawei’s face. He had hoped to persuade the Rabbit King to serve the country and then introduce Hanbing Yun to him as a girlfriend. Then, Hanbing Yun would surely pester the Rabbit King daily for information on Genetically Enhanced Humans, which would save him a lot of trouble. But unfortunately, the Rabbit King didn’t agree.
"If you have something to say, spit it out," Zhang Bin said irritably.
Although he didn’t know what Zhao Dawei was thinking, he knew the man wasn’t up to any good.
"The Diao Clan has fallen. I’ve basically delivered on my promise to you," Zhao Dawei said. "Now I need your help. No, no, the country needs your help. We need to obtain the latest research materials on America’s Genetically Enhanced Humans..."
"That’s completely impossible to get. The security at that base is too tight for a single hacker to handle," Zhang Bin said with a frown. "I can only get some intelligence on the strength of America’s Genetically Enhanced Humans."
"No, no, you can help us. We’re planning to infiltrate their base, and we need your help to understand some of the external defense situations..." Zhao Dawei said.
"That’s too dangerous. How could it possibly succeed?" Zhang Bin said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
"It has to succeed. Otherwise, our country will be in a very unfavorable position. For the nation, any sacrifice is worth it," Zhao Dawei said.
"Sigh..." Zhang Bin sighed and finally agreed.
After hanging up, he mulled it over for a while and then discussed it with Tutu for a long time. They both felt the chances of successfully infiltrating the enemy base were almost zero.
He truly didn’t want to send his own compatriots to their deaths, so he racked his brain for a solution. Suddenly, an idea flashed through his mind. Right, Gao Si mentioned that war on Xuanwu Star nearly drove all plant life to extinction. That’s why they couldn’t practice the Qingmu Longevity Technique and instead used Genetic Enhancement to strengthen their bodies and prolong their lives. If that’s the case, why not just trade for the Genetic Enhancement data with Gao Si? It would definitely be far more advanced than America’s.
Thinking of this, he immediately called Gao Si and made his request.
Gao Si was shocked. "No, I can’t exchange data on Genetically Enhanced Humans with you. It won’t do you any good. In fact, it could bring about a great disaster, potentially even leading to the destruction of Earth."
"You can have Genetically Enhanced Humans, but we can’t?" Zhang Bin asked, surprised.
"Our technology is tens of thousands of years more advanced than yours. Even with that, we nearly caused the extinction of humanity because of Genetically Enhanced Humans," Gao Si said. "If you start developing them now, you’ll be heading down the wrong path—a path to destruction. Only Cultivation is the best way to evolve."
Then, Gao Si began to explain in detail.
Cultivation, such as practicing the Qingmu Longevity Technique or other Cultivation Techniques, could strengthen both the body and spiritual power step-by-step without any harm.
Genetic Enhancement, however, was about rapidly strengthening the human body, granting immense power or terrifying Special Abilities. There was no way to rapidly strengthen spiritual power to match.
Without powerful spiritual power to control their terrifying strength and abilities, Genetically Enhanced Humans were like reckless children holding loaded submachine guns, ready to fire at any moment.
In its past, Xuanwu Star experienced a terrifying uprising when its Genetically Enhanced Humans lost control. Billions of people died. It was a river of blood, more horrific than any apocalypse.
Afterward, they learned their lesson and gradually understood the cause. They began using highly complex methods to first enhance spiritual power before strengthening genes, which finally provided a perfect solution to the problem.
However, at Earth’s current level of technology, there was simply no way to use scientific methods to enhance spiritual power. Even if they obtained Xuanwu Star’s research, it would be useless because the foundational technology wasn’t advanced enough to support it.
"Hiss..." Zhang Bin sucked in a sharp breath, his blood running cold. "But countries here are already researching Genetic Enhancement, and powerful Genetically Enhanced Humans have already appeared. Doesn’t that mean a terrible crisis is looming in the future?"
"Indeed, that’s a possibility. However, with Earth’s current level of technology, it will take them a long time to research Level 3S Genetically Enhanced Humans," Gao Si said. "Therefore, you must find a way to stop this and correct this erroneous path."
"How can I stop it? I’m just a small farmer, and that country is the most powerful one on Earth, known for being domineering and unreasonable," Zhang Bin said with a grimace.
"You can become powerful through Cultivation. Then you will have the ability to stop it," Gao Si replied.
"Alright, I suppose that’s the only way," Zhang Bin said, feeling the weight of his responsibility grow even heavier.
After hanging up, he lost all interest in helping Zhao Dawei find America’s research on Genetically Enhanced Humans. He certainly didn’t want his own country to go down such an erroneous path and create a tremendous hidden danger for its future.
So, he turned his attention to the Diao Clan, wanting to see just how thoroughly they had collapsed.
Watching one’s enemies fall into despair was a very satisfying feeling.