A is in StarCraft, just disembarked from the Zerg Prince spaceship.

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This laboratory was used for many years, and then sealed for eighteen years.

The marks of time are everywhere, covering everything.

The air is dry, at a constant temperature, and sealed, free of dust, but this cannot prevent oxidation over time.

The metal parts were dull and lifeless, and the rubber seals were stiff and cracked. The glass was still bright, but the tabletop could no longer hide its dejected state.

Commander-in-Chief Qi stood in the center of the room and looked at the old laboratory one by one.

Strangely enough, this laboratory was cold and crowded, yet it didn't feel oppressive.

Perhaps it's the casual placement of the stethoscopes and pens that strangely evokes a sense of home or warmth.

At the far corner of the laboratory, against another wall, stood a huge metal filing cabinet. One of the drawers was pulled open halfway, filled with thick folders. The labels on the sides were written in different handwriting, but all clearly indicated the signature and date.

The signature is: Qin Wenyuan, Lin Ting.

These two names are familiar; they belong to Qinqin's parents.

Next to the filing cabinet was a small, emptied laboratory table.

The tabletop, with its partition, was cluttered with papers, pens, and other small items.

Hand warmers, lip balm, hair clips, hair ties, and even two unopened lollipops.

Behind the lab table was a soft, thick pink office chair with casters, covered with pink cushions and lace, and next to it was a cute, girly warm blanket.

...It's exactly the same style as Qinqin's room.

Commander-in-Chief Qi walked to the half-open drawer of the filing cabinet.

Pull out the very first, thick file.

The dark blue hard cover label is in excellent condition; because it was stored flat, it is still very flat, and the writing on the label is very clear and strong in blue-black ink:

Time: February 6

Project Code Name: Unnamed

Person in charge: Qin Wenyuan, Lin Ting

Core objective: Reverse engineering

Experimental principle: To block the key pathway by which it induces abnormal proliferation of host cells (alpha cells).

Note: Confidential.

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The files were thick and numerous, ranging from old to new. The older ones made up the majority, and they were signed by Qin Wenyuan and Lin Ting.

However, at a certain point, later on, the signatures on the newer, thinner ones all changed to—

Qinqin.

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"Qin Qin," Commander-in-Chief Qi repeated the signatures, "Qin Wenyuan. Lin Ting."

Human experimentation.

Reverse analysis.

It blocks the abnormal proliferation of alpha cells.

A laboratory from decades ago.

He was enveloped in the stark white light cast by the shadowless lamps in the laboratory.

An invisible fog shrouded him.

But the fog had thinned considerably, and the truth lay behind it, weighing heavily on him with a sense of helplessness, resignation, and lack of choice, as if there were no bad people among them.

The world seemed to sway slightly in his eyes.

He knows how to investigate.

When was this laboratory built, who built it, and how was it built?

He stood in the cold air and under the white light, raising his wrist.

A barely perceptible blue light silently swept across his iris from the surface of the personal terminal he wore on his wrist.

Immediately, a cold, efficient, and emotionless electronic synthesized voice rang out:

[Central AI Dialogue. Qi Wan. Federal Commander-in-Chief. Authority Level: Zero.]

[Command received. Please provide your citizen verification code.]

Commander-in-Chief Qi gave his ID number without any expression.

[Identity confirmed. Commander-in-Chief Qi, please speak.]

"Retrieve citizen file: Qin Wenyuan. Citizen number: 78C-2933-1104-7749."

"Retrieve all historical spending records of him and his spouse, Lin Ting. Time range: 29......"

Commander-in-Chief Qi paused for a moment.

If Gao Xing and Qin Qin were still alive, they would be 48 years old this year.

Qinqin's father was 30 years old when Qinqin was born, and Qinqin was born in 2963.

This laboratory was likely built between 40 and 50 years ago. Expanding our search further, let's examine their shopping records from 30 to 60 years ago.

In the interstellar era, under the control of a central AI, any transaction, unless conducted in cash, is completely transparent.

"2950 to 2980. Key screening categories: procurement of laboratory equipment, medical chemical reagents, and special consumables."

[Command being executed. Data retrieval in progress...]

Commander-in-Chief Qi waited in silence.

A few seconds later, the cold, electronic voice of the central AI sounded again:

Search results complete.

Citizens: Qin Wenyuan, Lin Ting.

Occupational registration: Licensed physician, nurse.

Practice Institution: Maple Leaf Street General Clinic (No. 78, Satellite Maple Leaf Road). Period of Practice: 2960-2979.

(Both died in 2979 after contracting infectious diseases while treating patients.)

Related spending records screening completed. The following are Qin Wenyuan's purchasing records from 2950 to 2979:

March 12, 1959: Qin Wenyuan purchased a total of 4528 kinds of medical devices, medicines, disinfectants and medical consumables needed for the medical clinic. There were no large transactions afterward, and the reagents and consumables were replenished year by year.

On June 7, 1968, Qin Wenyuan purchased a total of 2118 kinds of medical supplies, including airtight storage chambers, centrifuges, blood analyzers, microscopes, incubators, sterile rooms, oxygen chambers, glassware sets, and various basic chemical reagents. There were no large transactions thereafter, and reagents and consumables were replenished year by year.

Related records: Lin Ting (spouse) has no similar large-scale purchase records during the same period.

Note: The types and quantities of items purchased above are within the reasonable consumption and equipment replacement needs of their registered practice scope (disease treatment, clinical testing, small-scale research). The frequency and scale of the purchases did not trigger any abnormal monitoring thresholds.

The cold, electronic voice finished announcing the search results and then fell silent.

Commander-in-Chief Qi stood still, motionless.

The blue light from the wrist terminal had long since gone out, and the pale light of the laboratory shone on him, making his expressionless face look unnatural, with his lowered eyelashes casting deep shadows.

In 2968, Qinqin and Gaoxing were six years old.

That year, Qin Qin should have already differentiated into an omega and had been taken away by the omega care center.

On June 7th, Qin Wenyuan and Lin Ting purchased a large amount of medical research equipment and an airtight chamber, and wrote their first experimental record.

Research interests include:

Reverse engineering reveals the ability to block abnormal alpha cell proliferation.

Gao Xing's birthday is June 6th.

He had been overlooking one detail.

Gao Xing once said that he was an orphan, but there was no record of him growing up in an orphanage. Moreover, he was polite, kind-hearted, had good grades, was healthy, cheerful, and could maintain a calm attitude towards everything.

Raising a child like this requires not only a lot of money, but also a lot of love.

Who raised him?

And he has a birthday, June 6th... He is an orphan whose parents are unknown, so who decided on this birthday for him?

Commander-in-Chief Qi suddenly said, "AI, check the timeline of the major illegal human modification experiment case that the Federation uncovered approximately forty years ago."

The central AI responded, and a cold, electronic voice sounded:

[Command received.]

[Command executed.]

[Data retrieval in progress...]

The search was very fast this time.

Two seconds later, the central AI spoke again in a cold, electronic voice:

Search results complete.

On June 6, 1968, the federal government uncovered a major illegal human modification experiment.