Chapter 765: The Genesis Hard Drive?

Genesis Hard Drive?

Out of the blue, Lu Xin heard Doctor An mention that name, leaving him utterly bewildered.

“Yes.”

Meeting Lu Xin’s obvious puzzled gaze, Doctor An simply nodded and said, “You can think of it as a carrier.”

“Every form of mental power requires a carrier – whether it’s a parasitic mental object, an Ability User, or even…”

“…a God!”

“The Genesis Hard Drive is nothing less than the embodiment of a God’s carrier.”

“…”

Listening to Doctor An’s calm explanation, Lu Xin only ended up feeling even more confused.

What kind of nonsense is this?

Doctor An had expected Lu Xin’s reaction. His tense expression softened slightly as he let out a quiet laugh:

“I told you earlier, it’s a complicated issue. Not only you – even at the Qinggang base, which has gathered nearly a third of the world’s top researchers, there aren’t many who can fully grasp or understand this concept.”

“And sharing this concept with you directly is a sign of my sincerity.”

“…”

“…”

“Well…”

Looking at Doctor An’s earnest face, Lu Xin hesitated for a moment before casually waving his hand.

“Sincerity aside, can you start explaining from something I can actually understand?”

“…”

“In that case…”

Doctor An’s smile turned mischievous as he replied, “Then it looks like we’ll spend the whole night chatting, with nothing else on the agenda…”

“You…”

Lu Xin let out a deep sigh and shot a serious look at Doctor An.

Suddenly, the lamp in the room began humming, its light flickering erratically.

At the same time, outside the room, it seemed as if a subtle breeze had swept by. Delicate scraping sounds and cold laughter seeped through the wall.

The temperature in the room plummeted by several dozen degrees in an instant.

That sensation of a sharp blade barely grazing the skin sent tiny hairs on Doctor An’s arms bristling up.

“Is this the power of the Fifth Stage?”

Doctor An looked up at the lamp with a hint of surprise, his expression strangely excited.

Lu Xin remained silent, simply watching her with a cold gaze.

“Alright, alright, let me explain in detail…”

With an exasperated wave, Doctor An’s expression turned serious as she said:

“Actually, these topics have to start with the abilities of the Abyss Group.”

“Ever since Mentally Altered Persons first appeared in the world, countless organizations, groups, and individuals have been investigating the principles behind ‘abilities’. Over the years, many theories have been formulated, and even a basic ability classification chart is nearly complete. But if you look closely, the abilities of the Abyss Group hardly fit into that framework.”

“…”

Lu Xin didn’t interrupt her, but he was already processing the information in his mind.

During training, he had learned that Ability Users are formed from thirteen ultimate types influencing seven levels of human nature.

In theory, that should result in ninety-one types of abilities.

But the abilities of the Abyss Group really didn’t seem to conform to this classification.

After all, as the name suggests, the abilities of the Abyss Group are inherently linked to the abyss.

Yet the abyss itself is not a form of mental power; it is a fusion space for various mental forces and other strange phenomena.

“And the reason is quite simple.”

Doctor An murmured, “Because the ability users of the Abyss Group don’t belong to the Thirteen Ultimate.”

“Their powers are more like a permeation – a particular authority over the abyss.”

“Similarly, it seems they can alter reality by manipulating certain aspects of the abyss.”

“However, deep within the abyss, they are still essentially ordinary people.”

“The abilities of the Abyss Group are simply about exploiting the abyss – the differences lie only in the degree of exploitation…”

“Just like an electrician who has access to a power distribution room?”

“…”

Doctor An’s odd analogy left Lu Xin stunned for a long while until he instinctively asked, “Why is that so?”

“It all comes down to how the abyss was formed.”

In a low voice, Doctor An continued, “The key to the power room is given only by the owner of the power station.”

“So, naturally, the abilities of the Abyss Group can only be granted by those who created the abyss…”

“…”

“Those who created the abyss…”

That unexpected remark sent a massive cognitive shock through Lu Xin.

Was the abyss really created by humans?

Pollution and threats to the real world all stem from the abyss.

So could it be that those who created the abyss are also responsible for the world’s transformation?

“……”

“……”

“I know what you’re thinking, and I understand just how overwhelming this must be for you.”

Doctor An paused appropriately, giving Lu Xin time to contemplate before softly adding, “What I can tell you is that we too are bearing the heavy impact of this possibility. For a long time, our work at the Moon Eclipse Research Institute has been devoted to investigating the truth behind this possibility and verifying whether our hypothesis holds water.”

“Because that is the original secret.”

As she spoke, she glanced upward.

Above her head was the ceiling of the room, but Lu Xin knew she was referring to the Red Moon hanging in the sky.

“Once the original secret is unraveled, we will also have the key to resolving the issue of the sky…”

“…”

“So then…”

After a long silence listening to her words, Lu Xin finally asked, “Have you got any leads yet?”

He didn’t even ask whether they had solved it.

Because he knew that such an unfathomable matter couldn’t be resolved so easily.

“Of course we have leads,”

Doctor An replied softly, “Although this puzzle remains unsolvable for now, our decades of work haven’t been in vain.”

“At the very least, we now know what this secret involves and who it is connected to…”

“…”

Immediately, Lu Xin looked up to meet her gaze.

“The organizer of the Red Moon Research Institute.”

Doctor An met his gaze calmly and replied in a low voice, “That is, the first-generation member of the Red Moon Research Team.”

“First generation?”

Listening to her, Lu Xin couldn’t help but recall the tales that the Old Security Guard had once told him about the past.

Was it them again?

“The first-generation members of the Red Moon Research Institute disappeared long ago.”

Doctor An sighed softly and said, “Whether it was your Old Director, that genius researcher, or even our current bumbling director, they all belong to the second generation.”

“Given how long ago it all was and how the Research Institute suffered devastating losses during the outbreak of the Red Moon incident, the disappearance of the first-generation researchers isn’t exactly surprising.”

“But later, when we investigated the origins of the Red Moon incident, we still uncovered several clues.”

“For instance, the occurrence of the Red Moon incident was an accident.”

“Yet that so-called accident seemed to have been set in motion by a plan that had long been in the works…”

“…”

“…”

Lu Xin stared intently at her, his stark black-and-white eyes hinting at a dim, mysterious glow.

Doctor An, unfazed by his stare, softly said, “There’s no need to look at me like that…”

“If we had already uncovered the details of this experiment, humanity under the Red Moon wouldn’t be so lost.”

“What we do know for sure is that before the first-generation researchers departed, they completely destroyed some documents. Moreover, when the Research Institute relocated, only a fraction of the original data was brought along, leaving us with severely incomplete materials.”

“So, we ended up rummaging through every scrap of pre-Civilization Era data we could find.”

“We painstakingly searched between the lines for any possible leads.”

“After countless rounds of scavenging and investigation, all we could piece together was that the core of that experiment revolved around a carrier known as the ‘Genesis Hard Drive’, and that the Ability Users of the Abyss Group would be the key to the entire mystery.”

At that, she let out a soft sigh and said,

“Your acquaintance, Xia Chong the Little Beauty, was admitted to the Research Institute on an exceptional basis for precisely this reason.”

“…”

“…”

“So, Xia Chong was admitted exceptionally…”

In the midst of the tense atmosphere, Lu Xin couldn’t help but briefly lose focus.

Then, pushing aside the clutter of thoughts in his mind, he looked at Doctor An and said, “Your purpose in coming here today is really…”

“Of course not.”

Doctor An shook her head slightly and said, “The Midnight Tribunal isn’t what draws us here.”

“Our researchers have long since gathered materials on that level.”

“We’re here this time to investigate that ultimate secret.”

She paused for a moment, then looked at Lu Xin and said, “I already mentioned that the relocation of the Research Institute caused a major gap in our data, halting our investigations. If we want to change this situation, there is only one way.”

Her tone suddenly turned serious: “We must return to the original site of the Research Institute.”

“There, we might still find more valuable data to help unravel the mystery…”

“…”

A flicker of thought crossed Lu Xin’s mind.

This seemed like a reasonable and not overly difficult task.

But even as he pondered that, another question suddenly struck him…

“Why did the Research Institute relocate in the first place?”

Was it really, as the rumors claimed, to facilitate research and radiation into the human world – hastily discarding vast amounts of data to move to Central City, not to mention the Old Director seizing an opportunity to steal the most crucial lab and experimental subjects – or was it because they were forced to move due to some unforeseen circumstances…

“…”

“…”

“Because of that idea, we have been carefully selecting suitable personnel.”

Just as that thought began to form in Lu Xin’s mind, Doctor An continued, “And you are one of the candidates we deem fit.”

“So, I’m here today to invite you to join our investigation team.”

“To return to the old site of the Research Institute and seek the data that will unravel the original secret…”