The detention cabin of the probe ship was very small, about the size of an ordinary guest room. Logically speaking, there was no such thing as a detention cabin on a probe ship. Obviously, the prisoner in this cell was a very important one.
Ding Meng turned into a side corridor and stopped in front of an exquisite door made of flowing light. After a moment of observation, he decided to take another gamble. He stretched out his hand and stopped in front of the door. The scanner on top of the door emitted a green wave of light that rippled back and forth on his palm.
Soon, the system announced, "006, detection complete. Permission granted!"
The door could only be opened with the DNA and palm prints of the personnel inside the spacecraft. Ding Meng took a deep breath and strode in.
The room was as bright as day. It was made of pure white crystal panels. In the north of the room was an operating table that looked like it was used for medical purposes. A person was lying on the table. To be precise, a person was handcuffed. The person's limbs were fixed in place by supergravity alloy energy cuffs. He could not move at all.
However, Ding Meng frowned. The room was filled with an indescribable stench. Surprisingly, he was quite familiar with this stench.
When he took a closer look, he was stunned. The person on the operating table could no longer be called a person. This person was as thin as a match, as if he was severely malnourished, causing his limbs to degenerate and shrivel. Moreover, his skin was reddish-brown and emitted a strong stench. He was like a dried corpse …
The first time he saw Wei on Planet V4, she was in exactly the same condition as this person.
Ding Meng was shocked. This was the strange poison that devoured the world. This must be the sample that Lin Danying and Amon were talking about.
The person lying on the operating table seemed to have sensed that someone was coming. He opened his eyes, revealing a pair of grey eyes. When he saw that it was "Song Zhi", he slowly closed his eyes again.
The person seemed to have suffered too much. His eyes were lifeless. The moment he closed his eyes, it looked more like despair.
At this time, Ding Meng was more than a little shocked. He sensed a little and found that there were no surveillance cameras in the cell, so he quickly stepped forward and removed the energy cuffs on the person's limbs. At the same time, he pressed his finger against the person's heart and injected a very small amount of Source Energy.
The man was freed from his restraints and recovered to a certain extent. He was so shocked that he immediately sat up. "You … What do you want?"
Ding Meng removed the image of Song Zhi and revealed his real body. His tone was extremely sorrowful. "Do you still remember me?
Jin Tai! "
Jin Tai was probably also shocked by this scene. He opened his mouth wide and could not speak. After a long time, two drops of green tears flowed out of his gray eyes. "You … you are Mr. Ding Meng?"
Ding Meng smiled. "It's me!
I didn't expect you to still remember me! "
Jin Tai immediately jumped down from the operating table and quickly knelt down in front of Ding Meng, kowtowing respectfully. "Mr. Ding Meng, please save us, save us, only you can save us …"
Ding Meng slowly helped him up. "Jin Tai, get up and talk. You know I don't like people kneeling down. What happened over the years? Tell me slowly. If you have suffered any grievances, I will make a decision for you."
Ding Meng's prestige in the hearts of the people of Planet V4 was no less than the support and love of the refugees of Planet KV303. Back then, Jin Tai was cured by Ding Meng's blood. In the eyes of this group of doctors' descendants, Ding Meng was their second parent. He had given them a new lease of life and was always worthy of their loyalty.
Originally, they had left Planet V4 and temporarily lived in the refugee camp of Planet KV303. After Ding Meng stood out in the Starlight Examination, the descendants of this group of doctors were also taken care of. With the help of the Lang family, the Transit String also agreed to settle this group of people.
However, the truth was just as Lang Ling said. Other than Xueyan and Ren Tianlan who were properly settled, the other hundreds of people were sold out by the Star Rainbow Group. This was because at this time, authoritative experts from many research institutions in the capital of Saint Splendor discovered that the strange Devouring World poison that had tortured these people for more than half a century had actually been miraculously cured.
With the current medical standards of the Federation, it was no longer a problem to treat the strange poison, but it was still impossible to completely cure it. The reason was very simple. If you were poisoned in the Devouring World, you could quickly use the Angel Medical Cabin to detoxify the poison. This could be saved, but it would take more than half a century to treat it. Even if a god descended to earth, it would be impossible. However, this group of people had been cured.
Sometimes, the terrifying thing about the human race was that they were more thorough than any other race when it came to harming their own kind. Therefore, the major institutions took the descendants of these doctors away from the Star Rainbow Group and began a long period of experiments and research.
Things were just as Ding Meng expected. How could the K virus be developed by those experts?
However, this process caused Jin Tai and the other hundreds of people to suffer again. Everyone was imprisoned in batches and completely lost their freedom. They were like little white mice, at the mercy of others.
What surprised Ding Meng the most was that these institutions could not develop the Blood Green Coral and the K virus. Instead, someone came up with a seemingly clever but actually very vicious method. That was to re-inject the strange poison from the Devouring World into these people's bodies, let them mutate again, and see if they could recover by themselves.
The reason why Ding Meng's K virus could be detoxified back then was because Jin Tai and the others had taken an appropriate amount of blood according to their symptoms, fighting poison with poison. Once the strange poison was detoxified, the K virus would naturally be neutralized as well. There would not be any so-called pathogens, antibodies, or sequelae left behind. Now that the strange poison was re-injected, these people returned to the miserable state they were in when they were on Planet V4.
Unlike Planet V4, Sacred Splendor did not have a natural environment with a poisonous barrier that could slow down the mutation. Many people could not withstand the corrosion of the poison at all. Some people could not bear the pain and chose to commit suicide. Some people completely mutated and were finally dealt with as Devouring World monsters. Most people died because they could not withstand the various extreme methods of the experiments. The most typical way was to be killed by having their blood drawn. In any case, they could not return to normal human society. No one cared about their life or death. Who would care about the death of a little white mouse?
Hearing Jin Tai's slow recount, Ding Meng fell silent. Previously, he had a feeling that he was too easy to talk to after his return. He seemed to have become a lot more benevolent, and he was much more cautious when taking action.
From the looks of it, he was wrong. Very wrong. He was a complete saint. He was too lenient with trash!
However, the guilt in his heart far outweighed his anger. In the end, if he had not insisted on going to the Starbow Corporation to get the Inverse Source Crystal back then and come into contact with a series of people and matters, things would not have turned out this way. Even if Doctor Xueyan and the others had to stay in the refugee camp on Planet KV303, at least Jin Tai and the others would still have their freedom and could survive. Perhaps they could even lead a good life. However, the current situation was something he was most unwilling to face. It could be said that it was the worst kind of situation.
"How many people are still alive?" Ding Meng hurriedly asked.
Jin Tai shook his head helplessly. "Most of them are dead. I only know that Qing Feng, Tian Guo, Gu Yizi, Old Cat, and a few others are still alive. Since we were young, we were familiar with the environment of Planet Poison Barrier. We also know the core power technology of the poison source. Back then, we were poisoned more deeply than most people, so our tolerance was better. That's why we are still alive."
Ding Meng was expressionless. "So, there are less than ten people left alive?"
Jin Tai nodded. "That should be the case!"
Ding Meng gritted his teeth. He swore in his heart, 'Ling Xingwen, if this is all your doing, I don't care how deep your background is, how noble your identity is, or how many Starbow Corporation experts are protecting you. You must die!
It's useless no matter who pleads for mercy! '
After pondering for a moment, he asked again, "Why were you brought to this spaceship?"
Jin Tai was stunned. "We're on a spaceship now?"
Ding Meng sighed helplessly. He could already imagine that Jin Tai and the others had not seen the light of day for seven years. They were completely isolated from the outside world. How could they possibly know what was going on outside?
In other words, they might not even know why they were being mistreated like this, or why.
They had been tortured by illness for more than half a century. It was not easy for them to meet Ding Meng and have a new hope, but in the end, they fell into an even more tragic situation. Ding Meng could not imagine what kind of torture they had been through in the past seven years, and he did not want to think about it. However, he had already made up his mind. This matter was caused by him, so he was duty-bound to solve it. None of the people involved in this matter could escape, not a single one of them!
Ding Meng said, "Jin Tai, I can cure you, but not now. I want you to continue lying here. If anyone asks you or asks you for the toxin kinetic technology, just tell that person. Just bear with it for a while. Don't worry, I will cure you and take you away."
Jin Tai could not help but cry. He choked and said, "We will always believe in you, Mr. Ding Meng. We don't have any relatives left. Maybe the only family we have left is you. The only person we can trust is also you. I will do whatever you ask me to do …"
Hearing this, Ding Meng's eyes also became slightly moist. He knew very well the trust and affection the refugee camp and the descendants of these doctors had for him. If he did not have the K virus to protect his body, he probably would not have been able to endure the poison for even a month, let alone half a century. However, now that he wanted Jin Tai to wait patiently, Jin Tai had no complaints.
He patted Jin Tai's shoulder. "Don't worry, just bear with it for a while. I won't let you wait for too long."
Coming out of the holding cabin, Ding Meng took a deep breath. He adjusted his emotions and returned to the command hall.
He had finally sorted out his thoughts. This ship was indeed a probe ship of the Starbow Group. Amon and Lin Danying must also be from the Starbow Group. Jin Tai was transported from the capital to planet V9, and it was most likely related to the toxin kinetic technology. What he had to do was to follow them to planet V9 and see what they were up to.
Once it was confirmed that they were from Ling Xingwen, he would show them what real cruelty was!