Chapter 402: Setup
The practical implantation of nano-scale electrodes took far longer than expected.
Felix was extrely patient. He was the founder of the Munster Consortium and although his son Adrian was the one acting as the core founder of the group and he had long since retreated to the sidelines, many people in North Arica still widely regarded Felix as the true founder of the Munster Consortium.
Only two years ago, Felix, who was in his eighties at that point, had been diagnosed with Alzheir’s. His son Adrian began searching everywhere for a cure for his father and ended up investing in Osmond corporation that seed to have high potential in coming up with a cure. This was how he stumbled into Blackwatch who was trying to buy Osmond’s shares at the ti.
It was around that ti when Chen Chen directly approached Adrian. After so dialogue between the two of them, not only did Chen Chen agree to yield his shares in Osmond, he also recruited the Munsters into God’s Forbidden Zone on one condition. That was that he would cure Felix of his Alzheir’s.
The workings of fate were always so unpredictable.
Two days later.
With Qian Wenhuan accompanying him, Felix brought Jas Watsons’ family on a tour around Eco Science City. In addition to visiting the major parks and playgrounds in the city, they also visited the vast industrial park and the space launch base that was still in the midst of construction.
In the end, the group of six arrived at the Sandwich Harbor, which was where most of the sanatoriums of the Eco Science City were located in.
As he saw the rows after rows of sanatoriums erected across the horizon as far as the eye could see, Jas Watson’s son, Watson Jr., found himself inexplicably impressed while also filled with envy.
It was his greatest desire to co here for its fabled treatnt. The only thing stopping him was the dical fees totaling up to millions of dollars.
“Watson Jr, have you not considered undergoing one of our treatnts available at our sanatoriums?”
As if sensing the desire in his gaze, Qian Wenhuan who was walking at the back of the group suddenly comnted, “You’re at the ideal age for the age-reversal treatnt. Don’t forget about our stem cell therapy as well. On top of restoring your body to its pri condition and getting rid of all the scars, we can also grant you a youthful appearance.
“We also equip the world’s most advanced stem cell facial surgery technology. With the stem cell facial surgery, you’ll no longer experience any side effects of aging and you can say goodbye to any surgical facelift for the rest of your life.
“Then there’s also our biological enhancent program. It doesn’t matter what your current physique is, we can transform your body and turn you into the next Arican male model within a week...”
Watson Jr. could only afford to muster a strained smile as he listened to Qian Wenhuan’s enthusiastic introduction. “I’m very sorry Mr. Qian. If I could, I’d co to your city to indulge in the most sophisticated and advanced dical treatnt program in the world. Unfortunately, I can hardly afford any of the treatnts available here.”
When Qian Wenhuan heard this, his eyes instinctively darted at the absent-minded Bruno nearby.
From Qian Wenhuan’s perspective, this elderly man standing in front of him was unmistakably the heir of a world-renowned scientist. Jas Watson himself once served as the chairman of Cold Spring Laboratory, boasting a salary of 500,000 US dollars per year. Factoring in his many accumulated accolades in his youth, his net worth should still easily range above millions even after he was expelled from his position.
As things may seem now, the current state of the family was a shadow of its forr self. There was the issue of Jas Watson running his mouth with bold and out-of-touch claims, but the true downfall of this family probably stemd from none other than this hippie-looking fellow over here...
Qian Wenhuan smiled and made no further comnts despite having noted this. Just as he was about to divert the conversation to sothing else, he suddenly heard Felix speaking, “Mr. Qian, I’d be more than willing to pay for Watson Jr.’s dical fees.”
“Uncle Felix...”
Watson Jr. was taken aback by this sudden suggestion, he imdiately beca overwheld with emotions. “You’ve already paid for my dad’s dical fees, how could I...”
“No problem. Compared to your father’s dical fees, yours will only be a drop in the bucket.”
Felix shrugged. “Besides, if your father agrees to join Blackwatch after he has recovered, I doubt I’ll even have to foot the bill at all.”
“So that’s how it is.”
Watson Jr. suddenly got a better grasp on the situation. He quickly turned to Qian Wenhuan and asked, “Mr. Qian Wenhuan, could I know if your company is still hiring? I was also in the biology field.”
“Of course, Blackwatch welcos anyone to join our ranks.”
Qian Wenhuan smiled amiably and nodded. “But researchers will have to pass a certain set of tests to prove themselves worthy. Since you’re the son of a Nobel Prize winner, I’d say these tests will be a breeze for you.”
As the group was discussing this, Qian Wenhuan’s secretary suddenly approached him and whispered sothing in his ears. Shortly after, Qian Wenhuan nodded before turning to the rest of the group. “Sir Felix, everyone, I have good news for you all. Jas Watson’s operation has been completed.”
Everyone was visibly pleased by this announcent. Felix quickly added. “Let’s head back right away then. I’m sure Watson Jr. and the others are eager to know how Watson is doing now.”
“Yes, I look forward to seeing the results.” Watson Jr. agreed.
“Hm, I believe there might be so slight misunderstanding here.”
Qian Wenhuan quickly waved his hand side to side. “This is only the preliminary stages. It’s still largely ambiguous whether Jas Watson’s operation could be deed a success and how he would recover. It will still take so ti until Sir Jas Watsons wakes up.”
“I see.”
Felix comnted, not without slight disappointnt in his voice, “I’d say it’s still worth seeing for ourselves, let’s head back.”
“Alright.”
Qian Wenhuan nodded and gave a signal. Several black cars quickly approached the group.
While everyone was getting into their respective vehicles, Bruno, who had not been paying attention all this while, suddenly approached Qian Wenhuan with a sly smile. He poked fun at Qian Wenhuan in a hushed tone. “Buddy, I never thought that you’d hire a male secretary. Don’t tell that you’re... You know?”
Qian Wenhuan’s expression imdiately turned dark. Bruno’s remark seed to have triggered a traumatic mory in him.
“Bruno, get over here now!”
Watson Jr. who had just entered his vehicle rebuked Bruno imdiately.
Bruno twitched his lips to the side like a brat before entering the vehicle.
Half an hour later, when the group returned to the central hospital of Eco Science City, they saw Jas Watson who already had his wounds restitched together.
His appearance was largely the sa as it looked previously. His complexion was still uncannily pale and green, large arrays of machines were positioned next to him and he did not seem to be anywhere near conscious yet.
“The operation was a great success.”
One of the main surgeons announced enthusiastically to them, “We’ve inserted a total of six AI chips into the patient’s brain. These chips will do an excellent job at substituting the damaged region of the patient’s brain and allow for advanced computing abilities, rest easy.”
“Really?”
Watson Jr. was exhilarated by this revelation. “Will my father wake up?”
“It’s very optimistic by the current looks of it.”
The doctor responded and nodded before turning around and left.
“Congratulations, it seems your dad will recover very soon.”
Felix congratulated and joked a little. “I’ve been here long enough and I suppose it’s about ti I take my leave. When your father wakes up, rember to tell him to visit otherwise I won’t ever acknowledge knowing him as a friend.”
“You have my word, Uncle Felix.”
Watson Jr. thanked him earnestly. “I’ll make sure to pay you a visit along with my father.”
Felix nodded and turned to Qian Wenhuan. “Mr. Qian, thank you for your hospitality these past few days. Please help inform Sir Chen Chen that I’ll be leaving today. Also, make sure to send the bill for Watson Jr.’s treatnt.”
“Take care, Sir Felix.”
Qian Wenhuan nodded in response.
Everyone watched in silence as Felix departed. The silver-haired Watson Jr. was especially emotional.
“Alright, then I shall be saying goodbye as well.”
Qian Wenhuan said suddenly while still hanging a courteous smile on his lips. “If you want to begin the age-reversal treatnt, you can call this number whenever you’re ready and soone will have everything arranged for you. If you’d like to enlist in our company’s scientific research institute, you can call this number instead...”
Qian Wenhuan gave Watson Jr. two contact numbers before reminding them, “anwhile, we’d appreciate it if you guys can keep this particular instance of us curing Jas Watson a secret. Since this particular technology involves our company’s latest scientific advent, it’s extrely confidential and we’d prefer for it to not be exposed to the outside world, you understand?”
“Of course, we understand.”
Watson Jr. nodded and promised. “Don’t worry, we’ll never leak any information even if we’re approached by reporters.”
“You have my gratitude.”
Qian Wenhuan bid his farewell one last ti before leaving them.
Surely enough, without having Felix here, the Watson Jr. family was not important enough to warrant Qian Wenhuan staying with them.
Watson Jr. was well aware of this but was not any less gracious with Qian Wenhuan for it. He had the good sense to escort Qian Wenhuan to the hospital entrance before bidding farewell.
After Qian Wenhuan had exited the hospital and went into his designated vehicle, he took his phone out and called the only pinned contact number in his phonebook.
“Boss, everything has been arranged. Sir Felix just left as well.
“I already inford them to not leak any information regarding our brain damage treatnt technology. I think that Bruno isn’t very reliable and there’s a chance that he might spill the beans...
“Yes, understand.”
With that, Qian Wenhuan hung up and quickly turned to the secretary in the driver seat. “Back to the headquarters.”
So, they exited the parking lot of the hospital and headed for the city...
...
anwhile, Chen Chen was drenched in sweat in the middle of the training grounds. With a very subtle flick in his eyes, a phone levitated in the air and charged into a locker.
The locker was shut with an abrupt clank as if there was soone invisible residing in the sa space as Chen Chen.
“Are you sure we won’t need to take any actions to prevent this information from being leaked?”
Little X’s tiny figure could be seen in the corner of the room, several explosion-proof shield plating was arranged in front of her. She asked curiously, “We just released the V.1 series, you don’t think it’s too fast for us to reveal that we have brain damage restoration technology?”
“There’s no point hiding it anymore anyway.”
Chen Chen replied blankly. As he did this, he fixed his gaze and imdiately sent several daggers on the opposite end of the room soaring toward him, slicing apart the air as they ca at him. Before these daggers could get anywhere close to Chen Chen, they were stopped in their tracks by an invisible force.
It looked as if these daggers had run into an invisible sponge several ters away from Chen Chen. Their montum was imdiately halted as they clattered onto the floor lifelessly.
After cutting these high-velocity dagger’s montum, Chen Chen added. “North Arica is already plotting against . They already have a confird date and location at this point. Whatever happens now won’t change their mind in the slightest, so there’s no need for us to hide anymore.”
As he said this, yet another wave of daggers ca sweeping toward him from a dark corner. Chen Chen glared fiercely in their general vicinity and shot his right palm outward!
The mont he did that, another round of tal clanking onto cold hard concrete echoed across the room again. The daggers were sent flying away in the opposite direction and smashed into the walls.
“In that case, does that an that Sir Godfather has made all the preparations to go to war with them?”
Little X pouted, a hint of worry appeared on her complexion. “We have to face the Earth Federation all by ourselves, what if we lose...”
“Who says that we’re going to face the Earth Federation head-on?”
Chen Chen wiped the blood off of his nose and remarked icily, “In a few days, the Nobel Prize winners will be announced. They will be sending invitation letters to invite to the awards ceremony in December. I can pretend to accept the invitation for now and reject at the last minute co December. This way, we can buy two months’ ti.
“By that point, they should realize that they have no hope of arresting in North Arica, so that leaves them with only one option, which is to take the direct public approach. Either they will begin imposing strict sanctions against our company or apply pressure on the Namibian governnt to have them arrest .”
Chen Chen continued elaborating. “Which ans that we only need to focus on taking certain approaches co December to limit their options against .”
“What sort of approach?”
Little X asked curiously.
“X, could you use the Prophet System to determine which company was it that tried to use quantum computers to design quantum viruses to be used against us?”
Instead of providing a direct answer, Chen Chen returned with another question.
“I’m afraid I can’t. I can’t get any output that has anything to do with the quantum computer.”
Little X answered dejectedly, “It’s pretty clear at this point that the Prophet System is completely ineffective when it cos to anything dealing with the quantum computer or anything related to it.”
“I figured.”
Chen Chen nodded, not surprised by this information. He sighed and expressed, “This quantum computer that appears to have sothing to do with the USB drive has stumped every step of the way. At this point, I even have to be cautious to not harbor any ill intentions against it. It appears that in addition to being able to predict future catastrophic events, it also has a built-in self-defense chanism. The mont I plot sothing against it, its computation is able to successfully detect it.
“But judging by this piece of information that you just provided , I noticed that this quantum computer has its blind spot as well...”
A mischievous smirk that was impossible to decipher appeared on Chen Chen’s lips as he said this, “In this case, I know exactly what to do next...”
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