Chapter 450: Chapter 450: Plant Human Cultivation Technology_1
A Ph.D. in Bio-Pharmaceuticals?
A murderer?
These two words exploded like bombs besides Qin Sisi’s ears. One represented a highly educated elite, possibly even with the responsibility of producing life-saving drugs, while the other was a sinner who had at least taken two lives.
The two roles were hard to link together.
Qin Sisi glanced at Ye You beside her, swiftly contained her emotions, and continued asking Xu Min, "Can you lay out the specifics? Why did he want to kill all of you?"
Xu Min was about to speak when Meng Xiaofei, feeling sidelined, intercepted, "Let me tell this, Sisi and I have known each other for a long time."
Xu Min glared at Meng Xiaofei. Not being privy to the exact relationship between Meng Xiaofei and Qin Sisi, she held her tongue.
Meng Xiaofei turned toward Qin Sisi, insistently saying, "Sisi, you should’ve asked me about this. I was the first victim; I have the most authority to speak."
Qin Sisi was speechless. Was being the first victim something to boast about?
Meng Xiaofei, failing to notice Qin Sisi’s impatience, started narrating, "There’s Gao Xuecai, a savage hiding behind a human mask! I initially thought that, although not the most attractive, he had cars and houses and was a professor at a university. I found him presentable, so we started dating."
At this point, Meng Xiaofei added hastily, anticipating Qin Sisi might misunderstand her as a gold-digger, "I wasn’t fooling around. I had intent to marry."
Qin Sisi murmured in agreement, pushing the conversation forward. "What happened next?"
Meng Xiaofei continued indignantly, "Who could’ve guessed the beast performed human experiments? When he lured me into his house, he didn’t want to get intimate. He wanted to turn me into flower pot soil!"
"Flower pot soil?" Qin Sisi repeated in confusion. She hadn’t understood much of Meng Xiaofei’s rambling, but one thing that stuck was "he has cars and houses but lost his parents".
Meng Xiaofei stammered a bit, explaining with a creased brow, "He...He planted seeds of some kind in human bodies. Our bodies were like soil to those plants, they would suck up all nutrients from our bodies and grow. The fruits these plants bore supposedly can be used as some kind of medicine..."
Even though Meng Xiaofei’s speech was incoherent, Qin Sisi managed to understand a little, only to find the content too horrifying to believe.
She turned to Xu Min and gently said, "Why don’t you explain?"
She felt that this female grad student ought to be more reliable than Meng Xiaofei.
Xu Min nodded, affirming, "She’s right, her expression is just a bit unclear.
The experiment Gao Xuecai conducted was called Human Body Plant Cultivation technology, planting seeds of some kind inside the human body.
By absorbing nutrients from the human flesh, the plant could grow and the fruit it bore would have a combination of nutrients from vegetables and meat. They can be used to manufacture premium medicines or health supplements."
Only after Xu Min provided a clear rundown did Qin Sisi fully understand, though she was left stunned.
When she heard Meng Xiaofei’s account, she thought Meng Xiaofei was exaggerating. Turns out Xu Min’s explanation was even more terrifying.
Human Body Plant Cultivation technology?
If it was all true, then Meng Xiaofei’s analogy hit home: their bodies were indeed made into flower pot soil.
Looking at Meng Xiaofei and Xu Min, Qin Sisi hesitated, "So, did you...?"
Xu Min sighed deeply, pointing at the dark spots on her body, "We were his test subjects. These spots were left by those planted things."
Qin Sisi gasped. So that’s what those spots were.
Overflowing with sadness and anger, she hesitated, before asking, "Then...what happens after a human body is planted with these seeds?"
Before Xu Min could answer, Meng Xiaofei complained tearfully, "What else could happen? Being bound to the experiment table, unable to move, tongue cut out, unable to cry for help, while those plant roots burrowed into our flesh..."
As Meng Xiaofei’s speech gradually became sadder, she began sobbing again, "Sisi, I died so gruesomely! I am so unfortunate!"
Qin Sisi looked at the crying Meng Xiaofei, and felt a sense of sympathy. Such a tragic experience was simply too horrifying.
Patting Meng Xiaofei on the shoulder, she turned towards Xu Min, "But, without food, water, or movement, a human body can’t survive more than a few days, right? Within just a few days, how big can a plant grow? This experiment wouldn’t work!"
For the more professional questions, Xu Min was the clearer choice.
What Xu Min spoke next only drove Qin Sisi’s anger further, "Gao Xuecai would administer IV drips to sustain our lives with nutrient solutions. After around two months, when the plant had absorbed most of the nutrients from the human flesh and nearly matured, our life would be nearing its end, too."
The thought of a human body filled with plant roots, turned into flower pot soil for providing energy to the plants made Qin Sisi shiver. She rebuked angrily, "How can this be? He’s a doctorate holder for God’s sake, he’s worse than a beast!"
A bleak look crossed Xu Min’s face, her voice seeped with resentfulness, "Indeed. I was Gao Xuecai’s student. My father died two years ago. Perhaps he thought it’d be easier to bully me now, so he offered me a high-paying assistant job. I followed him to this villa, and I could never get out."
Meng Xiaofei had tears in her eyes as she added, "As for me, I regarded him as a potential husband. It doesn’t matter if he didn’t like me, but he used me as flower pot soil. Sisi, you wouldn’t know, being flower pot soil was a fate worse than death!"
Looking at these two women who had been through horrifying experiences, Qin Sisi clenched her fists. After a moment, she slowly released her grip, tried to suppress her anger, and reassured Meng Xiaofei and Xu Min, "Okay, I get what you’ve been through. By now, you should know that I am not an ordinary person, right?"
Meng Xiaofei and Xu Min glanced at each other and subtly nodded.
Although Qin Sisi had saved them from the dreadful villa, no one knew if she had an ulterior motive.
Taking a deep breath, Qin Sisi tried to keep her voice steady, "I need Soul Power. I hope you can offer me your spiritual power. In exchange, I can help you fulfill the desires left incomplete in your mortal lives."
Meng Xiaofei and Xu Min looked surprised. They shared a glance again, uncertain of their next move.
To offer Soul Power was indeed a serious matter, but they indeed had many unfulfilled desires left behind at their premature deaths.
