Chapter 229: Chapter 148: Cooperation and Negotiation, Genetic Primordial (Part 2)
"It’s not easy to get a meeting with Commander Lin. I was afraid if I waited any longer, you’d disappear again."
Lin Feng shrugged.
"The situation on the front lines is tense. Having just taken over the Thirteenth Division, there are many things that require my personal attention."
"But as for you, Director Ling, how did you find the time to personally come to the dangerous front lines? You didn’t even give me a heads-up. I could have sent a team to escort you, to ensure your safety."
Chen Yanyan came over, poured Ling Shuyan a glass of wine, and then stood behind Lin Feng, placing a hand on his shoulder.
Ling Shuyan’s eyes narrowed slightly, and she spoke again.
"That’s assuming I could even get a call through... The places you’ve been have no signal coverage."
"Since Commander Lin is so busy with his affairs, let’s get straight to the point. Saving the Federation is what’s most important right now."
With that, Ling Shuyan leaned back in her chair and looked down for a moment before continuing.
"I’ll agree to your conditions. I’ll leave a portion of my staff to help you continue your research. I will even personally perform the genetic modification surgeries for you."
"The equipment left behind at the field hospital, plus the labs in University City, should be barely enough to work with."
"However, before any of that, I need to see for myself the Natural Awakener with Genetic Assimilation that you mentioned!"
After speaking, Ling Shuyan raised her wine glass and, with an air of confidence, took a shallow sip.
Lin Feng’s expression was blank as he shook his head.
"First, I think you may have misunderstood, Director Ling. My condition is that your entire Research Institute stays, especially you, the director."
"Second, the main reason for recruiting you is to research perfect biological modification technology and overcome the flaws that still exist in our Genetic Warriors."
"Beyond that, there will be additional tasks, such as dissecting and researching the new Tier Two Zerg Race—especially the Samurai Hunter Zergs. They pose the greatest threat to us."
"As for the Natural Awakener you mentioned, that won’t be a problem, provided you agree to these conditions."
"Of course, he will only cooperate with your experiments, and he must be under our supervision. No life-threatening procedures will be permitted."
Hearing Lin Feng’s terms, Ling Shuyan’s brow furrowed. She knew he also coveted the genetic modification technology, wanting to create a batch of powerful Genetic Warriors to fight the Zerg Race’s invasion and consolidate his own rule.
This could be accomplished with just a few researchers skilled in the surgery; it was just that the core component, the Fusion Zygotes, would need to be purchased from the Research Institute on a long-term basis.
But Lin Feng’s demand was tantamount to forcing the Research Institute to sign its life away, which was in serious conflict with Ling Shuyan’s own plans and ambitions.
Slowly setting down her wine glass, Ling Shuyan looked at the smiling man before her, took a deep breath, and her tone shifted to one of veiled warning.
"Impossible! Do you intend to become the enemy of the entire world?"
"Or are you saying that after successfully repelling the Zerg Race, Commander Lin plans to lead several thousand Genetic Warriors back to the safety of the rear areas and declare yourself ruler of the entire Federation?"
Lin Feng laughed heartily.
"I have no interest in any of that. Once the genetic modification technology is perfected, you can give it to all the other factions. I imagine Qin Hu, who is about to head to the Federal Capital to participate in its defense, needs it more than I do!"
"Without a doubt, the intellectual property is yours. How you choose to use it is your prerogative."
"As for me, I just need this technology to continue serving my soldiers—my Tier Two Corps."
"Rest assured, my ultimate goal isn’t to overthrow the Federation, which has long existed in name only."
"When they gave the order to abandon the entire South just to protect the states of the North, the thousands of miles of fertile land south of the Great River became no-man’s-land..."
"Jin City, for example, will fall into my hands."
"But I have no interest in power."
"Everything I’m doing now is just to achieve that final goal..."
As he spoke, Lin Feng’s tone deepened. He simultaneously released his powerful aura and slowly declared:
"To kill the High-tier Mother Empress and completely destroy the entire Swarm!"
The terrifying presence of a Tier Two Perfect Awakened left Ling Shuyan stunned at the table.
She had performed all sorts of experiments and tests on the fully modified Qin Hu and was very familiar with the presence of a Tier Two Awakener. Even after he broke through to the Tier Two Middle Stage, he had never felt as oppressive as Lin Feng did right now.
Ling Shuyan knew Lin Feng’s power was immense. From what she had seen and heard since arriving today, she could tell his Synthetic Superpower was comparable to that of a logistics battalion commander.
Especially that battleship known as the Land Ship, along with its accompanying armed tanks, which could easily suppress a massive Swarm. If they were paired with powerful Genetic Warriors to compensate for their only shortcoming—individual strength...
At that time, the defeated remnants led by Lin Feng would truly become the strongest army in the Federation, and perhaps in all of humanity.
And now, the true power he had just revealed made Ling Shuyan realize with a start that she had still underestimated the young man before her.
Lin Feng didn’t need genetic modification at all; his own power already far exceeded that of a Genetic Warrior. No wonder, from Qin Hu’s own description...
...this young man, more than ten years her junior, had been praised to the high heavens and was even touted as quite possibly the strongest Awakener on all of Blue Star!
Not just in terms of power, but also the potential of his Superpower!
After a long, deep moment of thought, Ling Shuyan suddenly changed her mind and asked:
"Are you truly confident you can kill a High-tier Mother Empress?"
Lin Feng nodded gravely. All his efforts were aimed at breaking through to Tier Three as quickly as possible, especially after learning how truly terrifying and powerful the enemy was...
Staring at the woman before him, Lin Feng promised:
