Chapter 36: Yang Sheng’s Secret Past (1)

In that case, I don’t want to hide anything. I put the pen in my pocket and said to Lushan, “You talk, I’ll listen. After I’m done, I’ll give you the pen.”

Lu Shan’s eyes revealed a hint of dissatisfaction, but his expression did not change. He took a deep breath and said, “Okay, let’s start from the beginning of the incident. The underground cave under the desert…”

As everyone knows, there is a most fearsome lizard in the world, and it now only exists on certain small islands in Indonesia. It has ancient blood flowing through its veins, and it survived the terrible era of the extinction of the dinosaurs.

It is the Komodo dragon!

The Komodo dragon is 2 to 3 meters long, and its teeth and saliva are highly toxic. They are natural predators, and of course they are also endangered, so they are protected on a special island.

19XX, a research institute.

National treasure-level biologist Ding Yang is looking at some internal information that has been passed to him. For this information, the institute has set up a special research team, and Ding Yang is the leader.

“Ding, what do you think about this information?” This is an ad hoc meeting. All the researchers have read the information in their hands, and the impatient ones are already urging, waiting for Ding to give a speculative conclusion.

As a national treasure-level biologist, no doubt Ding Yang’s guess is more reliable in everyone’s eyes.

Ding Yang did not answer, and it was only after a few minutes that he finished reading the information again and put it down, saying, “Komodo dragons found in underground caves? Which irresponsible researcher came up with this conclusion? How could Komodo dragons survive in underground caves? Don’t you have any questions?”

Ding Yang’s face clearly showed his dissatisfaction, and the researchers present were a little embarrassed. One of the older researchers said, “Of course we have great doubts about this, but we dare not easily speculate that it is a new species, otherwise this discovery would be too shocking. We have looked at a lot of information, and there are many species of lizards living in the desert, but none of them match the characteristics of the burrowing lizard described in this article. The characteristics of the lizard described by the eyewitnesses, however, are strikingly similar to those of the Komodo dragon, so…”

Ding Yang frowned and said, “If a Komodo dragon is found in our country, this topic will undoubtedly be of great significance, but the key point is that Komodo dragons spend far more time on the ground than underground. It is impossible for them not to need sunlight to stretch their stiff bodies. But according to the information, no one has ever seen this kind of lizard climb out of an underground cave. Isn’t this strange? Moreover, there is almost no large area of water and trees in the depths of the desert, which is fundamentally inconsistent with the living environment of the Komodo dragon. Do you think it has broken through its biological instincts?

Faced with a series of questions from Ding Yang, all the researchers present were silent, and Ding Yang continued, “Science is not stagnant. It is necessary to make bold assumptions and carefully demonstrate them. If it is discovered that the Komodo dragon exists in the desert, of course it is of great significance. If we discover a new species, it will also be of great significance. All discussions are theoretical. Since we have established such a research group, we should go to the front line and obtain precious first-hand information ourselves.”

This was Ding Yang’s conclusion.

This is how an unremarkable research topic began, and it led to a series of events that no one could have predicted. It was just the beginning.

Summer 19XX.

In this year, Yang Sheng was still a young teenager, but his age did not hinder his reputation as a genius. At a young age, when other children were still in middle school, Yang Sheng was already able to conduct research on topics with his teacher and adoptive father.

For some reason, Yang Sheng’s reputation did not spread among the common people, but no one in the circle of scholars was unaware of the existence of this young genius. Some even exclaimed that Yang Sheng was such a genius that it was feared that there would be no one like him for hundreds of years.

So, Yang Sheng grew up with a halo. After showing amazing talent at the age of two, the halo around him has never faded! But the child is not proud, nor is he aloof. Except for his living habits, which are a little bit bad, everything is no different from a normal child.

People attributed all this to the successful teaching of Yang Sheng’s adoptive father, Professor Mu Lin, but Professor Mu Lin was very indifferent. He even said to his best friend, “All scientific geniuses are either madmen or paranoids! Yang Sheng is also very paranoid at heart. The aura of genius he has worn since childhood has not left him unaffected. His pride is deep in his heart, which has caused him to become even more paranoid. This is not good. I have to find a way to correct him. In many ways, I would rather he were an ordinary child.

This is Yang Sheng, as described by his adoptive father and as seen by others.

One ordinary summer afternoon, Yang Sheng was at home, reading an English biology textbook. Some of the ideas in the textbook clearly piqued Yang Sheng’s interest, and he couldn’t take his eyes off it, so much so that his roommate, Mu Lin, who was eating with him, couldn’t help but frown.

Because Yang Sheng seemed to be eating, but the food on his chopsticks and the rice in his bowl had not actually been put into his mouth, but had fallen all over his body. In just a short while, his body was already covered in grease and food, but he was still unaware of it, and his mouth was still subconsciously chewing.

Mulin couldn’t bear to watch any longer, and took the information Yang Sheng was holding in one hand.

“Dad…” Yang Sheng called out in dissatisfaction.

“How many times have I told you? Eating is eating. Even if you are doing academic research, you still need to eat and sleep. All success is based on a good physical foundation. Don’t you understand?” Mu Lin patiently educated Yang Sheng.

Yang Sheng did not dare to argue, and could only eat his rice in silence, but his eyes kept staring at the English material.

Mu Lin didn’t say anything to him, but instead put a piece of food on his bowl and said to Yang Sheng, “You don’t have to go to the lab this afternoon, and I won’t go either. I’ll take you to visit an old friend.”

Yang Sheng shrugged his shoulders, obviously not interested in this.

Mu Lin naturally understood Yang Sheng, and was not angry. He took a bite of the food and said lightly, “The fact that this old friend is still alive is a secret. I was preparing to take over a research project when I learned of this secret and the right to visit him. Do you want to go or not? It’s up to you.”

This remark obviously aroused Yang Sheng’s interest, but the key point of interest was a new research topic. He immediately said, “Can I go too? Dad, do I have to participate in that research topic? Who is that old friend?”

“You can’t participate in the research project for the time being, but since you are a key talent, you may inherit the project in the future, so you can go.” After saying this, Mulindon paused, frowned slightly, and then said, “Speaking of this old friend, you also know him. He was once like me, a good friend and comrade-in-arms of your biological parents. The person we are going to see this afternoon is Ding Yang.”

“Uncle Ding Yang? He… he didn’t go to study that lizard, he died in the desert, he…” Yang Sheng rarely shows curiosity to others, and apparently Ding Yang’s story shocked him.

“Eat.” Mulin didn’t explain further, but urged Yang Sheng to eat.

Summer 19XX, 4:12 p.m.

After undergoing some rigorous inspections, Mu Lin and Yang Sheng were allowed to enter Ding Yang’s temporary “sanatorium.”

It was said to be a sanatorium, but it was built deep underground, where there was no sunlight, so how could it be a sanatorium?

As a genius who grew up in the circles of high academics, Yang Sheng naturally knew about this place. He knew very well that this was not a so-called sanatorium at all, but a secret base where some precious specimens were stored, and even the existence of living creatures that ordinary people could never imagine.

Why was Uncle Ding Yang sent here for treatment?

What made Yang Sheng even more puzzled was that he and his father had come to visit Uncle Ding Yang, but why were four heavily armed secret service agents following them so closely?

What on earth was going on?