The NO.1 Food Stall in the Wasteland novel Chapter 283

Chapter 283: Chapter 283: Who Exactly Disrupted His Plan?

Fu Cheng thought again of the mask Shen Lu had taken out. When she put it on, not only did her face change, but she also grew taller.

His fingers tightened slightly. ’That mask is definitely not something that can be made with current technology.’

He stared at Shen Lu with a burning intensity, leaving her completely baffled.

"Is something wrong?"

"...No." Fu Cheng still couldn’t bring himself to ask. He had already wasted a drop of the True Heart Potion out of curiosity about its effects.

The mask was no less impressive than the True Heart Potion, and Fu Cheng didn’t dare ask Shen Lu to take it out and use it again.

"Looks like we’re safe now." Shen Lu didn’t overthink it. "What do you think the government will do with Gong Tianhua?"

Fu Cheng’s gaze lowered. "I don’t know."

"He did such a terrible thing, shouldn’t he be sentenced?!" Shen Lu was filled with righteous indignation. "To kill so many people for some transformation agent..."

"Little Deer, the government only cares about benefits. Right and wrong come second to that."

"Hmph!" Shen Lu was unconvinced, but she knew Fu Cheng was right.

...

Inside an office at the research institute, Gong Tianhua had lost all his former refinement. His hair was a bird’s nest he had tousled himself. He slapped his head hard a couple of times before a police officer at his side grabbed his arm.

"I really don’t remember!" Gong Tianhua was on the verge of a breakdown. "I don’t remember meeting Gao Weineng or saying those things. After I returned to my office, I was about to make a phone call, and then... and then..."

Every time he tried to recall what happened next, his mind went completely blank.

’This isn’t normal!’

Gong Tianhua had an excellent memory. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to memorize several key data points just by glancing at Ding Min’s research report, allowing him to plagiarize her results and secure the position of deputy director.

The police chief, Fu Yang, pushed the door open and came in. "Take Gong Tianhua to the detention center for now."

The officer immediately complied, and Gong Tianhua panicked.

"The matter isn’t even clear yet! On what grounds are you detaining me?"

Fu Yang’s expression was impassive. "These are orders from above. If you have a problem, take it up with them. Asking me is useless."

In the Base Commander’s office at the government building, two parties sat facing each other.

On the left were government officials led by Zhao Changjiang. On the right were members of the Royal Family, led by the Eldest Prince.

The expressions on both sides were frigid, and the atmosphere had dropped to a freezing point. Even though the office was over 80 square meters, the feeling of suffocation was intense.

Zhao Changjiang looked at the young man before him, took a deep breath, and forced a stiff smile.

"Your Highness, your demands are a bit excessive." He was twenty-some years older than the Eldest Prince, but now he had to plaster on a smile for this brat, which was infuriating. "Gong Tianhua was certainly at fault, but his intentions were good. Besides, isn’t scientific progress just a matter of finding the right path through trial and error?"

"That doesn’t mean you can use the lives of innocent citizens for your trials." The Eldest Prince retorted coolly, his tone laced with an anger that was impossible to ignore. "And I’ve heard the transformation agent project was never approved by Director Gao. In other words, Gong Tianhua’s experiments were unauthorized."

"They’re just some lower-class citizens from the Lower City District. The base has no shortage of people like them. They’re unproductive, just scraping by on government handouts every day. Being able to contribute to scientific progress is the only use they have."

Zhao Changjiang ignored the Eldest Prince’s last point, intent on smoothing things over.

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