The courthouse staff made it sound easy, their words polished and pleasant. They merely urged Cheng Xin not to leave the city during this period, and certainly not to go abroad.
But in reality, Cheng Xin knew exactly what was happening. He was already under a form of house arrest, under surveillance. After all, the explosion that had occurred not long ago was too terrifying, too cataclysmic. Countless eyes, both domestic and international, were fixed on this incident, and as the sole survivor, Cheng Xin’s significance was self-evident.
Cheng Xin was certain that those in high places must have already caught wind of something regarding that research facility. They might be aware, for example, of the secret human experimentation being conducted there—such as Zhang Mingyuan’s body modification project. They chose not to disclose this information and data to the public simply because they wanted to keep such technology firmly in their own hands.
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