Chapter 365 Rectification
"Do you want to die?"
Faced with these thugs who speak nonsense and think they can do whatever they want with just a few sticks, there is of course only one solution.
But before Xiao Zhen raised his fist, his loyal servant Conte jumped out. "Give it to me--" The leader of the gangsters had not yet expressed the word "beat" clearly, and Conte's fist had already hit him in the face.
What happened next was like a whirlwind sweeping away everything. Conte demonstrated the quality and level of a royal elite guard. Amid the screams of the hooligans, which could be understood as "fuck you, him, mother", Conte beat them one by one. For those who were unwilling to obey and wanted to protest, he grabbed their heads and pressed them to the ground and rubbed them repeatedly to make their bodies express their agreement.
Xiao Zhen admired the heroic act of his loyal follower and walked up to pull up the passerby who was lying on the ground and wailing.
He then realized that the two passers-by whose property was robbed were Saidi people. They looked like fat killer whales, with black and white bodies and two white spots around their eyes, which made them look very funny and harmless. The appearance of the two killer whales in long windbreakers was enough to make his friend Liu Xingquan exclaim "Cute! Cute!"
Thinking of Liu Xingquan, Xiao Zhen couldn't help but feel sad. He calmed down and said to the two killer whales, "It's okay now."
"Thank you. Thank you," said one of the orcas, the one who seemed to have been hit less severely. His voice was much higher pitched than the Homo sapiens. "Thank you so much for your kindness."
There is an old saying in Laura, "A tiger in a plain is bullied by a dog." I think you are like a whale in a western city being bullied by an insect.
"See if anything is missing," said the prince.
The other killer whale man quickly rummaged through the bag and made a few high-pitched mumbling sounds. The prince realized that he was saying in panic that someone was missing.
The prince glanced at Conte, who was using his foot to deal with the last dishonest guy. When he saw the prince's eyes, he immediately stepped on it hard. The insect under his feet screamed loudly enough to shake the brain, "I don't know! I don't know!"
"Oh, it doesn't matter if you don't know." The prince said slowly, "If they are sent to the police station, what kind of punishment do you think they will be sentenced to?"
"All sentenced to death," Conde said coldly. In his opinion, offending Prince Asher was worthy of being shot.
His threat was powerful, and finally one of the thugs saw clearly that Conte was wearing a Guards uniform. Although the identities of Xiaozhen and Conte were unclear, Conte's skills and uniform invisibly added a strong persuasiveness to the words "death penalty".
"The things are here with me, don't send them to the police station." A timid voice sounded. A larva walked out from the darkness. She was not tall, with a pair of antennae softly resting on her forehead. She looked about the same age as the eldest princess, Alji, but her clothes were simple and her body looked even more skinny. Her smell was uneducated, wild and vulgar.
The larva pulled out a small black suitcase.
"Yes, this is mine!" the killer whale shouted. He raised his fin, took the suitcase, opened the box and looked at it carefully. Then he looked up at the prince and Conte and said, "Nothing is missing. Thank you."
"Do you two want to hold them accountable for their crimes?" asked the prince.
The two orca men looked at the prince, then at the skinny larva. One of them waved his fin and said, "We have taken all the things back. I think they are still children. Let's just forget it."
The prince nodded his assent, and motioned to Conde to call a carriage for the two Sadis.
When the gang saw that they were not going to be held accountable, they immediately dispersed like birds. At this time, the prince clearly heard a few words: "Traitor!" "Traitor who mixed with the damned Sadis!" "Traitor who betrayed Xiyiqi!"
The prince raised his eyes and saw that the group of half-grown Xiyiqi young men had dispersed and disappeared into the street nearby.
"Your Highness, this is too good of a bargain for them." Conde said somewhat indignantly after seeing off the two Sadis.
"Some of them are still very small," said the prince, remembering the larva that looked as big as Algie. "They are still young people."
Conte explained that these hooligans are the so-called "rejected trash cubs", hatched from the inferior larvae that were not removed in time. They were abandoned at birth, had no childcare education, grew up secretly in the garbage in the city, and were excluded from this stable social system. They are the gray existence at the bottom of the insect society.
It seems that there are such low-level people everywhere. That larva is smaller than Alji. There are several ugly scars on her body, obviously she has suffered violence. Her face is not as healthy as Alji's. She looks like she has been malnourished for a long time. She, and they all need care from adult Xiyiqi people...
Stop, stop. Xiao Zhen was surprised at his sudden sympathy and love for the weak cub. Prince Alsiel was dead, but the consciousness fluctuations left by the corpse still affected him intentionally or unintentionally. Was it because Alsiel lost the opportunity to accompany Alji to grow up that he had such abundant emotions for the cub like now?
Xiao Zhen withdrew her thoughts and thought about what the gangsters had said when they left.
"Traitor", "traitor who mingled with the damned Sadis", these words are standard populism that is not difficult to understand. They targeted foreigners. Do they think that the Sadis are the enemies of Xiyiqi?
"Conte."
"exist."
"Those two passers-by were Sadis," said the prince.
"Yes." Conte's expression did not waver.
"Do you hate the Sadis?"
"Hateful." The young man answered very straightforwardly.
"What's your reason?"
"Everyone hates them for the same reason. We are the original colonizers of Xiyiqi, and those Sadis can only make up history with lies." Conte paused, "Another reason is that they are too ugly, like black and white pufferfish."
Sorry, I think walking killer whales are much cuter than giant bugs.
"Finally, there is one most important reason," Conte said. "The Sadis are on the side of the Legion."
I remembered that Queen Xiyiqi was from the Parliament. "Okay, I understand."
"But they are now our trade allies, and there are also many Saidi residents who have immigrated here. They abide by Xiyiqi's laws. The current situation is not optimistic, and this kind of thing will undoubtedly intensify the conflict." The young man showed a hint of hesitation on his stern face, "Your Highness, you are too kind to let those bastards go."
The prince smiled and sat back on the back of the motorcycle. He now had a new understanding of the situation in Xiyiqi. "Conte, let's go. We are going to the 72nd Rescue Center now."
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The 72nd Rescue Center is located on the outskirts of this city.
When the prince arrived, there was no one at the door.
The sign of "72nd Rescue House" flashed under the light. When the prince pushed open the door, he immediately smelled a sour and bitter smell.
The lights in the reception hall were dim, and no staff was there. He walked into the corridor, and Conte followed him nervously.
Following the smell, they walked all the way to the second floor of the shelter. At this time, a group of people had gathered on the second floor. The staff wearing yellow robes symbolizing treatment were standing in two rows. In front of them, there was a team of guards wearing gray and black uniforms. The air was filled with a sad atmosphere.
Director Lucy was standing in the center, speaking with a sad look on her face:
"Today, we will bid them farewell. May the Queen's loving presence be with them until the last moment."
The children behind the staff burst into tears, and more staff lowered their heads, twisted their tentacles, and covered their faces. He was surprised to find that there was a fat killer whale among these staff. He also looked sad and made a high-frequency hissing sound.
A Xiyiqi man in a gray and black uniform walked out, and as his eyes swept across the crowd, the smell at the scene became even heavier.
(That’s Genetic Correction Supervisor.) Conte whispered to the Prince.
What the hell does this name sound like? Xiao Zhen complained in her heart.
The genetic rectification supervisor held a data tablet in his hand and announced with an extremely pungent smell: "44123, 44124, 44302..."
Every time he called out a number, an uncontrollable cry was heard.
(What are you doing?) The prince whispered to Conde beside him.
(Gene correction.)
It's the same as if you didn't say anything.
"The above twenty-six people, step out."
Some Xiyiqi patients walked out from behind the staff, reporting numbers that matched the numbers on their hospital gowns. Without exception, their limbs had large and small ugly crimson patches, and their eyes were strangely bright red. Most of them were larvae, but there were also adults, and waves of despair emanated from them.
"According to the examination, these people have shown symptoms of red eye. We will carry out genetic correction according to the regulations."
The children burst into tears. The staff twisted their bodies nervously, and one even hugged one of the larvae. "Wait a little longer, maybe there will be new medicine, maybe they can still be saved."
"Shut up!" The Gene Correction Supervisor said coldly, "Stop deceiving yourself. You medical staff should know better than anyone what the red eye symptom means."
"They, many of them are still children."
"Because they are children, their suffering must be ended in time!" The supervisor emphasized, "If the symptoms are allowed to continue to worsen, it will only affect more people. It is your poor work that has led to this result."
"For the sake of the great Queen, please give us a little more time." Director Lucy pleaded, "His Royal Highness the Prince said he would come to inspect tonight. Maybe there is still hope."
"Your Highness?" The supervisor was furious. "Do you want these hopelessly filthy people to appear before your Highness? How vicious!!"
"No, no, no, I mean maybe His Royal Highness would be willing to ..."
"How terrible!" the supervisor yelled, "These dirty genetically mutated bugs shouldn't have appeared in the world. Because of the Queen's mercy and her love for all her people, Xiyiqi has many shelters to take in these mutations that should have been cleared. But now you still want to waste the country's resources even more?"
"I'm sorry, I mean they're just kids, maybe they can be helped."
The supervisor's smell became more excited, and his limbs trembled excitedly. "The resources allocated by the benevolent queen and prince are enough, but you and these genetically mutated deformed insects are still ungrateful and want more." He stretched out his hand and shouted, "Now, execute the rectification immediately!"
As soon as this voice came out, guards wearing gray and black uniforms and masks and helmets rushed out and restrained the patients who had just stood up with their gloved claws.
The crying spread throughout the room.
"For the Queen ! For perfect and immortal genes!"
The guards simultaneously raised an injection needle and stabbed it into the necks of the still struggling patients.
"Stop it!" the prince shouted.
The room fell silent for a moment.
All eyes were on him.
"Your Highness! Your Highness!!" Director Lucy shouted in surprise and excitement, "【Block description of starlight 50 words】, you are here, you are finally here!"
"Your Highness?" The scent of the Genetic Correction Supervisor shook, and after a moment's hesitation, he confirmed his identity.
Everyone in the room knelt down.
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The prince could sense the dissatisfaction of the genetic rectification supervisor, and his cleansing duties were immediately stopped.
After a few seconds of exploring everyone's consciousness and combining it with the prince's remaining past memories, Xiao Zhen learned the ins and outs of the current situation.
This is a strange disease that is secretly spreading among the Xiyiqi people. Or it cannot be called a disease. It is a sudden genetic mutation. The Xiyiqi people call this phenomenon the "Crimson Mutation."
In Director Lucy's office, there is a holographic pathology model, on which a strange group of red cells are spreading. This mutation has no signs, no source of infection, and appears and breaks out randomly, and only occurs in the Xiyiqi people. When the disease enters a certain stage, the patient will go crazy and die in a frenzy with festering all over the body. The medical experts of Xiyiqi are helpless against this disease, and the interstellar experts cannot find out the cause. Everything can only be explained as a sudden mutation.
The good news is that, so far, there is a drug that can effectively alleviate this crimson mutation.
That is a biological enzyme developed by the Saidi people. According to clinical medical feedback, the drug provided by the Saidi people can effectively alleviate the symptoms of the Xiyiqi people's deep red mutation. Therefore, this drug has become an important trade product between the two alien races that have always been at odds with each other. The Saidi people have made a lot of money from this.
However, as the Crimson Mutation spread, the Xiyiqi people's demand for medicine far exceeded the Saidi people's existing drug production.
According to intelligence, the materials needed for this biological enzyme are extremely rare, and the production cycle is very long. The drugs provided by the Saidi people each year are limited. However, many patients in Xiyiqi cannot wait that long.
On the one hand, patients in the late stage will go crazy and fester and die in pain. On the other hand, medicine is in short supply. Her Majesty the Queen has to order the reduction of shelters on the planet and euthanasia (what they call gene rectification) for some patients who have entered certain symptoms. The 72nd shelter happened to be the victim of this policy. At present, the supervisor of gene rectification has confirmed that there are more than 20 patients in the shelter who are about to enter a serious state and are ready to end their lives.
"Your Highness," the supervisor said, "After entering the red eye symptoms, the drug dosage required is ten times that of ordinary mild patients. The drugs that the Sadis can provide are limited. More resources should be used for those mild patients who may still be saved. I think gene suppression is necessary."
"Your Highness!" Director Lucy said, "I saw the news that you will meet with Ambassador Sadie the day after tomorrow. Does this mean that there is hope for an expansion of the drug import quota?"
"That's not a question you should be asking," said the prince.
"I'm sorry." Director Lucy lowered her head. Her voice was thin as a thread. At this moment, there were still cries floating outside. "But if there were more medicine, the children here could live a few more days."
"How can you discuss national affairs!" the supervisor shouted coldly.
"The treatment of the 26 patients you mentioned just now will be postponed for two days," said the prince.
"Your Highness?" Director Lucy shouted in surprise.
"...Yes, sir." The supervisor wanted to say something, but still accepted the prince's order.
The prince sat in front of Director Lucy's desk. He looked at the pathological model in front of him and sighed in his heart, Liu Xingquan, Liu Xingquan, if you don't show up, I will soon affect the foreign policy of a planet.
