Chapter 261 Oddities Study

That research project was called Oddities Study (Gui Xue).

Oddities Study (Gui Xue) was divided into many subcategories.

Qing Chen was in charge of Human-Oddity Affinity Studies in the mornings.

Simply put, it was the study of the compatibility between humans and oddities.

Which humans were more compatible with which oddities, and which were suitable to be paired together for Subject research.

Of course, Qing Chen wasn't the one actually doing the experiments; he was just a theorist.

But as Qing Chen himself said, his childhood dream was to be a scientist.

So when he entered the game and had the opportunity to realize his dream in an alternative way, he became very diligent.

A brand new subject, a brand new field, with all players starting from scratch, he relied on his own efforts and learning to master the theory, which was highly valued by the Phoenix Organization. Xia Xiyu even invited him to join the Shadow Society (Anying Hui).

"What society?!" Fang Yue was taken aback.

"Shadow Society (Anying Hui), what's wrong?"

"..."

Qing Chen obviously didn't know what the Shadow Society (Anying Hui) was, probably because he wasn't from Jianghai City.

Unlike the United Society (Lian Shou Hui), which was based in Jianghai City and expanded its influence to the whole country.

Underground organizations like the Shadow Society (Anying Hui) only had strong influence in Jianghai City, with limited reach in other areas.

So it was normal for Qing Chen not to know about it.

After thinking for a moment, Fang Yue asked, "Did you join the Shadow Society (Anying Hui)?"

"No, I don't like things in the game affecting reality."

"Then never mind... continue talking about Oddities Study (Gui Xue)."

Clearly, Qing Chen had the mindset of an old-school player, not used to the game intersecting with reality, and kept them separate.

"What a pity..."

Fang Yue was thoughtful. He didn't expect that Xia Xiyu, who he had killed, was actually a member of the Shadow Society (Anying Hui)!

It was a pity that the character was already dead, and Qing Chen hadn't joined the Shadow Society (Anying Hui). Otherwise, he could have used this clue to find out the location of the Shadow Society (Anying Hui)'s base.

Listening to Qing Chen's eloquent explanation, Fang Yue had a general understanding of the Phoenix Organization's main business, Oddities Study (Gui Xue).

In short, it was to study oddities, which was no different from the Department of Oddities Research (Yan Gui Bu) in Qing Si County.

It was just that the scale and research direction were very different.

The Department of Oddities Research (Yan Gui Bu) in Qing Si County simply studied what level the oddities were, and what special oddity abilities they had. The main purpose was to organize this intelligence into files, so that the Qing Guards (Qing Wei) of the Qing Si knew how to defend and attack when they encountered those oddities, in order to reduce casualties.

The Phoenix Organization's Oddities Study (Gui Xue), on the other hand, was a detailed study of oddities.

It covered all aspects of oddities, such as the composition of oddities, how to use their abilities, the principles behind their abilities, organ vivisection, and the study of corpse remains.

And the most important department was the Subject department.

It studied how to implant the characteristics, abilities, and powers of oddities into the human body.

This implantation method could be surgical sutures, organ replacement, or even directly drinking the juice of oddities, or other means.

In short, the methods were strange and varied, but the purpose was the same, which was to give humans the power of oddities!

Fang Yue inexplicably thought of the scene when his potential was stimulated, his eyes were dark, and he was covered in black blood. He couldn't help but ask.

"Isn't that the same as when humans are possessed by oddities, and their bodies are revived with oddity powers?"

"Almost, but on this premise, it also retains the human will, as well as the human strength and cultivation. Combining the two into one is the ultimate goal of the base's Oddities Study (Gui Xue)."

Combining the two into one… Human-Oddity unity…

Fang Yue was stunned for a moment. The scene of the Finger Oddity (Shi Zhi Gui) wanting to give him poisonous soup when he first entered the game flashed in his mind.

And the words that Mu Zi, the spy in Gu Yue Village, had said.

So... the oddities were studying how to transform people into oddities, while the humans were studying how to combine oddities and humans together, and use both powers at the same time!

The research and experiments on both sides felt crazy and absurd, but they both had actual operation records.

Fang Yue couldn't help but think of the surviving members of the Qingluan Tower being possessed by oddities, and then suddenly being interrupted.

A terrifying guess slowly emerged in Fang Yue's mind.

"Could it be... the oddities' research progress has completed a small breakthrough. On the tech tree of turning humans into oddities, they have slightly lit up a branch route, which is that through the oddities attached to the human body, they can revive the oddities attached to the human body at any time, and they can also terminate it at any time!"

If his guess was true... Qing Si County was in great danger!

This was maxing out the stealth attribute!

Imagine, if humans were possessed by oddities on a large scale, but they could remotely control when to revive, and they could also terminate it at any time. This was using the possessed humans as containers, and also as hostages!

In a sense, the research progress of the oddities had also reached the route of human-oddity unity, which was similar to the Phoenix Organization's Subject!

Normal oddity possession was when the oddity killed the human and occupied the human's body. It was not really transforming the human into an oddity. These were two different concepts.

As for the first night Fang Yue entered the game, seeing the little boy turn into an oddity by eating black embers was a very, very small probability, even smaller than winning the lottery. It could almost be ignored. What the oddities wanted to study was how to stably transform humans into oddities, rather than this almost negligible probability event.

At this moment, Fang Yue felt very strange.

Clearly, one side was the oddities who killed humans, and the other side was the dark organization that harmed humans.

But after peeling off that layer of skin, both sides were scientists, oddities scholars, and pioneers on the road of technological development??

Although one served the oddities, and the other served humans.

They were clearly two opposing forces, but now the final result was a bit of a convergence, moving in the same direction towards the same goal.

Humans become oddities, eliminating humans from the root, and achieving universal harmony.

Human-oddity unity, a new species, universal harmony.

But this was just Fang Yue's personal guess. It was estimated that the ideas of both sides were not about universal harmony, but had deeper purposes.

"Currently, in terms of Subjects, as you can see, there are already some 'successful' cases. However, it is too difficult to find a perfect match in terms of compatibility, and at the same time, the human itself must be strong, and also integrate a perfectly compatible and powerful oddity, inherit its characteristics and strength, and exert its own martial arts power. So there are successful cases, but they are basically failures. Either they can only use the power of oddities, or they can only use the power of martial arts, otherwise the body will collapse on the spot.

Personally, I internally call these Subjects version 1.0. When we overcome the difficulties, we can develop version 2.0. I believe that at that time, the Subjects that combine these two will not be useless, but will be synonymous with power!"

Qing Chen proudly puffed out his chest, and at the end, he did not forget to summarize: "In short, all the effects are to get closer to the Oddity Spiritual Root (Gui Ling Gen). When can we restore the effect of the Oddity Spiritual Root (Gui Ling Gen), our project will be considered a success."

Fang Yue: …

Fang Yue: ???

Fang Yue: !!!