When Steven and I arrived at the forensicb, Eason was sitting on the couch in the lounge. He had


    a grave expression on his face.


    Eason wasn''t the only one there. There were several people wearing whiteb coats around him


    with solemn expressions on their faces as well. They appeared to be researchers.


    "Take a look for yourself," Eason said, cing the text report on the table.


    Steven picked it up and nced at the report. He did not seem very surprised.


    I looked at Steven for a moment, then reached out to grab the report from him to take a look at it


    myself.


    Unfortunately, I couldn''t understand a thing.


    Seeing that I looked clueless, Eason rubbed his forehead and started to exin, "This is a huge


    problem. It appears that Stephanie had gically modified the fetus in her womb during its


    embryonic stage. Then, the embryo was imnted into the host for gestation after that."


    The other researchers looked equally somber.


    Eason continued, "Furthermore, Stephanie herself had undergone the most advanced genome


    editing possible.


    "She should have been born with great intelligence, a superior physique, and great strength that


    made her stronger than any other human being. This means that she was essentially made to


    be… a superhuman."


    This was a terrifying discovery. This meant that humans have somehow created a deity amongst


    men that was somehow also human.


    "Genome editing?" I asked, looking at the researchers in astonishment. "Is this technology


    widespread?"


    "It''s strictly prohibited, actually." Eason frowned and continued, "You probably don''t understand what


    genome editing will do to our society. Once it…"


    Eason trailed off and didn''t continue. He knew that even if he did, I wouldn''t be able to understand


    him.


    Steven remained silent. He said nothing.


    "Is it possible that some wealthy people have already started doing this? It sounds harmless enough


    to me. It''s just so that they can make their children more outstanding, right?" I asked tentatively.


    Eason replied, "Research on genome editing is strictly prohibited. Experimenting it on humans is


    forbidden because there are too many uncontroble factors to ount for.


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    "For instance, if we cut off a segment of your gic chain to make you naturally immune to a


    certain disease, it is highly likely that this splice will open up another door to another disease. The


    consequences of human genome editing are too uncontroble and unpredictable."


    The rich weren''t fools, after all. They wouldn''t dare to attempt such under-researched experiments


    on themselves lightly.


    As such, in order to make sure the experiment would be sessful, countless test subjects would


    need to be sacrificed until the best results were obtained.


    Once genome editing was legalized, human society would be in total chaos. The wealthy would


    ensure their children were outstanding in all aspects from birth, while the poor got oppressed their


    entire lives.


    I stared at the gic test results and remained silent for a long while.


    "So you''re saying that Stephanie wasn''t the product of her parent''s love, but an experimental


    subject?"


    "That''s highly likely," one of the researchers said with a nod.


    Eason looked at Steven and said, "You know why I called you here, don''t you? News of this cannot


    be leaked, or it will cause mass panic. We need to investigate this further. I suspect Stephanie might


    not be an isted case."


    Stephanie''s parents had logs that resembled experimental data, after all. As such, Eason suspected


    that Stephanie was actually an experimental subject.


    "And her death was most likely nned ahead by the ones behind this scheme. They wanted to


    destroy any living evidence of the experiment."


    Moreover, it was very likely that the ones behind it considered Stephanie a failed experimental


    subject. As such, they decided to abandon her by killing her.


    "If their intention was to destroy the evidence, the person who killed me- I mean Stephanie- wouldn''t


    have a reason to trap her body in a ss disy case, right? Her body should have been


    obliterated," I argued.


    I continued in a whisper, "cing her body in a ss disy case seems more intentional. Perhaps


    it''s so that she could be shown to the public. Maybe the person behind her death wanted to disy


    her as amodity and wanted to expose the conspiracy behind her existence to the public."


    Maybe the murderer was against genome editing.


    Furthermore, it was clear that the murderer was privy to a lot of secret information about the


    genome editing experiments.


    "The most terrifying part of all of this hasn''t even been presented yet," Eason said, then took out


    another gic testing report.


    "This is the report done on the fetus in Stephanie''s womb. It was shaped abnormally, had congenital


    malformations, severe gic defects and chromosomal abnormalities…"


    To put that in in terms, the fetus was essentially a real-life monstrosity.


    It was a malformed child that could not have been born.


    "But why?" I asked in shock. I covered my mouth with a hand and trembled all over.