Pandora, the first woman on earth in Greek mythology, was created by the gods to punish Prometheus for stealing fire and creating man, and she opened the magic box, and since then she has unleashed countless evils in the world - greed, jealousy, hypocrisy, suspicion, indifference, ignorance, selfishness......

Now, Pandora's Box is often used as a metaphor for triggering endless calamities.

Duanmu numbly took out his mobile phone to call the police, countless speculations were intertwined in his mind, and he had the impression that Mr. William was a very strong person, why did he collapse to the point of committing suicide? Is it stimulated by something? Did someone pressure or threaten him? Or, the collapse of faith in genetic technology that he had studied all his life, and his suicide in shame?

Or...... Was he killed? Disguised as a suicide scene?

However, the last sentence written in the notebook was indeed in the handwriting of Mr. William.

Duanmu kept thinking about the meaning behind that sentence in his mind.

"I opened Pandora's box!"

As scientists, Professor William and Duanmu have been committed to the active application of gene editing technology, hoping that this technology will continue to benefit mankind and improve human work and life.

However, there are good applications, there are bad applications, I have to say that with the development of technology, the way people hurt and destroy each other is becoming more and more terrifying, and the exploitation and oppression are becoming more and more serious. The rich and the upper class have the technology, and the poor and the bottom never have a chance to turn over.

The development of technology is a ladder to heaven for the upper echelons of society. They can enjoy themselves to the fullest, from the spiritual to the physical, with infinite satisfaction.

And for the bottom of society, that's the gates of hell! Because they are being deprived and oppressed in more and more ways! From the soul to the body, it is all hollowed out!

Duanmu is still young and does not know enough about the dark side of society, so to speak, he has always lived in lofty ideals and in an ivory tower. And William, although much older, has always underestimated the evil of human nature......

Sirens from near and far interrupted Duanmu's musings, and after a while, the federal police were busy......

As the first person to discover the scene, Duanmu cooperated with the police to make a record.

At the same time, with the foreseeable social impact of the incident being significant, the local sheriff visited the scene of the crime and after making a routine brief speech to the swarming media, the sheriff approached Duanmu to learn as much as he could about the situation.

The sheriff is a middle-aged white man with sharp eyes and quick movements, and at first glance he is a resolute man.

Sheriff: "Mr. Duanmu, do you know who Professor William has offended recently?" ”

Duanmu: "I really don't know about this, William has always been kind to others, and he has always gotten along very well with colleagues and friends. ”

Sheriff: "When was the last time you met Professor William?" ”

Duanmu: "It's been about half a year, and the last time was at a junior sister's graduation ceremony. By the way, Sergeant, may I ask Professor William to commit suicide......

Sheriff: "I'm sorry, but I haven't reached a final conclusion yet, and it's not convenient to go into too much detail with you." ”

Suddenly, a police officer wearing a glove mask came over and said that he had seen a video in the computer that William had turned on that had not been turned off, which might be helpful in solving the case.

When Duanmu heard this, he immediately said that he wanted to go with him to have a look, but the sheriff didn't agree at first, Duanmu explained that he could use professional research as an expert to provide reference opinions, plus Duanmu was William's beloved apprentice, so the police reluctantly agreed to let him go over and have a look.

The video shows a scientific research base somewhere.

At the beginning, the video maker thanked William for his selfless guidance to a young scholar, which improved his understanding of genetic science and technology and helped him solve a key problem that was bothering him at the time, and that young man is now the video maker.

The laboratory shown in the video is a confined space, indicating that the place is either highly protected or an underground private research lab.

Duanmu carefully observed the experimental equipment, all of which were the latest models of gene editing instruments, indicating that the strength of the laboratory was good, of course, the strength of scientific research mainly depends on the research ability of researchers, but at least they are not bad for money in this laboratory.

The scariest thing is what follows.

The video documents several ongoing projects, all about human experiments on gene editing.

The subjects were all living people!

From babies to the elderly in their seventies and eighties, they were all locked in glass cages, transformed, and observed.

Some of these people look normal and maintain basic human appearance, while others can only be described as monsters:

Someone has a flowering head and only a transparent film to protect the brain tissue, and this person seems to be conducting some kind of brain research; The lower half of someone's body has become a wriggling soft tissue, which looks like the larvae of some kind of insect; Someone has long hair, fangs, dark blue eyes, and even a tail, as if they are working on a werewolf project; Someone has lost limbs, and octopus-like tentacles are developing at the severed limb......

Although Duanmu has seen many test subjects, their laboratory rarely experiments on humans, let alone such a completely cruel project.

Looking at the desperate faces, painful moans and pleading of these people, Duanmu's tears couldn't stop flowing.

Duanmu himself has always been a staunch opponent of gene-edited human experiments, because in fact, most human experiments can be done on orangutans and monkeys that are 99% genetically similar to humans, although the institute will also conduct minor human experiments, but the experimental subjects are strictly limited by sources, most of them are felons who voluntarily participate, and there have been fanatical volunteers who are willing to dedicate themselves, and they dare not ask for it, even if it is the participation of felons, the institute is also secretive and has never spoken publicly.

With such an inhumane use of human experiments, Duanmu can almost conclude that this is a private black laboratory, and the source of the test subjects is most likely illegal.

Duanmu remembered that Mr. William's attitude towards human experiments has always been more vacillating, because Mr. William believes that in order to obtain the most reliable data, it is necessary to pass human tests.

However, Mr. William has always been afraid of illegal experiments and applications of gene editing, and even for protection purposes, some of his key technologies have not been made public.

The recorder of the video has been introducing in standard American English, and suddenly a staff member on the side whispered something, and the police present did not pay attention, but Duanmu was very sensitive, because that person spoke Wu language, which is the dialect of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai in his hometown of China! And it's a dialect unique to a small town adjacent to Shanghai.

At the end of the video, the video maker sent out an invitation to join William and promised a sky-high reward.

That's the rough idea of what the video is about, and to the technician's headache, the source of the video can't be traced.

It took a long time for Duanmu to recover from the shock, and he watched numbly as the police cordoned off the scene, collected evidence, and carried away the body......

In the end, Duanmu secretly made up his mind.

It seems that it is necessary to return home!