"Mr. Xia, could you spare two minutes for an interview..."
"Hello, I am a reporter from XX TV station..."
"Do you have anything to say about the wolf giant incident in the city center yesterday?"
"Excuse me, do you have anything to say about the rumor online that you are the mysterious person who stopped the wolf giant incident yesterday?"
The next day, as soon as Xia Xu's Venom supercar arrived at the gate of USTC, countless reporters surrounded him like crazy.
There was a huge crowd of people, some blocking the front of the car, some leaning against the windows on both sides. Microphones with various signs on them were pressed against the glass, and their shouting voices were louder than the other.
"I will make a public response to this matter later, but I have no further comment at this time."
Xia Xu was not surprised by this scene. He just rolled down the car window and responded calmly. Then the car slowly pushed through the crowd and drove into the campus.
The University of Science and Technology of China gathers almost all the top talents in the country, and its security is extremely strict. Naturally, these reporters have no chance to follow in, and can only stay at the door with eager anticipation, watching the Venom supercar drive away.
As for Xia Xu's so-called public response, it was not a perfunctory statement.
The special department had already discussed this with him last night. The incident with the wolf giant had such a huge impact that it was impossible to suppress it completely. Besides, they had no intention of suppressing it completely anyway.
The official attitude has always been to gradually publicize the existence of these things. After all, they are just some high-tech and special criminal incidents, not something difficult to explain that needs to be hidden. The only thing to worry about is the possible short-term panic and mischief caused by people with ulterior motives.
However, as these incidents become more and more frequent, it is impossible to hide them for long. They are problems that need to be faced sooner or later. Keeping them secret will only restrict official actions and leave many hidden dangers that will impact the existing order and regulations.
Instead of doing this, it would be better to take the initiative to guide the public to gradually accept and get used to the existence of these things, and to truly standardize and handle these things in a legal manner through various laws.
In fact, the special department and Xinghai Group had already reached an agreement on this point. After the serum-enhanced dogs are officially put into service, Xinghai Group needs to come forward to cooperate with the special department in publicity to reduce the panic that may be caused in this process.
In fact, as far as Xia Xu knows, not only Xinghai Group, but many domestic military industrial enterprises, high-tech enterprises, major universities and research institutions have similar agreements.
At that time, these organizations will cooperate in technology promotion and publicity, such as the graphene sponge, one of the cornerstone materials of graphene combat uniforms, which has just been developed by Zhejiang University.
Ordinary people may not understand the truth, but with some popular science propaganda, or simply using the example of graphene combat suits, it will undoubtedly be a shot in the arm when faced with technological panic caused by various advanced technologies.
The cooperation of many institutions in publicity can, on the one hand, divert public attention, and on the other hand, stabilize people's hearts with technical strength. In addition, the good image of the official Xia State can completely minimize the influence.
The rest is just a matter of getting used to it with the power of time.
After all, all the mutant monsters and super-technological things are at most a deadly threat. When it comes to lethality, there are many things in nature that are more terrifying, deadly, and bizarre than werewolves.
No matter how powerful a monster is, for ordinary people, the consequences will not be much better than encountering poisonous insects and fierce beasts, let alone natural disasters and viruses.
When it comes to killing people, no matter how powerful a monster is, it can't kill more than a gun, nor is it better at hiding than our human fellow man.
The result of the wolf giant incident is that all these plans may have to be brought forward a little, but in fact it is harmless. There is no positive response at present, but there are still a few details that need to be discussed.
"Brother Xu!"
"Fuck! Brother Xu! You're back!"
Knowing that there was no class this morning, Xia Xu drove his Venom supercar directly to the laboratory building.
As soon as they entered the activity room of the Xinghai research team, Zhang Meng, Lu Dong and others shouted in surprise. Zhou Ji and Walkhausman's eyes lit up, looking at Xia Xu with full curiosity and desire to explore.
As for Tang Youxin and other girls and Cao Yuan, they were not here. Tang Youxin and Cao Yuan were from the Department of Information and the Department of Physics, so their courses were different from those of Zhang Meng and others. Zhou Ji's girlfriend Jiang Yuanyuan didn't know where she was.
"Don't look at me like that. Biotechnology is not your field."
Xia Xu felt frightened by the two men's gazes and quickly shook his hands away.
The Spider Weaver and the Graphene Combat Suit were all things that came out of the Xinghai Research Group. The only thing that could have caused the two of them to look like this was the extraordinary physical fitness he had demonstrated yesterday.
"cough."
The two men, whose thoughts were seen through, coughed dryly.
"Boss, what biotechnology? Is it the result of your group? Can you give me one too? I want to become a superman, too."
Zhang Meng didn't care about that. Instead, he became more excited when he heard it was biotechnology.
This is a technology that can transform people into super soldiers. If you use it, wouldn’t you be able to become a superman yourself
"The preliminary intention I have agreed with the authorities is 30 million per person. Surgery and other related expenses are calculated separately. I will waive this part for you because of our friendship. 30 million, by bank transfer or check?"
Xia Xu simply stretched out his hand.
Zhang Meng's face was filled with regret: "It's fine that you have to spend money to play games, but why is it that in real life, becoming strong and handsome is only reserved for the rich and handsome, you damn capitalists."
"Okay, stop playing tricks and quickly extract the data for optimization."
Xia Xu shook his head, cursed with a smile, and threw the graphene combat suit that had been packed in a box in his hand to everyone.
There are a small number of sensors in the graphene combat suit. In addition to cooperating with the early warning module, they are also used to monitor and collect data in order to optimize and adjust the combat suit.
Originally, the combat uniforms had not been thoroughly tested and adjusted, and yesterday's two fierce battles between the Wolf Giant and the underground base served as just the data for their improvement.
"Okay."
Everyone agreed and started working together in tacit cooperation, while at the same time they couldn't help but continue to ask Xia Xu questions during the casual chat.
In fact, it wasn't just them. Xia Xu's phone also kept ringing.
Officials, company people, Little White Flower's people, Chen Leyao's people, official and private matters, different kinds of acquaintances, after it was revealed on the Internet that he might be the protagonist of yesterday's incident, there were countless inquiries out of curiosity or concern.
"Don't worry, Sister Le Yao, I'm really not injured, not even a scratch. As for the reporters from the company, please respond to them in a unified manner. I will hold a press conference later and let them go first."
After dealing with a large group of people, Xia Xu finally made a phone call to Chen Leyao, and then explained everything to Zhou Xiaodong and Jiang Hai one by one. Only then did Xia Xu's phone finally stop ringing for a while.
However, it is limited to mobile phones.
The news of his return to school seemed to have spread. There were now quite a few onlookers gathered downstairs of the laboratory building, not to mention inside. From time to time, someone would pretend to pass by and look into the activity room of the Xinghai research team.
Because they were not familiar with each other, most of these people did not actually come to contact each other, and even if Xia Xu and others were there, they did not open the door.
But soon, some acquaintances came over and had to open the door.
The first person to come over was Yang Xiaoshuang, an old acquaintance who was rescued by Xia Xu in the chaos yesterday, and the inventor of the super spider silk protein research group and the xenomorph spider silk protein.
Because they had worked together to develop the Spider Weaver, Yang Xiaoshuang was very familiar with the people in the Xinghai research team. She could choose not to open the door for others, but there was nothing she could do about it for this senior sister.
"Xia Xu, is what was said online true? Was it really you yesterday?"
As soon as Yang Xiaoshuang came in, her eyes were all focused on Xia Xu. Her expression was a little complicated, and she seemed to be hesitant to speak.
This senior student usually has a cheerful and generous personality, but at this moment she seems shy.
"Hiss, Boss, what did you do to Senior Sister Yang? You look so affectionate, there's something wrong."
Zhang Meng took a deep breath and came over to whisper in his ear.
“Get out, get out!”
Xia Xu, who was already having a headache, cursed angrily.
"The Spider Web Weaver has been photographed, so Senior Yang should be able to guess it, right?"
After pushing Zhang Meng away, Xia Xu gave a bitter smile. Although he still did not give a definite answer, this rhetorical question was undoubtedly an implicit admission.
Yang Xiaoshuang might not have been there to see what happened next yesterday, and she didn’t know about the graphene combat suit, but there are now quite a few images of the Spider Weaver circulating on the Internet.
If this is the case, how could this be hidden from Yang Xiaoshuang, who personally developed the alien spider silk protein and also participated in the design of the spider web weaver.
As long as you see the scene of the Spider Weaver controlling the Wolf Giant, you will naturally think of the people in the Star Sea Research Team. You just can't be sure who it is specifically, but he is undoubtedly the biggest suspect.