Chapter 819

Dead silence descended upon everyone.

The warehouse was very long, and a wall was set up at the conclusion of the sea passage so that the blood and flesh wasn't able to drift out into the sea. The body had clearly already been soaked here for quite some time, as evidenced by the fact that all of the blood had washed away, making it appear as if there were a series of rags floating in the sea passage.

The leader of the investigators squatted down beside the sea passage and prodded the massive body in the water with a stick that he picked up from the side. As he did so, he raised an eyebrow and asked, "Most sea freight companies have close ties with marine biology research centers, right? Have you reported this matter to a research center?"

Ren Dashi wore a bitter expression as he replied, "I have marine scientists among my staff, and they've already examined this creature. Their verdict was that this body doesn't belong to any known marine animal, and secondly..."

He took a deep breath before picking up a metal rod, which he poked into one of the smaller chunks of flesh before vigorously flipping it over.

In the instant that the chunk of flesh was flipped over, a series of human faces formed by pieces of flesh were revealed underneath! The faces resembled tumors, and they began to let loose ear-splitting screeches in unison!

"That's what happens..." Ren Dashi's complexion had paled significantly as he tossed the metal rod aside. "According to our company's marine scientists, this... thing has already been in existence for at least 2,000 years, yet there are still living organisms beneath its skin!"

The leader of the investigators gently prodded the mass of flesh in silence.

Currently, carbon-14 dating is the dating method employed all over the world. Carbon-14 elements were constantly forming in the upper atmosphere, and carbon-14 was very abundant in carbon dioxide molecules. All living creatures would ingest carbon-14 elements during their lifetimes, and once they died, the carbon exchange process that took place between them and the rest of the biosphere would immediately cease. As a result, the carbon-14 content in their bodies would begin to decline, and the rate of decline was dependent on radioactive decay.

The factor that made carbon-14 dating such a reliable method was that carbon-14 elements could exist for thousands of years!

2,000 years was still within the scope of testing, so the verdict was definitely correct. This was something that every scientist who studied ancient living organisms had to know, and he was certain that no biological scientist would make a mistake on something so basic and prevalent.

"In that case, could this really be a chunk of flesh from 2,000 years ago? The tissues under the skin form tumor-shaped human faces... This doesn't make any sense..." The leader of the investigators shook his head as he rose to his feet. "I want to see the footage from when this thing was first discovered."

"Please come with me."

The group quickly made their way to a conference hall, and Ren Dashi pressed a button, upon which all of the doors and windows in the room immediately swung shut. The window shades descended, and an image appeared on the LED screen on the wall.

The image depicted a large area of the sea.

However, this entire patch of the sea was bright red, and filled with chunks of flesh!

Around a dozen patrol boats were traversing through the area, and the boats' sides were packed with people, all of whom were staring at the scene around them with astonished expressions. Many of the boats had already begun to gather the surrounding chunks of flesh.

All of the investigators watched the gathering process intently, but no mishaps occurred throughout the entire process. All the tumor-like growths did was scream, as if they had separated from the main body of the organism and could only maintain their most basic instincts.

Half an hour later, the leader of the investigators nodded and said, "Alright, we'll take on this case. I'll have to ask you to keep this matter strictly confidential, and on top of that, we'll have to temporarily take over this sea passage to aid our investigation."

"Of course! That's not an issue at all!" Ren Dashi was very relieved to hear this. He snapped his fingers, and his secretary immediately made their way into the room before setting down a stack of resources in front of everyone.

"These are all of the photos, records, and footage related to this incident. I leave the rest to you."

After that, Ren Dashi wisely chose to vacate the room, while the investigators in the room began to carefully read through the records provided to them. Roughly an hour later, the leader of the investigators said in a grim voice, "Tell me what you think."

"According to the records and photos provided, this thing... was detached in a very strange way," a female investigator said with a serious expression as she adjusted her glasses. "Firstly, it wasn't detached naturally. Secondly, there are no signs of biting or tearing on its edges. Thirdly, according to results derived by the researchers of the Eastmount Freight Corporation, it was... detached due to a physical shock."

"A physical shock