As soon as Chi Wan finished speaking, she realized how naive she had been.
'The country forbids this kind of research, but would people like that really obey?'
This kind of research wasn't something a single person could carry out. Li Mingyu probably not only had his own team but also a financial backer funding him from the shadows.
And their research base was likely not even located within the country.
Sure enough, Gu Peijun smiled, but her smile was tinged with sarcasm. "For people like them, rules about what's allowed and what's forbidden are meaningless.
"Li Mingyu and I were classmates back in the day, and we joined the research institute together. At first, I thought he was just interested in genetic evolution. That was until I accidentally discovered he'd acquired a small island under his name, using funds from some unknown source.
