Revenge After Death



"We have the world's most advanced medical equipment, precision instruments, and lab facilities here," Sarah said to Steven. "This must be like paradise for you, right?"

Steven used to be obsessed with experimenting.

He was able to uncover the secrets of reincarnation and find the genetic codes even in a basement. Imagine what he could do in a laboratory with such pristine conditions.

"Humans still have so much to learn about ourselves, nature, and the earth." Sarah spread her arms and smiled at Steven. "It's time for our generation to make some progress in human evolution."

She brought us around the laboratory. "These are top scientists from all over the world. They would fly here regularly to work on their projects. All their research funding and startup costs are covered by Genome Society," she said with a smile.

The money used for research funding and startup costs wasn't something we could just come up with off the top of our heads.Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

That was why Genome Society was involved in all sorts of heinous crimes-from doing business with the wealthy, to selling bodies, surrogacy, and egg donation.

They did not overlook any small profits or huge gains.

Money kept pouring in from all over the world, feeding their crimes-and they were the root of it all.

"You can never change this world. So, why not just join us instead?" Sarah looked at me and continued, "Genetic cloning is already a well-established experiment here, with little room for further research. But you're the first clone subject who developed your own

consciousness."

There were many clone subjects in the lab capsules. They were like zombies - lacking a soul and light in their eyes.

Stephany Larson, Una, and I were one of the few clone subjects who were sent out for socialization.

It was evident that clone subjects who went through socialization would develop self- consciousness. But that did not prevent them from escaping fate's grasp. They would start to have suicidal and self-destructive thoughts when they reached a certain age.

I, too, wasn't an exception from such a fate.

My death seemed like it was planned by Carol, but was it truly so?

I started to find meaning in life after reincarnating twice. I began to fear death and developed the ambition to live forever. I started becoming selfish and wanted to possess things for myself.

I wasn't sure if my increasingly human-like state was related to reincarnation. But I could tell from Sarah's gaze that I was an extreme exception.

Joel was Simeon's reincarnated soul, so he didn't count. After all, Simeon was the original subject of Joel's genes.

But I was different-the original subject of my genes was Sarah. She was still well and alive, yet her clone subject had developed its own consciousness.

It was just as terrifying as if Al were to suddenly gain self-consciousness and emotions one day.

Sarah even started to fear me. She was afraid that one day, all clone subjects would gain self- consciousness.

When that happened, who would know if those who had reincarnated were actually the original subject or the clone subject?

"You're a genius, Steven. Genome Society will only become stronger if you guys are willing to join us. Our future would be brighter, and the achievements we could reach would be remarkable - ones that would be recorded in the history of human revolution!" Sarah said with a smile.

Neither Steven nor I said anything.