• A multinational technology consortium ("New Era Corporation") led secret research in an attempt to develop a "human evolution catalyst"
• The "leak" in 2035 was actually a large-scale human experiment that went out of control, and the first calcifier appeared in the underground laboratory of New Era Corporation
ultimate truth
• Gray matter is indeed "alien material", but it is not a weapon or pollutant - it is a universal "filter" for civilizations in the universe