District 8 (Hongyuan Bioengineering Group)

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Hongyuan Bioengineering Group (Mandarin: 鸿园生命工程集团, pinyin: hóng yuán shēngmìng gōngchéng jítuán), or H Corp. is one of the 26 Wings of the City, overseeing District 8. District 8 serves as the setting for Intervallo V: Nocturnal Sweeping, Canto VIII: The Surrendered Witnessing and Intervallo VI: Spring Cultivation.

Overview

The Hongyuan Complex viewed from outside

The entirety of District 8 is contained within a single gargantuan building called Hongyuan (Mandarin: 鸿园, lit. The Vast Garden). District 8's Nest lies at the center of the structure, while the Backstreets form the periphery of the building. Different areas of Hongyuan have different Taboos imposed upon the residents within.

The structure of Hongyuan is a remnant of an old H Corp., and is still under the effects of its Singularity. Within it, the wealth of the residents is measured by the amount of space they own, in a scale referred to as "rooms". Rooms are redistributed by the Singularity during a period called "Restructuring Day": the process of restructuring redistributes space based on the residents' net worth, and involves the buildings within the complex shifting and moving at great speed and force. Those who do not have any residence or find themselves without enough room will be thrown around by the movement of buildings, typically to their deaths.

District 8 does not make use of cars; instead, a common method of transportation is the "Palanquin". In District 8, a Palanquin refers to a car chassis manually carried by people stationed beside each wheel.

Historically, the company has been controlled by the Family Hierarch of Daguanyuan, a building complex located at the very top of the Nest, where the members of the most prestigious families of the District reside. Among them, the Jia family has always been the most influential, surpassing the previously prestigious Shi family. By the time of the events of Canto VIII, the Family Hierarch of the Jia family and the Wing's Executive Director was Jia Mu.

The ruins of the previous H Corp. headquarters

Prior to the ascent of Jia Mu, the other families of Daguanyuan had been overshadowed for a time by the Kong Family, which aided Jia Mu during the Family Hierarch Evaluations, allowing her to claim the title, and which led the research of the Bioengineering Group up until around two decades before the events of the main story. The Kong family's work, which focused on high quality Boluses, brought the company to City-wide notoriety.

The family's glory would reach a premature end by the hand of Jia Mu: together with a group of H Corp. researchers, the Hierarch began working on a new Bolus, which she claimed would create a thirteenth Heishou Pack, that she would then present at the Kong family headquarters. In truth, Jia Mu had created a Bolus that would generate Cuckoospawn Humans, or Niaojia-ren (鳥鴶人), violent and sentient creatures from the Outskirts, which began killing all in attendance at the Bolus' unveiling. As the presence of non-human sentient beings within the City is forbidden by a Taboo of the Head, a group of Arbiters and Claws, led by Garion was summoned to suppress the creatures and annihilate the Kong family, which was held responsible for having brought them to the City.

After the Kong family's fall, the Jia family would take the role of leadership from them. The incident left behind one survivor of the Kong family, the descendant Jia Qiu, who would leave Hongyuan for many years, returning only in 985 to participate to the Family Hierarch Evaluation as a member of the Jia family.

Singularity

H Corp.'s Singularity is called the Bolus (Mandarin: 丸药). H Corp. manufactures Boluses that contain "essences of treatment" and can transform the body. These Boluses can be used in a variety of ways, including but not limited to:

• Taken orally, in powder or pill form;
• Mixed into food or drink;
• Soaked into bandages and wrapped around injuries;
• Applied as an ointment.

The creation of a Bolus is an alchemical process that bears resemblance to traditional chemistry or medicine-making, albeit far more esoteric in nature. Highly specific ingredients are combined in accordance with their properties to create a harmony, with the entire process being highly sensitive to external factors such as the storage method, processes of preparation, or even spacetime itself; for instance, the same recipe used at a different hour of the day may yield a different effect. In addition, the ingredients used obey laws dictated by concepts found in Taoism: these include yin/yang alignment, the elements of the Sexagenary cycle and five phases, alignment according to the eight trigrams, and more.

Treatment involves selecting the appropriate technique from a myriad of choices to address the specific deficiency in status to be addressed. Heavy and/or frequent use of Boluses can lead to a variety of side effects, generally causing unsightly mutations. District residents will typically refer to victims of these side effects as "regulars". Bolus treatment may also be utilized to produce directed mutations, such as those applied to Heishou Pack members. Notably, these treatments are seen as different from the ones administered by K Corp. for this reason; K Corp. ampules work by "restoration" of the body to its original state, while the Bolus works more via "transformation" or "evolution".

The Boluses are also used to create the Heishou Packs, with each pack having a secret recipe for the Bolus needed to become one of them. According to Garion, those who ingest these Boluses gain traits and abilities akin to creatures in the Outskirts.

Other Technology

H Corp. offers a Life Insurance policy, which allows for the resuscitation of a person after death, provided that the brain is left intact. The procedure can result in "'losses' in the process of information transference", often leading to degeneration of personality/memory and mental instability (especially with less expensive packages), and can allow for the subject's personality to be modified according to the clients' requests, as was the case for Xiren.

Another sight in H Corp. is the Anamnaworm, a metamorphosis of a human being into a grotesque, worm-like creature with a sunken human face. Anamnaworms retain all the memories of their original self, and anyone who assimilates the Anamnaworm into their body, usually by insertion into an orifice such as the ear, will gain the memories of the original human. Once an Anamnaworm is assimilated into the host's body, it is nearly impossible to remove until a preset series of conditions laid out upon its creation are met. Because of these reasons, Anamnaworms are a popular way for high-ranking families to conceal and pass down their secrets, or even for mundane reasons such as providing the memories of having tasted many wonderful cuisines. One particular Anamnaworm is the Xianhuang Worm, the original founder of H Corp. who transformed himself into a worm as to live on eternally through his future successors.

It is plausible that these technologies use the Bolus as their basis, but this remains largely unknown.

Known Citizens

This includes the Limbus Company residents and personnel of H Corp.

Intervallo V: Nocturnal Sweeping
Heishou Pack
	Zilu Mao Branch Adept

Other
	Shan San Tri-axe Office Fixer	Qingtao Former Jia Family servant

Canto VIII: The Surrendered Witnessing
Jia Family
	Jia Xichun Family Hierarch, H Corp. Executive Director	Jia Mu Former Family Hierarch	Jia Yuanchun Q Corp. affiliate
	Jia Zheng Jia Baoyu's father	Lady Wang Jia Baoyu's mother	Jia Baoyu Family member
	Jia Huan Family member	Daguanyuan's Jia Huan Family member	Jia Qiu Family member

Xue Family
	Xue Baochai Family member	Xue Pan Family member

Shi Family
	Shi Huazhen Family member	Shi Sijing Family member	Shi Yihua Family member

Wang Family
	Wang Dawei Family member	Wang Qingshan Family member	Wang Ren Family member	Wang Zhao Family member

Other
	Lin Daiyu Xue Baochai's servant	Wei Jia Xichun's servant	Xiren Hong Lu's servant	Zigong Jia Qiu's student	Night Drifter Xue Family assassin

Sinner Identities

H Corp. Identities
Heishou Packs
	Ryōshū Mao Branch	Outis Mao Branch	Faust Mao Branch Adept	Gregor Si Branch	Rodion Si Branch	Yi Sang Wu Branch Adept	Sinclair You Branch	Heathcliff You Branch Adept	Don Quixote Wei Branch

Jia Family
	Hong Lu The Lord of Hongyuan	Ishmael Family Member

Other
	Ryōshū Drifting Blade of Hongyuan

Gallery

BackgroundsCharacter Sprites

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  District 8 Backstreets
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  District 8 Backstreets
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  Inside of Backstreets Kezhan
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  Inside of Backstreets Kezhan Hotel Room
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  Site of Backstreets Kezhan after Sweeping

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  Backstreets Entrance
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  Backstreets
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  Backstreets after Sweeping

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  Backstreets of District 8
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  Backstreets of District 8 (Restructuring Day)

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  Jia Xichun
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  Flustered Board Member
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  Obsequious Board Member
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  H Corp. Researcher
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  Curious Resident
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  Nervous Stranger
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  Obstinate Resident
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  Palanquin Bearer
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  Swift Ambushing Stranger
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  Prisoner of Hongyuan
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  Impaled Failure

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  Jia Xichun Story Log Portrait
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  Flustered Board Member Story Log Portrait
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  Obsequious Board Member Story Log Portrait
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  H Corp. Researcher Story Log Portrait
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  Curious Resident Story Log Portrait
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  Nervous Stranger Story Log Portrait
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  Obstinate Resident Story Log Portrait
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  Palanquin Bearer Story Log Portrait
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  Swift Ambushing Stranger Story Log Portrait
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  Prisoner of Hongyuan Story Log Portrait
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  Impaled Failure Story Log Portrait

Trivia

• Other District 8 citizens seen in additional Project Moon media include:
  • Lan Yen (Leviathan) - Fixer from Vergilius's old Office.
• The District's design is based on the Kowloon Walled City, a section of Hong Kong built over the late 19th Century, growing from a military fort into an ungoverned enclave composed of a large mass of buildings before being demolished in 1993. Daguanyuan's location reflects the Yamen building at the center of the Walled City.

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