189: Genetic shackles

In the courtyard of the Qin Zhan Wushuang Squad's residence, everyone was gathered.

After Xu Zhu was injected with coagulants and nutrient solution, he fell into a deep sleep in the room.

Han Feng's complexion was terrible; he sat there gloomily, not saying a word.

With the Adam Five back, it would be difficult for them to obtain medicine, food, and equipment from Tark City.

Zhuge Qihao stared at Tang Ruyi and asked, "This friend, which family are you from, that you could recognize that person as being from the Lizardman race at a glance?"

Tang Ruyi lifted her eyelids and said indifferently, "Tang Family."

"Tang Family?"

Zhuge Qihao, Huangfu Aya, Baili Shouyue, and the others all looked puzzled; there didn't seem to be any major families with the surname Tang in Pangu City or Nüwa City.

Seeing that Tang Ruyi had a poker face and didn't want to say more, the others found it inconvenient to press her.

The current problem was severe: how to defeat the Adam Five, the Eve Five Princesses, and the suddenly appeared Lizardmen.

Rather than focusing on where Tang Ruyi came from.

"I once discovered an ancient book in my family's library that happened to record unofficial history about the Human race, the Lizardman race, and the Dinosaur race."

"I read it at the time and just tossed it aside, thinking it was just a novel someone had written." Baili Shouyue sighed deeply and said, "Now that I've encountered what happened today and recalled parts of the content, it's highly likely to be true."

Everyone's gaze turned to Baili Shouyue, with a faint sense of anticipation.

Perhaps this unofficial history was truly the key to breaking the deadlock.

Baili Shouyue leaned back in his chair, paused, and continued, "Have you all ever heard of Genetic Shackles? It's a restriction imposed by a higher civilization on a lower civilization."

Xu Jingzhe's heart skipped a beat; it was the first time he had heard this term, so he immediately asked in his mind, "Big Shot, do you know about it?"

System: "Ding, this system is the number one system on Blue Star, dashing and charming, loved by all, and irresistible; naturally, I know."

"What do you mean?" Xu Jingzhe asked.

System: "Ding, listen to what Baili Shouyue has to say first; if it's incorrect, I will correct it."

"Today, when we encountered the legendary Lizardman, to tell you the truth, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, but I almost fell to my knees, and my soul was trembling."

Everyone could empathize with what Baili Shouyue said.

Their strength was not weak, but just by seeing the Lizardman for a single glance, they had an urge to become his slave.

It was just like how humans fear snakes; it originated from deep within their bones and could not be changed.

"Mentioning the Lizardman race, one must mention another powerful race: the Dinosaur race." Baili Shouyue said in a deep voice, "Hundreds of millions of years ago, Blue Star was countless times larger than it is now, with ten thousand races coexisting."

"Among them, the Dinosaur race and the Human race were the most powerful, with the two races occupying two-thirds of Blue Star's resources."

"Rapid technological development and a prosperous race inevitably require massive resource support. Thus, a world-destroying technological war broke out between the Human race and the Dinosaur race."

The scene Baili Shouyue described was vivid and lifelike, as if he had brought everyone back to the scene of the great war hundreds of millions of years ago.

"...The final result was that the Human race was defeated, the Dinosaur race ruled the entire Blue Star, and their technology leapt to a Level 3 civilization."

"A Level 3 civilization must embark on a journey through the galaxy to find richer resources and habitable planets in the universe. However, they feared that human development would one day catch up to the Dinosaur race's civilization and exterminate them, so they altered human genes."

"They amplified unstable emotions such as selfishness, greed, and brutality several times over and wrote them into human genes, which led to humans always being so arrogant, conceited, insidious, and cunning."

Zhuge Qihao's brows knitted together into a 'river' shape, and he chimed in, "Now that you mention it, I seem to recall something too."

"The Zhuge Family once produced a super genius who was proficient in arithmetic and the art of deduction from the Old Arts. This ancestor once calculated that human civilization after the Dinosaur race would never be able to break through to a Level 3 civilization."

"When reaching a 2.99-level civilization, a terrifying war would inevitably break out, destroying everything and forcing humans to start over from the time of eating raw meat and drinking blood."

"Come to think of it, this was also deliberately done by the Dinosaur race."

Silence, oppression, absurdity, strangeness, and yet... reality.

Seemingly impossible things, when various clues are combined, actually appear possible.

"Then what does this have to do with the Lizardman race's natural suppression of us?" Qin Shuang asked, confused.

Baili Shouyue glanced at the stunningly beautiful Qin Shuang, his tone softening a little as he said, "The Lizardman race was once a servant of the Dinosaur race. After the entire Dinosaur race left Blue Star, they inherited part of the technological civilization."

"At the same time, they took it for granted that the Lizardman race had become the masters of Blue Star."

"Although the Human race lost to the Dinosaur race, how could they fear a mere Lizardman race? After the Dinosaur race left, human technology developed rapidly again, at a speed that was staggering."

"This made the Lizardman race of that time feel threatened, so they began to wantonly slaughter the Human race, wanting to wipe them out."

"Later, they discovered that this method wouldn't work; human resilience exceeded their imagination."

"So, imitating the Dinosaur race, they rewrote human genes, elevating the Lizardman race as the royal family of humans. When humans see the Lizardman race, they feel fear stemming from deep within their bones, and their combat effectiveness is greatly reduced."

After saying so much in one breath, Baili Shouyue picked up the water on the table and drank it all in one gulp.

On the surface, he looked calm, but in reality, his heart was already like crashing waves.

A few people gathered together and discovered the earth-shattering secret of the Human race; it was terrifying.

The courtyard fell into a brief silence; this was a closed loop, unsolvable.

No matter how humans developed, they had already been restricted by a higher civilization; after the peak came the decline. This was why every race that reached a Level 2 civilization would leave Blue Star.

Now that I think about it, it's not just because of resources; they must have discovered the secret of their genes being modified by the Dinosaur race and the Lizardman race, and were looking for a way to break it.

Xu Jingzhe felt heavy-hearted and asked, "Is what Baili Shouyue said true?"

System: "Ding, the main storyline is not far off, but many minor details are incorrect. The real situation is much more complex; hundreds of super hard drives couldn't store so much information."

"Since the Dinosaur race, is it really true that humans have never reached a Level 3 civilization?" Xu Jingzhe asked.

System: "Ding, according to this system's records, that is indeed the case."

A breeze blew by, and everyone couldn't help but shiver; knowing the truth was too big of a blow.

Everyone's spirits were at an all-time low; was there any need to continue working hard?

What was the use of working hard?!

Genetic Shackles were invisibly worn by every human, unable to be undone, unable to be cast off.

"Then... is there no way to break it?" Huangfu Aya's delicate brows knitted together, her pearly white teeth gently biting her sexy, rosy lips.

"If there... had been millions of years of development, humans should have successfully broken free from the shackles," Baili Shouyue said.

Just at this moment, a firm and powerful voice rang out across the entire courtyard.

"There is, how could there not be!"