Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

Chapter 362 Scientific Conjecture
Duan Mingyuan is truly a strange man.

Fuling couldn't help but sigh again. She didn't understand how Duan Mingyuan was involved in so many wonderful adventures. It had only been a few months since he first embarked on an interstellar voyage, but his experiences were much richer and more colorful than those old captains who had been sailing in the universe for decades.

Duan Mingyuan still maintained that calm attitude. To him, witnessing the black mud was just like encountering a strange little animal when he went out.

But in fact, if he said this in public, it would cause an earthquake in the entire academic community. For the next month, people's attention would be occupied by black mud, and this would also become the main research direction of experts in the next ten years.

Because black mud is not a common cosmic creature.

They are highly intelligent and can completely imitate humans, understand human knowledge, and blend in with humans.

Just thinking about the characteristics of black mud can tell you what kind of threat it will pose to humans.

Humans have always been extremely wary of other species with higher intelligence.

"Black mud...what kind of creature is it?"

Fuling was also unable to suppress her strong curiosity. Although she was neutral on the surface and this was not her research direction, she was inclined to believe in her heart that the black mud was real.

Because as Duan Mingyuan said, collective sailing syndrome does not exist, and it is impossible for everyone on a ship to suddenly go crazy.

"Looks exactly like Eisenberg-Adler."

Duan Mingyuan thought for a moment and said, "You can understand it as Dr. Eisenburg who is dedicated to destroying human civilization."

"He's been parasitized!"

Fuling was surprised.

She had naturally heard of Eisenberg-Adler's deeds. Before being brought to trial, the doctor had committed many crimes against humanity.

This way, it can be explained.

"They can also control human emotions, and even artificial intelligence can be infected if given enough time."

In this regard, Duan Mingyuan does not think that the black mud spreads some kind of disease. It can affect all creatures with independent thinking ability.

Duan Mingyuan had to admire these experts. Although they had never seen black mud before, they were able to make a pretty accurate judgment about this group based solely on the information left behind by the crashed ship. They even deduced the habitat of the black mud and summed up a common point from these crashed spacecraft.

——They had all been close to a black hole at one point.

Therefore, experts from the Black Mud School believed that some creature from the black hole had sneaked into their ship.

Fuling's high emotions calmed down. Confirming the existence of black mud was a breakthrough for the academic community, but it also involved some terrifying things that made people think carefully.

The captains of these crashed spaceships eventually sacrificed themselves and the people on board for the sake of human civilization, but what about the other captains?
They were not the only ships that had approached the black hole, and many more ships returned to their planets and received heroic treatment.

Doesn't that mean that the black mud may have already lurked in human society?

"I have a different take on the parasitic approach."

Duan Mingyuan raised a question, "Eisenberg-Adler never approached a black hole, but he was still parasitized. The way black mud parasitizes does not seem to depend entirely on the physical distance... But why do they think I am black mud?"

This is a more serious accusation than that of Ogre Boxer.

The Ogre Brawler would at best attack passing adventurers, but the Black Mud intended to destroy all of human civilization.

"Because the black mud has certain characteristics similar to you."

Fuling was a little embarrassed.

You see, this is why she wanted to state in advance that the scholars meant no harm.

Justice and evil are not usually considered in scholars' discussions, but for a normal person, this is a huge accusation.

Researchers including the Black Mud School have proposed that black mud has a strong desire for destruction, and wherever it goes, it often ends in destruction.

She explained from a scientific perspective, "Black Mud is the only creature we know of that can copy different energies." On the crashed spaceship were believers of the Church of Embers, nobles of the Planet of Mechanical Skill, and guards of the West Wind Clan. The information left behind showed that the Black Mud not only copied their personalities and memories, but also the energies they possessed.

Of course, researchers of the Black Mud School are optimistic.

They believe that black mud has extremely high plasticity. If it can be tamed, it can become an unprecedented universal battery, which will bring about a leap forward for the entire human civilization.

On the other hand, the discussion about black mud is also in full swing.

This made Fuling's expression somewhat unnatural, because during their conversation, the scholars in the discussion room had already outlined a complete life for Heini for Duan Mingyuan.

It landed on the Blue Star's Yunlong City via a spaceship and devoured a high school student to acquire a human identity. It has been dormant on the Blue Star for more than ten years, during which time it devoured countless evil spirits and monsters and took their energy for itself. This also explains why Duan Mingyuan's control over life energy is unmatched.

Based on the characteristics of black mud, Duan Mingyuan can easily complete any form of energy transformation.

And at this stage, he no longer needs to rely on "parasitism" to easily obtain the memories and energy of others.

In other words, what they are facing now is a fully grown black mud.

Duan Mingyuan and Fuling fell silent at the same time.

Fuling forced a smile, but it was no different from crying.

She originally thought that this was just a wild guess by the experts. This was their habit. After all, most scientific theories were based on guesses. But when she thought about it further, the more she thought about it, the more she felt that it was possible.

Even the ability to read memories is exactly the same as Heini.

She could see that even Duan Mingyuan himself had begun to think about the possibility of this conjecture.

According to the theory of supporters of the Black Mud School, the "life" of the Black Mud begins the moment they become a human being.

"I think..."

After a long silence, Fuling had to change her strategy. She felt that at this point, the words "I believe you" seemed a little pale and powerless. She took a deep breath and said, "Maybe, the black mud is not all bad."

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Meanwhile, the Saintfield.

It was a day full of misfortune for Saintfield VI.

He still couldn't figure out why Duan Mingyuan could create a wormhole out of thin air on the eco-ship and attend the meeting on time in a way that no one could have expected.

The Semites believed that they were a race favored by the gods, but luck seemed to always be on Duan Mingyuan's side.

This damn blue star person!

His rage was suddenly interrupted.

Because just now, he seemed to see a figure that shouldn't be on this ship.

That's...himself?

Saint Field VI couldn't believe his eyes. He saw an old man in a wheelchair at the corner. When he came to his senses, the old man had disappeared around the corner.

"Did you see anything?"

He quickly asked the butler behind him, and this discovery gave him goose bumps.

"No, sir."

The butler responded doubtfully, "I didn't see anything."

(End of this chapter)