I'm being held captive by a monster

Chapter 84 "Soul Formula" and the Rules in Genes
"Soul Formula?"

Lin Xing'an frowned, "...What do you mean?"

"An An, my aunt's reaction then was exactly the same as yours now."

Yu Shi rubbed Lin Xing'an's head and a smile appeared on her face.

This smile made Lin Xing'an stunned.

Because with Yu Yu...it really seems like...

But they are obviously not sisters, so how can they be so similar? Did Yu Yu specially find a "human animal" who looks 70% like her?
Is it really just a coincidence?
"As for this 'Soul Formula', the story begins with the Taoyuan Incident."

"Because my aunt was completely away from the Taogui at the time and knew nothing about those things, it was my sister who told me about the Taoyuan incident."

Yu Shi said after a moment of silence.

Neither of them noticed that the car camera on the rearview mirror was flashing a faint red light.

He seemed equally fascinated by what he was saying.

"Taoyuan possesses the Class A ability [Intelligent Brain]. Using this ability, he developed an AI."

"An AI that is said to be at least fifty years ahead of current human technology."

"Through this super AI, he monitored all of Taogui's electronic devices and obtained a massive amount of information, including a nearly complete table of his abilities."

"In just one month, the gluttonous ghost became almost invisible in front of him."

"Using the weaknesses of the Tao Ghost's abilities as shown in the table, the human organization killed a Tao Ghost with Class A abilities for the first time and temporarily established a safe zone."

"This is what the Taogui refers to as the 'Taoyuan Incident'."

Yu Shi’s words made Lin Xing’an gasp.

I didn't expect that the "legend" that Teacher Orange said that day turned out to be true...

The reason why the gluttons were so afraid was actually the power of technology...

"However, when the gluttonous ghost realized the existence of Taoyuan, it immediately launched a counterattack."

"Because the strength and numbers of humans and gluttons are so different, even if we know some of the gluttons' weaknesses and deployments in advance, we are still powerless to resist."

"In the end, it seemed that only Taoyuan was left among the human organization, and the Taogui sent countless people to look for it."

"My sister said that in the end, it was the paradise she found."

Yu Shi quietly held Lin Xing'an's hand tightly.

"But she...didn't kill Taoyuan? Did she break the rules then?"

Seeing that Yu Shi paused for a long time, Lin Xing'an also took the initiative to ask.

But Yu Shi shook his head.

"My sister didn't tell me what happened after she saw Taoyuan."

"She only told me that Taoyuan developed something called the 'Soul Formula'."

"Taoyuan originally developed this formula because he felt that no matter how AI developed, there would always be some 'differences' between it and humans. His goal was to give AI a 'soul'."

"Anyway, I don't know how Taoyuan convinced my sister, but he used the 'Soul Formula' that he was going to use on AI on my sister."

"And this 'Soul Formula' seems to really be working."

After Yu Shi finished speaking, the car fell into silence.

"...Aunt, in other words, this 'Soul Formula' allowed Yu Yu to break through the rules and restrictions of the gluttonous ghost?"

"is it possible?"

"And what kind of existence are the basic rules of those three gluttonous ghosts?"

Lin Xing'an frowned tightly.

When Teacher Orange told him at the beginning, he emphasized that Taogui would never violate it.

The cloned ghost at the train station did not dare to disobey in the slightest when Lin Xing'an's wave ability was needed.

That day, Lin Xing'an also asked Teacher Juzi what would happen if the Taogui really violated the rules.

Teacher Orange’s answer was “I don’t know”.

Because she has never encountered a situation where the rules were violated.

Therefore, Lin Xing'an has always believed that this rule is similar to the "law of the world", and once violated, it will be "erased by the world."

However, Yu Yu's actions and the Taogui's rule that "if you break the rules, you will be eaten" seem to indicate that this rule is not a "world law" but more like a "law."

It is more like the "law" within the Taogui.

Just like “don’t run a red light” and “don’t drink and drive”.

But this kind of restraint is a bit too weak...

"An An, have you ever heard of a fish called salmon?"

Yu Shi pondered for a moment and asked, "Salmon?"

"Yes, it's a fairly common fish."

Yu Shi took out her cell phone and searched for salmon for Lin Xing'an.

"They live in the lower reaches of the river, but every year they swim upstream to reproduce and die. This is the 'instruction' engraved in their genes."

"Even if their bodies have already rotted away, their eyes can no longer see, and their scales have started to fall off while they swim upstream, they still have to swim upstream."

"And the three rules are to gluttons what 'must swim upstream to reproduce and die' is to salmon. They are etched in their genes and cannot be violated."

"However, these three rules restrict gluttons even more than swimming upstream restricts salmon."

Yu Shi’s mobile phone played a video of schools of salmon swimming upstream to spawn.

The rushing water constantly washes over them.

But even if their strength is no match for the constantly rushing water, they still have to go upstream.

"It's like a program that only reads binary commands. If you input it in decimal, it won't be able to read it because decimal is beyond its cognition."

"And 'spawning downstream' is just outside the salmon's ken."

"You can talk to them, but they won't listen or do it because they simply can't understand 'lay eggs downstream.'"

"The same goes for the Tao Ghosts. They simply cannot understand the concept of 'knowing that humans have awakened but not killing them.'"

Seeing that Lin Xing'an was still frowning, Yu Shi explained patiently.

But the more she explained it, the more strange it seemed that Yu Yu was defying the rules...

"Rules engraved in our genes..."

Lin Xing'an suddenly thought of Yu Yu's light-hearted words, "As long as you figure it out, it's fine"...

"So... it was this 'Soul Formula' that allowed Yu Yu to 'possess a soul'? 'Become a human' seven years ago?"

"Yes."

"but……"

Lin Xingan sat up, "But if that's the case, then since I was born, she..."

Stabbing a knife into the chest during a full moon, six years of endless temptation, how could this be something a "human" would do?
If he didn't have the ability to go back in time, Lin Xing'an would have probably played several rounds in the resurrection match.

"Because six years ago, a year after the Taoyuan incident, my sister came to me again and told me that she was going to have a child."

"Lin Yunchen had to use his connections to secure this opportunity to adopt a 'human-animal'."

"But to successfully adopt, the couple must pass a series of tests by the committee. After all, there are so few 'human-animal' species."

"So she had to 're-become a glutton' to avoid being exposed under the committee's scrutiny."

Yu Shi paused, "I told her, Sister, you obviously don't have to adopt the child."

"But my sister said that if this child is adopted by another gluttonous ghost, he will definitely die."

"She told me not to worry. After reviewing the past, Taoyuan will reawaken her 'soul' before the full moon. By then, she will become a very good mother."

"I still remember the expression on my sister's face. It was truly like... a mother's longing for her child."

She closed her eyes and recalled the scene.

"But this awakening is six years late."

"Until An An, the night you came back from the train station, my sister walked into the bedroom and said to me in the moonlight, 'I'm back.'"

"She still had tear marks on her face at that time."

Yu Shi sighed softly.

"I don't know what this 'Soul Formula' is, nor do I know how Taoyuan 'awakened' my sister."

"I don't even know Taoyuan..."

Yu Shi paused as if she suddenly thought of something.

She slowly turned her head and looked at the camera hanging on the rearview mirror.

Above, dots of red light were flickering.

"Taoyuan, is that you?"

She asked in a trembling voice.

"Boom boom boom!"

But the next second, there was a knock on the window!
Lin Yunchen's face suddenly pressed against the window.

"What are you guys talking about?"

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