Ling Cage: I am a spiritual master, devouring source matter to become a god.

Jing Yuan said, "In the old world, the creation of clones usually involved cultivating them to a specific age, or even into adult individuals. Such clones, of course, do not possess the life essence."

However, if we completely simulate the human pregnancy process, allowing the clone to develop from the fertilized egg stage like a normal baby, undergoing a normal ten-month pregnancy and delivery, there is a certain chance of obtaining the life essence. That's how you were cultivated.”

Although Jingnan couldn't accept it, she still asked, "Then why did they train me?"

"You'll be Mayway's backup body. Mayway's body has a genetic defect, and you're a clone with repaired genes. Once you reach adulthood, they'll transplant Mayway's brain into your body. A body with the same genes can minimize the rejection reaction."

Does Morgan know about this?

"He must know. Would he really tolerate his woman having a child with another man?"

Jingnan knew that if she wasn't a clone, then she was Meiwei's daughter.

If she is Mayweather's daughter, then her father must not be Morgan.

Otherwise, why would they claim their biological daughter is an adopted daughter?

Perhaps even Charles believed that Jingnan was his half-sister, but given their status, how could they possibly admit it?

"so……"

"Yes! Before Maye died, you were raised as her backup body because the brain transplant surgery required the other body to have life essence, and you were the only clone with life essence. After Maye died, Morgan was only nice to you because of his guilt towards Maye. As for whether he had other intentions, I don't know."

Jingyuan looked at Jingnan; he hadn't originally intended to tell Jingnan these things.

However, in order to get Jingnan to be completely on his side, he still chose to tell her.

She had no blood relation to the Morgan family to begin with. There was no need to preserve that last bit of kinship.

"Don't be too sad," Jing Yuan comforted him. "Having life essence means you're a complete life. Besides, you're not the only clone on the Lighthouse; Mark is too!"

"What? Mark is a clone!" This surprised Jingnan even more than when he learned that he was a clone.

Who did he clone?

"A humanoid Devourer. That's why Morgan and Bai Yuekui see him as the hope for solving the ecological problem."

Jingnan looked shocked.

Jingyuan, however, looked worried, because he still didn't know how Mark, with his special identity, could save the world.

……

The lighthouse is sailing high in the sky.

After leaving the core ecological area, the lighthouse did not encounter any more flying Devouring Beasts, and the people on the lighthouse returned to their usual tranquility.

Mark held a memorial service for those who died at the lighthouse.

Charles, Victor, Sengge, and others were labeled as rebels, and a statement was issued, but it was not exaggerated.

Mark still recognized Morgan and Elon as "former city lord" and "hunter instructor," respectively, and included them in the memorial service.

After the memorial service, Mark, with a heavy heart, went to find Bai Yuekui.

Bai Yuekui and the group from Longgu Village are temporarily residing at the lighthouse, and their next move is uncertain.

Mark led Bai Yuekui to the central command hall, where only the two of them were present.

Mark felt a heavy weight on his heart. He remained silent for a moment, then looked at Bai Yuekui. "I once thought that finding you would mean finding a way to survive on the ground. But now it seems that without solving the Mana ecosystem, we cannot survive on this planet."

Bai Yuekui nodded, "That's right!"

Now that even the people of Longgu Village are on the lighthouse, what's the point of talking about survival on the ground?

"How can we solve the mana ecosystem problem?"

"I have a plan!"

Mark looked at her. "What plan?"

"This plan requires sacrifices!"

Mark hesitated for a moment, but still asked, "How many people do you need?"

"one person!"

"Who?" Mark reacted immediately. "Me?"

Bai Yuekui said someone needed to be sacrificed, and he was speaking to Mark; who else could it be but him?

Yes! You need to be sacrificed!

Mark didn't hesitate and asked directly, "What do you need me to do?"

"You are more decisive than I thought."

Mark smiled and said, "Sacrificing myself to save the whole planet is a worthwhile deal."

Bai Yuekui hesitated. She said, "Would you like to hear me out before you make a decision?"

Mark looked puzzled.

"Now you know, you are a clone of the craniocerebral being. The craniocerebral being is a life form born from the brain of the Mana giant; he is essentially of the same origin as the Mana."

Perhaps it is because we and ancient civilizations both injected life essence into the brains of the Mana giants that the cranioblasts, after being born, have a favorable impression of us humans.

It was through him that we learned a lot about Mana.

Skullborn discovered that through the Blood Vortex, he could travel to the higher-dimensional world where Mana resided, and perhaps there he could destroy Mana.

I went with Lu Sheng, but we failed.

Cranial life and ecology share a common origin; he was assimilated by ecology, which ultimately led to his death!

Upon hearing this, Mark understood. "So you need a clone to continue this plan, and at the same time, you need to ensure that the clone is not assimilated again."

"Correct!"

"How many of these experiments have you conducted? How many clones have been successful?"

Bai Yuekui was taken aback. "What kind of experiment are you talking about?"

Mark was a little confused. "Didn't you say that you needed to enter the higher-dimensional world where Mana resides to destroy her? You modified a humanoid bio-weapon so you could use it to enter Mana's world, right? Even though you definitely didn't manage to destroy Mana, at least you entered the higher-dimensional world!"

Bai Yuekui thought that Mark was asking her how many clone experiments she had done, but it turned out he was asking how many times she had entered higher-dimensional worlds.

“Not even once!” Bai Yuekui said, “To enter the higher-dimensional world where Mana resides, one needs to possess the special genes of Mana creatures. To date, I have not been able to restore the genes of cranial organisms in the laboratory, which means that we cannot even enter the door to the Mana world right now.”

"You have more than one clone, right? How come you haven't even had a single successful case?"

"How do you know I have more than one clone here?"

Mark laughed and said, "If we cloned them all, why would we only clone one!"

“Yes, but they all failed!” Bai Yuekui stared at Mark.

Her gaze made Mark feel somewhat uncomfortable.

"What were the reasons for the failure?"

"Because the clones lack the life essence, I can't even restore the cranial genes!"

“No life essence…” Mark pondered her words, then suddenly realized, “So it’s only because I possess life essence…”

"You are the only clone with life-source material. Using you to restore the cranial genes has a very high chance of success!"

"Is it just a possibility?"

"We cannot give up even the slightest possibility!"

"How to do?"

"Your genes have the ability to devour. As long as the genes of the Mana organism are implanted into your body, you can replenish the genes that were previously removed by devouring them."

"If I have Mana's genes implanted, what will I become?"

"You will transform into a skull-like creature; he... is actually a humanoid Devouring Beast."

Mark's eyes widened. "You mean, I'll turn into a Devouring Beast?"

How could a human possibly turn into a beast that devours everything?

Wait a minute, this is exactly what Jingyuan said back then.

Jingyuan told Mark that he could foresee the future and saw Mark turn into a Devouring Beast in the future.

"You want to turn me into a Devouring Beast?"

Bai Yuekui nodded solemnly, "Only in this way can we enter the vortex of filth and solve the Mana ecosystem problem."

Mark was shocked and felt wronged.

He always thought he was human, with friends and family.

But now he learns that he is just a clone of a humanoid Devourer, and that he must become a Devourer himself to solve the ecological problem.

Genetically speaking, Mark should belong to the Mana organism.

But in terms of belonging, he belongs to the human race.

Therefore, he was willing to sacrifice everything for humanity.

"Okay! I agree!"

Mark didn't want to see his companions die anymore. Although most of them didn't die from the Devourers, the Mana ecosystem was the real culprit behind cannibalism in the apocalypse.

“However, we need to go back to Longgu Village first, as all my equipment is there.”