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

"Did you come here today to argue with me about the definition of humanity?" Bai Yuekui looked at Jing Yuan, her expression still as calm as still water.

"Where's Mark?" Jingyuan asked directly.

"inside!"

Jingyuan followed Bai Yuekui inside. On a huge operating table in the laboratory, lay a giant humanoid creature.

"Is this Mark?"

Jingyuan looked at the humanoid creature on the operating table. This appearance was different from the beast-like Mark in the original work.

The beast-like Mark in the original work is more like a beast.

Mark, lying on the operating table, was more like a human.

However, Mark's current appearance is closer to that of Lusheng and Taojun.

The difference is that Mark has two arms, while Skullborn and Gluttony both have four arms.

"What happened to him?" Jing Yuan looked at Bai Yuekui. "Did the surgery fail?"

"The surgery should have been successful. His body did not show the mutations seen in other clones. His physical indicators were normal, and his life essence was normal. However, he remained in a state of deep sleep."

"It shouldn't be!"

In Jingyuan's mind, even a scientist like Carrie, who knew nothing about the ecology of Mana, could accidentally turn Mark into a Devourer.

Bai Yuekui, the expert on mana, has conducted so many cloning experiments; he shouldn't have failed!

Ran Bing approached the beast-transformed Mark and stared at him in shock. "This is Mark?"

No one answered Ran Bing.

Ran Bing looked at Bai Yuekui, "Did you tell Mark that as long as he turned into a Devouring Beast, he could destroy the Mana ecosystem and save us? You turned him into this! How is he going to save us?"

Jingyuan looked at Bai Yuekui and asked, "Yes! How is he going to save us now?"

"As I've said before, since the disaster struck, we've been accumulating experience in combating the environment by risking our lives..."

So, in your eyes, a human life is just experience?

Bai Yuetian rushed forward to defend himself, saying, "Mark isn't even human, he's just..."

Jing Yuan turned and glared at Bai Yuetian, roaring, "Then can you even be considered human with just a brain?"

"Alright!" Bai Yuekui interrupted, then said, "What's done is done, there's no point in you coming over to condemn me!"

"No point?" Jing Yuan stared at Bai Yuekui and said, "After we discovered the time capsule of the ancient civilization, the ancient civilization gave us clear instructions to build the Soul Destruction Tower! You disagreed at the time, thinking that the direction was wrong."

Now I have obtained information about another ancient civilization. The Stardust Civilization was not the first ancient civilization to use the Soul Extinction Plan. Before them, there was another ancient civilization that proposed the Soul Extinction Plan.

If the Soul Extinction Plan was wrong, didn't the Stardust Civilization verify it back then?

One might be wrong, but what about two or three? Are they all wrong?

You insist on transforming Mark into a Devourer to carry out your plan to conquer the Bloodthirsty Realm?

"Then let me ask you, once you enter the vortex of filth, how will you eliminate the higher-dimensional life forms behind the ecosystem?"

"I can't tell you that!"

"Is it that you can't tell me, or do you not have a plan at all?"

Bai Yuekui stared directly at Jing Yuan, "Do you think I'm making baseless accusations?"

"Is not it?"

Bai Yuekui said indifferently, "I am not speaking without reason. I naturally have my own plan, but this plan cannot be known to anyone."

"Not even Mark?"

“No,” Bai Yuekui said. “The ecosystem now controls almost the entire Earth. If the ecosystem finds out about this plan, all our efforts will be in vain.”

"Hmph!" Jing Yuan snorted coldly. "So what do we do now? What about Mark?"

Bai Yuekui seemed hesitant, but Bai Yuetian beside her said, "Mark is unconscious now, there must have been a problem with the modification surgery. We have to extract his life essence and then introduce a new clone..."

Chapter 244: To sacrifice oneself to fight against the environment is a worthy death!

"What did you say?"

Jingyuan frowned, staring at Bai Yuetian.

"We have no choice but to continue experimenting!"

Bai Yuekui said the same thing.

"You really treat Mark like a tool!"

When Ran Bing heard them say that they were going to extract Mark's life essence, she was both shocked and incredulous.

"What are you trying to do?" Ran Bing stood in front of Mark, even though Mark had transformed into a beast, he was still Mark.

Penny also stood in front, "We won't let you touch Mark again!"

"Hehe!" Jing Yuan laughed, "Didn't your experiment of injecting life essence into clones fail? Do you think that extracting Mark's life essence and injecting it into other clones will succeed?"

"What was injected before was someone else's life essence!"

"So you're still using Mark as a tool for your experiments."

Bai Yuetian stood in front of Jing Yuan, anxiously saying, "Stop talking about tools! We're also trying to find a way to solve the Mana ecosystem problem. I know you still believe in that ancient civilization's weapon. But even if their deductions are true, even if you manufacture the weapon, can you actually use it?"

I've seen the information in the time capsule; controlling the Soul Destroyer Tower requires seven mentalists.

A mentalist! They are legendary beings even in ancient texts of the Yellow River and Luo River. It's already incredible that you, a mentalist, exist in this world. Where are you going to find six other mentalists?

I know you and Mark are friends, and you can't bear to see him like this. But is this the state we wanted him to be in?

Jing Yuan didn't look at Bai Yuetian, but at Bai Yuekui. "Bai Yuekui, I will never let you use Mark's body for experiments again."

"Sorry, we need Mark!"

Jing Yuan ignored Bai Yuekui and with a wave of his hand, the operating table under Mark was lifted up.

"What are you doing!" Bai Yuetian flew over and shouted at Jing Yuan.

As soon as Jing Yuan fixed his gaze on Bai Yuetian, the robot's body slammed directly into the wall.

Jingyuan used his telekinetic power to lift the operating table and walk it out of the laboratory.

"stop!"

Bai Yuekui conjured a ball of light, which then acted upon Mark's body and the operating table.

Jingyuan felt a powerful pulling force.

But at that moment, Penny stepped forward.

Penny is now a warrior with Tier 3 strength.

Penny threw a punch that sent Bai Yuekui flying.

The white orb disappeared, and Jingyuan dragged Mark away from the laboratory.

Bai Yuekui launched a counterattack, and Penny blocked it with her arms crossed, but was knocked back four or five meters.

Although Bai Yuekui's source essence was damaged, his strength should not be underestimated.

Bai Yuekui seemed to be trying to use his light tweezers ability to hold Penny in place, but Penny sensed the fluctuation and immediately teleported behind Bai Yuekui.

Penny's long legs lashed out like whips at Bai Yuekui, knocking him down.

Penny didn't get entangled with Bai Yuekui and simply used spatial teleportation to leave.

Ran Bing looked at Penny, who had suddenly appeared beside her. Even though she was worried about Mark, she couldn't help but marvel at how amazing Penny had become.

It's important to know that Penny has been cultivating in the small world for the past six months. It can be said that Jing Yuan has taught her everything he knows, except for his telekinesis.

Jingyuan controlled the operating table to fly in the air. He deliberately flew very low so that the villagers of Longgu Village could see Mark's appearance.

"Jingyuan, stop! You can't take Mark away!" Bai Yuekui chased after them from behind.

Upon hearing Bai Yuekui's voice, the villagers' awakened practitioners sprang into action, blocking Jingyuan's path.

Jingyuan looked ahead and saw Suixing, Tasia, Qianli, Ertong, and others.

Sui Xing stood in front, questioning, "Jing Yuan, why did you rush in and snatch Boss Bai's experimental subject?"

"Experimental subject?" Jing Yuan looked at her. "Do you know who this is?"

"Isn't it just a Devouring Beast?"

"Hmph!" Jing Yuan sneered, "Do you really not know, or are you pretending not to know?"

"What do you mean, 'know' or 'don't know'!"

Qianli stepped forward and said, "Yuanzai, we heard that you rushed into the village and injured Shanda and Pokong. What's the misunderstanding? Let's sit down and talk it over! Don't fight!"

"Okay!" Jing Yuan looked at them. "Alright, I'll talk to you!"

Jing Yuan unleashed his spiritual power and shouted, "Listen up, everyone from Dragon Bone Village! Listen to what your Boss Bai has done!"

Everyone present stared at Jing Yuan. Jing Yuan's voice radiated throughout the entire village through his telekinetic power, and everyone, regardless of age or gender, heard it.

Curious people walked towards the direction from which the sound came, and halfway there they heard Jingyuan say again: