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

Penny received the message and took off in her spaceship.

Jingyuan watched the spaceship disappear into the distance, then put away the scale disc and returned to his feet.

He looked at Bria and said, "Let me tell you something about ecology! First, the ultimate goal of ecology is to absorb the life essence of all people. Even if you are completely transformed into Devouring Beasts, the final result will only be that you are absorbed by ecology."

You think you can save your doomed kingdom this way? No way!

Secondly, I learned from ancient civilizations that it is absolutely impossible for us to coexist with the Mana ecosystem. This has been verified by several civilizations.

I hope you will consider joining us in fighting against the ecosystem.

This isn't some grand narrative; it's the pressing reality at hand.

After saying that, Jing Yuan flew away, leaving Bria standing there bewildered.

The Phantom spaceship flew slowly, and Jing Yuan quickly caught up and entered the spaceship.

The Mirage spaceship was already small, and now with many people on board, it felt very crowded.

Jing Yuan stepped forward, looked at the tall, purple-skinned woman in the crowd, and said with a smile, "Dr. Tully!"

Chapter 258 Gene's Past

After boarding the spaceship, Dr. Tulli listened to Tumen and his group recount the general situation.

Tali walked towards Jingyuan, now even more curious about the powerful warrior before her.

“Thank you for saving me!” Tali walked toward Jingyuan. “Thank you for saving Tumen and Quinti as well.”

“You’re welcome!” Jing Yuan asked directly, “Dr. Tully, we would like to ask you for a favor.”

"Please say!"

“We have a companion who was transformed into an eco-chimera and is currently in a state of dormancy…”

Before Jing Yuan could finish speaking, Tali interjected, "Your Lighthouse is also conducting gene fusion experiments?"

Jing Yuan was taken aback and said, "No! Our companion was transformed into an eco-chimera by someone else."

"Who is this person?" Tali was also very curious. Among the surviving humans, who possessed gene fusion technology?

“Her name is Bai Yuekui, and she’s the leader of a settlement called Dragon Bone Village,” Jing Yuan said with a smile. “Do you know her?”

"Bai Yuekui?" Tali thought for a moment. "That name sounds familiar!"

"Her father's name is Bai Jingyu..."

"Bai Jingyu, Mayor Jiuchuan? I remember now, this Bai Yuekui is the neuroscientist who conducted the first human brain transplant experiment!"

Jingyuan was also a little surprised, "I didn't expect you to actually know."

"No one from the old era doesn't know about this father and daughter. One is Mayor Hisakawa, who developed the Ash super artificial intelligence system that even the Hela Empire coveted. The other is a young scientist who dared to defy the world and perform human brain replacement surgery. Back then, they were undoubtedly star figures among scientists."

“Yes.” Jing Yuan stared at Tali, then suddenly realized and asked, “A person from the old era? You are… a person who has lived from the old era to the present?”

Tali raised the corners of his mouth and looked at Jingyuan. "What, surprised?"

Jing Yuan nodded. "It was indeed unexpected." He smiled and asked, "Did you use the miracle potion?"

“Miracle K?” Tali shook his head. “No. It was just an imperfect product.”

"So you're able to maintain your youthful state because you fused with the genes of the Devouring Beast?"

“Yes!” Tali continued, “Since you know about Miracle K, do you know that both Miracle Potion and Angel Potion were actually developed based on the Mana gene?”

"What?" Jing Yuan was shocked; he really hadn't expected this.

"It was only many years later that I suddenly realized that those so-called miracle potions and angel potions were actually developed based on the Mana ecosystem."

Tali looked at Jing Yuan's surprised expression and felt a little smug.

"Speaking of which, is that neuroscientist named Bai Yuekui also researching the fusion of Mana genes and humans?"

Jingyuan shook his head. "This matter is a bit complicated. Let's discuss it in detail when we get there!"

“Okay!” Tali knew that with so many people around, the other side must have some concerns.

The Mirage spaceship continued its journey toward the lighthouse.

During the journey, Jingyuan learned a lot from Tali about the remnants of the Gene race.

Tali also recounted the arduous journey of his group over the past few decades.

Tali is a genetic scientist from the old world's Zeon nation.

After the disaster broke out, Tali and the high-ranking officials of the Zeon Kingdom hid in an underground military base.

They lived in the military base for many years, during which time they studied products of the Mana ecosystem, such as the Earth Vine and the Devourer.

Then one day, they discovered the secret of the Devouring Beasts and the Source of Life.

Initially, they attempted to block the Devourer's senses by damaging the prefrontal cortex of its brain.

But doing this will either turn a person into a vegetable, or make them an idiot, or at best, turn them into a savage without any reason.

Later, Tali first proposed a plan to fuse the genes of the Devourer Beast.

She believes that as long as humans are genetically modified to taste the same as the Devouring Beasts, the Devouring Beasts will not attack them.

Subsequently, Tali's plan was validated.

Initially, the Zeon people did not accept the idea of ​​transforming into Devourer Beasts.

The largest proportion of them are senior executives.

Those living at the bottom of society had no choice but to undergo reformation in order to go out and find supplies.

Bria was originally from such a lowly background. After undergoing Tali's transformation, his body adapted extremely well, making him the first perfect eco-chimera.

Even though later modifiers used Bria's modification plan, their strength could not reach Bria's level.

About thirty years ago, a violent geological earthquake occurred in the former territory of the Kingdom of Zeon.

The underground base of the Zeon Kingdom was destroyed by a geological disaster, and the people inside were forced to escape.

They escaped the base and came to the ground. Those who had not undergone the modification surgery had their life essence drained by the Devouring Beasts, leaving behind only modified ecological chimeras.

Since those who initially refused reform were all high-ranking officials, their deaths created a power vacuum.

It was at this time that Bria became the new leader of the Zeon remnants.

Although Bria was born into poverty, after coming to power, he did not show pity for the poor, but instead set about building his apocalyptic kingdom.

The kingdom of Buria had a hierarchical system similar to that of the Lighthouse, dividing people into three classes: upper, middle, and lower.

Later, the Zeon found new territory. Bria and his trusted men occupied the safest underground base, forming the upper echelons of the kingdom. The middle class could afford to live in caves. As for the lower class, they could only build shacks on the surface.

However, they are a little better than the Lighthouse, as they do not control births.

For Buria, he didn't have to worry about feeding the lower classes; if they had more children, there would be more labor.

Faced with the pressure from the Devouring Beasts, the Zeon are also thinking about how to survive in the apocalypse.

Dr. Tully was immersed in her research all day long. Just when she found a clue, Bria came to her and said: "Humanity's way out is to completely transform into Devourer Beasts."

How could Taliban possibly accept this?

Although she invented some of the technology to transform into Devourer Beasts, it was only a stopgap measure.

If given the choice, no one would want to become a complete monster.

Several years ago, Tali and Buria turned against each other, left their settlement, and went outside to find abandoned survival bases to build laboratories for research.

Tali had many followers, and Tumen was one of them.

While Tali conducted his research outside, Tumen and his men promoted Tali from within, hoping to one day overthrow Burya's rule.

Tumen and his group speculated that this time there must have been a traitor within their ranks, which led to the exposure of Tali's location.

Fortunately, they encountered Jing Yuan; otherwise, rescuing Tali would not have been so easy.

The spaceship quickly returned to the lighthouse.

Because the population of the Lighthouse was already saturated, Jingyuan could only arrange for the Genes who came with him to stay on the Dawn engineering ship, and only took Tali to the Lighthouse's ecological research institute.

Today's lighthouse is no longer the closed aerial fortress it once was.

Having witnessed Master Lai and the beast-like Mark, they were no longer surprised by strange-looking humans like Tali.

Jingyuan brought Tali to the Ecological Research Institute.

Carrie became instantly interested in Tully as soon as she saw him.

Jingyuan had no choice but to stop her, saying, "Let her go check on Mark's condition first."

Tali entered the inner room and saw the beast-like body of Mark, exclaiming in surprise, "He's a real Mana creature!"

Chapter 259 Gene Restoration Program

"A real Mana creature?" Jing Yuan asked疑惑地, "What does that mean?"

Tali stepped forward and stroked Mark's body as if he were looking at a work of art.

Have you ever obtained the genes of a Devouring Beast?