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Chapter 139 Trait Inheritance, Kill the First Generation!

rustling.

Two figures crept furtively to the entrance of a room.

"Is this where the spirit resides?"

Leyu lay on the edge of the hole and poked its head inside.

Liu Bai paused for a moment, then walked directly into the doorway: "That's right, this is it."

"I'll kill that spirit. Remember to give me the first-place reward when we get out."

"Definitely, definitely." Le Yu nodded with a strange expression.

Upon hearing that this was the Ephemeral Civilization, his first thought was to retreat, while Liu Bai headed straight for Ling's location, as if he were extremely familiar with the place.

Liu Bai acted as if he were at home, even pulling out a map.

This is absolutely outrageous.

Liu Bai didn't explain much. He walked through the portal and into the cave. All he wanted to do now was deal with Wan Ling and leave this hellish place.

Then, once you're outside, figure out a way to kill Panda Spirit!

Da da da.

The two passed through the portal and immediately saw a network of interconnected pipes, each about the same height as Liu Bai, flowing with green liquid.

One after another, sleeping mayflies were sent out of the pipe and then stuffed into the body of a circular robot.

Moments later, the robots lit up with green light and were transported away through a passage on the left.

In front of the pipe, there was a transparent room with several robots standing guard around it.

"This is—" Le Yu looked at the pipe, his eyes narrowing.

"What's the explanation for this?" Liu Bai stopped in his tracks, his tone filled with doubt.

The fact that this place is where the spirit resides may be related to the characteristics that mayflies possess at 7:37.

What characteristics do mayflies possess?

Thinking of this, Liu Bai was slightly taken aback.

The mayfly king could also see him, but it didn't have any special characteristics. Could it be just like those mayflies?

Because even mayflies can see him after the appointed time, yet he still doesn't exhibit any special characteristics.

"If I'm not mistaken, this is genetic engineering of specific traits, or rather, population-based inheritance."

Le Yu's narrowed eyes grew serious: "They're going to break down a single characteristic into countless parts, and then implant these tiny characteristics into the organism."

"If it can enter the body of an ordinary organism, shouldn't it devour its own cells?" Liu Bai asked, somewhat puzzled.

"That's true the first time," Leyu agreed, then added, "However, after implanting a tiny trait, offspring are born directly before the trait has completely engulfed the cells."

"Then the offspring will possess one-tenth of this characteristic, and will not be engulfed by cells."

"In the end, this process is repeated in each generation, and the traits will continue to accumulate. When a trait reaches one-tenth of a complete trait, it will have the ability to steal traits."

"And when these creatures successfully acquire a trait, they can embark on the path of evolution."

"So that's how it is—" Liu Bai frowned, already having a general idea, but still asked to confirm, "What level of special ability do they need to be to see us even after we've applied the ignore-the-potion?"

Leyu said, "One-tenth of a characteristic."

Boom!

Liu Bai suddenly felt that everything was clear.

Why does the Mayfly King forbid mayflies from killing ability users? If there are no surprises, it's because he's saving them for mayflies with special abilities!

These mayflies can evolve as long as they kill a power user!

The robot was able to see him at 37 minutes because its characteristics reached one-tenth of their maximum at that time.

Then came the mayfly king.

The Mayfly King can see him, but he has no special characteristics, which means that he also possesses one-tenth of the characteristics.

Therefore, he did not gain the special ability by killing it.

This also suggests that the giant dragonfly is not a true mayfly king, but most likely a substitute or a puppet.

"Brother Liu, why don't we make a quick retreat?" Le Yu suggested when he saw that Liu Bai was silent.

"If this is the location of the spirit, then after the spirit's characteristics are stripped away, the mayfly might be able to see us."

"By then, it will be too late to evacuate!"

"If we kill this spirit, the mayfly will never see us again, right?" Liu Bai squinted, looking into the room ahead.

"But—" Le Yu hesitated, remembering that the technology to create evolved beings with this power was invented by the Spirit Insect Clan.

And then, thinking about the appearance of a dragonfly, an unbelievable idea popped into his mind.

Could the mayfly race be the predecessor of the spirit insects?

"Let's go. I'll take responsibility if anything happens." Liu Bai said nonchalantly; all he was thinking about now was the thousand interstellar coins.

Da da da.

Before Le Yu could respond, Liu Bai had already walked into the room.

Go through the doorway and enter the room.

The room was white all around, without any decoration, and in the center of the floor was a box that looked like a prison cell.

Inside the box stood a small dragonfly with a deathly pale face.

When Dragonfly saw Liu Bai enter, a glint of light flashed in her eyes: "Are you ability users from outer space?"

Liu Bai nodded, but did not slow down, and walked directly to the box that had trapped the dragonfly.

Seeing that Liu Bai agreed, Dragonfly's eyes lit up with joy. "Are you also trapped here? If you let me out, I can take you to the Singularity and leave."

"Are you the seventh original spirit?" Liu Bai tapped the box.

"That's right." The dragonfly nodded. "As soon as I landed, they captured me."

"I also heard that half-spirit talking to a machine, as if it wanted to strip away my characteristics."

"Once they succeed, tens of thousands of mayflies will possess this unique characteristic, and then it won't be easy for you to leave!"

"Is that half-spirit a giant dragonfly?" Liu Bai squinted.

"You've seen him before?" The little dragonfly was taken aback.

Liu Bai didn't say anything more, and instead started to figure out how to open the box.

The box was completely seamless and smooth.

Liu Bai pondered for a few seconds, then decisively pulled out his short knife and slashed at the box with force.

When Dragonfly saw Liu Bai trying to open the box, she couldn't hide her delight: "This box is controlled by the control room. You need to go to the control room to get permission."

Liu Bai immediately stopped what he was doing and looked at Le Yu: "Brother Le, time is of the essence. Use your terminal to open it. I'll take responsibility for any problems that arise."

"Uh? Okay." Le Yu was deep in thought when she heard Liu Bai speak, and then nodded.

A moment later, a sphere flew out, emitting a green light that scanned the box.

Sizzle—Sizzle—

"Lock unlocked successfully."

A mechanical voice sounded from the terminal, and the railing on the box slowly moved to the left and opened.

"I'll take you away from this awful place right now." The dragonfly's face lit up with joy, and its wings began to flutter.

Liu Bai did not respond, but reached into the box and grabbed the dragonfly.

"Uh, what do you want, you ability user?" Dragonfly was slightly taken aback. Then he saw Liu Bai bring a short knife close to his head.

He was immediately alarmed: "You can't kill me! Without me, none of you can leave here. Only after my special abilities are successfully integrated can you deal with the mayflies!"

puff.

Liu Bai's short sword was like a divine weapon; with a gentle slash, the dragonfly's head was instantly separated from its body.

At that moment, the "pleasure" attribute in his mind inexplicably increased by ten percent.