Doomsday Roulette

Ye Zhongming had just seen Liu Zhenghong studying the monster that might have swallowed him, taking him into a mysterious world. He also knew that Sister Hong's remarks were inevitably related to this, but it had only been a few days, and he originally had no hope.

To be honest, he wasn’t surprised that Liu Zhenghong had spent a year or even several years studying this thing. Compared to the hundreds of billions invested in revolutionary results that took decades to achieve in peacetime, the gene life laboratory at Cloud Summit was already a god-like existence.

However, Liu Zhenghong's tone and expression at this moment clearly indicated that there was a breakthrough.

“What did you discover?” Ye Zhongming asked, his interest piqued.

“A brand new gene fragment.”

Liu Zhenghong excitedly walked around twice before continuing, “Spatial Gene!”

Seeing Ye Zhongming frowning, Sister Hong put on an expression that showed talking to an outsider was exhausting, and explained, “Spatial Gene is magical and difficult to capture. You know, this type of gene is almost completely transparent. In the microscopic world, it is virtually non-existent and cannot be captured, but I was lucky enough to discover it.”

“This gene is amazing, possessing astonishing capabilities. Can you imagine? Just a segment of gene has an independent… thought? No, no, that’s not accurate; it’s not thought.”

Liu Zhenghong turned around again, “Activity, yes, activity, strong activity!”

“Little Leaf, you might not grasp the activity of genes, but you know the characteristics of genes, right?”

This statement left Ye Zhongming feeling incredibly frustrated, thinking to himself that he wasn’t a biology or medicine major; he had learned about genes but had long forgotten.

“I can tell your grades were poor in school.” Liu Zhenghong rolled his eyes, ignoring Ye Zhongming’s dark expression and continued, “Genes have two characteristics. One is the faithful copying of themselves to maintain the basic characteristics of a living being.”

“For instance, the mutated life forms I created earlier, although the methods were complex and involved gene hybridization, overall, each segment of gene remains stable after fusion. Thus, while the gene life created still needs to return to the nutrient solution periodically for body repair, they are stable individuals. As long as they don’t die in battle, they can survive for a long time.”

Even though Liu Zhenghong had tried to simplify these issues as much as possible, Ye Zhongming still felt lost. Fortunately, Liu Zhenghong wasn’t genuinely trying to make him understand.

“The other characteristic of genes is mutation.”

Ye Zhongming had heard of genetic mutation but wasn’t sure if it was the same as variation. He quickly nodded.

“However, most mutations are pathogenic, with only a small portion being non-pathogenic. These non-pathogenic mutations, to put it simply, are products of survival rules, allowing life to better adapt to constantly changing environments, evolving into the most suitable individual in nature.”

“This part has always been difficult. Mutations have no rules, no known direction; they can only be judged based on the environment, and in experimentation, this judgment becomes even more challenging. However, with this spatial gene, its mutations are easy and controllable, with great inclusivity. It can form entirely new and mature stable chromosomes in any combination. Just give me some time, and I will be able to apply spatial genes on a large scale to gene life warriors.”

Liu Zhenghong pushed up nonexistent glasses on his nose, “You know, Little Leaf, by then, you might control an army of spatial life.”

“I look forward to that day.” Ye Zhongming nodded, convinced that Liu Zhenghong could achieve it.

Liu Zhenghong proudly patted Ye Zhongming on the shoulder, implying that he was wise to recognize this.

“I called you here not only to tell you these things, but I have another idea I want to test with you.”