Chapter 192 The Truth

When Wang Kun was taken into the main control room, Su Wanqing was holding the insulation box in her hand and Lu Zhao was beside her.

Lin Che's breathing was fluctuating violently at this moment. The clothes on his chest were torn by Wang Kun's sneak attack, and the two-finger-wide cut was floating in the blood.

Xiao Ran glanced at Wang Kun and pushed him under the chair, still holding the stick in his hand.

Lin Che raised his head, and his face, which should have been pale, strangely glowed slightly golden.

He crouched with his hands on the table. The wound on his chest was actually shrinking slowly in the blood, and his own tissues were closing in like the tide, and even the texture of his skin was recovering visibly with the naked eye.

A spot of blood fell on the table, but was quickly covered by the new skin.

Lu Zhao was stunned and didn't say a word. Su Wanqing felt a little uneasy, and leaned back a little, holding on tighter.

She silently looked at Lin Che and found that his eyes were no longer the original color - there was a circle of pure gold in his irises, with a metallic texture.

Lin Che opened his mouth, and his voice suddenly became low, with a strange sense of antiquity. Even Wang Kun, who was used to seeing many storms, stopped moving.

“You think I’m just Lin Che’s alter ego.” He spoke at a steady pace, as if he had borrowed someone else’s tongue. “But the truth is much more complicated than you think. I existed before the beginning of what you call civilization.”

Su Wanqing suddenly stopped and asked word by word: "Who are you? Not Lin Che?"

“My name is Ye.” Lin Che shook his head, the golden color in his eyes becoming more intense.

Wang Kun struggled for a while, but Ye held him down with one hand. He didn't use any strength with his knuckles, but it made it impossible for Wang Kun to break free.

Xiao Ran came closer and lowered his voice, "What exactly are you? A dual personality, this is not something a doctor can explain."

Ye leaned over and held Wang Kun tightly, the corner of his mouth moved, "Dual personality is just a term you used later. I come from an ancient race, and you humans evolved to this day after we fell asleep. We originally coexisted with the life on this planet, but later for some reason, most of us fell silent. What you call 'viruses' now are actually just fragments of our DNA that have been artificially activated."

Su Wanqing exerted a little force in her hands, and the jade bracelet was hidden in her sleeves without being exposed.

She asked, "You mean, this virus comes from your genes?"

Ye looked at her, "More than that. The thing in your hand looks like a technological product on the surface - in fact, it is the same as our origin. It can trigger energy reactions, so you can control those DNA fragments called 'viruses'.

The jade bracelet itself is not just a string of instructions, the energy contained within is enough to evoke resonance deep in our tribe’s memory.”

Su Wanqing paused for a moment and let a corner of the jade bracelet show from her sleeve.

"The technicians have analyzed it and found no conventional energy source in the bracelet. What on earth is this thing?"

Ye looked at her steadily, as if something had settled deep in his golden pupils. "That is part of the initialization core, which is consistent with the original energy form of our race. You thought you could purify the virus, but in fact you were regulating our divided bloodline. The reason why it is effective for your experimental subject is because you carry the genetic signal that is connected to our race."

Lu Zhao interrupted: "In other words, the virus is actually just some genetic fragment left over from your group?"

Ye nodded, "Those human scientists activated the defective genes. They thought they could control evolution, but in fact they just attracted us."

Su Wanqing stood up straighter, thought for a moment, and asked back: "Since you are alive in Lin Che's body, what is your relationship with the virus? Were you activated by the virus?"

Ye slowly released his hand that was pressing down on Wang Kun, stretched out his hand to grab the edge of the electronic controller, his joints turning white, "The core origin of my race needs a carrier. Lin Che's special gene is just a suitable container, so I woke up. Symbionts like me with complete symbols are almost extinct, otherwise you wouldn't be so lucky."

At this moment, Wang Kun suddenly gritted his teeth and turned his head to break free, "Let me go!"

Ye exerted a little force on his wrist and Wang Kun could no longer move.

Xiao Ran stared at Ye and asked, "Is Lin Che still in there?"

Ye just glanced at him, "He's still here. Normally you see him, but my consciousness can decide when to take control."

Su Wanqing buckled the jade bracelet again and expressed her concerns: "Then why are you willing to express these? How can we believe that you are not controlling us now?"

Ye showed a different kind of smile, "You have no other choice. Those who released the virus did not want to destroy the world. They wanted to screen and find humans who can coexist with our DNA. Xiaoling is one of the successful cases."

Lu Zhao took a deep breath and said hesitantly: "Girl with a child's voice? Xiaoling?"

Ye tilted his head slightly, “The energy in her body is very special, but unfortunately it is extremely unstable.

If we can't reconcile, the consequences will get out of control. By then, it will be more troublesome than what the military or Genesis have planned."

Su Wanqing stared at Ye and asked carefully, "What will happen if she can't hold on? Will she become infected like the virus goes berserk?"

Ye Hui said: "What you understand as loss of control is actually the collapse of energy. She is the genetic balance point. If we don't try to help her adapt, the current crisis will be far more serious than you think."

There was silence for a few seconds. No one spoke.

At this moment, Lu Zhao quietly leaned over and opened the insulation box of the energy core.

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There was a crystal emitting blue light inside, and he handed the crystal to Su Wanqing.

Su Wanqing brought the jade bracelet close to the blue crystal. A circle of complex and neat runes appeared on the surface of the jade bracelet. The blue light completed a strong resonance, and then a new line of words appeared faintly: "1/7 energy core has been identified, the system needs to be fully calibrated, please continue collecting."

Xiao Ran took a notepad and wrote it down, "The jade bracelet's system has reported back that the first energy core has been obtained. Seven more must be collected before it can be activated."

Ye took a step closer and looked at the crystal for a moment. "Don't use it recklessly. This thing must be combined with the 'starlight' in Xiaoling's body in a certain order. If you do it the wrong way, not only will it fail to activate, but an energy storm will explode in the fortress first."

Su Wanqing frowned, "Does Xiaoling really need to come forward?"

Ye nodded, "She has to be present. The triggering sequence must be based on the energy rhythm in her body. The first core can only allow the jade bracelet to activate part of the authority. If another core is forcibly used, more dangerous negative feedback will occur."

Lu Zhao raised his head and asked, "So we need to continue looking for the core?"

Ye hummed, "Once all are gathered, she and you will activate them together in the prescribed order, and I can help regulate the energy. Otherwise, not to mention the barrier, the base will be backfired by the energy."

Xiao Ran closed his notebook and stood up. "I understand. The first core will be locked in the safe first, and the other five people will be divided into groups to coordinate the synchronization plan between Xiaoling and the energy core tonight."

Ye turned to look at Wang Kun. The subdued Wang Kun no longer had the toughness he had a few hours ago.

He murmured something, stared at the crystal and jade bracelet in a daze, and stopped struggling.

The lights on the console gradually dimmed, and the only sounds in the air were rapid breathing and the slight movement of instruments.

Su Wanqing put the jade bracelet and the crystal into a temporary safe, and Lu Zhao quickly wrote down the data summary in a notebook.

Ye whispered, "You have to act quickly. The external crisis is just the beginning. If you don't prepare a second plan before all the cores are collected, it will be too late."

Su Wanqing said nothing more, staring at the blue crystal beside the table. After a few seconds, she turned around and asked someone to take Wang Kun away. Then she asked Lu Zhao and Xiao Ran to check the remaining energy reserves together and write the work arrangements on the whiteboard.

Lin Che's body still hadn't returned to normal. His golden eyes flickered under the dim light in the control room. No one dared to approach him rashly.