Chapter 269: Perfect Genes
"By the way, Brother Wenye, how did you and Bai Yu get controlled and transformed into enhanced humans by Dennis?"
She had been running away all day, and fell asleep shortly after settling down. Only now did she remember to ask Wenye.
Wen Ye recounted to Anno in great detail how they had been captured by Dennis.
Shortly after Anno obtained the core on the floating island, a civil war broke out between the rebels and other organizations in the North River system. At that time, the Karina family was dealt with by Dennis, and the governor, Aled, died of a serious illness. Dennis seized supreme power, and the main planet was in chaos.
After several rebel uprisings, Karina's family, like many ordinary families, wanted to escape the war by going to a more remote planet.
But at this moment, Dennis uses Karina's parents to threaten her, forcing her to pledge allegiance to him.
"At the time, Bai Yu and I both found it strange. Although Karina was quite capable, she was still just a student. Why did Dennis insist on having her?"
Wen Ye washed his hands in the pool, washed some fruit for Anuo and handed it to her, then sat down next to her. "After seeing Xinghuo, I think I understand a little better."
Karina was threatened by Dennis with her parents' information and was forced to pledge allegiance to him.
Wen Ye and Bai Yu didn't want her to be threatened, so they wanted to help her rescue her parents, but they were still captured by Dennis.
And so, Dennis transformed them both into enhanced humans, making them part of his army of enhanced humans.
Wen Ye smiled and said, "Luckily, our gene levels are higher than Bai Yu's. If they were lower, we might have been killed by Dennis."
Dennis, this madman, is extremely obsessed with the strength of genes. In his mind, genes must evolve to their strongest level in order to ensure the continuation of the North River system.
However, the strength of genes, even if artificially controlled, has certain drawbacks; there will never be a 100% perfect gene.
And Brightman is the one he created, the so-called most perfect gene.
But they had all seen that child; he was as indifferent as a robot, neither crying nor laughing, and not like a normal person at all.
Is this kind of perfection truly a continuation?
After Wen Ye finished recounting his experiences, he hurriedly asked about Karina.
Anno also told Wen Ye about some of Karina's recent events. Wen Ye learned that she was studying at Changxing Military Academy in Tianyun, and a look of relief appeared on his face.
"That's just her personality; she always strives for the best. I don't know when I'll catch up with her."
Hearing his sentiments, Anno thought of Karina's desire to become her kin, but she didn't tell Wen Ye about it. Instead, she asked him, "Will you go with your second sister wherever she goes?"
Wen Ye: "It used to be like this. I liked your second sister, so naturally I wanted to follow her everywhere and be with her."
Wen Ye openly admitted his feelings for Karina in front of Anuo.
“I’ve known Karina since my first year at the academy. She never makes friends and rarely communicates with people. She’s very smart, learns everything quickly, and is always at the top of her class.”
"I noticed that she only studied and trained and didn't seem to have any particular hobbies. However, after getting to know her, I discovered that she was interested in one thing."
Anno asked curiously, "What is it?"
Wen Ye laughed and said, "Win."
"Whatever she wants to do, she has to do it the best. I beat her with my aircraft, but not long after, she beat me. That time her aircraft almost crashed. I was afraid of her. I was willing to risk my life to win."
Speaking of this, Wen Ye still felt lingering fear, and sighed with a smile.
Looking at his expression, Anuo thought to himself that the match between his second sister and him that time must have been really dangerous.
Anuo knew her second sister's personality; she was very competitive and would fight tooth and nail to win.
"Since then, I have been practicing flying machines like crazy and participating in various competitions, but I have never competed against her again."
Anuo asked, "Are you afraid that your second sister will beat you again?"
Wen Ye shook his head: "No, I'm afraid she'll get hurt like that time. Even though she asked to compete with me, I refused."
Anuo was moved by Wen Ye's thoughtfulness.
Wen Ye continued, "Later, when we were about to graduate, she applied to military academy early. I originally wanted to go too, but Karina said to me, 'Do you like flying machines for me or for yourself? If it's for me, you'll be letting yourself down. If you just like flying machines, then choose what you think is best. Military academy isn't suitable for you. You should think about yourself. I won't stop for anyone. You can't catch up with me.'"
"Karina is right, she won't stop for anyone, but I might catch up with her."
As Wen Ye spoke, a hint of arrogance appeared on his face, and his eyes gleamed.
When Anuo heard Wenye say that "she will not stop for anyone," her feelings became complicated.
The second sister was able to say these words to Wenye, but she remained steadfast in her desire to become her kin.
Perhaps it was just the core fragment inside her that affected her second sister, making her exceptionally close to her. Once the core fragment was removed, her second sister would no longer be so obsessed with her.
Someone as outstanding as my second sister should pursue her own life.
The words her second sister said to Wen Ye were also the words she wanted to say to her second sister.
"Mother!"
A crisp sound brought Anno back to her senses. As soon as she turned her head, Xinghuo rushed into her arms.
Xinghuo woke up while she was having breakfast. Sitar told her to keep eating while he took Xinghuo to wash up and also helped her prepare some food for the cubs.
Male insects are the best at raising offspring; it's a skill ingrained in their genes.
Xinghuo, her little face contorted, reached out and touched Anuo's forehead. "Mommy, are you still feeling unwell?"
When she came back yesterday with her two older brothers, she saw that her mother was already asleep in her father's arms. Her father said that her mother was not feeling well and told her to be good and not to disturb her mother.
"I don't feel bad anymore." Seeing Xinghuo's caring expression, Anuo smiled and patted her head.
Xinghuo thought Anuo was still afraid of the heat, so it gathered a cloud of ice mist above to cool Anuo down.
He even used his special ability to make many little ice figures for Anuo to cheer her up.
Her thoughtfulness made Anuo feel increasingly guilty about being a mother.
Anno noticed that Xinghuo was becoming increasingly clingy, and he figured Xinghuo would be very sad when they had to part ways.
She's not a Zerg, so she can't live with herself.
She felt she should take this opportunity to explain things to her slowly and clearly, otherwise it would be even harder for her to accept if she talked to her about it later.
So she picked up Xinghuo and pointed at Wenye, asking, "Xinghuo, what did you call him?"
Xinghuo: "Brother Wenye."
Anuo nodded: "I also call him Brother Wenye."
Xinghuo didn't understand what Anuo meant at first, so Anuo explained to her, "Xinghuo, I'm much younger than this Brother Wenye. I'm not good enough to be a mother yet. You should call me sister."
After Anno finished speaking, the atmosphere fell silent.
Just when she thought Xinghuo understood and that she must be feeling sad, she heard her say, "It's okay, Mom. I love you no matter what kind of mom you are. I will be a good daughter and will never cause you any trouble!"
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