In response, Li Qiuwen showed an expression of "as I expected".

Ling Long seized the opportunity and pretended to be ignorant and asked, "What is the connection between that magic stone and the ability seal?"

Li Qiuwen was slightly stunned when he heard this, but he didn't hide it: "The two themselves have no major relationship, but once they are used by evil organizations, they will evolve into countless tricky troubles. ”

"For example?"

"Do you know the ability sigil in your body?"

Ling Long hurriedly shook his head.

"The Anomaly is not something that humans are born with, but is the product of the development of science and technology in the past hundred years...... It lives like a parasite in the host's body, drawing the energy it needs for life, but at the same time it will reward the host accordingly. ”

Li Qiuwen sighed unconsciously as he spoke.

Although the Cat Master's understanding of the ability mark was only limited to the fur before, the general meaning of telling Ling Long was also correct, and coupled with the transformation of the Flame Hell Hades several times, Ling Long himself also had a half-understanding of the situation of the ability mark.

"The so-called remuneration...... Do you mean that people who originally had no abilities can become awakened?" Ling Long said tentatively.

"That's right...... Before the Great Era of the Alien Beings came, there were still many ordinary people in the Shengyuan Continent, and if they wanted to become awakened, they needed to use the power of science and technology to achieve artificial evolution. ”

"Artificial...... Evolutionary ......" Ling Long muttered, but several terrifying possibilities came to mind.

As if seeing through Ling Long's thoughts, Li Qiuwen put his hands in his pockets, turned his head to look at the deserted rocky hill outside the enchantment, and said in a deep voice: "Yes, it's like a terrifying experiment, the Five Cities began to force ordinary people to complete their evolution in large numbers, and it only took a few years to mature this era. ”

The breeze blew the hair on Ling Long's forehead, and he couldn't help but laugh at himself: "It turns out that this so-called 'last awakened person' is just a pretext to inform everyone that the 'Five Cities Ability Plan has been completed'......"

"What about those who were forced to 'evolve', and what happened to them in the end?"

Ling Long looked at Li Qiuwen, hoping that he could say a good result, but when Li Qiuwen turned around, he was completely heartbroken.

At this moment, Li Qiuwen's gold-rimmed glasses were full of teardrops, and he turned to face Ling Long with red eyes: "The technology of ability engraving is still imperfect to this day, and the first batch of people who underwent the experiment have all died, and there is no life left...... And that includes my parents. ”

Ling Long was frightened, but he also felt a kind of confusion that he had never felt before...... What is the world in front of you, where the lights are bright and everyone lives in peace, how many horrific massacres are hidden under the surface of such a city?

"Sorry......"

"It's nothing, it was a long time ago...... I'm just used to feeling sad once in a while, but I've forgotten what they look like. ”

Li Qiuwen sat next to Ling Long, barely squeezing out a smile and looking into the distance.

"Actually, my parents are okay and don't have to endure the torture for too long, and the remaining batches of test subjects are not so lucky. ”

Li Qiuwen took off his glasses, took out a handkerchief from his pocket, and gently wiped the tears on the lenses.

I don't know why, Ling Long was sitting here at the moment, hearing about Li Qiuwen's tragic experience, his heart was not only full of sympathy, but more than that, he felt empathy...... And slowly, when Ling Long looked at the middle-aged man in front of him again, he seemed to become less annoying.

"All the steps of this plan were carried out in secret, and it was as if those ordinary people had suddenly been erased from this world......"

"They...... What's wrong?"

Although he knew that the result would be cruel, Ling Long still wanted to know the truth, even if it was a truth that he couldn't accept.

"Of the remaining batches of test subjects, only a small percentage of them have successfully awakened their abilities, but they are also planted with sigils that cannot be erased for a lifetime, and they tend to have a short lifespan, because those sigils will eventually drain their bodies. ”

"And the vast majority of test subjects have become unknown monsters...... Some of them have human heads and dog bodies, and some don't even have arms, and they are covered with terrifying tentacles!"

Speaking of this, Li Qiuwen shuddered unconsciously, and even Ling Long on the side subconsciously shrank back.

"Ability, in essence, is a genetic mutation, the baby of the next generation can be sequenced by mature genes, and is born with the potential of an awakened person, but those ordinary people who have grown up are different, their genetic codes are all written, and the ability imprint is like a virus, forcibly rewriting the code and forcing them to mutate!"

Li Qiuwen sighed: "Maybe the progress of the times needs witnesses, and the progress of science and technology also needs sacrifices!"

Ling Long lowered his head silently, as the opener of the new era, the last awakened person of the old era, he didn't know what angle he should look at the world.

As Li Qiuwen said, if there were no sacrifices, maybe there would be no great era of national abilities, and then he would probably be just an ordinary ordinary person.

Can...... What's wrong with ordinary people? Eating and drinking for a lifetime, no heavenly punishment, no killers, and no enemies, this kind of life is what I aspire to in the first place!

Standing up, Li Qiuwen adjusted his mood and showed a kind smile: "After saying so much, I almost forgot the purpose of looking for you today." ”

"What is it?"

Ling Long was also curious why Li Qiuwen took the initiative to find him.

"Because through last night's observation, I discovered a very amazing thing......" Li Qiuwen seemed to have changed back to his previous appearance, deliberately selling a pass, and looked at Ling Long anxiously.

"If you don't say it, if you don't say it, I'll go back!"

Ling Long knew this guy's routine very well, and was about to leave, but was bounced back by the transparent enchantment beside him.

"For the sake of such a good conversation, I'll tell you. ”

Li Qiuwen cleared his throat and said word by word: "That sealing magic stone of yours is in your body at this moment!"

"I?body??"

Ling Long was so frightened that he hurriedly got up, but he didn't feel anything unusual in his body.