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"Then how did you come into contact with the 'rebirth' experiment? And what do you mean by saying that if the experiment succeeds, humanity will perish?"

Qi Yan brought the topic back to the issue that they were most concerned about at the moment.

Lin Che pursed his dry lips, and his voice became a little low: "The so-called rebirth experiment is not a literal rebirth, but a seizure."

"The ultimate goal of the creator of the experiment is to achieve immortality and turn all of humanity into his puppets. This is what he calls 'Nirvana rebirth'."

Qi Yan was not too surprised when she heard his explanation. In fact, from the experimental clues they had obtained before, they could already guess a little.

Lin Che continued, "They obtained an ancient microorganism. After this microorganism parasitizes into a living organism, it will quickly change the structure of the organism. Initially, the direction of this change is uncontrollable..."

He paused here, and Qi Yan thought of the "pioneer" and "recreation" mentioned by Shen Yi based on his words. Combined with Helka's infected people and the monster transformed by Deka Kess, these two are obviously semi-finished products or the product of failed experiments.

At this time, Huo Linyuan also thought of what Aled said about assimilation, and his eyes couldn't help but darken.

Qi Yan then asked: "You just said that the experiment has entered its final stage, which means that they have already controlled the direction of the mutation, right?"

"Yes."

"This kind of mutation is divided into two categories. One category is those who voluntarily participate in the transformation, which they call managers; the other category is parasites who are passively transformed."

"This parasite will 'eat' the host's autonomous consciousness and then derive a new mind consciousness, which will be completely controlled by the creator."

"Once the 'rebirth' is complete, even the most advanced biometric recognition system will not be able to identify it, because the host is still the same person and the genetic sequence has not changed at all."

"It's like a cuckoo taking over a magpie's nest, killing the host and then taking everything from him for itself."

Qi Yan felt a chill down his spine. If the conspiracy of the person behind the scenes succeeded, would there ever be peace in this world?

At this moment, Huo Linyuan finally understood why the soldier who poisoned Dai Heming chose to commit suicide in the most tragic way. The other party wanted to destroy his body to prevent them from tracing it back to the experiment.

"In order to obtain various abilities, they put this microorganism into different organisms, and then selected the best donors, and then applied the donor's gene sequence to the next experimental body."

"This process repeats until the most perfect experimental subject is cultivated."

At this point, Lin Che hesitated for a moment, then looked at Huo Linyuan: "Their first target is the military. Although there has been no large-scale invasion yet, I am sure that there must be parasites in the military now."

It is precisely because of this that Lin Che does not dare to trust the military, because he cannot determine whether the other party is the real person or a parasite.

Huo Linyuan narrowed his eyes and had no doubt about it.

Qi Yan suddenly felt a chill all over his body, because he thought of the setting in the original text. In the later period, more than half of the Twelve Legions finally betrayed Huo Linyuan.

Before, he always thought that Huo Linyuan was unable to travel far because of mental damage, and thus lost control of the various legions.

But if everything Lin Che said was true, then the reason for their rebellion was most likely due to parasitism.

If this is the case, then everything makes sense. No wonder the once iron-clad Twelve Legions eventually became a loose sand.

No wonder those generals who were loyal to Huo Linyuan would rebel at the last moment.

An indescribable anger and fear spread throughout Qi Yan's body, causing his clenched fists to tremble slightly.

At this moment, a big warm hand covered his hand, and then the slender fingertips slowly separated his fingers and then interlocked their fingers with his.

Qi Yan looked up and met Huo Linyuan's soothing eyes. His mood instantly calmed down a lot.

"How do you know there hasn't been a large-scale invasion yet? What else do you know about parasitism?" Huo Linyuan asked.

"Because the spores have not yet formed." Lin Che said.

"Spores?" Qi Yan asked in confusion.

"It can be understood as an activator. To complete parasitism, two steps are required. The first step is to inject the eggs containing microorganisms into the host, and the second step is to activate it with the 'key'."

"Unactivated eggs will remain dormant in the human body and will not affect the host. Only after activation will these ancient microorganisms rapidly reproduce and then slowly 'eat' the host."

"And the spores are the key to starting 'rebirth'." Lin Che said.

After listening to his explanation, Qi Yan couldn't help but mutter to herself: "So that's it..."

Seeing Huo Linyuan looking at him, Qi Yan continued to explain: "The two activated cells that Grandpa Aled extracted before have very high activation levels. When they live in the host's body, they will quickly cause damage to the body, so it is difficult to achieve a balance."

"But if you can hide these activated cells, the host's immune system won't recognize them."

"When the inactivated cells merge with the body's own cells and become an inseparable part of the body, the risk can be greatly reduced by activating them with the 'key' at this time."

“As long as the dosage is accurate, you can control the balance at will.”

The reason why they poisoned Helka in small amounts multiple times before must be because they wanted to control its activity, but they failed in the end.

At this moment, Qi Yan suddenly thought of something and looked at Huo Linyuan in horror: "A Yuan!"

The fusion process takes a long time, so it’s not that there hasn’t been a large-scale invasion, but that it hasn’t been activated yet!

After realizing this horrific possibility, Qi Yan felt as if the blood in his body was flowing backwards and his body couldn't stop shivering.

With just one look, Huo Linyuan understood his thoughts, squeezed his palm soothingly, and then looked at Lin Che: "Lin Yao is also a test subject for the rebirth experiment."

Not a question.

Lin Che froze, but didn't say anything.

Seeing this, Huo Linyuan lowered his eyes and spoke in a much more severe tone: "I said that I would not do anything to Lin Yao, but if you deliberately conceal it, even if the military wants to help, they will not be able to do so."

Hearing this, Lin Che was a little shaken. Finally, he took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Yes!"

At this time, Huo Linyuan suddenly stood up, and Qi Yan was pulled by him and stood up with his strength.

Huo Linyuan walked up to Lin Che and looked at him sharply: "Where is she? Take us there."

When he said this, he no longer tried to restrain his aura, and his whole body exuded a majestic aura without even getting angry.

It was not until this moment that Lin Che truly realized what the strongest person in the universe was. The aura surrounding him alone was enough to prevent him from even thinking of resisting.

Qi Yan didn't understand and looked at Huo Linyuan in confusion: "A Yuan?"

Huo Linyuan squeezed his palm and said, "Let's talk while we walk."

Then he said to Lin Che: "Lead the way."