After forming a covenant with the interstellar bosses

However, this option was not among the options that Her Majesty the Queen gave to Tang Zhishu at that time.

"But mother disagreed. The two options she offered: shedding all my glory and retreating into seclusion, or becoming a lowly soldier to face the monsters. In reality, she didn't even offer me a choice." Princess Lingshan's eyes were filled with sorrow. She put down her second chicken drumstick, which was only halfway through her meal. "But why is mother so concerned about the situation in the military district? The royal family has been powerless for hundreds of years. Why would she be so willing to send her own son this time?"

Song Yu gradually began to understand something.

"Before this, I discovered a disease spreading among infants and young children, now known as squamous bone disease," Princess Lingshan said. "That disease is actually not that simple. The children on the internet are just actors we paid to play. The disease actually affects the genes of those children. Secret experts from the First Military Region suspect that the disease can greatly weaken or even eliminate the main cause. Furthermore, it spreads neither quickly nor slowly, and it's not fatal, so it's easy for people to ignore it."

"Disappeared?" Song Yu was shocked. "Could it be that the primitive people have already started to attack the Interstellar Empire?"

"You remember those two soothers without their original bodies a while ago? They were the original patients of squamous bone disease," Princess Lingshan said. "They weren't born with the disease, but were implanted with a virus. That's why I always suspected that the virus was developed in some secret laboratory until you discovered the primitive humans."

"You mean, primitive people have already spread the virus among the human population?"

"Do you know about this?" asked Princess Lingshan.

Song Yu didn't want to admit her identity yet. She shook her head and said, "I did see something in that underground cavity. They were researching a way to make the main body disappear. I've told the people in the Fourth Military Region all this."

"We won't know the full extent of the virus's effectiveness until the infected children reach adulthood. Aside from the two who have already reached adulthood, even the oldest child infected with squamous cell disease is still an infant. We'll have to wait at least eighteen to twenty years. And I can't predict how many uninfected people will still be alive after eighteen years." Princess Lingshan said, "The new vaccine I'm launching can protect against the virus to a certain extent, but even the experts who developed it can't say for sure how effective it is. Fortunately, the drug has no side effects even on uninfected children."

No wonder Princess Lingshan has been promoting it vigorously, so this is the case.

"At first, I didn't connect the two things. I just had a vague feeling that someone high up in the empire must be their ally, otherwise everything wouldn't be going so smoothly." Princess Lingshan took a deep breath, "Until I discovered that my mother was behind this game."

"It's just a game..."

"It's really just a game, but it simulates the world before people were genetically modified. It's been heavily promoted as the most realistic game, suitable for all ages, and has attracted a large number of teenagers to play the game."

"Song Yu, have you ever thought about this? If some, or even a large portion of the population, play this game for a long time, and gradually get used to living without a physical body, what will happen to the first group of children infected with squamous cell disease after the initial testing in twenty years?"

Everyone would feel that not having a true form was fine, that there was no fear of the unknown, as if they had completely entered the familiar game world. They would find the primitive people hiding in the shadows not that difficult to accept, just like NPCs in the game. The interstellar empire might have seamlessly transformed into the primitive people, merging with them.

Low-level males might be excited about the balanced sex ratio brought to them by primitive genes, and thus support the return of primitive people. Women will not immediately see the disadvantages, especially those whose original bodies have disappeared. In order not to stand out, they will also adapt to this change.

Even if 001 hadn't suffered any harm and the hatred in his heart, Song Yu from Earth would have thought it was nothing.

This is a decades-long game.

Song Yu felt cold all over.

"You suspect His Majesty..."

Princess Lingshan frowned, "I really can't help but connect these things."

"But why did she do that?"

Princess Lingshan shook her head. "I don't know. Perhaps they reached some kind of agreement with the primitive people. Song Yu and Tang Gengyao originally worked with the mermaids, but mother must have been working with the primitive people behind the mermaids. They're even more terrifying."

"But why did you tell me?" Song Yu asked.

Princess Lingshan took a deep breath and said, "I know you are also looking for primitive people. After all, your match may be in their hands. As the crown prince, there are many things that are inconvenient for me to do. Zhian..."

Tang Zhian is a heartless person, which is even worse.

As for Tang Zhishu, he is Song Yu's match, and no matter what he does, he cannot escape Song Yu's eyes, so it is better to come to Song Yu directly.

"So, what do you want to do?"

"Of course we stop them. Humanity has already established a stable living environment. There's no reason why they would fall into crisis again."

Song Yu suddenly realized that this was a matter of great importance to all of humanity. Humanity's existing living environment, social system, and lifestyle were all established based on humans who had undergone genetic mutation and gained a strengthened essence. Once this essence was lost, all of this would collapse. It would be devastating, if not devastating.

"I see. I am indeed looking for traces of primitive people, but I don't have any clues yet."

"You can continue searching using your own methods. I'll also keep an eye on Mother and see if we can find her or someone close to her," Princess Lingshan said. "Once we find the primitives, we can unite several major military regions and deal with them with all our might."

"Okay." Song Yu agreed. Suddenly, a question occurred to her, "Since this game belongs to His Majesty, how dare you tell me this?"

"It's just a dark place under the lamp. She never thought that I would borrow Zhian's internal test code to come in, nor did she think that I would meet you so soon."

Okay, Song Yu didn’t know much about the game mechanics of this era, and didn’t know whether such a private conversation would be recorded. However, since Princess Lingshan had been prepared, there should be no problem.

"I'm going offline first. I won't hide this from Zhishu. He is currently helping me find the traces of the primitive people."

"Wait, I heard you're going to the Southern Star Circle. If you have the chance, please help me promote the new vaccine there and keep an eye out for children with squamous cell disease."

Song Yu agreed and went offline.

The Ouyang brothers and Wu Lingjiu had already logged off and were looking at Song Yu at this moment.