Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

"..."

Ye Ge remained silent.

"For ordinary people, being contaminated by demonic energy is practically a terminal illness. There are no medical superhumans who can treat us, and there is nowhere to buy medicine. Once contaminated, we can only wait to die and leave our bodies to rot in the wilderness. Not to mention those who have contracted demonic disease, they are basically just waiting to become demonic creatures."

Bao Bingqing looked at Ye Ge, his tone as calm as a still sea: "As a mutant with demonized genes, your Ye family should be the best able to understand this feeling."

"For the empire, we devoted ourselves to the cause, working day and night. But in the end, we lost our usefulness and became a burden. The royal family treated us like livestock."

"Does this sound familiar? Back then, you fought for the empire on all sides, conquered countless tribes, unified the country, and established the Qin dynasty. How many great contributions did you make? But after the late emperor died, hehehe..."

"Although your Ye family has suffered a great injustice, I really envy your Ye family. You have survived the demonization disease by relying on your own physique and have become the first and only genetically modified people who can withstand and even utilize the pollution of demonic energy. At least because of this, you can live in a safe environment in the mainland and let your descendants breathe the freshest air."

Bao Bingqing held the small bottle in his hand: "But we don't have this constitution, so we can only rely on the blood of darkness."

Night Song raised an eyebrow: "Relying on the blood of darkness?"

"Yes."

Bao Bingqing's deep eyes gazed at the black and red liquid rippling in the bottle in his hand, as if he were looking at the most beautiful thing in the world.

"Most of you in the mainland only know that this thing can enhance the fighting power of creatures and make them irritable and crazy, but you should not know its other function."

"It can relieve pain, it can help us adapt to the demonic energy in our bodies, prolong our lifespan, and allow us to survive in places where the demonic energy pollution is extremely severe!"

"Although our health will continue to be eroded, at least we have hope."

Bao Bingqing paused for a moment, then continued:

"Dark Blood is my creation. This creation was actually inspired by your Night Family."

"I'm wondering, we are all human, so why is it that only your Ye family survived a series of demonic diseases, achieved genetic evolution, and became demonic gene mutants? There must be a reason for this."

“I think there must be something important hidden in the genes of your Ye family that allows you to adapt to the harsh environment of demonic energy.”

"Later, I tried every possible method to collect a lot of your Ye family's blood genes and conducted analysis and research."

"We've finally found the answer."

Bao Bingqing looked at Ye Ge with calm eyes: "The blood and genes of your Ye family actually carry a portion of the latent demonic genes. In other words, one of your ancestors in ancient times should have been a human-demon hybrid."

Ye Ge raised an eyebrow.

“But this matter has not been discovered by any genetic scholars in the Empire.” Bao Bingqing smiled with amusement and continued, “I think it is because your ancestors used some means to hide this genetic trait so that your family could still survive among humans, making it recessive.”

Ye Ge looked at him with great interest: "Since even the Empire's genetic scientists haven't discovered it, how did you find it?"

Bao Bingqing smiled and said, "Don't think that just because I'm the leader of the Wilderness Forces, I'm a barbarian or a roughneck. In fact, before I was exiled to the Great Wall, I was a genetic scientist, and I consider myself a genius."

"..." Ye Ge paused for a moment, then asked, "So? You're saying that the Blood of Darkness was created based on the genes of our Ye family?"

“Yes.” Bao Bingqing sighed and said, “But unfortunately, although we have found the reason, we cannot directly replicate it. You are able to withstand demonic energy because of your bloodline genes, while we ordinary people cannot directly accept such gene cells.”

"Therefore, we can only proceed slowly and gradually, trying to genetically modify ordinary people, slowly cultivating the cells in their bodies, and making them mutants who can withstand the pollution of demonic energy."

Bao Bingqing handed the bottle of Dark Blood to Ye Ge, allowing him to see the liquid inside up close.

"This bottle of dark blood actually contains a large number of dark microorganisms."

Night Song: "Dark microorganisms?"

“That’s right.” Bao Bingqing said calmly, “These dark microorganisms are artificially cultivated by me. They parasitize the body and constantly modify the physique of their hosts, helping them become mutants and eventually achieve cellular evolution.”

"..."

Ye Ge thought to himself, "This seems a bit different from the plot I knew later."

Is Bao Bingqing lying?

But looking at Bao Bingqing's fanatical eyes, Ye Ge felt it didn't quite seem like it.

"You think I'm lying to you?"

Bao Bingqing seemed to have figured out Ye Ge's thoughts.

Before Ye Ge could speak, Bao Bingqing picked up something that looked like a remote control and pressed it against the wall.

A projected image quickly appeared on the wall of the study.

A long list of scientific research analyses, resembling a thesis, appeared before Ye Ge.

Ye Ge was slightly taken aback: "This is...?"

“This is an analysis of the experimental results of Dark Blood,” Bao Bingqing said. “What you are seeing now is actually the fourth improved version of Dark Blood.”

"Ordinary people corrupted by demonic energy, depending on the degree of corruption, can only live for less than seven days in severe cases."

"But after they consumed the blood of darkness, they were able to extend their lifespan by a full year!"

"Later, I continued to research and improve, increasing this number to three, seven, and ten years!"

Bao Bingqing held the small bottle in his hand: "Now, as long as someone doesn't abuse the blood of darkness, even if they are corrupted by demonic energy, living for another ten years is not a problem."

Ye Ge silently stared at the data on the screen.

Although he is not as good at scientific research as Gao Shenxue and Yu Li, he successfully researched the "system" in the illusion created by Lan Mi, so he can also be considered a scientist.

He could certainly understand the research and analysis shown on the screen.

Judging from these analyses and experimental data alone, Bao Bingqing doesn't seem to be wrong.

but......

Ye Ge looked at Bao Bingqing and asked, "If that's the case, why do you still want to circulate the Dark Blood to the mainland? Just to make money?"

“Making money is certainly one of them,” Bao Bingqing said leisurely. “Of course, there’s something even more important: I need data.”

"data?"

“Different people will have different physical reactions after receiving the blood of darkness,” Bao Bingqing said. “I need this data.”