At the center of the laboratory, Qin Shou walked up to the girl in the black robe, his hands clasped behind his back. He glanced briefly at the girl's furrowed brows, then suddenly reached out to grasp her delicate and soft hand, smooth as tender shoots.
In an instant, the girl's body trembled, her brows furrowing deeper.
But as a surge of profound dark energy flooded into her body, the girl abruptly opened her bright eyes.
"You... you're a citizen of the Dark Country?" A trace of joy appeared on her frazzled face.
Qin Shou smiled faintly without saying a word, let go of her hand, and turned to leave.
Citizens of the Dark Country—do they all possess such pure dark energy?
Interesting.
Qin Shou returned to stand before Void, and the human-shaped spine-eating Gu around him no longer acted with reckless abandon but cast fervent glances at him instead.
"The future king? What do you mean by that?" he asked with curiosity.
Void hadn't deliberately avoided Qin Shou when he uttered those words earlier.
Void waved his hand, and the laboratory's virtual screen descended. The structure of a human spinal column and the body structure of the spine-eating Gu slowly overlapped.
"What do you see?" Void asked.
Qin Shou stroked his chin. "The spine-eating Gu can only parasitize humans. It can't merely be because the spine-eating Gu resembles the human spinal column under particular circumstances, right?"
A smile appeared on Void's usually indifferent face. "Indeed. We spine-eating Gu can only parasitize humans, and humans are scattered across all corners of the universe, far beyond just Earth.
We who can parasitize humans have left traces across the universe. Earth is merely one of them.
Back then, when the Pioneers sent us to Earth, it wasn't so much that we were passively brought to Earth, but rather that we actively cooperated with the Pioneers."
Qin Shou waved his hand dismissively. "The Pioneers aren't worth worrying about, nothing more than a bunch of clowns. You still haven't answered my question."
Void waved his hand again, and the virtual screen vanished. "When the chairperson becomes the ultimate spine-eating poison, the mystery of why the spine-eating Gu can only parasitize humans will naturally resolve itself."
He turned to gaze at Qin Shou, his tone remaining calm.
"Because the spine-eating Gu were originally humans!"
"What?"
Qin Shou's expression hardened, as though evaluating the credibility of the other's words.
Void continued his explanation: "Qin Shou, human evolution reached the pinnacle of the universe—their bodies attained the ability to transform any part into independent entities.
The Demigod Realm, heralded as Earth's supreme warriors, were nothing more than pitiable individuals who failed to ascend to the ranks of divine-level experts.
The progenitor of our spine-eating Gu clan was formed from the spinal column left behind by a supreme warrior at the peak of universal evolution."
Qin Shou's eyes narrowed. "If humanity had already evolved to the pinnacle of the universe, how could they die?"
Void shook his head. "Even gods have their day to fall, don't they?"
"I never expected the spine-eating Gu clan to have such origins. The progenitor was a supreme warrior at the peak of universal evolution—so what does this have to do with me?" Qin Shou's expression returned to calm.
True or false, it didn't matter, since he hadn't witnessed it firsthand. He was unlikely to believe Void's tale.
After all, in his past life, he had seen how some races shamelessly claimed everything as their own to appear superior.
The progenitor of the spine-eating Gu clan was the spinal column of a supreme warrior?
Ha, I, Qin Shou, am hardly inferior! With the System in my possession, I've fought battle after battle, suffered setbacks fewer than one-two-three-four... Oh, whatever, in any case, I am the Child of Destiny!
Qin Shou sneered inwardly but showed no emotion outwardly.
Void didn't notice Qin Shou's covert disdain. He gestured to the experimental subjects in the laboratory.
"Qin Shou, you've seen it yourself. We're conducting a study to perfectly fuse the spine-eating Gu with humans, leveraging the human body to activate that trace of supreme warrior bloodline within the spine-eating Gu. Eventually, ascending to divine-level expert status will be effortless.
Once the experiment succeeds, humans and spine-eating Gu will coexist symbiotically. Humans will become spine-eating Gu, and spine-eating Gu will become humans—indistinguishable.
This experiment, personally adjusted by the chairperson, is nearing completion.
By then, with your talent combined with Lord Leng's perfect spine-eating Gu form, the two of you would surely surpass the chairperson and become absolute rulers!"
As he spoke, Void's gaze grew intense, and he waved, causing the Void to tremble. Leng Wanbai's cold and composed figure slowly appeared.
Qin Shou's complexion turned pale upon seeing this.
"You... you... Xiao Bai... why are you here? Could it be... you're a spine-eating Gu?"
He pointed a trembling finger at the suddenly revealed Leng Wanbai, stumbling backward, his expression riddled with despair, sorrow, and rage. The perfect display of emotions from someone experiencing betrayal by a loved one—a masterclass.
Leng Wanbai: "..."
What's going on here? I haven't even admitted it yet, how am I supposed to follow up?
Just as she was about to say something, Qin Shou suddenly glared at Void with fury. "You've been targeting me, the Heaven's Chosen Son, all along, haven't you? That's why you let the spine-eating Gu parasitize Xiao Bai—to force me into compliance and cooperate with your experiment. You're despicable!"
Void's eyes brightened. "Exactly! Qin Shou, as long as you cooperate with our experiment, allowing the spine-eating Gu inside Leng Wanbai to fuse with you, Leng Wanbai will regain her consciousness!"
Hahaha, why didn't I think of this earlier?
This guy truly is a genius among humans—so clever!
Qin Shou gritted his teeth, alternating between glaring angrily at the spine-eating Gu in the room and gazing deeply at Leng Wanbai's delicate face, as though reminiscing about some fond memories.
In the end, he made up his mind, unleashing a furious roar to vent his emotions.
"Fine! You win. I'll agree to your terms, but you must guarantee Xiao Bai's safety. If anything happens to her, I'll make sure none of you succeed, even if it kills me!"
Qin Shou clenched his fists, his gaze sharp and determined.
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