Human Path

  Regarding the professor's remarks, Li Aozi her firmed nor dehem. On the surface, he appeared skeptical, but iy, his attitude towards the professor and the entire Abyssal Humanitarian Rescue anization was far from positive.

  Before being brought to the professor, he had been ied with various doses s and subjected to three hours of interrogation. However, these were nothing to Li Aozi.

  Although he was not a transdent, his charm value was very high. Taking a few hits, ag pitifully, and revealing a few words made the other party believe him.

  However, when faced with drugs like truth serum, Li Aozi had no way out. He could only bite his too prevent revealing the truth.

  In fact, if Li Aozi opehe fa pa this moment, he believed the professor's favorability towards him wouldn't be too low.

  The most fortable thing about the attribute 【Charm】 is that it releases indiscrimiowards the selected target. Even if it's aal creature, a meical lifeform, or a void hunter, if your charm is high enough, they will like to be with you.

  To gaiher party's trust, Li Aozi deliberately hesitated before asking the professor:

  "What exactly is Esha?"

  "To ahat question, I must first ask how much you know about Aoneng."

  "Is there any e?" Li Aozi preteo be puzzled.

  "The e is signifit."

  The professor adjusted her gsses and patiently expined:

  "You should know that before the Gactic Era, during the so-called Old Era, the people of Azure Star had no Aoneng, nor were there extraordinary beings like warriors or psychics. Humans greeted each other with nuclear ons and lived in the shadow and fear of nuclear war. However, due to the principle of mutual destru, prehensive wars among humans almost no longer broke out."

  "Ironically, the most peaceful period of human civilization was living on the brink of world destru."

  "But all of this was based on the premise of 'nuclear war leading to the colpse of civilization'."

  "A historian once said: oermihe mode of war. At a certain point in time, humans turo a power more sinful than nuclear ons."

  The professor paused and suddenly asked:

  "Mr. Patient, what do you think of superhumans?"

  Li Aozi's heart stirred, and he immediately replied in the format he had in mind:

  "No matter how super a human is, they are still an individual. They still he group to nurture and support them. However, with the emergence of a rge number of superhumans, social order will face great challehe css gap that could be banced by knowledge and education will bee harder te."

  The professor nodded, somewhat surprised:

  "As expected of a civilized person who actively fled to the outside world. Quite remarkable."

  "The children of superhumans will still be superhumans and even more stable than the plutocrats and royalty."

  "Therefore, even if someone from the lower css ges their fate through superhuman power, their desdants will still bee rulers of the monopolistic css, perhaps even more so than before."

  At this point, the professor looked at him:

  "And the fual reason for the ge in the mode of war, css ges, and the upheaval of world order is the emergence of transdent beings."

  "Transdent beings infiltrate deep into cities, create terrorist attacks, assassinate corporate executives, gover officials, or even cause natural disasters."

  "Once such superhumans appear, they turn the old stable order upside down. This ultimately leads to the diminished effect of nuclear deterrence. With assassinations aru by transdent beings, national leaders no longer cherish pead start wars wantonly."

  "The final oute is the world as it is now."

  "So, what caused the emergence of transdent beings?"

  "I think you should have guessed it by now."

  Li Aozi said in a deep voice:

  "Esha."

  The professhed:

  "Yes, it's all about Esha."

  "Although no one has ever identified what those red-bck substances in the sky really are, there is no doubt that the moment they appeared on Azure Star, transdent beings also appeared on the ground."

  "Don't you find it very tal?"

  "Those martial arts that cim to have been passed down for thousands of years were silent during the nuclear eriod. But now, with more advaeology, martial artists who rely solely on physical strength suddenly became super soldiers who take the enemy's head from among thousands of troops ht."

  "Powers that defy physics, psychid sorcerers once sidered feudal superstitions, and even specialized anizations training psychic potential all emerged."

  "These things have existed on Azure Star for less than three hundred years, and people have fotten that they all appeared almost ht."

  She pointed upwards and said:

  "Just like... that red-bck cloud. Bringing bad lud letting evil spirits roam."

  "So, you call that red-bck cloud Esha?"

  Li Aozi frowned. He hadn't dohis task personally, and the other's statement surprised him.

  It wasn't that it articurly shog... but that the guess retty close.

  Although he wasn't optimistic about whether they could reach a clusion in time with the other's research methods, the professor's thinking was correct.

  He immediately raised the issue that would trigger the task:

  "Do you think Esha is a virus? Is that why it ied me?"

  "Without a doubt, Esha is an unpreted virus."

  The professor said in a deep voice:

  "It is a nanovirus. Its diameter is only a fra of a naer, while ventional viruses are usually over 10 naers."

  "Esha undoubtedly es from atmospheric substances and spreads through the air. It doesn't directly cause death. Patients with iion levels below 3 won't show obvious pathological features."

  "Yes, judging by your expression, you probably guessed it."

  "The reasoside world still has most of its living people is actually due to Esha. It doesn't kill its host. In fact, as a small-sized virus, it tends to coexist with the host, killing other viruses and micranisms. So basically, those ied with Esha are almost disease-free."

  Li Aozi nodded.

  The reason why resistance anizations like the 'Rose Army' could still exist iside world and even front the four nations with ielr teology is naturally justified.

  But then, the professor ged her tone:

  "However, ohe iion level exceeds 3, the situation ges."

  "As I mentioned before, Esha's small size allows it to enter biological cell membranes and cell walls, directly targeting osomes and molecur structures."

  "It kills the inal osome fragments and quickly replicates itself, f repts."

  "Some people, due to their molecur structures being altered by Esha, gain unpreted transdent abilities, such as jumping further, growing scales, and trolling bone growth autonomously."

  "But most people aren't so lucky."

  "Most of the level 3 ied will experience gene colpse, quickly being deformed, aging rapidly, or uo care for themselves, ultimately leading to death."

  "At level 4, ied individuals undergo further ges."

  "Some mutate so thhly that they lose human form, devolving into inhuman monsters. They wahe outside world, being terrifyis."

  "Another portion of level 4 ied, I boldly specute, are the most on transdent beings in the world today."

  "Whether it's internal forartial arts, Aohat maniputes natural ws trary to stific principles, spiritual power unig with spirits, magiing with elements, or hunters extrag power from maery, Esha pos be detected in their bodies."

  "No matter how you look at it, such a virus is not a natural product. Years of research have only strengthened my belief that the red-bck Esha virus is not a creation of nature."

  At this point, the professor looked at Li Aozi with a heavy expression:

  "In other words, it's a creation that surpasses human teological limits. Human teology and enviroal levels ot create such a substas in only be from..."

  The professor didn't specify, seeming someprehensive.

  Li Aozi had no such reservations. He seized the moment and tinued:

  "——From the Abyss of Stars."

  "The Abyss of Stars... haha, quite an apt description."

  The professor looked at Li Aozi with a plex expression:

  "You are the only observed existehat matches the level 5 ied."

  "Although ied, you still maintain your sanity, with a strong tendency for self-harm and halluations—these are characteristics that level 4 ied never exhibit. Based on research data and ical information, we've always believed there would be level 5 ied, but until today... you have shown the possibility of matg."

  "……What do you want?"

  "Mr. Li Aozi, you are very important."

  The professor said:

  "The Abyssal is a humanitarian rescue anization, emphasizing human value, maintaining human dignity and rights. Likewise, we oppose any form of ideological trol and coer on humans."

  "Although your identity is crucial, even capable of ging the

  fate of all humanity, what we are about to do may not to ventional humanitarian principles."

  "Simply put, we need you to cooperate with our research, which has signifit implications for the world and could save the lives of billions iside world."

  "However, I must also warn you."

  "During the experiments, to achieve oals, there may be irreversible damage to your mental and physical health. I want to inform you of such sequences in advance."

  "You choose to leave. The Abyssal is a humanitarian rescue anization. We do not wish to bind your personal freedom with the fate and future of all humanity."

  "So, please make your choice."

  As her voice fell, a system prompt immediately popped up in front of Li Aozi:

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  【Do you want to join the Abyssal Humanitarian Rescue anization?】

  【Yes/No?】