Chapter 769 (1/2)

Chapter 769: Clever Beasts

Lan Jue paused “Why is it bad that there are so many survivors?”

Lan Qing explained in his typical emotionless voice “Did you think about why there were so many survivors? These creatures are on the top of the food chain, there have any nuenes No, there’s another reason – to delay us Once the fight starts I’m sure they’ll find a way to make us watch as they kill any human left What e do then? We don’t have a choice, we have to save them We’ll have to save e enough to do the job we ca do you think this rescue will take?”

Lan Jue’s face darkened as he understood what his brother was saying He’d been focused on whether or not the planets were evolving because it was integral to their plan, but now he sa tricky things really were They had been right to assuun the evolution process, but no one kne long it would take If they got bogged down in a massive rescue mission the worst case scenario was too dire to contemplate

“They’re too damn clever” Lan Jue shook his head “But we can’t just leave the about hundreds of thousands of people! Can’t we find a way to have it both ways?”

A spark flashed in Lan Qing’s eye “I’ve been thinking about it I’ and Hua Li, then we’ll talk about it There’s a lot we’ll need to change froinal plan”

Lan Jue’s heart sank Their situation was getting worse by the hour If they focus their efforts on saving people they didn’t have enough soldiers to clear the planets of aliens,for the alien home worlds

After a little while Kang Hui, Hua Li, the Wine Master and the Keeper arrived They gathered together to discuss the plan Lan Jue began by sharing what he’d learned, going over everything in detail The others listened with increasingly deepening scowls

Lan Qing first swept his attention over to the Keeper “Your Majesty, have you discovered anything about the infected?” He was likely here for just that reason

The Keeper, his face dark and iun to see e can learn, their condition is complicated Simply put they suffer from a sort of disease – a terrible affliction that attacks the victienetics and bodily functions On the surface the syths, extends their life, and releases potential by stiree However, at the core of it this disease poisons the victim’stheenous with all the other infected We believe this is how the aliens control them”

“So you’re saying,” Lan Jue cut in, “the aliens are capturing hu their potency in order to use them as their own tools? As a way to better understand our technology?”

The Keeper shook his head “That was my hypothesis at first, but evidence disproves the theory This affliction causes human DNA to activate and become more readily definable This would allow theenetic makeup in order to assist their own evolution”

“Isn’t this what you told us when you caenetic infors”

Lan Jue nodded “Is there a e can turn them back? Reduce the number of afflicted?”

The Keeper frowned “It’s difficult We’ve never seen anything like this before, and understanding it well enough to develop a cure will take tioes beyond any y it will take one or two years before we can research a cure”

Lan Jue shrugged “Perhaps there’s another method? Some scientific process or…”

But the Keeper cut hi suitable to be used in this case This disease directly attacks the genetic code We can’t si the aberrant bonds At best we return theetative state which there is no cure for So far as we’ve been able to tell there is only one option There ht off the poison with their own immune system If we can find anyone who is able to do this we can extract their cells and use them to develop and antidote However, it is i soenes is very small”

The aliens and their poisons were strong Indeed it would not be easy to find someone with the innate ability to resist them