7 The Good and Bad Sides of Mutation (1/2)

~Hey author here. Just wanted to mention that I will be putting the speech by system in [….] instead of '….' from now on to avoid confusion.

~Btw, this chapter took me a lot of effort to write, so please read it carefully.

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'Excuse me?' These were the only words that Long Yu could utter in response.

[Would host like for system to repeat again?] The system asked.

Right now, although Long Yu knew that the system did not have the ability to joke, he couldn't help but want to believe so.

'System, it's a joke right?'

[It is an inevitable event that will occur. The mutant genes have long existed in various species on earth, including homo sapiens. There has also been signs of the mutant genes' rapid evolution since many months ago.]

'How can that be? If that is true, then how come no one has found out about it yet?'

[System has calculated that the mutation in other species such as plants and animals have already started. These initial mutations vary from increased aggression to increased growth rate.]

The system then continued before Long Yu managed to interject.

[It is highly likely that the mutation has been concealed by other humans.]

Hearing this, Long Yu knew what the system was implying. These so called 'other humans' must have been the government and higher ups.

However, with such a widespread effect from the mutation, he believed that even those higher ups would not have been able to hide everything from the public.

Taking out his phone from his pocket, Long Yu immediately searched the web for strange and special occurrences in the recent months.

10 minutes later, a look of amazement could be seen on his face.

'I really have to give it to those higher ups. How cunning of them,' he praised.

It turns out that the government had decided not to completely hide the situation from the masses. Rather, they disguised it as a long-researched scientific experiment on genetics.

They even shamelessly claimed the outbreak of the mutation to be the results of their breakthrough.

According to the information that Long Yu read from multiple news outlet websites, the so called 'results' showed a 40% increase in crops and animal productivity.

Some news outlets even openly hailed those scientists as geniuses who will help rid the world of starvation.

'How utterly shameless,' Long Yu thought to himself.

Suddenly it hit him. What about humans?

Without delay, he asked, 'System, you mentioned that humans are also one of the species that are mutating right?'

[That is correct.]

'Then how is it that no humans have discovered the mutation happening in their bodies?