Assassin Seven, starting in Shennong Kingdom!

Chapter 254 The Missing Data

The two read the contents of the document.

"Sigh, isn't this just like what the books teach? The old world's humanity collapsed, and its spiritual cultivation was insufficient to master rapidly developing technology, ultimately leading to the complete destruction of civilization."

Mark, however, found some clues and said, "Look at this."

Ran Bing turned her head and looked on in shock. "What!?"

Realizing they were speaking too loudly and that they were there to investigate, they quickly covered their mouths and whispered, "The Lighthouse used to be an old-world sky prison?! The survivors of the apocalypse were actually a bunch of prisoners."

Mark wasn't too shocked by this, and instead said, "They were both prisoners and the founders of the lighthouse."

"In the first year of the Lighthouse, the first city lord quelled the war between prisoners and guards, and Tartarus was renamed Lighthouse, signifying humanity's last home..."

"In its five years of existence, the Lighthouse suffered an invasion by ground armed forces, losing nearly half of its population. The Lighthouse then formulated detailed search and rescue regulations, prohibiting mass evacuations..."

"Eleven years later, the last stronghold on the ground was attacked by the Devouring Beasts, suffering heavy losses. The Lighthouse confirmed that the ground was no longer habitable..."

"Twelve years later, the Hunters' Force suffered... a devastating blow!? And... only one person..."

The two prepared to continue, only to discover that the data was lost and there was nothing left.

Just then, a guard on patrol wearing a gravity suit walked in. After a check, Ran Bing and Mark unexpectedly had their first intimate encounter, and their feelings for each other began to blossom.

Seeing that there was no more information to be found, the two prepared to leave and go ask the old man at the lighthouse about the past.

click...

"Um!?"

The two people who had reached the door of the archives room suddenly stopped and turned around, shining their flashlights behind them. "Who!? Who's there!"

A figure was seen standing in front of the data reading machine, inserting a data key into it.

They exchanged a glance and then cautiously walked over.

Upon approaching, the two saw the mysterious man's appearance clearly: a young man dressed in clothes from the old world. Although he was very young, his eyes were bright, but there was an eerie sense of vicissitude in his gaze.

Mark frowned and said, "According to the Lighthouse's rules, unauthorized access to the archives is severely punished."

"You were hiding in the back just now, behaving intimately, which is suspected of violating the Three Laws. Aren't you in a worse situation than me?"

Qin Ming said casually as he operated the machine in front of him.

Ran Bing was startled and said, "What exactly are you...!"

Mark was also somewhat shocked, but he still said, "We haven't violated the three laws. Besides, you shouldn't be the administrator here. Please come with me."

Having said that, he raised his hand to grab Qin Ming.

Before his hand could even touch it, he felt a sudden dizziness and fell to the ground in a strange position.

"hiss!?"

"Captain Mark! You bastard!"

"Ran Bing, don't go over there!"

boom!

"Ouch!"

The next moment, Ran Bing plopped down on Mark's back, squeezing the air out of Mark's chest, making him roll his eyes and almost faint.

"team leader!"

A moment later, Mark recovered and was helped up by Ran Bing. He covered his head and looked at Qin Ming with a serious expression, "Who exactly are you...?"

"Stop asking. Even if you wear a gravity suit, you can't touch me. Don't you want to see what happened in the past?"

Qin Ming turned around and pointed to the machine next to him.

At this point, many lost documents appeared, including the Abyss Project and some records about Bai Yuekui.

The two remained somewhat wary, but after reading the information above, they could not hide their shock.

Mark seemed to have calmed down by now, and looked at Qin Ming, saying, "I've seen you before."

"uh-huh."

Qin Ming neither confirmed nor denied it, but said with a smile, "I've seen many versions of you."

"What does it mean?"

"literal meaning."

Mark was completely confused, and Qin Ming didn't explain. Mark was actually an experimental subject developed by Nirvana Biotechnology after ASH was taken away from Jiuchuan City, combining the characteristics of Mana ecology.

It is a product intended for organ transplantation.

However, his genes are actually a product of super artificial intelligence, a project that ASH began experimenting with when it was still in Hisakawa City.

The appearance of Number 19, the humans infected after the emergence of the Earth Vine, and so on, were all experiments conducted to achieve the evolution of human genes.

Unfortunately, number 19 was also a failure in a strict sense.

He could no longer be considered human, nor was he an evolved human, which is why Mark came into being.

Even super artificial intelligence cannot achieve the perfect evolution of human genes through external means, because it would disrupt the original stable system of human genes. The initial transformation of Android 19 into a monstrous appearance is an example of this.

Not only in appearance, but from the moment his genes were damaged, Number 19's life was already in a state of chaos.

They might die in the next moment, or they might become an immortal monster.

It was the ground vine that reshaped his genes, turning him into another species.

In response, Nirvana Biotechnology Company went even further, continuing to combine Mana biotechnologies with human genes, but inadvertently created an even more terrifying monster.

Devouring Beast.

This is also the truth of the cataclysm. This research directly accelerated the process of the apocalypse, leaving humanity no chance to react or struggle, and causing them to completely fall.

"The Devouring Beasts are the product of human biological research!? How... how is that possible...!?"

Mark's expression changed slightly upon seeing this.

Ran Bing was equally shocked, but she noticed the time and questioned, "The time on this is before the Great Cataclysm. There couldn't be any record of that on the Lighthouse. Where is that person, Captain?"

The two did not notice when Qin Ming left. By the time they came to their senses, Qin Ming had already disappeared.

Mark quickly calmed down and looked at Ran Bing, saying, "The old world was corrupted by the collapse of humanity. The Lighthouse doesn't actually have detailed records about the origins of the Devouring Beasts, so it's certainly possible."

"Doesn't that mean the old world was a trap that humanity created for itself, which is why..."

Mark posted the information, sighed, and shook his head slightly, saying, "We don't know who that person was. We can't trust all the information he provided. Don't spread this around."

"Ah."

The two then looked at some of the materials Qin Ming had brought and learned about the existence of evolved humans. However, some of the records revealed the filth of the old human world, which shocked them.

This apocalyptic catastrophe was almost entirely driven by humanity itself, ultimately plunging humanity into an abyss of no return.

In their pursuit of immortality, they conducted cruel human experiments, using mana plants to alter human genes and create terrifying monsters. Their excessive exploitation of lunar resources caused a gravitational shift, ultimately leading to a cataclysmic catastrophe…

By the end, Mark didn't know what to say, he just sighed and then found the records about Bai Yuekui.

"A genius neuroscientist from the old world... suspected of being an evolved human, extremely dangerous!"

"The Abyss Watcher Project, ah! The initiators of this project were actually her and Lord Morgan!"

"Hmm...look here."

The more they looked, the more shocked they became. Mark noticed one particular line, and his expression changed. Pointing to it, he said, "The creatures born from the Mana ecosystem will prey on humans by releasing life essence when they sense intense emotional fluctuations!"

"mood?"

"So that's it..."

Mark finally understood the true meaning of the Three Laws at this moment. It was not just about maintaining the stability of the Lighthouse, but also about preventing the Lighthouse from being completely exposed to the Devouring Beasts!