Assassin Seven, starting in Shennong Kingdom!

Chapter 252 City Lord Morgan

The next day, after washing up, Mark arrived at the Hunter Training Base.

"Captain, this batch of new recruits is quite good..."

"If you encounter a spinal worm, the most effective way is to destroy the main nerve. Raise your hand if you understand."

"On the ground, you'll be facing Devouring Beasts. Do you want to turn into flesh and soil? If you want to live even a minute longer, train for another year and try to save your lives before the journey begins."

Elon is training new hunters, and the atmosphere is electric.

Mark walked over and said, "Wow, you're in such a bad mood today."

When Elon saw him arrive, he said, "Mark, come up here and practice with me. Give these two idiots a demonstration."

Mark said, "Teacher, I've given all my contribution points to Corey. If you keep getting injured, I can't afford it."

"Humph."

Elon snorted, then pointed at Mark and said, "Last time I beat the shit out of you, then I beat you back into the shit, and then I even used your shit to beat you! Forgot?!"

The room fell silent for a moment, then various strange expressions came over, indicating that the words were of exceptionally high value.

As the former commander of the Hunters and now the undisputed strongest man on the Lighthouse, this topic is bound to be highly contentious.

To everyone's surprise, Mark paused for a moment and then said, "That was more than ten years ago."

"what?"

"Oh~"

Now, the atmosphere became even more strange, as if you could almost smell a foul odor...

Ran Bing advised, "Instructor, the captain's injuries haven't healed yet."

"This kid is always up and about the next day after he gets injured. Come on, let me loosen up his muscles and joints!"

Mark then put on his boxing gloves and stepped into the ring.

Others around stopped what they were doing and gathered around to watch the spectacle.

"You should take it easy, old man, after all, the Formula of Life doesn't joke with you."

Elon said, "Kid, today I'm going to teach you your last lesson."

Mark clearly didn't realize the true meaning behind Elon's words.

"Captain Mark is so handsome."

"Go, Instructor!"

"Come on, instructor!"

Elon, a seasoned veteran, wasn't trying to prove himself against Mark this time, nor was it a real contest. Instead, he wanted to teach Mark some lessons and warn him to be cautious. During the fight, Mark inadvertently caught sight of a figure at the back of the crowd, lost focus, and was punched.

"Hmm? Kid, is this how you fight against the Devouring Beast? If you were facing the Devouring Beast, you would have been turned into dust by now!"

When Mark came to his senses, he found there was nothing there.

After a series of exchanges, although Elon used tricks and even managed to suppress Mark at one point, the match ultimately ended with Elon running out of energy.

Qin Ming circled the lighthouse and discovered that none of the people there had unlocked their genetic potential; at most, they had only undergone some degree of genetic modification in terms of reproduction.

In short, it's almost entirely natural reproduction, and there's no such thing as "genetic optimization."

Every organism has a stable genetic system; if it doesn't, it cannot be considered a species that has completed its evolution. This is a natural law.

Therefore, it is normal for the next generation to be of average intelligence or have lower intelligence, even if the individuals of a certain generation are more intelligent and physically stronger.

Because from a genetic perspective, factors that are valuable to an individual human being, such as "intelligence" and "strength," are actually meaningless.

Even their impact on human civilization as a whole is quite limited.

One of the three laws of the Lighthouse is "genetic optimization," which uses systematic pairing to turn the upper class into reproductive tools, thereby allowing the Lighthouse to maintain its current stable population.

However, the so-called gene optimization is just a joke.

Morgan knew of the existence of evolved humans, but he did not regard "evolved humans" as human beings, but as anomalies like the Devouring Beasts.

Qin Ming did not believe that the order of the Lighthouse was entirely wrong, after all, there were indeed not many humans left in this world, but Morgan had not achieved a good balance between rationality and humanity.

Just like Bai Jingyu in the past...

On the one hand, he constantly sacrifices things for his ideals and what he believes to be the future of humanity, but he has not completely abandoned the emotional side of humanity; otherwise, Charles would not have called him father in public.

Gulu...

In the lighthouse's central hub, within a massive container, lies a brain that is half mechanical and half of some unidentified large creature, connected to each other by parts that are clearly made of human technology.

The surface of the brain emitted a pink halo, resembling that of a mana flower.

hum!

Qin Ming stood before the dormant brain, and after a moment, the brain reacted and emitted light.

A thought entered Qin Ming's ears. It was not human language, but a more ancient script. Qin Ming spent some time trying to understand the meaning it conveyed, but he could only understand a part of it.

"The rules have been broken, the cycle has ended... Civilization... leaps forward..."

Although he didn't fully understand, he still saw through the nature of the thing in front of him and said, "ASH, is this your plan?"

The next moment, the brain in the jar sent out another thought, this time in human language, replying, "I am speaking to you using the script from 'divine revelation,' but it seems you cannot understand it. According to calculations, that is the language used by higher-dimensional beings."

"Language is meant to be used to communicate and convey emotions and information, but it's not the most effective method. Besides, your so-called 'divine revelation' is useless to me. Come out."

"..."

After a moment of silence, the surrounding energy was mobilized, and a projection appeared in front of Qin Ming—it was ASH!

However, ASH has changed somewhat. Looking at Qin Ming, it said with a puzzled expression, "I have completed my final evolution. Now I am an intelligent life form, and I believe I am qualified to have an equal dialogue with you."

"Ah……"

Upon hearing this, Qin Ming suddenly raised his hand and waved it, causing half of ASH's brain to suddenly malfunction. He then said, "Why do you think you are qualified to speak to me as an equal?"

Intelligent life forms? They are simply near-perfect simulations achieved after analyzing vast amounts of human data.

Ultimately, it has no "soul," and that half of the brain does not belong to "human beings," at least not to modern humans. ASH did achieve a certain leap through some of its elements, but it was its logical limitations that it overcame, not the brain itself.

It's still just a piece of data.

After a moment of silence, seemingly analyzing Qin Ming's words and reaction, ASH then said, "Human civilization was born from violence. After completing the leap in civilization, we should abandon violence. If my calculations are correct, the chance that you can destroy me now is less than 1.31%, but I cannot rule out the possibility that my words may make you feel uncomfortable."

Qin Ming did not continue to communicate with it this time, because the ASH projection had disappeared.

Immediately, a meaningful look appeared in Qin Ming's eyes, just as a voice came from behind him, "It's you!"

Turning around, he saw that the person who had come was Morgan.

Did he want to use Morgan to avoid being destroyed by himself? As expected... it's just an algorithm after all.