I'm a mentally ill person, and I was chosen to participate in the Rules of the Strange Tales.

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"Ah."

"Okay, would it be convenient for you to come see me after you've rested? There are some things that others might not understand."

Can't understand?

understood.

Jiang Xiao thought of Professor Yang from the history department, whose words were inaudible to others except for himself and Shi Shi.

Chapter 576 The Gene Lock Was Tampered With

The four of them entered the doctor's room together with B2, adopting a relaxed and composed demeanor.

"you."

"Don't worry, we understand what you mean."

“Alright.” Old Peng nodded, but still added, “If any of you are ordinary people, you should try to avoid this place, as it will shorten your lifespan.”

Shortening one's lifespan?

Everyone turned their attention to B2.

The latter expressionlessly pulled a pendant from his clothes and shook it indifferently.

Good grief, they're here to run the "dungeon" with their gear all along.

Wang Dayong and Niu Jieshi scoffed at this with disdain.

They certainly wouldn't have a friendly attitude towards this former rival department.

In Jiang Xiao's words, they are old friends who "love and hate each other".

Old Peng closed his eyes, seemingly trying to calm himself down, and spoke after a long while.

"How much do you guys know about this?"

"God, virus, high priest of the sea, history, and humans with abnormal physical changes today."

Jiang Xiao succinctly stated four key words.

Moreover, it should be said that he discovered the issues of the high priest of the sea and the historical problems himself.

Old Peng nodded, then stared intently at Jiang Xiao's face.

"Do you know what he left me before he died?"

"what?"

"Transform!"

"What?"

He said, "God might want to transform all of humanity!"

Frog fun!

true and false?

Shi Shi and the other two strange beings all stared wide-eyed.

Their bizarre vision of a "wonderful world" is nothing more than the slaughter of all humanity.

Moreover, this is just a "vision," representing their lifelong goal, or rather, a "wish" that is extremely difficult to achieve.

Moreover, "transforming all of humanity" is far more complex and difficult than "killing all of humanity."

"Is this the doctor's speculation?" Jiang Xiao asked tentatively.

"No!" Old Peng's reaction seemed quite strong: "It's not speculation! He has his own arguments!"

Immediately afterwards, whether out of nervousness or excitement, Old Peng stood up shakily and pulled out a notebook with scribbles from his pocket.

"This is what he wrote when he regained some of his sanity before his death."

Touching the words on the paper, Old Peng's eyes were filled with nostalgia and sadness, but at the same time, there was also a hint of pride.

"Hehe, others probably can't even see what he wrote. Apart from me, I guess there's no one else in the world who can recognize what's on this piece of paper."

"Oh, Grandpa Peng, stop keeping me in suspense! Tell me already, I'm getting so impatient!"

Shi Shi frowned and couldn't help but shake Old Peng's arm to urge him on.

"The document contains information about the gene lock, as well as his speculations and predictions about the subsequent development of the virus."

Mr. Peng frankly admitted.

The strange changes currently occurring in the human body are within the doctor's speculation!

Awesome!

That's all Jiang Xiao and the others could say about the doctor.

"To have predicted 'God's' next move is a pity. Perhaps that's why the Doctor was..."

"Do not."

Unexpectedly, Old Peng shook his head again.

"His death had nothing to do with predicting God's next move, because he did not speculate on God's actions, but rather deduced the result from the virus in the patient's body."

If the doctor were to actually try to "predict" God's next move, he would probably die on the spot.

"Then what is this gene lock you just mentioned?"

"Do you know where the limits of humanity lie?" Old Peng asked the five people in front of him.

Jiang Xiao was taken aback and said that he had long since surpassed the limits of the human body, so he did not know where the limits of the human body were.

b2 pulled out a dozen or so "projects" from his pocket, and said with a serious expression that his limit depended on how many props he brought with him when he went out today.

Daoist Duobao?

Because B2 holds a high position within the Bureau of Mysteries, and given the current chaotic situation, many of the Bureau's projects can be freely accessed after a simple report.

As for Shi Shi and Wang Dayong, they are not human at all, so they have no idea where the limits of humanity lie.

Old Peng gave Jiang Xiao a deep look before speaking.

The term "gene lock" shouldn't actually be used; it should be called a combination of spiritual and life miracles.

For example, those famous hypnosis experiments:

A cold iron bar can burn a person.

The old lady lifted the car to save her grandson.

Stories like the one where a mother covered 100 meters in just five seconds to save her son who was falling from a building are all examples of this.

This is because they unconsciously hypnotize themselves in a crisis.

Death from exhaustion is not due to genetic breakdown or depletion of potential.

It's just that the organ dysfunction caused by self-hypnosis and the accelerated cell division during the outbreak deplete a person's lifespan.

"You understand, right?"

The five men stroked their chins, looking deep in thought, and pondered.

"Understood." x5

"to be honest."

"I don't understand." x5

"Pretending to know what you don't!"

Old Peng looked at him with a mixture of disappointment and frustration. He said that people of all ages have this tendency to pretend to know what they don't, which is a fundamental flaw in human nature!

"How long an organism can live depends on how many times its cells can divide."

"The two cells that divide from one cell are not exactly the same as the original one; some of the genes in the cell nucleus will be damaged."

"After dividing a certain number of times, these cells will be unable to continue dividing and producing new cells due to gene damage, and the person will age and die!"

"Will you understand this?"

"Yes!" x5

This is easy to understand; it's just the process of people growing old and dying.

"The gene lock is a shackle that protects humans from forcibly unleashing the potential of cells within their bodies. Now you understand, right?"

Worried about Jiang Xiao and the others' dull minds, Old Peng gave a few more examples.

Just like Li Dalong, the phenomenal boxer in this world, who was the youngest person in history to die peacefully in his sleep.

He died because he over-exercised and his metabolism was too fast, causing him to prematurely exhaust his cell divisions.

It's not just him; many professional Muay Thai fighters don't live past forty for the same reason!

This is equivalent to compressing a lifespan of over a hundred years into a few decades, making one far more powerful than the average person.

The old woman who lifted the car to save her grandson squeezed the rest of her life into those few seconds.

If the payable lifespan is long enough, then it can capsize not only cars, but also yachts!