Chapter 96: Risk

The answer might be like this—

In the Old World, the X-17 Strain studied in the manual was sent to Mengxin City and many other places with launch towers. It was launched via the launch towers, despite knowing that extreme cold weather was unavoidable.

Then, people began to change, or rather evolve, becoming resistant to cold and hunger, able to adapt to such extreme cold. In this terrifying severe cold, they could survive even without heating protection.

And it wasn’t just humans who were affected and changed. The hyenas, wild boars, wolf packs, fish, and shrimp that had been encountered also endured one harsh winter after another through the turning of the sun and moon.

But what exactly happened in the world back then? Did people simply anticipate the arrival of the harsh winter, or was there a prerequisite for this event to occur?

Also, their current New Humans, according to the manual, were originally kept as a backup, but now they have become the so-called Type A, B, and C New Humans, remaining in this world.

What happened later that made people activate the backup strains?

And what about Type D—

That Original Type, also listed as a backup, has it appeared in this world?

Lu Xi’an suddenly thought of Chai Xin and that Fungal Stone.

The manual stated that the Type D Original Type was highly unstable, but its effects significantly improved after successful evolution, allowing it to adapt to extremely extreme environments.

Also, “Type D-1 Strain” concentrated extraction is the Type D Original Type.

Is the Fungal Stone the strain of the Type D Original Type?

Thinking about what that woman said, most people would rot and die a torturous death when exposed to Fungal Stones, but Chai Xin was fine upon contact and became even stronger than before.

So, is this an indication of the Type D Original Type’s severe instability, and Chai Xin’s case represents successful evolution?

Or, if it continues, it will evolve successfully…

Lu Xi’an felt this conjecture was highly plausible no matter how he thought about it.

He cleared his thoughts, took a deep breath, and told Yao Wei one by one the ideas he had seen in the manual and inferred after reading it.

By then, Yao Wei had already started the car and was driving south.

However, to take care of Lu Xi’an reading and maintain the vehicle’s stability, she only shifted into third gear, and her driving speed was not fast.

Upon hearing Lu Xi’an, she suddenly stepped on the brakes and said, “It should be… Should we go to Mengxin City then?”

Lu Xi’an asked, “Why, do you want to save Chai Xin?”

He felt this wasn’t like Yao Wei’s usual style; wasn’t Yao Wei always focused on stability? Why would she want to take risks for a stranger?

However, Yao Wei shook her head and said, “No. I want to find that Resonant Gene Scanner.”

“Resonant Gene Scanner.”

Lu Xi’an corrected Yao Wei’s statement.

“Yes, that’s it.”

Yao Wei nodded. She didn’t understand what genes meant, but from what Lu Xi’an had just said, it seemed very important and related to New Humans.

She continued, “According to what you said, that thing can not only discover Fungal Stones but also likely find our position.

“So, if we can get that thing, won’t we be able to discover New Humans in advance in the future?

“This way, we can avoid them in advance when we encounter New Humans, and we won’t have to worry about experiencing what we did today.”

Lu Xi’an’s eyes lit up; he had to admit that Yao Wei made a lot of sense.

That New Human might not necessarily want the Fungal Stone to discover other New Humans.

After all, holding the Fungal Stone indeed seemed beneficial to these New Humans.

Regardless of these points, the matter at hand is the Resonant Gene Scanner.

For Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei now, the greatest benefit of the Resonant Gene Scanner is indeed avoiding the risk of encountering New Humans.

With such a device, it would truly reduce a lot of trouble in the future and greatly improve their safety.

“Alas, we killed that woman too early…”

He sighed and said, “We should have acted later, asked about the situation within Mengxin City Urban Area, and also inquired about the size of that Resonant Gene Scanner to see if it could be loaded onto the vehicle.

“The New Human we killed didn’t bring the Resonant Scanner out with them, indicating that its size makes it inconvenient to carry on foot.

“Or it might be fixed on the launch tower and not suitable for transport. If we can take the Resonant Gene Scanner, all prerequisites depend on that thing being suitable for car transport.

“If it is suitable, and the city is not too dangerous now, we can make this trip.

“But if it’s not suitable, we’ll probably have made a wasted trip.”

Yao Wei was silent for a moment and said, “It wouldn’t be entirely a wasted trip, at least we could save Chai Xin.”

Lu Xi’an suddenly turned his head and looked deeply at Yao Wei.

This was the second time such words had come from Yao Wei’s mouth. Lu Xi’an found it hard to believe.

“Do you really want to save Chai Xin?!”

he asked.

Fortunately, Yao Wei shook her head again: “I think we should go, at least to take a look and confirm.

“If we can discover New Humans, then the scanner’s role would be immense. And that New Human in the city has already been killed by us, hasn’t he?”

“That’s true…”

Lu Xi’an nodded, carefully considering and judging, “That woman before said a New Human went to Mengxin City, and the abilities of the person we encountered were the same as what that woman described.

“When she spoke to us and was killed by us, the New Human’s choice was to stand by and do nothing. In that case, they shouldn’t be a group, and they wouldn’t be colluding to deceive us.

“Also, based on our state of being controlled by that New Human and the descriptions in the manual, his control was only for hormones and emotions, not refined enough for speech and actions.

“Of course—it’s not impossible that the woman lied, resentful of us for killing her and her companion, and concealed some things, wanting to use a wolf to attack a tiger.

“If she were to conceal things, what would she conceal?”

Yao Wei said, “That New Human has other New Human accomplices, like us.”

Only then would they misjudge and go to Mengxin City, encountering the other party and suffering heavy losses.

Lu Xi’an nodded, but then shook his head: “No. If there were other New Human accomplices, why would that New Human risk facing us alone?

“He is a Type C New Human, with no chance in a head-on confrontation. Even if he ambushed us from behind, he would be taking a big risk.

“In the end, he didn’t even keep the victory for himself but handed it over to the wolf pack he predicted would come.”

Therefore, comprehensively, the New Human in Mengxin City Urban Area has been killed by them, and now there are no other New Humans, only Chai Xin and the woman’s companion, which is a more likely possibility.

For the future, Mengxin City Urban Area is worth a trip.