"That's an interesting theory."
Li Yao remembered the "fundamentalist", a special class among the Cultivators, who could activate the genes of their ancestors and show all kinds of weird primeval forms.
Li Yao himself had seen his ancestors in the primeval era in the deepest meditation and received part of the mottled memories and heritages.
In other words, he had some "nun genes" in his body too, didn't he? How interesting.
"It's true, because modern people are not completely blank. Everybody is more or less talented."
Zhuge Jinglun said, "Some people are good at refining, some are good at fighting, some are good at math, and some are naturally interested in geography, archeology, and history. Although they also need to study, their learning efficiency is ten times or even a hundred times higher than that of ordinary people. They have the same time, the same teachers, the same courses, and the same training, but they're always distinguished!
"It's not something that can be explained by high intelligence. It's also because of the tiny part of the 'nun genes'. It was the ancestors of the ancestors of those people. They were shaped into specialists in a certain field when they were first 'designed and manufactured'. Although the genes have been diluted to almost zero after hundreds of thousands of years, they still carry out the original instructions dutifully."
Li Yao raised his eyebrow.
So, it was partly because of the nun genes in his body that he could become an expert of refining?
"If we figure out the nun genes, the mystery of the birth of the Holy League will be solved!"
Zhuge Jinglun said excitedly, "When the Holy League captures a stubborn soldier of the Imperium or a sentimental citizen of the Imperium on the battlefield, they will send the captives to a facility called 'temple' for modification.
"In the first step, they will use a certain extremely precise technique. It is very likely that they will condense light waves into invisible scalpels to cut off the connection between the limbic system and the cerebral cortex in the human brain, completely separating the rational thinking from the emotional thinking of the human brain.
"After such an operation, the captives might not forget everything in the past. They might still remember all their memories, but they won't be able to touch their heart anymore. They will become an absolutely heartless animal.
"The second step is to activate the 'nun genes' inside one's body, which will show a special 'atavism' and turn modern people into the nun from hundreds of thousands of years ago. By the way, all kinds of naturally-endowed techniques will be activated. Then, one will be able to work or fight in the shortest amount of time.
"In the third phase, now that the mud man genes have been activated, the awakening of the Path of Ultimate Benevolence, or the three fundamental laws, is only a matter of time. Together with a series of hypnosis, brainwashing, and soul branding, a loyal person of the Covenant Alliance will be born!"
While talking, the three of them arrived at the town of the Holy League.
Naturally, they did not walk in directly. Instead, they observed the people of the Holy League along a transparent wall.
The transparent wall was not sealed but full of dense air exchange holes. The people of the Covenant Alliance could see them too.
Li Yao noticed something very strange.
Seeing that they had arrived, many people of the Holy League in the farmland stopped working. Those of the Holy League who were basking in the sun at the center of the town also stood up and turned their necks like sunflowers, saluting them with their eyes. Vivid colors were beaming out of their previously lackluster and indifferent eyes.
Their eyes were so scorching that even Li Yao could barely stand it. After observing for a long time, he finally realized that the people of the Holy League were not staring at him but Long Yangjun.
"Why are they … looking at you like that?"
Li Yao asked in a low voice. "Their eyes are too weird. It's creepy!"
"Isn't it obvious?"
Long Yangjun replied to him in a low voice, too. "They have sensed the air of the Pangu in me. In their eyes, I am probably a 'demigod', or at least a 'servant of the supreme god', right?"
Li Yao exclaimed. It was not until then that he remembered that Long Yangjun was a freak who was half Pangu and half Nuwa. She was indeed a "demigod" of the Holy League.
"So, they worship you, believe in you, and obey you?"
Li Yao was intrigued. Thinking for a moment, he asked, "Can you command them at will? Or even more people of the Holy League? Thousands of people of the Holy League?"
"I know what you mean, but it's not so simple. If I could make all the people of the Holy League lay down their weapons with a few words, I would've done it a long time ago!"
Long Yangjun glared at Li Yao. Thinking for a moment, she said hesitantly, "How should I explain the relationship between the people of the Holy League and their 'true god' to you? The so-called 'absolute obedience that comes from genes' is not so 'absolute'. It's true that I can command the people of the Holy League to do certain simple jobs that are reasonable. I can ask them to work in an orderly manner, serve me tea, and even show me the skills that they are best at. It's not a problem at all.
"However, if it's an order that goes against the Path of Ultimate Benevolence, or if it's something that will obviously harm the interests of the Pangu, such as' disbanding the Holy League ', they certainly won't do it. They might even be resistant to me."
"Oh?"
Li Yao blinked and said, "I'm still confused. Where is the boundary of 'excessive'?"
"It's very subtle. For example, let me put it this way."
Pondering for a moment, Long Yangjun said, "The so-called 'obedience that comes from genes' is basically like this. Imagine that you are a young man who is eighteen years old but does not know the taste of meat. Driven by your genetic instincts, you are so hard that you can almost pierce through a Crystal Suit. At this moment, your girlfriend, whom you just met, says that she is willing to spend the night with you as long as you do one thing for her. I believe that as long as the thing is not against the law and morality, you will certainly be willing and zealous to accomplish it, right?"
"About that …"
Li Yao thought for a moment and said, "Even if it is slightly against the law and morality, I'm sure that I will not hesitate to do it at all costs."
"That's right. The 'genetic instincts' of the people of the Holy League for the Pangu are more or less the same as the 'genetic instincts' of an eighteen -year-old young man for his girlfriend."
Long Yangjun said solemnly, "More importantly, after the people of the Holy League carry out the order of the Pangu, a special substance will be secreted from their cerebral cortex, which will make them feel the most intense ecstasy. It is not hard to imagine how strong their motivation is.
"However, there is a limit to everything. If the girlfriend asks the young man to kill someone before she is willing to spend the night with him, it will obviously be an 'unreasonable and outrageous' request. Chances are that the young man's burning brain will calm down, and he will reconsider the relationship between him and his girlfriend.
"By the same token, if I give random orders as a 'demigod', they will also suspect, detest, and even hate me!"
"If you explain it with such a filthy analogy …"
Li Yao said, "I understand a lot more now. No wonder they are all staring at you lustfully."
Long Yangjun grinned and pointed at one of the people of the Holy League. "Not just me. Look at that guy over there. He is staring at you lustfully, too!"
Li Yao was slightly stunned. He looked at where Long Yangjun was pointing, only to discover that a maverick of the Holy League was staring at him weirdly. After a while, he grew suspicious and looked at Long Yangjun again. After a while, he turned to Li Yao again and looked at the two of them.
"Are you serious?"
Creeped out, Li Yao rubbed the goosebumps on his arms hard. "What's wrong with this guy? Everybody else is staring at you, but he's the only one who's looking at us. He's two-timing!"
"It seems that Wuying Qi 3.0 was not lying. The so-called Sunspot Plan is real."
Long Yangjun said, "This guy is probably a sunspot. He's attracted by the scent of Wuying Qi 3.0 on you and can't tell which of us is his true god!"
Li Yao was greatly enlightened.
It did make sense. According to Wuying Qi 3.0, one in a thousand people of the Holy League were sunspots who worshipped him. Even if the odds were one in a thousand, there should be one or two sunspots here.
Li Yao secretly remembered the face and the number on the guy's chest. He also asked Long Yangjun to take special care of him and not let him die in the Holy League.
After he completely controlled the Gold Crystal Pyramid, he would be able to test the credibility of the Sunspot Plan with this guy from the Holy League.
"Director Zhuge …"
Thinking of the Sunspot Plan, Li Yao thought of something and asked Zhuge Jinglun, "Lei Chenghu once suspected that the Holy League was on the verge of internal collapse, which was why it gathered all its forces for a strategic battle with the Imperium.
"You're a specialist in the Holy League. Do you think Marquis Liaohai's suspicion is possible? Will the seemingly orderly Holy League really collapse on itself?"
"Of course it's possible. Any high-precision system that keeps expanding will inevitably collapse in the end!"
Zhuge Jinglun said, "Maintaining a town of a thousand people and maintaining a civilization of a hundred billion people are completely different. There are too many problems in the latter.
"The key is that the people of the Covenant Alliance are not 100% nuns right now. Most of them were transformed by the wise men. It's in our nature to love freedom, appreciate new knowledge, and infinite curiosity. How can they be completely erased? Under the impact of nature, the shackles of the Three Fundamental Laws are not so indestructible!
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