Questions could be asked of the alien intelligent entity, but the price was that humans would be devoured as food.
"So that's how it is."
After obtaining the on-site intelligence from Zhang Minglu, Guan Tong understood why the Official Department had chosen not to disclose it, and he also understood the true meaning of the Hidden Rules.
One line in particular read: "Its interaction mode will change according to its state of hunger."
Judging from the situation on-site, human questions would trigger its appetite, and once its appetite was triggered, it had to eat.
However, since the Official Department had already reached this conclusion through practice, the Hidden Rules Guan Tong provided were of little value.
Still, after learning this, he could not help feeling conflicted.
"This really is..."
Guan Tong did not know what to say.
Cruel?
"It looks like the UHC will transport captured parasites over as food," Shangyuan Zi said from beside him.
As a member of the Source Tracing Brigade, she had not been kept in the dark about the intelligence Guan Tong had exchanged for.
"Yeah. That's precisely why the Official Department concealed the news. It seems the UHC coalition forces in Black Flag Nation will launch a rapid offensive over the next few days and capture as many parasites as possible."
"What question do you think the Official Department will ask?"
"The highest-priority question will definitely be, 'How can parasites be identified?'" Guan Tong said. "If they can obtain an answer, it will ensure an accurate supply of food going forward while also solving a massive threat to human survival."
The longer the parasite problem dragged on, the more troublesome it became for humanity.
Most parasites were currently transformed from ordinary people. Their overall combat strength was relatively weak, and they could still be