Hope

Jiang You glanced at the High Priest.

She seemed to know why Gu Shishi had turned into a pig-headed man.

That mouth of his was truly asking for it...

If she were the High Priest, she probably would have had White Silver skin him and turn him into a lantern long ago.

"Before he speaks properly, he always has to go crazy first. He'll be fine after a while."

The High Priest leisurely toyed with the worm-grass creature coiled around the back of her hand, seemingly unconcerned by what Gu Shishi had said.

Sure enough, after laughing, Gu Shishi began to cry again. He hugged his knees and wailed like a child.

Had you ever seen a pig bawling its eyes out?

Jiang You had now.

After crying, Gu Shishi seemed to gradually regain consciousness. He remained silent for a long time before finally raising his head.

The crying pig head stared straight at Jiang You.

"Do you really want to know about the Abyss Project? You'll regret it. Everyone will regret it..."

Jiang You said nothing and silently nodded.

Gu Shishi's hoarse voice drew back the curtain.

"...The oceans were polluted, the natural environment was wantonly destroyed, and humanity had already overdrawn Blue Star's bounty...

"In more and more regions, humans began losing the ability to reproduce... Those regions spread continuously like a plague, expanding farther and farther...

"...It was predicted that within at most three hundred years, the human race would become extinct because it could no longer reproduce.

"...Every country gathered the world's top biological experts and established an organization called 'Hope,' attempting to find a solution. But no matter what they tried, nothing worked."

"Until one year, an expedition discovered large numbers of mutated plants and animals in a mysterious ancient forest. That was how they