A Word of Advice

However, after the initial shock, nothing happened. The two recovered from their fear and their intelligence returned. Their minds regained their composure, and they went over the sequence of events again, realizing that they had most likely scared themselves.

"Ying" is a product left behind by the Original Epoch Clan, and the New Epoch Clan is merely its inheritor. In the initial transition period, apart from the core principles, "Ying" still retained a large number of the Original Epoch Clan instructions within its system.

However, after hundreds of thousands of years of the New Epoch Clan era, the traces of the Original Epoch Clan in the "Ying" command, except for the core principles, have all been reset.

As modern people, Humins and Cecil naturally didn't experience the period when the New Epoch Clan Council of Elders constantly tested "Fire's" bottom line and voted to change the instructions. In addition, due to the passage of time, the two had become accustomed to the current supporting system.

But what were their initial guesses? Although they deviated somewhat from the main plot later, they initially speculated that the Zerg, the Five-Name Creatures, and the Life-Extending Plant might all have originated from the Original Epoch Clan.

So, is the reason why "Ying" ignores the anomalies in this area and erases related traces a residual instruction from the Original Epoch Clan? You know, those Original Epoch Clan who wanted to build Biological Laboratory left their homeland in the first place, just to find peace and quiet.

Experiments inevitably cause some disturbances. If the monitoring devices report the anomalies, or if those foreign researchers discover them, then we'll have to move again.

Therefore, it is understandable to add some related instructions to "Ying" for this purpose.

"I need to look at the previous records and search how the predecessors handled these hidden commands." Cecil started operating again, but because the information he needed to retrieve was too old and the time period was too vague, it took a lot of time.

Fortunately, in the Swarm Network, memory data has a fast-forward function, allowing Sarah to skip the long and tedious wait, unlike Humins, who was already dozing off after providing the information.

"Found it..." Cecil's voice suddenly came, snapping Humins out of his reverie.

"How about it?"

"Because the situation here is somewhat special, the level of authority for the commands is very high. I've tried various methods, but all I can detect is that the command set here is indeed abnormal. However, I don't know the specific content of the command set." Cecil shook his head with some regret.

"Is there a way to figure this out?" Humins asked.

"No, the Original Epoch Clan who set up the command set has a very high status. With my current elder authority, I cannot change his commands."

What if I were included?

Cecil glanced at Humins, shook his head again, and said, "No, our access level with Ying is lower than that of the Original Epoch Clan. Plus, the Original Epoch Clan who set up this instruction set was likely an elder at the time. Furthermore, considering previous records, the access level of this instruction set clearly exceeds what's documented; it might have been created by more than one elder. In this situation, even if we added our combined power to the square of two, it still wouldn't be possible to solve it."

"This instruction set cannot be opened."

"There is definitely a solution. If we convene Council of Elders and 60% of the total number of members attend, and more than half of the votes are in favor, we can probably resolve the issue."

"Heh, although the requirements for unlocking all the data and records are much lower than directly unlocking the Biological Laboratory materials, there's no difference between the two for us. We still can't unlock it." Humins showed a frustrated expression, his long neck swaying from side to side, looking quite indignant.

"There's no need. Actually, we've done enough. With this, we can confirm a lot of information. First, the star system where the Zerg are located is indeed related to the Original Epoch Clan's Biological Laboratory. Even if it's not the main laboratory, it's at least an important branch and experimental site. In that case, the inexplicably appearing Zerg, and the creature that triggered all of this, are most likely the work of the Original Epoch Clan. As for the Life-Extending Plant, I'm not so sure..."

"Why?"

"The reason the Original Epoch Clan declined was due to their direct modification of genes to extend lifespan. Therefore, they are likely searching for another way to extend lifespan without side effects. The Life-Extending Plant you mentioned fits the bill perfectly. But the strange thing is, according to you, the Life-Extending Plant is almost a finished product, requiring only simple extraction to have good effects. If this Life-Extending Plant was created by the Original Epoch Clan, why haven't they used it? Unless the Life-Extending Plant has some flaws, or it wasn't created by the Original Epoch Clan."

After hearing Cecil's speculation, Humins shared his intelligence. "Life-Extending Plant do have some flaws. Their broad-spectrum effectiveness is limited. Tests have shown that their extracts currently only have an effect on about 30% of the Alliance races."

"That's it. This range is too small. The Original Epoch Clan is very likely within the 70% that don't have any effect." Cecil nodded, indicating that this was correct.

Humins, however, disagreed with her statement. He unconsciously shook his head, and Cecil immediately noticed his action, saying, "Humins, do you have a different opinion?"

Humins thought for a moment, then finally said, "Cecil, you don't know this, but we've been developing Life-Extending Plant incredibly fast, faster than you can imagine. Actually, increasing its broad applicability isn't difficult. When we first encountered it, its broad applicability was just over 20%."

Cecil did some mental calculations. Humins had only been working with Life-Extending Plant for a few years, yet he had already increased the broad-spectrum effectiveness of Life-Extending Plant by several percentage points. This progress was indeed astonishingly fast.

But perhaps because Humins had always affirmed her, she was somewhat unwilling to have her conjecture suddenly refuted. So, she continued to argue, "Perhaps it's because our technological level has far surpassed that of the Original Epoch Clan. After all, hundreds of thousands of years have passed since then."

However, her tone was filled with uncertainty and unease, clearly indicating that deep down she did not agree with her point of view.

Humins shook his head and said earnestly, "Cecil, I'm a few years older than you, so I'll take the liberty of giving you some advice: never underestimate the Original Epoch Clan. They are the founders, while we are merely inheritors. A single Ying is an insurmountable mountain for us. We have no right to be arrogant."

Although Cecil was somewhat unconvinced by the advice he received from his classmate Humins, upon closer reflection, he realized that it was indeed true.

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