"Chromosomes exist within the cells of the human body."
"There are twenty-three pairs in total, making forty-six chromosomes."
"Their functions can primarily be summarized into two categories."
"First, the storage and transmission of genetic information. Plague Extermination Arts such as [Evolution], [Degeneration], and [Reverse Creation] were all built upon this."
"Second, the expression of genetic traits, which is also the principle behind the Plague Extermination Art [Gift]."
Inside the Dream Research Institute.
Zhou Zhi idly rolled [Canopy] around in his hand as though it were a pair of walnuts, watching the strange yet tranquil scene before him.
Twenty-Three stared wide-eyed at Zhou Zhi. "And? What does that have to do with Ruan Yin?"
Twenty-Three had never heard of a disease called [Prion].
That made Zhou Zhi realize that, in this Pestilence World, the disease of [cannibalism] had never existed.
It was only natural that Miss Twenty-Three did not know about it.
At that moment, Zhou Zhi stopped walking.
"Miss Twenty-Three, the powers of [Genetics] and [Chromosomes] you gave me were incomplete."
"One of them was especially crucial."
"The twentieth chromosome."
Twenty-Three froze. "Huh?"
Miss Twenty-Three, known as the [King of Chromosomes], did not remember her own powers being incomplete at all.
Zhou Zhi did not elaborate further on that point.
Among the Plague Exterminators who had appeared in this world, the only one capable of stealing Twenty-Three's power—and with a confirmed record of fighting her—was Ruan Yin.
Though Twenty-Three's face remained expressionless, she somehow looked a little sad. "Then, Zhou Zhi, does that mean I can only be called Twenty-Two from now on?"
Miss Twenty-Three's ill-timed humor seemed rather well-timed now.
Zhou Zhi shook his head. "More accurately, Twenty-Two point five... No, that's not the point. The point is that, based on the twentieth chromosome, I deduced that Ruan Yin's