In the wake of the disaster, humanity gradually came to accept these facts.
Before they could rebuild, they had to root out the Life Gene Association.
Humanity had never given up hope, nor had people stopped having children.
And now, a real source of hope had appeared.
People discovered that children born after the disaster generally had some resistance to the unknown radiation.
That resistance was only somewhat stronger than their parents', though. It did not make them completely immune to mutation.
Still, these newborns were naturally sturdy and better equipped to survive the apocalypse.
The truly powerful ones were the third generation.
They were the grandchildren of those who had witnessed the disaster firsthand.
They were born with even stronger bodies and lower rates of radiation damage than the second generation.
Once they grew up, they would be the generation humanity counted on to fight the Life Gene Association, investigate the catastrophe, and reverse its effects.
As a result, the Life Gene Association officially entered an era of decline.
But its earlier mass recruitment had left it with considerable reserves of strength.
As the saying went, even a starving camel was bigger than a horse. Besides, the Life Gene Association had controlled a wealth of advanced technology even before the apocalypse.
And among the third generation, there were plenty of turncoats, as well as people the Life Gene Association had duped.
The Life Gene Association was no longer at its peak, but it had survived to this day and remained the undisputed dominant power on the planet.
The struggle between the two sides had continued ever since...
"So you tried to poison us because you thought we were from the Life Gene Association, here to capture people?"
After hearing the old man's story, Lin Feng quickly put the pieces