Soldier Boy fell into thought.
He had noticed something. Kailong seemed to draw a clear distinction between the Super Fish of hundreds of millions of years ago and the current generation of Super Fish.
He had used the term "first generation" several times.
Soldier Boy frowned and asked, "Aren't you Super Fish around today the same species as the original Super Fish?"
"Strictly speaking, no. Almost every one of them had superpowers." Kailong looked somewhat forlorn.
He lowered his head to look at his body. "To preserve the purity of their bloodlines, the first generation of Super Fish bred only with others who also had superpowers, so every one of them was powerful."
"Under those conditions, the Super Fish grew so numerous that they once rivaled ordinary fish in number."
Homelander had remained skeptical throughout.
If Super Fish really had existed on Earth in such numbers, they should, logically, have left traces.
Had the government discovered them long ago and deliberately covered it up?
No, that was impossible.
Homelander quickly dismissed that conjecture.
No secret stayed hidden forever. As the world's largest intelligence operation, Vought would have known if there had been even the slightest clue.
The most reasonable explanation was that humanity had never discovered the existence of those Super Fish from hundreds of millions of years ago.
With all those questions, Homelander could no longer hold back. He cut straight to the point. "Back to what we were discussing. How did the first generation of Super Fish disappear?"
"A disaster from beyond." Kailong's answer was brief and clear, his tone deeply guarded.
Homelander immediately pressed him. "What kind of disaster could wipe out a whole group of superpowered creatures in one fell swoop?"
This time, Kailong hesitated for a long time before slowly answering, "Everything I know came