Chapter 516 - 251: Spoilers (Part 3)
To a certain extent, it also shows that the author’s ability is quite impressive... to be able to disregard people to this extent.
"Your name back then was ’Wu Su’? Just like Gong Yulu’s, all fake codes?"
Gu Ningzhi thought that Gong Yulu and Su Jiameng’s relationship must be quite unusual, even though the novel tries hard to downplay this point, upon careful observation, it feels like there’s some hidden plot there, "What I don’t understand is, according to what you say, you guys used to be very close... although you also said it’s because different paths can’t work together, something still feels very off... why use a false identity?"
"My identity and hers are different..." Gong Yulu thought for a moment and said, "Xiao Meng’s starting point in life was very high, which can be seen from the novel’s description... this is also the fundamental reason why she and I eventually parted ways."
"Her starting point in life was high?" Gu Ningzhi was puzzled, seeming not to be anything remarkable, her parents’ military rank was not high, and that grandfather seemed to have some background but wasn’t described in detail. Of course, it could be that the whole world background wasn’t fully unfolded, and many things he hasn’t seen. Besides, fiction can’t completely copy reality.
Regarding the "Su Jiameng" in the novel who traveled through time, both Gu Ningzhi and Gong Yulu believed it was fabricated. Needless to say, with so many time-travel plots in novels nowadays, it’s normal for Su Jiameng to write like this to follow the trend. And Gong Yulu discovered that some plots in the book were specially treated, and Su Jiameng’s origins were changed to this way as expected.
"Her grandfather was a born Mind Power User, her grandmother was a member of the Alliance Science Research Institute, when her parents died, their military rank was not high, but their talent far surpassed the current crop of geniuses..." Gong Yulu mentioned this with some helplessness, "And you also saw, the whole world background is the Insect Race war, for the sake of humanity, early marriage and childbirth were encouraged at that time..."
Gu Ningzhi felt like he understood something, yet also nothing, Gong Yulu could only put it more simply, "Do you know the average age of Xiao Meng’s parents when they perished?"
"Uhh... anyway, they should be forty or fifty, right?" Gu Ningzhi calculated, going by the standard of reaching adulthood in their thirties, adding Su Jiameng’s age at the time of her parents’ death, adding the two together, the couple’s age at the time of their death should be within this range.
"Wrong, when they died, their combined ages weren’t even fifty yet." Gong Yulu’s answer almost popped someone’s eyes out. According to her, did the couple start having kids at fifteen or sixteen? That’s illegal, where’s the underage protection law! Regardless of how Gu Ningzhi protested, that’s the truth.
"That’s why I say Xiao Meng’s starting point was high, her parents themselves were extraordinarily gifted, so young but they were on the battlefield just over ten years old, you could say that if they lived longer, they’d have been great fighting force for the Alliance. However... they died too soon, and their deaths... weren’t so simple either..."
"The novel doesn’t describe this plot..." Hearing this, Gu Ningzhi’s whole mind tensed up, what did Gong Yulu mean by this? Could it be Su Jiameng’s parents’ deaths in the previous life had internal factors? Not a natural death on the battlefield?
Gong Yulu sneered, "If Xiao Meng knew this truth, the Su Jiameng you see now wouldn’t have this personality. Her parents’ deaths were enough to make her, whose mind hadn’t settled yet, betray the Alliance..."
"Were her parents’ deaths related to the Alliance?" Gu Ningzhi followed up this question, Gong Yulu gave a vague answer.
"It was not done by the Alliance, but was related to an erroneous order from the Alliance... Let’s not talk about this anymore. In short, you just need to know that the couple was extremely talented, and after their deaths became heroes of the Alliance. As the offspring of those talented heroes, to what extent could Xiao Meng’s status be low? Adding her grandparents’ backgrounds... therefore, after becoming an orphan, she had the opportunity to be cultivated by the Alliance greatly..."
Maybe Su Jiameng was alone, but the halo on her was enough to guarantee her a certain degree of protection. In that era, everything was illusory, having strength and talent was the real deal!
"And I am different... about a hundred years ago, my great-grandfather participated in an extremely erroneous research, naively and arrogantly trying to research the genetics of the Insect Race to create powerful warriors to combat them. At first, it seemed very successful, but three years later, the side effects appeared, those warriors who injected the Genetic Potion became paranoid and aggressive, combative."
"That was an extremely dark period and was catastrophic for our family."
Hearing this, Gu Ningzhi instinctively thought of that research institute, and Su Jiameng’s extremely wary and disgusted attitude.
"And then?"
"If it were just like this, it wouldn’t be a big deal. Those warriors who injected the Genetic Potion were all informed of the potential side effects of the potion and were prepared for the possibility of losing their lives. After all... with the power to kill all those insects, what is one’s life worth? Too many people have given their lives for this long-drawn-out war!"
Gu Ningzhi listened quietly, though he hadn’t had such experiences, reading the novel, and listening to Gong Yulu’s account, and the research institute’s reckless behavior, a shadow cast over his heart, "So... what happened in the end?"
"I think you should have known from Xiao Meng? The terrifying evolution speed of the Insect Race? Haha, because of these warriors’ sacrifices, the situation once tilted towards the Human Alliance, however... at the most critical moment, a high-level Level Eight insect emerged from the Insect Race, with telekinesis neared Level Nine, and upon appearance, immediately gained control of these warriors, becoming a powerful tool against the Human Alliance and other races resisting the Insect Race..." (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit qidian.com to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)