The old man froze at the two questions.
He stared at Lin Feng with disbelief, his eyes narrowing to slits.
"You're not from the Life Gene Society?"
Lin Feng's face darkened.
"Am I asking you, or are you asking me?"
"What the hell is the Life Gene Society? I've never even heard of it!"
"Really, really not from the Life Gene Society?" The old man remained stunned for a moment. Upon hearing this news, he seemed to have suffered a huge blow, unable to believe his own judgment…
People from the Life Gene Society never denied their identity.
These two… were they mistaken?
The old man's mind went blank, his thoughts in a haze.
"..."
Seeing that Lin Feng had fallen silent, the old man fell into self-doubt, muttering to himself.
"It shouldn't be, it shouldn't be."
"Besides the Life Gene Society, where else can you find such clean humans these days…"
"Alas… if you're not from the Life Gene Society, why didn't you say so earlier! Alas…"
The old man suddenly looked full of regret. Lin Feng was completely bewildered.
Was this old man having a delusion?
Lin Feng frowned and exchanged glances with Aofili, completely clueless as to what was wrong with the old man.
"You, you're really not from the Life Gene Society?" the old man asked again.
Lin Feng still didn't speak.
Aofili, however, shook her head.
"Old man… elder, we are not from any Life Gene Society. Is there some misunderstanding here?"
Upon learning that Lin Feng and Aofili were not from the Life Gene Society, the old man's hostility and inexplicable hatred vanished.
Only suspicion and regret remained in his expression.
"If you're not from the Life Gene Society, then why did you come here…" the old man pointed at Aofili, his hand trembling.
Aofili couldn't help but say, "Didn't we just say? We just have some questions we wanted to ask…"
"Ai yo!" The old man slapped his own face, tears suddenly welling up in his eyes.
"You should have said so earlier, you should have said so earlier!"
"My Ah Huang…"
The old man slapped his face repeatedly as he shakily picked up the mutated wolf, which was growing stiff on the ground, into his arms.
"I, I thought you were from the Life Gene Society, and that the Life Gene Society had come to capture experimental subjects again…"
"It's not my fault, it's not my fault! In this world now, only the Life Gene Society has humans dressed so cleanly…"
The old man embraced the wolf, weeping on the ground.
Aofili couldn't bear to watch the suddenly sorrowful scene and looked away.
What the hell, they were fighting to the death just a moment ago, and now a dramatic, sentimental scene was unfolding?
Aofili's little head couldn't comprehend it…
Lin Feng remained silent, his eyes fixed on the old man, wary that he might be putting on a sophisticated act.
However, the old man's hostility had genuinely disappeared.
The words "experimental subjects" and "Life Gene Society" and "capturing people" that the old man had uttered made Lin Feng's imagination run wild.
Lin Feng sat down on a chair, quietly waiting for the old man to vent his emotions.
After a long while, the old man finally seemed to quiet down.
"It's fine, it's for the best. Ah Huang lived in constant pain. It's better that he's dead. At least he won't suffer anymore."
The old man murmured to himself, stroking the wolf's head as if bidding a quiet farewell.
Seeing that the old man's emotions seemed to have stabilized, Lin Feng slowly began to speak.
"We come from a very distant place and are visiting here for the first time. We truly just wanted to ask some questions."
"Now, can you tell us what the Life Gene Society is?"
"And what did you mean by thinking we came to capture experimental subjects?"
"I believe we may have had a misunderstanding. If you are willing to provide this information, I will offer some compensation."
As he spoke, Lin Feng took out some compressed biscuits, chocolate, and other supplies and placed them on the table.
He had originally intended to interrogate the old man harshly.
But the old man's sudden change of demeanor made Lin Feng feel that it wouldn't be so troublesome to get the information.
Moreover, judging by the situation, the old man seemed to have genuinely misunderstood something earlier.
It seemed that the old man detested the Life Gene Society, and the way Lin Feng and Aofili were dressed made him mistake them for people from the Life Gene Society, which led to the previous scene…
At least, that was Lin Feng's deduction.
The old man's gaze clearly drifted towards the supplies, filled with longing.
Each of these items represented a longer chance of survival.
"The Life Gene Society… that has to be traced back to the origin of the radiation…"
The old man looked at the supplies, his eyes gradually filled with reminiscence.
"Wait a moment!"
Seeing that the old man was about to start talking about the Life Gene Society, Lin Feng suddenly waved his hand to interrupt.
"If possible, please also tell us why this place has become like this."
"Why is the radiation level so high, and why are there mutated creatures…"
After hearing this, the old man looked at Lin Feng with a strange expression.
Hadn't everyone known that the planet had become like this?
But the old man was not in a good mood and didn't want to probe further into Lin Feng's origins.
He would tell them whatever they wanted to know, as compensation for the previous misunderstanding…
The story was simple.
Everything began with the meteorite that fell from the sky.
Fifty years ago, this planet was a prosperous world in development.
Its civilization level was similar to that of Blue Star before Lin Feng's transmigration.
However, there were many differences.
For instance, in the research and application of genetics.
The Life Gene Society already existed at that time.
They conducted research on the origin, genes, and individual evolution of various species, boasting a massive scientific team.
The Life Gene Society was once considered the hope for humanity's future self-evolution.
Every achievement brought forth by the Life Gene Society had tangibly changed human lives.
But this good life did not last for too long.
An extraterrestrial meteorite crashed onto this planet.
To be precise, it landed in a country with an area of over six million square kilometers.
This was not an uncommon occurrence; although the meteorite was a bit larger than usual.
However, after the meteorite's impact, strange incidents began to happen incessantly.
Within a minute of the meteorite's impact, the vegetation around the impact crater began to die and wither in large quantities.
This phenomenon spread rapidly, and within almost a single night, it covered the entire country where the meteorite had fallen.
First, the plants died, followed by nearly ninety percent of the human population experiencing dizziness.
It was as if the meteorite contained something terrifying that was attacking the entire country…