Chapter 76: Evolution

Lin Xiyue took a deep breath, excitement flashing in her eyes: "He... he succeeded! He guided the evolution of the Reverse-Life Clan!"

In the live stream room, the barrage exploded again.

"Holy crap! The Holy Son is awesome!"

"The Reverse-Life Clan evolved! Single-celled became multi-cellular!"

"Faith value is rising! 90%! Still rising!"

On the black branches of the Gene Tree, Tang Yun wrote four characters with Chaos Medical Qi—"Evolution is No Crime."

These four characters transformed into a glowing DNA double helix, wrapping around the sky of the Reverse-Life Clan planet, becoming a new faith totem.

Tang Yun's consciousness returned to his main body, and he opened his eyes slowly, seeing Lin Xiyue looking at him anxiously.

"Xiyue..." Tang Yun smiled weakly, "I... I seem to have... had a dream..."

Lin Xiyue hugged Tang Yun, tears streaming down uncontrollably: "You're fine... you're fine..."

Suddenly, the screen of the live stream room went black, and a mysterious voice rang out: "Observer... your game... should end..."

Tang Yun felt his whole body as if it had fallen apart, every nerve buzzing.

He struggled to sit up, but found his limbs powerless, and could only lie limply in Lin Xiyue's arms.

"Where... am I?" Tang Yun's voice was as hoarse as a broken bellows.

"You're still in the core space of the Gene Tree," Lin Xiyue touched his face with heartache, "You just now... scared me to death!"

"I... what did I do?" Tang Yun tried hard to recall everything that had just happened, but only remembered some blurry fragments, like a bizarre dream.

Lin Xiyue took a deep breath, organized her thoughts, and told Tang Yun everything that had just happened.

"You mean... I guided the evolution of the Reverse-Life Clan?" Tang Yun felt even more incredible after hearing this, "But... how did I do it?"

"I don't know either," Lin Xiyue shook her head, "I only saw your phantom explode, and then... the Reverse-Life Clan started to evolve... the faith value in the live stream room also soared directly to 99%!"

"99%?" Tang Yun widened his eyes, "That high?"

"Yeah!" Lin Xiyue said excitedly, "Now the entire universe is talking about you, you have become a new legend!"

Tang Yun smiled bitterly: "Legend? I only feel... like I had a dream..."

Just at this moment, the screen of the live stream room lit up again, but this time it wasn't the starry scene from before, but a pure white.

A mechanical voice rang out in the void: "Observer, your game time has ended, please return to the reality world immediately."

"Observer? Reality world?" Tang Yun and Lin Xiyue looked at each other, completely not understanding what this meant.

"What's going on?" Tang Yun asked in doubt.

"I... I don't know either," Lin Xiyue shook her head, "I have never encountered this situation."

The mechanical voice rang out again: "Countdown begins: 10... 9... 8..."

"This... what the hell is going on?" Tang Yun felt his heart beginning to beat wildly, and a sense of foreboding rose in his heart.

"7... 6... 5..." The countdown voice became increasingly urgent, like a death charm.

"Xiyue... I... I'm afraid..." Tang Yun grabbed Lin Xiyue's hand tightly, his palms full of cold sweat.

"Don't be afraid... I'm here..." Lin Xiyue tried to stay calm, but her voice was also trembling slightly.

"4... 3... 2..."

Tang Yun felt everything around him beginning to twist, space like a piece of crumpled paper, ready to tear at any moment.

"1..."

The last countdown rang out, and Tang Yun and Lin Xiyue went black before their eyes, losing consciousness...

When Tang Yun opened his eyes again, he found himself lying in a hospital bed, his body covered in various tubes.

"I... I am..." Tang Yun looked around in confusion, feeling as if he had returned from one dream to another.

A doctor wearing a white coat walked over and said with a serious tone: "Mr. Tang Yun, you're awake. You've been in a coma for three days and three nights, we all thought you..."

The doctor didn't continue, but Tang Yun understood what he meant.

"Three days and three nights?" Tang Yun muttered to himself, "Then... then everything just now... was it a dream?"

The doctor shook his head: "We don't know what you dreamed about, but according to the test results, your brain activity was abnormally active, possibly stimulated by some strong stimulus."

Tang Yun was stunned.

Could it be... everything just now... wasn't a dream?

"Stimulus? What kind of stimulus?" Tang Yun grabbed the doctor's white coat, his eyes urgent, as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw.

The doctor was startled by his sudden action, adjusted his glasses, and his tone was somewhat displeased: "Mr. Tang, please calm down! Your physical condition is still very weak."

Tang Yun realized his loss of composure, let go, but the anxiety in his eyes did not diminish at all: "Sorry doctor, I just... I just want to know what happened."

The doctor sighed and explained patiently: "We found that the connection method of your brain neurons has changed, like... like it has been rearranged. This situation is very rare, and we cannot explain the reason."

"Rearranged?" Tang Yun repeated the doctor's words, and the scene of the gene collision with the anti-matter Tang Yun in the code world flashed through his mind.

Could it be... those weren't dreams?

"Yes," the doctor nodded, "Your brain activity pattern is completely different from before, like... you've become a different person."

Become a different person? Tang Yun's heart shook. He remembered what the anti-matter Tang Yun had said: "You clearly know the price of freedom!" Could it be... that he really paid some kind of price?

He sat up abruptly, tore off the tubes on his body, and regardless of the doctor's obstruction, stumbled out of bed.

"Mr. Tang! You can't get out of bed! Your body hasn't recovered yet!" The doctor shouted anxiously.

Tang Yun turned a deaf ear, stumbling to the mirror in the ward.

The mirror reflected a strange face. Although the features were vaguely his own, the eyes were cold and strange, carrying a trace of... evil?

"This... this isn't me..." Tang Yun muttered to himself, reaching out and touching the face in the mirror with trembling hands.

Suddenly, he felt a stinging pain in his fingertips, looked down, and discovered that a drop of black blood was seeping from his fingertips.

Black blood? Tang Yun was even more terrified. He stumbled backward a few steps, sat on the ground, his eyes hollow, as if he had lost his soul.

At this moment, the door of the ward was pushed open, and Lin Xiyue rushed in anxiously: "Tang Yun! Are you alright? I heard you woke up!"

Seeing Lin Xiyue, Tang Yun seemed to have grabbed the last life-saving straw. He struggled to crawl up, grabbed Lin Xiyue's hand, and asked with a trembling voice: "Xiyue... am I... have I become a monster?"

Lin Xiyue was startled by his sudden action, looking at Tang Yun's terrified eyes and the black blood on his fingertips, her heart tightened, but she still pretended to be calm, held his hand back, and said softly: "Tang Yun, what's wrong with you? What nonsense are you talking about? You're fine, you're very good." ===== CHAPTER 77 =====