Li Zhen comforted himself like this, and then suddenly remembered another question. For him, this matter was actually more urgent than Adam and immortality - it was about his ability itself, or another form of expression.

That is—

"Teacher Zhou, did the last time I asked you that thing turned out? It's...what did the scales and wings on my body come from?"

"Oh, I'm just about to tell you what you don't say." Teacher Zhou nodded. Then he looked solemn: "You have to pay attention in the future. When sleeping, make sure there are no mosquitoes, spiders, flies and other things in the room."

"Hey? Why?" Li Zhen was stunned for a moment.

"Because people can easily open their mouths when they sleep. After the mouth is opened, these small things can easily get in - they get in and you eat them - just as I told you before, your absorption and fusion is a genetic absorption and fusion, so you may grow a mouth like a mosquito."

"...ah?" Li Zhen opened his mouth wide and then hurriedly covered it, as if he was afraid that something would really fly in at this moment.

Then a chuckle suddenly came from beside him - he followed the sound and saw Miss An gently covering her mouth. But she was not afraid of eating mosquitoes or flies, but... she was laughing.

He was slightly stunned, then sighed: "Teacher Zhou, you are joking again."

"Hahaha..." Teacher Zhou waved his hand, "You two children are too bored, can't you smile?"

Li Zhen had no choice but to look at the watch and said discouragedly: "I'm going back soon..."

"All right, then I won't tease you." Teacher Zhou coughed lightly, "It's not important, and there's no need to care too much. Eat whatever you want - as long as it's not that kind of fresh, it's fine. Your ability... we gave you a level A. But it's a bit inappropriate to say. It's not that it should be level B or level C, but rather-"

His face gradually became really serious: "So far, have you ever thought about how the abilities of you people come from?"

"I thought about it, but I didn't understand it." Li Zhen said honestly, "I used to think it might have something to do with gene mutations, but... like that person who could control the soil that day, I couldn't understand why."

"So, abilities below level A are called 'superpower'. abilities at level A are called 'psional energy'." Teacher Zhou sat down in front of him again and looked at An Ruosu again, "Dr. An, you should keep my words below confidential. Although it is not a secret, it is not appropriate to make public."

An Ruosu put down his cell phone and nodded obediently.

"The word 'error' is easy to explain. It is actually what you think, genetic mutation. All psychopaths can detect mutations to a certain extent in their genes. But the mutation does not occur in normal gene fragments, but in the so-called 'grunt DNA'." Teacher Zhou instructed slowly, "——Garbage NDA, have you heard of it? DNA on the human gene chain that has not yet been known for its functions."

Li Zhen nodded: "I know."

"Then through current research, at least through research on those who are capable, we have found that the so-called garbage DNA may be the source of your abilities. Humans have evolved for so long, and they must have some abilities that have been gradually eliminated and degenerated by the environment. However, those genes have not disappeared and are still preserved in the gene chain. We now believe that they are dormant."

"There is a point of view that all living things on land today evolved from amphibians that first set foot on land. How did amphibians come from? They evolved from invertebrate echinoderms. So how did this echinoderms come from - they evolved from lower organisms. These are basic common sense, and you can also find them in the book, so I won't say much."

"So, in such a level-by-level evolution process, the genetic information that used to be was likely preserved - it was preserved in the DNA we seem to be useless. The birds, mammals, and reptiles we are looking at now are actually descendants of amphibians who are moving forward. So, you, me, and her gene chain may also have complete genes of birds and reptiles - or fragments that can develop into their complete genes, but they are now dormant."

"If your genes are mutated and those dormant fragments are awake, then you may have wings, scales, or discharge electricity like electric eels. So your previous understanding may be a bit off - it's not that you absorb their gene fragments, but that you awaken the gene fragments that already exist in your body. Those fresh flesh, or fresh genes, are just a trigger."

Li Zhen thought for a while and asked again, "Then...what else is? Why isn't this happening? Or, since we have genetic fragments of other animals in our bodies, why do I just give birth to wings without my whole body full of feathers?"

"Yeah." Teacher Zhou nodded, "Good boy, his mind is quite active. You have stopped me from asking me. Yes, why haven't you turned into a bird or a snake? This question is, I want to say - the following is my personal opinion, which may not be accurate - it is also controlled by genes. For example, the cells on our body are constantly splitting and growing, why didn't the third arm grow? In fact, someone really grows the third arm - if you check the news, you will definitely see it."

"What does this mean? It means that our inference just now is correct - the reptiles with six limbs or eight limbs did exist on Earth in the past, but later they were gradually eliminated by the organisms with four limbs and were all extinct. Now someone has grown a third arm or a fourth leg - which means that a dormant gene fragment in his body wakes up because of an accident. And the reason why we normal people have this human appearance for generations is that the gene has its own rules, which restricts the growth and division of cells."

"In your case, I can only make the following inference - your body does not awaken all the same dormant genes, but chooses the optimal way of mutation that you can withstand. In my opinion, this self-protection mechanism is actually more magical than what you have to give birth to wings and scales - this is the most important thing."
Chapter completed!