Chapter 176 A Way to Verify

Li Tianran frowned. "Are you saying that what Chen Qiong and Zhang Shoucheng said might be true?"

Yes, Li Tianran still couldn't believe that the Federation genuinely wanted to change, genuinely wanted to unconditionally support Kuangxi Island, and become its closest ally.

He always felt that the Federation might have other plans.

He even suspected that the conflict between the Federation and the four great powers was a play jointly staged by the five great powers, just to make Li Tianran feel guilty towards the Federation, lower his guard, and thus obtain huge benefits from him.

It wasn't that Li Tianran was too suspicious, but because the power struggles between the strong nations and the actions of those world politicians had made him extremely wary.

This kind of wariness couldn't be dispelled once or twice!

He always felt that everyone was plotting against him...

"To be honest, if the Federation's attitude is sincere, would you be willing to return to the Federation with Kuangxi Island?" Bai Jingyan asked seriously.

"Of course not." Li Tianran said very simply, "I'm the boss on Kuangxi Island. Why would I return to the Federation to be controlled by others? And after returning to the Federation, I might have to bear some very important responsibilities for no reason, to die to protect some people..."

"Whether from the perspective of interests or concepts, it's seriously inconsistent with me. Returning is impossible." Li Tianran said decisively, and then changed the subject: "But if the Federation's attitude is sincere and not scheming... then cooperating with the Federation is also a good thing."

The world situation in the future may continue to deteriorate. After the arrival of the fourth Age of Destruction, it will definitely be more terrifying than the disaster created by the sea beast groups. Even though Kuangxi Island already has the strength of a great power, Li Tianran is not confident that he can face such a disaster alone.

Having a close ally is always a good thing!

But how to determine that the Federation really wants to cooperate with Kuangxi Island, and not collude with other powerful countries to plot against him?

It's not realistic to use a Zhinau (AI Brain) Evolver to sneak into the Federal Supreme Council office and directly read the memory of the Chief, as this operation would likely trigger a full-scale war between Kuangxi Island and the Federation. Moreover, judging from the current degree of Zhinau-type Evolvers' manipulation of the human brain, even if Li Tianran took Han Han into the Chief's office, he couldn't guarantee that the memories he read would be real.

The emergence of Zhinau Evolvers has turned the human brain into something like a computer hard drive, no longer as real as it once was, and even able to freely modify some of the data...

So it's still quite difficult to peek into the true thoughts of the Federation.

"I have a way..." Bai Jingyan said softly, a sharp glint reflecting off his glasses: "But this method has certain risks, and it requires very strict confidentiality. Apart from you and me, we can't tell anyone."

Li Tianran raised his eyebrows. At this moment, he realized that Bai Jingyan might have come out with him alone to talk about this matter.

"Tell me," Li Tianran said softly.

"We can do this..." Bai Jingyan lowered his voice and told Li Tianran his plan close to his ear.

Li Tianran fell silent.

"If the Federation can pass this method, then it's absolutely enough to prove that they are trustworthy, that there's no need to continue to guard against them, and that they can become allies." Bai Jingyan pushed his glasses and said, "Conversely, the opposite is also true."

Li Tianran was thinking rapidly about Bai Jingyan's proposal in his brain, and then his eyes flashed with firm light, and he nodded: "Okay, let's use this method! I'm really tired of the power struggles and conspiracies of the strong nations. I want to use this opportunity to truly see their attitude towards Kuangxi Island."

After talking about this matter, Li Tianran also talked with Bai Jingyan about the discoveries in his research work.

"By the way, I have another major discovery..." Bai Jingyan took out a cell comparison data file and placed it in front of Li Tianran, saying, "I extracted some strange things from those strange stone statue fragments."

Li Tianran immediately perked up.

"I extracted active gene cells from the stone statue fragments!" Bai Jingyan said word by word.

Li Tianran was stunned, and then asked with unusual excitement: "Active... cells?"

Yes, Li Tianran knew that these stone statues once contained some flesh and blood of ancient creatures, but with the passage of time, they had long been completely petrified. How could there still be active substances?

"I found a piece of amber in the fragments... The amber contained a small piece of flesh." Bai Jingyan said in a deep voice: "Perhaps because the vitality of this piece of flesh was strong enough, it didn't carbonize during the long period of time it was wrapped in amber, and it still retains a trace of activity."

Bai Jingyan took out a piece of stone statue fragment. A small piece of dark brown amber was embedded in the fragment, and inside the brown amber, a piece of scale-like flesh the size of a fingertip was quietly wrapped inside.

Above the amber was an extremely subtle pinhole that pierced the flesh inside.

"After confirming that it was active, I immediately compared it with Evolver cells and ordinary human cells..." Bai Jingyan pointed to the data on the document and said, "And the result of the comparison is that this piece of flesh, which has been sealed for I don't know how many years and is extremely weak, its cell activity and vitality are stronger than that of Evolver cells in their prime!"

"You mean..." Li Tianran felt as if something was stuck in his throat, and asked word by word: "Secondary evolution?"

"That's right." Bai Jingyan nodded: "Only the cell activity of secondary evolution can reach this level of intensity!"

Li Tianran took a deep breath, feeling a little stuffy in his chest.

He had heard Professor Nan mention secondary evolution a long time ago, but the cell division of Evolvers was already extremely stable, and it was difficult to use substances to influence their secondary mutations. Even nuclear radiation couldn't do this.

Will the enemies of the fourth Age of Destruction be secondary evolved creatures?

Li Tianran closed his eyes.

Soon, he continued to ask: "If these cells are restored, how powerful will their life individuals be? Can it be estimated?"

At this time, Li Tianran urgently wanted to know some information about his future enemies.

"If secondary evolution also has ancestral types and the other three evolution paths, then the most ordinary ancestral type can withstand small missiles with its physical body without any problem! As for the secondary evolvers of the other three evolution paths..." Bai Jingyan slowly opened his mouth, and then hesitated for a moment, turned to look at Li Tianran, and asked:

"Have you seen *The Avengers*?"