"Brother Liang, do you mean that the awakening of mutant abilities is related to emotions? But... but..."
Zhao Kai frowned, he hesitated to speak, remembering how he almost went mad when his girlfriend was violated by Liu Erlong’s men.
At that time, his emotions completely collapsed, and he believed that his girlfriend was certainly more desperate than him.
If emotions are the key to triggering mutant abilities.
Then why hadn’t he or Xiaoman awakened?
Liang Yuan glanced at him and immediately knew what he wanted to say.
Liang Yuan said seriously, "It’s not just emotions. True, emotions are an important trigger and the key to awakening mutant abilities."
"But I suspect there’s also a prerequisite."
"What prerequisite?" Cai Zhi couldn’t help but ask.
Liang Yuan replied solemnly, "Mutation Progress!"
The others were puzzled again.
Liang Yuan nodded, "I think the process of biological mutation is not immediate, but rather a slow process."
"Let’s assume each person’s mutation progress is measured on a hundred-point scale. At the beginning of the great flood, our genetic mutation level was probably just one percent."
"As everyone continuously consumed mutant fish, breathed the air of the mutated world, and drank the mutated rainwater, the mutation progress within us slowly increased as well."
"I believe that only when the mutation progress reaches a certain point, combined with the emotional key, can one truly awaken mutant abilities."
Everyone nodded after hearing this.
This hypothesis made a lot of sense.
Cai Zhi said, "I think your hypothesis is very reasonable. If it was purely because of emotions, in the past month when order first collapsed, Liu Erlong’s gang must have bullied and killed countless people."
"Those people should have awakened their mutant abilities, but none of them did."
"Perhaps, as Liang Yuan said, their mutation progress hadn’t reached that critical point."
Zhao Kai couldn’t help but ask, "So what is that critical point?"
Liang Yuan shook his head, "I don’t know. These are just my assumptions. Maybe it’s ten percent, maybe twenty percent, it’s all possible."
Old Ma suddenly asked, "So should we eat more mutant fish to quickly advance our mutation progress?"
Liang Yuan nodded, "Theoretically, yes."
He hesitated for a moment and then continued, "Awakening mutant abilities isn’t without risk."
"You’ve seen what Wang Yanmei looks like post-awakening."
"She became irrational, even controlled by emotions of hatred, easily angered, and violently murderous."
"And her mutation seemed to affect her biological traits as a human."
"Her hands have never returned to human-like hands."
"I don’t know if she intentionally maintained that form or if it’s because she can’t reverse them back to human hands."
"But this risk is something we can’t ignore."
His words made everyone present frown.
After all, no one wanted to become a mad monster like Wang Yanmei.
In the silence, Sister Wu suddenly said, "But isn’t Ding Yan doing fine?"
Everyone promptly remembered and turned to look at Liang Yuan and Ding Yan.
This time, Ding Yan spoke up, "My situation is different. When I first awakened my mutant abilities, I did face the problem Liang Yuan mentioned, nearly being controlled by my emotions, becoming dazed and unfocused."
"Luckily, Liang Yuan was right beside me at that time, and he snapped me out of it!"
"Snapped... snapped you out of it?"
Everyone was shocked, looking at Liang Yuan.