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  Soon after hearing his words, the guide's voice rang out: "Application approved, transmission will begin in ten minutes."

  Shi Ling let out a soft sigh, then turned off the light and locked the door from the inside, pretending to fall asleep. Ten minutes quickly passed, and Shi Ling transformed into a faint white glow that disappeared in the room.

  When he reappeared, Shi Ling once again appeared in the space where the "Guiding Tower" stood tall. Perhaps due to it being nighttime, there weren't as many white orbs here as there were last time.

  On the huge screen, the guide's smiling face appeared: "Shi Ling, have you thought about what reward to exchange for?"

  Shi Ling didn't answer, instead asking back: "Guide, I'm asking, when selecting participants for the 'Killing Game', are there any conditions? I remember that besides me, a woman was also selected at the same time. At that time, I passed, but she failed. What is the basis for determining pass or fail?"

  The guide seemed to have not expected Shi Ling to ask this, and after a pause, smiled: "It's determined by the level of human brain development. Only when the brain development reaches 8%, can one qualify to receive 'Ghost Skull', become a 'Ghost Skull Evolver' and be eligible to enter this 'Guide Tower'."

  "So, what will happen to those who are unqualified if their brain development is less than 8%?"

  "The Guide" looked at him, the smile on his face disappeared, and slowly said: "The chosen soul, the qualified one, will be transmitted into this place by this power. The unqualified one will undergo various physical mutations due to this power and transform into a ghost beast."

  "Ghost beast?" Shi Ling's mind shook, and in an instant, she thought of the half-human, half-ape monster that was beaten to death back then, and thought of Cheng Lin who had grown gigantic with scales.

  "Will this mutation make a person become very huge? Even grow scales?"

  "This kind of gigantification is one of the higher-level mutations in 'Ghost Beasts', lower-level 'Ghost Beasts' are not intelligent, only having instincts, while higher-level 'Ghost Beasts' can retain their intelligence, and even maintain their original form, which is a relatively rare species. However, these are ultimately not the orthodox way, and can only be called Ghost Beasts."

  When the guide said this, Shi Ling had almost confirmed that the woman over two meters tall she saw was indeed the missing Cheng Lin.

  Actually, it was Cheng Lin who was the first to be chosen, but unfortunately, she wasn't suitable and became a "ghost beast", so Shi Ling became the first qualified one.

  "Cheng Lin turned into a 'ghost beast', the neighborhood she appeared in was where her family lived... Could it be that she wanted to go home... and then encountered the police, which led to tonight's conflicts? Then, were those other half-human half-beast monsters also 'ghost beasts'?"

  Shi Ling's expression suddenly changed as he said, "The guides have been selecting participants for the 'Killing Game' in various locations. Previously, we didn't know who was qualified and who wasn't."

  "Yes, including the power of genetic evolution information must come into contact with humans, brain development reaches 80% or more, in order to accept this information power without producing mutations, and then can enter this space. On the contrary, if the brain development level is not sufficient, it cannot accept this genetic information, and will inevitably lead to physical mutations. These mutated 'ghost beasts' are unable to enter this space."

  "So, it seems that we were also randomly selected. Those who qualified would be transported into this space, while those who didn't would become 'ghost beasts'? What happens to these 'ghost beasts'?"

  "No need to handle, let it be free."

  The guide's words left Shi Ling speechless.

  After a while, Shi Ling called out: "Guide, won't this method create a large number of 'ghost beasts'? This...this will cause our human world to collapse."

  "What if it collapses?" The guide said calmly, "As long as we can select qualified 'evolvers', the society formed by these low-level creatures who are not qualified to evolve is worth collapsing or destroying."

  The guide's words made Shi Ling shudder deeply, he thought of his father, his loved ones, Lin Qing, Yang Tie, and many other relatives and friends. In that instant, he felt fear, not for himself, but for the collapse of the entire world and the safety of his loved ones' lives.

  "Shi Ling, don't think too much about it, things aren't as serious as you thought. Based on my calculations, in the area under my control, no more than a thousand 'ghost beasts' will be born, and most of them have been eliminated by human forces. In a short period of time, the mutated 'ghost beasts' won't affect our daily lives, so there's still enough time to become stronger. As long as you have strong power, what is there to fear? Only with strong power can you protect what you want to protect."

  The guide seemed to understand what Shiling was thinking in her heart, and smiled slightly. No matter how bloody the words were, when she said them, they had a light and casual tone.

  Perhaps for "her" such existence, human beings and ants are not much different.

  Shi Ling clenched his fists as he listened to the guide's words, then slowly opened them again. Facing the guide and everything before him, he felt that his own strength was too insignificant. Even if he knew the truth, he couldn't change anything. The only thing he could change was to become strong enough to protect his loved ones. But didn't the "Guide" say that after winning three rounds of the "Killing Game", they would leave this world? If they left, how could he protect his loved ones?

  "What does it mean for a guide to be in charge of one area? Does that mean there are many areas, and many guides like this?"

  "Yes, apart from the main axis, there are a total of one hundred such 'Guiding Towers'. We have studied the living beings on Earth and found that humans have reached the highest level of evolution. Therefore, fifty of these 'Guiding Towers' are scattered throughout the human world, divided into fifty different regions according to human social culture and national divisions. The other fifty 'Guiding Towers' are prepared for other living beings, with equal rights to evolve, regardless of their level of evolution."

  Shi Ling heard this, his whole body shook violently. On this earth, there are a total of one hundred such "Guidance Towers"? Among them, fifty towers are scattered all over the world to select humans, and the other fifty towers are used to evolve other living beings? In addition to those unqualified and mutated "Ghost Beasts", Shi Ling felt a chill run down his spine. What would the future world become like? The predicted 2012 doomsday, was it really going to happen? And were these "Guidance Towers" the ones that brought about the doomsday disaster for humans?

  "One hundred towers... 'Guiding Towers'... all over the world... various living beings... this is... too crazy..."

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