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Chapter 101 - 21: September’s Mini-Lecture on Genetics

Chapter 101: Chapter 21: September’s Mini-Lecture on Genetics

In Jiuyue’s eyes, Mr. Mingyuan had almost no weaknesses, aside from his lack of research on the ecology of birds, so during their interactions, she rarely had the chance to offer Mr. Mingyuan some advice worth considering, like she could now.

She had conducted very in-depth studies on the issues of bloodlines and genetics.

Jiuyue carefully drew a cartoon fox with a beaming smile on the sketchpad, then added a cartoon version of Duan Mingyuan beside it, "Mr. Mingyuan, this is you and me. Our abilities and the orientation of our barriers are completely different. If we were to have a baby..."

As she spoke, Jiuyue drew two arrows beneath the cartoon figures, pointing toward a red-furred miniature fox, "There could be three types of genetic outcomes for the baby. One, the baby inherits all of our life energy talents and can cultivate three abilities at once, which in a card-drawing game would be an SSR-level baby; two, the baby randomly inherits either of our life energy talents, which is the most common scenario in genetics and would make an SR-level baby; three, occasionally there might be a baby born with weak talents, inheriting nothing, an R-level situation. I have already considered this case—if an R-level baby is born, we should focus on happy education."

She and Mr. Mingyuan were both strong fighters, there was no need to impose heavy ideals and wishes onto the next generation, "If Mr. Mingyuan is too busy with work at that time, I can take the baby back to the mountains and let the family help out. They are very good at raising fox babies, the baby will have a happy childhood on the mountain."

Duan Mingyuan had to admit that Jiuyue really did have in-depth knowledge of genetics, and she had even explored beyond genetics to education issues.

But he could not help but raise new questions, "However, for a long time, the main courses at Yunhai Academy have been music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and most of the students are not genetically related to the academy’s founders."

"So haven’t you noticed that they are getting weaker and weaker?"

Jiuyue went straight to the point, "The generation of founders may have failed, but they at least waged a war against the company. To quell the war, Universe Company dispatched eleven ’Long Branch’ members and even a flagship."

It was said that the firepower equipped on the flagship could obliterate a city in an instant.

In contrast, the current academy did not need a ’Long Branch’ member of cosmic level to step in; an assassin group trained by the Imperial Court had already pushed the academy to the brink.

In Jiuyue’s view, maybe the Extraterrestrials never took Yunhai Academy seriously at all, only enjoying the sight of Yin Die and the academy killing each other like people enjoying a cricket fight, waiting for the champion cricket to emerge and replace the Prime Monarch as the new puppet.

"This pattern is like playing chess with an idiot, which only gets worse as it goes on."

Jiuyue didn’t mince her words in her assessment.

A student with a Life Energy score of only 31 being the strongest in this generation was a clear indication of how much the world’s "geniuses" were withering away.

Although Yunhai Academy doesn’t emphasize the theory of bloodlines, advocating for the equal dissemination of knowledge to every student, and offering every student the opportunity to learn from the library, the truth is that this is a place that values birth and bloodline more than any other industry; "Muggles" are doomed to fall behind pureblood heirs from the start.

"But this doesn’t mean ’Muggles’ have no way out. If they were in that era, they should be the founders of some sect. Most of them failed, but at any moment, someone would establish a new sect. Many of the old Strange Gates and Devious Techniques were passed down this way."

Influenced by the company, the path of ’independent entrepreneurship’ has been completely blocked off, "Even if a genius appears among the common people and establishes a new Strange Gates and Devious Techniques, they usually only have two options: to accept the company’s commands, work for the company, or be conscripted by the Imperial Court, or else they are destroyed. Mr. Mingyuan, the company targeted you too, didn’t it?"

Duan Mingyuan had made a third choice at the time—ramming the hover car transporting the Monster into the company building, then using his ability to modify everyone’s memory of the incident.

But if Duan Mingyuan wasn’t that strong at that time, his life could have been completely different.

Duan Mingyuan neither confirmed nor denied, thoughtfully saying, "It seems the knowledge in the library can only serve as an aid; what’s important is to guide out their inherent talents."

"What do you plan to do?"

"I have ’Evil Spirit Defense’ and advanced classes tomorrow, Jiuyue, can you get the Red-eyed Demon or Qian Yun to help? ’Evil Spirit Defense’ without an evil spirit lacks a soul."

"I don’t have a problem with that on my end, but are you sure the academy will allow evil spirits in? They can’t stay in the academy all the time."

"Many of the academy’s rules and regulations are outdated."

Duan Mingyuan waved his hand dismissively.

For hundreds of years, the academy’s strict entrance and exit policies were because they didn’t want to expose themselves and be detected by the Imperial Court, pinpointing the exact location of Qing Chi Peak. But with a traitor emerging from within and the academy’s position already compromised, adhering to these outdated traditions would now be, quite frankly, ridiculous.

The urgency was to teach the students how to protect themselves in these chaotic times by any means necessary.

For that, besides harnessing the power of evil spirits, they might also need to borrow some of the company’s power.

For beginners, the Life Energy Tester is undoubtedly an excellent tool, and he would have to work overtime in the next few days to study the structure of the detector, striving to produce a batch of devices for the students’ use.

This way, the students’ understanding of life energy would also become more direct.

"I’ll take responsibility for convincing the evil spirits to help, you take responsibility for convincing Principal Mo Song."

Jiuyue agreed to do so.

Looking at Duan Mingyuan’s serious demeanor, she couldn’t help but feel a touch of envy deep inside.

How nice would it have been if she had met a good teacher like Duan Mingyuan during her student days?

But then she thought again and let it go.

Having Mr. Mingyuan as a teacher would certainly be great, but wouldn’t that turn into a taboo teacher-student relationship?

Teacher-student romance is without a doubt a taboo topic in mainstream society, subject to public criticism and usually without a happy ending.

She was already very content with her life as it was now.

Having established the direction for future teaching, it was already late at night. Jiuyue, who valued sleep, was already yawning nonstop. She stumbled to wash up, while Duan Mingyuan began another round of research.

The assistant for the advanced class had already been decided, and next up, it was time for the Barrier contest.

He recalled the scene when Ning Ruyue challenged him. According to Jiuyue’s theory, this was the "Bloodline Talent" passed down from the Prime Monarch. But Ning Ruyue, who had not yet earned an intermediate title, was still a rough gem, and her manipulation of the Flying Sword was quite crude.

So, if it were him, how would he use this to construct a Barrier?