Gene Unlocking: I Evolve Every Day-Chapter 397 - 347: I... Am the Ancestor!

Lu Li is no fool; how could he not understand the true meaning behind Liu Jiren’s words?

The other party doesn’t want him to reveal his true identity, which is understandable.

After all, it would cause them a lot of trouble.

If Liu Jiren only said that as a way to make Lu Li understand their situation and work difficulties,

then, Lu Li isn’t a traitor; thanks to Gu Wei’s consistent kindness to him, he can agree not to reveal his identity.

But what did Liu Jiren actually say?

"You wouldn’t want your family and friends pushed to the forefront, living under media scrutiny, would you?"

Lu Li found the thought of this sentence quite amusing.

This old guy clearly wanted to use family and friends to restrain him!

To be honest, his purpose for coming here today was to publicly clarify his whereabouts over the past few days, as a form of indirect clarification.

The reason he was willing to do this was partly because his family and friends weren’t prepared yet,

and partly because both Gu Wei and previously Zhang Guocheng treated him well.

So he was willing to face the public and solve troubles for these people.

These thoughts were not new to Lu Li.

He had already revealed them in conversation with Liu Kexin before coming here.

He genuinely wanted to solve problems for Gu Wei and Liu Jiren and the others.

Yet he didn’t expect Liu Jiren to use family and friends to restrain his actions right away.

This made Lu Li very unhappy; he squinted his eyes and looked at Liu Jiren, calling him by his full name, "Liu Jiren, do you know what you’re talking about?"

Liu Jiren was startled and immediately didn’t dare to speak.

Others noticed something was wrong, their faces turning pale one by one.

Gu Wei, having a better relationship with Lu Li, quickly stood up when the atmosphere turned awkward and said, "Mr. Lu, sorry, President Liu means no harm. He’s just being considerate, not wanting your family and friends to encounter trouble because of this. Really, please don’t be angry."

"Yes, Mr. Lu."

"We honestly mean no harm."

"Simply considering your family and friends."

Everyone feared Lu Li would lash out, and they all spoke to comfort him.

Liu Jiren, sweating profusely, explained, "Mr. Lu, you might misunderstand. What I mean is, it’s okay if we face some trouble, but if you reveal your identity, your family and friends might not find peace. You know how crazy the media can be—once they know you’re someone legendary, there’s a good chance they’ll be tracking and secretly photographing you day and night."

Although he said this, he previously really intended to use Lu Li’s family and friends to restrain his behavior.

But Liu Jiren hadn’t expected Lu Li’s temper to be so fiery. By calling his full name, it was clearly a prelude to an outburst, scaring him into not continuing along that line.

Lu Li understood Liu Jiren’s mindset,

or rather, he understood everyone’s inner thoughts present.

They all hoped to control his actions within a manageable range.

In terms of power, Gu Wei, Liu Jiren, and others had no way to restrict Lu Li.

After all, someone who can disregard the explosion of megatons of nuclear weapons and wipe out everything within an area three times the size of Los Angeles with a wave of the hand—how could he be restricted from a "physical standpoint"?

So, the only way to restrict Lu Li currently is,

yes, to use what he cares about to limit him.

There’s no need to say much about what Lu Li cares about; it’s nothing more than his family and friends.

This is why Liu Jiren said those words.

Knowing that Liu Jiren, or the big shots behind him, wanted to restrict his actions, Lu Li naturally felt unhappy inside.

However, it’s also true that while Liu Jiren’s direct words were off-putting, the reality is just as he described.

Once he reveals his identity, from then on, his family and friends would basically find no peace.

Lu Li knew that, under these circumstances, not revealing his true identity when the outside world had no concrete evidence was actually more rational.

And indeed, not revealing is in line with the purpose of his visit this time.

Logically speaking, he could accept it.

But for some reason, after these words came out of Liu Jiren’s mouth, Lu Li’s originally "open heart" seemed to have once again been placed under some restriction, suddenly becoming "closed," making him feel pressure throughout his body, like Mount Tai pressing down on him.

Once this feeling was born, Lu Li felt he was actually experiencing "regression."

Originally, with his greatly enhanced state of mind, he was on the verge of the fifth deep evolution.

He was just short of gathering enough energy, then he could fall into a deep sleep and ascend to a higher level.

But influenced by this, he’s now experiencing "regression."

This "regression" isn’t physical regression.

Instead, Lu Li felt his soul was being suppressed, as if overshadowed.

He had an instinctive intuition that if he tried the fifth deep evolution in this state of mind, it would likely fail, possibly leading to a second erroneous evolution.

Indeed, this "regression" is actually a regression in mindset.

It’s said that the mind is formless and intangible, a nebulous entity.

It shouldn’t affect his "physical" evolution.

Yet, it does affect.

Lu Li felt a sense of blockage from this "inconsistency in thoughts."

It was as if even breathing became difficult, and that feeling was very unpleasant.