38 - Substance

"You must have heard rumors about the Third Evolution before."

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It was LK-92.

Julian tightened his fingers into fists and glared into the distant.

No, he corrected himself. to be exact, it was a cheap, sloppy, worthless imitation of the real LK-92.

It might have given Bruno Cadwick superhuman strength within a short time after ingestion, but it was practically a time bomb. Natural evolution was a painstakingly slow process, driven by genetic mutations that arose over generations.

These mutations were then subjected to natural selection, where only the advantageous traits that enhanced survival and reproduction in a specific environment got passed on. This gradual adaptation allowed organisms to fine-tune their physiology over vast stretches of time, ensuring relative stability and compatibility between newly acquired traits and existing biological systems.