Ren Zhong became increasingly silent, his emotions less visible, and showed less hostility towards the Red Blade Science Academy's researchers.
Moreover, he no longer obsessed over using pheromones to enhance his kind.
As time progressed, Ren Zhong and his kin grew more predictable in formation, coordinated in movement, and the frequency of their chirps diminished.
It seemed the evolution Ren Zhong spurred within the group lacked continuity, for once he ceased to release pheromones to spread knowledge and drive evolution, these 331 Roriscids showed signs of degeneration within the same generation.
Clearly, Ren Zhong's group was losing self-awareness.
He had given up on himself.
He was relinquishing his privileged status, striving to become more mundane.
Flipping through the plan left to him by Yang Misi, Ren Zhong noted several possibilities, self-abandonment being one of them.
