"Do you know that in the Old Era, um, a long, long time ago, Shelter City used to be called a Kingdom..."
"I know, I went to school." Cheng Ye interrupted directly.
"Alright, then I'll make it short." Luokuke didn't mind and continued, "In the old days, the kingdom lord would brand their slaves. On one hand, it established ownership, indicating which lord the slave belonged to, to prevent them from being snatched by other lords or becoming untraceable after escaping. On the other hand, it served as an identification mark."
"You're implying that this mark is a contamination mark left by a certain infection source? Indicating that these two infected individuals are what it claimed, and other sources can't touch them?" Cheng Ye immediately grasped the core issue.
"That's one possibility, but the imprint's significance extends beyond that. I suspect it more likely represents a 'rule.'"
