Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 216 Will I Become a Mushroom Man?
There weren't too many vampires living in Backlund. After all, their racial characteristics dictated that they started at Sequence 7.

Generally speaking, a vampire couple would only choose to give birth to a newborn when they had obtained an additional Sequence 7 trait, or when they were about to give birth. In this world where extraordinary traits were conserved, such traits meant that the overall number of vampires would not be too large.

Fortunately, because the average person starts at Sequence 7, although the number of vampires is not large, the quality is high, which makes Luo Lin quite satisfied.

"Although the war hasn't started yet, medical preparations can undoubtedly begin now. Even if the prepared extraordinary potions can't be preserved for a long time, it's better to prepare the ingredients in advance than to collect them at the last minute. Moreover, there are more than just extraordinary potions; ordinary potions are also important..."

Rowling flipped through the thick stack of information that Nibais Odra had handed over. It included information on the vampires living in Backlund, as well as their various assets in Backlund.

Luo Lin read the information from beginning to end, and suddenly sighed with a little disappointment.

"There is no talent like the one I want..." Rowling was really disappointed. He had been expecting that there would be a talent like Frank among the vampires. Unfortunately, although there were many weirdos among the vampires, there was not a single one who could be called a talent.

"Sure enough, I still have to look around the world. Scientific research cannot be done without leaders..." Luo Lin pinched his chin and thought, and decided in his heart to go back and ask someone to collect information on scientific researchers in the fields of medicine, biology, etc.

After all, referring to the God of Steam and Machinery, a Sequence 0, who actually needed Russell, a tough guy who came from nowhere to help advance the technology tree, we can see that although the various extraordinary paths in the mysterious world have extraordinary potential, without anyone taking the lead, most extraordinary people only know how to use their abilities rigidly and lack the spirit of innovation.

This is not an option for Luo Lin. Without an innovative spirit, how can he study the mysteries of the human body, how can he overcome the difficult problems in the medical field, and how can he develop the skill tree for biological ascension!

Rowling is still very optimistic about the potential of the human body. The extraordinary abilities in this world are difficult to popularize due to the law of conservation of extraordinary characteristics, but if the secrets of genes can be conquered, maybe everyone can become a superman in the future?

Even if you can't achieve this level, it's a good thing to improve one's physical fitness.

As for why Luo Lin suddenly became interested in this area - he can only say that since he is here and has such good conditions, Luo Lin feels it would be a waste not to do some scientific research projects.

"But it's not that there aren't already talented people. Although the Mushroom King gives people the stereotype of solving the problem of food production, he actually has very profound research in both the animal and plant fields. It's just..."

Rowling hesitated for once. He was sure of Frank's ability. In the original book, he was able to solve the food problem in Silver City under limited conditions, which proved the ability of the Mushroom King.

What Rowling is hesitant about is that if he gives the heavy burden of biological ascension to Frank, will he really not point out the route of mushroom people in the future?
But you know what, mushroom people seem quite interesting too!

Luo Lin pinched his chin and thought about how everyone would turn into mushroom people. He couldn't help but smile, and then he made a decision in his heart:

"...You can't survive without madness. It's not normal to want to carve out a unique evolutionary path in a world like this. Talent should be utilized where it's needed."

"It just so happens that I'm planning to reunite Russell and his daughter. Then I won't even have to bother looking for someone. I can just have Bernadette contact Cattleya..."

Bernadette was a little uneasy.

This almost made her subconsciously turn her head to look at the Kingdom Museum not far away. At this moment, there was a long queue in front of the Kingdom Museum, all of whom were people who came to visit the Roselle Memorial Exhibition.

Because of the ambiguous attitude of the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery, although Roselle was an enemy of the Kingdom of Loen from a historical perspective, he himself was a highly discussed figure in the Kingdom of Loen. Some people scolded him, some loved him, some worshipped him, and some disdained him.

It can be said that discussing topics related to Roselle is, to some extent, even a daily routine for many people in Rune.

As for Bernadette, she was both an admirer and a hater of Roselle. She loved him and hated him, and had scolded him harshly to his face. However, she had also simply pulled the corner of Roselle's clothes in front of the swing, looked up and told Roselle seriously how much she admired him.

She is Bernadette, also a Gustav, the proud eldest daughter of Roselle and the most ardent opponent of Emperor Caesar.

However, time has passed, and Roselle has been dead for more than a hundred years. Bernadette has lost a father who was a tyrant and a family who loved her.

Perhaps people always regret after losing something, or perhaps time has precipitated the love and hate, brewing them into a cup of bitter wine. After losing her father, Bernadette finally woke up from her dream and began to miss Russell madly. She still loved him and still hated him, but all this did not prevent Bernadette from looking for Russell.

"Father, why..." Bernadette murmured silently. She still couldn't accept what Roselle did in his later years. She had a feeling that there might be something wrong, but the lack of information made her unsure what was wrong.

Bernadette couldn't even be sure that her father was still alive or could be resurrected, she just didn't want to give up the search, like an obsession.

This obsession has sustained her search for more than a hundred years, and it is no longer possible to give up.

However, Bernadette's visit to Backlund this time was not specifically to visit the Roselle Memorial Exhibition. The reason she appeared in Backlund at this time was mainly because the prophet's ability gave her a hint that something big might happen in Backlund in the coming period, which might be the opportunity for her to be promoted to Sequence 2.

Bernadette had been stuck at the Sequence 3 level for a long time. She had already digested the Prophet's potion and prepared the materials needed to mix the Sequence 2 Sage potion. The main reason she had not been promoted was that she was stuck in the promotion ceremony.

The Sage's Ascension Ceremony requires Bernadette to prevent a disaster involving high-level power. This sounds simple, but please note that the high level here refers to Sequence 0 level.

In the Fifth Age, the gods were not obvious. Although various secret organizations that believed in evil gods were still causing trouble, there were very few that actually involved the descent of gods. Even if there were, they would be extremely secretive before they happened. Bernadette wanted to find a disaster that met the conditions for the ritual without being too difficult, so she kept it delayed until today.

(End of this chapter)