Successors of all mankind

"After all, it is more reasonable for Byzantium to attempt to break the myth than for humanity to return as a myth."

It's like if the footprints of a huge, unidentified monster appeared in the ground, people would first suspect a prank rather than that a dinosaur had come to life.

To them, humans were no different from dinosaurs.

The gap is even greater, because humans are already mythical beings.

Reasonable. Yu Le nodded slightly, accepting Pandora's answer.

"But then how can we take away the Heart of Eternity?"

After finishing speaking, Yu Le frowned and asked another question:

"However, do you mean that the princess will have significantly different attitudes towards others based on the purity of their genes?"

"Yes, and it's an irreversible physiological factor. In fact, because of her overwhelming power, she's even more aware than any AI that she and the aliens are completely different species!"

"To use a metaphor, it's like someone who has been trapped in a world full of anthropomorphic monsters since childhood."

Everything around me was so much like myself, but my instincts kept reminding me that they were not 'human'!

"This is an extremely terrible form of mental torture. To be honest, if she weren't a 'divine descendant,' she would have gone insane long ago."

“Especially her father, who also restricted her from using violence to protect herself.”

What is this? Has it triggered the uncanny valley effect?

Yu Le recalls seeing a description of this issue: the more something resembles a human, the more likely it is to arouse people's fear.

This is one of the reasons why Annabelle and Chucky are so popular.

If that's the case, then Yule can understand why the Golden Princess has such a bad reputation.

In particular, she was also bound by the wise King Rongguang.

Unable to use violence to protect herself, she can only resort to malice to isolate herself.

However, Yule also noticed another problem in Pandora's description:

"You mean, she and those 'people' are indeed two different species? You don't think she's an alien?"

An anthropocentric AI actually thinks the alien princess isn't an alien?

Pandora and the Rubik's Cube remained silent for a long time before the Rubik's Cube finally answered Yu Le:

"Princess Albion has one-quarter Golden Human blood flowing through her veins. She, along with the rest of the Golden Bloodline, is indeed, in our and their understanding, a different species from the Xenomorphs."

"This is also the direct reason why they can use a lot of AI; they do indeed have some licensing rights."

"But, sir, they are not human!"

Pandora added at this point:

"And they never will be! Never!"

Chapter 27 Perfect Divine Remains

With their explanations, Yu Le finally understood the ins and outs.

The aliens are classified into classes based on their purity.

The Golden Bloodline has completely transcended this concept because they truly have human blood flowing through their veins.

If that's the case, then half of the Glory King is human?

So her daughter only has a quarter left?

I can understand that now, but another question makes Yule even more confused:

"If that's the case, then how come a Byzantine heir with a higher genetic purity is able to get close to the princess? Theoretically, shouldn't this also be another 'humanoid monster'?"

The aliens are just competing to see who is more human, while the Golden Bloodline is already partially human.

These are two species that AI recognizes.

How could the successors of Byzantium possibly be exempt from this practice?

AI's answer was explosive:

"Because people believe that Justinian found the remains of a golden human, perfectly preserved, a divine body capable of obtaining the golden bloodline!"

"Justinian found a human body, and then the golden bloodline could actually be extracted and made his own?"

Yu Le knows that nobles seem to be able to purify their own purity, but can the Golden Bloodline do the same?

This time the answer is the Rubik's Cube, which projects countless windows for entertainment.

Each window represents a confirmed or unconfirmed rumor.

They all point to the discovery of the remains of the Golden Man.

"Theoretically, that is true, but for millions of years, even the Sisters of the Netherworld, who work day and night, and the most powerful Human Machine Cult, have not been able to find the perfect remains of a god."

The most perfect skeleton they had ever found, according to the information presented by the Grand Library for the entertainment exhibition, was just a dried-up 'mummy'.

Yule doesn't really think there's anything useful left on it...

"Even so, they are said to have extracted unstable golden bloodlines, but this is just a legend and has not been confirmed."

All the information that the Great Library subsequently provided was unverified gossip.

Even so, they all gave rise to one huge upheaval after another.

For example, the deaths of hundreds or thousands of people, or the sudden disappearance of one or two cities or even a country.

After looking around with a complicated expression, Yu Le asked Pandora:

"So Justinian was found? A perfect human skeleton?"

“I did not see Justinian find the perfect golden human remains, but I did notice some details that corroborate this.”

“But that cannot be called evidence, sir. Of course, if it were true, that would be perfectly normal, because Justinian would certainly see it as the only way to defeat me!”

It seems that Pandora contacted the Great Library, which provided a large number of windows, and more new information appeared before Yu Le's eyes.

"However, sir, this applies to us; as far as the other aliens are concerned, they firmly believe Justinian has been found!"

"In particular, when Justinian's Byzantium was destroyed, it created the largest ruins in history! Chaotic psionic energy, rampaging arsenals, deadly radiation... countless terrible things filled those ruins!"

The largest land of ruins?

Yu Le pointed in the direction of the slave Nor and said:

"Is it that big ruin next to Nu'er?"

Yu Le remembered hearing this term from shady merchants.

"Yes, that's it! That's the ruins of Byzantium! Although I know that it was only because I ignited the greed and conflict among his offspring and elders, the Xenomorphs all believe that it was also because these guys used the power of the Golden Bloodline."

Because it didn't mention the princess and the Glory King, which made the AI ​​somewhat silent, it returned to the Xenomorph itself.

So Pandora's voice began to mock again:

"Therefore, the later aliens desperately tried to find Justinian's treasure, to find the so-called perfect remains of the gods!"

"They even fought a bastard war over the right of the two so-called Justinian bastards!"

The war between illegitimate children thirty years ago seemed to have only involved a few small countries and a few powerful nobles of large countries.

But in reality, each of the golden dynasties had its own allies.

However, before the war could be completely contained, King Glorious, despite his increasingly frail body, personally ended the war.

And it revealed to the world the biggest joke in history—the two so-called Justinian illegitimate sons were all fake!

Many people even realized something was wrong halfway through, but they couldn't stop and could only grit their teeth and keep going.

“Oh, my esteemed sir, you should see how ridiculous the aliens were back then. More than one of them realized early on that those two were fake.”

"So many people have died, so much wealth has been lost, how can we stop now?"

Yu Le wasn't interested in any of that; he was just troubled about how to obtain the Heart of Eternity.

They fought like this over a mere rumor and two illegitimate children of Justinian whose identities are unknown.

His real-life persona is about to be exposed; who knows what kind of mess it will be?

No, even now, this 'true Byzantine successor' could still cause a lot of trouble.

It's just better than having your human identity exposed.

"So how do we get the Heart of Eternity?"

The topic has returned to where it all began.

Pandora and the Rubik's Cube both fell silent.

After a long while, Pandora finally spoke:

"We can only wait patiently, sir. However, you will be safe with the King of Glory."

“The King of Glory will not allow anyone to harm you, and the princess is the one who will stop anyone who tries to harm you. With these two layers combined, you are safe for the time being.”

King Glorious's reign could end at any time, so he urgently needed to leave behind a qualified successor.

The current princess is obviously not suitable, so he must protect the happiness that might change the princess.

At the same time, Yu Le's special nature will also allow him to receive the princess's protection.

In this way, Yule obtained the protection of the two divine descendants.

This point became very clear after these things were brought to light.

Yu Le naturally understood.

"Pandora, is this also part of your plan?"

Pandora directly acknowledged all of this:

"Yes, sir, this will certainly deviate from the stability you desire and make the situation even more prominent."

"But you must obtain the Heart of Eternity, and I must also guarantee your absolute safety."

"Therefore, acquiring Justinian's estate is the only feasible and acceptable option."

Okay, I knew it. Yu Le rubbed his temples and asked one last question:

"Then why didn't you tell me sooner?"

Chapter 28 I've always been here

The Great Library remained silent on the matter, because it was unaware of Pandora's thoughts.

Pandora then spoke slowly:

"Because this is just insurance, sir, there's no need to add to your worries before you actually need to accept it."

"You are all alone, you are already too tired."

Okay, here comes another AI-style "for your own good"...

Yu Le couldn't help but sigh and said:

"I would prefer you to tell me this instead."

“I will be careful, sir.”

Sunlight had filtered through the branches of the ancient tree and slowly crept onto Yu Le's face. Yu Le squinted and asked:

"How long have we been here?"

"Soon, only two hours, thirty-one minutes and thirty-two seconds."

"It's been that long? Let's go back!"

Yu Le was shocked to realize he had been gone too long, but Pandora said:

"You should have come later, because that would have made the princess even more afraid of losing you, thus giving her more security!"

"There's no need for that..."

If everything is considered from the most rational and profit-driven perspective, then entertainment is really hard to accept.

"Your will!"