Infinite Chimera Creation

However, after witnessing Momiji's battle, driven by fear, Sumire Muroto once again entered the place she had sworn never to set foot there again, personally supervising the experiments in the hope of creating the Monster Child as soon as possible.

It's fair to say that in this place, Sumire Muroto was immersed in fear every minute. Those mechanized warriors who once gave her peace of mind could no longer provide her with the slightest sense of security. Just keeping calm and not losing her temper and shouting was already exhausting a lot of her energy.

Soon, the group arrived at their destination, a place with hundreds of culture chambers neatly arranged.

These culture chambers were filled with a bright yellow liquid, in which baby girls floated quietly. Several elderly researchers walked back and forth between the culture chambers, recording data.

After Sumire Muroto arrived, several elderly people gathered around. One of them, a balding old man, stood at the front with a serious and rigid expression and spoke to Sumire Muroto.

"Doctor, there are three experimental subjects that have reached maturity and need to undergo surgery. I'm counting on you."

Sumire Muroto nodded silently, not because she was arrogant and disdainful of replying to the old man, but because this was the very place where that tragedy had occurred. Standing here, the terrifying memories kept resurfacing, and the oppressive feeling and fear in her heart made her unable to utter a single word.

The old man was clearly unaware of this, and naturally, in his eyes, Muroto Sumire became an arrogant and rude person.

His facial features tightened even more, and the old man turned and walked towards the incubation chamber on the east side.

"The first test subject who needs surgery is here. Follow me."

Under immense psychological pressure, Sumire Muroto didn't notice the old man's change in attitude and simply nodded before following him. While Sumire didn't realize it, the mechanized soldiers behind her did. Seeing the balding old man dare to be so rude to Sumire, their eyes immediately turned dangerous.

After walking a few steps, the old man stopped in front of an incubation chamber, pointed to the baby girl inside, and introduced her.

"This is the first test subject who needs surgery."

Sumire Muroto nodded, took the metal-like glove handed to her by the young researcher, put it on, and after gently moving her fingers a few times, steadily extended her hand.

The transparent material used in the culture chambers is not glass, but an organic material that can deform under a specific vibration frequency. Sumire Muroto's gloves are perfectly matched with these culture chambers and are instruments that can vibrate at the corresponding frequency.

Under Sumire Muroto's hands, the transparent walls of the culture chamber trembled slightly, like jelly. With a little force, her hands slipped through the walls and into the fluorescent yellow liquid.

Sumire Muroto is one of the Four Sages, one of the world's top four researchers, and she naturally has her own unique qualities. Although this place makes her feel fearful and depressed, her heart immediately calms down after the surgery begins.

With a calm and unwavering expression, Sumire Muroto held various surgical instruments in both hands, moving them in and out of the storage room wall, inserting tiny parts one by one into the baby girl's body.

After an unknown amount of time, the last part was finally placed into the baby girl's body. Sumire Muroto then withdrew her hand from the incubation chamber, took off her gloves, and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

The old people who were originally somewhat arrogant now looked at Sumire Muroto with expressions of looking at God. Although they knew that Sumire Muroto was not someone they could compare to, could such a precise implantation surgery really be completed by just one person with only two hands?

Moreover... it was conducted in a liquid environment.

Seeing that Sumire Muroto's surgery was over, a young researcher quickly handed her an internal laboratory communicator and whispered something.

"Doctor, there is a communication for you, from Dr. Albrecht."

Upon hearing the name of someone who, like herself, was a member of the Four Sages, Sumire Muroto frowned subconsciously and asked,

Did he say something was wrong?

"Dr. Albrecht said that the first child of a monster has been successfully created."

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Chapter 81 Race?

Upon hearing the news that "the first Demon Child has been successfully created," Sumire Muroto's pupils constricted sharply, her eyes filled with shock. The four sages were each responsible for the Demon Child project in different regions. Although the progress of the experiments would vary due to differences in individual abilities, the differences should not be too significant. How could Albrecht suddenly leave everyone behind and succeed directly?

After frowning and thinking for a moment, and finding that she couldn't come up with any clues, Sumire Muroto no longer hesitated and took the communicator from the young researcher.

On the small screen of the communicator, a somewhat elderly man was solemnly flipping through documents.

"Albrecht, you succeeded? How did you do it? How's the genetic stability? Does anyone else know?"

Holding the communicator, Sumire Muroto didn't bother with formalities and immediately bombarded her with a series of questions. The elderly man being questioned by Muroto didn't seem to mind her attitude; he put down the documents in his hand and nodded seriously.

"Of course I wouldn't lie to you about this. It was indeed successful, and there's no problem with gene stability. As for the others, someone will naturally tell them."

"Will someone tell them?"

Sumire Muroto frowned even more deeply, and unconsciously pursed her lips.

"Those two spies have planted spies in your territory again? They're really not making any progress. Albrecht, instead of getting rid of those stinking rats, you let them peek around and sniff around on your turf. Don't you find that disgusting?"

Albrecht's expression remained serious and calm, unmoved by the words "spy" and "rat," and he spoke leisurely.

"Anyway, even if we deal with one batch, there will be a second batch, so let them be. But you, I don't have any spies you sent here. It's a bit troublesome for me to personally inform you about this."

As they were talking, one of the mechanized soldiers brought over a chair. Sumire Muroto sat down lazily and waved her hand lightly.

"You know I'm lazy. Spies and scheming are too much trouble. Anyway, you'll tell me what you're willing to let me know, and I don't think a few spies can find out what you're not willing to let me know."

Albrecht finally smiled for the first time, shook his head slightly, and let out a helpless sigh.

"If only those two could understand this principle. Alright, let's stop talking about this useless stuff and talk about the Demon Child you're concerned about."

As he spoke, Albrecht waved his hand, and a few seconds later, a little girl who looked about seven or eight years old, wearing a white dress, with a lazy expression, as if she hadn't woken up yet, appeared on the screen.

Looking at the little girl, the young researcher and the mechanized warrior beside Muroto Sumire both showed strange expressions. It's no wonder they were like that, because the little girl's lazy demeanor was exactly like Muroto Sumire's, making her look like Muroto Sumire's daughter.

Sumire Muroto herself didn't care about the girl's resemblance to her. Firstly, the four sages had an agreement not to take advantage of each other's genes. Secondly, even if the girl was created using her genes, she wouldn't suffer any loss. She wasn't some naive little girl who would think that someone created using her genes was her sister or daughter.

However, although she didn't care about the girl's identity, Sumire Muroto's face still clearly showed displeasure. She stared intently at Albrecht on the screen and asked with a hint of accusation,

“I said, Albrecht, I don’t care what your special hobbies are, but do you think I’m stupid? Trying to fool me with a boy.”

Although the "little girl" really looked like a girl, and it's hard to tell the gender of a seven or eight-year-old child, Sumire Muroto was able to tell the "girl's" gender at a glance.

As everyone knows, all the Cursed Children are girls, and there are no male individuals. Of course, it's even more impossible for them to be the Children of Monsters. But now, Albrecht actually made a boy dress up in women's clothing and said, "This is the Child of Monsters that I created." Sumire Muroto immediately felt that her intelligence had been insulted.

Upon hearing Sumire's words, the people around her were all surprised, unable to believe that such a cute little girl was actually a boy. However, soon, a few of them showed even more excited expressions.

Albrecht remained calm, seemingly unsurprised that Muroto Sumire had discerned the "girl's" gender. He offered no further explanation, simply nodding to the "girl." The girl remained languid, making no movement, but a layer of blue crystals rapidly condensed on her body.

"This is... ice? No, this isn't ice, but some kind of crystalline substance I've never seen before. Although I don't know what kind of crystal it is, it is definitely the Child of Demons."

Supernatural power is the best explanation; without a doubt, this "little girl" is the child of a demon. Looking at the lazy child of a demon, Sumire Muroto's expression turned serious, and she muttered to herself,

"Could it be that the Demon Child has broken the restriction of the Cursed Child and can infect male fertilized eggs? But that doesn't make sense either. In my experiments, the male fertilized eggs still die the moment they are infected."

"This child is special. She was a girl when she was first infected, but she quickly turned into a male."

Albrecht coughed twice and said softly,

"The monster that infected her was a monster with fish-like features, and I think those fish-like features were probably those of a clownfish."

Upon hearing Albrecht's words, Sumire Muroto suddenly realized that clownfish are animals that change their sex according to the sex of their own kind. When there are only females and no males in a group of clownfish, the strongest female will become a male.

The Monster Child is actually a special kind of Cursed Child. Her kind should not be humans, but those other Cursed Children. Given that all the Cursed Children are girls, it makes sense that the Monster Child with clownfish characteristics would become male.

"Because there are no male individuals among the Cursed Children, they cannot reproduce within their species and can only increase their numbers by relying on infected human pregnant women. Therefore, we have never regarded them as an independent race, but rather defined them as a human subspecies. However, now there are male individuals among the Cursed and Monster Children, which means that it is possible for the Cursed Children to reproduce within their species."

Biting her thumb, Sumire Muroto's face was grim as she asked in a slow, heavy voice,

"In that case, the race of the Cursed Children may be about to emerge."

P.S., this is today's update. There are three more chapters to go. I'll start writing them after I finish my lab report.

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Chapter 82 So Noisy

You're overthinking it.

Sumire Muroto's face was grim, but Albrecht seemed unfazed, his expression remaining unchanged as he spoke with a serious demeanor.

"Whether a new race will emerge is a matter for those politicians who are always scheming to consider. We are researchers. What we need to think about now is the impact of gender change on the success rate of creating monster children, and how to use this unexpected success case to obtain more successful individuals."

"...Yes, you're right."

After a long pause, Sumire Muroto bit her lower lip and slowly nodded, agreeing with Albrecht's words. However, judging from her expression, it was clear that her concerns had not completely disappeared.

Albrecht shook his head, not revealing Muroto Sumire's thoughts, and began to discuss with her the issue of creating monster children. Muroto Sumire, being a researcher, put her earlier concerns behind her after discussing with Albrecht for a while, and devoted herself to the discussion, and soon started arguing with Albrecht.

Albrecht believed that since the first Monster Child had appeared, it proved that the Monster Child Project was correct and feasible. He believed that new Monster Children would definitely be born in the future. He thought that this Monster Child was not so precious now and should be put into experiments immediately to fully test its abilities before dissecting it, completely analyzing it, and deduce methods to deal with monsters based on the analysis results.

Sumire Muroto, however, believes that the appearance of this Demon Child was due to an accident, and that such an accident is currently unrepeatable. Therefore, this successful individual should be cherished, and only gentle and harmless experiments should be conducted on him before new Demon Children appear. Various harmful experiments should only be carried out after Demon Children can be mass-produced.

Two people with different personalities and research approaches were unwilling to compromise on the issue of what to do with the child of the monster, stubbornly sticking to their own views and arguing fiercely.

Logically, since this monster child was created by Albrecht, it should be considered his personal property. He could have ended the dispute by simply saying, "This monster child is mine, and how I deal with it is my business." However, he didn't say that; instead, he kept trying to persuade Sumire Muroto.

Sumire Muroto wasn't worried about Albrecht saying such things, because the fact that Albrecht had taken the initiative to contact her and tell her about the Demon Child meant that the old man was already planning to invite her to study the Demon Child together.

Now, Sumire Muroto's task is to persuade that stubborn old man as much as possible to agree to her experimental plan.

Neither Sumire Muroto nor Albrecht avoided mentioning the "girl" still standing next to Albrecht when discussing the disposal of the Demon Child.

Both of them knew that although this child of the demon looked to be seven or eight years old, he was actually created using growth catalysis technology and was less than a month old. He had not even developed the most basic logical thinking, and the ability to release his abilities according to commands as he had just done was probably his limit.

However, neither of them considered one question: Is it really true, as they "know," that the child of a demon, a being with supernatural abilities, cannot develop logical thinking abilities before the age of one month?

The answer is of course no.

Newborn mammal and bird offspring are ignorant and need their parents to teach them how to survive. However, the offspring of insects and fish are different. Their parents usually do not teach them anything, and often leave before the offspring hatch from the eggs.

Because everything they need to master—whether it's foraging methods, courtship techniques, or migration routes—is taught to them by their parents before they are born. After hatching, they only need to follow their instincts to perform as well as their parents.

These insect and fish-like characteristics did not appear in the cursed child, but perhaps due to the effect of magic, these characteristics appeared in the demon child.

His monster father gave him the instinct to control his abilities, allowing him to use them skillfully without much practice. His human mother gave him human language and complex logic, enabling him to understand what humans were saying and what they wanted to do.

So while he was still floating in the culture chamber, he learned about his own existence and his situation through the conversations of the people in white coats.

He knew he was stronger than those humans, he knew that overusing his abilities would turn him into a monster, he knew that those humans harbored ill intentions towards him, and he knew that if he didn't turn into a monster, those humans would be able to subdue him. So he endured from birth and began searching for a way to save himself.

The newborn child of the monster, on the one hand, takes advantage of his identity, pretending to be an ignorant child who knows nothing, wandering around, exploring the structure of the building, and thinking about how to escape. On the other hand, he keeps praying in his heart, hoping that someone can save him.

Although I don't know who to pray to, I'll just pray anyway. Prayer may not solve the problem, but it will bring me peace of mind.

Please, save me, please, save me, please, save me...

……

……

"Please, save me, please, save me, please, save me..."

"It's so noisy!!!"

Hongye suddenly roared and angrily opened her eyes, wanting to see who was so bored as to play a prank on her while she was deducing the method of spiritual energy circulation.

However, when Hongye opened her eyes, she realized that this was Lord Yuan Yuan's residence. How could anyone possibly play a prank on her? She looked around and indeed there was no one there.