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“Yes, I created a beautiful stone…” The Doctor was silent for a moment, then reached out his hand. Kal'tsit flinched slightly, but ultimately let him place his hand on her face.

Calcite is a type of calcium carbonate crystal, a type of rock that is widely found in nature. The name of calcite is Kal'tsit, pronounced as "Kal'tsit".

"So, I should call you father?" Kal'tsit looked at her with the same eyes she had when she looked at a criminal or a pervert; she didn't have many memories of the distant past.

After all, immortals must learn to forget, otherwise it would be too terrifying. But at least she still remembered that her relationship with this "doctor" could not be described as that of father and daughter.

"No," the doctor shook his head. "It's not."

“You are a clone of Presys, with some modifications and the addition of Felin genes, just like most Terrans.”

Because Originium particles cannot exist and be metabolized directly within the bodies of the early inhabitants for extended periods, it was necessary to conduct animal experiments first. Animals were then bred to develop specific Originium-binding genomes, which were then inoculated with RNA retroviruses to transform the early inhabitants into the Terrans we know today.

The only reason why people weren't hanged for creating these hybrid embryos is that the entire civilization at the time might not have survived to see the next sunrise. Discussing scientific ethics at that point would be ridiculous.

This is why the Doctor's serum can be used as a powerful Originium inhibitor. Essentially, it uses the serum and DNA extract of the ancients to interfere with the expression of this part of the Terran's genes, so that newly divided cells will not contain this organelle, thereby inhibiting or even treating Oripathy to some extent.

As for the animal-eared features of the Terrans, that was simply because the technology was not mature enough at the time, resulting in the expression of some animal genes.

Conversely, in the initial period, it even caused more chaos and serious consequences, which is why the Terran civilization collapsed so thoroughly and cleanly.

However, nature eventually corrected this brutal behavior; life always finds its own way.

"In other words, you are... a clone of my fiancée, and the first product of the Tree of Life Project, the Immortal Guide. However, you are still missing the most crucial step..."

"What is it?" Kal'tsit's blush faded slightly. "Why do you never tell me these things? So Theresia is also part of the plan?"

"No, she was an accident. You're curious why Theresa brought you here and why I discussed these things with her."

However, I'll keep this secret for a little while longer, until I've finished the final surgery for you. Then... you'll know what she saw? It will be a scene you'll never forget..."

The doctor hesitated for a moment before uttering the last word, "sunrise."

What did Theresa see? Theresa was once just a carefree queen with no grand ambitions; her greatest dream was to lead the Sarkaz people to end the long war and rebuild their homeland. However, after peeking into the Doctor's memories out of curiosity, she was forced to change.

As the sun rose slowly, its radiance was dazzling, and its intense sunlight was brighter than ever before. In just an instant, fire rain began to fall from the sky, the clouds vanished, and a wall of flames rose from the distance, spreading like a tide across the verdant plains and mountains.

She could recognize the geography of Kazdel, where beautiful South Kazdel was still a lush, verdant temperate broadleaf forest, dotted with exquisite Ancestral buildings.

However, in the storm, everything was destroyed, and in the end, all she saw was the steel gate slamming shut.

Next, the Queen had nightmares for a week. After recovering, she immediately went to the Doctor, told him what she had seen, and tried to explore deeper mysteries.

What happened next is a story that Kal'tsit already knew: the Tower of Babel was established. The Tower of Babel, the Tower of Heaven, its name speaks volumes.

In the medical bay of the Aretosha, "There are signs of physical alterations in the nervous system, and these Originium clusters... they seem somewhat familiar." Old Xia looked at the dissected corpse before him. Patriot murmured, "Talulah..."

"It seems that this is a product of the so-called Duke's Originium Arts developing to a certain stage in Talulah's body. Is it brainwashing?"

"It's more likely some kind of seduction," Skadi said, who has a lot of experience in this area. "It's like some kind of call that keeps evoking your negative emotions, and gradually, day by day, you turn into a monster."

“Boss Xia, I must report this to the captain. This may be some kind of advanced marine creature that has infiltrated the land. If we leave it unattended, more victims and offspring will soon appear!”

"Yes, I agree. Next, you'd better go home and give this record to the city-state of Agor..."

“Yes!” Skadi nodded. As an elite hunter soldier, she would definitely complete the mission once she accepted it, especially since Old Xia looked very serious.

The record was provided by the doctor, who speculated that Agor and his group might be survivors of a space ring settlement that crashed into the sea. Therefore, they had preserved fairly advanced technology.

The records contain oral accounts of the truth of Terra's past. If Agor still has relatively complete records and history, they will understand that they are no longer dealing with those ignorant Terrans, but with the remnants of that past.

After Skadi stepped out of the medical pod, she retrieved her weapons and equipment. Then, looking at the memory card that Old Xia had taken off his neck, she hesitated for a moment before finally sniffing it like Hantai, revealing a puzzled and suspicious expression. "It's not because of the smell."

She suspected that there might be some strange hormones or smell on Lao Xia that caused her to behave that way, but now it seems that's not the case.

"So, Kosiché is the mastermind behind it all..."

“The Duke’s snake scales are famous, but I can tell the difference…” Patriot said in a muffled voice. He was also a Sarkaz, or more precisely, a very special Wendigo subspecies of Sarkaz.

Patriot can identify those affected by this Originium Arts, which is why Talulah diverted him from the original timeline.

If they weren't distracted, Patriot would notice something was wrong in a single encounter and kill them with a single halberd.

"Yelena, are you alright?"

"It's nothing, the wound is very shallow. I've treated it for her, and she's resting now."

What about Koschke?

"Let's remove his scales first. As for him, it's not time to make a move yet..."

"Your decision..." Patriot stopped speaking. He was a soldier, not a leader. Now that he had made his decision, he would not argue or try to persuade him.

Since he acknowledges Xia Lin as a leader, his abilities, and his actions, he will absolutely not oppose his decision, even if it seems somewhat unwise.

After leaving the medical pod and visiting Yelena, who had a blood filtration machine hanging on her bed, Old Xia opened Talulah's communication device. "Talulah, tell me about Koschei."

Chapter Seven: It's a rabbit, not a donkey!

Chapter VII

Rhodes Island, "Glug—" A large bubble rose from the bottom of the jar, and the little girl, who had grown to almost 1 year old, floated inside the jar. Her body was connected to a large number of cables and pipes, which injected drugs and nutrients to ensure the growth of this autologous embryo, which was born from the combination of genetic fragments separated from Amiya's body and her somatic cells.

“There is indeed no trace of a donkey—” Kal’tsit carefully observed and recorded the embryo’s growth through the jar, “but genetically, it doesn’t seem to resemble Theresa, except for the fact that her hair is white.”

The fine, soft baby hair was silvery-white, and instead of Sarkaz horns, it had ordinary rabbit ears.

As for the effects on the nervous system and Originium Arts, it is not yet apparent; what is certain is that this genetic fragment will not have any impact on Amiya's future.

However, Kal'tsit was unsure about what to do with the clone that Old Xia had delivered.

These days, the Doctor has been researching the technology he half-stolen and half-tricked from the Black Serpent. According to him, this technology could grant Kal'tsit power similar to that of a Demon Lord.

However, it is only one-way; one cannot express emotions to others but can only passively receive emotions from others, and can be linked to a device called Sailboat.

This way, she could understand the Doctor and Theresa's original plan, what they saw that led to their sudden change of plans and strategies, and ultimately the collapse of the Tower of Babel and the Kazdel regime.

"Doctor, doctor, little Rosemary has a headache again." The brown rabbit ran into the lab, a hint of fear on its face. "I know," Kal'tsit put down her record board and left with Amiya.

Rosemary was the experimental subject rescued from the Loken tank. Her brain and nervous system were severely compressed by the Originium implant. Even the doctor, who had regained some of his memories, found it difficult to cure surgically.

He also admitted that Loken had indeed come up with something new. Rosemary's implants were her brothers, or more accurately, something similar to Old Xia's pig brain chip. The brain tissue that controlled Originium Arts was separated and made into an active implant, which was then implanted into Rosemary's head.

She is responsible for maintaining the activity of these brain tissues, and conflicts between several brains, even just some incomplete brain tissues, can lead to her intermittent random amnesia. Memory neurons and some brain activity are severely suppressed, or more accurately, other brain tissues induce the immune system to attack the brain, causing memory damage.

The benefit is that she is essentially a combination of several people's Originium Arts, which allows her to create six force field arms and perceive events happening in extremely distant places in the form of Originium waves—like a human radar.

At this moment, on the Aretosha, Talulah asked with a hint of confusion, "About Koschitch?" "What part do you want to know?"

"For example, what kind of person he is, what his habits are, and so on," Old Xia gave a general overview.

"Why do you suddenly want to know this?" "Because I'm preparing to deal with Duke Kosiché next."

The previous truck attack also seemed to be orchestrated by Black Snake. Although he didn't do it himself, based on the information provided by the doctor and the autopsy findings of Lao Xia, Black Snake amplified certain negative effects by influencing the nervous system.

Rather than a sign of intellectual impairment, it's more accurate to call it a sign of recklessness, which leads people's thinking towards extremes.

For example, according to the current investigation, the negative views of the two infected individuals towards Lao Xia mainly stem from their lingering loyalty or cultural traditions towards their homeland of Ursus and the royal family.

Under normal circumstances, this view will change over time, and a deeper level of truth will be recognized.

However, Kosiché, who was familiar with the mindset of keeping the masses in the dark, chose to approach the problem from this angle, allowing these people to be overwhelmed by blind obedience and anxiety, thus clouding their reason.

For those who did not personally implant the snake scales, Koschei's neurological effects were very limited. The containers he chose were not just anyone; Talulah was very selective. This is why the members of the Terra "Ark of Tomorrow" project agreed to the Doctor's "Life Flow" plan to create artificial containers.

However, if the only goal is to cause the Terrans to become abnormal, producing menopausal symptoms such as irritability and anxiety, and then through some inducement, it is easy to turn trivial matters into hatred that can lead to mutual slaughter—and the residents of the Duchy and the Infected were induced to hate each other in this way.

“I advise you not to get involved with that snake. He’s a complete madman…” Talulah said seriously. “His mind is twisted and disgusting, and his methods are not only evil but also extremely cruel.”

"If you don't deal with venomous snakes, you'll eventually be poisoned to death by them," Old Xia complained. "So, all you need to do is tell me what kind of person he is."

"I can't be too sure about that, but from what I know, Duke Kosiché is probably a seemingly respectable but actually twisted and ambitious man with some kind of great ambition."

“An ambitious person, huh…” Xia Lin stroked his chin. This one was a bit difficult to deal with, especially when he didn’t know what kind of ambitions and obsessions the other party had.

Does he have any weaknesses?

"As far as I know, he is good at handling both affairs on his territory and various trivial matters. He is not interested in women. In terms of personal lifestyle alone, he can almost be considered an outstanding representative of the nobility."

He doesn't smoke, doesn't flirt with women, shows a certain care for his subordinates, drinks only in moderation, isn't picky about food, exercises regularly, never neglects his official duties, and even displays an unusual compassion in public.

However, perhaps Talulah's personal emotions influenced her judgment, or perhaps it was simply that her nerves were connected to the black snake, allowing her to perceive things that ordinary people couldn't. She always felt that Koschei's appearance carried an eerie and sinister aura, unlike that of a human.

"And regarding greed? I mean regarding the wealth of the territory?"

"He was very good at accumulating wealth, which is why he was able to control the army group and become one of the largest separatist forces. However, he did not use his wealth for his own enjoyment, but rather used it for some unknown purposes."

If you discover an attack by a group of assassins or an unknown force, there's a greater than 50% chance it was done by that snake.

"Fifty percent remaining?"

"The remaining 50% is likely the work of some well-known or not-so-well-known organizations, such as the Unarmored Alliance and the Absolute Masters. In other words, all of them combined are as suspicious as that snake in this regard."

Talulah had no kind words for Koschei, but like everyone else, she struggled to produce conclusive evidence of his wrongdoing. The information she possessed was hardly even a minor stain on the record of a Duke of Ursus.

If we make a horizontal comparison, among the dukes of Ursus, and even among the nobles of all Terra, Kosich's underhanded actions, at least among those whom Talulah had accurate information about, could be considered a great benefactor.

However, Talulah always felt that he was hiding a deeper conspiracy and evil deeds behind these things, and she also suspected Kosichagan.

For example, the riots and various negative news about the infected people in Ursus, in retrospect, all have many strange aspects.

Given the extent to which the infected's nervous system is corrupted by Originium and Koschei's current abilities, it's highly likely that he's using this method to gradually separate the infected from ordinary people, creating mutual hostility and thus triggering a massive conflict that could ignite a war.

"They are indeed quite difficult to deal with." Xia Lin had to temporarily suppress his plan to immediately launch a counterattack against Kosich. The other side controlled at least an army group, while Xia Lin could only muster two battalion-level units at most by combining all the troops from several regions. Even with firepower and equipment advantages, it would be useless.

Patriot also said that if it were a direct battle, even if Lao Xia's troops were to include his shield guards, they would not be able to hold out for more than two days before being completely wiped out.

Unless he wages guerrilla warfare, but if he does, he will have to abandon his industrial and agricultural bases.

Does Koschche have any enemies?

“He has no open enemies, but he certainly has hidden ones. However, it’s impossible to determine who his enemies are. Moreover, the hostility between nobles can easily change if the Duke makes some concessions.” Talulah dissuaded Old Xia from supporting Koschei’s rivals in attacking him.

For example, if Kosichrie supports the young emperor, he will definitely suffer some setbacks. However, if Kosichrie releases some signal of reconciliation, the young emperor, who doesn't want the country to fall apart, will immediately reach a consensus with him, even if he only sees the slightest hope. At that time, Xia Lin might be betrayed.

“Tsk, the nobility…” Old Xia scratched his head. “Never mind, I understand. I won’t go looking for trouble with Kosiché anytime soon.”

There's no way to find them; we can only do so after we clear out Kazdel. By then, he'll have enough workers, and when the Kazimir strategy begins, he'll have an armed force that he can mobilize at any time.

The output value of industrial and agricultural production is enough to shake a country. Previously, its production could at most intimidate giants in individual industries, but its destructive power on a sovereign nation was very limited.

In central Kazdel, a market town, a convoy of construction vehicles arrived at the Kazdel trading post a week earlier. The scenery of central Kazdel is completely different from that of the north.

If northern Kazdel resembles the deserts of Central Asia and Northwest China, then the central region is closer to the former Soviet industrial areas on Earth—or more accurately, the ruins of heavy industrial cities.

Everywhere you can see the ruins left by the ancestors and the ruins caused by the two demon wars, layered one on top of the other, like new tombs covering old ones. In these tombs of varying ages, the Sarkaz people have recycled as many usable resources as possible and turned them into new industrial modules and towns.