About the time I was picked up and adopted by Tallulah

"Yeah, you're already pretty impressive, Orson. So—let me show off a bit too. Did you know that [Soul] is also a form of energy? Although the efficiency of this energy is really hard to praise, at least, things like "healing someone's fatal wounds" should be no problem—"

The doctor walked up to Orson, stretched out her arms, and gently hugged the young man who was involved in it with her and finally completed the path that neither humans nor Terrans could complete.

"Hold your head high, Orson. I've witnessed your adventures along the way, so I can proudly tell you that you will always make me proud."

"Wait, wait a minute, Doctor! What do you mean—"

Orson seemed to realize something. He tried to break free from the doctor's arms, but he could only feel a warm current flowing into his wounds and heart.

"Wait a moment--!!"

Orson finally 'broke away' from the doctor's arms, or rather, the doctor gradually disappeared from his sight.

"Go back, Orson. There are people waiting for your return."

"—"

A smiling face came into his eyes, but before he could utter a word, Orson suddenly woke up from the endless white light.

"Orson-Orson!! That's great...!"

"Tallulah...everyone?"

What he saw was the extremely familiar and reassuring red dragon girl, and her companions who were beside her and also looking at him.

"This place... well, this shouldn't be a dream."

In front of Orson, through the gaps in the crowd, he saw the radar signal tower gradually collapsing in the distance. It slowly sank to the bottom of the sea as if it had completed its mission.

This is the deck of Rhodes Island. Although it is in ruins, it still stands upright.

"I'm back, sorry to have made you worried—"

Orson said with a smile and eyes slightly closed, and the next second, the Ursus boy was surrounded by people.

The "cracking equation" did not immediately invalidate all the Originium.

In fact, according to the various documents that Orson found at the radar station, he found several different modes of transmitters, and Orson chose the mode of "completely eliminating all Originium effects after 20 years, and only weakening Originium energy in the short term."

The reason for doing this is very simple. For Terra today, everything is built on the basis of "Originium". If the entire base is drained in one breath, the damage caused will probably be no better than directly allowing natural disasters to erode the earth.

20 years - this is the deadline set by Orson, and it is also the goal he will strive for next.

The people of Terra must find a completely new energy source to replace Originium within this deadline, while gradually replacing and optimizing the original Originium society.

The first to be changed are the "infected". The Originium combined with the blood does not need to wait for 20 years, but will be suppressed and weakened immediately. It will only take about 1 year for the Originium infection in the infected people's bodies to be eliminated.

However, this also means that the "Originium Skill" will gradually disappear from people's bodies.

For society, this is definitely a major change, but for the entire Terra world, this is just the prelude to "change".

The old humans invented Originium, and the Terran humans used Originium extensively. The "sins" carried by two generations cannot be completely eliminated overnight.

Fortunately, because this "Operation Radar Station" provided an excellent opportunity, many countries that had been cold to each other or even opposed to each other had to resume communication outside of war, and [communication] is the most important step in solving problems.

Just as Orson expected, when he told everyone about Originium, the infected, and the Originium skills, it caused a huge uproar. Most people simply could not accept such a turbulent change.

Of course, change means discovering new things.

During an unexpected prayer, Lateran accidentally discovered the synthesis of a substance called "gunpowder", which was caused by a sudden fire in the ancient ruins armory.

After the climate in the northern ice field warmed up, Ursus went deeper into the area and discovered a black, burning viscous liquid in the previously uninhabited area.

Scientists from Columbia and Casimir came together and, based on the "Portable All-Terra Communication Device" that Orson had once made, successfully created a signal base station with lower costs and wider coverage. In the process, they also invented a cable called "Knight's Light" that can transmit signals efficiently.

…………

After leaving the Originium, these countries may go to war again, or they may become interdependent and symbiotic, but these are all in the future and are no longer something the story needs to care about.

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On the Rhodes Island at the center of the ocean, Orson and Tallulah sat on the edge of the broken deck, watching the sunset in the distance gradually being swallowed by the sea.

"Is that the real starry sky? It's very beautiful."

Tallulah looked at the sky. As the sunset fell silent, the sky was covered with a layer of indigo gauze, occasionally interspersed with some flickering light.

"From now on, this scene will become an ordinary scene."

Orson sighed softly, while keeping his eyes on the sea.

In the end, although these "sea heirs" did not touch the source stone and were contaminated with "original sin", they chose the most extreme way on the road of evolution.

However... they probably sensed something, so after the signal tower spread the cracking formula, they did not attack the Rhodes Island as frantically as before.

In fact, the control panel on the signal tower not only has the ability to "splitting", but also has an "amplification" equation after reversing the formula.

In other words, Orson had the power to amplify the energy of all source stones at that time, allowing all individuals to resist natural disasters and even control natural disasters.

But Orson had never thought of this path at all. He knew very well that this was not what the doctor wanted.

"Everyone can coexist" - this is the goal that the doctor, an outsider, has always practiced and worked hard for.

"Although there are still many things to do in the future, at least now... everything is over."

Orson sighed softly, while Tallulah beside him suddenly opened her eyes wide and looked at Orson in disbelief.

"Orson, your voice..."

"Ah, since my Originium skills will probably fade soon, I plan to use my original voice from now on... It might be a little hard to hear, but this is her last gift to me."

Orson put his hand gently on his throat, his expression a little lonely, but he soon smiled again.

Originium is an energy source that is gathered from the life force of the earth and carries the energy of original sin.

But the power to repair your throat, vocal cords, trachea, and so on, is the purest "energy" called love and soul.

“No, it’s a beautiful sound.”

"Well--!"

Tallulah came close to Orson, her eyes meeting his.

"Besides, it's not over yet, Orson."

Tallulah's cheeks were flushed, and Orson didn't know whether it was the sunset or the red dragon's shyness.

“Isn’t it over yet…?”

"Well, do you still remember what you said to me when we first met—"

“[My wife]…”

Orson turned his head away in embarrassment, but then realized something. He looked at Tallulah again, and this time he was sure that the blush on the Red Dragon's face was caused by happiness and shyness.

"Let's get married, Orson. When everything is over, we'll exchange the rest of our lives in the snowy plains of the North."

Although Tallulah's cheeks were extremely red and her voice was a little trembling, she did not hesitate and was extremely serious.

Orson looked at Tallulah, the girl who had been with him since the beginning. After a brief hesitation, he finally opened his mouth and smiled.

"I--"

“Wait a minute!!!!” “Wait a minute!!” “Tallulah you bastard!!”

“Uh huh!?”

Before they could finish their words, a chaotic and murderous voice suddenly came from behind them.

Orson looked back and saw Chen Huijie and Frost Star Kal'tsit running towards them, their momentum as if they were running a 100-meter sprint in a sports meet.

Following the dragon, rabbit and lynx, there was a large group of girls with completely different identities, races, heights and personalities, who rushed forward in a chaotic manner accompanied by the sound of footsteps.

"Woo... these guys really don't have time to spare!"

Tallulah gritted her teeth, pulled Orson up and prepared to escape to a quiet place where no one would disturb them.

"Don't run!" "You're robbing a man in broad daylight!?" "Stop right there!" "Over there, stop her!"

"Wait, wait a minute, my legs are still weak... woooo!"

Pfft! !

The object of everyone's quarrel was the young man who had once been a Chimera. Unfortunately, he was caught in the middle of the battle and fell into the water.

"Hehe...it's my victory after all, Orson~"

"Shark, that..."

"Huh!? Why are you here too, Orca?!"

The ghost shark, which had been lurking in the water early, had just hugged Orson, but before he had time to enjoy him all to himself, he was startled by Skadi, who had also stuck half of her head out from the side.

"In that case—come after me!"

"So wait... Gulp Gulp..."

Before Orson could say anything, he kissed the sea of life passionately again.

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Although something has changed on this land, it seems that nothing has changed.

There are a lot of things to deal with tomorrow, but at least at this moment, the noisy, somewhat overly noisy daily life will continue to surround the young man.

About the time I was picked up and adopted by Tallulah