Chapter 286 Where Did They Come From

As one of the main executors of the "disobedience" plan in the past, Carmel knew all the "gods" created by this plan, including the first generation of gods and the last generation of mutants. It was done under the eyelids of the man, so when Tyre handed him a piece of the wreckage of the purified aberration, he quickly saw the disturbing features in the wreckage.

A few simple tests, some unforgeable parameters, and anxiety became a reality.

"Although there is no more professional equipment, I can't determine the sequence of genetic factors in the wreckage, but from the mutation results, it is enough to conclude that the aberration is the mutation product of 'God's Sin'," Carmel said in a heavy tone, " The power of the magic tide overwhelms the gene expression of the gods... There were terrible loopholes in our plan back then. We underestimated the magnitude of the mutation of the biomass in the face of the magic tide. The 'god' genetic factor cannot resist this level of mutation , causing factor carriers to become...monsters before adapting to the Tide environment."

Carmel has tried his best to calm down his emotions, but Gawain can still feel the great sadness in the heart of the ancient magus. He can imagine this kind of sadness - Carmel and his colleagues gave everything for this cause , this price even exceeds the limit that human beings can bear, but the final outcome is a more terrible result than failure. Instead of saving the people they want to save, their cause has turned those people into monsters... even if they change Thinking about it, Gawain felt that he might not be as calm as Carmel when faced with the same blow.

However, he still had to ask his own question: "Do you know what happened to the 'God's Sin' that you researched after being sent back to the hinterland of the empire?"

"The part I'm in charge of is limited to research, and I don't know the follow-up 'application' link, but although the details are not clear, I can make a guess," Kamel said slowly, "You didn't mention that it has never been used in the outside world. Has there been news of the magic tide? So I guess it all happened in secret - after the 'God's Sin' was sent back to the imperial capital, the royal family should have been gradually vaccinated over three centuries by means of centralized immunization or the like. The hereditary factor of the gods has been injected into all people and made it a stable genetic factor for human beings, because our goal is to save all people, so every citizen of Gondor must be the carrier of the gods. As soon as...the endless aberrations that emerged overnight after the arrival of the magic tide will have the answer."

Gawain believed that what Carmel said was probably the truth.

Genetic modification is not something that can be done overnight - Carmel and his colleagues can directly modify themselves with powerful magic,

Thus directly turning oneself into a carrier of gods and evil, but for the ordinary people of the Gondor Empire, it is unrealistic (and not confidential enough) to carry out this level of transformation, so the Gondor royal family at that time could only be Secret and step-by-step means were adopted, such as the transfer of mutant substances to the parent and the mother, and then their offspring became natural carriers of evil.

It will take more than one generation to carry out this transformation of the entire population of the entire empire, but there is a three-hundred-year time difference between the completion of the disobedience plan and the real explosion of the magic tide—three hundred years, with the technical power of the Gondor Empire back then, it was sufficient. Complete this huge plan.

"If you say that... I seem to have really thought of something," Gawain stroked his chin, and suddenly found some valuable information from his memory, "At the end of the Spark Age, the empire did suddenly increase several types of inhabitants. Immunization and Newborn Examination Program - At that time, Imperial Capital said it was to alleviate the increasingly serious problem of elemental assimilation, and to select magical adaptors from the newborn stage... If it is correct, this should be the 'disobedience' plan application stage.”

Carmel's tone was low: "This ended up killing everyone..."

"No, if it is as I expected, then your plan is probably a success." Gawain suddenly looked straight, looked at Carmel seriously and said.

Carmel raised his head in amazement, he didn't see the deliberately comforting look on Gawain's face.

"I didn't comfort you," Gawain couldn't see Carmel's expression, but he could think of what the other party was thinking, "your plan of disobedience should indeed work--it just didn't save everyone. Carmel Er, have you forgotten - the four major kingdoms of mankind are now established by the remnants of Gondor."

After saying these words, Gawain felt his eyes light up—Kamel became brighter.

The ancient magician said with a slightly excited tone: "You mean..."

"Many people think that the pioneer legion of seven hundred years ago - or the Gondor refugees survived the first shock of the magic tide and hid in a safe area in time before the second shock, but In fact, we experienced the complete first and second shocks," Gawain recalled, "when we gathered the team, the surrounding natural environment had already begun to mutate, a large number of animals, plants, Even the lifeless soil and stones are changing in front of us, the high-energy clouds brought by the chaotic magic energy are gathered above everyone's heads, the magic energy surges day and night, and no one escapes the first impact - we It ran out with the first impact."

Carmel flickered: "Is there no life variation?"

"Many people died of malignant diseases or elemental poisoning, but no one mutated," Gawain said earnestly, "and there is a very important clue-the breakout team at that time was not only human, but also many others in The elves, dwarves, halflings and other races that stayed in Gondor when the magic tide exploded were also mixed in our team. The death rate of those aliens in the magic tide was several times higher than that of humans, basically except for the middle class. Apart from 70% to 80% of the high-level powerhouses, their low-level professionals and ordinary people all died in the first few months."

"So...'Antibody' still has an effect..." Kamal seemed to be muttering to himself, "But why have all the people in the hinterland of the empire turned into aberrations?"

"Maybe it's because of the Deep Blue Well," Gawain said of his thoughts, "The Deep Blue Well had an explosion a year before the explosion of the magic tide. At that time, two of the four main reaction towers exploded.

The amount of magic energy thus escaped to the center of the empire, and they were like unstable fuel. When the chaotic magic energy of the magic tide suddenly exploded, the energy of the deep blue well had a catalytic effect... The 'God's evil' genetic factor may indeed be able to Enhance the ability of human beings to resist the erosion of the magic tide, but its effect is obviously limited. "

"If that's the case..." Carmel's tone calmed down, "Maybe it's also a consolation."

Gawain couldn't help but think of the identity verification device that was found in the ruins in the mountains (fortress of disobedience) before. At that time, the device clearly regarded all human beings including Gawain, Byron and others as "safe and stable". Carrying it", but the alarm sounded when Amber tried to pass the verification. Gawain once thought it was the result of a broken device, but now he has guessed the function of the device.

The device is not broken at all - it does identify a safe and stable carrier, and every human whose ancestors come from the Gondor Empire is a carrier of "God's Sin".

But even if he understood the origin of the aberrations, Gawain still had a lot of doubts about those monsters.

"If the aberrations are all mutated from humans carrying the genetic factors of the gods, rather than the so-called 'chaotic creatures' produced in the magic tide, then many of their characteristics are completely inexplicable," Gawain said his doubts , "For example - when the number of aberrations exceeds a certain threshold, a chaotic magic energy environment will be created around them, and when the intensity and range of the chaotic magic energy environment reaches a certain level, there will be aberrations in the chaotic magic field" Created out of thin air...how should this be explained?"

If the aberrations are "chaotic creatures" and the life forms are similar to a certain elemental product, then their continuous proliferation in the magic tide environment can be explained, but if the aberrations are "normal life" mutated by humans, they How did it "appear out of thin air" when the environment was suitable like elemental creatures?

Even Carmel couldn't answer this question, it was out of the knowledge of the ancient magus, who could only boldly assume: "Maybe it's the source of the 'God's sin' - the power of the gods at work? Although the evil only used the genetic factors of Julu Amoen, for the gods, stealing their flesh and blood is equivalent to stealing their power. The power of gods is difficult for humans to understand. Perhaps this kind of power gives the aberrations some ...not characteristic of conventional creatures."

"Anyway, it's really hard to explain that it can be 'created out of thin air'," Gawain shook his head and sighed. "Everything in the wasteland is unknown, and no one can guess what happened to those monsters."

After finishing the topic about the aberrations, Kamel finally remembered the original purpose of Gawain looking for him, and he asked curiously: "Lord, I heard that you designed something?"

"It's a weapon manufacturing solution, but I'm not sure if it's feasible," Gawain nodded, picked up the blueprint on the desk and handed it to Kamel, "Although energy weapons have obvious advantages, but in the face of anti-magic shields and the like We still need live-fire weapons—preferably both, so that we can maintain an edge in complex battlefields.”

This lord seems to be approachable and open-minded, but in fact, he is a cautious and well-planned person who will never give the enemy any way to survive on the battlefield. After learning what Gawain did, Camille has realized this. , so he was not surprised that Gawain would keep the plan of live ammunition weapons - and he himself was inclined to use a variety of weapons and equipment to meet the challenge, so he took over the blueprint and quickly became interested in it.

"It's still a repulsion mechanism... Do you use a continuous repulsion structure to form a plus orbit? You mentioned this before..." Kamal looked at the detailed instructions on the drawing and muttered in a low voice, "But this time you plan to use the cannonball. Add a hurricane rune to it?"

"It's not just the shells that have changed. In fact, the orbital part also has a special design," Gawain explained, pointing to the blueprint, "I referred to Rebecca's 'amplifier' idea, and added a magic field to the ends of the two orbitals. Receiver and load balancer, and use an extra set of runes to direct this part of the energy into the repulsion mechanism, so that when the gun is fired, all the repulsion mechanisms are equivalent to overloading, and their thrust will be greatly increased— With the reinforced rails and the auxiliary power of the shell itself, its range and power will be exactly what I want - even a lot more."

Carmel couldn't help but question: "Continued overload? In this way, the service life of the magic circle may be shortened by more than half..."

Gawain had long known that the other party would have this question, and he smiled slightly: "I think... in the field of industrialized magic devices, many people have fallen into a misunderstanding, and magic masters like you are no exception."

"What misunderstanding?"

"Industrial products are not afraid of consumption - a finely crafted traditional magic ring can be passed down from generation to generation like a family heirloom, or even used for hundreds of thousands of years, turning into an ancestral treasure with a legendary story, but something produced by industrialization ...they were not meant to be passed down from generation to generation from the beginning.

"They are consumables, as long as their service life can meet or exceed the actual demand, then they are qualified industrial products, although a longer service life is also good, but it is just icing on the cake, not essential.

"If it can be used to complete its own mission, it is qualified. If it can be used to eliminate and replace it, it is an excellent work. If it can be used for a long time, it can be used for generations... then it will affect the industrial process. , affecting the progress and replacement of technology.

"Want to know why? The reason is very simple. Not only will industrial products be mass-produced, but they will also be updated in batches. As long as the industrial chain itself does not have any problems, the degree of replacement will be far greater than that of traditional magic and alchemy devices—new New technological products will continue to replace old things and make them better and more practical. Like that magic ring from hundreds of years ago that is still powerful after hundreds of years is in the new order I want to build. It doesn’t exist, if we really create something, and it’s still a mainstream product and the mainstay of society after it has been used for dozens or hundreds of years, then it can only be said that… the magic industry led by Cecil is over.”

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