Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 719 - 363 Yawgmoth【Part Four】

Chapter 719: Chapter 363 Yawgmoth【Part Four】

Nia’s helicopter arrived above the fleet while they were holding a brief funeral for the two whales.

After death, whale bodies don’t immediately sink because their fat content is quite high. Many whales have an overall density that’s lower than seawater. When whales die, bacteria inside their bodies decompose them, and the gases produced by the bacteria’s metabolism accumulate inside the bodies. This further decreases the density of the whales.

Whales will float on the surface of the sea for a long time.

The funeral that the fleet was holding for the whales essentially involved tying sturdy foam products to the whale corpses to ensure they wouldn’t sink too soon.

That way, the whale bodies carrying the Reverse Transcriptase Virus won’t immediately fall to the ocean floor.

Although it might not be helpful, this at least ensures that the marine ecosystem on the seabed will exist a little longer.

When Nia’s helicopter descended, Yawgmoth was watching the whale bodies drift away.

Nia was silent for a moment, then called out, "Yog..."

"Ah, Nia." Yawgmoth pointed to a whale in the distance, "Just now, I named that whale Nicola." He pointed to another, "And that one’s called Bart."

As he spoke, he jumped onto the ship’s rail and sang softly, "Here’s to you, Nicholas and Bart/Rest forever here in our hearts/The last and final moment is yours/That agony is your triumph..."

Nia turned her head away, "Yog... this isn’t your fault."

"Here’s to you, Nicholas and Bart/Rest forever here in our hearts," Yawgmoth continued to sing loudly, "The last and final moment is yours/That agony is your triumph."

Behind Nia, several people involved in the rescue operation began to tremble.

"Yawgmoth!" Nia called out.

Yawgmoth hopped down from the rail, "Yeah."

Nia wanted to say something, but after mulling it over, she said nothing. She changed the subject, "Haya has been working hard these past few days. He has destroyed the last stronghold of the evil cult."

"So weak," Yawgmoth showed some surprise, "Didn’t Shan take most of the people away? Haya took down those cultists all by himself? For real...?"

Yawgmoth looked back at the sea, which was beginning to change color, "It seems human power is still too strong. Even the most insignificant characters can do this... Ah, no, that’s not it."

Yawgmoth placed one hand on his head and leaned back, looking up at Nia upside down, "It seems I’m the one who’s too powerful. I invented all the technology they used to exterminate the biosphere! I’m just too amazing."

If he had done this posture to Shan, everyone would have found it funny. But this wasn’t Yawgmoth’s usual personality.

The reason this catastrophe was so widespread is that Yawgmoth had cracked the enzyme system. Humans were able to examine the underlying logic of genetic information and life processes from a perspective similar to that of programmers.

The reason those kidnapped biologists could easily create pathogens was that Yawgmoth had paved the way in his research on Standardization Modification Surgery.

And the reason those religious followers were able to stock up on all the drugs needed for biochemical experiments was because of the pharmaceutical methods invented by Yawgmoth.

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Superman Enterprise set up many "micro pharmaceutical factories" in the global underground transport network stations to ensure impoverished countries could also enjoy adequate medical treatments.

"Speaking of which, did Haya find out their new reason for doing this? Things like ’standardization is a sacred blessing,’ or ’evil ghosts must be non-human entities’... I still don’t understand their logic. I really don’t."

Niyaguti shook her head, "It’s no longer important. Haya... he didn’t hold back."

Yawgmoth simulated the feeling of taking a deep breath, while telling himself, "Death is the greatest punishment... Death is the greatest punishment... Xiang Shan was right..."

The whale’s carcass had drifted far away.

Niyaguti watched the whale.

"Nia," Yawgmoth changed the subject, "do you still remember Kofi?"

"Who... Kofi?" Niyaguti nodded.

It was a bit of a distant memory, although it wasn’t a hundred years ago, it was still an event from more than eighty years prior.

At that time, Yawgmoth and Niyaguti had joined an animal protection organization. They had an acquaintance who was an active member of the organization.

"Right. He seemed to be ramming his research vessel into Japanese whaling ships." Yawgmoth nodded, "That was where..."

"Further south I think, definitely not here." Niyaguti shook her head.

"If Kanhara were still alive, he would definitely find their culture to have great significance. Then some people would say that this kind of talk is completely political." Yawgmoth shook his head, "Over that, he could fight with us. But now, the ships we use to control whales, to track schools of fish, are whaling ships. We’ve adopted the earlier whaling tactics to manage the whales—but now, it seems that’s the only way to leave a bit of life on Earth..."

Whales were the top priority for biological transformation, and among whales, the baleen whales had an even higher priority. One reason was that whales are also mammals; in terms of surgery, there are many commonalities with humans which means a higher success rate. Secondly, their huge size means that once they’re transformed into metal-based life forms, they can better preserve their internal heat.

At least the polar whale species could adapt to equatorial waters.

Xiang Shan had once established a research base in the waters near the equator in Africa. The base isolated a section of the ocean to study the state of metal-based life forms outside of the laboratory environment. The base practiced strict management to prevent its internal microorganisms from escaping to the outside world.

Within the ocean demarcated by the research base, there lived metal-based plankton and a small number of lower animals. Xiang Shan even tried to market it as "Benchmark Man’s special delicacy" to the wealthy who were among the first to undergo surgery.

However, after the Biosphere One infection incident, Yawgmoth was forced to release the small animals from the base into the wild.

Those plankton that could live in equatorial oceans combined with filter-feeding whales and other species were sufficient to support a rudimentary but sustainable ecosystem.

The rest could only be left to evolution.

However, in the million years to come, there would no longer be biologists receiving divine inspirations from animals.

Like the insights the Galapagos Islands’ animals gave to Darwin.

Like the inspirations the submarine volcanic animal communities provided to Yawgmoth.

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