Light Fortress
Chapter 457 - 99: Storm (Long - ! Request for Monthly Pass!)_2

Chapter 457: Chapter 99: Storm (Long Chapter! Request for Monthly Pass!)_2

"Out of control?"

Gu Shen immediately realized the emergence of this situation and what it implied.

The cultivation of a Transcendent was a slow process—

Once the spirit or the body was forcibly elevated, it would bring about severe adverse effects!

Attempting to touch the "Extraordinary Domain" through science, to possess "Taboo Power" as one’s own... would never end well!

"Indeed... out-of-control... The subject grew rapidly, then lost control just as quickly. The Federation Government expended tremendous efforts to perform the ’purge’. If I remember correctly, the report presented to the highest seats mentioned that the special investigation team paid a heavy price, and only then were they able to extinguish the failures of the ’experiment’."

Xiao uttered the last two words very slowly.

Extinguish...

In fact, the original intent of passing the "Genetic Act" was to bring hope to humanity.

Amidst the crisis of collapsing order, if it were possible to create flawless Transcendents through "genetic engineering," they would become beacons in the darkness of the grand curtain, illuminating the world!

Extinguish... sounded rather despairing.

"At the beginning, the research of the Genetic Act was personally conducted by Allen Turing... He was still alive at the time; if I remember correctly, he and Lu Cheng were experts in this field. Many years later, the project was moved to East Continent."

Xiao’s voice came to an abrupt halt.

His smile took on a hint of madness.

"Now... do I still need to explain... how I know these Ancient Texts? As for whether they were left by Allen Turing, I am all too familiar with his handwriting. I only need one look to discern its authenticity... He definitely came here and studied this tomb."

An experiment subject.

A subject submerged in a "biological capsule," unable to leave it all year round.

A freak born of a spirit far stronger than the body, destined from birth to be both perfect and flawed... The only things left to do each day would likely just be those few.

Thinking, contemplating... and peering.

In the lab where Allen Turing worked, Ancient Text Diagrams were abundant. With day-to-day observation... one could naturally accumulate a certain foundation of knowledge about the experiments on the Ancient Texts.

During the initial eradication, the "out-of-control" subjects of the Genetic Act were all killed... and yet Xiao survived stubbornly, paying a terrible price by retaining only a wisp of the Bloodfire Spirit.

If what he said was true.

Then, after the deaths of Lu Cheng and Allen Turing, indeed no one could recognize this guy’s identity anymore.

This wisp of "Bloodfire," along with the various incongruities about him, seemed to have been explained.

"I don’t need you to believe me."

"But the point I want to make... is about the cooperation that follows."

Xiao’s speech hastened: "That Ancient Stone Tablet has been sent back to Southern Continent for some time now... Regarding the master of the Late Bell Church, he may not have noticed the tablet yet, but deciphering its contents is only a matter of time. If we don’t take away the things in the tomb, when he realizes the existence of this Snowfield, it will all be too late!"

"The master of the Late Bell Church?"

Gu Shen remained calm.

He narrowed his eyes and asked slowly, "You seem to fear that guy... Who is he?"

Xiao’s personality... capable of fearing and dreading?

Xiao stared into Gu Shen’s eyes, nearly gnashing his teeth as he articulated word by word, "One of the seven great existences that hold the seeds of fire... the Storm God’s Throne."

"The Storm God’s Throne?"

Gu Shen’s expression subtly changed, and when he looked at the silver foil of the trident once more, his gaze grew peculiar.

No wonder!

No wonder the man I killed outside the Snowfield... had memories so cleanly severed, I couldn’t even trace them back!

That was the power of a God!

"The Late Bell Church is such a colossal force?" Gu Shen pondered.

"The Late Bell Church is but an ant, an ant crawling under the foot of a giant elephant." Xiao scoffed coldly, "Churches like that are countless in Southern Continent, but they all serve the same master."

He took a deep breath, "There are hundreds of churches throughout Southern Continent, each sect worships ancient gods that exist only in legends, occupying their own region... For various complex reasons, the sects are constantly at war, battling each other. But one thing is undoubted... all the churches must revere the real ’God’!"

Storm God’s Throne!

"Among the five continents... Southern Continent is truly the land of chaos..." Xiao spoke slowly: "In the era when Deep Sea connected the five continents, the ignorant thought the wars in Southern Continent were due to conflicts of faith, but in reality..."

He chuckled coldly.

These wars.

Were actually orchestrated by the powerful collective consciousness of the Transcendents.

After hearing this, Gu Shen fell into deep thought.

No wonder.

Xiao sought cooperation with me... to snatch creation from the hands of the Storm God’s Throne.

"So... what exactly is in this tomb?"

"..."

The man bound in chains remained silent.

Xiao’s expression was extremely displeased, forced into a question and answer scenario, with no other choice. By now, he had practically spilled all his secrets.

Save for this last one.

Gu Shen smiled faintly, making a promise.

"Once you’ve answered my question, I will naturally release you."

"... specifically, I do not know."