Chapter 347 The Betrayer of Humanity

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"……what?"

Annan looked surprised.

The answer really surprised him.

He was deeply lost in confusion.

How on earth did Nicholas do it? An android who doesn't need a parent...

"Before answering this question," whispered Bishop Darryl, pulling a book from the shelf, "have you heard of the 'Gift of the Cup' ceremony?"

"Sounds like the ceremony of the woman holding the cup."

"Indeed."

Daryl said, and sat back on the sofa.

Maybe it's because he's old, or maybe because he's gained weight again, just walking so many steps makes him a little tired.

After the fat bald bishop sat down, he put the thick book on the table and let out a long breath. He gulps down the slightly cold black tea in his cup.

Later, he turned the pages of the book and explained in a low voice: "Although the cup-holding woman is a righteous god, jade is also the cornerstone of human beings. However, in many places, openly acknowledging belief in the cup-holding woman will still be considered frivolous by the public. , or even degrading behavior.

"However, even so, many aristocratic families still openly believe in cup-holding women. But this does not necessarily mean that they are indulging in sensuality... but to practice the ceremony of 'the gift of the cup'.

"If you want to perform this ceremony, you must openly believe in the woman holding the cup for at least nine years, and hold a formal and public worship ceremony every September. Then prepare a pure gold cup, and the golden cup is filled with the magician's name. One copy of blood that has not yet been FǔBài is preserved for each of the nine months.

"Then, the practitioner will add a tube of ... liquid with its own genetic information, and then close the lid. After each month, the level of the liquid in the cup will drop by one-ninth, gradually revealing the embryo in the cup. ; and after nine months, a newborn baby will appear in the cup.

"—the so-called 'child in the cup'."

Daryl replied.

... clones?

This should be an emergency measure when the bloodline cannot be inherited... For example, infertility?

Annan was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Then in this cup... is it exactly the same as the caster?

"Roughly the same. And on this basis, their bloodline will be optimized, their appearance will become more beautiful, their intelligence and physical strength will be more outstanding. Although they are not called the children of the Cup-Holding Girl, they will also get some of his characteristics. ...

"Therefore, when some families have completely cut off their blood for some reason..."

Speaking, Daryl gave Annan a deep look, and then slowly replied: "They will hold the 'Gift of the Cup' ceremony.

"The cup-bearer doesn't ask them to keep their faith in themselves. So after the baby is born, they can renounce their belief in the cup-bearer... but as long as this ritual is used, it will leave traces of the cup-bearer-- That is, the eyes turn red.

"And the family with red eyes will still get a child if they hold the 'Gift of the Cup', but the bloodline will not continue to be optimized. It will only get a child with similar talent to the caster.

"So there will also be some merchant families who can buy gold cups, or a 'genius' aristocratic family that is rarely born in the family. When they hope to continue the glory of a generation of families, this ceremony will also be held. But in more cases, it is still A 'last resort' used to leave a seed when the bloodline is about to die.

"—And this is a typical 'artificial man made from a sample of a father or mother'. Although it borrows the power of a righteous god, it is not operated by the cup-holding woman, nor is it the god of the cup-holding woman. technique.

"'Ritual' is a power that belongs to man, not God. This kind of artificial man, in essence, still belongs to life that was born unnaturally."

Bishop Daryl said here and paused: "I think you have guessed it."

"...For example, the royal family of Noah?"

Annan asked softly.

If he wanted to talk about the red-eyed family, he could only think of this...

Bishop Daryl nodded slowly.

……I see.

This statement answered Annan's doubts.

That's why Philip dared to publicly believe in the cup-bearer as a royal heir in a country that widely believed in Sir Silver. Wouldn't even be considered bad conduct by others.

Rather, it is a tradition.

Because Noah's royal family has actually cut off their blood once. Now it's a continuation of...

When exactly did it stop?

Thinking about it carefully, Annan doesn't seem to have heard of it, what brothers and sisters does His Majesty the King have now.

Perhaps in the generation of Henry VIII's father, the natural bloodline was completely cut off.

Suddenly, an idea popped into Annan's mind:

- Could it be that Nicholas appeared in Noah and nowhere else because Henry VIII was an android?

"What about Nicholas?"

After understanding that androids do exist in this world, Annan immediately noticed the problem: "His technology for creating androids is better than that made by a woman holding a cup, right?"

Hearing what Annan said, Daryl sighed.

"You are really smart, Your Highness Annan. And you are very sharp...

"You may have been right - what Nicholas created is indeed a monster.

"But it's not because they're ugly, and it's not because they're not sane. Quite the contrary...

"The androids made by Nicholas were handsome and beautiful even by the strictest aesthetic standards. You might call them Chéng Rén—with the Hermetic Sage Stone and some cheap materials, in ChéngRén can be easily synthesized in a flask.

"They were strong and healthy, free from disease, they were even very smart, and they were very solidarity with each other - given common sense and the ease of living, Nicholas started by tying their minds together and sharing one Soul. Therefore, there will be no conflict between his creations, and the efficiency of work and study is also very high. It would be better to call it 'them', or 'it' or even 'he'.

"I have to admit that this is indeed a better species than humans. Nicholas did create new life, created a new race... just like a god.

"However, there is a fatal problem with his creation. The person who discovers the problem is the moth mother who is in charge of the principle of 'breeding'."

"Although these creations can be born only by relying on the stone of the sage, without the need for human flesh and blood. But after birth...they can reproduce with each other through the relationship between men and women, as normal as human beings. However, between human beings , but cannot produce offspring.”

Annan's pupils dilated slightly.

What did he realize: "So they... finally got out of control?"

"No."

Daryl said simply: "If there are twelve righteous gods staring at it, it will also make the situation out of control, then this is the disaster of the era.

"But it's actually not too far from the Anno - they didn't get out of hand, not because they wouldn't, but because we found out in time.

"A common sense instilled into the entire human society as a full-scale replacement for human beings, looks identical to human beings, but has reproductive isolation from human beings, and can reproduce races as quickly as human beings... For human beings, they are more than elves and human beings. Horses are scary.

"That's how Nicholas died and what he's guilty of.

"Finally after his death, all his research results and writings were completely destroyed, all the Hermetic Sage Stones that had been made were completely destroyed, all the Chéng Rén were captured and executed and burned, and the corpses were also It was completely destroyed. The memory of the superhuman who knew about this matter has been cleaned up. Therefore, even in nightmares, there will be no traces of this incident.

"From the point of view of an alchemist, Nicholas is indeed the greatest alchemist in the world, the second Hermes. He truly accomplished the great deeds that belonged to the gods as a human being...

"But he betrayed all mankind for his great cause."

Daryl said slowly: "That's why I said, if that person is really Nicholas. Even if it's just about him...

"Then we are in big trouble, Your Highness Annan."