The Righteous Player(s) Chapter 347: The betrayer of humanity

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"...what?"

Annan looked shocked.

This answer really shocked him.

He was deeply confused.

How did Nicholas do it? An artificial person that does not need a parent...

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

"Sounds like a cup-bearing woman's ritual."

"Indeed."

Daryl said, sitting back on the sofa.

Maybe it was because he was old, or because he had gained weight, but just walking a few steps made him a little tired.

After the fat bald bishop sat down, he put the thick book on the table and took a long breath. Take a gulp of the slightly cold black tea in your cup.

Afterwards, he turned the pages of the book and explained in a low voice: "Although the Cup Girl is a righteous god, her hope is also the cornerstone of human beings. But in many places, people who publicly admit their belief in the Cup Girl will still be criticized by the public. Consider it frivolous or even despicable.

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

"If you want to perform this ritual, you must openly believe in the cup-bearing woman for at least nine years, and hold a formal and public worship ceremony every September. Then prepare a pure gold cup, which is filled with alms. The surgeon saves a portion of blood that has not yet been harvested for each of the nine months.

"Then, the operator will add a tube...of liquid containing his own genetic information, and then cover it with a lid. After that, every month, the liquid level in the cup will drop by one-ninth, gradually revealing the cup. The embryo in the cup; and nine months later, a newborn baby will appear in the cup.

"——The so-called 'child in the cup'."

Daryl replied.

...Clone?

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

Annan was stunned for a moment, then asked: "Then the child in the cup...is exactly the same as the one who cast the spell?

"Absolutely. And on this basis, their bloodline will be optimized, their appearance will become more beautiful, and their intelligence and physical strength will be more outstanding. Although they cannot be called the children of the girl holding the cup, they will also get Him Part of the characteristics...

"Therefore, when some families completely cut off their bloodlines due to some reasons."

As he spoke, Daryl took a deep look at Annan, and then slowly replied: "They will hold a 'Gift of the Cup' ceremony.

"The Cup Girl does not require them to maintain faith in themselves. So after the baby is born, they can declare to give up their belief in the Cup Girl... But as long as this ritual is used, the Cup Girl will remain. Traces - that is, the eyes turn red.

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

"So there will also be some merchant families who can purchase gold cups, or aristocratic families where a 'genius' is rarely born in the family. When they hope to continue the glory of the family for a generation, they will also hold this ceremony. But in more cases , it is also the 'last resort' used to leave seeds behind when the bloodline is about to be cut off.

"——And this is a typical 'artificial human that requires samples from the father or mother'. Although it borrows the power of Zhengshen, it is not operated by the cup-holder woman, nor is it operated by the cup-holder. Female magic.

"'Rituals' belong to human power, not to gods. This kind of artificial person is still essentially a life that was not born naturally."

When Bishop Daryl said this, he paused: "I think you have guessed it."

"...For example, Noah's royal family?"

Annan asked softly.

If he wanted to talk about the family with red eyes, he could only think of this one...

Bishop Daryl nodded slowly.

...That's it.

This statement answered one of Annan’s doubts.

That's why Philip dared to publicly believe in the cup-bearing woman as the royal heir in a country where Silver Siren was widely believed. It won't even be considered bad behavior by others.

This is a tradition.

Because the Noah royal family has actually cut off its bloodline once. Now it is continuing again...

When did it stop?

Thinking about it carefully, Annan seems to have never heard of any brothers or sisters that His Majesty the King now has.

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

Suddenly, an idea came to Annan’s mind:

——Could Nicholas appear in Noah but not elsewhere just because Henry VIII is an artificial man?

"What about Nicholas?"

After understanding that artificial humans do exist in this world, Annan immediately realized the problem: "Isn't his technology for creating artificial humans better than the one made by the cup-holder woman?"

Hearing what Annan said, Daryl sighed.

"You are really smart, His Highness Annan. And you are very keen...

"Perhaps what you said before is right - what Nicholas created can indeed be called a monster.

"But it's not because they are ugly, nor because they are not intelligent. It's quite the opposite...

"The artificial beings created by Nicholas are handsome and beautiful even by the most stringent aesthetic standards. You could call them Chéng Rén - a combination of the Hermetic Philosopher's Stone and some cheap Material, ChéngRén, which can be easily synthesized in a flask.

"Their bodies are strong and healthy, free from diseases, they are even very smart, and they are very united with each other - taking into account the operational convenience of implanting common sense and life, Nicholas tied their minds together from the beginning , share a 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 'they', or call it 'it', or even 'him'.

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

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

"Although these creations ~IndoMTL.com~ can be born only by relying on the Philosopher's Stone and without human flesh and blood. But after birth... they can reproduce normally like humans through male-female relationships. Descendants. However, with humans, no offspring can be born."

Annan's pupils dilated slightly.

What did he realize: "So they... finally lost control?"

"No."

Daryl said simply: "If twelve righteous gods are watching and the situation gets out of control, then it will be an epochal disaster.

“But it’s actually not too different from the Disaster of the Epoch – they didn’t lose control, not because they wouldn’t lose control, but because we discovered it in time.

"As a superior substitute for all aspects of human beings, a common sense that has been instilled into the entire human society, looks the same as humans, but is reproductively isolated from humans, and can reproduce the race as quickly as humans... To humans, they are Much scarier than elves and centaurs.

"This is the cause of Nicholas' death and his crime.

"In the end, after his death, all his research results and writings were completely destroyed, all the Hermetic Philosopher's Stones that had been produced were destroyed, and all collaborators Chéng Rén were captured, executed and burned , the corpse was also completely destroyed. The memories of the extraordinary beings who knew about this incident had been cleaned. Therefore, even in nightmares, there would be no traces of this incident.

"From the perspective of an alchemist, Nicholas is indeed the greatest alchemist in the world, the second Hermes. He truly completed the great deeds belonging to the gods as a human being...

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

Daryl said slowly: "That's why I said, if that person is really Nicholas. Or even just related to him...

"Then we will be in big trouble, Your Highness Annan."