Before everyone could understand what the "answer" meant by the emperor, there was a sudden shock under everyone's feet, and then the entire ground suddenly fell away from the palace as a whole.
Only then did everyone discover that what they were in was actually a force field suspension device wrapped in a transparent cover like a snow globe.
Like taking them on a sightseeing tour, the levitation device dropped in height and slowly drifted over the city.
This also allows everyone to see the interior of this underground city more clearly.
"This underground space is self-contained, completely isolated from the outside world, does not require any material circulation, and is fully managed by mechanical guards and Dusk.
There is no conflict here, and the concept of self is weakened. Every life comes to death with only one goal.
That is to explore the mysteries of spiritual technology! "
The emperor was like a tour guide, pointing to the bottom and talking.
"There are a total of about 1 billion people here, and only a small part of them are natural people, providing research materials here through natural reproduction.
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The vast majority are artificial humans produced in laboratories.
In addition to genetic optimization, many people have been psychically modified since childhood to make their brains more adaptable to psychic growth.
When they grew up, a small part of them, fortunately, became psychic, and then continued to voluntarily walk on the experimental bench.
All the residents here are both experimenters and experimenters.
Interesting ecological model, isn't it? "
Both the experimenter and the experimenter
The cruelty in this sentence makes everyone horrified.
Soon, the suspension device brought everyone down in the center of a huge square.
As far as the eye can see, there are petri dishes all around, and in the petri dishes, there are various experimental subjects from infants to adults, like a human body exhibition hall.
While wearing uniforms all around, the researchers who work in and out seem to turn a blind eye to them and study others on their own.
Or... study yourself.
Like a walking dead.
"Royal Father, would this... be too cruel?" The ninth prince looked pale as he looked at the scenes in front of him.
For the first time, he realized that there was an unknown side to His Majesty, the father-like emperor in his eyes.
No no no! This is just the legacy left by the previous emperors, not the father's fault!
The ninth prince was still trying to excuse the emperor's paleness.
"Haha! You are still so kind, but this kindness is not suitable for becoming an emperor."
As soon as the emperor said these words, the Ninth Prince's face turned ashen.
Because this is tantamount to officially proclaiming that the heir chosen by the emperor is not himself!
The fourth prince and the eighth prince showed a hint of joy on their faces, but the second prince, who should have been equally happy, looked at everything around him, but his face gradually became gloomy.
"Tell me, what do you mean by 'the answer' here?"
"Haha! It seems that you have noticed something?" The emperor smiled inexplicably, and then sighed.
"Yes, this is the biggest secret of the imperial family!
My body is not the hands and feet of outsiders, but here, here is heaven, and at the same time hell..."
"what?!"
Everyone was taken aback.
After Nie Yun was surprised, lightning flashed in his mind, "It turns out... it's a side effect of mental strengthening..."
No wonder! No wonder this guy is also a hidden mental ability.
You must know, how many psychic abilities are there in the Woolf Empire? Divided by the huge population base, the probability of an emperor of a country being slapped in the face by his spiritual talent is almost zero!
But it was just such a chance that the pampered emperor, His Majesty, just ran into it.
It turns out that this is not natural selection, but artificial synthesis
The symptoms of aging may not be a physical problem at all, but a mental problem!
The human body and spirit are like the hardware and software of a computer. If there is a problem with the hardware, it will be fatal, but if there is a problem with the software, it is still possible to crash!
Thinking about it now, the emperor's physical condition is similar to that of a madman.
As can be seen from the example of the madman, if the spirit and the body do not match, and the growth of scabies occurs, it is very likely to damage the lifespan of the human body.
This is like the so-called "overdraft of life" and "five declines of heaven and man".
So the emperor's aging is actually because the body can't bear the side effects caused by the huge mental power
No wonder Nie Yun was negligent. With so many clues, he couldn't think of this possibility.
He really didn't expect that the dignified ruler of a country would actually accept such extreme spiritual strengthening transformation
and many more! That being said, the ability of the second prince would not also be...
Thinking of this possibility, Nie Yun's face suddenly brightened.
"You don't want to tell me that you, the Gothic royal family, are all products of this laboratory, and you... belong to a failure?"
As soon as Nie Yun said this, everyone's expressions changed.
Only the second prince's face was ashen, and he obviously already had his own answer.
"Failure? Hahaha! That's right, I'm a failure!" The emperor laughed as if he had heard something interesting.
"But we succeeded in the end, didn't we?" The emperor stopped laughing, looking at the second prince with a burning look in his eyes.
The second prince's face was gloomy, his fists clenched and loosened.
Self-confessed in the noble blood of the royal family, he did not want to admit that his talents and abilities all came from a shadowy laboratory.
However, he had to admit it, and reason told him.
The power gained at such a price is worth it!
"This... this can't be true!" The ninth prince obviously couldn't accept this reality, and his whole person seemed to have collapsed.
"Why not? Natural evolution is too slow, and to keep up with the times, you need to give up something.
In fact, starting from Gothic XVI, the royal newborns of the empire will be secretly received here for strengthening and transformation, and then the nine most qualified people will be selected.
Alaya, the Codex of the God of War, and of course you, are all for the imperial family to win the starting line in the new round of competition!
Now that you already know the horror of charm, you should be able to imagine that if such power is controlled by people outside the royal family, what awaits us in the end will only be subversion! "
"So, among the nine of us, only the second brother is qualified, right?" The fourth prince's lips trembled.
It turned out that the throne they were fighting for was just a process of "qualification appraisal" from the beginning.
The outcome of everything was actually doomed from the beginning...
"No! It's not just me..." The second prince looked at the emperor with a complicated expression.
"You mean... eldest brother!" The ninth prince was taken aback, as if he understood something.
Among the few of them, in terms of the ability they showed since childhood, only the first prince who had died could stabilize the second prince.
"Not bad! It's a pity that his ability is only to enhance his affinity and intelligence, which is far less perfect than your second brother." The emperor commented on his son as if he were evaluating a piece of goods.
"So, I am the final candidate?"
Although the process was somewhat tortuous and involved the shocking secrets of the imperial family, the second prince was relieved that things seemed to be developing in a direction that was absolutely beneficial to him.
"Of course, the winner is king, and the empire doesn't need tears."
In the desperate eyes of other princes, the emperor looked at the second prince and slowly took off his crown.
Then, smiling and reaching out to him...