As one of the main executors of the "rebellious" plan in the past, Kamel knew all about the "abominations" created by this plan, including the first generation of abominations and the last generation of mutated abominations. It was done under his nose, so when Tyr handed him a piece of the purified remains of the aberration, he quickly saw in it the features that disturbed him.
With a few simple tests and some parameters that cannot be falsified, anxiety becomes reality.
"Although I don't have more professional equipment, I can't determine the sequence of the genetic factors in the wreckage, but the results of the mutation are enough to draw a conclusion: the aberrant is the mutation product of 'God'," Kamel said with a heavy tone, " The power of the evil tide covers the gene expression of the evil... Our plan back then had terrible loopholes. We underestimated the mutation rate of the biomass in the face of the evil tide. Causes the factor bearer to become a...monster before adapting to the magic tide environment."
Kamel had tried his best to calm down his emotions, but Gawain could still feel the great sorrow in the heart of this ancient magister. He could imagine that Kamel and his colleagues gave everything for this cause. The price even exceeds the limit that human beings can bear, but the final outcome is more terrible than failure. Instead of saving the people they want to save, their cause turned them into monsters... Even if you think about it differently However, Gao Wen felt that he might not be as calm as Kamel when facing the same blow.
However, he still wanted to ask his own question: "Do you know what happened to the 'Abomination' you researched after it was sent back to the hinterland of the empire?"
"The part I am in charge of is limited to research and development, and I don't know the follow-up 'application' link, but although the details are unclear, I can guess roughly," Kamel said slowly, "Didn't you mention that there has never been an application in the outside world?" Is there any news about the evil tide? So I guess it all happened in secret. After the "sinister" was sent back to the imperial capital, the royal family should use centralized immunization to gradually eliminate the "sinister" over three centuries. The genetic factor is injected into all people and makes it a stable genetic factor of human beings. Since our goal is to save all people, every son of Gondor must be a bearer of the gods. In this way ...the endless aberrations that emerged overnight after the arrival of the demonic tide also have the answer."
Gao Wen thinks what Kamel said may be the truth.
Genetic modification is not something that can be accomplished overnight. Kamel and his colleagues can use powerful magic to directly transform themselves, thus directly turning themselves into gods and evils. However, for tens of thousands of ordinary people in the Gondor Empire, the This level of transformation is unrealistic (and not confidential enough), so the Gondor royal family at that time could only adopt secret and gradual methods, such as transferring mutant substances to the bodies of the parents and mothers, and then making their descendants One generation became born to be the bearer of abominations.
It will take more than one generation to transform all the population of the entire empire, but there is a gap of three hundred years between the completion of the rebellious plan and the outbreak of the evil tide. The technology of the Gondor Empire at that time was enough to complete this task. Huge plan too.
"What I said... I seem to have really thought of something," Gao Wen rubbed his chin, and suddenly found some valuable information from his memory, "At the end of the Starfire Era, the Empire did suddenly increase the concentration of several types of residents with immunity. At that time, the imperial capital said that the vaccination and newborn inspection project was to alleviate the increasingly serious problem of elemental assimilation disease, and to select magic adaptants from the newborn stage... If it is correct, this should be the application stage of the 'disobedience' plan .”
Kamel's tone was low: "This ended up killing everyone..."
"No, if it's as I expected, then your plan may actually be a success." Gawain suddenly straightened his expression, looked at Kamel seriously and said.
Kamel raised his head in astonishment, he didn't see the expression of comfort on Gawain's face.
"I didn't comfort you," Gawain couldn't see Kamel's expression, but he could think what the other person was thinking, "Your plan of rebellion should indeed have worked, but it didn't save everyone. Kamel, Have you forgotten that the current four human kingdoms were all established by the remnants of Gondor."
After saying this, Gawain felt Kamel's eyes brighten up.
The ancient magister had a slightly excited tone: "You mean..."
"Many people think that the pioneer legion or the Gondor refugees 700 years ago escaped the first impact of the demon tide and hid in the safe area in time before the second impact to survive, but in fact , We experienced a complete first and second impact," Gao Wen said while recalling, "When we gathered the team together, the surrounding natural environment had already begun to mutate, a large number of animals, plants, and even The soil and stones of life are changing in front of us, and the high-energy clouds brought by the chaotic magic energy gather above everyone's heads. The surge of magic energy is endless day and night, and no one escapes the first impact. It ran out of one impact."
Kamel flickered: "Is no one mutated?"
"A lot of people died, from vicious diseases or elemental poisoning, but no one mutated," Gao Wen said seriously, "and there is a very important clue that the breakout team at that time was not only human beings, but also many people who were in the demon tide. Races such as elves, dwarves, and halflings who stayed in Gondor during the outbreak were also mixed in our team. The death rate of those aliens in the demon tide was several times higher than that of humans. Except for 70% to 80% of the strong people at the first level, their low-level professionals and ordinary people all died in the first few months."
"So... the 'antibody' still had an effect..." Kamel seemed to be muttering to himself, "But why are all the people in the hinterland of the empire turned into mutants?"
"Maybe it's because of the Deep Blue Well," Gawain expressed his thoughts, "The Deep Blue Well had an explosion a year before the outbreak of the magic tide. At that time, two of the four main reaction towers exploded, causing a large amount of magic energy to escape. Scattered to the central area of the empire, they are like unstable fuel. When the chaotic magic energy of the magic tide suddenly erupted, the energy of the Deep Blue Well had a catalytic effect... The genetic factor of "God's evil" may indeed strengthen human beings to resist the erosion of the magic tide capability, but its effects are clearly limited."
"If that's the case..." Kamel's tone calmed down, "maybe it's a consolation."
Gao Wen couldn't help but think of the identity verification device found in the mountain ruins (Rebel Fortress) before. At that time, the device clearly regarded all human beings, including Gao Wen and Byron, as "safe and stable." Carrying", but the alarm sounded when Amber was trying to pass the verification. Gawain once thought it was the result of the device being damaged, but now he guessed the function of the device.
The device is not broken at all. It has indeed identified a safe and stable carrier. Every human whose ancestors came from the Gondor Empire is a carrier of "God".
But even after he figured out the origin of the mutants, Gao Wen still had a lot of doubts about those monsters.
"If the aberrants are the mutations of humans carrying the genetic factors of the gods, rather than the so-called 'chaos creatures' produced in the evil tide, then many of their characteristics cannot be explained at all," Gao Wen said of his doubts , "For example, when the number of aberrations exceeds a certain threshold, a chaotic mana environment will be formed around them, and when the intensity and range of the chaotic mana environment reach a certain level, there will be aberrations 'out of thin air' in the chaotic magic field produce... how should this be explained?"
If the aberrants are "chaos creatures" and their life forms are similar to some kind of elemental products, then it can be explained that they continue to proliferate out of thin air in the magic tide environment, but if the aberrants are "regular life" mutated by human beings, they How do they "appear out of thin air" when the environment is suitable like elemental creatures
Even Kamel couldn't answer this question. It was beyond the knowledge of the ancient magister. The latter could only boldly assume: "Maybe it is the power of the gods that is the source of the 'abomination'? Although the abomination It just used the genetic factor of the giant deer Amon, but for the gods, stealing its flesh and blood is equivalent to stealing its power. The power of the gods is difficult for humans to understand. Perhaps this kind of power gives the mutants some... no Belongs to the characteristics of conventional organisms."
"Anyway, it's really hard to explain the fact that it can be 'generated out of thin air'," Gawain shook his head and sighed, "Everything in the wasteland is unknown, and no one can guess what happened to those monsters."
After finishing talking about the aberrations, Kamel finally remembered Gawain's original purpose of coming to him, and he asked curiously, "Lord, I heard you designed something?"
"It's a weapon manufacturing plan, but I'm not sure if it's feasible." Gawain nodded, picked up the blueprint on the desk and handed it to Kamel, "Although energy weapons have obvious advantages, they can't be used in the face of anti-magic shields and the like." There are also significant disadvantages when it comes to weapons, and we still need live-fire weapons, preferably both, so that we can always maintain an advantage in a complex battlefield."
This lord seems to be approachable and open-minded, but he is actually a cautious and well-planned person who never gives the enemy any chance of survival on the battlefield. Kamel has realized this after learning what Gawain has done , so he was not surprised that Gao Wen would keep the live ammunition weapon plan, and he himself tended to use a variety of weapons and equipment to meet the challenge, so he took the blueprint and quickly became interested in it.
"It's still a repulsion mechanism... Use a continuous repulsion structure to form an acceleration orbit, you mentioned this before..." Kamel looked at the detailed description on the drawing and muttered in a low voice, "But this time you plan to add more Hurricane runes?"
"It's not just the shell that has changed, in fact the part of the acceleration track has a special design," Gao Wen pointed to the blueprint and explained, "I referred to Rebecca's idea of 'amplifier' and added a magic field at the end of the two acceleration tracks. Receiver and load balancer, and use a set of extra runes to introduce this part of the energy into the repulsion mechanism, so that when the gun is fired, all the repulsion mechanisms are equivalent to overloading, and their thrust will be greatly improved. Accelerating the guide rail, coupled with the auxiliary power of the shell itself, its range and power will fully meet my requirements and even far exceed it by a large margin.”
Kamel couldn't help questioning: "Continuously overloaded? In this way, the service life of the magic circle may be shortened by more than half..."
Gao Wen knew that the other party would have this question. He smiled slightly: "I think... Many people have fallen into a misunderstanding in the field of industrialized magic devices, and magic masters like you are no exception."
"What mistake?"
"Industrial products are not afraid of consumption. A finely crafted traditional magic ring can be passed down from generation to generation like a family heirloom. It can even be used for hundreds of thousands of years to become an ancestral treasure with a legendary story. However, things made by industrialization... from They were not intended to be passed down from generation to generation in the first place.
"They are consumables. As long as their service life can meet or exceed actual needs, then they are qualified industrial products. Although a longer service life is good, it is just icing on the cake, not essential.
"If it can be used to complete its own mission, it is qualified. If it can be used for technology elimination and replacement, it is an excellent work. If it can be used for a long time, and it can be used for generations... then it will affect the industrial process. Affected the progress and replacement of technology.
"Do you want to know why? The reason is very simple. Industrial products will not only be produced in batches, but will also be replaced in batches. As long as there is no problem in the industrial chain itself, this replacement speed will far exceed the traditional new technology of magic and alchemy devices." Products will continue to replace old things and make them better and more practical. A situation like the magic ring hundreds of years ago that is still powerful after hundreds of years does not exist in the new order I want to build Yes, if we really create something, and if it is still a mainstream product and the mainstay of society after dozens of years of use, then it can only be said... the magic industry led by Cecil is over."