Yuan Tong
Chapter 1278 A Substitute for Fuel
According to the data terminal, the native language and writing of the Kolo world are a fusion product—the majority of which should be the language of the mortals, and a small portion may come from the language system used by the Creation Goddess and her divine servants. Most of the foreign vocabularies in this small portion are nouns, including place names, names of ancient people, names of things in mythology, and some proper nouns related to higher mysticism.
These nouns are not the original divine script either. According to the calculation of the crystal core research station's analysis mainframe, these vocabularies are only about seventy percent similar to the ancient divine script imprinted in the temples of Colpus—including pronunciation and writing structure. The native writing of the Kolo world is a kind of twisting and turning symbolic writing, which has similarities with the divine script of Colpus. From the writing structure, it can also be guessed that there is a certain inheritance relationship between them.
"Perhaps the ancient divine script spread to the mortal world. After generations of evolution, the power contained in the divine script and divine language gradually faded away because it could not be understood by mortals. Only the easy-to-master pronunciation and some writing habits have been passed down to this day," the data terminal said its guess. "The mortals' own language is enough to express their daily life. Therefore, the main function of the divine script is to record the things that the gods still had back then."
"Prison..." Hao Ren pondered, "It can be confirmed with what I have seen and heard here. The humans of Kolo believe that ancient evils were once suppressed deep in the world where they live, and the rulers of the various order kingdoms in this world also possess a inherited power called the 'Watcher Bloodline.' All signs indicate that this place was indeed once a prison, perhaps... a prison built by the Creation Goddess."
Izhaks' voice suddenly interjected, "The thing personally suppressed by the goddess, could it be the Lord of Mad Whispers?"
"...I have suspected it too, but I am not sure," Hao Ren thought for a while, "The Lord of Mad Whispers is quite powerful, it is a character that can confront the true god head-on. Even in a sealed state, the aura it leaks out is not something that several mortal kingdoms can resist. I have observed the civilization level and combat power level of the Kolo world, they are not more powerful than the modern Earth army. Although they have some power specifically against the chaos, this power is not their own, but comes from ancient heritage, and these powers are constantly weakening. All signs indicate that the native races of the Kolo world do not have the power to confront the Lord of Mad Whispers. The Creation Goddess should not let such a group of mortals live in the prison where the Lord of Mad Whispers is imprisoned."
Izhaks said in a deep voice, "So you think that the 'Evil Giant Lockmarton' imprisoned in this prison is not the Lord of Mad Whispers?"
"Not the Lord of Mad Whispers himself, but it's hard to say whether it is its derivative," Hao Ren replied. "At first, I thought that a First Born was suppressed here, but after questioning the locals and consulting their ancient books, I found that there has been no sign of First Born activity in the entire history of the Kolo world—the giant tentacles in the ground are difficult to hide, and the history of Kolo people mining minerals is long-standing. Even with their current productivity, they could not have failed to dig out even one tentacle in ten thousand years. Moreover, the chaotic power of 'Lockmarton' is not very similar to the power form of the First Born. Overall, I have doubts about the true identity of this 'Lockmarton.' It is probably a completely new thing."
The data terminal sighed, "The Plane of Dreams really never lacks surprises."
After a fruitless discussion, Hao Ren looked at the surrounding onlookers and lowered his head again, "I really need to hang up here, these guys have been surrounding me here for almost half an hour—do you have anything else to do over there?"
This time, Vivian took over the communication, "Don't worry about the outside affairs, I'm watching it. Just be careful over there."
"Yeah, put your heart at ease too, let everyone be calm and don't be impetuous. Also, don't let them eat instant noodles all day long, Elizabeth is still growing, it's not good for children to eat instant noodles all day long..."
Vivian was obviously embarrassed for a few seconds before taking over, "Hey, I know, I know, it's not that I don't cook for them, it's mainly that I really haven't been in the mood these past two days... Isn't it good now. You too, take care of yourself, and try to find the dog as soon as possible. I'm really worried about a husky that's out of control running around outside, that idiot, who knows how much trouble she can cause."
Hao Ren also felt a headache when he thought of Lily, so he quickly agreed, and then told the data terminal to solve the problem of breaking through the divine power shield as soon as possible, and then cut off the communication with some reluctance.
So after squatting by the pool and thinking about life for more than half an hour, the "ancient guardian" finally slowly stood up.
"Guardian?" Veronica immediately took half a step forward, with concern on her face, "How is the situation? Did you see anything?"
Rudolf III's question was more direct, "Can the Sunscorched Tower be rekindled without bloodline power? Is there an alternative energy source?"
Hao Ren was stunned for a moment, sorted out his thoughts, and turned to look at the huge holy white crystal and the silver-white flame burning quietly under the crystal.
In fact, the sudden restoration of contact with the outside world was an unexpected gain. Of course, his original plan for coming here today did not include this "unexpected factor." He took the initiative to come with Rudolf III to study the Sunscorched Tower, of course, he had his own ideas.
He didn't come here purely to satisfy his curiosity and show off. If he didn't have some certainty, he would definitely not come to join in the fun.
The day before coming here, Hao Ren had consulted Anya and the scholar Alfred, and systematically learned a lot of details about the Sunscorched Tower and the "Watcher Bloodline." From these details, he had some guesses.
The "Watcher Bloodline" contains power from the Creation Goddess. Its beginning is an ancient race called the "Ancient Divine Guards." The history of this race is very likely to be traced back to the generation of guardians and First Born. And in the Plane of Dreams, since most life comes from the same origin, there is a clear and unmistakable "pedigree" between them. On this pedigree, the more ancient the race, the closer it is to the Creation Goddess, and their life energy is closer to the power in the blood sea of origin on the Star of Creation.
The higher life elements can be compatible and replace the lower life elements. This was personally said by Zorm and Muuru, and it is also the fundamental mechanism by which the origin blood can breed all things.
So where is the "Watcher Blood" flowing in the blood vessels of the heirs of the countries of Kolo located in the entire "Creation Goddess life pedigree"?
The specific level may not be clear, but one thing is certain: it must not be higher than the origin blood.
Hao Ren waved his hand, and a black crack immediately opened in the air, and then a silver-white, one-meter-high cylindrical metal container appeared in front of everyone.
The surface of the container was flashing blue lights, and a chart showing the internal parameters of the container was floating above it. A line of text was flashing there: Standard concentration origin blood, high activity, unactivated state, safe hibernation.
Hao Ren smiled slightly: He didn't lack this thing. Since Zorm could mass-produce this thing, he had prepared at least a swimming pool of origin blood in his personal space.
Of course, preparing so much origin blood was not for fun, all because he would always encounter the relics of the Creation Goddess in the Plane of Dreams, either relics or remnants of the ecosystem, and origin blood is always the best "plot prop" in that situation.
At the same time, if he encounters First Born and guardian giants who are in crisis and conscious, origin blood is also an excellent therapeutic agent for them—although Hao Ren has not encountered this situation so far, it is always useful to prepare more.
On the advice of Muuru and Zorm, he always has a large reserve of origin blood in his personal space.
"This...what is this?" Veronica looked in shock at the thing that Hao Ren had conjured up. She could see the superb craftsmanship of the container. The technology used in the container was obviously not possessed by the contemporary Kolo world, and she also felt some kind of induction from the depths of her soul. This induction seemed to come from her bloodline power, "I feel...very close."
"If the Sunscorched Tower can't find a suitable 'fuel', we can use the blood of the ancients to replace it—this thing is called 'origin blood', it is... well, a sacred energy carrier."
"You said you can use this to replace Veronica's blood to ignite the sacred fire?" Rudolf III opened his eyes wide, "Is it really feasible?"
Hao Ren didn't speak, but opened the locking device of the container. The metal shell on one side of the container folded and contracted, revealing the crystal liner inside. The bright red origin blood was slowly surging in the liner, just like some kind of soft animal, constantly changing the shape of the surface. Its surging surface first formed an o-o, then turned into =.=, and finally a string of ellipsis...
God knows what programs Zorm had left in these origin blood.
But just as he was about to inject these sacred blood into the pool, Duke Luen on the side suddenly spoke, "Wait a minute!"
Hao Ren looked curiously at the iron-faced duke.
"How do we confirm that this is safe?" Duke Luen said in a deep voice, "The Sunscorched Tower is the foundation of the kingdom."
"You're worried that there's something wrong with this thing?" Hao Ren pointed to the origin blood container. He understood Duke Luen's concerns. In this situation, it would be strange if no one questioned it, "Well, your worries are not unreasonable. How about this, you can find someone to test these origin blood, I can guarantee that there is not a trace of chaos in it, and there is no negative energy. If you are still not at ease, you can send a batch of samples to other countries to ignite their Sunscorched Towers, anyway, Taros still has a Veronica to support the scene, but other kingdoms have no choice."