I Will Teach You How to Hunt Gods

Chapter 703 - 14: Created by My Own Hand

"Lamia... is actually Jin’s daughter?"

Seeing this, Yun You was slightly surprised, but soon let it go.

Upon careful consideration, it wasn’t all that strange.

Though she had some understanding of Jin, it was mostly limited to what she knew after he came out for training.

Regarding Jin’s past experiences within the family, neither Yun You nor her fellow senior and junior apprentices had any knowledge.

In such context, Jin having a daughter was quite a normal circumstance.

However...

Yun You recalled something Jin had mentioned to her before.

Lamia was not a normal human but rather a kind of ’Puppet’ existence that Jin had brought out from a laboratory.

This girl didn’t have her own Death God Sequence, yet she possessed the ability for unlimited growth, with her biological age perpetually frozen at 19, yet her strength was nearing Tier Five Death God.

Similar to a Puppet, Lamia lacked emotional self-awareness, as the part of her brain responsible for emotions was sealed... She currently did not have self-will and behaved like a puppet, following orders and executing commands from her master, yet incapable of independent thinking.

This is the current state of Lamia.

And judging from the letters, at least in the past, Lamia was a normal child; otherwise, she couldn’t have befriended Senior Sister Erin.

So what exactly had Lamia experienced over these forty years that turned her from a naive and lively little girl into the girl without self-awareness that Jin talked about?

With questions in mind, Yun You opened the next letter.

[June 2040]

[To my brother Elrond Gold]

[It’s been over two years since we’ve last been in contact. I hope you are well, brother? Is niece Lamia safe?]

[I’ve heard the situation in East Asia is increasingly chaotic. Chief Airline has gathered 27 army groups and 3 fleets to launch a final counterattack against Biotechnology, and Biotechnology has allied with the Death God Organization, preparing for a decisive battle.]

[The outcome of the war is uncertain, so I urge you, brother, to act cautiously and stay out of the conflict between these two factions.]

[However, I do have some good news: my doctoral dissertation has been noticed by Biotechnology, and they have started investing in the first phase.]

[As for the topic of this dissertation, surely you remember, brother? It’s the "Human Body Modification Project" I mentioned at the family banquet a few years ago.]

[By removing part of the brain and implanting electronic chips, we try to turn those without talent into capable warriors with growth potential, manually removing emotions like "fear" and "hesitation" to allow them to execute tasks efficiently.]

[In the past, neither the family nor Biotechnology could commit to this human modification technology due to social pressures and resource issues.]

[Now, with the war making Biotechnology rich and providing them with a large number of living, vegetative test subjects, they approached me and are willing to fund my research generously.]

[I know, brother, you’ve always disliked human research; this was largely why you chose to leave the family, but... to be frank, technologies of the human modification type are the trend of the future.]

[The 21st century is the era of biology, and since these technologies will inevitably be developed, why not let me create them myself, so that we can gain more benefits for our family?]

[Rest assured, brother, I will never do anything that harms the heavens and the earth; I won’t make unauthorized modifications to others without permission. I’ll only modify volunteers and vegetative individuals.]

[If anything happens on your side, please contact me and Father first; the family will always be your backing, brother.]

[Elrond Akas]

"Human modification..."

Seeing this particularly eye-catching term, Yun You slightly furrowed her brows.

In fact, human modification technology has only become popular in recent decades.

Unlike prosthetic body installations, true human modification requires genetic and cellular alterations, demanding extremely high technical requirements, which is why it wasn’t popular until the 2040s under the promotion of Biotechnology.

And this colossal enterprise, Biotechnology, has become the overlord of not just Nest City No. 3 but the entire Eastern Hemisphere thanks to this technology.

Does the origin of this technology relate to Jin’s younger brother Akas?

She continued reading down.

[December 2040]

[To my younger brother Elrond Akas]

[Seeing your letter is like seeing you in person, thank you and Father for your concerns!]

[We’re indeed not as relaxed as before; the Death God Organization has taken note of our existence and started actively hunting us, but the issue is manageable. As long as Erin and I are here, those Death Gods can never harm our people.]

[Regarding human modification technology, Akas, you have more authority to speak than I do, so I’ll refrain from saying too much. I just hope you can stay true to your original intention. Although the family’s research in medical technology was originally for profit, let’s not forget that we all once recited the Hippocratic Oath under the "Snake Staff."]

[I may write less frequently to you; the Shadow Council of Nest City No. 3 has mobilized, and we need to evade their encirclement.]

...

[January 2041]

[To my brother Elrond Gold]