novelraw #232 - Section 232
#232 - Section 232
However, the mindless release of magic by face rolling on the keyboard directly broke through the copper walls and iron barriers of the royal palace, bombarded and killed the high priest of the Knowledge Church, and incidentally caused the old Sea Emperor's mentality to collapse.
This drama of fatherly love and filial piety ended with the old Sea Emperor's active abdication, publicly announcing that he had previously been held hostage by the Knowledge Church.
Less than half a day after the battle began, the internal strife in the Sea Country was resolved, and Shark officially ascended to the throne.
Roger also created a two-handed sword for Shark called Frostmourne, but he didn't even need to use it.
The ministers and nobles who had been waiting for the result also rushed to the palace to offer their loyalty.
Shark accepted all comers, taking everything.
Now, the most important thing for the Sea Country is to stabilize, restore the national strength consumed by the battles of these years, and then reorganize to deal with the Naga.
As for the nobles in the country who are centered on their own families and do not listen to orders…
"I have heard that the Qing Teng Empire has a patented technology called 'Oath of Glory.' I wonder if it can be authorized for export. At that time, I will personally lead the army to assist those nobles in swearing allegiance again."
Shark smiled and negotiated another deal with Roger in the form of a loan.
He wasn't afraid of having too much debt. Anyway, he had already decided to join the Empire's camp. It didn't matter if he owed a little money, and it didn't matter if he owed a lot. He just needed to boost the Sea Country's economy first.
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Not long after Shark ascended to the throne, the former Fourth Prince of the Sea Country, Dole, finally "woke up."
Lydia's statement that results would be available in one day only meant that it would take a day to see if the base coral could stop Dole's condition from deteriorating, not that he would recover.
Roger dared to swear on the conscience of the Goddess of War that Lydia had definitely deliberately failed to explain, creating the misunderstanding that Dole would wake up in one day.
Otherwise, everyone would not have been willing to offer Dole to her as material.
Who said that researchers don't play tricks?
Fortunately, Lydia's technology and judgment were still reliable, otherwise she would have been beaten to death long ago.
In the entire Empire and Sea Country, no one has gone further than Lydia in the field of life magic.
Shark could only force a smile and begged her to rescue Dole as much as possible.
Roger also conveyed Dole's last words to Shark.
Shark was very touched. At the last moment, Dole gave up his obsession with the throne and only wished for the benefit of the merfolk, hoping that his brother would succeed.
Power is fascinating, but there is still kinship between brothers. The young Dole's blood has not cooled down, which is at least stronger than the old Sea Emperor in this regard.
Under Lydia's skillful treatment, Dole's physical condition became more stable day by day.
The base coral has a strong genetic self-repair ability. After being integrated into Dole's body, the mutation brought about by radiation was suppressed, and the deterioration stopped after one day.
And the divinity's erosion, which was difficult to deal with by ordinary means, was diluted by the constantly expanding body of the base coral, and excreted little by little through metabolism.
Finally, those divinity were swallowed by special immune cells and discharged from the body into special petri dishes, which Lydia retrieved for the life trajectory for further study of the various changes after the combination of mortal cells and divinity.
Using one "Dole" for multiple purposes, Lydia, such a research fanatic, really maximized the use of the Fourth Prince.
Until the tenth day after the fall of Black Shark Fortress, Shark had already held the Sea Emperor's enthronement ceremony, and Dole finally regained his self-awareness.
But at this time, a new problem appeared: his memory was incomplete, and his body was completely integrated with the base coral, like a naked strong man growing on the coral.
At the same time, his perception of himself was also very confused.
"I was born to fight, kill all the Naga!"
This was Dole's only sober obsession after waking up.
He didn't remember that he was the Fourth Prince of the Sea Country, but instead believed that he was an evolved base coral.
Shark did not accept this result and begged Roger to take him to the life trajectory to block the door.
Roger also stood up for Shark, skipped chatting with the flower pot, and directly blocked Lydia herself using the authority given to him by the Eternal Night Empress.
His authority is universal to all Secret Law Associations, second only to the Eternal Night Empress, the biggest financial backer.
"Turning someone's younger brother from a merman into coral, shouldn't this definitely be considered medical malpractice?"
"What accident? There can be no accident at all. This was originally just a helpless attempt. Anything is possible. Now it is already in the preferred 5% of the more than 60,000 results I expected!"
The black-haired loli said with confidence and certainty, "And he is not coral. Your way of calling it is very unmagical!"
Roger was stunned for a moment before he understood that Lydia's saying "unmagical" was like Earthlings saying "unscientific," with the contemptuous color of you are illiterate and you are a fool.
"Then explain in detail Dole's state and why this is also a good result?" Roger still didn't let her go.
Lydia retrieved Dole's relevant information, put on black-rimmed glasses, and picked up a pointer to tutor two uneducated playboys:
"Coral is an inanimate object, the 'skeleton' secreted by coral polyps; Dole now only looks like base coral, but those are all his body's cells, so how can this be coral? This is a completely new evolved life form!"
Speaking of this, Lydia was as excited as if she had drunk half a catty of fake wine, with a tone of appreciation, fanaticism, and intoxication:
"Compared to ordinary base coral, Dole's efficiency in absorbing organic matter has increased by 200%, and the manufacturing speed has increased by 150%. Most importantly, the manufacturing accuracy has improved by another level. He can more autonomously edit and cut new genes according to needs, and create richer biochemical fish swarms… This is a masterpiece! This is the most powerful heavily modified biological manufacturing machine!"
Shark couldn't listen anymore and said excitedly: "Your good result means my brother has become a war weapon that meets your needs?"
"There is still hope for recovery. According to my research on memory, although they exist in the form of bioelectricity in nerve cells, there will also be backups in the soul and the ocean of consciousness. This is a field that I have not yet fully understood."
Lydia supported her cheek and showed a helpless expression, "So, in this field, new miracles can be born at any time. Dole still has infinite possibilities! He alone can create a nation!"
"My brother is not your 生、育、机、器(生、育、机、器: reproductive machine)!" Shark became more and more excited.
If Roger hadn't been holding him back, he might have rushed forward and fought the loli in front of him.
But for the sake of this Sea Emperor's health, Roger would not let him do such a reckless thing.
Roger dared to come to the life trajectory to settle accounts, but he also absolutely respected Lydia's combat power, at least he respected those strange experimental products in this mage tower.
He didn't dare to fight Lydia, he didn't dare even if he had ten thousand guts.
The current confidence completely comes from the fact that he is a popular person in front of the Eternal Night Empress, and Lydia does not dare to take the initiative to attack him.
Reasoning is okay, threats are also okay, but if you really attack the black-haired loli in front of you, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Although he also understood Shark's anger.
Dole is a man, a very manly one, a tough guy among tough guys, the kind who can definitely scrape bones to remove poison without changing his face.
But after he merged with the base coral, he turned into a "mother worm"-like existence, constantly reproducing and giving birth…
Not to mention that normal men can't accept such a contrast, even feminists who hear about what Lydia has done will probably be angry and trembling with cold, starting to charge the tower.
Although in other universes, there is Queen Kerrigan of I am the Swarm, but that is also a queen, not a pure man like Dole…
I can only be glad that he has not regained consciousness, otherwise he might have self-destructed now.
Roger sighed. He knew that there were logical and ethical problems here, but they were not here for a philosophical discussion, but to help Dole.
"Ms. Lydia, what do you think should be done to restore Dole's self-awareness?"
"Follow my doctor's orders and let him participate in more wars!"
Lydia said affirmatively, "He craves battle and will continue to evolve in battle, and in one evolution after another, he will surely bloom the miracle of life and eventually complete the perfect form he desires in his heart!"
Roger suddenly twitched his face and asked uncertainly:
"You just said complete and desire, right?"
"Did I? Did I? You probably misheard…"
"Don't do this, it's the last sentence, you better explain, is this Dole's desire, or the perfect form you desire?"
"Of course it's his own. No matter how shameless I am, I won't distort the wishes of intelligent life in the same camp!"
"So, you have communicated with him, right? You know his wishes!"
Lydia suddenly became guilty, innocently looked at the two people who suddenly caught the blind spot, and whispered: "Just, just he had a moment of clarity, at that time you were attacking the Sea Country Palace and couldn't contact him, so I could only explain the current situation to him, and then he said, if there were many, many elite troops, it would be good to always win…"
"Having many, many elites is not equal to giving birth to a bunch of elites himself, you bastard!"
Shark's mentality completely collapsed, and he bared his teeth and claws to rush up and fight Lydia.
Chapter 209: I Don't Pledge Allegiance to the Empire, I Pledge Allegiance to You
Shark felt that Lydia was not lying, that was indeed what Dole would say.
But if Dole became a super insect queen because of such a wish, then he had to suspect that Lydia had misled him!
And Lydia's guilt was indeed very, very suspicious, which led them to have to investigate deeply.
Lydia kept talking about other things, and finally couldn't hide it, so she had to honestly confess:
"That… I just said some things casually. His awake time was very limited, and his inner obsession was very strong, so his subconscious chose the current appearance among many evolutionary possibilities."
Lydia carefully worded, "He should also want to help Sea Country, but he was powerless before, and now he wants some ability… Alas, forget it, I'll show you the original records of the communication at that time!!!"
She was also forced into a corner. She originally thought that this matter was over. Who knew that a careless slip of the tongue was caught by Roger.
It can only be said that the business level of the spy chief is still there, it's really annoying!
After rummaging through the complex and chaotic record experiments, Lydia really found the magic projection record of Dole's sudden awake and communication with her (flower pot).
Dole did have a very brief awakening, but he woke up at the wrong time. At that time, Shark was confronting the old Sea Emperor and couldn't be contacted at all.
Helplessly, Lydia had to communicate with him personally.
Dole first asked about the result of the war with the Naga. Knowing that the Sea Country had won and his crown prince brother was forcing his father to abdicate in advance, he showed a gratified smile and conveyed his joy and happiness.
After that, he cared about his own state.
Lydia casually talked about his treatment process, mentioning several possible outcomes after recovery, and casually said that if he evolved properly, he might be able to bring hundreds of millions of elites to the Sea Country.
She dared to swear to the Source Sea that she really, really just talking without thinking, wanting to explain that her treatment method was very powerful, and don't doubt its effect.
"Who would have thought that Dole's conscious awake time would be so short!" Lydia also sighed to the sky.
The base coral originally had the ability to select genes and autonomously control the evolution direction of the body and biochemical fish swarms.
With Dole as the main body, the evolved life integrated with the base coral strengthened this ability, and his own genes unconsciously underwent many evolutions.
Including many genes that were mistakenly born in nuclear radiation, many of which were very powerful, and if used properly, could greatly enhance their own abilities.
So there is the current result. Every time Dole autonomously chooses, it is a branch that enhances reproductive power. This is his subconscious's wish and desire.
Of course, in the final analysis, this is still the result of Lydia's talking without thinking. It was she who mentioned that Dole could give birth to hundreds of millions of troops himself. Dole's judgment ability in that state declined, which led to this appearance…
She was still guilty. Roger and Shark came to the door, trying to avoid talking about it, but she still didn't escape the disaster.
After reading this conversation and the analysis made by Lydia, the room was silent for a while.
Lydia actually just made a normal notification. It was not her intention to make Dole lose his memory, and it was indeed his own choice to "evolve" into the current state.
In the end, the memory of holding on to the Black Shark Fortress must be an unforgettable memory for Dole, who is as proud as Dole.
Shark was silent for a long time, and suddenly bowed to Lydia:
"Please forgive my rudeness just now, Ms. Lydia, and please take good care of my brother."
"Ah… I definitely will, this is what a doctor should do."
"Then thank you, I have disturbed you this time."
"It's not a disturbance…"
Lydia suddenly didn't know how to respond. She just had a personality that was soft but not hard.
At this moment, Shark didn't call himself " I, the emperor", but I, and thanked her as a family member of the patient, she couldn't be strong at all.
Although the biochemical witch is unscrupulous in research, she still has a lot of medical ethics!
Dole picked up a life from that situation. Lydia definitely made great contributions. He really couldn't ask for more, and return a complete and undamaged merman.
With Dole's desire for war, maybe the current result is not bad…
The battle with the Naga will definitely not stop next, so I hope that on that battlefield, on a wider battlefield, Dole can grow all the way, break through the limits of his current life form!
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Beside the collapsed Dark Tree, the ruined camp, the prison room sealed by layers of magic circles at the end.
Roger led a squad of Night Watch back to this place, instructing his subordinates to wait outside before entering the prison cell to meet Nicole, who had requested the meeting.
She had already read through the materials provided by the Green Vine Empire and had gained an understanding of the Seven Gods' camp being originally one entity, launching a sweeping, cruel war across the multiverse to conquer various planes.
Under such circumstances, all races and forces of the Eternal Night World indeed share a common ground and should unite to seek survival.