Inside the British Royal Library.
Xu Cheng saw a thick stack of books, ranging from the medieval era to the modern era. There were royal stories, paintings, and other treasures. He casually picked up a few books and flipped through them. Some of the books that quoted classics were indeed authentic.
However, because there were too many books, it was hard for him to specifically pick out the ones related to the Duke.
While he was aimlessly flipping through the books, not long after, the door was gently pushed open by William and closed.
"Please come with me." William said to Xu Cheng and opened a secret room. There was a mechanism inside, and after it was turned on, a fire was lit in the dark cellar of an underground castle. Below them was a spiral staircase, and there were secret compartments all around with books inside.
As William led Xu Cheng down the stairs, he opened up the boxes, took out some evidence, and said, "These are some legends about that monster. I came here when I was a kid, and I thought it was just a legend, so I didn't pay much attention to it. Only later did I realize that all of this seemed to have happened in history."
Xu Cheng asked him, "How much do you know about that monster?"
William: "I've never seen him, but from these books, I can at least understand that he's a very scary monster! If he's still alive, he's probably more than 200 years old. Just this point alone is scary, right? "
Xu Cheng didn't say anything. "You said you read all the books here when you were a kid, then do you remember if there were any records about a certain chemistry experiment?"
William thought for a bit, nodded, and continued down the stairs. He went straight to the lowest floor, found a secret compartment, and said, "This sheepskin scroll seems to have records about the so-called research you mentioned."
Xu Cheng directly asked him, "What's recorded inside?"
William: "It says that the Royal Family did an experimental research in the early days. I don't know if it's something you want to know."
Xu Cheng's eyes lit up. "Is it related to that monster?"
William nodded. "Anything that mentions him, even if it's just a sentence, we will collect it."
Xu Cheng: "What's written inside? Also, how many years ago was this? "
William: "At the beginning of the 18th century, the Royal Family did a secret experiment, a very bold experiment. It recorded the name of that monster, Kopacz, Edward."
Xu Cheng narrowed his eyes and immediately asked, "What kind of experiment was it? Why was he there? Also, why were there such chemical and biological experiments during that period? "
William sighed and paced at the bottom of the staircase with the sheepskin scroll. He said, "This might have to be traced back to a scandal of the royal family. Actually, we are not allowed to expose this secret history, because this history records the process of England's rise and fall. It is like an ugly history, but we cannot forget that it is living in the past. Every generation of the crown prince must understand this. We must understand why the past dynasties failed. We must reflect and use history as a mirror."
Xu Cheng was a bit impatient. "Just answer me."
William said, "In the 17th century, England entered a strong industrial stage and was the first industrial civilization in the world, so it's not surprising that someone would come up with biological research experiments in that era. At the beginning of the 18th century, after the King defeated the insufferably arrogant Napoleon, England officially entered a period of prosperity, replacing Spain as the Empire 2.0. However, just like those in China who wanted to become an eternal emperor, the King also wanted to prolong his life to continue ruling and conquering the world, so he conducted an inhuman experiment. "
William looked at the records on the sheepskin scroll and said, "At that time, the technology was completely substandard, and even a lot of the sophisticated experimental equipment wasn't safe. More often than not, a lot of people would die in an experiment. When quacks were in power, some stupid methods were also endless. Some scholars did a lot of experiments on people who were thin and mixed, but they all had no results. In order to protect themselves, the doctors turned to another research, and that was to create a very elite talent for the empire! Some scholars even shouted that they wanted to use close bloodline breeding. "
Xu Cheng was surprised. "Close bloodline breeding?"
William nodded. "Close bloodline breeding is a very high chance of having an idiot within three generations, but there's also a certain chance of having a genius. This proposition isn't absolute. In the case of close marriage, the chances of both sides inheriting the same excellent genes from a common ancestor will greatly increase. Both sides are very likely to be carriers of the same excellent genes, so the chances of their children having excellent talents will also greatly increase, often several times, tens of times, or even hundreds of times higher than those who don't marry close relatives. And at that time, our ancestor, the King, wanted an even better heir than him so that the empire wouldn't follow the path of Spain. So, someone set up the rule of the royal family marrying close relatives. In addition, those scholars did experiments on close family members, and at that time, Kopacz Edward became one of the test subjects. "
"At that time, the royal family had an unbearable private life, and there were countless illegitimate children. However, the royal family couldn't expose these people, and they were afraid that they would become a ticking time bomb for the royal family. So, the King granted these scholars their wish and used the products of the royal family to do experiments."
Xu Cheng's pupils slightly shrank.
So, the Duke was very lucky to become the one with a one in a billion success rate!
But on the other hand, he was actually a pitiful person!
"What else do you know from these stories?" Xu Cheng asked again.
William very cooperatively replied, "According to legend, he had a habit of drinking human blood. Most of the legends of vampires passed down from the medieval era were also based on him. He wasn't a ghost, but in order to deal with him, the royal family spread these legends, making generations of Europeans hate this monster and beat him to death. However, he did need to drink blood, and according to the records, anyone who was bitten by him would die!"
Xu Cheng understood that this might have something to do with the Duke's blood poison. Not to mention normal people, even someone like him, who had advanced his genes, would suffer from the blood poison. For ordinary people, it was no different from being injected with a large area of cobra venom, and they would probably fall to the ground and die on the spot!
It seemed like today's trip wasn't without results. At least he learned one of the characteristics of the Duke, and that was that he needed to drink blood to survive!
Did that mean that he needed to exchange blood to survive?
Then what if he ran out of blood?
"Did he have any descendants?" Xu Cheng asked again.
"I don't think so." William said, "If he could have descendants, then there wouldn't be us. In fact, he could have become the king himself, but because he didn't have descendants, he gave up his position and controlled us."
Xu Cheng casually picked up a sheepskin scroll and asked curiously, "Then do you know how much the people know about this vampire? For example, his abilities?"
William: "It sounds a bit like a superhero from Marvel, a bit unbelievable. He can dodge bullets. In the past, a thousand royal soldiers surrounded his nest, but he escaped from a thousand guns. It seems like he also has the ability to fly. "
Xu Cheng was shocked. "The ability to fly?"
William nodded. "It's written on the sheepskin scroll, but I've never seen it before."
Xu Cheng thought to himself, Dodging bullets is the bat's ultrasonic ability, but to be able to dodge bullets from a thousand soldiers, it means that this monster's ultrasonic ability is very strong. However, it's already shocking enough that he can fly. Could it be that this monster can completely evolve all the characteristics of an animal?
First, I should set a small goal for myself.
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