"I'll be damned if I believe you. Does it mean that in order to inherit Kelly's strength and be the captain of Emerald, I have to be … like this for the rest of my life?" Teresa asked miserably.
Princess A Xia, who was listening on the side, was confused. She didn't understand the mysterious high-tech words spoken by Emerald and Theresa at all. Only the last sentence, she understood.
"Teresa, you — you are the heir of the Crimson Queen …"
Princess A Xia said in disbelief, "Then what are you hesitating for? We need the strength of the Crimson Queen right now to defeat Blackjack and rescue all our sisters. What's wrong with maintaining your current appearance forever? You look even more beautiful than the most brilliant star on the Emerald Continent!"
"You don't understand. You will never understand."
Teresa covered her abdomen with one hand and held back the pain from the fall. She covered her crotch with the other hand and sensed the emptiness that she had lost. She said gloomily, "If I had never seen the light, I might've been able to endure the darkness forever. If I had never owned the fiercest cannon in the entire universe, I might've been able to get used to this body. It's a pity that I once owned, felt, and manipulated the Star Ocean Cannon to roam freely and blow up everything in its way! I can't. I — I can't betray my closest little brother in exchange for the so-called strength! "
Princess A Xia: "… I don't understand."
"Forget it. Few people in the entire universe can understand such feelings."
Teresa smiled bitterly. "I really don't know how to choose between death, strength, and betraying my little brother … Wait, wait, wait. I suddenly thought of something!"
Teresa's eyes suddenly shined, and she jumped to her feet in excitement.
"Jade, Jade, tell me now!"
Teresa said quickly, "Just now, you said that the Witch Genes that have not been fully activated can still be extracted, right? Then, is it possible to extract the Witch Genes in my body and inject them into Princess A Xia's body?
"Look, I don't want the strength, and we are indeed faced with Blackjack and Emperor Kuba. Then, it will be the best arrangement for Princess A Xia to inherit the strength. Yes. That's exactly what I'm going to do. I'm a genius!"
"Teresa, you …"
Princess A Xia covered her mouth in surprise. She looked at Theresa, both touched and confused.
She really could not understand why Theresa did not care about the legendary legacy of the Crimson Empress at all and even generously wanted to give it to her when everyone was willing to sell everything they had to obtain the power that everyone fought for and sold everything to obtain.
Was she that indifferent to fame and fortune?
No matter what, one thing was certain.
Theresa really treated her as one of her own. She was wholeheartedly good to her. Compared to Black Jack, who only knew how to take and not give, Theresa was many times better.
Emerald's eyes emitted two scanning rays. The scarlet light slowly circulated around Theresa and Princess A Xia. After analyzing for half a minute, she said lightly, "Theoretically, it is possible, but I don't recommend you to do so."
"Is it really possible?"
The first half of the sentence made Theresa happy, but the second half made her a little disappointed. "Why?"
"Because this Witch Gene has been contaminated by you. It more or less has some of your gene fragments," Emerald explained.
Emerald explained, "The success rate of gene fusion is very low. Even with the technology of the primitive civilization at its peak, the success rate is less than 50%. And with the equipment, energy, and computing power we can use now, the success rate is less than 10%.
"The success rate of the Demoness Gene and your gene is already so low. If we were to extract the Demoness Gene from your gene fragment and inject it into her body, it would be the fusion of three genes. The success rate of the fusion and activation would be so low that it would be next to nothing.
"According to my calculations, if we activate the Witch Gene in your body now, the success rate will be about 10%. But if we transfer it to her body and activate it, the success rate will plummet to less than 1%. Unless absolutely necessary, I don't recommend you to take such a meaningless risk."
"Less than 1%? It seems to be a little low. "
Theresa pondered. After a while, she realized the meaning of the first half of Emerald's sentence. Her pupils gradually enlarged, and her expression became a little stiff. "Wait, what did you just say? 10%? That is to say, even if I'm willing to abandon my little brother and suffer the pain of falling and swelling forever, and I can no longer expand, bombard, attack, and pour out to my heart's content, there's only a 10% chance of successfully activating the Witch Gene? "
"Yes."
Emerald calmly said, "The Witch Gene that condenses all the wisdom and strength of hundreds of generations of captains of Emerald is of course not so easy to digest and absorb. Based on the current conditions and the quality of your body, a 10% success rate of activation is already very good."
"…"
Theresa took a deep breath and said, "Then, can I ask what will happen if the activation is unsuccessful?"
"If the activation is unsuccessful, all the gene chains in the depths of all the cells in your body should be completely broken and collapse, right?"
Emerald said, "You can understand it as you will be bombarded by the most intense high-energy rays. Your body will lose the ability to metabolize, and all the cells will die one by one. You will live to feel your body rotting inch by inch, and in the end, you will become a rotten corpse with a soul, a pile of mud that can feel but can only wriggle. After dozens of days or even hundreds of days of torture, your soul will be able to rest in eternal peace."
"… Do you have to be so detailed?!" Theresa roared.
"Yes, the program is set. I have to explain the consequences to you clearly. This is also part of the test."
Emerald said, "If you don't even dare to take this risk, you are not qualified to inherit the power of Captain Kelly and become the new captain of Emerald, my new master. It's very reasonable, isn't it?
"Speaking of which, we won't really be so cold and heartless. As long as you agree, we can make an agreement right now. Once the activation fails, I will immediately kill you and make sure that you won't feel the slightest pain. What do you think?"
"I-I'll think about it. Let me think about it."
Theresa said in annoyance, "Well, if I inherit the power of the Crimson Queen and Captain Kelly, will I be able to beat Black Jack, a bastard who plays with women's feelings, to the point that even his parents won't recognize him?"
"Yes," Emerald said with certainty.
"According to my precise calculations, as long as you successfully activate the Witch Gene, the probability of you defeating Black Jack will be more than 95%."
Before she finished speaking, a violent vibration came from the core area of the bridge.
Theresa and Princess Summer could not stand still and fell to the ground.
Silver-white ripples appeared around Emerald, as if she had been punched hard.
When the three of them turned their heads, they found that Black Jack had wrapped dozens of pale golden tentacles around his arms, making his arms three to five times thicker in an instant. He was like a super drill with spiral threads, bombarding the liquid metal wall crazily.
The liquid metal wall, which was known to be indestructible and self-healing, gradually lost its proliferation and self-healing functions under his bombardment. The hole leading to the core area of the bridge was getting bigger and bigger.
Black Jack's face was ferocious, roaring and laughing at the same time. It seemed that he still had endless energy to continue bombarding and drilling like this.
"… As I said just now, as long as you successfully activate the Witch Gene, your probability of defeating Black Jack will be as high as 90%. It's a sure win."
Emerald said, "So, brave girl, what are you still hesitating about?"
"Wait, 90%?"
Theresa really wanted to vomit blood. "You just said 95%!"
"Is that so? Maybe I said it wrong, or maybe you heard it wrong."
Emerald scanned Black Jack's movements and analyzed his energy ripples. She said calmly, "I've always said 88%. 85% is already a very high winning rate. When facing a mutant life form, a 50% winning rate is worth a gamble, not to mention now that the winning rate is 80%. The universe is vast and full of dangers. If you want to get power and survive, how can you not take risks? Now that the winning rate is as high as 75%, if you don't take the risk now, when will you? " “
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