After returning to Cecil City, Gwen immediately found Kamel, who was working on a small arcane focus in the Research of Arcane Technologies, and Egg Nicholas, who was working on the gearbox in the Mechanical Manufacturing Institute. The three of them (strictly speaking, one was a satellite spirit, one was an LED spirit, and one was an Iron Star spirit) gathered in the cutting-edge laboratory built by Rebecca, studying the crystal left behind after Fran Belang's death.
The crystal was still glowing faintly. Even though it had been there for a few days, there was still some heat coming out of it. When the crystal was placed next to one's ear, one could faintly hear some indistinct sounds. It sounded like some kind of resonance, but it also sounded like a painful murmur.
Kamel lifted the crystal in the air with the Hand of Modeling and carefully observed its shape under the light. From time to time, he would stimulate the surface of the crystal with a small beam of Mathematical Olympiad to sense the energy reading it was transmitting.
Gwen was paying attention to Kamel's work. He asked curiously, "How is it? Can you find any clues? "
"In terms of shape, it is indeed very similar to the crystal of the early failed product of the Abomination … but the energy reaction is slightly different, perhaps because of the interference of the power of the holy light …" Kamel put the crystal on the experiment table in front of him and began to use the crystal resonator to examine its subtle structure. "In short, I have to observe more carefully before I can come to a conclusion. The harvesting process is too rough, and the internal magic balance has been seriously damaged."
Gwen was a little embarrassed. "The harvesting process … may be a little rough."
Kamel asked casually, "How did you harvest it?"
"Using a howitzer …" Gwen coughed. "Ahem, strictly speaking, this is all that's left after the explosion …"
Kamel suddenly froze in the air. Egg Nicholas, who was floating by the side, exclaimed, "Oh my god!"
"It's a special situation. It's a battle. The enemy won't just stay put and wait for others to dig out the crystals from their bodies." Gwen waved his hand and looked at Iron Star. "You've come into contact with the Abominations before. Do you think this crystal is the same as the ones on the experimental subjects?"
"I was mainly used for research, so I didn't know much about the details of the project." Nicholas shook his body and said in a serious tone, "But if you don't mind losing a part of the sample … I can perform a destructive analysis on it."
Gwen looked at the crystal sample fixed in the center of the crystal resonator. It was slightly smaller than a palm, with jagged edges and some parts had cracked. "How many samples do you need?"
"Make it smaller, about the size of a fingernail."
Gwen then looked at Kamel. "Will cutting this sample affect its stability?"
"Why are you asking me this when you've already used howitzers?"
"… Then cut a piece," Gwen said.
The texture of the crystal was not very hard. The assistant in the laboratory quickly finished cutting it, and then a small sample was sent to Egg Nicholas. Under Gawain's curious gaze, the Iron Ball first carefully touched the sample with its round body, and then it was directly sucked into Gawain's body, which was quickly absorbed into Gawain's body.
Even Kamel was shocked, let alone Gwen. "You … ate it?"
"Just to analyze the composition. Of course, it counts as eating." There was a buzzing sound coming from Nicholas's egg body. "When I was being studied, I tried most of the materials that I could come into contact with in order to understand the environment. I also tried the crystal fragments of the Abomination by chance. I can distinguish the minute differences in the composition of these things …"
The Iron Star said all this matter-of-factly. Gwen could only sigh in his heart. The world was really full of wonders. This was probably the most hardcore "taste" he had ever seen in his two lifetimes combined.
Just as he began to worry whether Nicholas' habit of picking up things to eat would give him a stomachache, the Iron Star finally said, "This thing … it seems to be a product of the Abomination. At least the composition is exactly the same. "
The remaining crystal of Fran Belang was indeed a hybrid of the Abomination. Did Bishop Louen really activate the hereditary factor of the Abomination in his body?
Although Gwen had some inferences in his mind, he could not help but be a little surprised after the evidence was conclusive. But he quickly controlled his surprise and looked at Kamel. "Is it possible for a Gondor descendant using a stable hereditary factor to become an uncontrollable Abomination under the right conditions?"
Kamel was expressionless, but his body was glowing yellow, and his tone had become particularly serious. "Theoretically, it is impossible! Although we did rewrite the hereditary factor to fuse Amoun's divine cells with human cells, the Abomination's loss of control is not entirely a problem with the hereditary factor. It is because of the separation and loss of control of the divinity. The crystals that grow out of the flesh are actually produced by the divinity that cannot be controlled by human beings. This part of the divinity is due to our lack of technology, and we could not completely filter the divinity when we combined the hereditary factor, causing it to contaminate the experimental body. After that, we improved the filtration technology to completely remove the divinity that cannot be controlled by human beings and make it into a stable injection to ensure the stable survival of the inoculated subjects. In other words, as long as it is a surviving human descendant, the hereditary factor inoculated by their ancestors must be 'clean', and as long as there is no divinity lurking in their bodies, it is impossible for a mortal body to produce any divinity on its own … "
Kamel's explanation was full of technical terms that were too difficult for the people of this era, but Gwen easily understood what he meant. The reason why the Abomination's body collapsed and grew crystals was because there was an uncontrollable divinity in its body. As long as the Gondor descendant did not collapse and survived, there would be no such 'divinity contamination' in their bodies. Moreover, it was impossible for a mortal body to produce this divinity contamination on its own, even if it was inoculated with Amoun's hereditary factor.
So … why was Fran Belang in a 'contaminated' state? Who contaminated him? Or … where did the 'divinity' contaminating him come from?
Gwen's expression turned serious when he thought of the possibility behind this.
"We have no way of knowing what happened in the prayer room of the Louen Cathedral when the White Knight rushed into the cathedral area, but there is no doubt that Fran Belang was contaminated by divinity from an unknown source during that period of time. The Abomination in his body was activated, and he became a monster formed by a combination of collapsed flesh and crystal," Kamel analyzed seriously. "Considering that he is a fanatical believer of the God of Holy Light, and considering what he might have done in the prayer room, there may be only one answer …"
"The God of Holy Light cast a glance at the south …" Gwen continued Kamel's words. "And this glance directly distorted Fran Belang into a monster."
Nicholas Egg: "… Oh my god."
But despite this horrifying conjecture, Gwen was still puzzled. "If the God of Holy Light really came to Louen for a short period of time, how could he just sit back and watch the cathedral be breached? How could the power of his descent be weaker than a small team of White Knight who had just completed their training? Even if Wright and Amber were there at that time, the power of the two of them could not compete with a god, right? "
Kamel, who had studied the power of the gods for thousands of years, fell into deep thought. A moment later, he began to talk about his conjecture. "According to our summary and analysis of the laws of the gods, the gods seem to be … a very logical and regular existence."
"What do you mean?"
"The power of the gods is far superior to that of the mortals, but they rarely help or hurt any mortal directly. They will only strictly follow a certain law. They will send their power through prayer ceremonies, blessings, and revelations, or give very vague orders for the mortals to figure out. When a mortal directly violates a certain ritual rule, they will send down divine punishment. But on the other hand, the believers or non-believers of the opposing gods will not be punished even if they do not live according to the doctrine. This may mean that it is extremely difficult for the gods to directly interfere in our world. Even if they are powerful, they still have to follow a certain strict law …"
Listening to Kamel's description, Gwen could not help but look thoughtful. "It sounds like some kind of automatic logic machine …"
"To be honest, in the Sparks Era, many scholars who studied theology also had this conjecture." Kamel's color gradually turned back to the calm and wise light blue. He recalled and responded to Gwen's conjecture. "There was even a group of radical scholars who believed that the nature of the gods is an automatic system of unknown origin. They operate automatically like an answering machine, managing a huge amount of divine energy, and will distribute the energy according to the needs of the mortals … Just like the artificial intelligence array around the Deepblue Reaction Tower, which is responsible for distributing magic power."
Gwen did not expect that there would be a group of scholars in this world who could come up with such a radical hypothesis. Considering the height of civilization in the Kingdom of Gondor, it was not unimaginable for scholars to conduct such radical research. But he was still curious about the results of such a group of people who dared to study the nature of the gods in a world where gods existed. After all, according to Kamel's tone, those people did not seem to be members of the Disobedience Project. "These scholars' ideas are interesting. How far did they go?"
"They did not get the funding for the second year, so they switched to selling aquatic products …" Kamel sighed. "I thought they would be selected for the Disobedience Project …"
Gwen: "???"
Fortunately, Kamael was not too immersed in his memories. He quickly returned to the topic at hand. "This kind of radical research is unimaginable in this era, but the people of Gondor in the Starfire Era were proud and fearless. Their overly advanced magical technology and abundant resources gave the scholars the opportunity to do this kind of unorthodox research. If not for this kind of foundation, the 'Disobedience' project would not have been able to be built. But it is also because I participated in the Disobedience Project that I can be sure that the gods are not as simple as the so-called 'automatic answering machine'. "
Gwen thought for a moment and knew what Kamel meant. "Is it because you saw Amoun the Giant Deer with your own eyes?"
"Yes, Amoun the Giant Deer, a real, flesh-and-blood god. Although he has fallen, according to the analysis of his remains, we think that he is intelligent. He can think and act on his own. So we are more inclined to think that the gods are a kind of existence with high intelligence and at the same time strictly follow certain 'rules' … Perhaps strictly following the rules is their 'racial characteristic.'"
Gwen quietly listened to Kamel's explanation. He took a deep breath and his eyes fell on the God's Sin Crystal on the experiment table.
After a long time, he broke the silence. "That is to say, according to the 'rules' strictly followed by the God of Holy Light, even the attack of civilians on the cathedral is not a real 'blasphemy'?"
"We can only guess so."
It seemed that there would be no more progress.
Although Gwen was eager to understand the nature of the gods and understand the rules and restrictions of their actions, the fact was that he did not have enough ways to fully understand the secrets in this regard.
The only thing he could be sure of was that the God of Holy Light might have 'contacted' Fran Belang and the Louen Cathedral at some point, but he did not pay attention to what happened on this land.
"We can only put this research aside for now." Gwen exhaled. "I will ask the Louen Cathedral to look for clues and pay attention to the will of the gods."
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