Lorissa's memory presented two distinct parts. One part came from her inheritance as a clone. Hao Ren did not know how the mage emperors completed this kind of cloning, but it was obvious that the technology was very different from cell cloning on Earth. They could let the clone inherit most of the realm, magic, and memory of the original body. Although the last part was not a pleasant accident for them, this part of memory was now Hao Ren and his friends. The other part of Lorissa's memory came from herself. After she woke up from the culture tank until she participated in the last experiment, she witnessed the prosperous era with her own eyes in a few short years as the Shadow of the Elven Queen and integrated many of her own ideas and understandings in her memory.
The two parts of memory contrasted sharply in Lorissa's brain. The first part of memory was incomplete and cold. It was like a black-and-white image stored in her mind. She could not feel any emotional experience of her own. She could only browse those things from a first-person perspective like a bystander. The second part of memory was vivid and detailed. Although it was only a few years, it was the whole of her life so far.
She pieced the two parts of memory together and finally restored the cause and effect of the experiment shrouded in conspiracy and mystery for Hao Ren 10,000 years ago.
It began on a day a few years before the birth of the clone Lorissa, which was probably the eve of the outbreak of the deicidal war. In a grand religious event attended by the four mage emperors of Holletta, the will of the goddess of creation personally came to this remote planet.
The Goddess of Creation was not a goddess who was keen on spreading faith and creating miracles. She did not often appear on the secular planets near her kingdom, let alone this remote world far from the center of the theocracy. In the historical records of the ancient calendar of Holletta, the number of times the Goddess came directly in the form of a projection was only a handful. So one could imagine how much impact her sudden arrival had on the mage-emperors at that time. In that arrival, the goddess mentioned that the mortal civilization of Holletta had developed to a certain "passing line," so she would give the mortals a reward, and the reward was the secret of the origin of life.
The mage emperors believed in the goddess's promise, not only because of their firm faith, but also because of the background of the era. At that time, the civilization of Holletta was indeed in a prosperous stage. They discovered a way to navigate and survive in the universe, discovered magic-based controllable nuclear fusion technology, and even began to lay the foundation for antimatter technology. They established a large colony on the moon and were planning to build a large-scale Dyson sphere project near the sun. These results were not very impressive for the truly advanced civilizations in the universe, but the people of Holletta, deep in the wilderness, did not know this. They were in the most confident stage in history, thinking that their performance should be extraordinary among the many people of the goddess. This somewhat arrogant idea led them to believe the "oracle."
They felt that they were indeed going to get a gift from the goddess.
Shortly after that, a "Tablet of Commandments" came to the mortal world. Lorissa did not know the specific process of the tablet's arrival, but she guessed that it should have come directly to the kingdom of the Blood Clan mage emperor, Adrian, because it was the powerful Blood Clan lord who first issued the call and set up the first laboratory (which was also in line with the legend of Holletta that had been passed down to this day). Obviously, Derian did not have the ability to complete the study of the Tablet of Commandments alone. Besides, the oracle was witnessed by four mage emperors, so he did not dare to go against the will of the goddess. Therefore, he generously handed over the Tablet of Commandments and proposed the plan of the mortal kingdoms to study it together.
Then they deciphered from the Tablet of Commandments the technology of using artificially restrained "divine power" and injecting it into the lifeblood to create artificial divine cells. The deciphering process was incredibly smooth.
The first experimental base was set up in the Ivory Valley at the border between the Elven Empire and the Blood Clan Empire. But shortly after that, it was moved to the Gloom Mountains due to political and economic considerations. At that time, the Gloom Mountains did not have this name. It had a more glorious name, the Eversong Ridge. At that time, there were no dangerous and mutant beasts in the mountains. It was peaceful.
As Hao Ren had speculated before, to create artificial divine cells, there must be an "energy source" that could be accessed and controlled by mortals. Because humans could not condense or carry divine power out of thin air, the initial container was the Tablet of Commandments given by the goddess. It was not only a series of extraordinary technology document medium, but also a carefully crafted "divine energy pool."
The energy pool once stored the power of the goddess of creation. According to Lorrisa, it was a carefully processed, precisely weakened, and carefully cut into small "clusters" of energy. It was as if the goddess had prepared a batch of experimental materials for her clumsy students.
But even such a carefully processed energy was still too powerful for mortals. The mage emperors soon realized this after their initial ambition and passion: all the creatures they selected to participate in the experiment, including animal samples and human volunteers, could not withstand the impact of direct contact with the Tablet of Commandments. The weaker ones even had a mental breakdown just by glancing at the words on the tablet. Some devout priests could barely communicate with the tablet, but they were obviously far from qualified to be the "container" of the tablet.
But when the goddess gave the tablet, she must have considered this. So the mage emperors soon discovered that the person who could be the "initial carrier" was actually on this planet, and that was themselves.
The particularity of the ancient civilization of Holletta determined that the mage emperors were the most powerful individuals among mortals, and the tablet given by the goddess was obviously designed according to this strongest standard.
After confirming this fact, the mage emperors did not choose to take the risk themselves. Instead, they decided to "make" a container that met the standard to replace themselves.
The clone Lorrisa was born in this situation, and she was the only successful individual to survive stably.
Holletta's clone technology could give the clone the same power as the original, so the success rate was very low. Even when several magic empires joined forces to conduct research, only one clone succeeded. So the clone Lorrisa had high hopes from the beginning. Even when the mage emperors later found out that she had accidentally inherited part of the memory and personality of the original Lorrisa, they still chose to keep the clone after some consideration.
Because the inherited memory and personality were incomplete and lacked "embeddedness," although it would affect the clone's self-perception to a certain extent, it was not as stable as the original memory and personality. Through acquired guidance, the mage emperors believed that they could make the clone cooperate obediently, and Lorrisa herself behaved the same way. Of course, in order to make the clone better cooperate with the experiment, the mage emperors also made a series of promises to her, such as the freedom that she could expect, and the powerful strength that she could retain after receiving the divine grace. These things were really attractive, but for Lorrisa, she did not care much about them.
Because in a way, she, who had inherited the memories of the original body, was also considered half a mage empress. Her interest in the exploration of the mysterious realm was no less than that of others. Since there was no choice, it seemed to be very interesting to feel the mystery of the Tablet of Commandments herself.
When the whole project developed to the substantive stage, she accepted the introduction experiment of the divine power.
"Here's their plan: the experiment is divided into two parts. One is to extract the origin substance from the lifeblood and artificially synthesize blank 'divine cells.' The other part is to introduce the power of the Tablet of Commandments into a mage emperor or a clone like me, so that the power can be transformed into controllable energy. Finally, the two will be combined to create real activated divine cells," Lorrisa said unhurriedly. "I fell into a state of drowsiness after the introduction experiment, and then soon completely lost myself. But according to what you said, it seems that they finally finished the rest of the work while I was unconscious."
"You can complete the transformation of the 'divine power' when you lost consciousness?" Hao Ren asked curiously.
Lorrisa raised her right hand, and suddenly a trace of sacred flame rose in her hand. Then her whole arm became a state of burning.
She then waved her hand to disperse the flame. "It seems that the divine power has completed the transformation of me. This process should be guided by the Tablet of Commandments and has nothing to do with my personal will."
"Can you describe what you 'saw' during your drowsiness?" Vivian suddenly asked. "It is what you saw in the depths of the divine power."
"It is difficult to describe them in mortal language," Lorrisa shook her head. "It was a kind of super-sensory experience. I came into contact with a huge and distorted consciousness in a haze. Maybe I just skimmed over its boundary, but I am sure that it has a dark and evil nature. This consciousness simulated the power of the goddess, and because it was so powerful that mortals could not distinguish its disguise. Only someone like me, who witnessed it with my own eyes, could tell the truth. All in all, I am sure of one thing: it was definitely not the real power of the goddess. The whole thing was a scam from beginning to end. "
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