After the Sacred Relic of Origins was fully charged, it roared and ran for a short period of time. All kinds of sensors immediately took the opportunity to record the various phenomena and internal changes during its operation. However, the entire test process lasted less than three minutes. Due to the lack of the most critical control core, the ancient device could only run until the system self-check stage.
"I suddenly feel sorry for Bethanos," Vivian said with a strange smile. "He was doomed to fail even without our interference. But he looked pretty confident at the time. Where did he get the information that gave him such confidence?"
"Hessiana is still being interrogated. Sooner or later, there will be news." Hao Ren pursed his lips. "But I don't think there will be any important information. The Sacred Relic of Origins has been in the Olympian family for so many years, and Zeus has not been able to figure it out. By the way, Hesperides is here. Do you know anything about the Sacred Relic of Origins?"
Hao Ren then remembered that Hesperides was a survivor of the Olympian family. He asked her expectantly, but Hesperides just shook her head apologetically. "I'm not a scholar, and my position in the family is not that high. I don't have access to this kind of top-secret stuff."
But after she said that, she tried to recall something useful. "If I have to say... I remember when I met Athena several times in the last days, she was always talking about strange things. She said things like 'everything is a mistake', 'you reap what you sow' and so on. And during that time, strange things often happened on Mount Olympus. People often disappeared and came back a few days later. The people who came back were like a different person, irritable and did not communicate with anyone. I suspect that Athena used living people to study the Sacred Relic of Origins. "
"You reap what you sow... you sow what you sow..." Hao Ren mulled over these words. "Did the Olympians discover the secret of the Sacred Relic of Origins and realize that they were created? But what does this have to do with reaping what you sow? "
"Maybe this sentence is meant for the creator of the Sacred Relic of Origins!" Vivian clapped her hands. "Don't forget that there's a catastrophe in The Plane of Dreams. Could it be related to the Sacred Relic of Origins?"
Hao Ren felt that it was highly possible. There seemed to be a glimmer of light in the mist, but it was gone in a flash. The whole thing was still shrouded in mist, making it hard for him to make sense of it. He instinctively felt that there was a fundamental misunderstanding between him and Vivian about the Sacred Relic of Origins, but after thinking for a long time, he still could not figure it out. In the end, he shook his head and said, "Let's not make wild guesses. If we guess wrong, we'll be even more wrong."
The MDT agreed with Hao Ren's cautious attitude. It controlled a set of mechanical tentacles to restore some of the components of the Sacred Relic of Origins. At the same time, it used a holographic projection to show the operation of the shipboard factory. "I have ordered the shipboard factory to produce some substances. These substances are synthesized according to the material detected in the 'feeding port'. Then, I will make a few copies of the Sacred Relic of Origins and try to get it to process the synthesized substances. Although it will not produce the desired product, it should be able to figure out what the equipment is missing. This will give us a direction for future research."
Hao Ren nodded and looked up at the top of the Sacred Relic of Origins. The alloy shield there had been taken off, revealing a gap the size of a football. It was where the missing components of the ancient equipment were originally located. He lowered the entire platform so that his line of sight was level with the gap. He reached into the gap and felt a lot of regular bumps and bumps, which should be something like a slot.
It would be great if he could find the missing core.
He put the Sacred Relic of Origins aside for the time being and went to the test bench next to him to check on the progress of the other analysis work. The test bench closest to him was testing the blood and body tissue samples of the demon hunters. On another test bench, there were some familiar things: a delicate small crossbow, a huge and complex enchanted crossbow, cards with Letta runes, and shining silver arrowheads. These things were the spoils of war from the Athens' sanctuary. Some of them were looted from the previous encounter with the demon hunters.
Half of the rune cards were left behind by Nangong Sanba. The half-baked demon hunter's two-week labor had been fed to Lil Pea for a long time. She had not finished eating yet. Hao Ren took a few of the cards for analysis, just in time to see the difference between the half-baked demon hunter and the genuine one.
Lil Pea let out a loud cheer when she saw her "food" on the table. She finally mistakenly thought that Hao Ren had brought her here for a meal. She jumped onto the test bench and was about to eat when she bumped into a transparent shield. A few rune cards were being analyzed and covered with something.
The sudden bump startled the two probes that were scanning the rune cards. They looked up at Lil Pea at the same time. The two miniature tentacles then bent down as if they were shrugging their shoulders and continued to scan the cards.
Lil Pea was furious when she saw her food being occupied by other fish (she felt that the probes were of a different kind). She tugged at Hao Ren's sleeve and yelled, "Daddy! Lil Pea's food! Someone stole it! "
Tears welled up in Hao Ren's eyes. The effort he had put into teaching his daughter to speak for the past half a month was not in vain. Look at her! She could say it right at the critical moment!
He took out a small piece of wood from his pocket and stuffed it into Lil Pea's arms to calm her down. He then looked at the analysis report. "... Most of the demon hunters' props have gone through complex enchantment processes, and at the same time, they are quenched with herbs and minerals. And these quenching materials have one thing in common: they all use their own blood?"
"Yes, blood was found on all the equipment," the MDT replied. "The pigments on the rune cards, the base color of the magic patterns on the crossbows, the potions used to temporarily enhance the physical fitness, and even their clothes. A small amount of blood-soaked silk thread was mixed in the fabric. By comparing it with the collected blood samples, we can confirm that the blood used in the production of these equipment is the demon hunters' own blood, and in theory, it is for their own use. "
Hao Ren immediately felt that the equipment on the table gave him an indescribable feeling. His eyes finally fell on the rune cards left by Nangong Sanba. A chill ran through his body. He quickly picked up Lil Pea and said, "Don't eat these cards from now on!"
Lil Pea's response was to slap his hand with her tail, but the little one pretended not to hear it.
"Don't worry, Nangong Sanba's card doesn't use blood. It's just a very ordinary herbal juice," the MDT said. "Maybe there's something wrong with his bloodline, and the magic in his blood is not enough. Or maybe he didn't have time to learn it."
Vivian picked up a crossbow bolt from the table and said nonchalantly, "Actually, it's not a big deal. A lot of magic needs to be channeled with blood. If you're allergic to this, what if I use blood magic all day long?"
Hao Ren thought about it and did not pursue the issue. He was just curious. "So, the power of the demon hunters comes from their blood?"
"It's not just from the blood. The structure of their blood is very strange, and it even makes people wonder how such complex components can coexist in harmony," the MDT said. "And I also found a strange phenomenon... maybe it can explain the weakening of the demon hunters in recent years."
Upon hearing this, Vivian and Hesperides immediately pricked up their ears.
"The genetic imbalance of the demon hunters is. I found some strange 'lesions' in the body of the young demon hunters, but not in the body of the old demon hunters. These lesions are not fatal and do not even affect their health, but they cause the magic in their blood to decrease and fertility. If I'm not wrong... this is a genetic disease, and it may have spread to their entire race. As for the cause of the genetic disease... maybe it's like the decline of the otherworldlings who could not adapt to the new environment, they are also beginning to be rejected by the environment. But they are weakening thousands of years later than the otherworldlings. "
The MDT paused and added one last sentence. "In addition, there is no sign of treatment. They are very likely not aware of these hidden diseases."
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