As one of the main executors of the "Disobedience" plan in the past, Kamel knew all about the "gods" created by this plan, including the first generation of gods and the last generation of mutated gods, all of which were completed under his nose, so when Tyr handed him a piece of purified deformed remains, he quickly saw unsettling features in the wreckage.

A few simple tests, some parameters that cannot be falsified, and the uneasiness becomes a fact.

"Although I didn't have more specialized equipment to determine the genetic factor sequences in the wreckage, the mutation results were enough to conclude that the aberrations were the mutated products of the 'Divine Sin'," Kamel said in a heavy tone, "The power of the Demon Tide overlays the genetic expression of the Divine Evil...... There was a terrible loophole in our plan back then, we underestimated the magnitude of the mutation of biomass in the face of the Demon Tide, and the 'Divine Sin' genetic factor was unable to fight this level of mutation, causing the factor carriers to become ...... before they could adapt to the Demon Tide environment Monster. ”

Kamel had tried to calm his emotions down, but Gawain could still feel the great sorrow in the heart of the ancient magister, and he could imagine the sorrow - Kamel and his comrades gave everything for the cause, which was even more than the limits of what humans could bear, but the end result was worse than failure, and instead of saving the people they wanted to save, their cause turned those people into monsters...... Even if you think about it from another perspective, Gawain feels that he may not be as calm as Carmel when facing the same blow.

However, he still had to ask his own questions: "Do you know what happened to the 'gods' you researched after they were sent back to the hinterland of the empire?" ”

"The part I am responsible for is limited to R&D, and I don't know the follow-up 'application' link, but although the details are not clear, I can guess the approximate," Kamel said slowly, "Didn't you mention that there has never been a news of the magic tide in the outside world?" So I guess it all happened in secret - after the 'Divine Sin' was sent back to the Imperial Capital, the royal family should have gradually injected the Divine Evil Gene into all people over a period of three centuries through centralized immunization and the like, and made it a stable genetic factor for humans, because our goal is to save everyone, so every Gondor citizen must become a carrier of Divine Sin. In this way...... The endless aberrations that popped up overnight after the arrival of the demon tide also had the answer. ”

Gawain thinks that what Carmel said may be the truth.

Genetic modification was not an overnight thing - Kamel and his colleagues could directly transform themselves with powerful magic, thus directly turning themselves into carriers of divine evil, but for the millions of ordinary people in the Gondor Empire, this level of modification was unrealistic (and not enough secret), so the royal family of Gondor at that time could only have resorted to covert and gradual means, such as transferring mutant substances into the body of the parent and mother, and then making their offspring become natural carriers of divine sin.

It would take more than a generation to carry out this transformation of the entire population of the empire, but there was a time lag of three hundred years between the completion of the disobedience plan and the actual outbreak of the demon tide—three hundred years, which was enough to complete this huge project with the technological power of the Gondor Empire back then.

"That's what you say...... I seem to have really thought of something," Gawain touched his chin and suddenly found some valuable information from his memory, "At the end of the Starfire Age, the Empire did suddenly add several centralized immunization and newborn screening programs for its inhabitants - at that time, the Imperial Capital was said to be to alleviate the growing problem of elemental assimilation, and to select mana adaptors from the newborn stage...... If that's right, this should be the application phase of the 'Disobedience' program. ”

Kamel's tone was low: "This ended up hurting everyone......"

"No, if it's what I expected, then your plan will be a success." Gawain suddenly looked at Kamel and said.

Kamal looked up in some amazement, he didn't see the deliberately comforting look on Gawain's face.

"I didn't comfort you," Gawain couldn't see Kamel's expression, but could see what the other man was thinking, "Your plan of disobedience should have worked—it just didn't save everyone." Have you forgotten, Carmel, that the four great kingdoms of humanity were founded by the remnants of Gondor. ”

After saying this, Gawain felt his eyes light up - Kamel became brighter.

The ancient magus said in a slightly agitated tone: "You mean ......"

"A lot of people think that the Pioneer Legion of 700 years ago, or the Gondor refugees, escaped the first onslaught of the demon tide and survived by hiding in the safe zone before the second onslaught, but in fact, we went through the full first and second onslaughts," Gawain recalled, "When we gathered the team, the surrounding natural environment had already begun to mutate, and a large number of animals, plants, and even inanimate dirt and stones were changing in front of us. The high-energy clouds of Chaos gathered overhead, and the waves of magic energy continued day and night, and no one escaped the first onslaught—we ran out of it against the first onslaught. ”

Kamel flickered, "Has no one mutated?" ”

"There are many people who have died, died of malignant diseases or elemental poisoning, but no one has mutated," Gawain said seriously, "and there is also a very important clue - there were not only humans in the breakout team at that time, but also many races such as elves, dwarves, and halflings who were stranded in the territory of Gondor when the demon tide broke out, and the mortality rate of those alien people in the demon tide was several times higher than that of humans, basically except for the middle-level and high-level powerhouses who survived seventy or eighty percent, Their low-level professionals and ordinary people died in the first few months. ”

"So...... 'antibodies' still have an effect......," Carmel seemed to mumble to himself, "but why have all the people in the hinterland of the empire become aberrations?" ”

"Maybe it's because of the Deep Blue Well," Gawain said his thoughts, "The Deep Blue Well had an explosion a year before the Demon Tide broke out, when two of the four main reaction towers exploded, and a large amount of magic energy escaped into the center of the Empire, they were like unstable fuel, when the Chaos Demon Energy of the Demon Tide suddenly exploded, the energy of the Deep Blue Well had a catalytic effect...... the 'Divine Sin' genetic factor may indeed enhance the ability of humans to resist the erosion of the Demon Tide, but its effect is obviously limited." ”

"If that's the case...... Carmel's tone was quiet, "maybe it's comforting." ”

Gawain couldn't help but think of the authentication device found in the ruins of the mountains (the fortress of rebellion), when the device clearly regarded all human beings, including Gawain, Byron and others, as "safe and stable carrying", but when Amber tried to pass the verification, Gawain once thought that it was the result of the damage of the device, but now he guessed the function of the device.

The device wasn't broken at all - it did identify safe and stable carriers, and every human whose ancestors came from the Gondor Empire was a carrier of "divine iniquity".

But even if he figured out the origin of the aberration, Gawain still had a lot of doubts about those monsters in his heart.

"If the aberrations are all mutated from humans carrying the genetic factors of the gods, rather than the so-called 'chaotic creatures' produced in the demon tide, then many of their characteristics cannot be explained at all," Gawain said of his doubts, "For example, when the number of distortions exceeds a certain threshold, a chaotic magical energy environment will be generated around them, and when the intensity and scope of the chaotic magical energy environment reach a certain level, there will be distortions produced 'out of thin air' in the chaotic magical field...... How should this be explained? ”

If the aberrants are "chaotic creatures", and the life forms are similar to some elemental products, then it is understandable that they will continue to multiply out of thin air in the magic tide environment, but if the aberrants are "regular lifeforms" mutated by humans, how do they "appear out of thin air" when the environment is suitable like elemental creatures?

This is a question that even Kamel could not answer, it was beyond the knowledge of the ancient magister, who could only boldly assume: "Maybe it is the source of the 'gods' - the power of the gods at work?" Although the gods only used the genetic factors of the giant deer Amorn, for the gods, stealing their flesh and blood is equivalent to stealing their power, and the power of the gods is difficult for humans to understand, perhaps this power makes the deviant have some ...... A trait that does not belong to a normal creature. ”

"Anyway, it's hard to explain that it can be 'created out of thin air,'" Gawain sighed as he shook his head, "Everything in the wasteland is unknown, and no one can guess what happened to those monsters. ”

After finishing the conversation about aberrations, Kamel finally remembered Gawain's original purpose for coming to him, and he asked curiously, "Lord, I heard that you designed something?" ”

"It's a weapon-making solution, but I'm not sure if it's feasible yet," Gawain nodded, picked up the blueprint on his desk and handed it to Kamal, "While energy weapons have obvious advantages, they also have significant disadvantages when facing things like anti-magic shields, and we still need live-fire weapons - preferably both, so that we can always maintain an advantage on complex battlefields." ”

The lord seemed to be approachable and open-minded, but he was actually a cautious and well-planned man who would never give his enemies any chance of life on the battlefield, and after learning what Gawain had done, Kamel had realized this, so he was not surprised that Gawain would keep the plan for live ammunition - and he himself was inclined to meet the challenge with a variety of weapons and equipment, so he took the drawings and quickly became interested in it.

"It's still a repulsive mechanism...... Do you want to use a continuous repulsive structure to form an acceleration orbit, you mentioned this before......" Kamel looked at the detailed instructions on the drawings and muttered under his breath, "But this time you're going to add hurricane runes to the shells?" ”

"It's not just the shells that have changed, in fact, the acceleration track section also has a special design," Gawain explained, pointing to the drawings, "I referred to Rebecca's 'amplifier' idea, added a mana field receiver and a load balancer at the end of the two acceleration tracks, and used a set of additional runes to channel this part of the energy into the repulsion mechanism, so that when the cannon is fired, all the repulsion mechanisms are equivalent to overloading, and their thrust will be greatly increased - the reinforced acceleration guide, plus the auxiliary power of the cannonball itself, It's going to have the range and power I want it to be—and even far more. ”

Kamel couldn't help but question: "Constant overload? In this way, the service life of the magic array will probably be shortened by more than half......"

Gao Wen had long known that the other party would have this question, and he smiled slightly: "I want to ...... In the field of industrial magic devices, many people fall into a misunderstanding, and a master of magic like you is no exception. ”

"What misunderstanding?"

"Industrial products are not afraid of consumption – a well-crafted traditional magic ring can be passed down from generation to generation like a family heirloom, and even be used for hundreds or thousands of years to become an ancestral treasure with a legend, but something that is industrially manufactured...... From the beginning, they were not meant to be passed down from generation to generation.

"They're consumables, and as long as their service life meets or exceeds actual needs, then they're qualified industrial products, and while a longer service life is good, it's just the icing on the cake, not essential.

"If it can be used to complete its mission, it is qualified, if it can use technology to eliminate and replace, it is a fine work, if it can be used in the wilderness, it can be used for generations...... Then it affects the industrial process, affects the progress and replacement of technology.

"Want to know why? The reason is simple, industrial products will not only be mass-produced, but also replaced in batches, and as long as there are no problems with the industrial chain itself, this replacement speed will far exceed that of traditional magic and alchemy devices - new technologies and new products will continue to replace old things, and they will be better used and more practical. Magic rings like the one that existed hundreds of years ago and were still powerful hundreds of years later do not exist in the new order I want to build, and if we do build something, and it is still a mainstream product and a mainstay of society for decades or hundreds of years, then it can only be said that ...... Cecil's magic industry is over. ”