Chapter 18: Imperfect Genes
After escaping into the dark subway passage and running tirelessly all the way to a long enough distance, Rohmon chose a platform and jumped on. Ignoring the surprised gazes of a few passengers waiting for the subway, the pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info quickly left the subway station and sped along the street, only slowing down when he was far away from the place where werewolves and vampires were fighting.
The blood in his body had been digested, but Rohmon didn't feel anything unusual.
It is unclear whether this is because Michael's blood has no effect on him, or if it has already had a certain reaction and is not easy to detect.
However, it is clear that Rohm, who transforms himself into a blood clan through a stone ghost mask, is fundamentally different from the vampires who originated from the 'virus' in the world of Legends of the Night.
The vampire abilities in the world of JOJO come from the ability of the stone ghost face to stimulate the potential of the human body.
The birth of vampires and werewolves in the world of Legends of the Night comes from the special bloodline of Alexander, a lord of the Great Plague.
This Alexander had three sons, all of whom inherited his special genes.
Two of the sons were bitten by bats and wolves, and after being infected, the first vampires and werewolves were born, respectively.
The remaining son was not infected in his life, married a wife and had children as a human being, and continued to the generation of Michael, who was previously sucked by Rohm.
In today's view.
Alexander apparently had a genetic mutation in the plague. This mutation not only made him immune to the terrible plague that was prevalent at the time, but also made him immortal and extremely strong.
And this gene has obviously been continued and mutated to a certain extent in his three sons.
The three sons did not inherit their father's immortality. But their gene chains seem to be becoming more fused and mutated.
When they were still human, this ability was not activated for a long time. However, when two of the three brothers were bitten by bats and wolves, apparently through saliva, the gene chains of bats and wolves were acquired by the two brothers' highly fused genes, which in turn triggered mutations in their bodies. This gave rise to vampires and werewolves.
And in this change, both sides inherited Alexander's immortality. And the expression of its 'rapid self-healing' gene is more vivid, forming a stronger resilience than Alexander.
In terms of combat effectiveness, it is likely to be the gene expression of bats and wolves.
Both vampires and werewolves have fangs and claws, with vampires gaining greater speed and agility, and werewolves gaining greater physique.
But Alexander's genes are clearly not a panacea.
It can be seen from the situation of Alexander's father and son - although in the midst of the great plague, Alexander achieved a kind of evolution, which was more powerful than other human beings, and it can even be said that it could be said to be an epoch-making evolution. However, as the first generation of genetic evolutionaries, although Alexander has an immortal life and a body beyond ordinary people, he has not escaped the main characteristics of human beings.
That is, the appearance of human beings, the type of diet, and the weakness of death even after serious damage to the vital organs of human beings.
It can be said that Alexander is just an enhanced version of humanity.
And William, the ancestor of werewolves, and Marcus, the ancestor of vampires, after fusing the genes of wolves and bats, are obviously more green in terms of physical fitness, self-healing ability, and combat effectiveness.
But like before.
[Alexander's genes are not omnipotent]
Rohm postulated that Alexander's genes were clearly not enough to fully integrate all the genes of another species, and to strengthen them perfectly.
Therefore.
Werewolf William lost his mind and became a mad beast of a generation of werewolves.
Marcus, on the other hand, loses all his strength to live in the sun and becomes a vampire who fears the sun.
It can be seen from their weaknesses.
The reason why werewolves lost their minds was probably due to Alexander's genes not being able to perfectly integrate the latent gene 'rabies' in the wolf's body. On the contrary, while strengthening the werewolf's physique, this "inferior species" gene was more strongly expressed, causing William to become a complete beast.
The vampire kept his senses, but the bats hated sunlight, and the nocturnal genes were expressed in a more "perverted" way. This makes sunlight the vampire's Achilles' heel.
Genetic inferiority.
On the surface, the two brothers, who inherited Alexander's bloodline, successfully survived the infection after being bitten, and fused the genes of bats and wolves to gain great strength and longevity.
But in reality, the genes they inherited were not perfect, and while strengthening their physique and inheriting Alexander's immortality, they were unable to maintain the elimination of inferior genes. It even strengthens the inferior genes of 'rabies', 'silver allergy' and 'photophobia'. This creates a unique weakness for vampires and werewolves.
Rohmon is not at all the same thing as the vampires of this world.
But in his vision - since the vampires and werewolves of this world can continue to evolve by absorbing Alexander's 'perfect blood', they will be immune to sunlight. Gain more power. Then there should be a certain chance that he can use Alexander's blood to make up for the 'photophobia' gene in his body.
I don't know if Michael's blood has any effect.
But Rohmon didn't just wait for the sunrise on the street.
He didn't go far either.
After a few circles around the subway station, it was not difficult to find an apartment, and after inserting his fingers into the other party's blood vessels and draining all the blood, Rohmon hid in this apartment.
After drawing the curtains and finding the thick sheets in the cabinet to hang on the inside, Rohmin rested and watched TV in the living room.
The exclamating potential of the Stone Ghost Mask is all-encompassing.
Although the impact on intelligence is not as good as that of other aspects, even with a small amount of reinforcement, Rohman's memory and comprehension are greatly enhanced.
If he was supposed to learn English, Rohm's language talent could only be said to be below average.
But at this point.
Most of the English that appears in the TV show can be remembered instantly, and with a little correspondence and thinking, it can be used by stumbling.
After speaking a few more times, finding the right pronunciation and context, in just one night, Rohm learned more words and conversations than in the years combined!
Dawn has arrived.
The rain that had fallen all night last night also gradually stopped before dawn.
The air outside the window seemed exceptionally fresh.
Rohmon took a deep breath, stood in front of the window, grabbed a corner of the curtain, and pulled it gently...... A ray of morning light penetrated into the room.
"Whew......" Rohmon took a deep breath and cautiously stretched out his finger into the sunlight.
Zila-!!