Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Holy Grail and the Relic
Lu Mingfei spent nearly a day in Herzog's library studying his written materials.
In any field of research, researchers often discover new theories and achieve new breakthroughs based on the achievements of their predecessors; But Herzog seems to have unearthed the secrets of the dragons with the knowledge and strength of an ordinary person alone-
Even if there was a half-dead dragon for him to study in all aspects.
Herzog's understanding of dragons and his mastery of genetic technology were so profound that the secret party that had held the dragons' secrets for thousands of years became clowns overnight.
If Herzog had been a normal person, with such knowledge and skills, Lu Mingfei would have welcomed him into the warband; But he was a complete heretic who treated human life as a plaything.
The controllable Deadpool army he has cultivated is the deadliest of biological weapons, and without heavy firepower, anyone facing this bloodthirsty demon will inevitably be slaughtered on the ground.
Moreover, Herzog also has ambitions that are unimaginable to ordinary people-
Ascended the throne and became a new god.
The so-called new god is the new dragon king.
In his research journals, diaries, and record files, all the knowledge and research was made in preparation for his ascension to the throne as a "new god".
Normal humans vs. hybrids, hybrids vs. pure-blooded dragons, pure-blooded dragons vs. dragons...... In the doctrine of alchemy, the gap between these three boundaries is more insurmountable than the other, just as there are countless worlds between heaven and earth;
It's hard to imagine that an ordinary human would want to use science to transcend this impossible barrier and become a new dragon king.
As inspirational as this sounds, no one can afford to have Herzog truly evolve into a dragon king.
In particular, his target is still the White King, the ultimate dragon king who is only below the Black King, and its situation is also the most special; The chief alchemy sergeant dug out the historical information of the dragon clan about the fate of the White King from the "Great Library":
After the end of the White King's rebellion, the enraged Black King nailed it to a bronze pillar that reached the sky and threw it into the deep sea, and ordered the ocean currents from the poles to change direction and converge to the sea area with the elemental power of the entire planet, turning the sea into an extremely cold ice hell, and setting up a 'place of execution' for the White King.
The Black King showed all the traitors what happened to them, and when the royal families entrenched in Eurasia looked to the north, they would see the bronze pillar rising from the sea of ice, and the black clouds enveloped it forever, and the roaring blizzard constantly strengthened the ice cage.
After six epochs of ice, the White King's power failed, so the Black King sank the White King into the volcano along with the bronze pillar and turned it into ashes, and then devoured the ashes to retrieve the power he had given the White King. Believing that he had completely erased the White King and his bloodline, the Black King began to go crazy because of the strange feelings of the dragons themselves, and in pain rushed into the sky and crashed into the bottom of the sea to vent his grief......
When the story came to this, Old Tang couldn't hold back anymore, and commented happily, "This black king just doesn't know what to say, fortunately, the head of the road is not like this, otherwise I will be weak", without the slightest respect for the bloodline ancestor......
But what is certain is that in those six frozen eras, a human infiltrated the place of execution, made a pact with the frozen White King, and brought the opportunity for its resurrection away from there.
But now that the White King is dead, its keel cross is stored in the City of Miracles, where the Emperor's will comes, and no one dares to steal it...... So what else can Herzog do as a heretic?
"Ascension"? No, the Lord of Change's mind didn't even notice the world, and the Demon Lord's remaining remnant soul couldn't support it through such a ritual.
More information was sent, and Lu Mingfei continued to spend time reading, digging out the secrets behind the heresy, and speculating about the heresy's current plans...... And prepare a plan that will clean up the heretical alien demon in one go.
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"Now that the Tokyo Meteorological Agency has issued a heavy rain warning, the rain in the Tokyo metropolitan area will further intensify tonight, with local rainfall expected to reach 100 mm per hour, and the rain may continue to intensify in the coming days
We ask all residents to reduce going out, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's plan to prevent heavy rains and tidal floods has been launched......
On the small 14-inch color TV in the ramen house trolley, the spokesman of the Tokyo City Government has a solemn face.
The rain crackled on the shed, and in this kind of weather, few people would run out to eat a bowl of ramen, and the master of the small stall truck was idle and diligently wiping the chairs wet by the wind and rain.
Suddenly, two sword-like lights pierced the darkness of the street, and a black Maybach appeared at the end of the long street, cutting through the stagnant water and driving unhurriedly, and finally quietly stopped on the side of the road.
The car door opened, and a pair of high-end custom-made leather shoes stepped in the rain without mind. Getting out of the car was an elderly man in a custom-made black suit and a rosy bow tie, who didn't look like the person who would come to the ramen truck to eat ramen in the middle of the night.
"It's closed today." The ramen chef turned off the lanterns surrounding the signboard and said without looking up.
"I'm not going to pay, so you're not in business." Ange smiled happily and sat down on the chair to himself.
"Ange, you'll always be such a bastard!" The ramen chef stomped his feet angrily, "And you weren't here the night before!" Before leaving, didn't they all solemnly say to each other like in a literary film, 'never see each other again'! Don't tell me it's because my ramen is delicious!"
γBingoοΌγ Ange snapped his fingers, "The ramen cooked by the Shadow Emperor himself, eat one bowl less than one bowl." A bowl of ramen noodles in bone broth with a braised egg, thank you."
"I'm not your royal cook!"
Although Uesugi Yue scolded and scolded, he still reluctantly threw himself into the soup pot.
No one could have imagined that this old man, with his white hair combed and a black towel tied to his forehead, who looked like he had dealt with ramen all his life, would be the supreme and most powerful "emperor" who once controlled the Eight Clans of Snakes.
"There's no way, now the heads of the Snake Eight family are busy to death, if it weren't for that, I would be in Aga's most luxurious club now, and all kinds of idol beautiful girls will light cigarettes and pour me wine...... So I'm going to have to drink cheap wine with you, the old man."
Ange shrugged his shoulders and poured a cup full of sake and drank it one by one.
"It's none of my business, I made it clear to you the day before yesterday, and now I have nothing to do with the Eight Snake Clan."
"The White King...... It must have something to do with you." Ange said quietly.
Uesugi raised his head, and the white smoke from the soup pot couldn't hide his sharp sword-like eyes: "I have already said that the ......'emperor' is such a thing, and it has completely died in 1945."
"Don't be so angry, I'm just here to ask you for some questions," Ange said, "I have known that you are of the White King's blood, but I have never asked you for the secret of the White King's blood, and it is useless to ask you for the first time, you have given in to the secret party on the surface, but in your heart you don't really see us as fellow travelers; Secondly, the secret of the blood of the White King is in your hands,
You will not abuse it, although you are engaged in the underworld business, you are still the guardian of order and not the destroyer......
"Finally, you can slowly find out the secret of the White King's bloodline, and you have allowed the Japanese branch to be autonomous all these years, in fact, to let them relax their vigilance." Uesugi snorted coldly, "You are a staff officer in the U.S. Navy, and intelligence is your forte!"
"But now the White King is dead."
"He's dead to me...... Wait, what are you talking about?" Uesugi suddenly didn't react and was stunned.
"The White King is dead, and I have seen with my own eyes the dragon bone cross that he left behind after his death, which is the most beautiful and greatest work of art that the world has ever seen." Ange said lightly.
"He's dead? How can it be! That kind of great existence......" Uesugi Echigo realized, "The elemental turbulence half a year ago, and the collapse of the Night Eclipse...... You did it?"
"What is the Eclipse of the Night? I don't know." Ange took a calm sip of sake, "I've visited the dragon bones, but I didn't participate in killing the White King, it was my student who killed him...... Well, it's really me
of students. I'm semi-retired now."
"Wait, wait...... You said your student killed the White King......" Uesugi looked skeptical, "That's the White King!" The strongest dragon king only under the Black King! Can you kill that kind of guy, did you take some Ultraman from the Heisei generation as a student!?"
"Good groove. But I don't know the specifics, if you want to ask, you can ask him in person. The noodles are cooked, so hurry up and scoop them up." Ange urged.
Uesugi took out the ramen noodles and put them in a bowl with a silent face, then poured hot bone broth on them, spread two thick slices of char siu, put two sliced braised eggs and seaweed, and then brought them to Ange with both hands:
"To celebrate the end of the White King, the barbecued pork braised eggs will be doubled for you."
"Are you so sure it's over? Isn't there a possibility of resurrection?" Ange took a bite of the barbecued pork, "The current head of the Eight Snake Clans is an impostor, but at the same time a crazy careerist. The day I came to eat noodles, he was picked up by my students and beaten into puree."
"Huh. Then these juniors have enough." Uesugi sneered disdainfully, "What do you mean by your first question?"
"Literally, my Ultraman student thinks that thanks to the impostor master, this is not the end of the story," Ange said, "The students are busy, and I, as a teacher, can't just wander around, so I ran out to help gather some information."
"I retired more than sixty years ago!"
"But before you retired, you burned down the precious historical vaults of the Eight Snake Clans, so I can only come to you. You'd better answer my question first."
Uesugi was silent for a long time, and finally sat down next to Ange around the cart and poured himself a small glass of sake: "To be honest, I don't know."
"Who's the answer?"
"I really don't know, since you claim to have seen his keel, then theoretically he is indeed dead."
"Theoretically? Isn't that theoretical?"
"Then he may not be dead yet, after all, his elemental authority is a unique 'spirit', and physical death does not mean the destruction of the spirit," Uesugi Yue sighed as he drank two glasses of sake, and recounted the origin of the Eight Families of Snakes:
"In the "Imperial Chronicles" circulated by the family, when the White Emperor was imprisoned by the Black Emperor in the place of execution, a human infiltrated there and reached a contract with the White Emperor to obtain the Holy Child. It is a code word that refers to the White Emperor's 'bones and blood'. That human became the father of the Eight Snake Clans, and the White King is like the mother of the Eight Snake Families, so we call the White King 'she', but it may not really be a female, it has polluted humans with dragon blood."
"And the Holy Child is divided into two parts, the Holy Grail refers to the blood of the White King, and the Holy Remains refers to her bones that the White King gave to mankind. The Holy Grail spread with the multiplication of the bloodline of the Eight Snake Families, and the holy remains, which needed to be fed with blood and flesh for the White Emperor to revivenation, were sealed in the 'Well of Hidden Remains', and then the Eight Snake Families used this well as the basis for establishing a Shadow Realm called the 'Night Eclipse Plain' - they were tantamount to betraying the White King."
"And how did one of His bones become 'Eight-headed Ghidorah' when you didn't feed it? I watched the precious video of that resuscitation thing at the Snake Eight House, and to be honest, if that thing does escape, you'd better pray that there will be a giant holster and a robot that will come out of Japan to save you."
"Then it's about the first catastrophe of the Snake Eight Family," Uesugi sighed, "I think you've heard that Japanese myth that the father of the gods is called Izanagi and the mother of the gods is called Izanami. Izanami is the name of the sacred remains, and in the family mythology, Izanami is a god who hates humans, she is imprisoned at the end of the Yellow Springs Hirazaka, and if she returns to the present world, she will transform into the Great Snake of the Eight Folds and swallow the whole world; And the three high priests were responsible for suppressing her, and their honorific titles were Amaterasu, Tsukiyomi, and Susanoo. This title is passed down from generation to generation, and in short, only these three people in each generation have access to the relics."
"But it was Susanoo, one of the three major priests, who was bewitched by the power of the holy remains, freed it from the 'Well of Hidden Remains' and fused with it
Together, but fortunately, Amaterasu and Tsukiyomi failed to complete the ceremony, interrupting it in time, and the holy remains were resealed with a part of Susanoo's flesh and blood; But even so, Amaterasu and Tsukiyomi were unable to kill Susanoo, who had already gained some of the power of the White King, and finally had to sink him into the Pacific Ocean along with the ancient city called 'Takamagahara). Although Japan greatly delayed its sinking, only a few of the Xeon Bloodline survived, and their bloodline gradually degraded and eventually became the current White King Blood."
"I feel like it's safer to sink the relics into the Pacific Ocean with Susanoo." Angers evaluation.
"But when the fusion of these two things is completed, it will be Japan that sinks into the Pacific Ocean! Don't stand and talk, don't worry about back pain!" Uesugi scolded.
"Okay, I'm sorry. Please go on."
"Because of the degradation of the bloodline, the half-bloods who have lost the stability of the 'spirit' and have a bloodline that exceeds the critical blood limit have a tendency to degenerate, and these people are called 'ghosts', after which they escaped and formed an organization called the 'Fierce Oni Clan', aiming to fight against the snake Qi Hachiya and find a way to evolve into pure-blooded dragons; With the degradation of the bloodline and the loss of history, the "ghosts" who did not escape and were firmly controlled, or were captured, would be exiled to the Night Food Plain, which they considered to be the 'penal colony...... However, the Eight Clans rediscovered this part of their history hundreds of years ago and stopped doing so."
"Oh, so you fed the White King."
γβ¦β¦ But haven't all your students killed Him? The Night's Eclipse also blew up along with it." Uesugi said, "But like I said, the White Emperor's elemental authority is unique 'spirit', and physical death does not mean spiritual destruction."
"So...... The 'Holy Grail', which has already fused with some of the holy remains, that is, Susanoo, is a risk factor for the White King's possible resurrection?"
"In theory, that's true. But now this chalice has sunk into the deepest part of the Japan Trench with Takamagahara."
γβ¦β¦ Then I've got pretty bad news for you," Ange grimaced, pulled out a picture from his breast pocket and placed it in front of Uesugi Koshi, it was a nuclear-powered icebreaker, it was none other than the Lenin, "Almost twenty years ago, someone deliberately pierced an icebreaker carrying an ancient dragon embryo into it, presumably in an attempt to awaken your Susanoo through a blood sacrifice."
Uesugi looked at the photo with a pale face.
"But don't worry, my extremely strong student will help us take care of everything," Ange swept away the sad look on his face just now and smiled, and patted Uesugi on the shoulder, "Eva, what Uesugi parents told just now, please compile a record and send it to Captain Ming Fei."
"Yes, Headmaster."
Uesugi looked around blankly, unable to find where the person who made the crisp female voice was.
"Don't look around, three more bowls of ramen in bone broth, double barbecued pork and braised eggs."
"Ange, are you a pig? And my friendship with you isn't good enough to treat you to four bowls of ramen for nothing!" Uesugi broke away from the solemnity of the ancient history of the family and turned back into the ramen chef.
"Not for me, but for a few other guests who came with me," Ange said with a smile, "I hope you'll be able to control your emotions for a while."
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