Chapter 711 Bloodline Contact
Zero is sure that he can survive in this place because it is just a library.
He held the frozen palm. In the thermal imaging of the built-in temperature monitoring device of the armor, his limbs were blue, while the outside of his armor was trapped in deeper frost. In order to preserve the books of those old age, the air in the library remained dry and low in temperature all year round. After being separated from the energy backpack, most of the constant temperature devices no longer operated. Only a small number of emergency systems rely on small emergency battery packs and sports motors to barely operate to resist the passing of body temperature. He had to do so, he played an alien businessman, who could only enter the library of the Sia Empire if he had to take off his arms. This is one of the courses that Zero must conduct - learn and understand alien culture, understand how other races in the Galaxy operate and how to survive, especially those alien empires in the universe. His monarch believed that Zero could draw wisdom from the development history of those races.
These humanoid races evolved from some kind of bird-like egg creature with similar limbs to humans, which made Zero believe in what the monarch said that humans are the most perfect race in the universe and the most perfect product of genetic engineering of the God Group. The Sia Empire was a militarized race with distinct classes. Zero could easily distinguish two classes through the crown on the Sia people's head. One was a triangular spire, and the other was a scattered flat top, similar to the ancient Egyptian nobles using tools to control the development of their offspring's heads, indicating that they were an identity class that did not require objects on the head to work, which showed that the Sia people used top to assist in carrying objects in the past.
The owner of this library is a nobleman. The most conspicuous display cabinet of the library is placed on the library owner's bloodline map, accompanied by the pattern of the forearm feathers as evidence of his ancient bloodline. Zero has already looked through the map and found the line to argue his guess. However, what surprised him the most was that as a transgalaxy civilization, the Chia Empire's attitude towards art was explicitly prohibited. The Chia people believed that art distorted thoughts and was a signal of insanity and deviance, and the death penalty was a verdict on those who had artistic dreams. In the past, there was a race that allowed the Chia people to regain the ability to fantasize. For this reason, the Chia people did not hesitate to destroy that race, destroy all music, paintings and sculptures, and carried out a large-scale cleaning campaign to eliminate this stain from the genetic level.
He knew why the Sia people did this.
This is a race that is troubled by evil gods from the outer dimension. They are so close to reality and illusory curtains that some mutant Sia people have the ability to see through the weak curtains and influence others' minds. Sia people with this ability are often influenced by the spiritual world, showing extraordinary fantasy abilities, and creating art works that can influence others. Kamataj's library records several rebellions in the Sia Empire. There are some very mysterious and terrifying distortion figures in all of those events. Wherever those figures appear, horrifying and crazy sacrifices will occur. In order to avoid similar things happening again, Sia Empire completely forbids the act of art, and even starts from the genetic level, intending to completely eliminate Sia people's ability to dream.
However, this natural ability cannot completely disappear. The owner of this library is a person with dreaming ability.
He sneaked into the noble's banquet, looking for opportunities to assassinate the noble who was performing filthy sacrifices. However, the plan was not so smooth. After entering the banquet, he was forced to give up all his weapons and his armor was inspected as a living device. After receiving the monarch's Halloween gift, he was thrown on a spaceship. From the time he arrived at the planet until now, the armor built-in time has passed fifteen earth days. Now he has found a way, the foreshadowing he arranged at the noble party a few hours ago, and soon the noble will bring the butler to the depths of the library to meet him, and quietly buy a priceless and exquisite gem ornament with great artistic sense.
"Old, go and prepare gifts for our great Baron Neramani, I will welcome him here." He greeted his alien entourage. The sound from the mask was full of mechanical sensation, making it impossible to tell his age. "Hurry up, lazy bones, don't forget who picked you up from the street."
"Yes, yes, my master. I'll go now, I'll go now." The washed entourage shivered with cold, and tiptoed towards the lounge. This servant was an old vagabond he picked up in the spaceport. After he paid for the old man to wash a water bath that only nobles and rich men could afford. After a full meal, the vagabond nicknamed "Old Lotta" naturally became his entourage. "Old Lotta" would not ask unnecessary questions, and he didn't even know what the "problem" was.
Things, years of malnutrition have almost ground the soul of this homeless man. He has no eggs, no greenhouse, or even his own nest. If anyone shot this old guy, it would be absolutely kind to him. This is a flat-top civilian. Even if the Sia people have extraordinary social status among the imperial people, it is not ruled out that some people will fall into the dilemma of nothing. After all, as a commercial consortium, the Sia Empire pursues profit rather than social stability.
According to "Old Huda" himself, he was once a glorious member of the death commando, but no one believed in nonsense.
Looking at the servant's figure, Zero took a deep breath of the dry air. Even though he didn't have too powerful weapons in his hand, the power, speed and wisdom given him by the mysterious genetic alchemy also gave him combat ability far beyond ordinary people, allowing him to use a knife built in the armor as an assassination tool and break out of the siege.
This is the ongoing test of Zero. He needs to be a prototype of the Imperial Guard to pass various practical tests.
Assassination is just one of them, he has the ability. He has arranged a evacuation plan, and the noble's name will become a footnote to his medal of merit.
"I don't think this is any difficulty for him."
Salomon stared at the scene in the water mirror, and the white heat emitted by the Imperial Guard Zero was clearly visible under the pale lights of the library. Maya Hansen looked at the silver water basin nervously, fearing that he would gather countless experimental items of his hard work to fail in the next action. "If he fails... save him."
"If he can't even do this, I will just take back his body."
"Why are you so cold!" Maya Hansen shook his head suddenly, looking like a lion. "He can accommodate your strength, and we can never find a qualified experimental subject again!"
"It is precisely because of this that he has to endure hardships that ordinary people cannot bear. This is just a mission to assassinate alien cults. If he cannot even complete this mission, it means that all our work is failure and worthless, and it means that he cannot bear the power we give." Salomon shook his head, "But I believe he can do it. His soul is connected to me. This is not only the result of genetic alchemy, but also the connection brought by his bloodline."
"What's special about the bloodline of the Macedonian dynasty?"
"No, it's not the blood of the Byzantine Emperor, to be precise, the blood of the sister of Zoe I, Theodora [Note 1]. This child has some connection with me, which has existed before the genetic modification surgery. Because of this, he can survive the transformation of genetic alchemy and accommodate my strength."
"It is said that Theodora was imprisoned in a monastery by his sister Zoe I for 14 years. He refused to marry even during his co-governance with his sister. How could it be..." Maya Hansen thought of a possibility that made her spine chill, "You mean... can you give birth to children with normal people?"
"I don't know, Maya, probably the product of genetic engineering I made after the future jump time, does not mean what happened to me and Theodora."
Chapter completed!