Life Copy Game

He Ao briefly turned on his super memory again and took a look at Ellente's body. The huge entangled soul was rapidly disintegrating at this moment, and shadows of different depths scattered and slowly dissipated in this large space.

Then He Ao noticed that the fine lines around him shone with light, constantly 'absorbing' these dissipated souls.

At this moment, He Ao finally knew where the powerful power of these lines came from.

It has been feeding on souls in some way.

These fine lines constitute some kind of ritual circle for obtaining 'power'.

And this is the occult knowledge that Jace obtained from the old professor, and it is also the core principle of genetic medicine.

It is mentioned in that occult knowledge that through some complicated means, humans can obtain extraordinary powers without going through gods.

For He Ao, who understands mysticism, this complicated method is actually some kind of special ritual.

However, this ceremony has a special point that is different from other ceremonies. It is a ceremony that does not require a presiding officer, or does not require the presiding officer to have a high level of literacy. It does not seem to have an accurate direction for the ceremony.

Normally, a complete ritual requires a ritual organizer and a ritual target in order for such a ritual to be effective.

Ritual is just a channel for communication between the two.

The person who arranges the ritual points to the target through ritual communication, expresses his/her prayers, and provides his/her own ‘sacrifice’.

Pointing to the target depends on the mood and ability to decide whether to satisfy the arranger's prayer and send gifts. This is the sacrificial ceremony for ordinary believers to the gods.

There is an important uncertain factor here, which is the target pointed by the ritual, that is, those high-ranking beings communicated by the ritual.

These high-ranking beings have their own personalities and purposes. They are not controllable, so the effect of each ritual is not controllable. Some people receive more gifts, some receive less gifts, and some receive less gifts. Even performing a ritual will incur divine punishment.

At this time, the importance of the decorator or conductor of the ceremony comes out. They can please the gods in other ways, offer sacrifices that the gods like, and draw the ritual circle perfectly and make it look like the gods like. This increases the success rate and harvest of the ritual.

There are a lot of subjective factors mixed in, making the possibility of most rituals being scaled up very low.

In the occult knowledge obtained by Jess and the old professor, the special ritual did not accurately point to the target, which ruled out the subjective influence of high-ranking beings.

As long as this ritual is completed strictly in accordance with the corresponding conditions, there is a high probability that you will successfully gain power.

Without the influence of a high-ranking being, the requirements of the ceremony holder are no longer harsh. To be precise, there are no requirements.

Anyone who completes the ritual strictly in accordance with the requirements of the ritual can obtain the corresponding gift.

Although Jess and the old professor did not know the occult knowledge about the ritual, they keenly noticed that since this special ritual is stable and not affected by subjective factors, the ritual can be solidified and even scaled in a certain way. , forming a stable way to obtain extraordinary power.

Just like before humans figured out how airplanes fly, they imitated birds and created airplanes.

When a stable pattern is discovered, it may be possible to exploit it.

Jess's father was also aware of this at the beginning, so he came over to discuss with the old professor how to simplify and scale this method of obtaining power.

However, the two people's views later differed. The old professor believed that genetic medicine should be developed, while Jess's father believed that this method was too risky, and the use of genetic medicine might cause unpredictable side effects to the user.

Jace, who heard what the old professor said at the time, didn't realize what the problem was. He felt that genetic medicine was a good direction, and he even didn't understand his father's choice.

But now when He Ao looks back on this memory, he clearly realizes that Jess's father may have been keenly aware of something at that time.

In the occult knowledge they obtained, it did not say what price to pay for performing such a ritual, but only described the method of performing the ritual and the gifts that might be obtained.

Because the original ritual was extremely complex and needed to be performed in the wilderness. Although the ritual itself did not limit the physical fitness of the ritual performer, the complex ritual to be completed in the wilderness itself was a requirement for physical fitness.

Jess's father and the old professor, who could not meet the conditions, were unable to personally experiment with this ritual, so their idea was to find ways to simplify the ritual through scientific research in their areas of expertise, and then experiment on their own.

However, Jess's father is obviously more perceptive than the old professor. He may have realized that there is no free lunch in the world, and there is a price to pay for gaining power through this ritual.

So he rejected the old professor's idea of ​​using biological genetic agents, even though this idea was the most likely to succeed.

Because he saw the possible dangers behind this method, there may be unaffordable side effects for users of genetic medicines.

At this moment, He Ao also agrees with his idea. In the field of mysticism, all rituals are exchanged at equal value. For what is obtained, a corresponding 'price' must be paid.

It is a pity that neither the old professor nor Jess has enough accumulation of mysticism. Although they have high talents, they are not aware of the danger behind this unknown method and start the research of genetic medicine.

But until the end, the old professor probably realized something. In his conversations with Jess, he expressed his intention to give up research several times.

Unfortunately, the old professor died in the attack of the cultists before he could fully make up his mind.

This later became one of the important factors that prompted Jace to finally give up research on genetic potions and sell all the information to the mysterious man.

But once Jace got involved in this field, he couldn't really get away.

Later, the mysterious man assassinated Jace's wife and forced him to research genetic medicine for himself, which finally allowed Jace to return to this path.

He Ao carried the bone ax and walked to the door hidden in the wall.

This door was also attacked in Arent's attack just now. Deep cracks appeared in most areas, but there was no shattering.

The shining purple lines bind these gravels tightly, allowing them to maintain a stable shape.

He Ao stretched out his hand and stroked these lines.

These lines may be the method that Jace figured out to solidify the ritual after his father separated from the old professor.

He didn't tell the old professor, or Jace.

In Jace's memory, there is no memory related to this pattern.

This proves that Jace's father carefully hid all things related to the supernatural and tried to keep his son away from them as much as possible.

At that time, Jace's father may have realized that dabbling in such knowledge would lead to disaster.

He Ao's fingers traced these lines bit by bit in the void.

This place was originally a chemical factory, but later it was bought and turned into a mental hospital, where mental patients who were alone or had no relatives were treated for free.

Judging from these patterns, which are obviously inherited from the chemical factory era, it seems that the person who purchased the chemical factory site and turned it into a mental hospital was probably the person who originally controlled the chemical factory behind the scenes.

Jess has conducted research on genetic medicines, so He Ao knows that the cost of conducting large-scale research on ritual solidification is not low and requires huge financial support.

Combined with the clue that Jess's father is the chief consultant of this chemical plant.

Putting all these clues together, the person behind the chemical plant and mental hospital is most likely the person who funded Jess's father's experiment to develop these lines.

And who is this person?

A name naturally emerged in He Ao's mind.

Mystery man.

The mysterious man knew very well about Jace's parents and Jace's affairs, and was even like a friend for many years.

In fact, the first time he came into contact with Jace was when Jace looked for clues to his father's death and began researching genetic medicine after his father died.

Therefore, his knowledge of Jace's father probably came from communication with Jace's father, rather than from investigating the information obtained by Jace.

Combined with the clues discovered today, the mysterious man is most likely the sponsor behind Jess's father.

It's the beginning of it all.

He originally funded Jace's father to conduct large-scale research on rituals, but in the end the project failed, and Jace's father also died during it.

Ho Ao currently has no conclusive evidence to prove that the mysterious man is the mastermind behind the murder of Jess's father, but judging from the fact that he asked Thorne to commission an explosion, the mysterious man is inseparable from the death of Jess's father.

He Ao didn't know why the mysterious man wanted to attack Jace's father. He could find Jace's father to cooperate. The two should have needs for each other and have a relatively stable relationship.

Moreover, the situation of Jace's father and Jace's were different. Jace developed the genetic medicine, but after it was completed, he was dismissed and killed. However, Jace's father had not completed the research at that time, and the mysterious man still needed him to develop a large-scale method. ritual method.

unless,

He Ao looked back at the surrounding lines,

Some kind of conflict broke out between the two.

This conflict was so acute that the mysterious man had to kill Jace's father.

During this scan, He Ao briefly used his super memory and memorized the textures of all the lines.

All the lines in the entire space were gathered in his mind, forming a huge three-dimensional ritual array.

Jace's father did not reveal any information about these lines to Jace, so He Ao was unable to find the key clues to this pattern from his memory.

But this actually had little effect, because Jace had actually completed the research that his father had failed to complete, albeit from a different direction.

This also means that Jace is one of the people in the world who knows the most about this ritual.

And He Ao inherited these insights.

One method can be used, and hundreds of methods can be used.

After a simple analysis, He Ao quickly realized which parts of this ritual circle replaced the movements, which parts were the main body, which parts were the hubs, and which parts replaced the ritual process.

There are even structures in these magic circles that replace the strange beasts that must be killed during the ritual.

Looking at the back, He Ao couldn't help but marvel at the ingenuity of these formations.

In the genetic potion, Jace's alternative method of killing alien beasts was to mix the blood of those alien beasts according to a certain procedure.

In the magic circle built by Jace's father, the magic circle structure was used to achieve this. Jace's father tried his best to reduce the killing as much as possible.

As the analysis deepened, He Ao realized that Jace's father's understanding of occult knowledge was no weaker than Jace's. If he had studied genetic medicine, he might have developed it long ago.

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With the in-depth dismantling, the structure of the magic circle that He Ao saw became more and more sophisticated. He even had to pause for a while to understand the meaning of this magic circle.

He Ao raised his hand and glanced at the time.

Thirteen minutes had passed since he entered the medical building.

The mysterious man's mercenary troops in the city have been eliminated by him in the small building.

Judging from the fact that the mysterious man sent the same group of mercenary troops to pursue He Ao and besiege Haixi at the same time, it seems that the mysterious man does not have that much power in the city.

In the battle in the abandoned small building, most of the genetic medicine accumulated by the mysterious man was probably lost.

After seeing He Ao's strength, the mysterious man would not think that only a few C-levels could stop He Ao. Only a team of extraordinary people piled up with a large number of genetic medicines could possibly kill He Ao.

The period of time before a sufficient amount of genetic medicine is produced is the blank period of the mysterious man's strength.

He Ao did not consider the possibility of the mysterious man taking action himself.

Judging from the mysterious man's behavior, he basically hires or uses other people to be his pawns and handle things for him.

Although he has weird abilities, he has no record of directly attacking someone. Even if he wants to kill a D-level person like Jace, he would have to design a trap to make Jace fall into a trap.

This shows that either he is not very strong, or he is subject to some kind of restrictions and cannot use his strength unless he is forced to do so.

Then during this period of blank strength, the mysterious man could only use other powers to deal with He Ao.

Now there are very few forces in the entire Wetland that can pose a threat to He Ao, including the city defense army, the FBI, and mercenaries from other powerful large consortiums.

Wetland is not a small city like Rock City, and Huiermei is not the only one in Wetland. There is a high probability that the mysterious man will not be able to drive the city defense troops away from the high wall.

Even if other large financial groups are willing to help, the mysterious man may not be willing to let them contact He Ao.

After all, He Ao mastered the method of making genetic medicine.

So there is only one answer at this time, the FBI.

The FBI in a sense represents the federal center.

As long as they come to the mental hospital and find He Ao, even if there is no strong person and they ask He Ao to accept investigation in an official name, He Ao can only cooperate.

Once He Ao is investigated, the mysterious person will have a way to restrict He Ao until he produces enough genetic medicine.

And if He Ao resists the FBI, it is equivalent to offending the FBI, and the mysterious person can legitimately borrow part of the federal and Wetland City official power.

FBI agents should be on their way right now.

In Eve's analysis route, the nearest branch of the FBI rushed to the mental hospital. Without any accidents, it would take at least twenty-nine minutes.

This is also the reason why He Ao was upstairs just now, risking his life to lure the nurse into action. He didn't have much time to delay it.

He still has sixteen minutes and must understand these lines as soon as possible.

Violence is naturally undesirable, and Arent's explosive power did not cause even a single bit of damage to these lines.

The key point is to fully understand the principles of these textures. He Ao did not quickly understand the techniques of constructing these textures, but Jace did.

He slowly closed his eyes and let the crazy emotions that had been suppressed spread out. The madness created by these mysterious people can now also be a boost to He Ao.