At first, Annan thought he might be overthinking things.
After all, a long ti ago, he had learned from the old baker...
That the "Parentless Synthetics" that Nicholas had created, which didn’t require anyone’s genes and were mass-produced using only the Philosopher’s Stone and test tubes, and whose minds were interconnected and reproductively isolated from humans—were all captured and executed after Nicholas’s death.
Although due to the constraints of the "Creation Ritual: The Calendar System," the gods usually didn’t care much about mundane affairs.
And they didn’t "live in the divine realm" as if one could simply call another on the phone. Rather, they walked among humans like ordinary people.
In such a case, establishing contact wasn’t easy.
While the gods could directly obtain information from their respective domains, once soone intentionally isolated themselves from these domains, it beca difficult to track them.
This was also the reason Ritualists could escape the gaze of the gods.
However, Nicholas’s "Synthetics" had betrayed all humanity and posed a real threat to the destruction of existing social relationships.
Thus, the gods beca serious and no longer slacked off.
Without exception, all the synthetics were arrested, executed, and burned. All related research files were destroyed, and those who knew about it but did not have a high enough security clearance also had their mories erased. The goal was to completely destroy this forbidden technology.
So, if there were any survivors who could escape such a level of roundup, they definitely wouldn’t blatantly advertise their taboo technology right under Yawen’s nose.
Although Yawen, unlike the strolling Silver Baron, hardly ever went out, he did, after all, reside in the Royal Capital of Dennisiowa—a publicly known fact that "Drest Flall" couldn’t possibly be unaware of.
However, Isaac’s words reminded Annan.
"Whether it’s the surna Flall, that face, or the na itself—"
Even between father and son, there could be significant differences in appearance.
Not to ntion that over the century, six or seven generations had passed. Under what circumstances would soone look "almost exactly alike"?
Rather than a re coincidence,
Annan was more inclined to believe that the so-called "Drest Flall" was actually Nicholas’s creation, made from Isaac’s spinal fluid—his "Chalice Child"!
"This is not impossible."
After hearing Annan’s thoughts, Isaac briefly pondered and then responded, "Indeed, there is such a synthetic human..."
Research into synthetic humans requires a process; it couldn’t be achieved overnight.
Moreover, since Nicholas had thought about creating "Parentless Synthetic Humans," there must have been a motive that led him to this idea. A reason that made Nicholas certain that "synthetic humans should absolutely not be modeled after soone"!
This was actually unreasonable.
Because when Nicholas first created "Hermunkruz," his actual intent was to "prevent history from declining." That is to say, to prevent any possibility of a "break in succession" throughout the ages.
Thus, his initial idea was certainly to "resurrect and mass-produce history’s great figures."
That was the logical thought.
However, the reason Nicholas beca murderous was that when he presented his creation, the still-incipient "Hermunkruz," to his most respected foster father and ntor, Isaac, he encountered unprecedented rebuke and criticism.
His chosen "path of the future" and his possessed "path of the past" had clashed like never before.
If it were an ordinary person, they might have been mired in conflict and pain. They might have even thought of suicide.
Even if he had decided to end it all, he would have co up with a foolproof plan and picked an auspicious day... before "grabbing the Frost Mourner and kicking down his father’s door."
But Nicholas had chosen the "path to the future" without any hesitation.
It was indeed the legacy spirit of the Jade Tower—future above all.
As such, Nicholas stabbed Isaac on the spot.
The mont the intent to kill clearly ford in his heart, he had acted.
There was no brewing of the intent, no laying of plans. Upon realizing he harbored murderous thoughts, he instantly judged that this intent would fernt and expand, and with the passage of ti, the probability of killing Isaac would decrease.
So, while Isaac was completely unprepared, and hadn’t even finished scolding... Nicholas had already made his move.
Isaac had not anticipated it at all.
Wizards, as a group, tend to have many "follies." This is especially true during the stage of an ignorant wizard apprentice.
And it was the role of the ntors to tell them what could be done, what could not be done, what at least could not be done right now.
"He had taken out a Hermunkruz that was still in its embryonic stage... roughly about six weeks into developnt. At that ti, it was completely possible for him to turn back."
Isaac sighed, "So I had not anticipated at all that he actually wanted to kill ... By the ti I sensed the murderous intent, it was already too late.
"From the mont he heard my first reprimand, to the ergence of murderous intent, to the clear resolve to kill, to the act itself. The whole process didn’t even take two minutes.
"I wasn’t actually completely dead at that ti, because my soul and my subli false body were still there. If I had wanted, I could have resurrected and killed him at any mont... but my first thought was ’did I really hurt him that deeply?’"
Isaac spoke softly.
The face of the green-eyed young man showed a sad and very faint bitter smile, "I regret deeply. Very, very... sad. I guess, I never really paid attention to what he was thinking. If I could have talked things through with him properly, even if reluctantly, he might have given up the idea.
"But I didn’t. I was just scolding him, telling him how fantastical, how... dangerous it was. During the two minutes of reprimands, a large portion was consud by my critical words.
"While in the state of a soul, I observed what he was going to do. Although I couldn’t hear anything, I still retained a grey-white vision.
"I clearly saw... After he killed , he didn’t flee the scene or imdiately destroy the body. Instead, he took out my spinal cord, used the experintal equipnt in my office, along with the embryo he had prepared earlier... and cultivated the first artificial human.
"It was an artificial person that looked exactly like . After that, he completely incinerated my body..."
"—Excuse ! I’m back!!"
Far from Annan and Isaac, the thrush carrying a large bag of drinks made a loud noise.
This was precisely to disturb them, to prevent them from being too engrossed in their conversation and not notice the thrush’s return.
Thus, Annan and Isaac imdiately stopped their dialogue.
Although Isaac hadn’t finished, Annan had already understood his aning.
Recalling carefully.
The ones destroyed by the gods were that batch of "synthetics" who had achieved thought communication and were reproductively isolated from humans.
Moreover, neither Nicholas’s students, his relatives, nor his followers were implicated. They just had their mories erased and a new set of mories fabricated. This way, Nicholas was completely eradicated.
So, as the initial "prototype," used to play the part of "Isaac"—the first "Unit Zero" artificial person—
If he had not been dealt with by Nicholas back then... he should still be alive!
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