Mushroom Lord in the Underground City
Chapter 640 - 629: Race Origins
[Experiment Tool Name: Blood Disaster]
[Sixth Experiment Log]
[Subject: 001]
[Trying to fine-tune the human attribute data...]
[...Adjustment complete, genetic stability achieved, naming this stable mutation lineage as Elf]
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[Subject: 024]
[...Physiological structure enhancement and moonlight sensitivity implantation successful, naming this stable mutation lineage as Werewolf]
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Look at what we’ve discovered?
Origins of races!
Elves, Dwarves, Beastmen, Trolls, even Goblins...
These intelligent races, currently active in the world and possessing complex civilizations and souls, all trace back to the same starting point—humans!
However, the cases are not complete, at least Lin Jun hasn’t found any experimental information blocks regarding the Blood Race.
Given that this auxiliary space has nearly half merged with the world, the information blocks carrying relevant data might have permanently disappeared in the space fusion.
This data, in a fixed format, was left by the God of Light, and the documented history of races like Elves and Dwarves trace back several thousand or even tens of thousands of years.
In other words, this experiment started a long time ago.
This explains why Lin Jun perceives through the [Inspiration] perspective that the souls of various races are quite similar.
Simply put, these so-called Demon Race, Elves, and others in this world are essentially one race with different characteristics, which explains why there is generally no reproductive isolation.
Somewhat abstractly, the image of the God of Light in Lin Jun’s mind has completely changed.
From a mysterious and unpredictable god, transformed into an indifferent researcher.
The Blood Disaster experiment can hardly be called safe.
Based on these experiment records, the initial experiments with low numbers were still minor adjustments, and the failed outcomes often manifested as attribute imbalance or functional decline.
But as the experiments deepened, the alienation became more extreme, and those failed subjects did not go peacefully.
Thinking back to the experiment records on "Sunstone" in Thirteenth Dungeon’s auxiliary space, where subjects exposed to radiation, resulting in their mental breakdown.
This deity’s conduct is indeed filled with a madness of ignoring ethics and solely pursuing results characteristic of a "mad scientist."
And the subsequent individual is no different in this regard.
Moreover, his direction of experimentation is completely different from the God of Light.
The experiment logs of the God of Light repeatedly mentioned "reproducibility" and "population stability" as keywords.
His ultimate goal seemed to be to create a brand-new intelligent race that could perpetuate and continually produce new souls—though it ultimately failed.
However, the subsequent individual focused more on creating individuals with certain extreme tendencies.
And his ultimate purpose is to...
[...Upon observation, it is confirmed that specific physical constructs can significantly influence or even shape an individual’s nature, so it can be hypothesized that highly specialized individuals are more likely to become carriers of the corresponding major sin.]
[Unfortunately, major sins tend to align with and magnify life’s inherent desires and flaws, while virtues often require repressing one’s nature and going in the opposite direction. Therefore, this specialized physical guidance path is difficult to apply to cultivating individuals with virtues.]
[But this is already sufficient, after all, I do not need to acquire everything.]
And he indeed achieved results—or partial results.
Records show that he conducted a series of complicated and dangerous fusion and directed mutation experiments using the naturally highly accommodating and adaptable Enchanting Demon, and the highly malleable Elemental Spirit as "raw materials."
Ultimately, a unique individual named "Na" was successfully created, stably carrying the [Lust] title as expected, and was eventually killed and claimed by the experimenter.
Of course, there were more failures.
For instance, theoretically capable of gaining [Gluttony], but never truly achieving it—Chis.
Or those created for [Greed], endowed with the trait of "seizing," yet failing to meet expectations—a defective product—Demon Race.
This arrogant latecomer, is he the Demon King?
After all, "the Demon Race was created by the Demon King" is common knowledge on the continent.
And when the Demon King was still around, the Blood Disaster artifact was indeed in his possession; the timing and conditions match up.
The Demon Race, personally created by the Demon King for war, traces back to being marked as a "defective product" experimental failure?
This is not a hyperbolic description by Lin Jun; the information block describes it precisely this way.
Of course, if viewed solely from the harsh experimental goal of "whether it can successfully bear and acquire the corresponding major sin," such an evaluation is perhaps not incorrect.
The Slime Demon King with his ostentatious appearance was secretly a presumptuous mad scientist as well!
Of course, Lin Jun has to affirm the Slime Demon King’s efforts.
Whether it’s the Mushroom Race or the Yellow-covered Book, or even his own possibly somewhat related to [Lust]—Inanna, Lin Jun finds them quite handy.
The only thing that slightly puzzles Lin Jun is why the Demon King was so obsessed with gathering more major sins. What was his fundamental purpose?
According to the records, it’s only virtues that can’t be obtained this way; otherwise, the Demon King clearly wanted more virtues as well.
The power of virtues and major sins is indeed strong, but with so many ways to become stronger, there doesn’t seem to be a need to dive headlong into this pit, does it?
Not to mention, [Sword Level] is a type of levelless skill, and it doesn’t seem any less than major sins and virtues.
Moreover, can you use them just by obtaining them?
The [Wrath] on Lin Jun’s panel is still grayed out, much like a trophy that can only be looked at.
If there is a way to utilize it, Lin Jun would be very interested.
Unfortunately, after a round of searching, there are no relevant records here.
The Demon King’s records mentioned that he does not need to acquire everything.
Apparently, the acquired virtues and major sins need to be used for something, but what exactly? To dispel the fog and save the world?
Puki retreated, planning to ask the next time they encounter the Demon King, before giving it a good beating.
Upon seeing Puki appear, a defective product quickly ran over.
"Boss! I did it!" Ming’s eyes shone brightly, his tone slightly rushed from excitement, "Today in the Colosseum, I single-handedly defeated a complete Diamond Level four-person team! The team even included two highly coordinated combat mages!"
Ming’s daily battles in the Colosseum, being one of Lin Jun’s daily entertainment shows, were something Lin Jun had already known about today’s results.
However, Puki still extended a tentacle to ruffle the head of this [Physical Immunity] defective product, praising him.
Humph!
Such superficial development of the Demon Race.
Unable to fully tap into the potential of creations made.
The so-called Demon King, nothing more than that!