BFET Chapter 65

Ritual

Ritual

The crowd outside: “…”

Shen Shu: “…”

Xie Yi forcefully pulled his hand away from Shen Shu’s, turning his head and saying in a hoarse voice, “After saying so much, what should we do to stop this so-called irrigation plan? Directly killing all Mutated Entities is unrealistic. If we could do that, we wouldn’t have been entangled with them for so long. Since you saw all the causes and effects through that heart, there must be a solution within it.”

Shen Shu was stunned by his words, then chuckled. “You don’t doubt me at all, Captain.”

He took a few steps back, casually pulled a chair from the side, sat down, and tilted his head, saying, “There is indeed a way.”

“The conditions for Cthulhu’s arrival, besides the irrigation plan, are Ksylla and this heart,” Shen Shu said. “When the irrigation plan is completed, the awakened heart will return to its original starting point and enter the life-summoning ritual with Ksylla.”

“You mean we have to enter the sea fog, find Ksylla, and then destroy this ritual?” Xie Yi asked, looking at him.

Shen Shu snapped his fingers and said lightly, “You got it right.”

“You should know that humans can’t enter the sea fog,” Xie Yi said. “Don’t even mention destroying this so-called life-summoning ritual, we can’t even take the first step.”

“Why not?” Shen Shu looked at him intently. “Wherever a god passes, everything should bow down in submission. Cthulhu’s heart is the pass.”

Xie Yi frowned. Before he could speak, Shen Shu said again, “As long as you all can hold on a little longer, delaying the completion of the irrigation plan, the life-summoning ritual won’t be correctly activated unless the heart awakens. When that happens, just take this dormant heart to the center of the altar, and you can use the life-summoning ritual itself to destroy the ritual.”

At this point, Shen Shu suddenly changed the subject: “Captain, you seem to have been very interested in my right hand since just now, staring at it many times. Why?”

When Xie Yi opened the door and came out, everyone’s eyes fell on him.

Fang Ganlang gave him a deep look, then turned to Hu Xianwei and said, “Professor Hu, I’ll leave this place to you. I’m going to deal with other matters.”

After speaking, he turned and left the special containment room.

Jiang Li and a few others quickly walked over to Xie Yi, lowering their voices and saying, “I feel like I just heard a myth. Is it real?”

Xie Yi didn’t respond. He looked past Jiang Li at Hu Xianwei and said in a suppressed, hoarse voice, “Professor Hu, I have something I’d like to ask you.”

Hu Xianwei nodded to him, indicating that he should speak.

Xie Yi asked amidst the noisy beating of his heart, “Last time, after you discovered in the special containment room that I could absorb the pollution from Shen Shu’s body, you asked me through Jiang Li about what happened 16 years ago. So, I can absorb the pollution from his body because I touched his blood when my ability awakened? Or, did I awaken because I touched his blood?”

“What?” Jiang Li was stunned by his words, suddenly turning her head to look at Hu Xianwei.

After Xie Yi replied at the time, Hu Xianwei didn’t say anything more. This matter left her with many questions, and later so many things happened that she never had time to think about it again.

The outside fell silent for a moment.

After a long while, Hu Xianwei sighed, the wrinkles between his eyebrows seeming to deepen a bit. “I was only guessing before.”

Xie Yi calmly pressed on: “So now it’s confirmed?”

“After Xiao Li told me about your reply, I took the time to find your blood samples left after awakening and conducted in-depth analysis and testing,” Hu Xianwei said. “After several comparisons, I discovered that the third layer recessive aberration segment of your original blood cell small molecule active peptide aberration and Xiao Shu’s blood cell small molecule active peptide aberration have overlapping chains. So your awakening into your current ability was indeed influenced by Xiao Shu’s blood, but it wasn’t because of him that you awakened. His blood only influenced the direction of your ability’s evolution.”

“It’s my fault that this matter was only confirmed now,” Hu Xianwei looked at Xie Yi apologetically. “I was afraid of implicating Xiao Shu, so even if I had suspicions, I chose not to confirm them.”

“As for why you can absorb the pollution from Xiao Shu’s body,” Hu Xianwei continued, “through comparing all the blood samples you’ve left behind over the years, I discovered that it’s because this aberration segment is expanding and growing as you grow older and continuously use your ability to absorb pollution, changing your cell aberration structure. The biggest change was after you came back from Jiangbei. After comparing the entire small molecule active peptide aberration with Xiao Shu’s, it showed as much as 70% overlap. Not only that, the trend of your blood cell aberration structure is also developing in the direction of Xiao Shu’s cell aberration.”

Jiang Li was completely shocked and speechless after hearing all this.

“So I’ll eventually be the same as Shen Shu, right?” Xie Yi asked calmly. “That makes sense.”

Jiang Li turned her head to look at him, her eyes wide. “Makes sense for what?”

“I heard strange sighs in Xin Nan before,” Xie Yi said. “And this time, I heard it too, although it was just one sentence.”

“Heard what! What is Xie Yi talking about!” Jiang Li’s voice involuntarily rose.

Xie Yi raised his hand and patted her shoulder. “I heard a voice saying ‘my child.’ This child should be referring to Ksylla. I think everything Shen Shu said is true.”

Xie Yi looked at Hu Xianwei again. “Professor Hu, according to your statement, if I absorb pollution to the greatest extent now, can I increase the degree of blood cell aberration in a short period of time?”

As Hu Xianwei frowned upon hearing this, Jiang Li asked first, “What do you want to do?”

“The danger faced by each safety zone is enough for the main team to risk trying Shen Shu’s method,” Xie Yi said. “When that time comes, I think someone will need to go with Shen Shu, and I’m the most suitable candidate.”

Jiang Li was speechless, because she knew that Xie Yi was right.

Hu Xianwei: “The current 70% overlap is the result of more than ten years, so I don’t think absorbing a large amount of pollution in a short period of time can increase the degree of aberration.”

“I see.” Xie Yi was pensive for a few seconds. “Then what if I come into contact with Shen Shu’s blood again? Like 16 years ago.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Hu Xianwei’s expression change. “Looks like it’s possible. Professor, have you tried it?”

Hu Xianwei was silent for a moment. “I did mix your blood, using unpolluted blood samples from different stages. The results showed that significant changes only occurred in the sample where the small molecule active peptide aberration in your blood cells and Xiao Shu’s reached 70% overlap.”