Extraordinary Voyage-Chapter 739 - 635 Genetic Hound and Clock Tower

[Witchcraft Garden] First Layer of Poseidya City.

After a surprising major discovery, Aiven and Angie, who had been oblivious to the outside world, immediately commenced their subsequent research.

At this moment, they were standing in front of a specially developed experimental field. In the field, the five or six corn plants planted a few days ago had already matured, producing dozens of peculiar corn cobs.

They seemed to have embedded a string of colorful tourmaline into the glass gem corn on the cob, which, aside from great looks, superb taste, and nutrition, had no other special effects.

However, these corns were now standard demonized plants and also the debut of [Golden Chain]’s extraordinary power.

After the first simple successful application, the two decided to keep going tirelessly.

Flowing...

Aiven held a golden stream of light in his hand, flowing from one end of an apple tree seedling to the other. During this process, it had left the compatible "genetic sequence" in every cell of the apple tree.

The golden light was dazzling and splendid, like a pool of flowing golden liquid.

This was also a collection of all known living beings in his hands, the [Golden Chain], naturally produced after breaking through a certain natural critical point.

The golden light vaguely seemed to form some kind of tangible object, but possibly because there were too few "puzzles" found, only a fragmentary glimpse could be seen.

Included were: Giant Dragon, Thunderbird, Demonized Shark, Demonized Gray Wolf... and genetic fragments from Aiven himself, Angie, his sister, and Olivia, with the main force being dozens of kinds of Giant Dragon bloodlines collected from the [Netherworld], accounting for at least half.

As mythical creatures that can grow to Tier 4 in adulthood, the Giant Dragon’s bloodline covers most of the known chain’s information, consistent with its status among extraordinary creatures.

Although there was considerable redundancy caused by many repetitions in a distorted manner, it also saved Aiven and Angie a lot of effort in their work.

Currently, the technology used to implant the [Golden Chain] into other organisms is called [Witchcraft: Gene Hunting Dog], also known as [Genetic Surgery Saber].

In essence, it is an enzyme extracted from thermophilic streptococcus. It can create site-specific double-strand breaks at specific positions in the genome, inducing organisms to edit genes through non-homologous end-joining or homologous recombination.

The crucial point is that after entering the organism, it can simultaneously affect all cells, causing a revolutionary storm on the gene level.

They found inspiration from the Flying Horse, sufficient to create countless magical new species with the power of [Gene Hunting Dog] and [Golden Chain]. Not only Flying Horses with wings but even mythical creatures like Griffins, Sphinxes, and Chimeras are entirely possible.

At the starting stage, they began accumulating experience with plants.

Through this, they also discovered that a creature’s ability to bear an extraordinary status is limited. Although it does have some elasticity, only the corresponding status can have the corresponding length of [Golden Chain]. Obviously, extraordinary attributes are not solely derived from material properties but also have a deep connection with spirituality.

Clearly, this is a complex system, requiring the joint action of multiple factors to form a complete extraordinary creature.

Reasoning further, what kind of extraordinary level is needed to bear a complete [Golden Chain]? Tier 4? Tier 5? Or even a True God?

Aiven was uncertain.

Of course, the function of this [Witchcraft: Gene Hunting Dog] is not limited to creativity alone.

For attacks, it can directly cause genetic mutations at critical parts of genetic material. Compared to replacing a base pair, it is terrifying, even more so than the uncontrolled [Cancer Curse], leaving infinite lingering harm, so to speak.

Imagine a family, starting from a certain generation, suddenly experiencing genetic diseases such as: albinism, achondroplasia, congenital deafness, syndactyly, polydactyly, hemophilia, progressive muscular dystrophy, rickets, anencephaly, tuberous sclerosis, congenital idiocy, schizophrenia, and more.

The key is, they have no idea why it happened, which is a terrifying scenario, even more malicious than the [Bloodline Curse].

Above this, there is a more violent and brutal attack method—"whole-body DNA fracture."

The immediate attack power is weak; one might still be lively several days later, but then the nightmare silently descends.

Proteins in the human body need to be continuously produced according to the information carried by genetic genes, such as stomach cells renewing every 7 days, skin cells every 28 days or so, red blood cells every 120 days, and liver cells every 180 days.

If the whole-body DNA breaks, it means no new cells can be produced, and when old cells die off, there are no new cells to replace them.

White blood cells, with the shortest lifespan of only 5-7 days, will first encounter problems.

After the body’s immune system is lost, even a strong extraordinary’s life force would watch their body slowly rot into mud while brain cells, being permanent cells, remain... very conscious during this period.

Glancing at Angie beside him, who had yet to realize this, Aiven touched the short stubble he had deliberately left on his chin to appear mature.

’Hmm, why does it feel like my style is getting increasingly odd...’

Meanwhile.

As the idle farming winter passed, literacy classes in the territory had long announced their end, and the citizens had returned to the construction of the territory. The idly free second disciple Calvin and third disciple Jacob also set off on a walking tour around the Phaletis Colony.

Their preliminary goal was to collect at least ten thousand major species of algae, fungi, plants, and animals, as well as their corresponding demonized varieties as far as possible.

In building the "species tree diagram," it also provided more material to enhance the [Golden Chain], propelling this newborn power to grow rapidly.

...

Spirit Realm, Turin Grand Library.

Rustle, rustle...

"Overview of Extraordinary Energy," "Secrets of Divine Power," "Exploration of Magical Properties," "From Sunlight to Sugar," "Energy Transformation Hypothesis"... Various mysterious knowledge filled Aiven’s desk.

Ever since he discovered surprising treasures hidden in this library while searching for the design blueprints of the [Jade Coronet], Aiven frequently spent time in the library to enrich his various research.

Although he could only take away a small portion exchanged with knowledge, sitting here and witnessing the sparks of wisdom clashing with wisdom was already immensely valuable to him.

Moreover, after gaining unexpected insights from the Flying Horse but unable to achieve significant breakthroughs in the short term, Aiven naturally embarked on his next topic.

Studying the structural principles of the [Jade Coronet] Solar Sail and further deconstructing "Magnetic Ore"!

These items were not a focus of the "Vitalist School" specializing in bioengineering. Thus, the research progressed very slowly, based solely on the legacy of "Flesh Sacrifice" and knowledge from the "Gem School."

Only after obtaining the seemingly endless inspiration from the Turin Grand Library did Aiven gradually grasp the thread, advancing at a phenomenal pace.

In another corner.

Angie, who had been acting alongside him recently, also followed him here.

Perhaps due to a sense of being "kindred spirits," she was quite fond of the powerful witch managing the library, "Lady Kingfisher."

During breaks, she loved chatting with her, and the Kingfisher, at least a Tier 4 witch, looked at this little witch who had managed to grow into a senior official wizard on her own, with special attention and care.

"Lady Kingfisher, what book are you reading?"

Today, Angie was quite surprised to find Lady Kingfisher, who had long had the entire library’s knowledge in her mind, engrossed in a book, sparking her curiosity.

Pa!

Closing the thin book, Lady Kingfisher gently pushed it in front of Angie, her delicate lips arching into an intriguing curve, and winked at Angie with a hint of depth:

"Miss Aspen, I think you might also be interested in it. This book can be gifted to you without any need for an exchange of equivalent knowledge."

During her Soul Ascension upon advancing to Official Wizard, Angie planted a white aspen tree in the first realm of the Life Tree, "Material Realm," hence her Wizard’s Name naturally became "Aspen," symbolizing: optimism, perseverance, purity, and eternal covenant.

Even to a "kindred spirit" she was fond of, she still hadn’t revealed her true name.

Curiously, Angie took the book from Lady Kingfisher and gently read the name on the cover:

"This is... ’Wandering Mysterious Source: Clock Tower.’ A book introducing the ultimate creation of a certain school? Hmm? Why does it feel like I’ve heard a similar name recently somewhere?"

Setting aside the inexplicable familiarity, the girl gently opened the cover.

"Long, long ago..."

If the "Life Tree School" is the beginning of all Wizard Schools, then the "Clock Tower School" is the first peak in the history of Wizard Schools.

They are the recorders of history, supposedly possessing the ability to return to the past to witness history and to flow downstream from the historical river to glimpse the future. Researchers have verified that the current "Prophetic School" might have inherited part of their knowledge.

The "Clock Tower School" was ahead of everyone else in their research on space and time, and the [Clock Tower] was the ultimate creation manifested by them.

However, this school did not reach the pinnacle of the Wizard World by relying on this but encountered unknown accidents during the fusion of the School Chief and the mysterious source, merging all the school members into this exceptionally strong "ultimate creation" at the time.

Or perhaps it devoured all the official members of the "Clock Tower School," becoming a creature wandering the history, randomly appearing in any time and space. After a long duration, the [Clock Tower], originally focused on recording history, was itself almost forgotten by history.

Yet, because of a certain trait, this "almost" forever remains an "almost."

It possesses the ability to autonomously and randomly collect "lost items" (items not seen by people for at least 1000 years) globally, transcending unimaginable time scales for mortals, no longer just a [Clock Tower], but an invaluable [Treasure Pagoda].

However, most of the time, it wanders the gaps of space-time, seldom appearing in the material world.

The library description explicitly records only three sightings, each time causing a massive stir in the Extraordinary World, each time someone used it to leap to become a top star in the Extraordinary World.

However, this might just be the illusion of survivor bias; most people only see the successful glow but not the bones of those who never came out.

At least Angie was not interested in risking her life there.

Half an hour later, Angie noted its contents, returned the book to Lady Kingfisher, and the teacher and student left the Turin Grand Library together.

Yet just as they stepped beyond the library’s range.

Pa——

The air emitted a loud bang.

A wooden doll emerged before Aiven, delivering a letter into his hand.

"This Spirit Realm Messenger is... Great Wizard Jelos?"

The content of the letter was straightforward:

"Mr. Galliot, I have an important matter related to our future exploration of the ’Endless Ocean’ that I wish to discuss with you. Please make your way to the Arctic Circle Island where we first met."