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Chapter 332 One Night to Conquer the Great Expedition
"Why are we acting alone and concealing our identities?" The Golden Emperor silently looked at his summoner, who was said to be the Mad Viscount from over a thousand years in the future.

He wasn't actually as outrageous as the rumors suggested. He was just lucky enough to become a member of the Great Expedition when he was young, and then successfully defeated the demons, who seemed to be fighting amongst themselves, through some clever schemes.

His living conditions were too harsh when he was young. He still remembers that his tribe had only 81 people at the time, and all of them lived off a kind of fungus. He never expected that he would become a member of the Great Expedition.

As for why his group was able to win, he thought about it and realized that the demons back then seemed to have internal strife, almost to the point of tearing each other apart. He won in a rather muddled way.

Even the simplest counter-espionage schemes, stemming from internal strife, can have unimaginable effects.

With the help of his own heroic spirits, he successfully unified the "Demon Realm" after the victory and became the current human emperor.

This is the story of the founding emperor of this 1300-year-old empire. It wasn't particularly dramatic. He remembered that when he first unified the country, the entire vast continent of the Demon Realm had only tens of thousands of people.

Now, on the same continent, there are over a billion people.

He only unified the country; the real power lay with his second son and subsequent generations of descendants who worked hard to build the empire.

When he died, the entire empire was still in a state of semi-death.

After being summoned to this world as a Heroic Spirit, the Emperor inexplicably received countless memories, including various anecdotes such as crops not growing on the ground, which grew after the Emperor walked around, and the enemy's Heroic Spirit including a terrifying Demon Emperor, which he was able to kill with a stone.

No, I didn't, don't talk nonsense...

In short, after all sorts of outrageous rumors were attached to this man, he inexplicably became the strongest Heroic Spirit in history.

He always felt that he lacked talent, which is why he worked so hard to cultivate his offspring. Just like now, he couldn't even understand the mad viscount's plans.

"Your Majesty, I have a question for you." This mystic, the true mad viscount, looked at the emperor seriously and asked, "During that great expedition you participated in, did the enemy exhibit any unusual behavior?"

"How did you know?" the Golden Emperor immediately replied.

“Sure enough, there is a second problem. I seem to have discovered that there is a problem with the empire’s fertility. I would like to ask if the demons you faced encountered the same problem?” said the Mad Viscount.

This question stumped the middle-aged man. He didn't answer, but after thinking for a while, he said, "I don't know. What do you mean by 'there's a problem with the breeding situation'?"

"The empire lost its ability to reproduce long ago, from some generation onwards," the Mad Viscount stated directly, revealing his intelligence.

“How could that be? No, you are from a hundred years ago. If the empire lost its ability to reproduce, why is it still thriving and full of vitality?” the weathered middle-aged man immediately retorted.

"This is the question I've been searching for. As I told you, besides being a mystic, I've always been a biologist. I discovered this problem when I was researching genetic tracing in preparation for summoning you." The mad viscount smiled, then stated a statistic.
"The cells of your descendants, spanning more than 20 generations, are over 99.999% similar to those of their ancestors," the Mad Viscount stated, citing a statistic.

"Huh?" The emperor was stunned; he couldn't understand.

The Mad Viscount didn't explain, but continued, "At the time, I thought the samples were mixed up, or that the genetic similarity between these two royals was almost identical by coincidence, so I went on to kidnap another descendant of the royal family..."

"Guess what? The genes are almost identical!" the Mad Viscount said.

Although it was all a string of words that the emperor couldn't understand, he at least understood one thing: "In other words, my descendants actually have almost identical genes to me?"

"Yes, after dozens of generations, the royal family has undergone major changes and a complete overhaul, and has intermarried with countless nobles whose ancestors were unrelated to you, but miraculously, their genes have not changed at all. At the time, I thought the royal family was an exception, and I even went so far as to kidnap the young master of the main family of the duke's family and descendants from branch families who were separated by countless generations..."

“The genes are exactly the same! Isn’t that amazing?” the Mad Viscount continued.

“I even tried to get the man and woman to get together, but there was no conception. Instead, a complete embryo inexplicably appeared in the woman’s body.”

"Can you imagine the impact on my research at the time? I didn't conceive, but an extra embryo appeared!"

At this point, the Emperor realized that there seemed to be a real problem, but he didn't know why. He only heard that the Mad Viscount had not only kidnapped many members of the royal family, but also the children of the Duke's family, and was even conducting such experiments...

No wonder he was exposed and killed before his death; what you did is enough to get you hanged a thousand times over.

The Mad Viscount seemed completely oblivious to the Emperor's hesitant expression, and said, "This strange phenomenon baffled me at the time. Unfortunately, before I could formally begin my research, I was captured, and in my hasty escape, I committed suicide out of guilt."

"But this time, after I was summoned, I continued my research in secret and discovered that even after another hundred years, the royal family's genes are still basically the same, like clones. Isn't that amazing?"

"What's even more amazing is that my host also has an abnormal pollution, and that soul pollution distorts my host, causing his genes to become exactly the same as those of royalty after a period of time!"

"His genes from the first day are completely different from those from the second day. Isn't that amazing?" the Mad Viscount continued.

The Golden Emperor was taken aback; a possibility suddenly occurred to him.

When I participated in the Great Expedition, the enemy suddenly had an inexplicable internal conflict. My side was about to collapse, but the enemy fell for a counter-espionage plot and started a civil war. We then took the opportunity to wipe out the enemy in one fell swoop and successfully won.

Although there were many conflicts on his side at the time, he acted as a mediator and united all forces into one.

But now this mad viscount claims that his host has been contaminated and distorted, and that even his genes have undergone fundamental changes.

"Could it be that……"

"Yes, that's it. Could it be that we are all fabricated, manufactured rather than 'born,' with an invisible hand hovering over us? I don't know how much of my research is correct and how much is wrong, but it's strange, it doesn't conform to science..." he said with a smile.
"Every 100 years, there is a great expedition, and if the same race wins too many times, it will become corrupted."

"The more victories we win, the more severe the pollution becomes."

"You've seen the people after they've been contaminated. Besides the genetic changes, their personalities also become arrogant and domineering, as if they've completely become different people."

"There's also the distortion in reproduction; we're not born naturally, but rather as if we were manufactured..."

"So I wanted to find the answer: whether I had made a mistake in my research, or whether I could find the essence of this world through these 'anomalies'," the Mad Viscount said, continuing to look at the man.
"I think the secret might be hidden in the Great Expedition."

……

Deep within this battlefield lies a deserted place, seemingly buried by volcanic ash for a long time—this is where the ruins are located.

Xue Dinglu crawled in immediately and saw the skeletons in the area.

Xue Lude wanted to know the information about the mastermind behind this world, as well as the Ninth Apostle's clan.

He then began searching through the remains of the corpses. As the cursed blood stripped away the information from each skeleton, Xue Dinglu frowned.

How come the genes on these skeletons are so similar to Lana's?

Xue's biological knowledge came entirely from his parallel world self, but even with just this little knowledge, he understood the anomaly.

"Could these be the remains of Lana's ancestors? That shouldn't be the case. Lana's ancestors did indeed rise to the rank of nobility through the Great Expedition, but they should have successfully returned home and established their family. Could it be..." Xue Dinglu continued to explore the remains, then frowned.

Especially after picking up the skulls—there were three skulls here, plus various other scattered bones—Xue Dalu felt that at least four people had probably died here.

But these skeletons almost look like they belong to the same person.

Furthermore, everyone's genes are very similar to Lana's.

This is very strange...

Xue Lude only used the cursed blood to heal Lana in this world, so he only kept Lana's genetic sample; he killed everyone else.

But now, this is too abnormal.

However, if the little beggar who summoned Xue's Law had been healed by the cursed blood, he might have discovered that the little beggar and Lana's genes were extremely similar.

Xue began collecting the remains, and also discovered weapons buried under volcanic ash, several damaged occult artifacts, and more.

However, during further excavation, they discovered inscriptions carved on a stone.

This gave Xue Dinglu a bright idea; he had indeed found it.

He came to the underground of this Judgment Land to search for relics or information left over from the Great Expedition. He believed that some of the heroic spirits or ancestors of this world could discover the problem.

Ideally, there should be any information left by those who had witnessed the Ninth Apostle's family.

He immediately began to carefully excavate what appeared to be the remains of writing, which was covered by the body of a skeleton, who seemed to be trying to protect the information he had left behind with his own body.

“Brothers… Demons… and us…” He silently explored the characters, reading the fragmented words above.

However, much of it remains buried under volcanic ash and cannot be clearly seen.

Volcanic ash is something that can penetrate anywhere; even words carved in stone can be buried.

His body couldn't stop the writing from disappearing; on the contrary, a portion of the original record remained beneath the rusty greatsword. Xue Dinglu began to carefully examine the traces, then slowly scraped away the "stone" formed by volcanic ash, revealing the original marks.

“We and the demons are brothers…” Xue Dinglu read the words above.

He looked at the skeletons here and suddenly had a terrifying thought.

Xue was completely ignorant about archaeology and the excavation of cultural relics, but the Blood of the Curse made up for this shortcoming.

Try to slowly let the cursed blood seep into the volcanic ash shell, and then obtain the following information.

Sure enough, they found even more handwriting. After combining these characters, Xue Dinglu discovered information that left him speechless.

“The four skeletons here are not all human. Two are from the demon race and two are from the human race, and their genes are almost identical!” Xue Dinglu was stunned.

And Lana, too, shares similar genes.

Xue Dinglu seems to have discovered the secret of this world. He had originally guessed that the demon race and humans should be the same race, just like white people and black people, the same race but different subspecies that appeared due to long-term separation.

To everyone's surprise, it turns out that humans and demons have exactly the same genes.

Some people even realized long ago that humans and demons are brothers.

He continued collecting these fonts, and through his imagination, he gradually pieced together a story.

This is a group of members who participated in the Great Expedition and also became a couple during their brief time together. Their heroic spirits died protecting them, and they had no choice but to escape to a cave, hoping that their victory would bring them out.

But a day later, they discovered that another group of demons had arrived at the cave. After a fierce battle in which both sides were severely injured, they suddenly realized that the other side was in the same boat.

The two demons were a brother and sister who were both members of the Great Expedition. However, their heroic spirits died unexpectedly, and they fled here.

The four of them settled down there, living together as demons and humans, relying on each other for survival in this place where there was no food.

During these few days, they even shared stories about their hometowns, got to know each other, and talked about their dreams and futures.

In the face of hunger and thirst, they began to try a tradition of the demon race: swearing brotherhood by dripping blood.

Simply put, it's about two people's blood dripping together. If they blend together, they become brothers; if they repel each other and separate and clump together, then they don't share this destiny.

Then, to their surprise, they discovered that the blood of the four people could be perfectly mixed.

This was their final discovery. The two demons believed that the gods wanted them to become sworn brothers, but the human noticed something amiss, so in the end, he had a guess.

Could it be that humans and demons are actually of the same origin?

He wrote these records here and briefly told the story of the group. In the end, they waited for the end of the Great Expedition, but instead of returning home safely, they were buried by volcanic ash.

After witnessing the volcanic eruption, he desperately led the others to hide here, then covered the writing he had secretly left behind with his body.

This is the story of this cave.

After Xue's law restored this place, he saw the record written above again.

He was wrong, but he was also right in part.

Humans and demons are not of the same origin, but rather their genes are almost identical. This cannot be explained by a single ancestor; it is more like...

"They were all manufactured!" Xue Luding thought of cloning technology. The genes extracted from their bones all looked like they had been cloned and manufactured.

Only then did Xue Dinglu realize that he still had a little bit of the Ninth Apostle's ashes.

He arrived in the consciousness space in an instant and found a small amount of ashes that had been used as fertilizer under the sealed insect-eating tree.

He was very wary of the Ninth Apostle's lower body at the time, so he certainly wouldn't dare to test it with the cursed blood. He only dared to feed the ashes to his daughter after the ashes had been reduced to dust.

And now, the few remaining ashes are gradually being extracted by the cursed blood.

Xue Dinglu frowned, staring in horror at the information transmitted back by the cursed blood.

The Ninth Apostle, these four skeletons, and Lana, the noble girl from the Earl's family, all share almost identical genes!
No... that's impossible. Why are Lana and the Ninth Apostle's genes exactly the same?
What exactly is this pollution that comes from being summoned through the Heroic Spirit Contract?
Xue Dinglu took out the "Pseudo-Heart of the World" from the consciousness space, on which seven twisted shadows roared incessantly.

Could these guys be the true kin of the Ninth Apostle?

At the same time, will everyone who participated in the Great Expedition become a member of the Ninth Apostle's clan and be corrupted by his genes?
Beside the insect-eating tree, two crosses are sealed with Zeus, the father of fertility, and Typhon, the father of fertility, respectively.

Perhaps it wasn't Zeus and Typhon who were hunting him down, but rather... what they wanted!
It is this world that is calling upon these two great gods who represent fertility, except that this extraterrestrial demon is summoning Zeus and Typhon, who are closest to him.

If the summoning of Heroic Spirits continues, who will be the next one summoned? Cronus, Zeus's father? Or Poseidon, who gave birth to him?
Xue Dinglu began to feel a headache coming on. He felt as if he needed to grasp some information, but the intelligence was still insufficient.

……

It was early morning, and the time for the light curtain to be unveiled was approaching.

Lana, who was far away, couldn't sleep at all. She asked the female pirate beside her, "Mr. Mad Viscount, is it really possible to win?"

“We will win,” the female pirate said.

In her view, Xue's Law had reached the limit of her understanding. She believed that there must be someone stronger than Xue's Law in this world, but definitely not many.

All we need to do is keep them occupied; Xue Dinglu can probably wipe them out.

That slash that severed space still haunts her to this day.

The archer watched them from a distance, not revealing that he had left the man's side, but hiding as a scout.

Soon, the light curtain was removed.

"Get ready, I'm ready to run away with you at any time," the female pirate said, preparing for battle.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Xue Dinglu blocked the door.

The moment the light screen disappeared, he rushed to the island on the demon side and bumped into four groups of masters and servants.

"We were pretty lucky," Xue Dinglu said.

The opposing side immediately prepared for battle and slowly surrounded him. Xue Dinglu took a look.

3rd order, 3rd order, near-4th order, and a near-3rd order...

The difference in strength was too great. Xue Lude didn't know how these demon spirits could fight against humans. Not to mention himself, even the Blood Duke could unleash his full power here.

This was not a battle, but a massacre.

Compared to their human hosts, the demon hosts had sallow skin, fierce expressions, and were barely clothed.

But they all stared intently at Xue Luding, as if they were seeing their father's killer.

"Fine, all of you come at me together, I'm in a hurry." Xue Dinglu immediately drew his dimensional sword and charged forward. "Let's end this war before dawn."

……

five minutes later……

Eight more human bodies, imprisoned by crosses, have appeared in the consciousness space; they are still alive.

The cursed blood seeped into the bodies of those demon hosts, and the information that returned confirmed Xue Dinglu's conjecture.

These four hosts have the same genes as Lana and the Ninth Apostle!
"It's not that I haven't found the Ninth Apostle's retinue, but that all living beings in this world are His retinue..."

"Or perhaps, the Ninth Apostle has assimilated the entire world..."

Thinking about this, Xue Dinglu had an extremely frightening idea.

"The genes of people all over the world are very similar to those of the Ninth Apostle. Could this be a kind of resurrection ritual?" he thought in fear, almost letting out a screech like a groundhog.

(End of this chapter)