Mystery: The New Black Emperor Descends

Chapter 765 Extra Chapter 3: The Princess and Prince of the Atlantis Empire

Many years after the Creator left Earth, in the Atlantis Empire, Anunnatchet District.

Inside the teleportation array in the city, a handsome couple walked out.

One of them wore an Atlantis-style long dress, and the other wore a long robe of the same style. They both looked to be around twenty years old, with delicate and beautiful faces.

The woman's name was Evangeline, and she inherited her mother's golden hair and jewel-like eyes.

The man was named Richard, who inherited his mother's brown hair and his father's beautiful black eyes.

After emerging from the teleportation array, he said, "My mother said this is a very nice city."

Evangeline nodded slowly, glancing at the two small suns in the sky: "The temperature is just right, neither too hot nor too cold."

Anunnatchet is not on Earth; it is a planet outside the Milky Way galaxy, in a stable binary star system.

The two stars are of different sizes, with the smaller star orbiting the larger star. Anunnaki is a planet orbiting an asteroid. The two suns in the sky are a smaller star and a larger star.

Because the larger star is farther away, it appears to be about the same size as the smaller star.

Although this place is very, very far from the solar system, it is connected by a convenient teleportation array, so even ordinary people can get here from the solar system in just a few minutes.

Because the area is warm and spring-like all year round, many people have settled here, forming a sizable city.

The siblings Evangeline and Richard, who were traveling, first sat down at a roadside beverage shop, each ordering a drink, listening to people chatting, and sometimes joining in.

This is how their father taught them to obtain information about a city before they left: listen more, observe more, and ask more questions.

Currently, more than thirty planets belong to the territory of the Kingdom of Atlantis, which is already a huge interstellar empire.

At their parents' suggestion, Evangeline and Richard set out on their first journey, their goal being to travel to every planet in the Empire.

Soon they heard about some great scenery on the planet, and that the "Global Railway" here was famous throughout Atlantis.

But this planet seems to be just an ordinary tourist city, with nothing particularly special about it.

The two finished their drinks and strolled casually down the street.

Looking at the Atlantis-style architecture around them, Evangeline asked, "Why did our two mothers insist that we choose this as our first stop?"

"I've been thinking about that too." Richard scratched his head. "If only my mother has suggested it, it must be because there's something special about this place."

"But it's quite unusual that Audrey's mother, who doesn't really know much about the stars, would make such a suggestion."

Normally, Richard would call Fors "Mother" and the other queen "Mother Audrey." Evangeline did the same, calling Fors "Mother Fors."

However, when they are out in public and not attending official events, they are simply referred to as their mother.

Evangeline was well aware that her mother must have given some hints, so she tried hard to find something different about the streets.

But it's similar to Angelou here; there's bound to be an "elf-style" restaurant on the street, as well as a clothing and hat shop run by the Loen people in the Atlantis style, an appliance store run by the Fusac people, a bar run by the Feneport people, and a hotel and couples' restaurant run by the Intis people. There's also bound to be a food street in the city.

If it weren't for the two suns in the sky, they wouldn't have realized that they had left Earth.

After searching half a street, Evangeline said impatiently, "Forget it, let's stop looking and see what's fun around here."

Richard smiled and said, "I agree."

So, the two of them looked toward the arcade not far away.

The palace has its own game room, and sometimes the emperor will even play a game with them.

They initially thought arcades were boring, until one day, they saw the bustling scene in an arcade on the street in Angelou, and realized that arcades were actually like that.

But in Angelou, everyone knows them, and they are always accompanied by butlers or servants, so they dare not enter the arcade.

But it's different here. Here they are not a princess and a prince, but two ordinary tourists.

However, they came out of the arcade very quickly after entering, because Richard accidentally broke the pool table in two while playing pool with a teenager.

It was then that they realized that the toys in the palace's game room had all been reinforced.

So after paying the money, Evangeline quickly left with her younger brother amidst the astonished looks of the people.

The two smiled helplessly and decided to try something different. After sampling some local delicacies, they prepared for a round-the-world trip.

Initially, they planned to take the round-the-world train, but then they thought it would be boring to stay in the carriage for so long, so they bought tents and other equipment and decided to hike around the world along the railway.

The siblings were born angels, so they didn't have to worry about food, and wild animals posed no threat to them. They had plenty of time to travel the world at their own pace.

Even if you decide you don't want to go any further halfway through, you can use your extraordinary abilities to return to this city.

The siblings set off with great enthusiasm. Although they tried to slow down, they still covered more than 50 kilometers in an hour!

Here you can already see some indigenous villages. When they were learning history, they learned about the "Interstellar Colonization Act" promulgated by their father, the king.

The bill explicitly stipulates that if intelligent life exists on the planet to be colonized, all colonization land must be traded with the local indigenous people in a reasonable and compliant manner.

Unless attacked first, indigenous people should not be killed at will. They have basic human dignity and the right to life.

There are also regulations regarding the colonization process. First, a survey team composed of extraordinary individuals must determine whether a place has colonization value and is suitable for human habitation. If it only has colonization value but is not suitable for human survival, then they must pray to the "Creator" to transform the place into an environment suitable for both humans and local natives.

If it were any other deity, accomplishing this would likely require some trade-offs, but the "Creator" has no such worries at all.

Even if the air on a planet is toxic or there is no atmosphere, people can still live on that planet just like on Earth.

After resolving the environmental issues, the advance team also needed to communicate with the indigenous people and explain the principles of Atlantis colonization to them.

Only then did officials who "understood" the planet's language move in, trade land with the natives, and build colonial cities.

Finally, the planet was systematically brought under the rule of Atlantis. After a long period of investigation, officials would compile a report explaining the planet's main role.

For example, oil or oil-like mineral deposits have been discovered on several planets. Atlantis's Academy of Sciences is currently developing high-powered space engines, and the manned aircraft project will soon be realized.

The next issue is how to develop the area. Generally, the local indigenous people do not have the corresponding development technology. In such cases, we still need to trade with them, help them with infrastructure, and then acquire local resources.

This not only allows us to acquire resources, but also enables us to dump excess domestic production capacity.

Some civilizations have advanced technology, and some are even exploring outer space.

For such a civilization, those who interact with them are basically extraordinary beings. They sell them teleportation arrays, extraordinary potions, extraordinary treatments, and so on, and acquire advanced technologies from them to effectively supplement and reference Atlantis's technology.

Of course, due to differences in customs and beliefs, some conflicts are bound to occur.

Then it's time for the angels and Sequence 3s of Atlantis to make their appearance. They will demonstrate their amazing abilities to the natives, who will then generally regard them as new gods.

This not only solved the problem but also provided a certain number of anchors for high-sequence extraordinary individuals.

Anunnaki is similar to other planets; the natives here live in relatively harmonious relations with the Atlanteans, so there's no need to worry about being attacked by the natives.

The siblings walked freely, stopping to admire the scenery whenever they saw it. Sometimes they would even leave the railway line to visit mountains and lakes.

They traveled around for four days, stopping and starting, and the siblings were quite happy because this kind of travel was unrestrained and allowed them to experience the taste of freedom.

On the morning of the fifth day of their trip, they embarked on their journey, basking in the sunshine as usual.

After walking for a while, they came across a large train station!

The "Global Railway" on this planet also has stations along its route. The main reason for setting up these stations is to conduct some trade with the local indigenous people.

Before Atlantis was developed, the planet's technology was not advanced, but it had many rare mineral resources that were scarce for Earthlings, such as gold, silver, and rare earth elements. While they weren't exactly everywhere, almost every river contained large amounts of gold dust, and you could easily find silver mines by digging a hole.

So Atlantis traded industrial products with the locals for gold and silver, and for a time Atlantis achieved "gold freedom".

The empire's currency is almost too afraid to be tied to precious metals anymore, and is instead preparing to tie it to the annual electricity generation.

However, the train stations that trade with the indigenous people are usually very small, but the station in front of them was very large.

Another strange reason is that there was no one in the station.

Why is there no staff at all when such a large station has been built here?

Clearly, this station is the kind of station with classified purposes; most trains don't stop here at all, except for a specific train with a classified status.

Behind the station, there is a flat road that leads deep into the mountains.

Driven by curiosity, the siblings walked along the road into the deep mountains.

The road is lined with trees typical of this planet, completely blocking out the view on both sides. Walking on this road gives you the illusion that there is only this one road in the world.

Suddenly, a man dressed in a white robe and barefoot ran out of the woods. When he saw the brother and sister, he first showed a surprised expression, and then rushed towards them with some joy, making "ah ah yi yi" sounds.

Immediately afterwards, several people dressed in Atlantis uniforms caught up from behind, pinned the man in the white robe to the ground, and arrested him.

The siblings did not intervene because they were unaware of the situation.

The man pinned to the ground continued to make "ah ah eh eh" sounds, seemingly quite happy, until he was kicked hard, at which point he started to cry.

After the man was arrested, the leader of the group, dressed in uniform, asked Evangeline and Richard, "Who are you?"

Evangeline smiled and said, "We are tourists."

The leader carefully examined the two men before saying, "Don't go any further."

After saying that, they left with the man in white.

After they walked away, the siblings looked at each other and saw excitement in each other's eyes.

"Did you notice? Their badges are from the Institute of Biological Sciences!" Evangeline asked.

Richard, the younger brother, nodded repeatedly: "I also noticed that one of them is an extraordinary one!"

As far as they knew, any research unit equipped with extraordinary individuals was basically conducting national-level key research projects.

Without needing to discuss it further, the siblings hid their backpacks in the woods, then used their extraordinary abilities to avoid the main road and arrived at a nearby mountain, looking around.

On the other side of the mountain, a sizable complex of buildings came into view.

In the forest, there is a large factory-like building enclosed by a high wall. Inside, there are seven or eight buildings of varying sizes, as well as a tall water tower.

After glancing at the tall building and confirming with their spiritual sense that there were no extraordinary beings at the angelic level there, the siblings once again used their extraordinary abilities to appear on the top floor of the building.

Next, Richard, the "Duke of Entropy," will use his extraordinary abilities to continuously "distort" the vision of those around him, causing them to ignore him.

So the two of them swaggered into the largest building. Before entering, they noticed that the building only had the words "Sixth Research Institute" written on it, without any specific name.

This is somewhat unusual, because the names of research institutes in Atlantis usually include place names or research project names, but this institute does not have such information.

The siblings became even more curious, so they went inside the building and searched everywhere for clues about what they were researching.

They did not intend to have a researcher "interrogate" them, believing they could find the truth on their own.

First, they found a series of large rooms on the first floor. Inside the rooms were men and women dressed in white robes. Although they were all adults, they were playing on slides and swings and had a lot of fun, often laughing like children.

However, they didn't seem to be able to speak, only making "ah ah eh eh" sounds and gesturing.

Two people, a younger man and a woman, both dressed in white robes, went up to the second floor.

As they continued upwards, they saw teenagers, children, and infants.

Finally, on the top floor, they saw glass bottles with various tubes inserted, in which embryos were being cultivated.

The siblings exchanged a glance, still unable to figure out what kind of experiment was taking place here.

But one thing is certain: it is human experimentation being conducted.

As far as they know, human experimentation is strictly prohibited.

At this moment, they saw researchers take a man in a white robe from the first floor and take him to a two-story building with almost no windows and walls reinforced with metal.

The siblings immediately followed them inside, where they saw researchers chaining up the white-robed man, and then an extraordinary being took out a sealed artifact with severe negative effects.

Under the influence of the negative effects, the man in the white robe became very emotionally unstable and began to scream hysterically, not far from going insane.

At this moment, the extraordinary individual put away the sealed artifact and poured a small bottle of medicine into the white-robed man, while the surrounding researchers carefully recorded the white-robed man's reaction.

A minute or two later, the man in the white robe's mood improved significantly. After he rested for a while, the second round of experiments began.

The seal was still used to influence the white-robed man, but this time the influence lasted longer. The white-robed man's eyes turned blood red, his teeth and nails grew rapidly, and small snakes seemed to be slithering under his skin. He was already showing clear signs of turning into a monster.

Only then did they remove the sealing artifact and pour another bottle of red potion into the white-robed man's body.

This time, a full ten minutes passed, and the white-robed man miraculously recovered. Although he still looked pained, the signs of him turning into a monster disappeared.

The researchers applauded together, celebrating the results of the experiment.

The man in the white robe was taken to a separate room, where he would apparently continue to be observed and experimented on.

When the siblings saw the white-robed man who had been tortured to the point of near unconsciousness, they exchanged a glance. Their tacit understanding, honed since childhood, required no further discussion. Richard "distorted" the minds of the guards who were escorting the white-robed man away, causing them to take him outside the building.

Evangeline solemnly declared, "Requests for assistance are prohibited here."

"Communication with the outside world is prohibited here."

Meanwhile, Richard had already "twisted" all the men and women in white robes from the building into the courtyard, and was preparing to send them away.

woohoo~

At that moment, a muffled alarm suddenly sounded in the research institute. The sound seemed to be a spell, slowing down everyone's movements, including Evangeline and Richard.

At this moment, they both realized that the extraordinary arrangement here was even more sophisticated than they had imagined.

The next second, a hazy door opened not far from them, and the vampire duke Olmer emerged. He was about to attack the intruders when he suddenly recognized them: "Your Highnesses, what are you doing here?"

Even Evangeline slowed down her speech: "Uncle, Almer, we are traveling on this planet."

They often saw Olmer when they went to their grandmother's house, so they were quite familiar with each other.

Olmer glanced around and roughly understood what was going on: "Nonsense!"

As he spoke, He took out a switch made of "order crystal" and turned off the alarm, otherwise angels would keep coming to support him.

Under Olmer's direction, after driving away the men and women in white robes, he invited the two "bratty kids" to his office.

Evangeline and Richard knew that even angels had intervened, so the research here must be very important. Therefore, they obediently followed behind without speaking or asking any questions.

Only after they were seated in the reception area of ​​Olmer's office and the secretary had served tea and left did Evangeline silence the surrounding noise to prevent it from reaching outside the office: "Uncle Olmer, is the Empire secretly conducting human experiments here?"

Olmer glanced at the siblings and said, "Yes!"

The siblings were both somewhat surprised. Evangeline said, "But, but..."

Olmer raised his hand: "Before I explain the research here, let me tell you something."

"Although you were born as angels, you must also know that every advancement for extraordinary individuals is an extremely dangerous process, right?"

The siblings nodded; they had heard about this since they were little.

Olmer continued, "We've done statistics over the past decade or so, and based on the knowledge of the 'role-playing method,' the risk of advancing to Sequence 9, Sequence 8, and Sequence 7 is not high."

"The success rate is about 98%. Of course, this statistic excludes those extraordinary individuals who have been injured or mentally corrupted and are unable to advance normally."

「从序列7晋升序列6成功的概率在90%，序列6晋升序列5的成功概率是78%。

"This is the probability under the circumstances of having organized support, knowing about the 'role-playing method,' and being able to access promotion experience and 'role-playing' experience."

"Moreover, it only considers the probability of successful promotion. Reasons such as a decline in performance after promotion or inability to continue promotion for other reasons are not taken into account."

"It is said that the probability of wild extraordinary individuals advancing from Sequence 7 to Sequence 6 is less than 60%. Many extraordinary individuals complete the advancement process without digesting the potion, and their probability of losing control is also very high."

The siblings roughly realized that this must be a place that studies extraordinary madness and twisted aspects.

Olmer continued, "Even below the level of demigod, the extraordinary can be quite uncontrollable, so His Majesty the Emperor specially ordered the establishment of this research institute."

"And by utilizing the cloning technology traded from the planet Sevas..."

Upon hearing this, Richard suddenly asked, "Cloning technology?"

This was a word he had never heard before.

"Yes," Olmer explained, "That's the name His Majesty the Emperor gave to the technology, meaning it can reproduce asexually and artificially create life."

He continued the previous topic: "After being modified by our vampires, this technology has undergone a fundamental change compared to the original technology."

"First of all, if we need it, an embryo can grow into an adult in three seconds."

"But because the demand for experimental subjects is not that large, they are basically cultivated using instruments. Even so, it only takes three months from an embryo to an adult."

"Another change is that we prayed for the help of the 'Creator' and 'altered' the process of life's birth. The experimental subjects you see only have a virtual consciousness in their bodies, not a consciousness in the sense of life."

"It is said that this virtual consciousness was developed jointly by His Majesty the Emperor and Emperor Roselle, and they even gave it a strange name, called 'Computational System'."

"Because these consciousnesses are not formed naturally, they only give normal physiological responses and basically do not engage in thinking about self and worldview. Moreover, after the subject dies, the 'computing system' will disappear on its own and will not produce any spiritual entities."

"Therefore, we all believe that these experimental subjects are not life in the general sense."

The siblings realized why the white-robed man they encountered on the road was initially surprised, then delighted, and even seemed happy after being captured—because, in his eyes, it was just a game.

At the same time, they understood Olmer's meaning: these experimental subjects were not life forms in the general sense, so these experiments did not violate the laws of the Empire.

Then Evangeline asked, "What exactly are they researching here?"

"There are two major research projects at present," Olmer told the truth. "One project is to use experimental subjects to find ways to use drugs to suppress or even cure runaway."

"According to our research, a normal human body has a spiritual circulation system that tends to be balanced under normal conditions and can operate on its own, and ordinary people also have it."

"The extraordinary properties of potions taken by extraordinary individuals can disrupt this balance and cause temporary instability."

"If the ascendant uses methods such as meditation to restore a normal state, this spiritual cycle will also be restored."

"But if this spiritual cycle remains unstable for a long time, it will show signs of getting out of control. This is the underlying theory of getting out of control that we have researched."

"Based on this, we have developed many drugs that allow the spirit to return to normal within a certain period of time, effectively slowing down the time and extent of loss of control."

"With the addition of methods such as meditation, even if signs of loss of control appear, a stable state can be restored within a certain period of time."

"Currently, this is an essential medicine for the official extraordinary individuals of the Atlantis Empire. However, it can only delay the signs of loss of control. Ultimately, the problem of poor condition still needs to be completely resolved by digesting the magic potion."

"In addition, this medicine is only suitable for emergency use in cases of injury or mental distress."

"We are currently researching drugs that can be effectively used to treat the disease once it has started to spiral out of control."

"We have a general idea now. In addition to restoring the normal spiritual cycle, we also need to heal the damage to the mind and body in order to stop or delay the loss of control."

Richard asked, somewhat incredulously, "So, we're about to overcome being out of control?"

"No, it just means we have some means and are trying to treat the loss of control as a symptom," Olmer sighed. "In addition, these drugs are very effective for low-sequence extraordinary individuals, and also work well for sequence 7 and sequence 6 extraordinary individuals."

"For patients at Sequence 5, the effect is very limited, and there will be no effect at Sequence 4 and above. Fortunately, at this level, you can find angels to help you in a short time."

"So we found another direction for research."

Olmer's expression gradually turned serious: "The second research direction is: to find a way to make extraordinary properties essentially controllable."

The siblings realized that this was a process similar to the search for extraordinary paths and the discovery of potion recipes during the First and Second Ages.

Evangeline quickly asked, "Any results?"

"The results so far are very limited," Olmer said with some helplessness. "Our main approach now is to use drugs and training to make the extraordinary individuals' minds stronger so that they can deal with extraordinary powers."

"You've probably heard about this as well. Since last year, His Majesty the Emperor has required the officials to strengthen their mental training and hold frequent exchange meetings to share their experiences in 'role-playing'."

"We haven't found a good way to directly deal with the distortion and madness of extraordinary properties, or even a feasible approach."

The siblings fell silent, only now truly experiencing the extraordinary twisted side of it.

Evangeline said, "I understand why our two mothers recommended this place as the first stop on our journey. They wanted us to understand that the Empire is built on the extraordinary, and the extraordinary has such great uncontrollability."

Richard nodded, indicating that he had a similar thought.

He then asked, "Is there a way for us to completely control the extraordinary?"

"I also thought the chances were slim," Olmer said with a smile. "But His Majesty the Emperor said that we have plenty of time. If we can't find a solution in a hundred years, then a thousand years, or even ten thousand years. We will eventually find a feasible approach."

"Even having just a feasible idea can make you someone who will be remembered forever in the extraordinary world."

Richard and Evangeline exchanged a glance: the story of the old man moving the mountain.

Evangeline looked at the teacup in front of her: "I hope that day comes soon."

(End of this chapter)