The Aberrant Sea Serpent struggling in the gutter was merely a tangible fragment that humans could comprehend.
But for the temporary "Mo City Lifeform," it was a process of "natural rejection" within its enormous shell. Given its sensitivity, even a localized occurrence would trigger a systemic, whole-body reaction.
The Manipulation Thread here had destroyed the Fluorescence Trajectory and captured the corresponding information. Meanwhile, in the seven areas outside the city where Poison Bombs had exploded, the Burning Puppets still held tight control over the damaged clone tissue. The information already gathered, along with the new developments just confirmed in the sewers, intertwined and converged within the Mo City Lifeform, naturally leading to a conclusion.
The Parasitic Clone within the venomous sea serpent, through the instincts revealed by the Fluorescence Lines, was basically consistent with a theory Ronan and Weismann had discussed earlier.
Ronan opened his eyes and turned to Weismann. "That fundamental principle you mentioned was correct."
Weismann froze for a moment.
Ronan immediately elaborated. "The Water Tank's constant splitting and differentiation consumes energy, and the total expenditure is considerable. So if it wants to maintain its divided state, it can only parasitize Aberrant Species and Ability Users, or consume large quantities of this kind of 'food.' Ordinary people aren't enough to sustain it..."
After a brief pause, Ronan shared the latest progress. "Also, to be more precise, the nine clones we identified before were only clones."
"Nine?"
"Yes. We've already caught the other two, and we can confirm we haven't caught them all."
Weismann opened his mouth, nearly asking, "What do we do?" But Ronan spoke before he could.
"That makes things simpler instead. There are currently 693 Ability Users in Mo City, including Awakened and unawakened personnel. As for the Aberrant Species hiding in this area, the deeply