Ancestral-Regression Generator? Or Hope
The mantis-folk spoke in a very humanlike tone.
"It is me, Dr. Kal'tsit."
"How are you feeling right now?"
Hearing Kal'tsit's words, Block twisted his body.
"A very marvelous feeling. I can feel my body is incomparably light, and the long-term torment brought by Originium infection seems to have vanished into thin air at this moment. However, my appearance..."
As he spoke, Block looked toward the window. Accompanied by the refraction of light and shadow, he vaguely made out his own reflection on the glass. Although he had mental preparation long ago, upon seeing his own appearance, he still had the sensation of his heartbeat stopping.
He had turned into an oversized mantis!
"Isn't there a saying in Sargon about ancestral-regression Ancients, like those crocodile-folk and dog-folk, just like Spot... Perhaps this Mr. Block's ancestor was a mantis-folk..." At this moment, Kanna saw the strange gazes looking over from around them and had no choice but to speak and make things up.
"Uh... Although I don't want to interrupt you, I am a Lupo from Siracusa..." Because he had psychological anticipation beforehand, even after turning into a non-human appearance, he still calmed down. At least not only was his life saved, but his body had become incomparably healthy. Aside from the two wings on his back making him feel somewhat unaccustomed to them, unquestionably he now possessed a powerful body.
Moreover, even though he had turned into a different appearance, at least his language and memories remained. Just as Kanna said, if worst came to worst, treating himself as an ancestrally-regressed mantis-folk was not a bad option.
After all, compared to turning into this appearance, dying under the torment of Originium infection terrified him far more.
"Do not move around blindly, Operator Block. We must re-conduct