Inside the lakeside pavilion.
Zhou Zhi repeated Huo Hu's words.
"You mean... the [technique] that woman wielded, or perhaps her aura, was exactly that of the first patient infected by Father God—the source of the Great Calamity?"
Huo Hu nodded lightly, seeming not to care much about those days.
The only person he truly cared about was that individual from back then.
The one known as the Primordial Patient.
The first true patient in the world of Pestilence.
A thousand years ago, the [Primordial Patient] descended from Fallen Dragon, bringing immense disaster and terror.
Abnormal disease transformations swept across the entire world.
Thus began the true Great Calamity.
At the same time, Plague Exterminators from every faction began to act.
New diseases and new unknowns also represented new opportunities.
[Insects] [Medical Department] [Fallen Dragon Imperial Family]...
These terrifying forces, upholding all manner of beliefs, dismembered the Primordial Patient and called the patient's remains the Severed Limbs of the [Kindly Father].
These Severed Limbs possessed all kinds of terrifying, bizarre powers. They could even alter fate.
After obtaining one, some young men established banks that controlled life itself.
Others used them as a foundation to open companies in the world of Pestilence, eventually becoming oligarchs.
Zhou Zhi instinctively recalled that [Severed Limb] deep within the Divine Martial Tower.
That thing was completely beyond his ability to comprehend.
Shenwu Pharmaceuticals had even established a special laboratory to study it.
"Your Number Ten, whether in aura or in the techniques she releases, is exactly the same as that person..."
The old man raised a finger. "Using bizarre folding techniques to acquire an immensely powerful body—[Protein Folding]. I will never forget such an abnormal technique for as long as I live."
For an old man in a wheelchair like Huo Hu to say such