Chapter 303
"Really?"
"Mm." Luo Mio smiled and nodded heavily at the little girl.
Then the little girl obediently closed her eyes.
Seeing the girl in front of him close her eyes, Luo Mio's eyes also dimmed slightly.
Then, Luo Mio gently tapped the little girl's forehead.
Rentaro was walking over from a short distance away, was also taken aback when he saw this scene.
But the next second, the little girl in front of Luo Mio fell into a coma and collapsed into Luo Mio's arms.
"Huh?"
Rentaro made a confused sound.
Then, golden particles of the same color as the Golden radiance in the sky emanated from Luo Mio's hands.
The little girl's figure dissipated like mist in Rentaro's arms. This scene reminded Rentaro of the fate of the person who walked into the golden light yesterday.
Instantly, Rentaro stared at Luo Mio with an icy chill.
"Brother Miohua... why?"
Luo Mio looked at the water droplet crystal in her palm, then raised her eyes and looked at him indifferently.
Looking at Luo Mio's indifferent eyes, Rentaro asked.
"Why did you do this! Why destroy the world!"
Luo Mio looked at Rentaro, but did not answer his question. Instead, she spoke to him.
"Rentaro, do you want to know the truth?"
"The truth...?"
Luo Mio glanced indifferently at Rentaro, then turned around, opened a Void Fissures, and stepped inside.
Rentaro didn't understand what the truth that Luo Mio was talking about was, but he wanted to find out why he did it!
Rentaro then followed in Luo Mio's footsteps and stepped into the Void Fissures.
Following Luo Mio's footsteps, Rentaro passed through the Void Fissures and was slightly surprised by the scene before him.
This is... Brother Miohua's study?
Rentaro looked around at the room's decor, completely bewildered.
Luo Mio glanced at Rentaro, then turned on the switch on the wall.
A fluorescent screen appeared in front of Rentaro.
On the fluorescent screen, a file document resembling a table appeared.
It contains a timeline from 2031 to the past twenty years.
Upon seeing this, Rentaro's expression changed slightly.
It should be noted that records from the early to late stages of the Gastrea War were destroyed in the fires of war.
But now they were all in Rentaro's sight.
At that moment, a line of archival text caught Rentaro's eye.
"Seven Star Village Destroyed"
Rentaro was stunned for a moment when he saw "Seven Star Village Destroyed".
"The Seven Stars... 'The Legacy of the Seven Stars'."
These two words immediately reminded Rentaro of the previous mission with "Scorpio," where the task was to reclaim the "Legacy of the Seven Stars."
Rentaro knew that the "Legacy of the Seven Stars" could summon the "Zodiac Twelve Palaces".
However, Luo Mio did not stop, but moved to the very bottom.
Rentaro was also taken aback when he saw it.
"Aldi archives...?"
"The Aldi Files".
Luo Mio spoke up for Rentaro.
Luo Mio looked at Rentaro with calm eyes.
"Originally, this was a Level 10 file that only those with IP Ranking within the top 30 were eligible for."
Upon hearing Luo Mio's words, Rentaro's eyes widened in surprise.
Then Luo Mio gently moved her finger, and the fluorescent screen on the wall began to play.
The screen went completely black, and then a panting sound like that of a wild beast was emitted.
However, the video was severely distorted, and the constant hissing and grating sounds in the footage were inexplicably disgusting and gave people goosebumps. For some unknown reason, the person filming was shaking very badly, as if they were afraid of something.
Upon seeing this, Rentaro's entire body tensed up.
But at that moment, the fluorescent screen in front of me suddenly became very clear.
"!"
Rentaro's face immediately froze.
On the screen appeared an operating table, and on the operating table lay a thing wrapped in bandages, barely maintaining a human shape, its abnormally large, crimson right eye looking at the camera.
The left shoulder was enormous, and the left hand was ugly and atrophied, as if it had been deprived of nutrients.
A third foot Club President of his right leg, and his sternum inexplicably swelled up significantly!
But what horrified Rentaro was that unusually serious face!
His swollen, bloodshot right eye pressed down on his left eye and other facial features, including his nose. His yellowish, protruding teeth were exposed and dripping saliva, soaking the entire sheet on the operating table.
Furthermore, numerous tubes were inserted into his limbs, eyeballs, internal organs, and even sexual organs!
This scene caused Rentaro to lose his balance and almost fall to the ground, his left hand bracing against the bookshelf beside him.
The screen displays the English words "Devil Virus" in the lower right corner.
The humanoid monster was also panting heavily while staring at the photographer with its crimson eyes.
The video, which was less than a minute long, was then played.
Despite the video being so short, it felt like an eternity to Rentaro.
"What's this..."
Based on the protrusion of the chest, the curve of the waist, and the absence of male genitalia, it can be inferred that the humanoid red-eyed monster lying on the operating table is a woman.
Rentaro, suppressing the urge to vomit, asked Luo Mio.
Luo Mio glanced at Rentaro, then walked towards the window.
"This is the truth, the truth about Gastrea."
"Devil Virus..." Luo Mio said, turning to look at Luo Mio. "Devil Virus, that was the former name of the Gastrea virus."
"And the woman on the operating table is codenamed Aldi! You can also think of her as Eve, the first woman in the Bible!"
Upon hearing Luo Mio's words, Rentaro's body gradually turned cold, as if his instincts were warning him not to continue investigating.
"A demon... Gastrea virus... the earliest female human..."
Despite Luo Mio's cold and indifferent gaze, Rentaro could sense anger within it.
"The first batch of Gastrea from the Great War ten years ago were born from Aldi's stomach!"
"..."
Instantly, Rentaro covered his mouth with his right hand, half-kneeling on the floor, while his left hand supported him on the floor.
Looking at Rentaro, Luo Mio raised her head with cold eyes, and then played another video.
Upon hearing the sound, Rentaro looked up, but the next second, his eyes widened and his mouth opened slightly as a scene that horrified him appeared.
On an operating table, there was a monster-like figure that was very small, like a child.
Despite the vast difference in appearance and physique, Rentaro will never forget this figure!
An abnormally large head and a beak-like curve... and muscles covered in scars like smallpox.
Scorpio!
It was exactly the same one that he destroyed with the "The Stairway"!
However, the "Scorpio" in the video looks like an ant compared to that huge body that is about 400 meters tall.
When Rentaro saw its short, delicate legs, which were as tender as a child's, and combined this with everything that Luo Mio had just played for him and the words she had spoken to him, he understood.
Rentaro learned a shocking truth that would break his mind and body!
Human Experimentation...
Rentaro's face was as pale as a dead man's, and he asked Luo Mio in a trembling voice.
"In other words... the 'Zodiac'..."
Luo Mio did not answer him, but turned around and opened the Void Fissures to leave.
Before leaving, Luo Mio said to Rentaro.
"It is you humans who have plunged the world into this situation."
Chapter 77: The Falling Finality Light
"Kiyomi, I refuse to carry out the mission to manipulate the 'The Stairway'."
After leaving Luo Mio's house, Rentaro took out his phone and dialed Kiyomi's number.
"..."
After hearing Rentaro's words, Kiyomi on the other end of the phone remained silent.
Rentaro realized that something was wrong and quickly spoke up.
"What happened?"
"Da da da..."
All that could be heard from the other end of the phone was the crisp sound of high heels.
"Kiyomi?"
Rentaro tentatively began to speak.
"Why."
Then Kiyomi's sigh came from within.
Hearing Kiyomi's sigh, Rentaro knew that something very serious had happened.
"We've been tricked."
"Huh?"
Rentaro was also taken aback when he heard Kiyomi's words.
"Sogen Saitake knew that you would never be able to point the cannon at His Highness, so he had already arranged for a replacement."
"..."
Upon hearing this, Rentaro's eyes widened slowly.
"Kiyomi, what were you doing just now...?"
"Hmm... Video conferences between high-level officials from various countries around the world."
For a moment, Rentaro also felt frustrated, blocked up, and confused.
Then Rentaro asked.
Who is the candidate?
"... Ayn Rand, one of the 'Four Sages'."