There Was No Mother

Inside the city lord's three-story building.

The lighting was somewhat dim.

Shui Luo looked at Du An, who was sitting in a chair in the shadows.

After disposing of Qin Yiguan's body, the two returned here.

"Father."

Shui Luo slowly said, "Now that the mother organism has been destroyed, does that mean, as you previously envisioned, the Tuomen Acuminate Fungus will no longer iterate, and the residents can return to their normal lives?"

Du An stared at Shui Luo quietly for a moment, noticing his severed arm. Although it was bandaged with gauze, blood still seeped through the bandage and dripped onto the ground due to the hasty treatment.

Du An approached and rearranged the gauze on Shui Luo's face, then tied it tightly.

Du An's eyes were filled with tenderness as he whispered, "Don't let your blood drip onto the ground again; it's precious."

Shui Luo shook her head, a resolute look on her face. "This little injury is nothing."

"No, I'm not referring to the wound, I'm referring to your blood."

Du An suddenly smiled slowly, "Shui Luo, you should be the 532nd descendant I cultivated using my own genes. Your appearance makes me feel lucky, and you are indeed much more outstanding than your other brothers and sisters."

Shui Luo was puzzled as to why her usually stern father would suddenly say such a thing.

But Du An stared into Shui Luo's eyes. "As far as I know, you should have entered the fourth stage long ago, but why didn't you become Negative Doppelgänger?"

Shui Luo lowered her head slightly and gritted her teeth, saying, "I have been resisting it, with my will, a very strong will."

"No."

You have antibodies.

Du An shook his head, his smile rather strange. "Humans, after generations of reproduction, each individual undergoes subtle changes. Whether it's Tuomen Acuminate Fungus * or other parasites, as long as it belongs to the pathogenic category, it will have its corresponding natural enemy. You are that one in a billion, an antibody carrier."

Shui Luo chuckled, "Even if I really am an antibody, it doesn't seem to matter anymore."

Du An's smile remained unchanged. "Of course it's meaningful."

Shui Luo was puzzled and asked doubtfully, "But we destroyed the mother body."

"Silly child."

Du An smiled meaningfully and said something startling, "The Tuomen Acuminate Fungus * has no parent organism at all."

Shui Luo's eyes snapped open.

As if recalling something, Du An said, "The Tuomen Acuminate Fungus was cultivated from Qin Yiguan's blood. There was at most one original strain, and it was on my body. That's right, the Tuomen Acuminate Fungus on the residents' bodies all split off from me."

"I can indeed transmit pheromones to them, thereby controlling them."

"For example, the sudden change in my old servant, Uncle Luo, was on my orders, because he knew too much."

"The difference between me and my mother is..."

"I have no way to control the iteration of those individual bacteria; in other words, I cannot stop the birth of ' Negative Doppelgänger '."

"It's like the feeling of 'the child grows up and no longer cares about their mother,' you... understand?"

At this moment, Shui Luo was shocked. "Then why did you kill Qin Yiguan? You even said he was the Mother!"

"My feud with Qin Yiguan happened many years ago; you don't need to know about it."

Du An smiled kindly and patted Shui Luo on the shoulder. "As for why I claimed to have killed the Mother, it was simply to calm all the residents down. Of course, I did find a way to control the ' Negative Doppelgänger '."

"That is, extracting antibodies from your blood."

"In this way, we can not only enjoy the power of the Tuomen Acuminate Fungus', but also avoid the emergence of Negative Doppelgänger."

Du An was still smiling, his kind face making it impossible for anyone to be wary. "But I know you have a strong personality and will definitely tell the truth, and I can't possibly abandon you, this one-in-a-million antibody carrier."

"So."

But then a cold glint flashed in Du An's eyes, and the arm that was resting on Shui Luo's shoulder suddenly changed, extending red flesh that tightly wrapped around Shui Luo's neck!

"My son, all I can do is... kill you, and then drain your blood."

"Only the cooperation of the dead is the highest."

"This is all for science!"

Du An's face was contorted with rage, and the force on his arm suddenly tightened. At this moment, Shui Luo had realized her father's true colors and wanted to use her abilities to resist, but she found that the Tuomen Acuminate Fungus in her body seemed to be asleep and could not be awakened!

Boom.

Boom.

The sound of bones cracking came from Shui Luo's neck. His body was raised high, his face was bluish-purple, and his legs were struggling desperately.

But at this moment, there was no emotion in Du An's eyes.

The force was increasing, and Shui Luo's neck bones were constantly cracking.

Du An extended several red muscles that completely wrapped around Shui Luo's head, leaving no gaps, suffocating Shui Luo!

This method of death would prevent Shui Luo's body from being shattered and would not waste blood!

A low, angry roar came from Shui Luo's throat.

But there were no residents within a ten-mile radius of this small building, and no one knew that this tragedy had occurred!

Click!

Shui Luo's neck must have been completely broken.

Shui Luo's legs stopped kicking, and her body stopped convulsing.

Thump.

Du An threw his body to the ground, and Shui Luo's eyes were wide open, unable to close them in death.

His eyes were filled with shock and disbelief!

He seemed to be staring intently at his father, thinking, "Why are you so cruel and heartless? Why are you like a beast!"

"Hehe."

Du An smiled, but a barely perceptible trace of sorrow was hidden within his smile.

In this day and age.

People are all asleep in the Metaverse.

If someone wants to have children, they can apply to the Metaverse.

Then, the Nutrient Pod will extract human genetic material and cultivate newborns in the physical world through in vitro fertilization. Once the child's neural network is formed, these children will appear in the Metaverse and be taken over by their parents.

Du An still remembers it clearly.

He once submitted an application to the Metaverse Government requesting to raise tens of thousands of offspring.

When the application was approved, he, like other parents, was very excited and full of anticipation.

The first thing I do when I enter the Metaverse is to personally pick up each child, lift them high, and give them a name.

His surname is Du, and this is an underwater world.

Therefore, they all used "Du Shui" as the first two characters of their children's names.

For example, number 532, Du Shui Luo.

Yes.

Du An arrived in this remote underwater world.

One of their purposes was to avoid Qin Yiguan, who was like a demon god.

The second objective was to establish a nation of their own.

This place is home to countless descendants, thriving and carrying on their will, passing on their spirit, and making their surnames shine!

"I really, really love this underwater kingdom."

"This is my everything."

Du An slowly closed his eyes. "Shui Luo, don't blame me. Your death has ensured the survival of the entire underwater community!"