Chapter 2485: Gift (3)

Though Shangguan Ting gave an explanation, it wasn't very detailed.

Zhao Chi got the gist of it, but the details he certainly couldn't guess, nor imagine.

Li Ruanyu immediately added:

"The Shadow Family are users of the undead race.

"Most people in their family use undead species.

"Their family bloodline can obtain vassals of the undead race, including skeletons, zombies, ghouls, wraiths, vampires, bone dragons, and so on.

"Each type of vassal bloodline has different degrees of enhancement.

"If you decompose it, you'll randomly break down different bloodlines from within.

"This kind of family bloodline can decompose into more than ten different genes.

"But that family bloodline has over 300 genes, just to decompose it for these ten-plus genes…

"It's not worth it at all."

Shangguan Ting said unhappily, "Why do you keep butting into our family's affairs? Trying to show off how knowledgeable you are? Zhao Chi doesn't like women who talk too much!"

Li Ruanyu retorted, "When have I ever talked too much? I'm answering Zhao Chi's question, and answering a question naturally requires detail. What do you know?"

Shangguan Ting said, "I can answer too!"

Li Ruanyu said, "Then why didn't you say so? Zhao Chi isn't clear on noble matters, and you only said one sentence earlier—how would he understand? You won't say it, so what's wrong with me saying more?"

Shangguan Ting snorted heavily again.

The two women bickered, but Zhao Chi said not a word.

He was stunned.

There's such a thing?

No wonder the nobles are so powerful.

This isn't a bloodline—it's an entire race.

An ordinary bloodline can only summon a few vassals per day, yet this kind of bloodline can actually summon a whole group of vassals from different races every day?

It seems the nobles' advantage isn't just having money.

They had the advantage from birth.

No wonder those nobles, despite being besieged madly by werewolves for so long, can still hold out until now.

So the upper echelons of the nobles are actually this strong?

Then… then how exactly did they lose?

The war from a few months ago—could they really have beaten nobles like these?

Too incredible!

No, wait…

The stronger the bloodline, the longer the gestation time.

Of course, ordinary bloodlines can't compare to the Taoyuan bloodline—the Taoyuan bloodline is very special.

If it's a normal bloodline:

For example, the werewolf bloodline sprout from before only needed a little over a month to grow quite a bit.

But the nobles' bloodline sprout, even after several months until now, has only gotten somewhat bigger, without any very obvious change.

And this kind of super-strong family bloodline, its gestation time is probably measured in years, or even several years, or several decades, right?

If it's a family bloodline with over 300 genes and multiple races…

A gestation of over ten years is understandable.

But by that logic, in every noble family, there shouldn't be many lords who possess such powerful genes.

My reasoning should be correct, right?

Zhao Chi asked this question out loud as well.

Li Ruanyu hugged her ample chest and glanced at Shangguan Ting: "You tell him."

Shangguan Ting said, "I was about to say it in the first place! Can you ever be quiet? Now it looks as if I'm only speaking because you ordered me to!"

Li Ruanyu turned her head away.

Shangguan Ting said indignantly:

"What you said isn't wrong. Normally, in a noble family, only one or two people in each generation can obtain this kind of super-strong bloodline.

"But it also depends on the situation.

"Some noble families' bloodlines aren't that strong, so gestation might only take one or two years. Considering losses and deaths in battle, such a family would basically have over ten lords with strong bloodlines.

"Some nobles have mastered methods to extend lifespan, so their families can have multiple generations living together, and through time, quite a few lords can possess super-strong bloodlines.

"But in most cases,

"most nobles have at least one or two lords with super-strong bloodlines, and the more fortunate ones might have over ten, or even more.

"This isn't uniform."

"For example, our Shadow Family has passed down this bloodline for over 200 years, spanning nine generations in total.

"At our peak, we had 27 super-strong lords."

"But that's all in the past now…

"Sigh…"

The more Shangguan Ting spoke, the more dejected she became.

Zhao Chi, meanwhile, listened and sighed to himself.

He looked again at the Shadow Race bloodline in his hand.

This is the crystallization of over 200 years, the effort of nine generations.

Just decompose it directly?

Whether analyzing rationally or relying on intuition, making such a decision seems difficult, doesn't it?

It really is a pity.

Zhao Chi does not know the history of their family, nor does he know whether the Shadow Family belongs to the "good families" or the "bad families."

But the effort expended within it is undeniably real.

Families indeed have both good and bad.

Moreover, the vast majority of noble families cannot be said to be very good.

But this bloodline holds no good or evil.

It is more like a tool.

More like a weapon.

When a bad person wields a weapon, they commit atrocities and lose all conscience.

But if a good person wields a weapon, they can suppress the strong and aid the weak, act as a righteous hero, and slay demonic beasts to protect commoners.

But regardless.

This Shadow Family bloodline in hand should not end with being decomposed.

Even if obtaining more than ten decent genes, it is not worth it.

It feels like killing the chicken to get the eggs.

Buying the box and returning the pearl.

If Zhao Chi wants genes, he can simply decompose ordinary bloodlines; after all, his gene modification is bound to succeed.

Moreover, his gene modification has no compatibility restrictions; regardless of the gene's source, it will definitely succeed.

Afterwards, he just needs to buy more bloodlines.