Chapter 2973: The Ultimate Technology of the Bloodline Domain

After leaving the sequencing laboratory, Huo En returned to his office. Bulundesi had been waiting there for a long time, and now that he had finally waited for Huo En, Bulundesi immediately handed over the information he had compiled.

While Huo En flipped through the documents, Bulundesi explained from the side: "Due to the fear of being detected by the other party, all the information was compiled from data previously collected by the Seven Towers."

"In addition, judging from the sources of blood samples collected according to the comprehensive testing plan, the scope where the target can currently be locked is only precise to the Delake Territory in the central-southern region. To go any further, it would inevitably require the use of Scrying spells."

"If you ask me, this comprehensive testing matter was just too rushed, and too many links relied on spells. If the identity of every blood-sampling subject had been registered, we could have determined the specific identity of the target by now."

Hearing Bulundesi's grumbling, Huo En snapped the documents in his hand shut. In truth, there was nothing much to see here; it was nothing more than some routine intelligence related to the Delake Territory from the past few years.

Setting aside accuracy, there wasn't much point in continuing to look at it in terms of timeliness either.

"You can only say this now; why didn't you say it back then? Register the identity of every blood donor—do you know how much trouble adding this one step would cause? I will consider this matter again; let's talk after I return from the Gustav High Tower."

After speaking, Huo En threw the documents onto the desk to the side, but after thinking about it, he used a Mage Hand to summon them back into his hand, then gave Bulundesi a few more instructions before hurrying out the door.

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That evening, the Azure Manor in the western part of the Old City District of Seventon received a mysterious guest.

Xia Shao realized that Taobo might have brought a piece of news that was unexpected yet very important, so he couldn't bother with pleasantries at that moment and asked immediately:

Only after entering a laboratory with a higher level of protection within the manor did he shed his disguise. It was Jilan, who had hurried to the Gustav High Tower at noon. At this moment, he said to Xia Shao with an apologetic expression:

Having mastered this kind of technology, there is no difference between animals and plants; they can all change as they please. This is simply the ultimate goal of the Bloodline Sequencing Project!

"It's very simple. We are asking Lord Xia Shao to mobilize the Floating City to cooperate with the Seven Towers to capture the target. Currently, we have only locked onto the target's general location, and the information may already be lagging. Without the cooperation of the Floating City, we truly have no confidence."

Thinking of this, he continued to ask: "What exactly did you discover?"

Obtain it! Must obtain this kind of technology!

It couldn't be that someone was framing him over this, could it? But even if he publicly admitted that he was a Demon Descendant, let alone Netheril, even on the Alliance side, it wasn't certain that anyone could do anything to him!

With the premise of understanding the background of this technology, combined with Jilan's words just now, it was not difficult for Xia Shao to judge that Jilan must have detected something extraordinary in the blood samples sent for testing from various places!

Could it be something else?

"Is that for real?"

But on the other hand, he also hoped that this matter was fake, because the existence that possessed such technology might not be something that the current Netheril or even the entire Northland could contend with.

"This matter has been repeatedly confirmed by the Huo En Gao Ta. If this matter were not certain, I would not have come to disturb you at this time. This is indeed a fact!"

"Taking a step back, even if there is only one target, why do you think we will definitely be able to capture the other party?"

If one were to use the biological classification on Earth—kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species—to draw an analogy, it is not transcending the "species" level, but directly transcending the highest "kingdom" level.

The moment these words were spoken, Xia Shao's heart was extremely conflicted. On one hand, he especially hoped that this matter was true, as that would indeed provide an opportunity to make rapid progress in the Bloodline Domain.

"You might not believe it when you hear it, but we discovered an alien race that can disguise their bloodline sequence as human! If it weren't for the breakthrough in Bloodline Source Lock positioning technology, which allows for rapid and quick positioning and detection of the source lock state, we might never have discovered it."

If it were any other matter, he certainly wouldn't be so eager to take it up, but this matter before him did not allow him to remain passive, or even to avoid delving deep into it.

He stared at Jilan with a complex expression. Jilan could fully understand such a look, and then he gave his own answer:

"What matter makes you so nervous, Jilan? And you even came to find me? Could it be that Abyssal Aura was detected in the blood samples from my Territory?"

The bloodline sequence of the Magic world is similar to DNA on Earth; it is the unique characteristic of a race that is closest to the root. If even that can be disguised, then what else cannot be disguised?

Jilan was not hiding the fact that the Seven Towers was temporarily lagging behind in terms of Mobile War Spell Platforms. To get Xia Shao to agree to help, necessary information sharing was a must.

But hot-bloodedness was only for a moment; reality ultimately required a calm approach. Xia Shao pondered for a moment and confirmed with Jilan: "Could it be a detection error?"

"Are you talking about the Bloodline Source Lock positioning technology?" Xia Shao asked in return.

If it weren't for the fact that the Bloodline Source Lock positioning technology could effectively improve sequencing efficiency, Xia Shao felt that the Huo En Gao Ta might not have disclosed this technology to him.

Therefore, upon realizing that such a possibility for rapid progress in the Bloodline Domain had actually appeared, an incomparably strong desire instantly ignited in Xia Shao's heart—

"Sorry to disturb you so late."

Xia Shao's first reaction was disbelief, but at the same time, he understood that Jilan wouldn't run over in the middle of the night to joke with him about such things. Therefore, his second reaction was shock—how could such a thing even happen?!

Although the two sides had split and reunited several times, even now, the Tower of Time still had people participating in the Huo En Gao Ta's Bloodline Sequencing Project, but sequencing is sequencing, and derivative technology is another matter entirely.

"If there is a reason for the matter, then it is fine; after all, one of the duties of a councilor is to maintain contact at all times."

Or rather, an existence that has mastered this kind of technology has, to a certain extent, already transcended the limitations of race!

Hearing Taobo's incomparably certain answer, a chill couldn't help but seep into Xia Shao's heart, and he then asked: "What does the Seven Towers hope I will do?"

Bloodline sequencing is most directly understood as determining the state of the countless Bloodline Source Locks contained within the human bloodline sequence.

Xia Shao could only think of this one possibility at first, but the problem was that before the blood samples from the territory were sent for testing, he had actually tested them privately once and had not discovered any Abyssal Aura.

Now that he was asked by Jilan, if there were no surprises, it was the Bloodline Source Lock positioning technology. This technology could quickly lock onto the most fundamental structure of the bloodline—the Bloodline Source Lock.

"Secondly, can you determine the target's hostility? If the target has no hostility toward us, yet we still want to capture the target, is it out of fear of provoking the other party?

It is not enough to just sequence the human bloodline; it is also necessary to perform a complete sequencing for other organisms that one wishes to transform into.

It was just that after careful consideration, Xia Shao did not immediately agree, but instead asked Jilan several questions in succession: "Can you be sure that there is only one target? If there are multiple targets, and capturing one ends up provoking the others, what should we do?

Various possibilities flashed through Xia Shao's mind. At the same time, Taobo also began to explain his purpose, "It has to do with Demon Descendants—no, actually, it still has a tiny bit to do with them. If it weren't for the comprehensive testing, we wouldn't have been able to discover this matter. I don't know if you, Xia Shao, have any understanding of the recent breakthroughs in the derivative technologies of the Bloodline Sequencing Project?"