[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-notes-on-kraft-anomalous-studies":3,"chapter-notes-on-kraft-anomalous-studies-notes-on-kraft-anomalous-studies-chapter-200":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Notes on Kraft Anomalous Studies",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2283678,4467,"Chapter 200","notes-on-kraft-anomalous-studies-chapter-200",200,"\u003Cp>Kraft carried the book from the carriage to his lodging, trying to uncover any metaphors or hints in the wording, but the scripture was never historical fact—it valued the blending of illusion and reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To draw an imperfect analogy, it’s like tales of “a dragon entering the chamber before birth,” “the whole room glowing red at birth,” or “slaying a white serpent to rise in rebellion”—here too are similar stories of extraordinary birth and slaying of evil dragons, their proportions heightened in narration to emphasize the divine selection and unalterable fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially due to practical needs, scripture stories are generally brief, ensuring this sacred book isn’t split into three volumes, and must be readable and copyable by those with average education, so the narrative structure leans toward simplicity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The story’s beginning clearly reflects the Church’s development in Nos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once, Nos was deeply fractured, with regional rulers all refusing to submit to one another; vibrant social groups sprang up everywhere, ranging from villages to city-centered territories, constantly warring and attempting to swallow each other—none likely matched the current Duke of Westmin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The specific powers and their titles were too numerous; most are now lost to history. All one needs to know is that it was an era of kings everywhere, ancient and glorious, Nos teeming with life and boundless growth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was under these conditions that the Church landed on this isolated offshore land and began its missionary journey, quickly realizing this hellish existence was unbearable. An unstable environment brimmed with capricious edicts, village brawls, and regime changes—if one could even call them regimes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They encountered cultural dissonance and faced competition from various local primal beliefs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Church bishop, Saint Yeger, received a revelation from the Heavenly Father, instructing him to seek a child chosen by the Heavenly Father, raise him from childhood, and guide him to draw forth the sword destined only for the chosen one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Interpreting it personally, one might understand it as: the Church found a controllable minor noble’s younger son, backed him as a secular representative, and sought to carve out a theocratic state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chosen one, the First King, proved remarkably worthy. His birth bore omens; he was exceptionally intelligent, able to recite the priest’s sermons by age three, and by the time Saint Yeger found him, he could recite the entire scripture from memory, naturally possessing every virtue a knight should have—all later proven true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brave and merciful, no one could stand against the sword drawn from the stone—whether the armies of great lords, the legendary dragons with scales impervious to blades and breath of flame, or devil-worshipping heretics. Yet to those willing to submit, he converted them with the scripture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, this chosen representative was exceptionally capable, surprisingly deadly; those he encountered, human or otherwise, had only two fates: submit entirely, or fall into silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Generally understood as unifying secular powers and eradicating the wild, rampant primal faiths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be honest, this was frightening. This newly formed colossal military order, under the First King’s command, swept across Nos in a short time. In Kraft’s view, there’s reason to suspect that in later stages, the Church realized events had spiraled beyond control—the secular leader had gained prestige rivaling that of religion itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the momentum previously built for the Church had become an unshakable foundation; a theocratic state was no longer possible. The world would be shared: the spiritual realm to the Church, the temporal realm to the king.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the question arises: why would Morrison read this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The suspicious elements abound. If interpreted abnormally, the supernatural elements—from parted clouds descending beams of light, sheep following naturally while herding, drawing a sword no one else could pull, to slaying dragons—were never absent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come on, who knows what’s pure fabrication?” Kraft held the flame to the pages, desperately trying to see if he could reveal hidden writing. Considering he had to return the book, he abandoned the impulse and slammed the scripture shut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slumped in his chair for a while, then pulled from the bottom of his purse the single coin. The story of the Sword in the Stone and the First King was well known; its elements appeared everywhere—the royal coin being the most common manifestation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, not that common. Coins were mostly kept locked away; this was the first time he’d ever taken one out. As for some impoverished heir before financial independence, he’d never had a chance to touch the family’s small treasury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flipping the coin over, the other side bore the royal sword emblem. To suit the shield shape and the resolution of the minted design, the sword was short and broad, resembling a broadsword—if the king had truly used it to strike hard objects, it would make sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kraft returned the coin to his pocket, tightened the bag’s drawstring, and concluded he had no ability to extract any meaningful information from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he could confirm which element Morrison found intriguing, without further guidance, blind exploration made it nearly impossible to connect it to existing knowledge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Forget it. It was an accidental discovery. If there’s no causal link, it’s reasonable that progress stalls.” He pressed his temple and began listing investigation directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lab fire was either terribly unlucky—or too conveniently timed. All related experimental data and Morrison himself were reduced to ashes; no one could continue the inquiry. Witnesses and evidence vanished. Like Professor Petri’s death: everyone sensed something was wrong, Kraft could even judge he’d been dragged into the Deep, yet there was nothing he could do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a vague society centered around the so-called black fluid, likely structured between Dunling and Westmin; many scholars were involved, with tenuous ties to heresy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Westmin, they ordered Bramer to kill Petri under heavy guard; in Dunling, they silenced Morrison and Kalman, going to such lengths to protect their secret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recalling the Inquisition members he’d seen at the Academy, perhaps the Church knew something? Or did their instinctive pursuit of heresy force the group to destroy evidence?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And there was a common thread here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【No bodies left】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fire could be understood as a convenient way to burn everything clean, but dragging Petri into the Deep was harder to justify.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【The slow update of new chapters has finally found a solution on apps that allow source switching—download this app here to view the latest chapters of this book across multiple sites.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The assassin’s flask had been emptied into the cup; after death, his documents were taken by Professor Bramer. If their goal was merely to ensure Petri remained silent forever, what difference did it make between placing belladonna and black fluid?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No difference at all—unless they’d just learned “magic” and couldn’t resist showing off?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Of course there’s a difference】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They seemed to have an obsession or necessity: Petri’s remains must never fall outside their control—especially not into the hands of Rivers University, and particularly not into Rivers University’s Medical Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more Kraft thought, the more wrong it felt. He lowered his left hand from his temple; the sharp, dense ridges of his sleeve brushed against the desk. Judging by his own experience, many individuals deeply affected by the Deep exhibited abnormal anatomical structures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kup, go downstairs and ask Professors Feiernan and Lin Deng if they’d like to join me in paying respects at the fire victims’ gravesite. Say it’s to ease relations between the two academies and pave the way for future technical exchanges and equipment borrowing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Understood, Mr. Kraft. I’ll go right away.” Kup closed his vocabulary book and ran downstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>",1256,"2026-06-20T02:15:55.761Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","da86309550e39063a79612c690e262302db47b07f6fdc5b11ae95268cc1be1a6","notes-on-kraft-anomalous-studies-chapter-201","notes-on-kraft-anomalous-studies-chapter-199",406,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fnotes-on-kraft-anomalous-studies-cover.jpg"]