Chapter 3275: Patient No. 5

【Blood of Rosa Niye】, also known as the Painter's Blood, provides a massive amount of information.

First of all, the Painted World was painted by the Painter. This is not worth being surprised or astonished about; the Painter is a special existence, but there is a world of difference between them and the level of a Creator or Originator.

The reason for saying this is that the reason a world can be painted within this world is due to the existence of the 【Scroll Fragment】. A complete world canvas is actually a type of World Core; understanding it this way is very simple.

The 【World Canvas】 is the main reason a world can be painted. Of course, the Painter's uniqueness cannot be underestimated. If Su Xiao were to paint it, he absolutely could not. With his painting skills, the maps he draws only exist in his own "world," and outsiders cannot understand them at all.

Su Xiao can hand the Painter's Blood to four parties—no, three parties: the Young Lady, the Trace King in Room No. 5, and the Trace King Hall.

The Young Lady's identity needs no further explanation. Even thinking with one's heels, one could guess she is the new Painter. Because there is no previous Painter's blood as an awakening agent, the Young Lady can currently only be considered half a Painter and cannot paint worlds using the world canvas.

The second target is the old man in Room No. 5. Su Xiao had previously suspected that this old man was Patient No. 5, the only Seventh-Stage Beast-fied person in history. Now it seems Patient No. 5 is not him; he is a Trace King.

However, as a Trace King, the old man in Room No. 5 does not seem to be in cahoots with the Trace King Hall. This is a bit confusing.

The members of the Trace King Hall have been searching for Trace Kings. Their devotion is no less than the Sun Church's devotion to the Sun. They are always searching for Trace Kings, yet they are actually not on the same side as the Trace King Kings.

This makes one wonder if the Trace King Hall really harbors good intentions in searching for the Trace Kings. Su Xiao would not be surprised by anything those god-obsessed Seekers do. Even if they found a Trace King and turned them into a human lantern, Su Xiao would not be the slightest bit surprised.

Su Xiao has not yet decided who to give the Painter's Blood to. This is a particularly difficult choice because selling this item to the Samsara Paradise would yield a 【World-Class Treasure Chest】.

Su Xiao still has a 【World Key】 in his storage space. Just thinking about opening them together makes him nostalgic for the feeling.

The Painter's Blood is the gain from deep within the Nightmare Castle Ward. In fact, the current choice is not complicated: whether to quit while ahead or seek greater benefits. Su Xiao is not in a hurry to make a decision.

There are many books and notes on the desk. After Su Xiao flipped through them, some were about research on Soul Beast-fication, and others were about marine life and the deep sea.

Regarding the deep sea, Su Xiao recalled information he learned at the Sun Church. The dynasty had two representative types of power: Light Flame and Ocean. The former is understandable; it is the bloodline power inherited by the royal descendants. As for the latter, the Ocean, Su Xiao speculates that this was a power the dynasty wanted to use to fight poison with poison during its final days.

As it turned out, the attack failed. "Soul Beast-fication" and "Wrath of the Sea" not only did not oppose each other but coexisted. The product of their combination is most representatively Nightmare and Turbid Light.

Su Xiao held the notes in his hand, his eyes thoughtful. So that's how Nightmares came to be. He had previously thought Nightmares were a type of extraordinary phenomenon in the Painted World.

All Nightmares have one thing in common: the water used for resonance. The resonance water of Nightmare Eternal Hope Town comes from the red rain in the sky. This red rain is a large-scale phenomenon formed by "Soul Beast-fication" + "Wrath of the Sea."

Precisely because of this red rain, the Sand World is a disaster area for Nightmares. Morei mentioned before that she entered seven or eight Nightmare areas in the Sand World.

The resonance water in the castle ward comes from the brains of the Brain Monsters. Su Xiao recalled that when he saw the Brain Monsters in the main corridor just now, blood gradually seeped from their large tumor-like heads. After forming blood droplets on their heads, they ignored gravity and floated upward.

Red blood, upward-floating droplets—if there were enough Brain Monsters, more blood would seep from the tumors on their heads. Where did this blood go after floating into the sky?

Or rather, the red rain in the Sand World is the blood seeped from the Brain Monsters. That is why being rained on by this blood causes sanity to slowly slide.

Blood evaporates, floats into the high sky, condenses into clouds, rains blood, and the blood rain causes more Nightmare areas to breed, repeating this cycle.

Su Xiao had always been unable to figure out why it was called the Sand World yet rained all the time. Now it seems those are the blood and tears of countless dead souls. They trusted the dynasty, but the dynasty, in order to stabilize its rule while reducing the number of Beast-fied people, turned them into Brain Monsters.

Compared to Beast-fied people, Brain Monsters are much easier to control. When they first become Brain Monsters, there are no eyes on their tumor heads, they cannot emit Turbid Light, and they are not difficult to kill.

Compared to directly killing civilians about to be Beast-fied, helping them with treatment but failing is easier for the public to accept and will not cause large-scale resistance.

Thinking about it this way, the dynasty using "Wrath of the Sea" to treat Soul Beast-fication was not fighting poison with poison; they did it on purpose. From the very beginning, the royal descendants knew "Wrath of the Sea" could not cure Beast-fication.

The castle ward was their initial experimental site. After obtaining results, the dynasty implemented this strategy in their new lair, the Sand World.

Harsh tyranny would accelerate the Beast-fication of civilians. The civilians in this world were not existences to be bullied by those in power. If they despaired, they would undergo Soul Beast-fication faster, causing larger-scale beast disasters.

The royal descendants' method was: since it couldn't be cured, they would "harmlessly process" the civilians about to be Beast-fied under the guise of treatment. Whether these civilians were in pain, apart from their relatives and friends, no one cared. At that time, the dynasty was on the verge of collapse and was sparing no cost to reduce the number of Beast-fied people.

Countless Brain Monsters appeared, and the blood seeped from the tumors on their heads accumulated, forming blood rain.

Only then did the "Nightmare" come. After two heavy blows, Nightmare + Beast Disaster, the dynasty collapsed like a giant and finally died, dying in the blood and tears of millions of dead souls.

Putting down the notes in his hand, the Sun Church and the castle doctors recording these meant that during that period, they had completely fallen out with the dynasty.

After searching through the books on the table, Su Xiao had no new discoveries. As he put a book back, a piece of paper tucked between the pages fell out.

This paper was folded in half. After opening it, he found it was a medical record. The handwriting on it matched the medical record found on the roof earlier. The two medical records were from the same doctor. The content of this medical record was:

Patient: Patient No. 5

Degree of Soul Beast-fication: Sixth-Stage Beast-fication (severe, has reached the degree of soul mapping to the body).

Consultation situation: Unable to communicate normally. This Beast-fied person did not reveal a violent or fierce side. He just looked at me calmly, and the gaze made me tremble. To capture him, 36 Sun Church members died, and over 150 were injured. Rather than saying he is a beast, he is more like a powerful warrior who has lost his sanity.

Patient age: Estimated that before Beast-fication, Patient No. 5's age was over 68.

Patient height: 3.12 meters.

"First day of treatment observation report: Injected Patient No. 5 with Rosa... (bloodstain covered) blood."

"2nd day observation report: Patient No. 5's Beast-fication has been suppressed. Compared to when I wrote the medical record for Rosa... (bloodstain covered), my mood is very calm now. After Patient No. 5's Beast-fication was suppressed, the dirty brownish-yellow in his pupils is fading, but this is not a method to treat Beast-fication."

"3rd day observation report: That's right, I... created the first Seventh-Stage Beast-fied person in history, just as I wrote in my previous medical record."

"4th day observation report: Patient No. 5 has no obvious changes. Rosa... (bloodstain covered) is dead, cause unknown. That afternoon, all members of the Sun Church withdrew and returned to the Sand Village Painting."

What exactly is the Painter? What secrets are the dynasty and the Sun Church hiding? It has already reached such a juncture, do they still have to continue hiding it? And what about the Trace Kings imprisoned in the castle? What role do the Trace Kings play in these matters?

As a doctor, I need to know the cause of the disease to prescribe the right medicine, but the dynasty and the Sun Church do not intend to make the cause public."

"5th day observation report: Patient No. 5 has no obvious changes. I have been hiding in the secret room for 1 day. There are only me and Patient No. 72 here.

Her Beast-fication has been suppressed, but the power of the Wrath of the Sea caused her head to swell into a large tumor. After injecting a trace amount of Rosa... (bloodstain covered) blood, she calmed down a lot and no longer walks around wearing those metal high heels.

Patient No. 72 will also mutate into something stronger. To survive and not be illuminated by her Turbid Light right now, I can only inject her with a trace amount of Rosa... (bloodstain covered) blood."

"6th day observation report: Patient No. 5 has no obvious changes. Patient No. 72 has obvious changes. Many eyes have grown on her tumor head, but she didn't illuminate me with Turbid Light. It seems she... has regained her sanity?

The metal high heels she wears on her feet are really noisy when she walks. I have wanted to ask her to be quiet for a while many times, but for the sake of my life, I'd better forget it."

"7th day observation report: This morning, I opened the door a crack to observe outside, and then I saw Patient No. 5 in the utility hall. My thought at the time was, I'm dead.

What shocked me happened. Patient No. 5, as a Seventh-Stage Beast-fied person, not only didn't kill me but helped me fetch food from outside the Nightmare. He seems to have regained his sanity! When he first became a Seventh-Stage Beast-fied person, the Sun Church members just by seeing him and making eye contact caused their sanity to collapse and become beasts, but now, Patient No. 5 has actually regained his sanity. How wonderful this is.

This secret must be sealed, otherwise, madmen pursuing power will actively Beast-fy, thinking they are the chosen ones who can transform into the Seventh Stage. Several bishops of the Sun Church hold the same view as me. We will announce the existence of the Seventh-Stage Beast-fied person to the outside world. This is difficult to hide, but we will fabricate that the Seventh-Stage Beast-fied person has no sanity and is very terrifying."

"8th day observation report: Confirmed, Patient No. 5 has regained his sanity. The Sun Church members have returned to the castle ward one after another. Everything is developing in a good direction."

"10th day observation report: Patient No. 5 suddenly went mad and knocked down all the Sun Church members in the castle ward. He didn't kill anyone. I know, he is very clear-headed and didn't go mad. He just wanted to leave here. His former honor does not allow him to be observed by us like an experimental animal.

Patient No. 5 didn't hurt me before leaving. As a doctor, I can judge that he still cannot control his power well. He didn't want to kill me by mistake, and he is trying to seal the power of Beast-fication in his heart with his own will. If he succeeds, his power will be greatly weakened, but he can maintain his sanity for a long time. I hope this old warrior will not Beast-fy again."

"129th day observation report: Patient No. 72's transformation is finally complete. The searchlight on her head doesn't fit my aesthetic, but it's really practical. Regarding her high heels, Patient No. 72 loved her metal high heels very much before most of her brain tissue was removed. She will become the guard of this place.

Patient No. 72, do you hate me for turning you into a monster? Don't be in a hurry, tomorrow you can tear me apart. I am on the verge of Beast-fication. Rosa... (bloodstain covered) blood is very precious and should not be wasted on someone like me. The knowledge I possess can be passed down through books. This remaining Painter's Blood must be left to those who truly need it."

"130th day observation report: How surprising, Patient No. 5 actually came back to visit me. I don't know how he entered this Nightmare area without a key. He is wearing full-body armor, the red cloak behind him is a bit old, but his greatsword is extraordinary.

Long time no see, he has recovered very well. When chatting with him, he mentioned that he was a knight before Beast-fication, and he has already sealed his Beast-fication power with his will, vowing never to use it.

Many years ago, the beast disaster broke out. I couldn't save my parents, I couldn't save my wife and daughter, I couldn't even save any of the Beast-fication patients I treated. And this Seventh-Stage Beast-fied person with sanity, this old knight, he is the only person I have cured. I hope... you can do something for this world that is nearly extinct, old knight."

PS: (Two chapters today, but neither of these chapters is short, so readers, please be gentle when kicking Feiwen.) ===== CHAPTER 3276 =====