Chapter 423: A ritual to trace bloodlines and sacrifice summons is used to obtain the genes of a powerful vampire. |
Inside the ritual room at Johnck Zoo.
Jiu Feng and Mona exchanged a glance, then simultaneously turned their eyes to Yu Yuan.
"Due to the Silver-tier ritual medium, we cannot normally obtain the qualification to enter the Spiritual Dimension. This might be related to insufficient ritual energy."
"Therefore, we took a different approach directly. Since we can't enter the Spiritual Dimension, then we simply won't. We'll just let the beings within the Spiritual Dimension come out themselves."
"So, the effect of this ritual is not to let us enter the Spiritual Dimension, but to let those beings from the Spiritual Dimension descend into our world."
"Huh? This..."
Well, well!
Yu Yuan somewhat understood Jiu Feng and Mona's idea.
But...
"Master, we naturally understand the danger involved..." Jiu Feng pointed at the ritual diagram on the floor and said:
"That's why we modified the ritual. All of this is thanks to that book on the Orthodox Church's exchange ritual you brought back, which gave us the idea."
"That Orthodox Church exchange ritual is about conducting sacrificial trades with beings from another world. It has a circuit breaker mechanism for dealing with powerful entities."
"You can independently set the required lifeform tier for the exchange. The higher the tier of the lifeform being exchanged, the more precious the sacrificial items required."
"Right now, Bronze-tier beings are already of little use to us. Moreover, lifeforms of that tier haven't reached the level of the Spiritual Dimension.
Let's not even talk about the Gold-tier; we're not qualified to contact it, and even if we did, it would only be a disaster for us. Only the Silver-tier happens to be right at the upper limit of our research knowledge blind spot, offering us the greatest help."
"Master, your Stealth Rat is also a Silver-tier existence. If an accident occurs, it's not like we'd be completely defenseless..."
Yu Yuan pondered.
If that's the case, then this ritual is indeed worth trying.
He was also urgently in need of understanding Silver-tier lifeforms right now.
He hadn't used the Fate Cards for a long time.
A major reason was that the next draws from the Fate Cards would very likely yield Silver-tier cards, with a small chance of Gold-tier ones.
But the highest biological tier he had encountered so far was only Bronze-tier.
If he could have a stable channel to contact Silver-tier beings, then he could continue drawing cards.
"Since that's the case, tell me about the sacrificial requirements for this ritual!"
"Master, the main body of this ritual is modified based on the Spiritual Dimension ritual and the Orthodox Church's sacrificial exchange ritual. Therefore, the core of the ritual is exchange. The sacrificial items are divided into two parts: the primary sacrifice and the secondary sacrifice.
The primary sacrifice is the core of the ritual. The lifeform we summon comes from summoning based on the bloodline upstream or even the source of the primary sacrifice, which means defining the summoning range.
The secondary sacrifice provides the cost and energy for the exchange. Whether we can attract the summoning target, and the quality of the summoned target, all depend on whether the secondary sacrifice's quality is attractive and enticing enough."
"This sounds a bit like fishing!" Yu Yuan raised an eyebrow slightly.
"Hehe..." Jiu Feng chuckled.
"Master, to tell the truth, it really is fishing. It's just that we've placed this fishing pond within the Spiritual Dimension, and we've defined the fishing range through the primary sacrifice. The secondary sacrifice is the bait...
However, our understanding of the Spiritual Dimension is still very lacking. Although the basic effect of this ritual is confirmed, we cannot guarantee what exactly will be summoned!"
Jiu Feng frowned; this was his only concern.
"Not even able to determine what the summoned target will be?"
"Correct. We don't understand the situation within the Spiritual Dimension. But based on speculation from the Orthodox Church exchange ritual records, the summoned target could be the entity descending in its true form, it could be the consciousness of a certain being descending, or it could be a clone.
The only thing we can be sure of is that the summoned lifeform will definitely be an existence from upstream or the source of the primary sacrifice's bloodline."
"Therefore, this set of rituals has been temporarily named the 【Bloodline Origin Tracing Summoning Sacrificial Ritual】."
Inside the room, Yu Yuan tapped on the tabletop, while Jiu Feng and Mona waited quietly.
"Jiu Feng, have Miller come here!"
"Alright!"
Miller arrived very quickly.
"Master!"
"Miller, how is the werewolf bloodline research progressing now?"
"Master, the extraction of all werewolf bloodline genetic traits has been successfully completed, and we've also made some progress in the research on Hogg.
Animal experiments have confirmed that his strength and genetic state do indeed affect the subsequent genetic sequences of werewolves.
I am currently trying to extract the molten genetic enzyme system from within the Molten Kobolds, attempting to perform chimerism with the werewolf genes. If successful, perhaps we can later develop a Molten Werewolf genetic serum suitable for high-temperature environments."
Here, Miller also brought up a current difficulty.
"But the main issue for large-scale development of the Werewolf Genetic Modification Serum is still the problem of restraining and controlling werewolves. Their combat nature is too strong; they are too prone to getting carried away and losing control. If they lose control during combat with enemies, then..."
This problem was actually an old, recurring topic.
"I called you here precisely because of this matter. Regarding Jiu Feng's previous idea of performing chimerism between vampire and werewolf genetic bloodlines, wouldn't that solve this problem?"
"This..." Miller pondered for a moment, then nodded slightly.
"Based on the current situation, the vampire's superior suppression genes are indeed the best solution. But if we use vampire genes for chimerism, a new problem will arise..."
"Speak!"
"If we perform chimerism between vampire and werewolf genes, using Hogg's genes for the werewolf part is completely fine. Chimerism with vampire genes can also perfectly solve the risk of werewolf loss of control... but the original genetic template for the vampire chimerism absolutely cannot use lower-tier vampires."
Seeing Miller's deeply furrowed brow, Yu Yuan nodded with satisfaction.
"It seems you've noticed it too! Using lower-tier vampire genes for chimerism means that in the future, when facing higher-tier vampires, our werewolves will likely be suppressed by the other party's superior bloodline."
Miller showed surprise.
"Master, you thought of it too!"
Yu Yuan gave a slight nod, the smile fading from the corner of his mouth.
"I called you here originally to verify this speculation. Since you've also noticed it, that means this speculation is very likely valid."
"To perform chimerism between werewolf and vampire genes, the vampire genes used must be from a higher-tier vampire. Only the bloodline genes of a higher-tier vampire can minimize the effect of vampire bloodline suppression."
Hearing this, Jiu Feng and Mona seemed thoughtful.
Soon, their eyes lit up, and they simultaneously turned their heads to look at the still-unfinished 【Bloodline Origin Tracing Summoning Sacrificial Ritual】 in the room.
Higher-tier vampire bloodline genes?
Isn't that just perfect?