Chapter 647
Human experimentation was not something Adele found unacceptable. In fact, whenever she conducted potion experiments, she would hand the potions over to the Salvation Society, which would carry out the actual human trials and provide feedback.
The Salvation Society had the means to find individuals with specific ailments—people who would die even without trying the drugs. For them, testing the drugs offered a glimmer of hope for survival, and the Society would also provide financial support, which was a lifeline for the impoverished.
However, this was not about healing through human experimentation... it was about completely transforming a person into a "tool"... transferring the life of a living being into an inanimate object.
From both an ethical and moral standpoint, Adele could not reconcile this in her heart.
“It’s not cruel,” Xiar shook his head and said, “We’re saving lives.”
Adele looked up at Xiar, remaining silent for a long time before nodding and saying, “I trust you.”
She didn’t ask Xiar for any explanations. Adele believed in him; she trusted that someone who privately researched the antidote for the "Rotting Plague" in Beiansu, someone who wanted to save millions of suffering souls, wouldn’t do anything wrong.
When Xiar didn’t refuse Adele’s continued research on the antidote and even entrusted her with important research notes, Adele decided that she would choose to trust Xiar no matter what happened in the future.
That’s why she listened to Xiar. Whatever she wanted to do, she would report to him and only proceed with his approval.
“Thank you,” Xiar nodded gently.
Xiar didn’t expect Adele to make any significant breakthroughs in the remaining time of the simulation. She was merely clarifying her thoughts on the alchemy of flesh and blood, while also gauging the attitudes of people in this era towards such practices.
At least from Adele’s current attitude, it seemed that this matter could be entrusted to her. Xiar still had faith in her research capabilities.
The Salvation Society, which had been collaborating with the Church of the Savior, could endorse this research... Even if the Society refused to participate, there was still the Natura Medical Group.
The profit-driven Natura Medical Group, which was acquiring the bodies of extraordinary beings, wouldn’t care about ethics or morals.
As long as Xiar could offer enough “sincerity” and present an irresistible price... that meant ample teams, resources, and bodies.
After bidding farewell to the already deep in thought Adele, Xiar took Tara and left the monastery, heading to the Blisdeton Member Hotel to check on Aivina and the others.
When Xiar arrived, Aivina was still unconscious. Xiar instructed Tara to stay behind and take care of Aivina and the others, while he called upon Eleanor and headed towards the city exit.
Now, the Cathedral of the Order and the monastery had very few people left; almost all the clergy had been dispatched to the streets to deal with the chaos caused by Sadana’s appearance.
Xiar decided to have Eleanor take him back to Ansu City as quickly as possible.
She needed to go to the Cathedral of the Order to find the interdimensional node.
Xiar intended to visit the ancient castle in the other realm personally, to see the pure white armor and the green brain guarded within the castle.
She needed to obtain several complete brains to validate her hypotheses.
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At eight o'clock in the evening, in front of the Cathedral of the Order in Ansu City.
The western district was under full lockdown, sealed off and on high alert, with patrolling extraordinary beings from the church visible on every street.
The other districts were almost engulfed in flames, the Scarlet Plague rampaging wildly, with countless terrifying living dead hunting down anything that moved, driven by their bloody instincts.
Since there hadn’t been a widespread infection of extraordinary beings this time, the two major churches in the western district and other extraordinary forces quickly cleared out the infected and established a defensive line. Charles had already begun to gather troops to eliminate the infected in other areas.
In the chaos occurring in Ansu, resolving the situation was the quickest. The Scarlet Plague couldn’t achieve a significant killing effect under these circumstances, but now, everything happening in Ansu City was also occurring worldwide.
Some smaller cities didn’t have the powerful forces and extraordinary beings that Ansu had.
Charles and the Church of the Order would likely trace the source back to the Church of the Savior soon, but it wouldn’t be within the remaining ten hours.
Before Xiar left the simulation, they wouldn’t be able to uncover anything.
“May I ask what brings you here?”
Seeing Xiar and Eleanor at the door, an extraordinary being from the Church of the Order recognized the emblem of the Tribunal and approached, a bit nervously, to inquire of Eleanor.
Eleanor slightly bowed her head towards Xiar, and Xiar turned to the extraordinary being, offering a gentle smile as she said, “Tell Erygma that Xiar is looking for her.”
After a brief wait, Xiar was invited inside the cathedral.
The conversation with Erygma was swift. Having spoken with her several times in both the simulation and reality, upon learning that Xiar wanted to actively enter the interdimensional node, Erygma had no reason to object and directly led Xiar underground.
Standing at the entrance of the interdimensional node, feeling the familiar aura of the other realm, Xiar took a deep breath.
This wasn’t her first time entering the other realm...
She only hoped that, compared to before, the growth she had experienced would allow her to withstand the pollution of the other realm.
Investigating the green brain, conversing with the pure white armor... and if possible, trying to find that ascendant from the Witch Academy...
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Chapter 331: Green Brain Storage Device
Xiar stood before the interdimensional node, gazing at the familiar, shattered shield.
Crimson bloodlines connected the broken shield, which floated silently dozens of meters beneath the ground.
As if sensing someone approaching, the previously calm interdimensional node began to accelerate, the shattered shield unfolding as countless blood threads coalesced into a familiar crimson vortex before it.
Erygma stood a short distance behind Xiar, calmly observing her, seemingly intent on recording every one of Xiar’s movements.
Standing before the gate to the other realm, Xiar slowly inhaled, then stepped forward.
Isn’t it supposed to be a spiritual entry? She’s entering with her body?
Watching Xiar’s actions, Erygma’s eyes widened.
Both the Church of the Order and the Church of the Savior had always attempted to connect with the other realm using the spirit of the saint...
The Church of the Order had it easier, being able to directly use the interdimensional node, while the Church of the Savior could only use sacrificial methods to create a small rift that could only accommodate spirits.
Erygma had never seen anyone step directly into the interdimensional node...
No matter how shocked Erygma was at that moment, it had nothing to do with Xiar.
She walked straight towards the interdimensional node, crossing through the blood-red vortex.
This time, Xiar noticed something.
Previously, when she approached the interdimensional node in the simulation, she, like others, would experience intense mental interference.
But after her previous experiences, especially after her two visits to the Old Days, she found that she had developed a significant resistance to the other realm.
For instance, when she summoned Remedais before, the surrounding fourth-tier beings could no longer bear to look at her, but the pollution from the other realm had almost no effect on Xiar.
Even now, with half of her body already immersed in the other realm, the spiritual alarms in her mind merely buzzed faintly, and the fear and pollution in her consciousness did not intensify.
What was going on?
Compared to before entering the Old Days, her mental strength had indeed improved significantly... but this enhancement was still far from reaching a qualitative change.
Perhaps it had nothing to do with mental strength... but rather with understanding.
Through the information obtained in the Old Days and her conversations with the pure white armor and Remedais, Xiar had formed a complete and concrete impression of the other realm in her mind, eliminating the initial sense of “the unknown.”
The unknown is the source of fear. Now that Xiar had grasped a certain amount of knowledge—or rather, the truth about the other realm, she could resist most of the disturbances coming from it.
Of course, it was also possible that it wasn’t so complicated; it could simply be that Xiar had experienced a deeper level of faith pollution from the “Judger” archive, making the pollution from the other realm a lesser concern for her mind.
Regardless of the situation, it was a good thing for Xiar.
After passing through the interdimensional node, Xiar’s next step landed on a “soft” terrain, as if she were stepping on a massive organ.
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