Extraordinary Pedigree.

Chapter 598: Flower of Blood and Bone: Solomon and the White Worm Cult

After thinking it over again and again, the female forensic doctor finally decided that it would be better to be honest.

She looked at the blond masked man in winter clothes in front of her, feeling a little uneasy.

The other party's calm yet oppressive aura made her feel deeply uneasy, but she knew that continuing to conceal the truth would only bring greater danger.

She took a deep breath, raised her head, and said in a slightly trembling voice:
"Respected head of the family, I am from the Solomonian sect, and my original name is Zdena Slovakova."

After hearing this, Xia Xiu raised his eyebrows slightly, and the golden pupils behind the mask stared at her through the gap. Those eyes seemed to be able to see through everything, leaving Zdena (Lisa) feeling that she had nowhere to hide.

He stroked his chin and whispered, "Slovakova... a surname from the Thracian region of the Central Alliance. Sure enough, there are many Sarkic members lurking there."

His voice was calm but thoughtful, as if he was piecing together a complex puzzle.

The female forensic doctor looked at Xia Xiu's reaction and became even more nervous.

"Isn't this person one of those antique factions among the original Sarkic or those free-spirited people among the new Sarkic... I shouldn't be so unlucky."

Lisa was unsure for a moment what faction the patriarch in front of her belonged to, and she felt a little uneasy, but she knew that she could not turn back.

Xia Xiu continued with interest: "You said you were from the Solomonian Order."

His golden eyes shone with a deep light, and a hint of amusement flashed in his eyes as he looked at Zdena's modern makeup and dress.

"It appears that you have made the transition from Proto-Sarkic to Neo-Sarkic."

Xia Xiu asked with some kind of evil amusement: "You didn't jump from the Solomonian Order to the White Worm Secret Order, did you?"

Xia Xiu's words were like a sharp blade, piercing the female medical examiner's heart.

She bit her lip and nodded, "Yes, my lord, I am now affiliated with the Neo-Sarkic Order."

The Solomonoid Order is one of the four original Sarkic cults, with a history that can be traced back to the ancient Sarkic Empire.

The group is known for its unique rituals and dances, especially for curing illness and expelling evil.

After the collapse of the Empire, the Solomonii continued to dominate the central Romania region, and built a Sarkic fortress in the region with the Empire's legacy. Their rule over Romania lasted until the 13th year of the Terran calendar.

At that time, the fortress collapsed due to the alien war in Central China and the division of the Sarkic circuits within Solomon.

The main problem with Solomon's Sarkic line dispute is that the patriarchal system is inconsistent with the current situation on Terra.

The formation of lineage classes stems from the different possession and control of extraordinary means of production by different class groups.

According to the route and prophecy of Ion's preaching.

The Sarkic Grand Warlocks and Saint Class overthrew the Daeva's plundering rule through revolution, established the Sarkic Empire's Warlock Dictatorship, and gradually eliminated the Daeva's blood-pay slavery and god-thinking (in modern Terra, the academic names are [Transcendent Atlas Ideology] and [Transcendent Trustism]), realizing the comprehensive think tankization of the extraordinary means of production and the perfect circulation of talents.

All means of production (whether extraordinary or not) belong to the think tank, are distributed according to need, and everyone is free to develop.

During the Sarkic Empire, the Grand Karcist alone overpowered the five lower classes of transcendents in the entire Sarkic lineage.

Establish the dictatorship of the Grand Warlock, assist the government with the help of the Saints, enfeoff various "family heads" to govern the empire's plates, begin to gradually eliminate extraordinary private ownership, and gradually return all means of production to think tanks and genealogy.

later,

Ion disappeared, and the Four Saints fell silent.

There were also systemic crash errors within the Sarkic lineage.

Disputes began to arise among the "patriarchs" of the Sarkic lineage, and the blood-fee slavery and god-thinking that had been annihilated by Ion began to revive.

The Solomonites naturally changed as a result. Some of them betrayed Ion. They set up statues for Ion and worshiped him as a god.

Extremists among them have modified Sarkic doctrine.

At the beginning, Ion's expectation and purpose for the Sarkic race was to "eat sin" and to be self-disciplined. He required all Sarkic believers to understand the doctrine: "Honor your prophet, the eater of all sins, and do not take his name in vain."

Ion can be called the Grand Karcist, the Prophet, and the Eater of All Sins.

Do not use this name to refer to God!

Of the four sensual elements, Solomon's earliest doctrine was: "You shall eat raw flesh, not touched by fire or luxury."

Those who abandoned Ion's teachings and erected statues of him changed their doctrine to:
"Force creates the first generation of slaves, but the slaves' cowardice makes them slaves for life."

They restored blood-pay slavery and the idea of ​​gods.

As a result, the conflict over the line of the Solomonid Order led to the birth of the New Sarkic Order - the White Worm Esoteric Order.

The cult was founded by old-time Leonid nobles who were deeply influenced by the Solomonite court magicians. As a result, Sarkicism changed from a secret heretical belief to a secret tool of the gentry and nobles. Then, for various reasons, various factions emerged within the cult.

The White Worm Hermitage is a Sarkic sect masquerading as an occult-themed fraternity, a collective cult, organization, society, or group of people organized to achieve various religious or secular goals.

Although they are called "brothers", the group is actually open to both men and women.

The most famous member of the cult had participated in the [Assassination of Caligula] in the Oletinian Empire. Caligula was the Purple Emperor who reigned in the 41st year of the Terran calendar. During his reign, he was known for his tyranny and debauchery, which caused dissatisfaction among many celestial beings and the Senate.

The conspiracy to assassinate Caligula was mainly planned by members of his Praetorian Guard. The most famous assassin was Cassius Clea, a patriarch of the White Worm Esoteric Order, a thaumaturge who was titled a Sarkic Saint in the old days and was crowned a saint before he could perform a miracle.

This old-time Sarkic saint established the faith of the cult—"You should practice the way of stripping, and doing nothing to evil is evil itself!"

He was one of the few Sarkic cultists who carried the will of Ion. Unfortunately, most of the Sarkic cultists nowadays were useless, and saints like Cassius Klia rarely appeared since then.

The White Worm Secret Order is not much better than the Solomonian Order now.

Now the situation has changed. In the new era, there are burning, killing, looting, terrorist attacks and human body trade. Among them, the new desire for dried meat is the most abundant and the most extravagant.

St. Cassius’s “Way of Stripping” has all become “Way of Skinning.”

The following sentence, "Doing nothing about evil is evil itself," was selectively ignored. Now, whenever these members of the sect see someone, they shout, "You should practice the way of stripping."

These new-age Sarkites can clearly play with the idea of ​​taking things out of context.

The original Sicrucifixion had been severely beaten by the new Terran forces headed by the Kingdom of Heaven, so now it has become a stay-at-home in its own little corner.

However, there are sometimes quite a few traitors among the otakus, who say they escaped from the closed secret realm or hub in pursuit of a new era, and soon became a new Sarkic and started their own life of troublemakers on Terra. These traitors who were originally Sarkic and became new Sarkic usually call themselves Jumpers.

Just now Xia Xiu said that the female medical examiner Lisa jumped from the Solomoni Cult to the White Worm Secret Cult. This is why the other party looked embarrassed. After all, jumpers are essentially traitors...

If the female medical examiner knew how the blond young man in front of her initially made his fortune, she might not be embarrassed by her identity as a jumper now.

Unfortunately, she didn't know that she was still thinking about the thoughts of the patriarch in front of her.

The female medical examiner took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down. A hint of determination flashed across her eyes, and then she said to Xia Xiu:

"Your Excellency, the Respected Patriarch, I am indeed now affiliated with a branch brotherhood of the White Worm Secret Order, but my jump was approved by Solomoni."

Although her voice was calm, her inner tension was obvious.

Her fingers trembled slightly, but she didn't dare to take her eyes off Xia Xiu's mask, for fear of missing any of his reactions.

When Xia Xiu heard this, he couldn't help but laugh and said with a hint of sarcasm:

"Oh, Solomon is so open now."

Hearing Xia Xiu's teasing jokes, female forensic doctor Zdena was not surprised but happy.

Judging from the other party's attitude, he should not be an extreme conservative.

She secretly breathed a sigh of relief and a smile appeared on her face.

However, she didn't feel happy for long before she heard Xia Xiu ask with a warm smile:
"So, young Brotherhood member, why did you get involved in the human body trade? This kind of thing shouldn't be done by the Hunter Black Lodge cubs. Is your Brotherhood also planning to change its course and follow your new Sarkic partners to spread black terror and make summoning the Great Blind God your lifelong purpose?"

Xia Xiu's tone was relaxed, even with a hint of teasing, but his golden eyes hidden behind the mask exuded a cold light as he watched the female forensic doctor's every move sharply.

His smile was gentle, as if he was chatting with an old friend, but the implicit majesty in it could not be ignored.

The female medical examiner's smile froze, and her heart tensed again. She looked at Xia Xiu's warm smile, but felt a chill in her heart.

She knew that every word Xia Xiu said was full of scrutiny and temptation, and if she was not careful, she might fall into greater danger.

Lisa lowered her head slightly, her expression becoming serious and cautious.

She took a deep breath and tried to keep her voice steady.

"Your Excellency, the reason why our Brotherhood of the White Worm Esoteric Order is involved in the human trade is because we need specific human materials to conduct experiments. These experiments are very important for us to explore the combination of thaumaturgy and technology in New Sark."

She paused for a moment, her eyes flickering, and then explained:
"We only take what is necessary from the dead. It would be a waste to bury or cremate these materials. We believe that these organs and tissues should be put to good use, to advance science and thaumaturgy, and to serve our cause."

There was a hint of pleading and sincerity in her voice, trying to impress Xia Xiu.

"We believe that only through continuous experimentation and research can we truly master the power of the new flesh, perfectly combine modern technology with ancient flesh and blood techniques, and ultimately achieve our great goal. These materials are an indispensable part of our efforts to achieve this goal."

Xia Xiu listened quietly, the golden eyes behind the mask staring at her coldly.

While looking at the other party, he couldn't help but sneered:
"What is your great goal? The path of redemption for humanity as laid out by Ion?"

An indescribable horrific pollution pressed towards the female medical examiner through the golden eyes.

Lisa felt that the pair of golden eyes seemed to be able to see through her heart, revealing every emotion.

Her throat was dry, her heartbeat was rapid, and every breath seemed to be heavy and difficult.

She lowered her head and looked at her toes, trying to avoid the burning gaze of the golden eyes, but the pressure in her heart could not be relieved.

Lisa recalled her experience in the cult, and the determination and fear she had every time she participated in an experiment.

She remembered how she had gradually risen from an ordinary member of the cult to an important figure in the brotherhood, and how each step was full of dangers and temptations.

She knew that her identity and status were hard-earned, and every experiment and mission was a test for herself as a Jumper.

In those dark laboratories, she had faced those cold corpses countless times and had personally removed the hearts and organs that no longer beat countless times.

Each time, she told herself that the material was for a higher purpose, for the fulfillment of the Order's greater vision.

They are practicing the new age "stripping method."

This "path of stripping" will be a transcendence of Saint Cassius, and they will transform the White Worm Hermitage through these stripped organs.

She kept giving herself faith and telling herself that it was all worth it.

Can these so-called noble goals really clean the blood from her hands?
Will the souls of those whose organs were removed really forgive her?

Her heart was full of contradictions and struggles, but she knew she had no choice and had to move on.

Like she said before, she knew what she was doing.

"Why are you involved in the human body trade? To improve the doctrine of the White Worm Secret Order? In the new era, what revisions have you made to Saint Cassius's ideas?"

There was a certain sarcasm in Xia Xiu's golden eyes as he looked down at the flesh-and-blood female shepherd.

"I actually admire you revisionists because you always come up with all kinds of eye-popping tricks based on your original teachings, and your slogans are louder than the last."

The female forensic doctor felt her body trembling slightly, not only because of the cold basement, but also because of the fear and anxiety in her heart.

She tried to calm herself down, took a deep breath, slowly raised her head, and met Xia Xiu's cold gaze.

"Desire is the measure of all things. Do not be bound by the bridle of morality. Do what you would like to do, and treat who you would like to be treated."

Although her voice was trembling, each word she spoke was firm and powerful.

She knew that she had to hold on to her beliefs in order not to break under this scrutiny.

Xia Xiu's gaze did not soften at all, he still stared at Zdena coldly, as if waiting for her to continue explaining.

The female forensic doctor felt an invisible pressure, as if the air in the entire basement had become thinner, and she tried to keep her voice steady.

Her voice trembled slightly, and her eyes were full of begging and helplessness.

"Sir, we are just exploring an unknown path."