The Heavens: A Qing, the Yue Girl at the beginning

Chapter 470 Mirror Image, Law, Surgery (7k)

The chill in the air was as sharp as a knife, and the commissioners' breathing became heavy and difficult in the cold wind. Their confusion and fear, like this frozen London, condensed layer by layer and turned into hard frost.

Some people anxiously looked around, trying to find clues to guide them; others were lost in memories, trying to find a hint of enlightenment from past experiences. However, in this corner forgotten by time, it seemed that no one could answer the doubts in their hearts.

The shops on both sides of the street were closed, with outdated merchandise on display in the windows, some of which were even badly damaged. Thick icicles hung on the lampposts on the roadside, and the bulbs had long been extinguished, with only the occasional flicker of cold light illuminating the corners of the street.

Some buildings were covered with snow, with only a corner of the roof left, revealing mottled brick walls and broken beams; some streets were littered with old horse-drawn carriages and carriage wheels, the wheels were rusted and the skeletons of horses were faintly visible in the snow; in other places, billboards and road signs from the late 19th century were still preserved, but the text and patterns on them had become blurred due to erosion by ice and snow.

After a short exploration, the experts split into two groups. Some thought they should return to the original elevator, where there might be a chance to return to the real world, while others thought they should continue to explore this mysterious place to look for possible clues and answers.

"We can't retreat!" a brave commissioner said firmly, "There must be a secret here that we want to know!"

However, some people also retorted: "We don't even know where we are, how can we find the answer? The most urgent thing is to find the way back!"

As the conversation progressed, the argument became more and more heated and the atmosphere became more and more tense.

Just when the debate between the two groups reached a fever pitch, the elevator suddenly started up without any operation. It rose slowly, as if it was going to pass through the clouds and head towards a higher unknown place.

The specialists rushed to the elevator entrance, trying to stop it from rising. But the elevator seemed out of their control and kept going up. Everyone was filled with confusion and fear, as if they were in a nightmare from which they could not escape.

The originally united commissioners were now divided into two groups because of the previous quarrel. Some returned to the elevator as quickly as possible, while others were hesitant and could not make a choice in a short time, and finally stayed where they were.

The specialists who stayed behind looked at the direction where the elevator was rising, their hearts full of struggle and helplessness. They knew that they and their companions were separated into two different worlds, and they might never see each other again in this life. This sudden change made them feel extremely helpless and desperate.

As the elevator slowly rose and passed through the clouds, the people who stayed behind looked up and saw a crack in the clouds caused by the passage of the elevator.

Through this gap, they saw another London - a London that was also frozen, like a mirror, reflecting the world below.

At that moment, they were deeply shocked by the scene before them. Two Londons, one above, one below, separated by clouds, yet closely connected. What on earth was going on? Their doubts grew stronger.

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When the mirror image of London suddenly appeared, the fastest person among the crowd only had time to take out a telescope and take a glance, and could not tell the difference between the two.

Although the two commissioners who had been marked with sword intent by Zhao Qing remained in the original place, with the help of their connection, she discovered that the riverside buildings and docks in the city of London in the sky seemed to be older, and the water level of the frozen Thames was a little higher.

The Nibelungen is a multi-layered space structure, where each layer is almost stagnant in time? Interesting, this structure looks quite complicated. It has a Victorian style over there, could it have been opened in the late 19th century?

Compared to the outside world, this Nibelungen is a region where time passes slowly. Ten minutes inside is almost an hour outside, which is completely contrary to the rumors about the homeless phone booth. Perhaps, the speed of time flow in each layer of space is different?
Zhao Qing was thinking deeply while analyzing the information she had sensed. At the same time, she also talked to Angers who was asking about the content of her email: "Nothing. It's just a technology that combines the theories of Taoism and Buddhism with alchemy to cultivate and enhance spiritual power."

While Ange was contacting the local secret party members, the Snowdon family, to ask for their assistance, he put the folding knife into his sleeve, looked at Zhao Qing and asked: "Improving spiritual power? This is indeed a fascinating topic. Can you tell me your opinion in detail?"

Zhao Qing smiled slightly and nodded: "In the world of hybrids, the relationship between human spirit and dragon spirit can actually be compared to the concept of consciousness and primordial spirit in Taoist practice."

"The consciousness of the spirit is common sense, common sense, and common feelings of human beings. It is the spiritual consciousness formed in human life. The primordial spirit is the spiritual consciousness that human beings are born with. It is hidden deep in the human heart and contains the true nature, true feelings, and true intentions of human beings."

"The former represents our daily thoughts and emotions, and is the foundation of our lives in the mortal world. The latter, which possesses extraordinary potential, is like a bright moon shrouded in clouds and mist, obscured by the consciousness, making it difficult to reveal its true appearance."

"Before the hybrids' bloodline awakens, their conscious spirits dominate. They live in the midst of worldly disturbances and have difficulty perceiving the truth in their hearts. However, when their bloodline awakens, they develop spiritual vision and release spiritual words, just like Taoist practitioners who have reached a certain level of cultivation, their conscious spirits abdicate and their primordial spirits take over."

Zhao Qing explained: "This process is not only a sign of the awakening of the hybrid's power, but also the key to the transformation of spiritual power. It represents the gradual awakening of the power of the primordial spirit. It begins to collide and merge with the dragon spirit, bringing us extraordinary power."

"Is this a theory of spiritual practice from traditional Chinese culture? Thank you for your explanation and generous sharing."

Professor Ange nodded to show his understanding. He thought that he was indeed the descendant of a hidden family named Kunlun. No wonder there were so many masters in the Chinese mixed race world. He continued to ask, "So, how does your technology achieve the improvement of spiritual power?"

Zhao Qing smiled slightly, "This brings us to the Jade Record. You should have studied this book, right? The concept of 'Taiyi' is the core of what I will talk about next."

"Of course." Professor Ange replied calmly. As the president and senior professor of Kassel College, he had a deep understanding of "The Emerald Record".

This ancient book, regarded as the origin of alchemy, actually contains fragments of dragon books. It tells the origin of the universe, the creation of all things, and the transformation of spirit and matter, which is of great significance to the hybrids.

Everyone present had heard of the name of "The Emerald Record" and knew that it was an ancient book from 1900 BC. It was said to be engraved on an emerald plate and was discovered in a secret room under a pyramid.

It is regarded as the origin book of alchemy. The author claims to be the trinity god Hermes in Egyptian mythology. It has only thirteen sentences in total, but it contains all the truths of alchemy.

The jade tablet recording it in 1350 BC was found in a secret room under a pyramid and kept in the "Library of Alexandria", the most magnificent library in the world at that time.

It was not until 642 AD that the Arab general Amur occupied Alexandria. Based on the principle that "whatever is in the Quran does not need to be preserved, because we already have the Quran, and anything that is not in the Quran is wrong", he burned everything in a fire, and the jade plate was also lost, leaving only various translations from ancient times to the present.

In Dragon 2: Eyes of the Mourner, the Dragon King Jörmungandr clearly pointed out that "The Emerald Record" is likely to be a story about the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Hermes who lived for 300 years and realized the alchemical laws of evolving from a hybrid to a pure-blooded dragon. This undoubtedly gave Zhao Qing a lot of inspiration.

She continued, "The Jade Record states, 'The One ascended from the earth into the sky, and then descended back to the ground, absorbing the power of the upper and lower worlds. In this way, you will possess the glory of the entire world and be free from ignorance.'"

"I think the 'Taiyi' here can be understood as spirit, while the upper world and the lower world refer to the spiritual world of dragons and humans respectively. The spirit rises from the earth into the sky and then falls back to the ground. This is a repetitive process and is also the key to the improvement of spiritual power."

"This process is actually somewhat similar to the changes that hybrids go through after their bloodline awakens," Zhao Qing explained. "As the dragon spirit becomes stronger and stronger and their bloodline is constantly refined, what we need to do is to change direction and let the human spirit regain the upper hand so that the two can achieve a balance. Only in this way can we truly achieve perfection and reach the end of the road to becoming a god."

“It is academically controversial to regard ‘Taiyi’ as ‘spirit’, but it is undoubtedly a more feasible theory among the existing ones.”

Angers was so absorbed in what he heard that he took the initiative to open his email and started looking for it. A gleam of brilliance flashed in his eyes, and he asked as he read, "You mean, you applied the alchemy of refining matter to the spirit? This seems to be a very unique insight."

"So, what The Jade Record actually tells is a series of 'spiritual alchemical laws'?"

"That's right." Zhao Qing continued, "As we all know, alchemy has four stages - 'blackening', 'whitening', 'yellowing' and 'redding', which are further divided into twelve steps - calcination, liquefaction, separation, combination, corruption, condensation, addition, sublimation, fermentation, ascension, proliferation and projection."

"The Twelve Conferred Gods I created is based on this core concept and is also divided into four major stages and 4 minor stages, corresponding to the purification, awakening, sublimation and perfection of the spirit. From the initial 'awakening of the consciousness' to the final 'perfection of the primordial spirit', each stage is a deep baptism of the spirit."

"In addition, I also borrowed Nietzsche's spiritual syllogism - 'camel', 'lion' and 'baby'." Zhao Qing continued, explaining in detail the characteristics and significance of each stage:

"The 'camel' stage corresponds to ordinary people. They carry the weight of the world and move forward silently. The 'lion' stage corresponds to the first to fourth degrees of blood violence. They begin to challenge the old order and pursue self-transcendence. The final 'baby' stage corresponds to the process of returning from dragons to humans. They transcend themselves and achieve spiritual perfection..."

"'The Road to the Gods' is such a familiar yet strange term! The pursuit of the application of alchemical principles in the spiritual realm is the 'complete' version of the Blood Burst Technique. Is this the true meaning of the 'Road to the Gods' that Li Wuyue mentioned back then, which was banned by the Elders Council after the Black King's death?"

Recalling the experience of Menech restoring the secret method of blood violence a hundred years ago, Angé savored Zhao Qing's words carefully, muttered to himself, and fell into deep thought, almost forgetting the serious situation of the London branch that had just been attacked.

When Elizabeth dispatched three fully armed convoys of her own to send the guests back to their residences, he finally came to his senses. Just as he was about to ask Zhao Qing how she had developed such a profound spiritual secret, he found that she had already left the manor with Shi Yi Guang.

"Norma, collect information about these two people. The priority is equal to that of the church attack case... no, it should be higher. Immediately use my authority as the principal to set the confidentiality level to SS..."

Deeply aware that this practice method was enough to shock the entire mixed-race world, and that Zhao Qing was hiding a shocking secret, Angé immediately responded to her in large numbers via email, with a sincere and urgent attitude.

After all, the first-generation "skeleton" from more than a hundred years ago was sealed by a Taoist priest with extremely powerful spiritual power a thousand years ago. There is no doubt that Angé, who witnessed such a magical thing with his own eyes, naturally accepted the fact that the ancient Chinese forces had created a method of cultivation.

According to the intelligence known to the Secret Party, the strongest hybrid in history is likely to be the owner of the Word Spirit Rhine who caused the Tunguska explosion, with an equivalent of 20 million tons of TNT, which is far more powerful than the self-explosion of Menech Kassel, the first person in the Secret Party in modern times.

Therefore, Angers, who knew this fact, did not look down on other organizations and individuals just because of his rare time zero and the huge power of the secret party behind him. On the contrary, he was very cautious whenever he saw any abnormal situation.

In the more than 100 years since Angers took control of the secret party's external warfare, almost all those who were his enemies have died. This is terrifying. This is not because of pure violent suppression, but more from his wisdom in dealing with things.

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Although it seems that "The Twelve Conferred Gods" is mainly a fusion of the theories of Taoist spiritual practice and various stages of alchemy, in fact, it is more of the content created by Zhao Qing with reference to the "Dao Heart Demon Cultivation Method" which also has twelve levels.

Viewing the human spirit as the heart of Tao, and the dragon spirit as the demon seed, one first enters the demon from the Tao, and then enters the Tao from the demon. In the repeated generation and change of the heart of Tao and the demon seed, one reaches the supreme realm of the confluence of Tao and demon, and the balance of yin and yang.

Of course, after all, one is to cultivate Yin and Yang Qi and sublimate the soul, and the other is to purify the dragon bloodline while retaining consciousness. The difference is quite large. Naturally, it has also undergone many adaptations and additions and deletions. The most important few stages have significant differences.

For example, Zhao Qing inferred that the "proliferation" and "projection" were related to the secret of the cocooning rebirth of high-level dragons. The two important abilities of the dragon race, namely, super-fast growth through cocooning and hatching, and the projection of spirit into dragon eggs, might be hidden in these two aspects of the alchemical laws.

According to her initial estimate, if she could successfully follow the bloodline cultivation method she had researched, when her spirit was perfected, she would at least be a powerful being at the level of an ancient dragon, and would have the potential to give birth to a huge dragon body. Her peak combat power would be no less than that of a juvenile or even sub-adult dragon king.

As a nascent "cultivation system", undoubtedly only the most talented people in this area will have the chance to reach the end. Obviously, Chu Zihang, who can reach the fourth degree of blood burst, and Angé, who can reach the third degree of blood burst, should be the best candidates.

In fact, Chu Zihang, who is currently staying at home, has already started practicing the exercises of this system, and with Zhao Qing's tacit consent, he is inclined to pass it on to Yuan Zhisheng, whom he has just met.

...In the dead of night, Zhao Qing walked on the moon and came to the church that was shaken by the explosion a few hours ago. The air was still filled with the smell of gunpowder, but more of it was a faint sadness, like the breath of this city, heavy and deep.

She stood beside the ruins, closed her eyes and concentrated, sensing the lingering chill in the air. Those were the traces left by the few mixed-blood attackers that Zhao Qing had deliberately let go, with a small amount of gel from the black ice chips on their bodies, allowing her to track where these people had gone.

Soon, Zhao Qing bypassed the bustling streets, passed through the deep alleys, and gradually approached the Kilburn district in northwest London.

Along the way, she casually attracted a group of moths. Under her guidance, these little creatures were like loyal spies, searching everywhere for traces of the icy breath and increasing the efficiency of their search.

Kilburn, one of the areas with the worst community environment in London, is a dark and not very glamorous place, but also a place full of stories.

Irish and Jewish immigrants first settled here in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, followed by immigrants from the Caribbean, Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, and Eastern Europe, making it a melting pot of multiple cultures.

Zhao Qing stood on a high building on the street and scanned the land.

She saw a caravan of Irish vagrants, clothes fluttering in the wind on makeshift clotheslines, mothers and girls doing housework, red-haired young men burning the previous day's garbage on a bonfire, their faces full of vicissitudes and tenacity.

A few streets away, gangs from two different communities were secretly trading drugs, their figures looming in the darkness; homeless people huddled under bus stops and awnings, looking for a moment of peace.

Whether poor or rich, no matter what situation people are in, they are working hard to live in their own way.

She continued walking, weaving through the streets. The attackers did not gather together to report to the mastermind or flee further away, but dispersed back to their respective old houses, with faint lights coming out of the windows.

"Have these people's superiors cut off contact with them?"

Zhao Qing's heart moved slightly, he had roughly guessed the reason for this matter, and quickly concentrated his breath and calmed his mind, entering a state of self-observation, "Great wisdom is leisurely, indifferent in non-birth; true mechanism is silent, free in nirvana."

In a flash, "blood" began to flow in her body, gradually forming a complex circulation state, with red lines extending from her heart and sinking into the depths of the darkness, successfully simulating the effect of the Word Spirit Blood Knot.

Although it is just a body without a physical body, Zhao Qing, with the help of the Great Mirror Wisdom and the increasingly profound Wanxiang Haoxu Gong, has been able to try to simulate the secret techniques other than the true qi system after having a general understanding of its principles and information.

Dragon bloodline below a certain level is no exception.

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At the same time, in a remote area of ​​Kilburn, London, an ancient manor was hidden in the night. The moonlight shone through the treetops and sprinkled on the manor's spire.

In the underground space deep in the manor, in the secret laboratory of Solomon's Temple, the air was filled with a faint smell of disinfectant, which was intertwined with the unique cold smell of metal and machines in the laboratory.

The lights in the laboratory corridor were dim, as if they could go out at any time. Rows of hematopoietic stem cell culture tanks were flashing with a faint blue light. A distance away, a number of strange dragon-like and snake-like bones were soaked in a silver-mercury solution in a glass jar, and the cut surface emitted a faint dark golden glow.

At the end of the corridor, several people with most of their skulls cut open lay quietly on a cold metal table, their heads filled with tubes equipped with monitoring instruments. Next to them were some skinny patients with surgical scars all over their bodies, like empty shells with their souls drained out, their eyes numb and lifeless.

Deeper in the laboratory, Dr. Wesker, wearing a white coat with an expression both calm and fanatical, was preparing for a thrilling and delicate operation. His eyes passed through the surgical report handed over by his assistant and finally fell on the elderly rich man on the operating table.

The rich man had been deeply anesthetized. His face was pale and sagging, and his body was filled with various tubes and instruments. In a culture tank nearby, a cloned high-level hybrid baby was lying quietly. Its umbilical cord had not yet been cut, and its blood was still flowing slowly in its circulatory system.

"Are you sure the baby's bloodline is pure enough?" Dr. Wesker whispered to his assistant, a young and silent man, whose eyes revealed his absolute loyalty to Dr. Wesker.

"Yes, doctor. The bloodline of this baby is the best result we have obtained after many rounds of screening and improvement. Its genetic structure is stable and there is no sign of degeneration." The assistant's voice was low and firm.

"How are the preparations for the other matters going?" Dr. Wesker's voice was low and calm, as if there was no emotion at all.

Assistant Arnold stood by, his eyes revealing a bit of nervousness and anticipation. He replied: "Everything is ready, doctor. We have pre-processed the rich man's blood and can now exchange it."

Dr. Wesker nodded, and his eyes turned to the baby again. He gently stroked the edge of the petri dish, as if he was stroking a precious work of art. After all, as a disposable item required for this operation, each baby cost nearly 10 million US dollars.

Then, Wesker took a deep breath, gave himself an injection of sedative and two injections of local bloodline activator, and waited until the fine white scales on his hands disappeared and his stability reached its peak before he picked up a small scalpel covered with alchemical patterns.

Inside the operating room, the lights were dim, with only a few surgical lights pointed at the beds emitting glaring light.

Dr. Wesker's eyes were as sharp as an eagle's. He stared at the sophisticated operating table in front of him. His knife technique was skillful and precise. He carefully cut open the rich man's blood vessels, inserted a catheter into them, and then inserted another catheter into the baby's body.

As a machine nearby started up, a stream of bright red liquid began to flow slowly. It was the blood in the baby's body, flowing into the rich man's body through a catheter. At the same time, the old blood in the rich man's body flowed out through another catheter and was discarded in a container next to it.

As time went by, the old rich man's face gradually became ruddy, his skin gradually became smooth and elastic, and his breathing became strong and even. However, the mixed-race baby gradually lost his vitality due to excessive blood loss.

This is the so-called blood transfusion technology. The principle behind it is the medical phenomenon that a small amount of fetal cells can enter the mother's blood circulation and differentiate into new cells in the heart, liver, thyroid, etc.

In actual observations, some ordinary mothers who gave birth to A-level hybrids were found to have significantly improved physical fitness after giving birth, approaching the level of ultra-low-level blood descendants such as F-level or even E-level, and could even barely produce weak clairvoyance.

For humans, these cells can remain in the circulatory system for about 27 years. If they are replaced with high-level hybrid fetal blood that has the potential to stimulate pluripotency, or even real baby dragon fetal blood, theoretically this time can be greatly extended.

Through this technology, Dr. Wesker plans to inject the excellent genes in the mixed-race baby's blood into the rich man's body, thereby evolving his bloodline, extending his lifespan, and making him "rejuvenate" - of course, each operation can only last for a limited time.

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Just as the operation was about to be completed, Dr. Wesker stared at the rich man on the operating table, whose condition was getting better and better, with a satisfied smile on his face. Then, he suddenly stopped what he was doing and turned off the blood exchange pump.

He turned to another assistant with a moon-faced, slightly obese man, and a cold light flashed in his eyes: "Do you know why I am performing this operation?"

The assistant was slightly stunned, then lowered his head: "It's because the client paid tens of millions of pounds and wanted to use our cutting-edge technology to evolve his bloodline and extend his lifespan."

"This is just the superficial reason." Dr. Wesker shook his head. "In fact, my real purpose is to transplant your brain into the head of a rich man, so as to replace his identity and inherit his power and position."

The assistant's face changed, but he quickly regained his composure: "I understand, doctor. I will fully cooperate with your plan."

Dr. Wesker smiled slightly, walked slowly to within half a meter of his assistant, and suddenly cut open his heart with a scalpel, injecting a tube of purple reagent into it: "This is a common method used by my Solomon Temple to 'absorb' new members. And you are the best candidate that I have carefully selected."

The old assistant Arnold took over the fallen "corpse" of his colleague with an expressionless face, lifted it up and placed it on another operating table. There was no sadness in his eyes, but instead a hint of envy.

As far as he knew, the new assistant's brain was a cloned product of the rich man's genes in this operation. It was created and cultivated in advance and instilled with the memory of loyalty to Solomon's Temple. The whole purpose of his life was to replace his "original body".

In order to ensure the success of the transplant, Dr. Wesker even temporarily transferred his assistant's brain into the body of a brainless person, using modern medical technology to maintain his life activities, so as to obtain the other party's neural response data through training, so as to make temporary connection and fine-tuning during the operation.

As for the problem of memory loss that might be discovered, we only need to trap the former rich man's consciousness in a "brain in a jar" and torture him for a period of time, and he will naturally spit out the information - no one can withstand this endless and unlimited punishment.

Although Cushing's syndrome occurred during this process due to the forced suppression of the rejection reaction, Dr. Wesker believed that this was just a small setback on the road to success.

The second operation began. The assistant, who had been injected with a tube of reagent, had lost his body, but his brain was still active. Dr. Wesker carefully removed the assistant's brain and placed it in a special container to keep it alive.

Then, Wesker opened the rich man's head, revealing the complex nerves and blood vessels inside. He held his breath and carefully placed his assistant's brain into the rich man's head, starting the most critical nerve connection process.

His fingers shuttled between the nerves and blood vessels, as if weaving a complex network. He cut the knife with high speed and force, like a precision machine that never made mistakes, or like an artist manipulating life, closely connecting two living things together.

When the blood transfusion device was restarted, fresh blood flowed slowly in the infusion tube, and neurotransmitters gradually became active in the new channels, like a river of life connecting the past and the future; and the transplanted brain was gradually adapting to the new body and began its new journey.

As the operation progressed, the rich man's body began to undergo subtle changes. His skin gradually became smooth and delicate, as if he had returned to his youth; his eyes also began to brighten, full of vitality and energy.

However, these changes were only superficial phenomena; the truly significant changes occurred within his body.

The blood belonging to the dragon clan penetrated into every cell of the rich man's body, and each cell seemed to wake up from a long sleep, while the assistant's brain was gradually merging with his body, bringing him a new way of thinking and memory.

Seeing the successfully connected brain nerves completely integrated under the repair of the large amount of dragon blood factor infused, Dr. Wesker showed a sincere smile on his face.

He knew that after fully absorbing the technology provided by the "Medical Society", he would be able to create a new life form again - a fused life with the identity, power and status of a billionaire.

And this new life form will be completely loyal to the Society of Solomon's Temple and become a sharp sword in their hands.

However, at this moment, the alarm of the manor suddenly sounded, breaking the silence in the operating room. Dr. Wesker frowned, knowing that his plan had been disrupted, and could only quickly order his assistant: "Quick! Speed ​​up, we must complete the operation as soon as possible!"

You know, in London alone, there are already no less than a hundred politicians, dignitaries, and billionaires who are directly or indirectly controlled by the Temple, and there are more than a dozen people who have truly become "our own people" through brain transplant surgery.

They worked together to provide cover, and their influence was far beyond the imagination of ordinary people. Why did the enemy still find this key experimental site? Could it be that the "Medical Association" with a higher level wanted to backstab the friendly side?
Isn’t it enough that this group of greedy guys took away the "Holy Grail" that the organization has guarded for hundreds of years?
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