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Chapter 450 Plot Advancement
From the initial situation, there are three disasters that broke out in the story of "Blood of Lies", and there is not much connection between them at first.

They are Earthquake, Beastiality, and Doll Riot.

The violent earthquake directly destroyed the internal and external transportation systems of Charlton. Not only did many buildings inside the city collapse and block roads, but the bridges, cable cars, and tunnels connecting the city to the outside world were also severely damaged, isolating it from the world and turning it into an isolated city.

But the earthquake caused only minimal damage to the city.

Almost at the same time as the earthquake, the beast disease that had originally only appeared occasionally suddenly broke out on a large scale. Many ordinary people quickly turned into long-haired monsters or zombies. Among them, there were some special creatures that turned into exaggerated and terrifying monsters, whose destructive power was far beyond what the humans in Charlton City could handle.

To make matters worse, the previously rational and docile puppets also turned crazy and began to attack humans indiscriminately.

Under the multiple crises of earthquakes, monsters, and puppets, the original order of Charlton City quickly collapsed. Most of the injured who failed to receive timely medical treatment were killed by monsters and puppets, and the few survivors could only hide and were trapped in cages.

Due to the poor transportation, slow information transmission, and the difficulty for the outside world to repair the damaged bridges, tunnels and cable car passages, Charlton has actually become a city of despair.

Not only will only a very small number of people be able to survive, but there is also a high probability that they will not be able to wait for external rescue to arrive.

As players explore deeper, the truth behind the conspiracy in Charlton City begins to surface.

The tragedy of this city stems from the mining of underground mineral veins. During the mining process, people accidentally discovered the remains of a buried ancient civilization, along with a large amount of crystal ore mined around the ruins.

The knowledge and resources brought back from the ruins enabled Charlton, a town originally famous for its puppet craftsmanship, to achieve rapid development and almost become the pinnacle of world civilization.

This development is now showing three different aspects:

First of all, in terms of energy, people discovered that the large amount of crystal ore mined from the underground is an extremely high-quality energy source with extremely high energy density. Only a small piece is needed to drive a doll or vehicle for a long time.

Therefore, various technologies that use this crystal as energy have developed rapidly, and people have upgraded and transformed the original technology to open up a new technology tree. Therefore, in Charlton City, gas lamps and crystal-powered carriages coexist.

At the same time, this efficient energy source also makes movable dolls possible. These dolls were originally only used as decorations, but now they only need a piece of crystal, some sophisticated gears and clockwork structures to become good helpers for humans.

Secondly, in terms of puppet making, people were pleasantly surprised to find that these puppets powered by special crystals were not pure tools. They were able to think rationally, communicate in language, and undertake most of the labor that humans could undertake.

The specific principle cannot be explained, but many people believe that it is a gift from God.

But people have discovered that when the crystals are used up and a new crystal is replaced for the doll, their personalities seem to change slightly.

Therefore, the master craftsmen in the puppet workshop guessed that this might be because those crystals condensed the memories and thoughts of ancient humans, so they divided the crystals in the puppets into two different modules, one is the "core module" for thinking, and the other is the "energy module" for providing power.

The core module does not wear out or need to be replaced, and is used to maintain the stability of the puppet's personality, while the energy module needs to be replenished every once in a while to ensure sufficient power.

This new type of doll became very popular after it was launched on the market. The doll manufacturer has been constantly screening and testing various crystals that can be used as core modules, and uses the slogan "The new doll is smarter and has a more stable personality" as a promotional slogan, hoping to expand its sales.

It can not only be used in factory production and underground mining, but can also be used as servants and butlers in thousands of households.

Some extreme puppet craftsmen even hope to achieve a service similar to "consciousness uploading" through their research on unclean blood and crystals, allowing dying humans to achieve immortality in puppets.

Finally, there is the medical aspect.

Experiments have found that these crystals can be crushed into powder and dissolved in water and injected into the body. They can not only treat diseases, but also significantly enhance physical strength, mental strength, self-healing ability and other body functions.

The blood of those who were injected with the crystals also began to undergo this subtle change, and it also became a good medicine for curing diseases and saving lives.

For those who receive more blood therapy, once the blood leaves the body for a period of time, it will naturally coagulate and gradually become like crystals. Heating and evaporation can further accelerate this process. Blood becomes energy, and energy becomes medicine, forming a kind of perfect cycle.

These three technological breakthroughs have brought about rapid development in the city of Charlton. It has gradually become a city of puppets, an energy city, and a sanatorium city. A large amount of investment has poured in, and a large number of puppets and foreign populations have ensured sufficient labor, allowing the city's expansion and construction to advance by leaps and bounds.

Along with the expansion of the city, people's faith in God also expanded.

The crystals found in the ruins were called the Blood of God, and those who were injected with the Blood of God claimed that they had heard the revelation of God. As a result, the Church of God developed rapidly, and in the planning of the new city, a cathedral of unprecedented scale was planned in the center of the town.

From then on, no matter where people lived in Charlton, they could take the most convenient route to the cathedral and listen to God's guidance.

Of course, there are also many voices of opposition. They call this blood "unclean blood" because tiny parasites have been observed in the blood, and they found that as the blood concentration increases, the blood flow rate in the human body will gradually slow down.

But this did not arouse much vigilance and attention. After all, in the short term, the blood did not bring devastating consequences.

Although there were occasional outbreaks of beast disease, they were generally quickly controlled without causing serious consequences. Whether it was a dedicated hunter or a puppet used for security, they could quickly control these monsters and burn them, and recover the crystals in their bodies.

The church claims that there is currently no evidence to prove that beastism is related to unclean blood, and blood therapy is still the best way to cure diseases and save lives.

Of course, they could not completely deny the relationship between beast disease and blood therapy, they could only explain that beast disease was caused by the patient's own defects and the blood was incompatible with the blood of God, which led to this consequence. But the probability itself was not high, and although there were risks, they were far less than the benefits brought about by this medical technology change.

In this way, within just a few years, the entire city of Charlton expanded at an extremely fast speed, and humans built a city of miracles here, which is also the city of God.

But shortly after the unlucky protagonist, or the lucky guy, arrived in Charlton, the city suddenly underwent drastic changes.

Three miracles suddenly turned into three devastating disasters.

A large number of people who received blood therapy broke out into beast disease. Some turned into terrible monsters, and some turned into crazy zombies. They completely lost their minds and frantically attacked all living things they saw.

The originally docile puppets also began to indiscriminately attack humans. Some puppets seemed to have gone crazy after awakening their self-awareness, and constantly performed horrific acts such as banging their heads against the wall.

After the earthquake, the instinctive desire for unclean blood drove the monsters, zombies and puppets to loot all the crystals that were originally used as energy in carriages and other equipment, leaving the city almost paralyzed except for a few equipment such as gas lamps that could barely maintain operation.

During the player's exploration, they begin to encounter different groups in Charlton City, including various churches, hunters who specialize in hunting wild beasts, craftsmen's unions that are keen on making and researching puppets, and mysterious schools that conduct research on the blood of ancient gods...

Even the school that studies the blood of ancient gods has many branches itself, such as the Starry Sky School, the Deep Sea School, the Moon School, and so on.

These groups each have different beliefs and ideas. For example, some believe that some wild beasts should be eliminated and the spread of blood therapy should be strictly prohibited, while others vigorously promote the benefits of blood therapy. Some schools believe that the evolution of the body should be promoted to transcend the weak human body, while other schools believe that the combination of the puppet's body and the spirit that transcends humans is the way to God.

The only thing they all have in common is that they all suffered heavy losses in this disaster and can only survive.

Among these many groups, a group that looks like the mastermind behind the scenes gradually surfaced, and that is the School of Eternity.

Among the many schools, this one is notorious and is hated by everyone in the entire city of Charlton. They conduct a series of experiments almost without restraint. Compared with other schools that often only focus on improving the body or spirit and are relatively restrained, the Eternal School is never limited to any single method and will do everything possible.

What's even more terrifying is that they will combine various methods, hoping that they will produce a chemical reaction with each other, thus often creating some unimaginable huge disasters.

During this disaster, the player ran to every corner of Charlton City and saw many tragedies caused by the mysterious experiments of the Eternal School, but did not see any members of the Eternal School or their bodies.

This also further confirms the speculation that this group of lunatics are hiding somewhere and secretly planning this conspiracy.

(End of this chapter)