Chapter 14 (1/2)

Translator: La0o9  Editor: La0o9

The new hunting party had just returned from their first expedition. They didn’t manage to bring back any crows, but they brought back a few crow eggs.

A total of five ashen-grey black-dotted eggs were brought back and placed at the back of the town, on top of the large tree, as Wang Yuan’s two mutated crows had already made a nest there.

A crow’s incubation period was around 16-18 days, but since he didn’t really know for how long these eggs have already been incubated, Wang Yuan simply ordered the two crows to continue incubating the eggs until they hatch, which should be quite soon.

Ever since the feud with his father, Comoros had another house built at the back of the village and lived there by himself, dealing with menial chores and tasks of the village. The village chief was already dead, Jacob who was considered to be the next village chief was also dead, so the one whose words carried the most weight in the village was Comoros. Everything was still basically the same as before and everyone had their own lives to live, but now that Negary’s brilliance had shrouded the village, no one knew for sure if some of the things they were already used to would anger the great Negary.

For example, in the past, if a sheep they raised got sick and died, the villagers would eat what they could eat and bury the rest somewhere near the village to increase the fertility of the land. But now that the village was under Negary’s watch, they couldn’t casually do it without consent.

Watching Comoros drive the people who came to inquire about such things away, Wang Yuan hovered towards the large tree at the back of the village and observed the crow eggs.

“I wonder if these new crows would be able to adapt to the [Progenitor Germs]” Wang Yuan had such a thought, the bacteria had already evolved too many times to actually keep track at this point.

The original bacteria that Wang Yuan brought from his world was most likely a type of germ that originated from the birds of his world. For people who were vaccinated, it would naturally not cause a lot of harm.

But when he came to this world, the bacteria immediately mutated due to the sudden change in environment and caused Wang Yuan’s death, it then formed a surprising symbiotic relationship with the crows and made them mutate in a good way.

The original bacteria that infected the crows were named [Progenitor Germs]. The main effects that the [Progenitor Germs] had on the crows were mutation and the formation of a stable mental connection with me. But if they infected any other life forms, the bacteria would be the cause of their deaths.

Wang Yuan also proceeded to name a few more things, for example, the white mist that came out of a dead creature was named Life Essence, while the cool aura came from the crows and humans were named Soul Essence. The other bacteria that mutated from the [Progenitor Germs] also had their own unique names, but most were marked with numbers as prototype specimens.

Many of these mutated bacteria came from the bodies of the Cauchy villagers, since the village now had a new rule. Any sick person would have to go to the back of the village and receive the blessing from Negary’s messengers.

Once a person had been confirmed to be sick, they would be brought to the back of the village and receive Negary’s blessing, which was essentially being infected with the [Progenitor Germs]. Wang Yuan would then observe and study the changes that the bacteria undergo within the bodies of these people.

Rudimentary germs like the common cold would quickly be consumed by the [Progenitor Germs] and kickstart a new round of mutations. Wang Yuan would then observe the effects these mutated germs have on these people, then made sure the carrier didn’t die from the disease before collecting mutated bacteria that had value.

Even if the disease had nothing to do with germs, they would still be planted with the [Progenitor Germs] and become human Petri dishes that allowed Negary to observe the changes the bacteria would undergo while inside different people. Fortunately, Wang Yuan was now able to highly suppress the rate of growth for these germs and made sure that the infected wouldn’t die or become completely immune to these bacteria.

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