Chapter 658: Chapter 396: The Origin of the Gender Transformation Potion, The Truth of the World (2)
The school he once attended was completely gone, but he dressed this place up like the academy’s library, as if desperately mocking himself in the dark, mocking himself for being part of the Praise Society yet still able to accomplish nothing.
Faust let out a silent breath, calming his emotions.
He walked inside and saw the familiar decor, familiar layout, and even the familiar shelves and books, as if it were a one-to-one replica of the academy library. Faust walked in silently.
"Harley, is it you? Back so soon?" It seemed the person tidying up the books was a boy just over a meter tall.
He looked quite young, dressed in well-fitting, gentlemanly clothes, with a pocket watch pinned to his chest. In his right eye socket, he held a monocle.
He was Mephisto, the only god in this world and also the Twelfth Apostle of the Mist Council.
But just by looking at his current appearance, no one would think he was the guy who turned the whole world into its current state. Even in terms of style and appearance, he and Faust looked exactly the same.
It’s the kind of identical dressing style and taste that would make Xue Dili complain, showing how deep an influence Faust had on this student.
"Hmm." Faust responded and simultaneously began to mimic Harley Alben’s expression and demeanor completely.
"Is there something wrong? Today should be your first day back home. Coming back so soon, something must have happened, right?" Mephisto pulled out a book, glanced at it, and seemed to smile nostalgically.
"The Detailed Explanation of Mysticism"
He wiped the dust off it, then took it out, gently opened it, holding it like a treasure.
"I found ’Soya’s Book’." Faust said directly.
"Thud!"
The book in Mephisto’s hand instantly fell to the ground. He looked shocked at this "Harley Alben," as if completely losing composure: "Really? How is it possible? The teacher should have already passed away..."
"Yes, it’s a treasure, an item that appeared when another child’s innate technique awakened. He gave this to me first, and I think it’s what you want." Faust said as he handed ’Soya’s Book’ to him.
Mephisto silently took the book. When he opened it, he realized it was genuine, as it still had notes he had left back then.
"Thank you, Harley."
"Stay here tonight."
...
Faust was very satisfied with the toxin in his body, because even as the "owner" of this body, he couldn’t detect the toxin inside.
After all, this wasn’t poison in the traditional sense, but just a bacteriophage.
What is called a bacteriophage is merely a mass of specific RNA. Even though this RNA was specially modified to target the Divine Tree, it couldn’t escape its fundamental code.
This allows the RNA to disperse within various corners of the cells, without arousing anyone’s suspicion. After all, cells naturally contain a mess of DNA and RNA, which is just the base code of humans in this world.
Before these RNAs combined into a bacteriophage, no one could detect anything unusual about it, not even God.
It’s actually a case of hiding in plain sight, using the jumbled RNA of the cell’s own messy code to conceal the real killing blow.
Xue Dili, for the sake of secrecy, transformed this bacteriophage into its current form using Cursed Blood.
When these bacteriophages hidden in the cells enter Faust’s body through fluid exchange, and when they finally detonate, it would be like forcing a durian inside him, surely giving him a big surprise.
Just as Faust was contemplating this, Mephisto walked out. Under the candlelight, the two of them were on the bed in the library, like an old married couple, prepared to do something.
This, in contrast, was something Faust couldn’t imagine, why in the current situation, Harley and Mephisto seemed already like old spouses, yet Harley was still a virgin?
How is that possible?
Faust couldn’t fathom it, but he wouldn’t dwell on this point, instead beginning to mimic Harley’s habits by slowly shedding his clothing.
The lamp flickered in the library.
But the next moment, Faust’s pupils contracted because he was horrified to find that Mephisto actually had breasts!
No, not just that, he only now realized that this student of his was actually not male, but female!
In that instant, all the unclear things Faust couldn’t understand before became clear. Why Harley was still a virgin...
But, impossible, absolutely impossible!
He knew Mephisto was male, because the child had come to his academy to study at the age of eight, becoming his student. In his youngest days, Faust was both his teacher and something of a father figure.
Even when Mephisto was gravely injured, Faust had cared for him many times, even helped him to the bathroom; how could he not discern if this child was male or female?
But why, why was Mephisto now, female?
Inside Faust’s mind, it was like a big bang in the Cosmos; he couldn’t even manage his expression, now twisted, as if seeing a ghost.
How could it be! How is that possible!
Impossible, absolutely impossible, why would it be like this, unless, Mephisto had long since been replaced, that student of his had long since been someone else? When?
It must have been before the godhood, otherwise Mephisto couldn’t have hidden it from this teacher of his.
And why, why did this happen?
"What’s wrong, Harley?" Mephisto seemed puzzled.
"It’s nothing. Do you have time tomorrow? Let’s go back to the family together." Faust casually responded.
"Sure." Unexpectedly, Mephisto agreed to this request.
Faust fell silent. He suddenly thought of something—the Gender Transformation Potion was Mephisto’s creation, and its widespread use, even among the lowest stratum of people, wasn’t because the Potion was ineffective, but because it was incredibly easy to produce, to the point where even the lowest-level gang workshops could manufacture it.
You only needed to use the blood of a courtesan, mixed with some simple hay and bark, alchemized into the Gender Transformation Potion.
And now, he fully understood the source of the Gender Transformation Potion.
The source of this Potion was within this student of his!
It might even be that this student of his was the first to use the Gender Transformation Potion!
No, or rather, the Gender Transformation Potion was itself modeled after Mephisto, forming a ritual residing within the Magic Potion!
...
The development of the Xiao Organization was beginning to accelerate rapidly.
Several cities were once again occupied by other preaching members of the Xiao Organization. This time, they were no longer as arrogant as they were in Roland City, but gradually went underground, starting to expand their manpower and recruit subordinates. They mostly only dealt with gangs causing trouble but didn’t provoke the nobility.
This was because they needed to migrate to the next city quickly to recruit after turning most of the lower-class children of one city into members.
Time waits for no one; if they were slow, more cities would be taken by their peers, and they deeply understood what it meant by "competitors are foes", so many, after establishing a foothold and developing the first batch of subordinates, immediately rushed off to the next city.
Previously recruited subordinates, after experiencing the power gained from recruiting others, would desperately bring members into the organization, and their subordinates’ subordinates would have a very small portion of their achievements counted towards their own, leading to the strategy of recruitment followed by immediate departure becoming the most suitable for development.
Thus, like a land rush, the members of the Xiao Organization began multiplying exponentially in numbers.
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