kingnovel Chapter 480 Human Experiment
Chapter 480 Human Experiment
"You've already met the supreme ruler of the Necronomicon Dynasty. She calls herself Hevian." Liavide continued to tell Howard about their family's history with the Necrons. "But that's not her real name. According to the records of the Necronomicon Dynasty's internal original program, their Emperor has only one name: Isis Lorosa."
"However, ever since my ancestor met her, she has insisted that others address her as 'Lord Haivian' or 'Your Majesty Haivian'. She does this not to conceal her identity, but out of rejection of the name Isis. If someone calls her by the wrong name, she will be extremely annoyed and may even severely punish that person."
"What happened after our ancestor's meeting with Miss Hevian was deliberately concealed by both parties. Even now, there is no record in the family archives, or in other words, there was no written document left from the beginning of this history. However, what is certain is that when Miss Hevian set up these mysteries, she wanted to select human servants who met her requirements, but in the end, my ancestor became her equal ally."
"Our partnership has spanned thousands of years and continues to this day. We learn some of the Necrons' technology and assist them in a series of activities and experiments. After the Astronomican is lit, we are also responsible for erasing all traces of this Necronomicon dynasty from the Empire. Second Terra is the most important part of our family's cooperation with the Lorotha Dynasty."
"However, Second Terra didn't exist from the beginning. If the records haven't been lost, this name first appeared in family records in the early years of M31, thousands of years after the Helivenson family and the Lorosa Dynasty began collaborating."
M31 was a very sensitive period, because if Howard remembered correctly, the Great Crusade ended at this time... but the way it ended and the final result were not very satisfactory.
"Miss Helvian told me that she and her race had suffered an intolerable betrayal. She wanted to pull her race out of the abyss, and she saw hope in humanity. From then on, the Helvinson family would periodically search for genetically pure, pristine humans from all over the empire and hand them over to her, according to her requirements."
"Have you ever considered what these mechanical aliens might do with the pure humans you gave them?" Although Howard had already guessed Hai Wei'an's intentions, he still couldn't help but ask, "What if she harbors evil intentions and is determined to use these pure humans to harm humans? For example, what if she creates a virus that can recognize human genes and kill humans specifically?"
"You can rest assured about this. If Miss Hevian truly wanted to harm humanity, she wouldn't resort to inefficient methods like viruses. If the Undead army under her command decided to wage all-out war against the Empire, according to my calculations, approximately one-third of the Tempest Segmentum would be dragged into the conflict. This is just the result of the Loroza Dynasty and the Empire going to war. Once a war of this magnitude begins, the Chaos Demons and the human traitors hiding in the Eye of Terror will never miss this opportunity. Ultimately, the entire war is likely to evolve into a war that sweeps across the entire Tempest Segmentum and most of the Empire. Neither the Chaos Demons nor the Imperial traitors will prioritize the Loroza Dynasty. The Empire will undoubtedly suffer the greatest losses."
Lia Weide spoke lightly of this terrible consequence. Perhaps this is also one of the meanings of the existence of the Helvenson family - to coordinate the contradictions between the Lorosa Dynasty and the Empire.
After all, the Empire is now in a state of extreme xenophobia, and the Necrons have many conflicts with the Empire in other parts of the galaxy. The existence of the Helvetic family does not seek to make the Lorosa Dynasty an ally of the Empire, but it also does not want to make the relationship between this powerful Necrons dynasty and the Empire worse. Whether it is the Empire or the Necrons, the most rational and far-sighted beings in both camps do not want to stand in a completely hostile direction to each other.
"Oh, and there's another point that's also very interesting," Lia Weide continued. "Based on our family's experience searching for pure humans through genetic sequencing throughout the galaxy for thousands of years, it turns out that such humans don't actually exist. Initially, Miss Hevian provided us with the genes of pure humans. The source of this gene is extremely ancient, dating back to before the Dark Age of Technology. It was extracted from one of Miss Hevian's collections. Miss Hevian hoped we would use this as a template to find humans who meet the requirements for her experiments."
"But when we actually used this template to search for targets throughout the galaxy, we discovered that the genetic similarity between the current citizens of the Empire and the genetic template provided by Miss Hevian was generally less than 97 percent. In some star regions, the similarity was even less than 90 percent."
"After long-term testing and research, all the results point to the same conclusion: the majority of humans in the Empire today are no longer the original humans. Some of the tested subjects are even completely unrelated to humans genetically. We speculate that among the current citizens of the Empire, a considerable number may be other species that have evolved through convergent evolution and developed a similar appearance to humans. However, these convergently evolved species are also recognized as human by the Empire. The genetic makeup of the current people of the Empire is extremely chaotic. Therefore, if a genetic virus is used to exterminate the human race, it is likely that the virus will be inactivated before it can spread due to the lack of its target host."
If Howard hadn't known this fact for a long time, he would have been shocked by Leah Weide's words at this moment.
Ninety-seven percent, this similarity seems very high, but in the world before Howard traveled through time, the genetic similarity between humans and chimpanzees was as high as 98 to 99 percent. Apart from humans, the last extinct human species was the Neanderthals, who became extinct 40,000 years ago. Their genetic similarity with modern humans was about 99.7 percent.
Early Homo sapiens are the last stage in the evolution of modern humans. The genetic similarity between early Homo sapiens 300,000 years ago and modern humans is close to 100%.
In other words, natural evolution cannot produce even one percent of genetic change in more than 300,000 years. However, in the 40,000 years since humans entered space, the genetic gap between humans has fluctuated within the range of 10%. If the empire's classification can be more strict and rigorous, who knows how many recognized citizens of the empire will eventually be classified as non-human.
"Because of this, we can't find humans who fully meet Miss Hevian's requirements. So, we have to lower the standards and look for humans with a genetic similarity of at least 98.5%. But even with this standard, it's usually difficult to find a suitable candidate on a planet. Furthermore, the Imperial government is becoming increasingly sensitive to genetic testing. Ultimately, we can only do what we do now: screen potential targets based on appearance and dental features, then transport them to the seed bank for further selection. However, perhaps precisely because of the genetic imperfections of these selected individuals, Miss Hevian's experiments have yet to succeed, and humans who meet the minimum requirements are becoming increasingly difficult to find."