chsdbacks Chapter 84 The Origins of the Ling Family
Chapter 84 The Origins of the Ling Family
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As if he had the same idea, Ling Kuo remained silent for an even longer time this time.
"Later, she fled the Ling Clan Starfield and joined the Human Revolutionary Army, where her influence grew stronger and stronger. From a young girl who had defected from a powerful conglomerate and was being hunted down, she became one of the spiritual leaders leading the entire resistance."
"The stronger she is, the more valuable those preserved genes will be."
Jiang Yun's little fists clenched unconsciously.
"Some were sold to foreign tribes for research and profit. Some were bought by other conglomerates for gene fusion experiments. And some—"
Ling Kuo raised her head and looked at the distant horizon.
"It was incorporated into his genes by the then head of the Ling family, who was also your great-grandmother's biological grandfather."
Jiang Yun's pupils contracted.
What?
The biological grandfather took his granddaughter's genes and fused them into his own body?
"That's what the top tycoons of the old era did."
Ling Kuo spoke as if describing the weather, "If the next generation is more talented than you, you absorb their genetic advantages. For them, blood ties are not about kinship, but about resources."
"Children are simply new possibilities for progress that emerge after their own growth has reached its peak."
As for the remaining egg samples—
'
He finally lowered his head and looked at Jiang Yun, "He was used as a 'machine child' to determine whether he could combine with the descendants of other powerful beings, foreign races, or even celestial spirits to split off an even more powerful gene."
"I am one of them."
Quiet.
The courtyard was so quiet that you could hear the wind whistling through the branches of the old locust tree.
Jiang Yun opened her mouth.
Machine-born child.
Unnatural reproduction.
There is no ten months of pregnancy, no bond between mother and child.
Only laboratories, petri dishes, gene splicing, and artificial induction are available.
Ling Kuo was not born of Ling Caixin.
She was created by the tycoons of the old era using her forcibly extracted eggs.
There are seven in total.
Ling Kuo held up her finger and pointed, "I was born from the union of her egg and the powerful Bone Clan member nurtured by the conglomerate, the Purple Crystal Phoenix Bone Dragon."
"I'm the fourth oldest. My eldest brother, second sister, third brother, fifth sister, sixth brother, and seventh sister are all machine-born. In the old Ling family, we each had our own uses. Some were trained to be soldiers, some to be politicians, and some were simply used as consumables for genetic experiments."
"On the day your great-grandmother's revolution succeeded, she slaughtered the entire Ling family, including the head and elders, without leaving a single one alive."
"But when she saw the miserable state of the seven of us, she softened."
Jiang Yun looked up at him.
Ling Kuo lowered her head to meet his gaze.
"Firstly, she couldn't bear it. Regardless of whether we were forcibly created, we still have her blood flowing in our veins, and she pities us, who exist because of her but have no one to teach us."
"Secondly, several branches of the Ling family had helped her when she escaped from the heart of the Ling family territory, and even secretly assisted the revolutionary army later. She promised not to implicate others."
"After that, we, the machine-born children, and the remnants of the Ling family formed the Ling family."
As he said this, his voice showed a slight fluctuation for the first time.
"She tried her best to accept us, give us resources, attention, and guidance—raising the seven of us as her own children."
"But a machine-born child is a machine-born child. A child that never spent a single day in her womb, in the end—"
Jiang Yun remained silent.
Ling Kuo stood up, her back to the moonlight.
"So you asked me why, even though he's Daojun's biological son, he has to report it when he gets a potion."
He turned his head.
"Because I'm not her biological child at all—when she sees the faces of the seven of us, what she remembers is the memory of being tied to the experimental table and having her genes extracted."
"Our very existence is a scar on her body. Perhaps it was better before, but ever since '7'..."
He didn't say anything more.
Jiang Yun, a baby just over two months old, sat cross-legged on the lawn, looking up at her grandfather standing in the moonlight.
A bubble fell from Ling Kuo's head.
[The matter of my elder brother, the tragedy of the vampire clan, and the Ling clan's change of surname are all documented in the news, so I won't go into detail.]
Ling Kuo composed herself, turned around and said, "I'll be back with the team the day after tomorrow."
Jiang Yun was stunned.
Although I knew that Ling Kuo was an active-duty soldier and couldn't stay here forever, I was still a little surprised when I heard those words.
The training these days has just gotten on track.
"Something's happened at the border." Ling Kuo's tone was calm, as if he were saying it might rain tomorrow. "A group of Outer Gods' Familiars have infiltrated the outer shipping lanes of the Fifth Star Realm, specifically hunting down young souls that pass through. My old comrades are keeping an eye on things at the front lines, but we're short-handed."
"Those damned bastards, they specialize in luring the souls of ignorant left-behind children."
Jiang Yun listened quietly.
Outer Gods. Hunting young souls.
Ling Kuo's gaze swept over Hao Jiajia, who was sleeping peacefully in the yard, and Jiang Ren, who was inside the house.
"I cannot stand by and watch those children be exploited because of my own grandson."
His gaze was deep, yet his words were firm and resolute: "Every identity has its own duty, and a soldier's duty is to protect."
Jiang Yun paused for two seconds, then nodded.
"There's one more thing."
"Twenty thousand years ago, the empire had a genius with a naturally gifted Dao body, but due to lack of protection, he died and was reduced to nothing but his remains."
The sound drifted into the night wind, utterly indifferent.
"As mortals, we cannot hide from those gods, and because we lack the protection of the imperial authorities, we will be vulnerable to exploitation."
"Your genius certification can't be delayed any longer. The Empire's current protection system was built on the blood of those people."
After saying that, he pushed open the courtyard gate.
Just then, the Heart-Binding Lotus within Jiang Yun's body lit up.
[Having identified a potential target, is it a suitable opportunity?]
Yes.
As soon as the thought crossed his mind, a vast and heavy torrent of information rushed into Jiang Yun's sea of consciousness along that invisible thread!
Good guy.
Jiang Yun thought to herself.
This feeling was a hundred times stronger than the combined feelings of Zhong Yuanlingjiu and Hao Jiajia. If those two times were like a stream flowing into the sea, this time it was like a celestial river bursting its banks.
【Lingkuo】
[Immortal King: Mid-stage Reincarnation]
[Soldier's Seventh Promotion: Interstellar Special Forces]
[Soul Bone: Amethyst Soaring Bone (SSS), Purple Sun Blade Soul (SS)]
[Taoist Practice: "Karma involves killing," "Peerless general," "Raising arms," "Guarding the star pass," "Slaughter in the abyss," "Reflecting on oneself," "Luck lies in diligence"]
[Supernatural Powers: 'Geng Yang Sha', 'Fire Control', 'Autumn Sprout']
Immortal King!
Seventh rank in military service!
Looking at the two lines of glittering gold entries, Jiang Yun finally gained a direct understanding of her grandfather's strength.
This is no longer a question of whether it's strong or not; it's a humanoid, self-propelled natural disaster.
Looking at those cultivation paths—'Guarding the Stars' and 'Slaying in the Abyss'—just hearing the names evokes a scent of stardust mixed with gunpowder. No wonder he always exudes a faint aura of killing intent.
Just as he was feeling sentimental, the prompt from Divine Calculation and Heavenly Evolution lit up again, carrying an irresistible allure.
[High compatibility with the Soul's characteristics detected; collection can proceed]
Ossification (Gold): It can assimilate some of the body's cells into bone, resulting in bone strength equivalent to 500% of your bone density.
【採集条件：在玲阔家里打300次锻骨期的桩功，第1、10、30、100次都可提升对应特性品质】
coming!
Jiang Yun's spirits lifted instantly.