Crime Prison Island-Chapter 774 - 364: Flesh and Blood Fruit_2

After speaking, she had the Big White Snake coil around the throne and take it away.

However, her keen eye suddenly spotted that during the cleanup at Sea King Port, a black hand had tossed a strange fruit into the trash heap.

Sofia, who often broke out and about, was well-versed in worldly matters and was certain that no such fruit existed in the world.

With a wave of her hand, she directly manipulated the trash heap, extracted the fruit, and brought it to her palm.

"Hmm? What kind of fruit is this?"

Holding the enormous fruit, she couldn’t identify it. It was very hard, very large, and had strange relief patterns.

It was like a jumble of codes wrapping its surface, reminding her of the Demon Tree.

"It seems to have been borne by the Demon Tree..."

Sofia recalled how back then, the Demon Tree had been shattered in the hands of the Angel Envoy, then repaired, and the Angel Envoy began to sing.

During the singing, it seemed that the Demon Tree bore a fruit that fell, and then its trunk transformed into the unconscious Gao Xin.

At that time, everyone’s attention was on the Angel Envoy and Gao Xin, no one noticed a branch that had borne fruit. Seeing it now brought back the memory.

"That’s right, it was the fruit borne by the Demon Tree."

"Could it be that this thing can grow into a Demon Tree again?"

Sofia was amazed, the Demon Tree was overwhelmingly powerful, maddened, and consuming as it grew.

She had no intention of nurturing such a thing to maturity.

However, she recalled how the Demon Tree helped many become Radiation Beasts and even facilitated breakthroughs to Wolf Level.

At the time, roots infused a mass of flesh and substance into people, propelling their evolution.

The Demon Tree was magical, possessing the power to evolve human genes.

But what about its fruit? What effect would consuming it have?

Sofia hesitated, fearing to attempt, for upon scanning, she found it filled with human flesh, which was utterly repulsive.

It could only be said that the Demon Tree was too sinister, growing meat inside the fruit.

She decided to have someone plant it, nurture it, and study it.

There was no need to let it grow too large; if it started to become a terrifying Demon Tree like before, they’d just shatter it again.

Though the Demon Tree grew rapidly, it had a process, as long as it didn’t reach True Dragon Level, she could handle it.

Keeping the seedlings in a weak and fragile state and testing continuously to find the substance that turned porcelain men into Radiation Beasts.

At Sea King Port, they effectively had an endless supply of Radiation Beasts and might also have miraculous elixirs to allow rapid breakthroughs.

"What’s that? Left by the Demon Tree?" Xiahou Zunchi also noticed the fruit.

Sofia stuffed it into the mouth of the Big Snake and said, "Today’s battle has exhausted me, King Xiahou, please make your way back."

With that, she retreated into the sea on the giant snake.

Xiahou Zunchi smiled, "Alright, I’ll take my leave then."

"But I’ll remind you, don’t research recklessly what the Angel Envoy left behind."

Sofia maintained a stony face, "Oh."

Xiahou didn’t linger either, leaving with Leodar to report back.

Bear King also patted himself, having repaired the Obsidian, and took his leave.

Sofia returned to Sea King Port and ordered the slaughter of Radiation Beasts to build a Blood Pool.

The fruit was thrown into it, and as expected, it quickly absorbed nutrients, sprouting and growing.

However, what emerged was flesh buds.

Flesh intertwined, limbs extended, quickly growing into a human with white, smooth skin, and even hair that was fleshy.

"Ah?"

Sofia was shocked, wasn’t this Tai Sui?

She naturally knew Gao Xin’s appearance; it was identical to Gao Xin, only different in that there was no hair, the hair was flesh.

Sofia examined it, Tai Sui was without consciousness, a living dead like a vegetative state.

"A clone? That’s it..."

"The Demon Tree was just Tai Sui transformed, his plant form. At the time, in the Angel Envoy’s hand, he reverted to a human Tai Sui and was taken away."

"But this fruit was left behind, and the plant-grown fruit is his progeny... so, did Tai Sui birth a child by self-cloning?"

Sofia was astounded, the fruit wasn’t for growing a Demon Tree but nurturing a human instead.

Indeed, the initial Demon Tree was also a person transformed, so the humanoid Tai Sui is the Demon Tree’s seedling?

And the mayhem at Sea King Port earlier was the Demon Tree maturing to some extent?

Taixui Demon Tree, juvenile phase is flesh Tai Sui, mature phase is tree Tai Sui?

Sofia’s mind wandered, completely based on the conjecture that ’Tai Sui is an alien species from the Angel Envoy’s lab,’ continuously imagining.

"Mother, what are you doing? I heard people say that Tai Sui was killed by you..."

A voice came, it was Sivina.

Her tone was urgent, hastily approaching.

Since returning from the game, she had been restricted because she had supported Tai Sui against the Evil Dragon Empire during the game.

As for the behavior of the Big White Shark, the Tiger Whale completely disavowed it, claiming it was Sivina’s mischief, causing the death of her own people.

So Sofia had kept her grounded, not allowing her to go anywhere.

Thus, when there was commotion in the Sea King Territory, Sivina couldn’t go out and was under watch.

Watching from afar, hearing various news.

In the end, the news of Tai Sui causing havoc at Sea King Territory and being shattered by Sofia reached her, leaving Sivina deeply saddened.

"Mom..." Sivina came in, her eyes red and swollen.

But seeing Gao Xin naked in the blood pool, her entire body trembled, her eyes widened.

"This... This is... Tai Sui? Mom, you captured Tai Sui alive?" Sivina was both shocked and joyful.

Sofia was about to destroy the flesh Tai Sui that had grown, returning it to its initial flesh mass state, then send people to carefully research the evolutionary substance.

Unexpectedly, her daughter barged in.

Sofia said flatly, "This is just a clone, it’s his offspring split after becoming a Demon Tree."

Sivina’s eyes widened, "Offspring?"

"I... I want one too, Mom. Even if he’s dead, my child must be his!"

Sofia’s mouth twitched, this daughter of hers was ruined, lost in a delusional love.

However, if Sivina did have offspring with this body, they might inherit Tai Sui’s potential and qualifications.

Though Sofia doubted such a non-human species could procreate with a human, such an unconscious vegetative clone body could serve as a toy for her daughter. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

She knew her daughter well, high chances Sivina was just lusting after the body.

Maybe with this substitute, she wouldn’t dwell on Tai Sui anymore.

Besides, she already sealed the information, told people to say that Tai Sui was dead to Sivina, and with time in confinement, this daughter would likely forget the person.

"I can’t give this to you, this is a monster. If the body exhibits any abnormal conditions or wakes up, you’d be in danger."

Sofia made a decision in her heart but spoke these words.

Sivina pleaded urgently, "Mom, please, I will definitely absolutely listen to you no matter what from now on."

Only then did Sofia say, "Alright, I’ll lock this body in the undersea dungeon. If you want to play, you can do so there."

Sivina was delighted and then pushed her luck, "Since it’s just a vegetative body, can’t you give it to me, Mom?"

"No! It’s too dangerous. You can play, but it must be locked in the dungeon." Sofia said sternly.

Knowing her mother’s sternness, Sivina dared not ask further, quickly agreeing.

Playing anywhere was still play; she very much enjoyed dungeon play, many of her previous toys were also imprisoned in cells.

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