Chapter 154 Another World Side Story - Seed of Paradise Lost

Christie appeared very serious after leaving the foggy city of death, staying at the table with a furrowed brow in deep thought, and even Vargrave's movements were a beat slower than usual.

So the remaining members of UN, whose cheat program was temporarily banned, looked at each other for a while, and could only search for clues on their own.

Judging from the current situation, they were probably transported to a parallel world by the Dead Sea Scrolls, and after staying in the parallel world for a period of time, they were transported again.

As for the conditions and factors for another teleportation, they are all unknown.

With only one case study, it's hard to know what's important; you need at least two cases for cross-comparison.

As for the current location of the UN...

Barry was certain: "That's Eden."

Vladimir also said, "It looks exactly like Eden!"

Shelley frowned: "It is indeed Eden."

Defoe, peering excitedly through the window, exclaimed, "It looks like we could grow so many vegetables!"

Although it seemed like some strange person had infiltrated, everyone's reaction was the same.

The Eden they were referring to wasn't the Garden of Eden from mythology, but rather the spores Shelley spewed out in her Divine Child mode.

These spores are highly active, and the UN has seen them grow independently without parasitizing humans.

These special spores develop into a complex, pale gray structure resembling tree roots. They grow upwards like a tree but without leaves, only ever-growing branches.

Beneath Eden's pale gray branches are "vessels" that gleam with a pale blue light. Unlike animals and plants, Eden relies on the power-generating structure of its root system for its life. As electrical energy is transported, the pale blue veins also emit a faint glow.

The shimmering blue light surrounding the pale gray body creates a beauty that blends science fiction and post-apocalyptic elements. If it weren't for Eden's terrifying infectiousness, it would be quite a nice potted plant.

However, the Eden that the UN had seen was a small potted plant that Verne and Robert cultivated in their laboratory for research purposes, and it was not on the same level as the one they were seeing outside the window now.

As far as the eye could see, the land was covered by Eden. Only by straining to make out the details could one vaguely make out the "ground" between the gray and blue. Judging from the surface that could be seen, the average height of this Eden was more than 100 meters.

Saying it's land isn't quite accurate; it should be called the sea.

The entire Eden appears to grow on the sea surface.

On this giant Eden, even the process of electric current transmission becomes visible. The blue "blood vessels" have turned into a crystalline substance, and occasionally, obvious electric arcs can be seen between the branches of Eden.

This thing has completely transformed from a pretty potted plant into a science fiction movie set.

Shelley knew about Eden, and she even knew that Eden was her superpower—this level of understanding would not agitate her mind, or rather, apart from directly disrupting Shelley's mental stability with an aggressive psychic power, few things could directly agitate Shelley.

(Of course, no one dared to tell Mary Shelley about Percy.)

At this moment, everyone on the Nautilus looked at the huge and complex "Eden" on the ground, and a sense of doubt gradually rose in their hearts.

The first strange thing is, why does this world have such a huge "Eden"? Does this world just let this huge organism continue to grow?

In any case, according to the judgment of UN professionals (Shelley) through professional means (Shelley's intuition), this Eden is still in the "growth period".

The second strange thing.

Verne's sextant indicated that they were currently located at the North Pole.

As Jules Verne piloted the Nautilus to dive into the water through a gap to observe its root system, he pondered: "It seems that the power system of this behemoth is a super generator that works by relying on salinity gradients, tides, and ocean currents, continuously converting ocean energy into electrical energy using supernatural abilities."

"That's not the point, is it?" Barry looked at the equally huge and menacing root system on the seabed with boredom, and suddenly felt something was strange—"Why does this Eden look so terrifying?"

Romain Rolland: "It is normal to have megalophobia. It is normal to feel fear when you see such a large and living object."

"No, no, no, I don't think it's megalophobia, it's a different feeling..."

Barry began to ponder deeply, but he couldn't quite put his finger on where that eerie feeling came from.

How to put it? It's not megalophobia, but more like being enveloped by a vague sense of crisis.

But I can't quite put my finger on where the sense of crisis comes from, and it's so faint, it's like I don't feel it at all.

Shelley lay on the observation deck of the Nautilus, staring intently at Eden outside the window: "Why do I always feel like it's watching us?"

Pu Songling glanced out the window: "I didn't feel anything, what about you?"

The other UN members by the window looked closely and shook their heads.

Mary Shelley frowned. "Could it be because of my special ability? Anyway, I felt it, a very obvious sense of being watched."

As soon as you get close to the window, you can feel a strong "gaze" coming from outside.

However, this gaze contained nothing; it was simply watching.

Just as Shelley was thinking, Robert pushed her away by the shoulder, saying, "Alright, alright, don't worry about these things. Thinking too much will stunt your growth."

As he spoke, Robert glanced at Verne and smiled, "Can we go to the outer area now? It doesn't feel very comfortable staying here, does it?"

Jules Verne, who had originally wanted to explore the center, looked at Robert's benevolent smile and the faint red mist that appeared, and silently swallowed his suggestion: "Hmm, indeed, let's go to the outer perimeter."

Cervantes, oblivious to the unspoken implications, turned his head: "But I'd quite like to go inside and take a look..."

Robert, still smiling, turned to look at Cervantes.

Cervantes immediately shuddered: "But thinking about it again, safety is more important, so let's go outside!"

The rest of the people also expressed their agreement, and so in a harmonious atmosphere of unanimous approval (probably), the Nautilus sailed away from this vast Eden.

In the very center of Eden, in a space enveloped by layers of roots, the Divine Child, with slightly narrowed eyes, watched the Nautilus gradually recede into the distance and even disappear, and let out a soft sigh.

The Divine Child—Mary Shelley of this world—closed her eyes once more, leaning against an exceptionally large "Eden" root. Another figure, Percy Shelley, lay peacefully asleep in her arms, his eyes also closed.

The son of God's legs had already sunk into Eden, becoming one with this enormous "Eden," and a large part of Percy's body had also merged with Eden.

Gently patting Percy again and again, the divine child recalled the submarine that had suddenly appeared, and the other divine child on the submarine.

At first, she actually thought it was their Jules Verne (after all, they were the only ones with submarines flying in the sky). But after sensing through the electromagnetic field covered by Eden, she discovered something even more amazing.

Those people came from another world, and there was another "she" from another world on the Nautilus.

In that world, the goddess seemed to have become a complete human being, with her own home and family.

If I were to say I envy them, I wouldn't say so; it's more like a little bit of longing.

In this world, the path from God's Son to the human world was severed from the very beginning.

In this world, Percy died much earlier than in the world of the UN, and the Divine Child had not yet learned much about the human emotions that should exist from Percy.

Therefore, she is still a god, not a human.

She held her former lover in her arms. Eden's powerful life force sustained his last breath, but ultimately could not bring him back to consciousness.

Having no attachment to the world, the divine child eventually arrived at the most remote place on this planet, where he entered eternal slumber with his lover.

The goddess, still half-asleep, let out a soft sigh, gently stroked her lover's hair, and drifted back into sleep.

——

"Eden's vitality is terrifying. What's even more chilling is that we haven't observed any growth limit in Eden. It grew into a giant tree more than ten meters tall from just one spore, and it continues to grow even in the destroyed city."

"This growth process does not consume any nutrients; it simply dissolves surrounding matter, converts all energy into electricity, and then continues the 'growth' process."

"We have reason to believe that if Eden is allowed to grow unchecked, it could very well become a super-sized living organism capable of covering the entire planet, and given its terrifying regenerative capacity and vitality, we have no effective way to stop it."

"In this process, humanity will undoubtedly lose all its living space."

"Perhaps what He represents is not Eden, but rather the seed of a lost paradise that will completely overturn human society (the Garden of Eden) and banish humanity."

—Research report recovered from the ruins of the Joint Research Institute