Chapter 129: The Big Bat Event (11)
In the laboratory of Stark Tower, Peter spread his hands and said, "So, that's how it is. What are your thoughts on the two factions of vampires and the so-called Bat God's arrival?"
Stark, repairing his Mech armor, said, "As expected, those moderate factions are only mild on the surface. But there are actually quite a few people who believe their nonsense. They keep coming out and calling for an end to the war, claiming that they can coexist peacefully with humans based on truth."
Schiller frowned and said, "Are you sure that Dicken is very firm in saying that the power of the Bat God will descend?"
"Yes, and he even mentioned a specific time, which is tonight when the moon is at its brightest."
"So, no need for any rituals, it will just descend directly?"
"That seems to be the case. He emphasized that our countermeasures will be useless."
As Schiller fell into deep thought, Steve polished the damaged parts of his shield and said, "This is a bit strange, isn't it? I have fought many evil creatures before, and their so-called godly descents were just ways to strengthen themselves using strange methods. But now he's claiming that a god's guardian will personally descend. Who could it be?"
Schiller seemed to have some speculations and said, "We'll find out tonight."
As soon as he finished speaking, Nick's phone rang. Schiller spoke into the phone, "... Is that so? Alright, send someone to pick me up... Have they sorted out the materials? Never mind, just transfer the materials directly..."
"What are you up to again?" Stark asked, poking his head out from behind the Mech armor.
J.A.R.V.I.S beeped twice and said, "Mr. Schiller, your materials have been transferred to Printer #1..."
Schiller walked over to the printer, picked up the stack of papers, flipped through them, looked for a while, and then said, "Not bad, the experts that Nick found are quite capable. These materials are neatly organized."
Steve became curious and leaned over, with Peter craning his neck to look over as well. To be honest, they were quite anxious about Schiller's plans because you never know whether his plans will be impressive or not.
Steve glanced at some of the words on the Materials and said, "What's this about bat lineage analysis? What is bat lineage? "
"I have a question for you." Schiller knocked on the table, and everyone's attention was drawn to him.
"Assuming, and I mean assuming, that there is a factor in the blood of these vampires that can prolong human life, do you think that all vampire blood will have this factor?"
"Um, isn't that so?" Peter scratched his head.
"Then do you think that the concentration of this factor in their blood will vary? Would advanced vampires who can use magic have more of this factor than other vampires?"
"I'm a bit unsure how to answer this question because I don't actually believe there is a factor in their blood that can make people immortal," Steve said, opening his mouth.
Stark, on the other hand, pursed his lips and said, "Actually, this makes sense. Advanced vampires have more magic, are stronger, and can transform into bigger bats. Logically, their blood should be more effective."
"That actually makes sense," Peter said, crossing his arms. "Otherwise, what distinguishes them from the vampires who can't use magic?"
"Then, can we infer that the more of this factor there is in their blood, the more pure their bloodline?" Schiller asked.
The sound of Stark tapping on the Mech armor stopped, and he wasn't dumb. He immediately understood Schiller's meaning and felt a bit absurd as he said, "You're not suggesting that humans should define which type of vampire is pure-blooded, are you?"
"Why not?" Schiller spread his hands and said, "Now that humans have found that mysterious factor in their blood, we have conducted a series of scientific and rigorous analyses on it, and we have ultimately come to the conclusion that the number of this factor varies among different vampires."
"Indeed, we used scientific methods, and they are magical creatures. But they have been using magic for so many years, and they still haven't figured out where their bloodline comes from."
Schiller pointed to the contents on the materials and said, "There have always been different factions within the vampire community. Now, if humans produce a convincing research result to prove that one faction may be nobler than the others, what do you think they would do?"
"But they may not even acknowledge human research findings. Even if it's not made up, they could still deny it," Peter argued.
"What if I told them that whichever faction among them is the first to acknowledge this research result, we will declare that according to our investigation, all members of this faction are direct descendants of Cain and have a significant amount of the eternal factor in their blood, making them the royal family of the vampires?" Schiller proposed.
Steve thought about it and said, "This is indeed a good way to divide them. Vampires from different factions also fight against each other. In order to suppress other factions, they will naturally look for evidence that proves themselves to be more reasonable. And bloodline theory is actually a very powerful piece of evidence."
"In order to gain more benefits for their own faction and prove themselves more orthodox, there will certainly be many vampires who spontaneously support this bat-bloodline theory."
Steve's gaze fell on the materials on the table and he said, "Vampires have been fighting each other for so many years, but they can't come up with any evidence to prove their bloodline is nobler. But humans have provided them with this opportunity."
"Essentially, they don't care if their bloodline is truly noble, as long as it's more noble than others."
"Exploitation always exists." Schiller also looked at the materials and said, "But if they have no legitimate reason to exploit other vampires, then we'll give them one."
"They want to infect us physically, turn more humans into vampires, increase their own numbers, gradually infiltrate human society, and manipulate the entire human race..."
Schiller's voice was always calm, without any waves, but it made the other people present feel a little creepy.
"Then we'll infect them spiritually, give them the dregs of human development over the past thousands of years, the divine right of kings, the legitimacy of dynasties, and the supremacy of pure blood... Internal strife is the eternal theme of human development to this day, and in terms of internal consumption, vampires are nothing compared to humans."
"Establish a pyramid of exploitation, block all upward channels, determine everything by birth, and never have a day of revolution."
"If they still don't plan to develop like this, then we can help them."
"Pure-blooded vampires are nobler than other vampires, and they will exploit other vampires, but other vampires also have to live, and they must find another object of exploitation that is even lower than themselves..."
"They will exploit whom?" Peter asked.
"Only vampires transformed from humans," Schiller's tone grew colder.
"This kind of exploitation will be even more brutal than within their own group."
"And when all humans can see the plight of vampires transformed from humans being exploited within the vampire community, they will no longer have the illusion that they can survive even after being transformed. It is better to end it all than to live as a tortured vampire."
Peter shuddered, and Schiller continued, "When there is no fresh blood supply, or when fresh blood becomes scarce, their society will become completely closed off."
"At that time, without a large lower class to continue exploitation, the original middle class will fall into the lower class."
"And because the number of the middle class is too small, but the upper class is unwilling to reduce their quality of life by reducing exploitation and sharing it among the middle class, the exploitation on each middle-class individual will become more severe until they cannot survive..."
"Then one day..." Steve's words trailed off, and Schiller said with some cryptic meaning, "The exploited will need some ideological weapons for guidance."
Stark fell silent for a moment before saying, "My weapons may be able to destroy the crown of the tree, while you are burning their roots."
"Just like I have said before, sometimes words are more powerful than fists."