The so-called 'humans' are merely sufficiently complex machines.
If a certain part is disassembled and a certain area is modified, the performance of this machine can be easily and greatly improved. Whether one possesses a Vision, or whatever their physique and martial arts, 'optimized humans' can display strength beyond common sense.
Treating humans as machines—this has always been Dottore's research philosophy, and 'perfect humans' have always been his pursuit.
Because of this, Dottore conducted horrific human experiments a long time ago. Of course, the Tsaritsa and other high-ranking Harbingers would not allow Dottore to experiment on their own citizens. Therefore, to obtain enough human subjects, he used Snezhnaya's power to abduct people from other countries.
Among them, Dottore most preferred using the people of Sumeru.
There were many reasons. Firstly, Dottore was expelled by the Akademiya, and this was also an act of revenge against the Akademiya.
Secondly, Sumeru's environment is not stable, especially the Desert region, where the environment is inherently harsh, so some disappearances are to be expected.
Thirdly, there is the incurable disease unique to the Sumeru region—Eleazar. All Sumeru citizens know that once they contract this disease, they can only wait for death. At this time, it only takes a little guidance: Snezhnaya has a way to cure Eleazar, and desperate patients will rush to Snezhnaya on their own.
Collei was like this. Afflicted with Eleazar, she was sent by her biological parents into Dottore's hands. Dottore's subordinates injected her with God remnants, and that painful experience left Collei with immense psychological trauma.
However, fortunately, she survived and escaped, arriving in Mondstadt after a narrow escape from death.
Under Amber's influence, she regained her kind nature. Lisa and the distant Cyno worked together to seal the God remnants within her, but they were powerless against Eleazar. In the end, Cyno brought her back to Sumeru and entrusted her to Tighnari's care.
Collei was fortunate, because the probability of surviving after being injected with God remnants is one in a hundred. More unfortunates became failures in Dottore's eyes, turning into mindless monsters that appeared before Miyashiro.
Miyashiro looked at these twisted, insane figures uttering strange gibberish, a surge of anger welling up in his heart. He said sharply, "Dottore, you truly resemble someone I know. His name is Orochimaru, an experimental madman who would stop at nothing in pursuit of immortality."
Dottore heard this and smiled, "Is that so? A madman who left such a deep impression on Regent. If there's an opportunity, you can introduce him to me. I believe he and I would have many common topics."
Miyashiro: "You won't get that chance!"
With that, Miyashiro's Chakra surged wildly, and his hand movements were swift.
[Water Release: Water Severing Wave]!
Miyashiro instantly shot a high-pressure water jet from his mouth, aimed directly at Dottore. Dottore merely smiled slightly, and soon his figure was blocked by the monsters in front of him.
However, the Water Severing Wave has extremely strong penetrative power; a few monsters cannot block it. The next moment, the bodies of those monsters were instantly pierced through, and Dottore's figure had already vanished.
The monsters cut in half by the Water Severing Wave did not die. Instead, their broken limbs launched a suicidal charge at Miyashiro.
Seeing this, Miyashiro knew that what Dottore called 'failures' could no longer be called humans, but were thorough monsters.
So, Miyashiro's hand gestures were swift. He took a deep breath, and the Chakra in his body instantly transformed into scorching flames, which he then exhaled from his mouth in one breath, forming a powerful flame storm. Its vast range enveloped all the monsters Dottore had summoned.
[Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation]!
The scorching flames made the monsters in the sea of fire emit chilling screams, which then slowly subsided into silence.
Just then, Miyashiro suddenly felt something and glanced behind him. He saw Dottore emerge out of thin air from behind him, his arm, imbued with blue-purple energy, swiftly covering Miyashiro's head with lightning speed.
Dottore: I've got him!
This was Dottore's first thought. Miyashiro could even see Dottore's cold smile beneath his mask, but the next moment, Dottore's smile froze.
His arm actually passed directly through Miyashiro's head, but Dottore felt no physical contact in his hand, as if he had grasped thin air.
Due to inertia, Dottore's back was exposed to Miyashiro. Miyashiro immediately seized the opportunity, and several strip-like wooden stakes instantly emerged from his arm, firmly entangling Dottore. The moment they touched Dottore, the wooden stakes began to frantically absorb the power within Dottore.
Just as Miyashiro thought the situation was settled, the wooden stakes that had absorbed Dottore's power began to turn a strange black, rapidly spreading towards Miyashiro.
Seeing this, Miyashiro felt that if he absorbed that unknown energy into his body, there would definitely be a big problem. So, he decisively cut off his connection with the wooden stakes.
Miyashiro looked at his sublimated Wood Release; the generated wood was rapidly turning black and then decaying under the corrosion of Dottore's energy. A sense of dread arose in his heart: what was the origin of that energy? It could even corrode my Wood Release? If he had succeeded in his sneak attack just now, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
Dottore, still analyzing the previous scene, said, "Turning one's body into nothingness? Tsk, what a troublesome ability."
Miyashiro: "The feeling is mutual. Your energy is truly disgusting. Bring out whatever other moves you have."
Unexpectedly, Dottore merely smiled indifferently, then pulled out the newly acquired gnosis of electro and dendro gnosis from his Pregnant, tossing them directly to Miyashiro.
This scene greatly surprised Miyashiro, who said to Dottore, "Dottore, do you think I'll let you off if you hand over the Gnosis?"
Dottore: "No, no, Regent, you've misunderstood my meaning. From our brief exchange just now, I knew I couldn't defeat you. If that's the case, why would I risk exposing my abilities to fight you? All you want is this one of my segments. If you want it, why wouldn't I give it to you?"
At Dottore's words, Miyashiro's face completely darkened: "You mean you tricked Nahida and still have other segments hidden?"
Dottore laughed: "Of course not. I am a man of my word; what I say, I do. However, what I erased were only the segments I knew about. As for the segments I didn't know about, I naturally couldn't erase them."
Miyashiro: "...Not only are your methods similar to Orochimaru's, but so are your life-saving techniques."
Dottore: "Heh heh, I'm becoming more and more interested in this Orochimaru you speak of. I hope to have the opportunity to meet him in the future. As for the Gnosis I just gave you, I'll trouble Regent to deliver it to the docks of Port Ormos. I have prepared a ship bound for Snezhnaya; just hand it to the captain."
No sooner had he spoken than Dottore's body completely dissipated before Miyashiro's eyes, leaving no corpse behind.
Damn it! I've been played!
Miyashiro was instantly furious. Is he seriously making me a delivery boy?
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