Creed of the heavens

The Great Temple collapsed on a large scale soon after the five people left. William and others returned to the SUV parked outside the temple, feeling the tremor of the earth with lingering fear.

"Now the crisis on the earth should be resolved."

After William stabilized his emotions, he turned his attention to Lu Xiao: "Let's talk about the future, the legendary assassin Xiaolu who has survived for hundreds of years."

"Our ancestors."

Chapter 129 The Plan Can't Keep Up With Changes

Lu Xiao didn't look calm on the surface, but suddenly his heart skipped a beat.

"Ancestor? What do you mean?"

Lu Xiao observed the expressions of Desmond, Sean, and Rebecca from the corner of her eye. Like William, they also took it for granted. They obviously knew what William said a long time ago.

Lu Xiao's eyes fixed on the Animus being carried to the car, and her heart suddenly moved. Could it be that the ancestor memory that Desmond was looking for was not Ezio, but me?

The fact is just as Lu Xiao guessed, except for some genetic fragments that were deliberately blocked by the system, Desmond personally experienced everything from Lu Xiao's first arrival in Italy to leaving the world of Assassin's Creed.

The blocked clips include his secret conversation with Cassandra in the ruins of Atlantis, as well as most of the system-related memories.

The genetic map they obtained was originally from Rousseau Lilao, the child of Caterina and Lu Xiao, and the mentor of the Italian Brotherhood of Assassins after Ezio.

The Miles family inherited Rousseau's paternal blood. Although they were puzzled that they could not continue to explore Lu Xiao's genes, the DNA memory of the generations of legendary assassins after Rousseau alone was enough for them to gain a lot.

After receiving William's detailed explanation, Lu Xiao felt a little complicated. Although it was not his intention, he still left an indelible footprint in the world of Assassin's Creed.

"I originally planned to let Rousseau spend his life as an ordinary nobleman, why did he join the Assassins in the end?"

"Fate tricks people."

William handed Lu Xiao a cup of strong coffee that he had brewed himself, and Sean, who had a strong background in history, explained to Lu Xiao: "In the era when Rousseau Lirao lived, Italy happened to be invaded by France led by Charles VIII. .”

"Rousseau Lilao was born in Forli, the capital of Romagna, an Italian territory besieged by French troops in the second wave after the fall of Lombardy."

"Nominally, Rousseau is the heir of the former Romagna lord Girolamo, but the members of the Brotherhood at that time knew very well that this was just a cover. Rousseau's biological father was a legendary Eastern assassin."

The next series of embarrassing blows by Xiao En made Lu Xiao very uncomfortable. The assassins of later generations listed all of Lu Xiao's achievements one by one, and made some beautifications on their own.

These include Lu Xiao defeating Rodrigo Borgia, the Grand Master of the Templars twice, and leading the Italian Brotherhood to discover the true secrets of the Roman Chamber of Secrets. Leonardo da Vinci called him a close friend who inspired each other.

Desmond found the Altaïr Golden Apple, which was retrieved from Istanbul by Rousseau and Ezio and buried under the Roman Colosseum, according to Minerva's prompt in the Roman Chamber of Secrets, and successfully passed this "key" Enter the Great Temple located on the American continent.

Lu Xiao smiled wryly and shook her head: "I have a question. As far as I know, Rousseau probably didn't inherit my Isu bloodline. How did he become an assassin?"

William took the words and said: "Not all assassins have the blood of the forerunners."

"There is an old saying in the East that hard work can make up for weakness. Rousseau Lilao grew up under the special background of the French invasion. His hometown Romagna was attacked by the French. Rousseau and his mother Mrs. Sforza had no choice but to escape. Seek refuge in Florence."

"With the idea of ​​revenge, Rousseau, under the strict training of his enlightenment mentor Ezio Auditore, relied on his own hard work, and acquired the eagle-eyed vision ability the day after tomorrow."

This was something Lu Xiao hadn't thought of, but he had indeed heard about similar situations from Mario a long time ago.

Some people were born with the inheritance of Isu blood, but they never awakened the ability of eagle vision until the moment of natural death.

And some people obviously don't have the blood of the forerunners, but they can get weaker eagle vision by virtue of hard training the day after tomorrow.

According to William, the contemporary elite assassin Guy Banks is a living example.

Lu Xiao originally planned to eliminate the threat of Juno and the coronal projectile, and separated from William's team. The secret information told to him by Xiao En and others aroused Lu Xiao's curiosity, and made him unconsciously follow William's team for a longer distance.

The current situation facing the Assassin Brotherhood is not much different from that in ancient times.

The Templars still maintain a good relationship with the official forces, but this time they are not dealing with the official as a knight order, but as capitalists with a lot of wealth, secretly manipulating the development process of various capitalist countries.

Abstergo Industries, this is the new disguise that the Knights Templar have put on themselves.

After all, William is the mentor of the Brotherhood. After finishing the work in the Great Temple, he still has a lot of things to discuss with Guybanks who sits on the Altaïr II.

Without the pressure of the elderly and steady William, the three young people led by Desmond immediately surrounded Lu Xiao.

Among them, Xiao En, a scholar who is familiar with ancient and modern history, is most interested in Lu Xiao's experience over the past few hundred years.

As a technician, Rebecca cared more about the two Isu people boarding Lu Xiao, while Desmond hoped to get Lu Xiao, a legend who lived for hundreds of years, in terms of assassin skills such as fighting and lurking. Senior guidance.

Although there were countless generations in between, Desmond was indeed a descendant of Lu Xiao's blood. His request for advice made Lu Xiao feel a little soft-hearted, and agreed to temporarily act with them and answer some questions about the ancient history of the Assassin Organization.

"I know you are wondering why I have survived from the Renaissance to the present."

Lu Xiao changed the bracelet on his left arm back to its original form, and the golden double snake staff appeared in front of the three of them. Even William, who was driving, couldn't help looking at it through the side-view mirror.

"This is the scepter of Hermes Megistus. The person who passed it on to me despises the troublesome name, so he simply calls it the scepter of Hermes."

"As you might have guessed."

Seeing the desire for knowledge in the four people's eyes, Lu Xiao answered their questions quickly: "The Hermes Rod is one of the artifacts of Eden left by Yi Suming, and its greatest function is to freeze the life span of the holder. .”

Lu Xiao spent nearly an hour telling the four people present what he knew about Isuming's secrets, and Aletheia would occasionally add a few words.

When she was about to enter the port town closest to the Great Temple, Aletheia, who was answering Rebecca's question, suddenly paused.

"Lu Xiao, someone is trying to hack into the car radio channel, trying to eavesdrop on our conversation."

Aletheia's reminder did not surprise Lu Xiao. As early as when he entered the main highway connecting various cities, Lu Xiao's sixth sense began to warn him that someone nearby was secretly watching the SUV.

"Guys, I'm afraid we're in trouble."

Lu Xiao turned on his eagle vision and scanned his surroundings. With the high concentration of Isu blood, his eagle vision's limit observation distance was far above Desmond's, and his sixth sense was also sharper than his.

On a small hill next to the avenue, two armed men wearing tactical vests and holding high-powered sniper rifles had pointed their guns at the SUV that William's team was riding on, and they might open fire at any time.

The two snipers were surrounded by many companions who were equally hostile and glowing red. They may have planned to refrain from sniping the SUV violently for the time being.

"Aletheia, track the radio signal backwards, and mark the enemy's detailed location on the car navigation map."

William was also taken aback by the large number of red dots that appeared on the map. Although he had guessed that the Templars would find them, he never expected that the speed would be so fast and so many people would come.

"There are about 100 people, which is considered a large-scale personnel transfer in modern society."

Lu Xiao rested her chin on her hand and pondered for a while: "William, your goal should be to go to the port and join the Altaïr II, right?"

William: "That's right, but it doesn't seem to be going so well."

Memorizing all the red dots on the navigation map, Lu Xiao put her hand on the car door and said to the four of them with a smile: "It was a pleasure chatting with you, at least let me know that my blood is still the inheritor."

Desmond stood up in surprise: "Senior, don't you?"

"Wow!"