Lu Xiao remained calm on the surface, but suddenly her heart skipped a beat.
"Ancestor? What do you mean?"
Lu Xiao used the corner of his eye to observe the expressions of Desmond, Sean and Rebecca. Just like William, they all looked as if they had taken it for granted. They had obviously known what William said for a long time.
Lu Xiao's eyes glanced at Animus being carried to the car, and a sudden thought occurred in her heart, 'Could it be that the ancestral memory Desmond is looking for is not Ezio, but me?'
The facts were just as Lu Xiao had guessed. Except for some genetic fragments that were deliberately blocked by the system, Desmond experienced everything from Lu Xiao's first arrival in Italy to his departure from the Assassin's Creed world.
The blocked footage includes his secret conversations with Cassandra in the ruins of Atlantis, as well as most of the memories related to the system.
The genetic map they obtained first came from Rousseau Lirao, the child of Caterina and Lu Xiao, and the mentor of the Italian Assassin Brotherhood after Ezio.
The Miles family inherited Rousseau's paternal bloodline. Although they were confused about not being able to continue exploring Lu Xiao's genes, the DNA memory of multiple generations of legendary assassins after Rousseau 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 for Rousseau to live a stable life as an ordinary little nobleman. Why did he join the Assassin organization in the end?"
"Good fortune plays tricks on people."
William handed Lu Xiao a cup of strong coffee that he brewed himself, and Sean, who had strong historical knowledge, explained to Lu Xiao: "In the era when Rousseau Liraot lived, Italy happened to be attacked by France led by Charles VIII.
Invasion."
"Rousseau Lillao was born in Forlì, the capital of Romagna, which was the second Italian territory to be besieged by French troops after the fall of Lombardy."
"Nominally Rousseau is the son of Girolamo, the previous lord of Romagna, but the members of the Brotherhood at the time knew that this was just a cover. Rousseau's biological father was a legendary Eastern Assassin."
The following series of embarrassing boasts from Sean made Lu Xiao very uncomfortable. Later generations of assassins listed all of Lu Xiao's achievements one by one, and they also made some beautifications for themselves.
These include Lu Xiao defeating the Grand Master of the Templars Rodrigo Borgia twice, and leading the Italian Brotherhood to discover the true secret of Luo Ma's secret room, which was discovered by Leonardo...
Leonardo da Vinci called each other close friends who inspired each other's souls.
It was based on Minerva's prompts in the Roman secret chamber that Desmond found Altaïr's golden apple, which was recovered from Istanbul by Rousseau and Ezio and then buried under the Roman Colosseum, and successfully passed this "key"
Enter the great temple located on the American continent.
Lu Xiao smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I have a question. As far as I know, Rousseau did not inherit my Isu bloodline. How did he become an assassin?"
William took over and said: "Not all assassins have the blood of the Forerunners."
"There is an old saying in the East that diligence can make up for failure. Rousseau Liraot grew up under the special background of the French invasion. His hometown of Romagna was attacked by the French. Rousseau and his mother, Mrs. Sforza, had no choice but to
Flee to Florence and seek asylum.”
"Revenge-minded Rousseau, under the strict training of his enlightenment mentor Ezio Auditore, relied on his own hard work to develop the ability of eagle eye vision."
Lu Xiao did not expect this, but he did hear about a similar situation from Mario a long time ago.
Some people are born with the inheritance of Isu blood, but they never awaken the ability of Eagle Vision until the moment of natural death.
Some people clearly do not have Forerunner blood, but they can obtain weak eagle vision through hard training.
According to William, the contemporary elite assassin Gavin Banks is a living example.
Lu Xiao originally planned to separate from William's team after eliminating the threat from Juno and the coronal ejection. The secret information told to him by Sean and others aroused Lu Xiao's curiosity, causing him to unconsciously follow William's team for a longer distance.
The situation faced by the Assassin Brotherhood today is not much different from that in ancient times.
The Templars still maintain good relations with the official forces, but this time they do not interact with the officials as a knighthood, but as capitalists with large amounts of wealth, secretly manipulating the development process of various capitalist countries.
Abstergo Industries, this is the new disguise the Templars have put on themselves.
After all, William is the mentor of the Brotherhood. After finishing the work in the Great Temple, he still has many things to discuss with Gavin Banks who is sitting on the Altaïr II.
Without the older and more prudent William to hold him down, three young men led by Desmond immediately surrounded Lu Xiao.
Among them, Sean, 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 was more concerned about the two Isu people inhabiting Lu Xiao, while Desmond hoped to get Lu Xiao, a legend who had lived for hundreds of years, in terms of assassin skills such as combat and lurking.
Senior guidance.
Although there were countless generations apart, Desmond was indeed a descendant of part of Lu Xiao's bloodline. His request for advice made Lu Xiao feel a little soft-hearted and agreed to temporarily follow them and answer some of the Assassin's questions about ancient history.
"I know you are curious about why I can live from the Renaissance to now."
Lu Xiao changed the bracelet on his left arm back to its original shape, and the golden double snake staff appeared in front of the three of them. Even William, who was driving, couldn't help but look at it through the rearview mirror.
"This is the staff of Hermes Trismegistus. The person who passed it on to me thought the name was too troublesome, so he called it simply the staff of Hermes."
"Just as you guessed."
Seeing the desire for knowledge in the eyes of the four people, Lu Xiao readily answered their questions: "The Staff of Hermes is one of the artifacts of Eden left by the Isu civilization. Its greatest function is to freeze the lifespan of the holder.
.”
Lu Xiao spent nearly an hour telling the four people present about the secrets of the Isu civilization that he knew, and Aletheia would occasionally add a few words.
When they were about to enter the small 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 and eavesdrop on our conversation."
Aletheia's reminder did not surprise Lu Xiao. As early as he entered the main highway connecting various cities, Lu Xiao's sixth sense began to warn him that someone nearby was secretly monitoring the SUV.
"Guys, I'm afraid we're in trouble."
Lu Xiao turned on his eagle eye vision and scanned the surroundings. With the high concentration of Isu blood, his eagle eye vision's maximum observation distance was far longer than Desmond's, and his sixth sense was also sharper than his.
On a hill next to the avenue, two armed men wearing tactical vests and holding high-magnification sniper rifles had pointed their guns at the SUV that William's team was riding in, and might open fire at any time.
The two snipers were surrounded by many companions who were equally hostile and glowing red. Perhaps out of some calculation, they refrained from brutally sniping at the SUV for the time being.
"Aletheia, track the radio signals in reverse and mark the enemy's detailed location on the car navigation map."
William was also surprised by the large number of red dots that appeared on the map. Although he had already guessed that the Templars would find their traces, he did not expect that it would be so fast and that so many people would come.
"There are about more than 100 people, which is considered a large-scale personnel transfer in modern society."
Lu Xiao rested his chin on his hand and pondered: "William, your goal should be to go to the port to rendezvous with the Altaïr II, right?"
William: "That's right, but it doesn't seem to be going that smoothly."
Memorizing all the red dots on the navigation map, Lu Xiao put his hand on the car door and smiled and said to the four of them: "It was a pleasure chatting with you. At least it made me know that my bloodline is still in the inheritance."
Desmond stood up in surprise: "Senior, are you..."
"Wow!"
Lu Xiao opened the rear door of the SUV and jumped out of the high-speed car. With his strong body balance, he only stumbled on the ground for two steps before regaining his balance.
Turning her back to the SUV that was driving away quickly, Lu Xiao showed her thumbs up and said goodbye to Desmond and others through the headset she had recently received from William.
"Go on, I am just a passerby in this world now, the future belongs to you, let me, an old guy, help you buy some time."