Failure.
One failure after the other.
Nick had already created his own laboratory, which he had filled with the machines from Deep Core Base.
While he knew as much about biology as the Enlightened Ones, he couldn't just theorize a completely new kind of human.
He needed to test things.
He needed to experiment.
He was treading new ground, and while he was right in his predictions most of the time, there were also times he was wrong.
The Enlightened Ones knew a lot, but they didn't know everything.
25 years had already passed, and Nick had already become a Peak Fallen, but he had not made any significant progress yet.
He looked at the growing tubes filled with artificial fetuses with a frown.
None of them were developing in a desirable way.
Half of them died to the Nightmare after they created a nervous system, while the other half couldn't make use of the nourishing solution filled with Pure Energy.
