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Chapter 96 The Scientist's Frenzy!! (Bonus Chapter)
"Professor Deng," Wang Hu suggested in a low voice, "how about I go and invite the two Taoist priests over to give us some guidance?"

"Nonsense!" Deng Dakang glared at him.

"They almost bled to death drawing those few talismans, and they're resting right now! Are you calling them over so you can just put them in the ICU for research?"

In fact, Deng Dakang was also a little embarrassed to admit it.

The two Taoist priests were invited by their superiors, but after meeting them, he discovered that they didn't understand Qi or supernatural powers either, and even pretended to know things in a silly and naive way.
Therefore, Deng Dakang decisively transferred his affections to someone else and let them figure it out themselves.

He had originally intended to recommend the two Taoist priests to refine their bodies and hone their martial arts skills, but unexpectedly, while he was working on creating some equipment using a bug that allowed him to travel between two worlds, the two Taoist priests he didn't think much of actually made a big move.

Deng Dakang has a sense of shame!
I need to wait a bit; I'll go see them tomorrow.

Wang Hu shrank back, not daring to speak again.

"Alright," Deng Dakang waved his hand, "Scientific research is about making bold hypotheses and carefully verifying them! If we don't have data, we'll create our own!"

With a sweeping gesture, he exuded an air of commanding authority.

"Let's start with the basics! Add distilled water in a 1:1:1 ratio and stir well!"

"Yes!"

Zhong Shichang and Lao Guo immediately got to work, one using an electronic scale to weigh it precisely, with the reading accurate to the milligram.

A person carefully adds distilled water with a dropper, looking serious and tense.

Soon, a small cup of black paste with a pine-scented aroma was prepared.

"It looks very similar to the colors used for drawing talismans, so let's apply it!"

Fully armed, Teng Yanchen used a long pole to hold a rag, dipped it in paste, and carefully smeared it on the forehead of a controlled skeleton soldier.

one second.

ten seconds.

Ten minutes passed.

The laboratory was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. Everyone was staring at the controlled skeleton, but apart from a grayish-brown plaster on its forehead, it didn't react at all.

"..."

Deng Dakang's face fell slightly: "Ahem, perhaps the medium was wrong. I remember the Taoist priest used talisman paper, right?"

Everyone nodded.

He pointed to the stack of precious yellow talisman paper on the table next to him: "Cut off a small piece, apply the material, and then stick it on to try!"

It's yet another new tactic.

As a result, when the talisman coated with the mixture was placed on the skull's ribs, nothing happened except that it stained a patch of bone black.

"How strange!" Deng Dakang walked around the skull twice, completely baffled.

"Increase the dosage, and follow the standards used by the two Taoist priests when making the talismans!"

For the next few hours, the entire laboratory was caught in a cycle of frenzy and despair.

"Increase the cinnabar ratio to one percent and try again!"

failure.

"Change to obsidian, add bone meal! Halve the amount of yellow paper materials!"

failure.

"Drawing the strokes directly on the exorcism talisman? Damn it, I don't believe it!"

Still failed.

After dozens of attempts, the table was piled high with dozens of skeletal specimens labeled "failure." The laboratory was filled with the smell of burnt pine needles and an awkward atmosphere that wouldn't dissipate.

Deng Dakang was extremely agitated.

"What went wrong?! Do we have to take a bath, change clothes, burn incense, and pray?"

Zhong Shichang and Lao Guo stood aside, not daring to utter a sound.

Having just made a huge blunder, they didn't want to cause trouble again with Professor Deng.

Just then, Wang Hu, who hadn't said much, seemed to remember something, his expression changed slightly, and he hesitated before speaking.

"Professor Deng...I have a guess!"

"Tell me!" Deng Dakang said, rubbing his temples.

Wang Hu swallowed hard and said, "I remember that the two Taoist priests bled a lot while making talismans, which is why they need to rest urgently." The laboratory fell silent as soon as he finished speaking.

Zhong Shichang's eyes widened instantly.

Deng Dakang's headache was frozen on his face.

He slowly turned his head and stared intently at Lao Guo.

"Blood? That's impossible! I just added a very small amount based on the trace elements in blood... No, could red blood cells be the catalyst?"

A crucial, yet previously overlooked, variable suddenly came to Deng Dakang's mind.

"Let's try blood synthesis this time."

"Professor, what kind of blood?"

"Don't we have a lot of experimental monkeys at Emei? Let's use theirs!"

"okay!"

Twenty minutes later, the experimental monkey, which had received approval, had a tube of blood drawn from it amidst its grumbling and cursing.

Tested, and then once again, nothing happened!
“One monkey’s blood is too little. I remember there were more than twenty experimental monkeys, right?” Deng Dakang’s eyes darted around. “Except for those for pathological testing, we’ll draw blood from each of the others in one tube and conduct a comparative experiment!”

Then, more experimental monkeys chirped and bared their teeth at Zhong Shichang, Wang Hu, and the others who were having their blood drawn.

pat~
Zizzi~
Accompanied by a large-scale assault and a few electric shocks, the monkeys immediately became obedient, trembling as they were drawn blood for the experiment!
Then came another round of stirring and experimentation!

After everything was settled, Deng Dakang looked at the ink, which looked similar to the talismans made by the two Taoist priests, and then began making his own.

The skillful Zhong Shichang even drew a pattern similar to the talisman made by Master Chen.

Although this thing is quite different from the talisman paper that Master Chen makes in one stroke, they look very similar.

Once everything was settled, everyone brought out the skeleton remains again.

Previously, Master Chen had verified through the talismans he made that even shattered remains of the dead could undergo a special explosive reaction after coming into contact with the talismans for a period of time.

This saves the warriors the trouble of capturing healthy undead skeletons.

As the talismans were affixed to the remains of the dead one by one, the crowd watched from a safe distance, separated by bulletproof glass.

Optical cameras, thermal analyzers, and spectrometers were running at full power in an attempt to capture this amazing chemical combustion reaction.

Then--

Half an hour later, everything was normal!
"This isn't right! This doesn't make sense!"

Deng Dakang scratched his already thinning hair in pain, feeling a severe headache.

Snapped! ! !
"No, I must have missed something!"
"Yes, I must have missed something important!"

Deng Dakang closed his eyes, and suddenly the image of Master Chen and Master Zhou using magic swords to bleed him flashed into his mind.

Is it human blood?
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One and a half kilometers from the experimental base, there is a place where the two Taoist priests rest.

Master Zhou lay there, his face pale: "Oh dear, senior brother, I've almost bled dry this time! Let's rest for a couple of days!"

"It's not the right time yet. The advance team's warriors and scientists need to understand the principles of our talisman-making. We need to try to teach some interested warriors how to make talismans."

"Ah, didn't you say that it would be necessary to sense the primordial Qi and master the secret techniques of Taoism before it could be done?"

"Silly junior brother, I was just trying to elevate the prestige of our Wudang sect. What do I know about making talismans?!"

"Then why did we all succeed?"

"It might be the ancestral master manifesting his power." Master Chen stroked his beard and scratched his head. "Yes, it must be the ancestral master manifesting his power!"

"The Complete Book of Talisman Making says that once a talisman for suppressing evil is made and applied, it will have an effect. I estimate that the power of our ancestor cannot penetrate into places outside the Three Realms, which is why the talismans we drew take so long to take effect."

Master Zhou frowned: "What should we do? If our ancestral master's online support is too slow, won't we just be handing over our credit to evil spirits when we encounter them in the future?"

"No, I think we can spread Taoist beliefs here and make the incense burner prosperous. When the incense burner is prosperous, we can better release the talismans to ward off evil!"

"Senior brother, what do you suggest we do?"

"I'm thinking of having those warriors who study our Taoist knowledge put their names on the list first!"

"Huh? Senior brother, soldiers can't just believe in any religion."

"Are you stupid? I'm just a figurehead! It's just a simple ceremony to attract people and incense offerings. I think the ancestral master would also like a lively atmosphere."

(End of this chapter)