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Even if Lecter, with his level of expertise, disdained eavesdropping and spying, he might still sense certain things once they were said.

What should I do?

Hearst also wet himself and started gesturing on the coffee table.

The two began their conversation using the coffee table as their interface.

Eat less of what Dr. Lecter gives you, and remember to save some cookies for me next time; I'll take care of them.

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[And Dr. Lecter's banquet, the first one I went with you. You said he wasn't feeling well, and I suspect it might be because he didn't use the usual ingredients. Did you eat there again after that?]

Hearst nodded emphatically: "[I've eaten it. He said he was developing a new dish, and I thought it tasted pretty good. It was around the time he went to treat Margaret's family with you.]"

Bai Miao had a bad feeling.

After this guy finished his treatment at Margaret's house, he went straight home and cooked, huh?

Is there such a rush?

Bai Miao carefully considered the logic behind it.

After finishing his treatment, Dr. Lecter rushed home to cook, and also invited Hearst over, saying that he had developed a new dish.

I just finished treating someone and suddenly thought of a new dish?

Wait...did Lecter bring something back with him?

Bai Miao recalled the details of the treatment that day, and it seemed that Lecter cut off the legs of Lady Margaret's spiritual body at the end.

Because he said that place was a place where relatives lived off others.

Was the food served that day... cylindrical?

Hearst turned to Bai Miao: "How did you know that Dr. Lecter made a roast meat wrapped in lotus leaves that day, shaped like a cylinder? It smelled delicious."

Bai Miao felt a chill run down his spine, and at the same time, he was glad that when he attended the luncheon, Lecter had not served him any special ingredients.

But why did he keep feeding Hearst these kinds of ingredients?

Lecter described psychoanalysis to himself as being like red wine, to be savored; it turns out that wasn't just a metaphor.

He really does cut off a person's spirit and eat it!

However, how to make the spiritual entity appear in reality and be dealt with was not within Bai Miao's consideration.

Lecter must have his own production line.

Those cookies...

Bai Miao remembered eating a biscuit, which was supposed to be a human spirit, but he had no idea what part of the body it was.

Thinking about this, Bai Miao felt nauseous.

No, I need to undergo psychoanalysis myself.

Bai Miao was unsure whether his mental state would undergo a similar transformation to Hearst's after eating the biscuit.

Eat less of this in the future...it's bad for your mental health.

That's all the advice Bai Miao could offer.

If Hearst knew the truth about what she ate, she would probably be greatly shocked.

But Lecter knew Hearst's problem, so his actions were definitely not well-intentioned.

If blood vessels completely covered the mind, would Hearst's mind be completely bound?

Bai Miao couldn't say for sure whether Hearst would completely lose his mind and become bloodthirsty at that time.

Lecter may have simply wanted to test something.

Evil door.

Okay... I'll be careful.

Although Hearst was somewhat reluctant to part with Dr. Lecter's delicious cooking, she still chose to trust Bai Miao.

Lecter gave everyone the feeling of being unfathomable, and even inspired a sense of awe in them subconsciously.

Bai Miao acted more intimately, and this atmosphere made Hearst more willing to interact with Bai Miao.

Hearst could tolerate a little less indulgence in food.

Bai Miao knew that he had completely gone against Lecter.

Every step from here on needs to be taken with care; try not to test Lecter's patience.

Lecter knew about Miss Hearst's mental recovery, but he chose to use cookies to slowly stimulate Hearst.

This suggests that he doesn't care if Hearst recovers, or that he's confident he can continue to let Hearst's spirit sink deeper.

What Bai Miao needs is this kind of confidence from Lecter.

As long as he doesn't see himself as a threat, that's fine.

After leaving Hearst's house, Bai Miao did not go straight home, but went to an optician's shop to buy some lenses, and then went to a glass shop to buy a large number of glasswares.

Bai Miao planned to begin his research on blood.

To compare the blood composition of the Maurice and Dracula families and find the differences.

Although microscopes were available in Arles, Bai Miao needed higher magnification and a clearer field of view, and he made full use of his hands-on skills.

If the principle is known, the materials are sufficient, and various skills are employed, then it is entirely possible to manufacture it.

Bai Miao believed that the microscope he made was as precise as any product manufactured in Yar City.

After a busy night, Bai Miao created a microscope specifically for studying blood.

Bai Miao carefully took out 1 mL of blood, sucked it out with a dropper, and began his research.

Chapter 189 The Mystery of Blood

A drop of blood was placed on a glass slide, covered with a coverslip, and the blood spread out evenly, displaying an amazing vitality at its edges.

A drop of blood seemed to possess life; to Bai Miao, it felt like a giant red cell with its cell walls constantly flowing and deforming.

When examined under a microscope, the concentration of red blood cells in the blood was significantly higher than that of normal people.

Bai Miao first tested Katie's blood, and after making a series of records, he switched to Hearst's blood.

The conclusion, however, shocked Bai Miao.

Hearst's blood contains many long, thin substances mixed in with the numerous blood cells.

These things were so small, and they could move nimbly through the cells, that Bai Miao almost thought he was seeing things.

The multiple is not enough.

After switching to a higher magnification eyepiece, Bai Miao decided to inactivate the drop of blood first, so that he could better observe the little creatures running around.

"Tentacles?"

Each of these slender little creatures is covered with even smaller tentacles, which might be more accurately described as flagella at the cellular level.

Upon closer inspection, these tiny creatures even have tiny mouthparts on their surface, used to extract substances from the blood.

Even after being inactivated by high temperatures, some of them still retain their vitality and continue to wriggle.

"There really is something strange."

Bai Miao planned to name this creature Bloodworm, meaning a worm that parasitizes the blood.

In other words, the improvement Morrie made was to remove the bloodworms from the blood.

Or it altered the blood environment, making it impossible for bloodworms to survive.

We have a direction now.

Bai Miao realized he was doing something comparable to Dr. Morrie.

Improve the cursed blood, eliminating the blood thirst defect within it.

However, Bai Miao currently has no idea how to remove the curse.

If the curse could be lifted one day, then this blood could be used to mass-produce Superman.

Bai Miao's current approach is to first separate the blood from the bloodworms and then analyze the properties of the bloodworms separately.

There's still not enough equipment.

But with the knowledge of the instruments needed for the relevant research in his mind, Bai Miao was confident that he could make them by hand.

Another big shopping trip to the market; Bai Miao is now focusing all his attention on researching the cursed blood.

This is also a major test of Bai Miao's abilities.

It is a comprehensive test of both knowledge reserves and practical skills.

During the research period, Bai Miao did not open a clinic. Instead, he put up a sign indicating that he was currently researching a new technology. People who saw this sign would consciously refrain from disturbing the doctor living there.

Even newsboys would simply put the newspapers in the mailbox by the door and would never shout.

Within the city of Yar, doctors at crucial stages of their research absolutely cannot tolerate any disturbance.

However, on Sunday morning, Bai Miao stopped his research and gave Hearst treatment.

Hearst looked curiously at the studio that Bai Miao had set up in just a day or two: "Is this what you've accomplished these past few days? Have you made any progress?"

"Yes, there is a creature in your blood that is not in Katie's blood. This creature may be the cause of your blood thirst."

Bai Miao noticed that the vascular erosion on Hearst's mental body was decreasing, with only about one-fifth of the area remaining.

It seems she resisted Lecter's offer of food quite well.

Lecter did not react at all.

Does this mean he was indeed acting on impulse, or that he simply didn't care?

Bai Miao felt like he was flirting with death, constantly testing Dr. Lecter's limits.

"Hmm...it's a little itchy..."

When Bai Miao touched the soles of Hearst's feet, Hearst's shoulders trembled slightly, and his face flushed: "I think... I can feel it in my feet..."