Heavenly Dao Formula

"This is..." Xia Fan frowned.

"The corpse stinks," Qian Yan said, "but it's not caused by corruption."

"What is that for?"

"The smell that comes out naturally after being stored for a long time is often found in morgues and tombs." She replied.

"No traces of living people were found," Na Li had already completed the search, "Du Lin is not here."

Xia Fan lit the portable torch, and the darkness faded away, revealing its original appearance in the basement. This place is really quite spacious, with a length and width of at least thirty feet, and many compartments are separated by low walls. A fire seemed not enough to illuminate every corner. Fortunately, there were many candlesticks in the room. He lit them one by one, and the room became much brighter.

The most striking thing is the seven or eight bed frames placed in the basement—but the beds are not covered with bedding and other fabrics, but are covered with chains and iron shackles. Bloodstains can be seen around it, and there are various tools such as pliers, knives, and handsaws on the low table beside the bed.

However, the medical skills of this era are still in the stage of exploring the curative effect of herbal medicine, and some techniques have excellent healing effects, so the concept of surgical treatment is far from being formed. Therefore, when he saw these blood-stained and rusty instruments, Xia Fan immediately understood that Du Lin would never be a doctor who broke through thorns in pursuit of medical skills. The people here are used as guinea pigs to carry out some dark experiments.

"It seems that we did not find the wrong person." Qian Yan said coldly. Although she was used to all kinds of deaths and experienced many absurd things, it didn't mean she had accepted it silently, "Durin is not an ordinary tower doctor."

"You're right." Xia Fan agreed. If you want to say that this guy is just a rampant pervert, it would be a little underestimating him.

There are not only torture instruments in the room, but also various experimental equipment - such as retorts, glass flasks, heating furnaces, etc... There are more things that Xia Fan can't name, but they are all neatly arranged The iron frames placed on both sides of the wall seem to have been carefully maintained.

A psychopath obviously wouldn't waste energy on such things.

More importantly, those large appliances are not cheap at first glance, and nine out of ten are specially made by craftsmen according to the drawings. With Du Lin's ability and financial resources alone, it is really difficult to decorate the basement to this extent.

This also raised a question in Xia Fan's mind.

What does his so-called experiment mean?

In some folk tales, the evil one would cobble together various corpses to create abomination-like monsters. It's a pity that in reality, this doesn't work at all, not to mention the profound rejection, it is difficult for ordinary people to build a sterile operating room. Cuts of meat are no different from steaks bought in the mall, and trying to combine them and keep them alive is no different from the Arabian Nights.

Unless with the power of magic.

But Ratherin made it very clear that Durin was just an ordinary person, not a demon possessor. He had been running the nursing home for so long, so he certainly wasn't planning to attack the church convoy.

"Xia Fan, Qianyan, come over and take a look at this!"

Li's low cry suddenly came from the other side.

The two followed the sound and came to the fox demon.

I saw that the other side of the basement was similar to a study room, but apart from common things such as long tables and bookshelves, there were two strange wooden barrels on one side of the wall—the classic black and yellow color scheme of the barrels and the skulls painted on them. The head logo almost puts its danger on the face. But this is not what surprised Li the most. What really caught her attention was the sun pattern logo on the top of the barrel.

Only the Church of Hera is eligible to use such an emblem.

"Could it be that the church is leading this matter?" Li Fei explained, "The man in the mirror who talked to Azie is actually a member of the Church of Hera?"

Otherwise it's hard to explain why church stuff is in the basement of a nursing home.

"Perhaps we can't make a conclusion so quickly." Xia Fan noticed that there were several warning patterns painted on the wooden barrel. With his limited level of Western polar language and the content of the illustrations, he could roughly distinguish that it should be "handle with care." , "keep away from heat sources", "non-professionals should not touch", etc.

If the church wants to ship certain dangerous items into Azure Castle, there is no reason to write all the warnings on them.

It is more like a very rigorous packaging container, the kind that is mass-produced.

Using something like this to play tricks and tricks, aren't you afraid of being caught?

"Look around and see if you can find any new clues." He said calmly.

The three of them immediately started rummaging through boxes and cabinets, hoping to find some guidance.

Soon, Xia Fan was attracted by an experiment record on the desktop.

The handwriting inside is very neat, even he can understand a lot.

Turning to the next few pages, the other party's record became shorter and shorter. "Time is tight, and only consuming people in the hospital is likely to arouse suspicion. I can only collect people from the outside and carry out multiple comparative experiments at the same time."

"The effect of the twenty-sixth potion is too lethal. The blue irises cannot effectively reduce the poison. A total of two people were consumed. The test failed."

"Pharmaceutical No. 28, failed."

"Pharmaceutical No. 31, the death time has been extended to six hours. This is a rare breakthrough, but there is still a certain distance from the target."

"The investigation by the jury was more sensitive than expected. The higher-ups have shortened the operation date again. I can only do two more experiments during the day. I hope there is still time."

"Pharmaceutical No. 35, the effect of the dead fog was greatly suppressed. The three experimenters persisted for a full twelve hours. No matter how corrupted the body was, the spirit was still clear. I felt that success was close at hand."

Then came the last page, with only one sentence on it.

"Pharmaceutical No. 37, I have found the perfect formula."

Xia Fan's heart sank slightly.

Even through the paper, he could feel the urgency of the other party. According to this record, the "operation date" in Du Lin's mouth has been shortened to the point that he did not hesitate to risk being discovered to capture a large number of outsiders, and stayed in the basement for a long time to conduct experiments. Now that the experiment is over, when will he choose to do it?

Could it be... now?

At this time, Li also discovered two unusual things through the smell.

They were placed in a wooden box on the bookshelf, and the wooden box itself was not locked. It seemed that there was nothing rare in it, but Ke Li realized that these two things were by no means ordinary.

Because their smell is quite unique, and it looks incompatible with the blood and stench that filled the room.

It was a finely crafted gold and stone pendant, and a customs document.

"What's written on it?" Xia Fan noticed this different piece of paper.

After roughly scanning it, Li's eyes couldn't help but concentrate, "A delivery list, indicating that the garrison on Shouwang Island was ordered by the church to deliver ten barrels of the Dead Sea Dead Fog, as well as instructions on the precautions for the Dead Fog itself."

"Dead Fog" - this word also appears occasionally in the test records.

She pointed to the rows of densely packed small characters below, "It was collected from the edge of the Absolute Sea, and its purity is extremely high. It has a very strong bone-eroding effect on any living creature and most demons. Once inhaled or injected into the body, the damage to the body will be Irreversible occurrence, ordinary treatment does not work, so it is necessary to wear a full set of protective equipment, and carefully extract and recover."

"Warning: In the event of accidental contact, the best response is to end the life of the contact immediately to reduce his suffering from bone erosion."

"Note: When used to kill demons, a hazard assessment is required to minimize the spread and residue of dead fog on land."

At the bottom of the document is a signature, which Xia Fan can read without Li Nian coming out - "Issued by: Major Ferdinand Loken".

"That's it." Xia Fan muttered, "The murderer, the evidence, the purpose of the crime... everything we are looking for is ready."

"You mean, the enemy's attack on the church convoy was actually to get the dead fog from Watch Island?" Li asked.

He nodded, "According to the official documents, the army stationed on Shouwang Island belongs to the church. If they use their identity as the Sons of the Holy Spirit, they can receive this dangerous item without anyone noticing."

"That is to say—this pendant belongs to the Holy Son?" Li lifted it up, "But why did the murderer throw it in such a place?"

"Because it's useless. No matter how closed the news on the island is, it will take ten and a half months to know what happened in Azure Fort. Once the other party takes action, the information gap will disappear." Xia Fan mused, "Leave it instead. In the basement, on the contrary, it can create an illusion that the church is directing and acting on its own. And the same is true for those wooden barrels filled with dead fog..."

Not only did the other party not care about the leaked information on the container, but they also deliberately placed it here in a grandiose manner. Its intention can only be said to be quite obvious.

"But what exactly do they want to use the dead fog for?" Li turned his gaze back to the document, "According to the content of the warning, it seems that as long as this thing is poured into the well, it can cause a lot of harm in the city, but Du Lin didn't Do it."

"I just read his test records. What he pursues is not the killing effect of the dead fog, but to prolong the pain it brings." Xia Fan's expression is solemn, "This reminds me of something."

"You want to talk about the bronze ruins, right?" Qian Yan said abruptly.

He nodded slightly, "The sole purpose of these things is to make people experience the most painful and desperate torture before death, so as to create an aura of resentment."

And these breaths are the best raw materials for breeding evil spirits.

If the purpose of the other party is this, then the series of things done can basically make sense.

"However, there are still problems with this explanation." Qian Yan did not agree immediately, "Azie must have known about this, but what good does it do for him? Helping the murderer create evil spirits to attack Azure Fort will definitely affect him No matter how you look at it, it is not a cost-effective idea.”

Xia Fan also felt that the argument of the living dead was not unreasonable, "unless he can get more benefits from it."

At this moment, Li suddenly pricked up his ears.

"Shh, there's movement overhead!"

The other two immediately held their breath and looked up.

I saw a few wisps of light blue smoke floating out of the cracks in the ceiling of the basement, like a soft tulle, covering it silently downward.

What I was busy with before, I guess everyone knows T.T. There will be an article published soon, so I will make a revision today and tomorrow. Allow me to make a single update for two days, and the corresponding number of words will increase, which is almost equivalent to 1.5 chapters. I'm really not lazy.

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