Heavenly Dao Formula Chapter 610: Dead fog
"This is..." Xia Fan frowned.
"The corpse stinks." Qianyan said, "but it was not caused by corruption."
"Why is that?"
"The peculiar smell that comes out naturally after long storage is common in mortuary rooms and tombs." She replied.
"No trace of a living person was found," Li had already completed the search over there, "Du Lin is not here."
Xia Fan lit the portable torch, and the darkness faded away, revealing its original appearance in the basement. It is really spacious, with a length and width of at least thirty feet or more, and many compartments are separated by low walls. A firelight seemed not enough to illuminate every corner. Fortunately, there were many candlesticks in the room, and he lit them one by one, and the room suddenly became brighter.
The most eye-catching thing is the seven or eight bed frames placed in the basement-but the bed is not covered with bedding and other fabrics, but is covered with chains and iron fetters. Spots of blood can be seen around it, and various tools such as pliers, knives, and hand saws are on the low table beside the bed.
However, the medical techniques of this era are still in the stage of exploring the curative effect of herbal medicine, and some of the techniques have excellent healing effects, making the concept of surgical treatment far from taking shape. Therefore, when seeing these blood-stained and rust-stained instruments, Xia Fan immediately understood that Du Lin would never be a healer who broke through the thorns in pursuit of medical skills. He just transformed it into his own torture room and sent it to him. The people here are used as experimental rats to carry out some elusive experiments.
"It seems we didn't find the wrong person." Qianyan said coldly. Although she is used to seeing all kinds of deaths and has experienced many absurd things, it does not mean that she has silently accepted it. "Du Lin is not an ordinary tower doctor."
"You are right." Xia Fan agreed. If you want to say that this guy is just a raging pervert, he would be underestimated.
There are not only instruments of torture in the room, but also various experimental equipment-such as stills, glass flasks, heating furnaces, etc... They are neatly placed on the iron frames on both sides of the wall, and they seem to have been carefully maintained.
A psychopath obviously does not waste energy on such things.
More importantly, those large utensils are not cheap at first sight. In all likelihood, craftsmen make them specially based on drawings. With Du Lin alone's ability and financial resources, it is really difficult to decorate the basement to this point.
This also caused a question in Xia Fan's mind.
What exactly does his so-called experiment mean?
In some folk tales, evil people will piece together various corpses to create monsters similar to hatred. It's a pity that if you put it in reality, this simply won't work. Not to mention the high-level rejection reaction, it is difficult for most people to get a sterile operating room. The cut pieces of meat are no different from the steaks bought in the mall. I want them to be combined and still keep alive. It is no different from the Fang Ye Tan.
Unless the power of magic is used.
But Rutherin made it very clear that Doolin is just an ordinary person, not a demon owner. He has run the nursing home for so long, certainly not for attacking the church convoy.
"Xia Fan, a thousand words, come and take a look at this!"
Suddenly Li's whisper came from the other side.
The two followed the sound and came to the fox demon.
On the other side of the basement, it is similar to a study room, but in addition to common things such as long tables and bookshelves, there are also two peculiar wooden barrels on one wall—the classic color scheme of black and yellow barrels and the paintings on them. The skull logo on the face almost shows its danger on the face. But this is not what surprised Li the most. What really caught her attention was the sun pattern on the top of the barrel.
Such emblems are only eligible to be used by the Church of Hera.
"Is the church leading the matter behind this matter?" Li puzzled, "The person in the mirror who spoke with Azie is actually a member of the Hera Church?"
Otherwise, it is difficult to explain why church stuff appears in the basement of the nursing home.
"Maybe we can’t draw conclusions so quickly." Xia Fan noticed that there were still a few warning patterns painted on the barrel. With his limited level of Western Ji and the content of the icons, he could roughly tell that it should be "Be careful." "Handle with care", "keep away from heat", "non-professionals should not touch" and other meanings.
If the church wants to bring certain dangerous goods into Azure Fort, there is no reason to write all the warnings on it.
It is more like a very rigorous packaging container, or a mass-produced one.
Using such things to play conspiracy and trickery, are you not afraid of being caught by someone?
"Look around and see if you can find any new clues." He said calmly.
The three of them started to dig through the 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 casually, the other party's record becomes shorter and shorter. "Time is very tight, and consuming only the people in the hospital can easily cause suspicion. I can only collect manpower from the outside and carry out multiple comparison experiments at the same time."
"The effect of potion No. 26 is too lethal, and the blue iris flower does not have an effective attenuation effect. A total of two people were consumed, and the test failed."
"Pharmaceutical No. 28, failed."
"Pill No. 31, the death time was extended to six hours. This is a rare breakthrough, but there is still a certain distance from the target."
"The investigation of the trial team was more acute than expected. The above has shortened the operation date again. I can only do two additional experiments during the day. I hope everything is still in time."
"Pharmaceutical No. 35, the effect of the dead fog was greatly suppressed. The three experimenters persisted for 12 hours. No matter how bad the body is, the spirit is still awake. I feel that success is near. So close."
Next is the last page, with only one sentence on it.
"Pharmaceutical No. 37, I found the perfect formula."
Xia Fan's heart sank slightly.
Even through the paper, he can feel the urgency of the other party. According to this record, Du Lin’s "action date" has been shortened to the point where he took the risk of being discovered and captured a large number of outsiders, and stayed in the basement for a long time to experiment. Now that the experiment is complete, when will he choose to do it?
Is it possible... is it now?
At this time, Li also discovered two unusual things through the smell.
They are placed in a wooden box on the bookshelf. The wooden box itself is not locked. It seems that the contents are not rare things, but Li realizes that these two things are by no means ordinary.
Because their taste is quite unique, it is incompatible with the blood and stench that fills the room.
It was a delicately crafted gold and stone pendant, and a guard document.
"What's written on it?" Xia Fan noticed this different piece of paper.
After scanning it roughly, Li couldn't help but his gaze condensed, "An outgoing bill indicates that the Guardian Island garrison was ordered by the church to deliver ten barrels of Dead Sea Dead Fog, as well as the precautions for the dead fog itself. "
"Dead fog"-this term also occasionally appears in test records.
She pointed to the dense rows of small characters below, "It is collected from the edge of the sea, and it is extremely pure. It has a very strong bone-eroding effect on any living thing and most demons. Once inhaled or injected into the body, it will affect the body. The damage will happen irreversibly, and ordinary treatments will not work. Therefore, a full set of protective equipment must be worn, and extraction and recovery must be carried out carefully."
"Warning: In the event of accidental contact, the best way to deal with it is to immediately end the life of the contacter, so as to reduce the pain of erosion and fracture."
"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 reading it out—"Issuer: Major Ferdinand Loken".
"This is all right." Xia Fan muttered, "The murderer, the evidence, the purpose of the crime... We have everything we are looking for."
"Do you mean that the enemy attacked the church convoy in order to obtain dead fog from Watch Island?" Li asked.
He nodded, "From the official document, this army stationed on Watch Island belongs to the church. If they use the identity of the Son of the Holy Spirit, they can receive this dangerous item without knowing it."
"That means—this pendant belongs to the Son of God?" Li lifted it up, "Why did the murderer threw it in such a place?"
"Because it's useless. The news on the island is blocked again, and after ten days and a half, you will know what happened in Azure Fort. Once the other party acts, this information gap will disappear." Xia Fan groaned, "On the contrary. Leaving it in the basement can create an illusion of self-direction and performance by the church. The same goes for those barrels with dead fog..."
The other party not only didn't care about the information leaked on the container, but also deliberately placed it here grandiosely. The intention can only be said to be quite obvious.
"But what do they want to do with dead fog?" Li turned his gaze to the paper again. "According to the content of the warning, it seems that this thing can cause no small harm in the city as long as it is poured into a well. Lin didn't do this."
"I just reviewed his test records. What he pursues is not the killing effect of dead fog, but to prolong the pain it brings to people." Xia Fan looked solemn, "This reminds me of the same thing. Stuff."
"Do you want to talk about the bronze ruins?" Qianyan said abruptly.
He nodded slightly~IndoMTL.com~ The sole purpose of these things was to make people experience the most painful and desperate torture before death, in order to create an atmosphere of resentment. "
And these breaths are the best raw materials for nurturing evil spirits.
If the other party's purpose is this, then a series of things they have done basically makes sense.
"There is still a problem with this explanation." Qianyan did not immediately agree. "Azieu must know this, but what good is it for him? Helping the murderer create evil to attack Azure Fort, he will definitely It is not a cost-effective idea to affect his factories and shops."
Xia Fan also feels that the argument of the living dead is not unreasonable, "unless he can get greater benefits from it."
At this moment, Li suddenly pricked his ears.
"Shhh, there is movement above my head!"
The other two immediately held their breath and looked up.
Only a few wisps of light blue smoke floated from the gap in the ceiling of the basement, like a soft gauze, silently covering below.