The Sabbath Chapter 92: Hanalens
Because Ronggui will send Dahuang to send Hana's father "back" later, so Xiaomei went out by herself.
Ronggui was a little worried. At first, he insisted that Xiaomei let Dahuang carry him there first, and then go back by himself, but Xiaomei firmly refused.
He called an ambulance on the side of the road.
Eh, that’s right, no one stipulates that you can only take an ambulance if you are missing an arm or a leg.
Seeing the small yellow-green car headed away with a red siren whistling away, Ronggui was finally relieved.
"Guest, what kind of medicine do you want? I'll take you to the most suitable store." As soon as you got in the car, the ambulance driver began to introduce it with experience. If Ronggui was here, he would blink his eyes in surprise But come here: the ambulance driver is such a beauty!
Even though the movements are full of the feeling of a small businessman, and the tone of voice is full of the oily feeling of an old driver, but the ambulance driver has delicate features, his skin is unique to the Sicilians, and his eyebrows and eyes are full of amorous feelings.
It's a pity that Xiaomei's style is thrown into the water.
Sitting upright on the back seat, Xiaomei said directly: "Go to the library."
Then he fell silent.
This kind of customer looks like a kind of iron **** who doesn't like oil and salt—there's no way, the ambulance driver can only touch his nose and drive hard.
However, he still turned on the radio, and all kinds of drug advertisements were played, which became the only sound in the car.
This time, Xiaomei didn't say anything more. For him, he was used to listening to the radio and watching TV. With Ronggui by his side, it was like having a 24/7 radio. The advertisements were buzzing in her ears, Xiaomei sat upright and looked ahead.
Because he is too quiet, not only quiet, but also motionless for a long time. In fact, he often does this. If it weren't for Ronggui who often begged him to do it, when there is nothing to do, Xiaomei can maintain a motion for a day without moving. He will think about something, or, think about nothing.
To be honest, people who stand still for too long are also very scary to watch!
At this very moment, the old driver in the ambulance is undoubtedly facing this deathly fear!
Through the rear mirror, he kept observing Xiaomei. The car had been driving for more than half an hour, and during this half hour, he swore that the guest behind him really didn't move at all!
The cloak covering the body and face didn't even tremble, how suspicious this guest looked!
Could it be those undead people?
But when he came in, he obviously said something, those undead people can't speak.
Wait——
Could it have evolved to the undead who can talk?
In the earliest days, they just came out of the grave. After a while, they were able to walk, and after a while, they began to instinctively walk into the city with the last feeling. From the beginning, their limbs were stiff and unable to do so. Fluent, now you can flexibly climb over the city wall and run into the city. From the very beginning when they appeared, people found them to be undead, and now they have successfully blended in among the crowd. Only by looking closely can they find out that something is wrong
It is said that an incident of undead attacking living people finally happened a while ago!
The person who was attacked was a patient who came to buy medicine from other places. Because he was too scared, he accidentally attacked the undead man. As a result, the undead man who usually hardly reacted to the outside world actually attacked him. It is said that the man is still in the pharmacy now. Lying down!
Fortunately, he was attacked in the city of Sisiro. If he was changed to another place, how could there be so many good medicines that could be used in time for him?
But——
It seems that only in the city of Sisiro can people suffer this kind of attack, right?
One messy thought after another turned in his mind, and the ambulance driver's brain went blank.
As ambulance drivers, this job allows them to run around in and out of the city, in the streets and alleys. Since they want to sell pharmacies to customers, they naturally have frequent contacts with those pharmacies, so when it comes to Xixi The group of people who are the most well-informed in Luocheng and know the most gossip, the ambulance driver can undoubtedly be ranked first, even if they are not the first, there are also second and third.
According to the gossip heard a few days ago, the ambulance driver became more and more afraid.
He quickly raised the protective net between the front row and the rear row.
Usually, for the convenience of sales, he would not fall for this thing easily, but now he completely ignores it!
Fortunately, the life-saving library is just ahead.
Parking the car in front of the main entrance of the library, the ambulance driver was about to step on the accelerator and run away. At this moment, the guest knocked on the window glass next to him with his hand.
"I haven't paid yet." Listen carefully, this person's voice is also very suspicious! Metal texture, cold, flat and stiff tone, basically no ups and downs
Oh my god! This person is not dead!
Although many people in the city are not afraid of those undead people, but he is one of the few people who are afraid of them
A hand wearing a white glove passed over from the car window, revealing a pass, and touched the other party's with his pass in horror. After the ambulance driver finished collecting the money, he didn't even say a word of greeting Dare to say, immediately rolled up the window and ran away.
Since then, the city of Sisiro probably has another legend about "the undead riding an ambulance".
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The instigator of the misunderstanding, Xiaomei, held her pass and was stunned for a rare moment: the driver only charged him one point.
Is the fare so cheap here?
Looked for a while, he didn't think much, and looked up at the tall building in front of him - in the city of Sisiro, where wooden materials are commonly used, this tall building, which rarely uses tile and stone structure, is the library.
Water drops fell from the sky.
It's raining again.
There are too many plants in this city, and the frequency of automatic water spraying in the city is naturally higher than other cities. If it is divided according to the climate type, it should be a rainy city, right? The climate is hot and humid all year round. Of course, some parts of the city may be dry for the purpose of planting herbs
Xiaomei thought, and took out an umbrella from under the cloak.
He made the umbrella himself, but Ronggui asked him to do it.
The material of his body is not afraid of water now, and umbrellas are meaningless to him, but Ronggui's reason is right: "The umbrella is not to prevent the body from getting wet, but also to prevent the clothes on the body from getting wet. got wet".
After all, in this city, it is difficult to dry clothes once they are washed.
By the way, the dryer at Mrs. Zora's place is broken, and I have to fix it later. After all, Ronggui is a guy who needs to wash his clothes every two days.
There is nothing wrong with this, it is better to live with a clean person than with a dirty slob
Unaware of the slight change in her current thinking, Xiaomei walked up the steps at a constant speed while holding an umbrella.
Pushing open the heavy library door, he put away the umbrella, and saw that there was an umbrella next to him, and there was an umbrella there. After staring at the umbrella for a while, Xiaomei also put the umbrella on it.
The roof of the library is unusually high, and the corridor is unusually wide. There is no one in it. When Xiaomei walks, only her footsteps echo in the entire corridor.
However, all the lights in the corridor are complete, and none of the light bulbs are extinguished, which should be the result of special maintenance.
From this point of view, there should still be people here.
The floor is also very clean.
Walking all the way and observing the surroundings without any trace, Xiaomei finally walked the long corridor and came to the place where the library officially stores books.
This is a huge room, five floors high! In the middle are neatly placed reading tables and chairs, surrounded by books on five floors!
Every floor is densely packed with bookshelves, and more densely packed books are placed on them! There are stairs on both sides to go upstairs. In addition, there are air stairs in the middle of each floor. People can easily go from the bookshelf on the fourth floor to the fifth floor, or directly take the air stairs from the bookshelf on the fifth floor to the third floor. Floor
In Xiaomei's memory, this is not the largest library he has ever seen, but without a doubt, it is the most unique library!
As someone who has the habit of reading, Xiaomei was rarely taken aback.
Then he started looking for the receptionist.
He found the librarian in the corner of the lobby on the first floor. It was an elderly man wearing traditional Sisiro costume. He looked very old, with a pair of huge glasses on the bridge of his nose, holding a The old man is reading the book.
Hearing Xiaomei's footsteps, the old man was stunned for a moment, until Xiaomei walked up to him and explained why he came, then he put down the book in his hand, turned on the computer that had not been used for a long time, and waited for it to turn on, the old man hesitated for a while, Softly said to Xiaomei:
"Live?"
Xiaomei:?
The uncle pushed his glasses and whispered again: "I mean you are alive?"
Xiaomei: =-=
"My current body is made of machinery, strictly speaking" Xiaomei was about to continue, but the uncle interrupted him.
"Mechanical is good, I know, you are alive."
Probably because I haven't turned on the machine for a long time, the machine in front of the uncle is really slow to start up, and finally the management interface appears. The uncle logged in Xiaomei's pass, and then said to him very easily:
"Okay, now you can go in and read books. Books are not loaned out, you can only read them here. There is no place that you can't go in. Just look for it yourself."
As the uncle said, he handed the pass and a map of the library to Xiaomei. Just as Xiaomei put away the pass and was about to go inside, the uncle stopped him again:
"There are fewer and fewer people who are willing to come to the library to read books, and there are fewer living people, so"
The voice was lowered again, and the uncle said all the words:
"People who are not alive may seem a bit much."
"Don't be afraid when you see them. They are quite quiet. They never eat or drink in the library. They know how to put the books back where they are after reading. They are actually good readers."
"Hey, if you are afraid, go back as soon as possible"
Uncle's words finally turned into a long sigh.
Looking at the other party, Xiaomei turned around, and followed the direction indicated by the map, he went up the stairs and walked straight to the highest floor of the library.
There is only one general pharmacopoeia in the entire city of Sisiro. In this city, this great pharmacopoeia is a treasure-level existence. Other things can be destroyed, but the pharmacopoeia of this library will not be destroyed. Want to Find out the true and complete prescription of the elixir that Hana's father made back then, and only here.
Of course, for Xiaomei, inquiring about the prescription of the elixir is not the main purpose of his coming here: it is Ronggui's wish to find out Hana's father's last wish. Learn more about herbs.
His brain is the most complete library in the world. It is his innate ability to memorize all the books he has read. In later experiences, it will be completely mechanized and realized in a virtual form. After attaining immortality, his brain is connected to all the libraries in this world. All records that can be "informationized" in this world are all stored in his brain. There is no knowledge in this world that he does not know.
That is, some records disappeared before he started to connect to the system. The books and cultures in those places disappeared long before he could store them, and his system naturally lost the relevant records.
It is true that other places also have relevant knowledge about herbs, so Xiaomei can tell the names and effects of many herbs, but Sisiro City has to be said to be one of the top cities in research in this area.
After a long period of development, this city has developed a unique herbal medicine civilization. In many ways, they have places that other cities cannot replace.
And he is now in the central library of the city of Sisiro, where civilizations and cultures that have disappeared in history gather.
Two and a half months later, this place will disappear, and this unique library, as well as the studies of the Sicilian people in it, will also be destroyed, and will completely disappear in the long river of human civilization.
There is a strange feeling, but there is also a sense of necessity.
Xiaomei walked from floor to floor.
The place is quiet and quiet, full of books.
Occasionally, he crossed the steps and looked down at the librarian. The old man was reading a book with a peaceful face. own world.
Xiaomei looked away. Now, he finally climbed up to the fifth floor. In the center of the entire fifth floor is a huge shelf. On the shelf is a thick book, which is the legendary Great Pharmacopoeia of Cicero.
The books displayed on all the surrounding bookshelves are related to the pharmacopoeia. In order to create this prescription, how many experiments did the pharmacists do, and why is the theoretical basis? In short, it is a thesis.
Xiaomei stood in front of the shelf where the Pharmacopoeia was displayed.
He was too short, so the shelf automatically adjusted down a little according to his height.
Staring at the cover of the Pharmacopoeia for a while, Xiaomei opened the book.
He directly searched for the record of the undead medicine in the directory.
The catalog of the entire Pharmacopoeia is composed of drug names one after another, and they are arranged in the order of creation time. In the penultimate record, Xiaomei saw the line of "elder medicine".
He paused for a moment, then followed the instructions on the catalog and turned directly to the designated location.
Page 2438.
The prescription that records Papa Hana's greatest glory and failure as a pharmacist is on this page.
On that page, there is a line of "Pharmaceuticals of Eternity" printed in cursive style.
Xiaomei paused again.
There was a reason for his pause, because when he actually saw the writing of this legendary medicine name, he finally realized that something was wrong.
It is the real meaning of this drug name!
In Common Language, the pronunciation of "immortality" and "immortality" are exactly the same, and the writing style is very similar, only one letter is different.
In fact, this letter will naturally lead to a slight difference in the pronunciation of the whole word. Unfortunately, the difference is so small that most people do not pronounce this difference when they pronounce this word.
Because of the zombies that Ronggui talked about later, the records Xiaomei found about this medicine in the existing records are actually written as "undead medicine".
Only when Hana mentions this phrase, the pronunciation will be a little different from others.
The scene that happened in the early morning of this morning flashed like lightning in his mind:
"Do you have a prescription for the elixir at home?" Xiaomei asked quietly in the darkness.
"No, it's not the elixir, but the elixir." The little girl corrected it stubbornly, then shook her head: "No, all of Dad's notes have been destroyed."
By the way, the reminder is actually very obvious. Although the name of the medicine that Hana said is very similar to the name of the medicine in other people's mouth, it is not a kind of medicine.
But what's the difference? Whether it is not old or not dead, the result of the two is the same.
Slightly tilting her head, Xiaomei turned over the piece of paper with the name of the medicine printed on it, and saw the complete record about the "elixir of youth".
Written at the top is a detailed list of ingredients: what kind of medicinal materials were used, how many years were used for these medicinal materials, what extraction method was used, and how long was the extraction time
Very detailed.
A total of five pages were recorded eloquently!
Compared with the compositional analysis that is no longer than three pages long, there is no doubt that "Pharmaceutical of Immortality" is more difficult than other medicines in terms of production difficulty and research difficulty.
Not intentionally, Xiaomei memorized all the content on the five pages.
Then, he saw a passage from the pharmacist on the sixth page:
"The original intention of inventing this medicine is for my beautiful wife. I hope she can stay young and happy forever."
Completely different from the sentimental feelings written at the end of other medicines such as "cure the disease and save the patient", the creator of "Young Medicine" is very straightforward and confesses that his original intention of making medicine is just to keep his wife youthful.
Xiaomei knows this.
If the drug is really successful, this speech will probably be full of romantic feelings.
The drug failed, however.
Hana's father was brought to trial, and the court sentenced him to death.
And Hana's mother is also considered an "evil woman" as the reason Hana's father created this "evil drug".
On the way to be sentenced, Hana's father was attacked by a patient, and Hana's mother died under the attack of a certain patient in order to protect her husband.
Xiaomei thought of the wound on the neck of the female zombie——
This sad scene did not stop the execution, and Hana's dad was eventually executed.
But Hana didn't know all this.
As a minor, the law protected her growth and safety. She was told that her parents died in a car accident.
The little girl really thought so, when Ronggui asked her, the little girl answered like this.
Then Hana's parents kept coming home
It sounds logical, there is nothing unusual, but——
Why do you care so much about the name of this medicine?
Looking at the name of the medicine for a while, Xiaomei's eyes slid to the last page, the only place where the name of the creator of the medicine was printed.
"Gobnichanarens"
A sliver of haze flashed across the sky-like blue eyes. Although Xiaomei's expression did not change, there was a huge wave in his heart at this moment.
He thought he might know why the city would be extinct in two and a half months.
It is this "Hanarens"!
Because all the information has been destroyed, Xiaomei naturally does not know the reason for the destruction of Sisiro City, but——
But he knows Hanarens!
Committed the world's top crime - the crime of massacre, Hanarens was imprisoned in Joshua's black prison for 300 years, and was sentenced to death after serving his sentence!
If the place where Hanarens committed crimes is the city of Sisiro, then——
Xiaomei dialed the phone.
He dialed Ronggui's number.
The call was connected not long after, and Ronggui's cheerful voice came from the other end of the phone.
"What's the matter, Xiaomei, have you arrived at the library yet? It's starting to rain here, how about you? But luckily you brought an umbrella, so you don't have to worry about the rain"
As always, Ronggui said a lot.
Calmly, Xiaomei waited for Ronggui to finish speaking, and then asked his own question: "You, ask Hana for me, are there many people with the surname Hanalens in this city?"
Then he heard Ronggui go to ask Hana, the little girl's tender voice was not far away, not loud, but Xiaomei could hear it clearly through the microphone.
He heard Ronggui ask: "Hana, Xiaomei asks you, are there many people with the surname Hanalens in Sisiro City?"
"Strange, why did he ask you this?" This was Ronggui who didn't understand the situation.
"Ha! It's because Hana's surname is Hanarens!" The little girl didn't dislike it, and answered Ronggui's question very cheerfully.
"Dad said, our family's surname is unique in the whole city! So everyone calls us Hana! But Hana is a girl, so the way of writing it will be cute"
Xiaomei doesn't need to listen to the rest.
Hearing Ronggui repeat Hana's words, Xiaomei calmly said goodbye, and then hung up the phone.
Standing in front of the bookshelf where the pharmacopoeia was placed, Xiaomei looked out the window.
Outside the dark window, the rain is getting heavier and heavier.