The weather is getting colder, and the temperature is about to drop in Polnia. The thick fog turns into crystal clear dew, which condenses on the vertical and horizontal pipes. Under the sunlight, it reflects colorful light like glass beads.
Jiang Chenchuan fell asleep in his dream, frowning slightly at times, and didn't know what he was dreaming about. Yulia stayed by his side, wrapped in a small blanket, and fell asleep on the table.
Ethan left early, took the earliest steam tram in the morning, and left Yulia's house. The cold wind in front of him sobered him up. He also passed the Cathedral of the Dawn on the way. The burned church was pitch black, like a dead giant. Body, he heard the people on the tram making varying degrees of exclamations.
Uninformed people started talking about it.
Until the tram passed Setvina District, accompanied by the familiar whistle, Ethan got off the tram.
You can see the Polnia Museum standing here, but Ethan's destination is not here, but to another place.
It was an inconspicuous small building in Setvina District. It seemed to be only two stories high. The heavy iron door was rusty due to the thick fog here, and it looked like there were few people moving around.
Different from the dilapidated environment outside, the building uses Polnia's most expensive energy supply. A complex and dense system like a spider web extends all the way down, wrapping underground facilities like a nest.
This is a secret research base in the Atlas Alchemy Institute, and Ethan from the Mechanical Department is also a member of this secret laboratory.
The elevator door slowly opened, Ethan walked in, closed the metal door, and pressed the floor button. The unique smell of the laboratory wafted in the air, the numbers in front of his head jumped, and the elevator started to start.
Send him deeper underground.
There are many secrets hidden in this world. Some are not known to the world to protect the world, and some are not known to the world for a better future.
As the floor lowered, the shadows and lights continued to change, until the light fell on him,
"Ding--"
The elevator has arrived.
When the door was opened, a new scene appeared in front of Ethan. Researchers in white coats were busy shuttling in front of various instruments. Occasionally, someone raised his head to say hello to Ethan.
"Is Professor Hyman here?"
Next to a large instrument, Ethan probed and asked.
"Professor Hyman? He didn't come today, but Professor Erwin is here. In his research room, are you looking for him?"
The researcher who was busy raised his head and replied. Obviously, he and Ethan were old acquaintances and knew what Ethan's purpose was.
"Can."
Ethan made a "very good" gesture, turned around and walked towards Erwin's research room.
It was a large, empty room.
In the center of the room was a huge glass jar-shaped container, with a huge pipe above it, pouring something continuously into it. The jar was filled with a light yellow liquid, and figures appeared and disappeared from time to time.
The scholar in white clothes walked back and forth in the room, playing with the instruments in front of him, as if recording something.
"Professor Erwin!"
The door of the research room was pushed open violently, and the familiar call made Erwin tremble. He turned his head, and it turned out to be his student full of whimsical ideas-Ethan Manstein.
"Did you get the stuff?"
"Got it, here it is."
Ethan handed over the test tube bottle containing blood. Erwin did not take it directly. Instead, he took a constant-temperature container and put it in it. He pressed a button somewhere, and another door in the research room slowly opened. Open slowly.
Ethan strode in. There was only an operating bed made of special materials in the other room. There was a person, or rather a corpse, lying quietly on the bed.
The chest of the corpse was opened, and countless tubes were inserted into it. If you look closely, you will find that the muscles of the corpse are still twitching weakly, and the chest rises and falls at an extremely slow speed, as if it is still alive.
"Has he always been like this? Professor."
"Yes."
Professor Erwin also came in.
"It's just that the corpse's values have changed a little recently, so I'm worried about what problems may occur with the living body."
"What's the problem? For example, you have excellent fighting ability, but you are still injured, or are you trying to show off your strength despite being injured, and almost fainted due to excessive blood loss?"
When he thought of the figure running in the dark, he felt that he was really stupid and helpless. Ethan shrugged. Unexpectedly, the ones who gained the most last night were actually the monsters from the Dawn Church.
"Professor, there is a problem with the Dawn Church."
"We have no right to interfere with the land of gods."
Erwin was busy with his hands and replied without raising his head, but he regretted it after he answered. He knew the personality and temper of his student, and it was not as if Ethan would not do it if he said no.
"Professor, I now seriously suspect that someone in Dawn Church wants to cause disaster."
"disaster?"
Professor Erwin stopped what he was doing and raised his head to look at Ethan.
"A beast that looks like a human. It's not big, but it moves dexterously. Its jumping ability is greatly improved compared to humans. It's ugly, has no intelligence, can't understand human language, and has no fear. It doesn't know what it can do." It cannot be controlled, like a human mutated after being infected by some substance."
"What was your experience last night?"
Erwin's expression turned serious.
"Yes, what an unexpected gain, Professor Erwin."
Ethan showed a happy expression, as if last night's life and death was not a bad experience.
The Knights of the Dawn want to burn down the church and erase the evidence, but the traces of their existence are still there no matter how they are wiped away.
"I think I have a new goal, Professor Erwin. I would like to take a period of leave to investigate."
"..."
Erwin was silent for a while, then sighed slowly and helplessly.
"Be safe, Ethan."
"Don't worry, Professor, don't forget, I am the best mechanical alchemist you have ever led."
Ethan replied.
He looked at the operating bed. The corpse still looked dead, with closed eyes and a calm face, as if it was just sleeping.
The first time he saw this corpse, he felt that it was different from all the experiments he had experienced before. It was as if if he didn't pay attention, the corpse would sit up from the operating bed and say "good morning" to him with a smile. .
"It's like the biochemistry department next door making damned perverted super soldiers."
I still remember when Ethan complained like this. Of course, he also added:
"Fortunately, those bastards never succeeded, otherwise the world would suffer."
Under the instrument, the corpse still maintained the appearance of death, with a standard Xia Jingren appearance, but the scar on the cheek added a bit of wild and chaotic atmosphere to this delicate face.
