The two gods finished their words slowly. They were obviously already infected by the exciting plot on TV and were completely immersed in it.
At the same time, almost everyone's eyes were focused on the TV screen.
The story of "Fullmetal Alchemist" continues to develop!
Chapter 597: The Purpose of the Philosopher's Stone
Chapter 597
The plot of "Fullmetal Alchemist" continues under everyone's attention.
After discovering the truth about the Philosopher's Stone, Edward and Alphonse locked themselves in the room and fell into complete confusion.
After all, the Philosopher's Stone that they have been pursuing for a long time is actually something made of human lives, which is equivalent to directly denying everything the two brothers have done in the past.
On the other hand, the two military personnel behaved so subtly that Major Armstrong immediately noticed something was wrong.
Under questioning, Major Armstrong learned the truth about the Philosopher's Stone, and hurried to Edward and Alphonse.
He wanted to comfort the two men and cheer them up, but he didn't expect that when the two brothers heard the word "truth", they suddenly became excited and kept repeating the words "the truth behind the truth".
Hearing what the two said, Major Armstrong was slightly stunned, then took them to the living room and opened the map of Central City.
"There are currently four alchemy research institutes affiliated with the military in Central City. The third institute where Dr. Marko once worked is undoubtedly the one with the highest probability of discovering something."
In response to Major Armstrong's words, Edward said:
"I've basically visited all the research institutes in the city, but I didn't find any useful information."
After saying that, he suddenly noticed a strange place on the map and asked:
"Where is this place?"
"This is the Fifth Research Institute. It has been abandoned. Because of the risk of collapse, no one is allowed to enter."
Hearing this answer, Edward suddenly became excited and shouted:
“It’s right here!”
"Why?"
"Because there is a prison next door, the death row inmates in the prison must be perfect material!"
Hearing Edward's words, everyone nodded in approval.
Afterwards, Major Armstrong asked the two Edward brothers to stay here temporarily while he would start an investigation.
But the two brothers obviously had no intention of sitting still, and they sneaked into the Fifth Research Institute that night.
Because of Alphonse's huge size, Edward climbed into the ventilation duct alone.
At the same time, two strange figures flashed in the darkness, like ghosts, and rushed towards Edward and his brother!
The seventh episode of Fullmetal Alchemist has officially come to an end.
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Faced with this sudden ending, the audience was stunned for a moment.
Many people found that the story had ended before they even had time to react.
For a moment, the audience was stunned for a while, and then started to discuss.
"What's going on? What were those two just now?"
"It doesn't look like a human. What a weird thing."
"Brother Edward will be okay, right? That enemy looks difficult to deal with."
"It shouldn't be that serious. Brother Edward is quite strong."
"I'd rather know what's inside this Fifth Research Institute. Maybe Brother Edward and the others are close to some terrible truth."
"So what's inside? Now we know that the Philosopher's Stone is made of human lives."
"After all, the Philosopher's Stone was definitely not created simply to kill people. After all, there must be a more terrifying truth hidden behind it."
"Speaking of which, how many episodes will be aired this time? Will it end after this episode ends?"
"I don't know. I don't think there was any advance notice."
"… "
As people were talking, the audience couldn't help but show nervous expressions as the picture on TV gradually fell.
Gradually, as the ending song faded, the TV screen began to show the moment when the commercials were over and the next episode would be even more exciting. At this moment, all the viewers in the TV bar couldn't help but cheer.
At the same time, in the prison of the imperial capital.
The two undead kings have watched the current plot and have formed their own opinions on it.
"The Philosopher's Stone. Although I have already guessed the truth about this thing, it is still quite exciting. After all, I have never done such a crazy thing before."
The old black man was the first to sigh.
It has done many unforgivable things in the past, including some extremely bad and inhumane experiments, but it has never tried to use living people as consumables.
On the other side, the old skeleton's eyes flickered, and after a while he slowly said:
"What is the purpose of treating life as consumable?"
"It must be something outrageous. After all, it is unlikely that someone who conducts crazy experiments would have personal desires. If it is just personal desires, it can be accomplished without this method!"
The old skeleton nodded instinctively at the old black man's words, which were full of personal experience, but then he couldn't help but say:
"What if it's a personal desire? How many possibilities do you think there are for doing this kind of thing for personal desire?"
Hearing the old skeleton's question with some thoughts in mind, the old black man was silent for a moment, and after thinking about it, he slowly said:
"I can only think of three. One is undoubtedly the resurrection of the dead. For this kind of power that challenges the laws of the world, it is absolutely impossible to accomplish it with ordinary methods. If we place our hopes on the Philosopher's Stone, which is made up of countless lives, it should be possible to achieve it."
"Do the dead resurrect?"
Hearing what the old black man said, the old skeleton paused slightly, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and then he continued to pretend to be waiting for the other party to speak.
The old black man didn't waste any time and continued:
"In addition to resurrecting the dead, there is another possibility, which is to pursue immortality. After all, no matter how powerful an individual is, it is difficult to achieve true immortality. For example, you and I, although we have become immortal, the fire of our souls will eventually go out, and at that time we will naturally die."
"Yes, what about the other one?"
"There is another way, I personally think..."
"What is it?"
"Stealing the power of God!"
"The authority of God!"
"That's right."
Hearing what the old black man said, the old skeleton was slightly stunned. It seemed that it wanted the other party to continue talking, but the old black man was also a little scared of this topic and did not finish.
It is conceivable that the possibilities proposed by the old black man are, in a sense, very close to the truth.
At the same time, while they were communicating, scenes from "Fullmetal Alchemist" gradually reappeared on the TV screen, and the story of the eighth episode was about to unfold!
Chapter 598: The eighth episode of "Fullmetal Alchemist" begins!
Chapter 598
In TV bars across the empire, people gradually came back to their senses from their conversations and turned their attention back to the TV.
Because at this moment, the advertisement for the Orc Kingdom on TV is about to end, and the next episode of "Fullmetal Alchemist" is undoubtedly about to begin.
"Is it finally about to begin? I've been looking forward to it for a long time!"
"The truth about the Fifth Research Institute is finally revealed!"
"I really want to know what those guys made the Philosopher's Stone for?!"
"The truth behind the truth..."
"... ..."
Amidst all the discussions, all the audience stopped communicating and gradually turned their attention back to the TV, waiting for the plot to officially begin!
... ...
Under the attention of all viewers, the eighth episode of "Fullmetal Alchemist" officially begins.
Without any drag, the plot directly continues from the previous part and begins the confrontation within the Fifth Research Institute.
The first person to be attacked was his younger brother Alphonse. Suddenly, a being with a skull face and holding two steel knives appeared in front of him.
It called itself No. 66, and claimed that it would eliminate all those who had sneaked into the institute, and then it launched an attack directly towards Alphonse.
On the other side, Edward came to the core of the Fifth Research Institute through the ventilation duct and successfully discovered the magic circle for refining the Philosopher's Stone.
At this moment, a man holding a long knife and wearing a helmet suddenly appeared. He called himself No. 48 and said he would protect everything here.
The two sides started to confront each other, and Edward noticed a shocking fact in just a moment, and got a clear answer after asking.
This so-called No. 48 is actually a being like Alphonse, with his soul attached to the armor.
At the same time, No. 48 also directly spoke about his past. He used to be a death row inmate in prison and was known as the killer Shredder. Because he could only seek pleasure from close combat, he was arrested after committing many crimes.
After being captured, people from the research institute chose him and attached his soul to the armor, turning it into what it is today.
Faced with Edward's request to let him go, No. 48 was very determined. He would never give up easily when facing his prey.
As a result, the two sides launched a fierce confrontation.
However, during the fight, Edward noticed that the mechanical arm on his right hand was somewhat loose.
The foreshadowing that Wen Li had missed a part of the robotic arm before was revealed at this moment.
Faced with this unfavorable situation, Edward had to continue fighting the enemy, but he was also in an extremely embarrassing situation.
In contrast, Alphonse easily defeated No. 66 without giving him any chance at all and knocked him to the ground.
But at the same time, Alphonse also realized that the true identity of his opponent was a soul like his own possessed in armor.
No. 66 then explained his past. He was originally a chef in Central City named Barry. Because he felt pleasure from constantly killing pork, he went out to kill people. He killed 23 people in total and was eventually hanged.
However, in fact, he was not really dead. Before the execution, his soul was extracted and integrated into this armor.
The killer who called himself Barry then attacked Alphonse, but was still defeated, and discovered that Alphonse was the same as himself.
Barry was surprised at first, and then questioned Alphonse, whether Alphonse was a real person or not, and whether he was just a fake puppet.
Maybe his brother just colluded with others to deceive him and create a false past for him.
Alphonse wanted to refute, but was stunned by Barry's words and fell into self-doubt for a moment.
In an instant, both the elder brother Edward and the younger brother Alphonse fell into dangerous situations!
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“This is too outrageous!”
"I didn't expect that this research institute would be filled with people like Alphonse."
"They are all prisoners whose souls are bound in iron bodies. Isn't this experiment too cruel?"
"Yes, and this shows that someone has already tried Edward's method of imprinting souls into armor. He is simply unscrupulous."
"The body of a creature created in this way is almost indestructible, and the soul is close to immortal. In a sense, it is a very perfect form."
"But after becoming like this, the important sense of taste and smell is taken away, and the sense of touch becomes very strange. In a sense, it is like living a life worse than death."
"This reminds me of the undead. Aren't the undead in a similar state? Although they are alive, they are no different from being dead. They can only survive in a very distorted state?"
"Almost. The definition of being alive is an unknowable concept. It is hard to figure out whether one is truly alive after changing one's life form."
"It seems that there was once a magician who wanted to transform all humans into undead. Regardless of whether this method can be achieved, in a sense, it is an attempt to exterminate the entire human race."
"This is really a very stupid thing to do."
“But if it is really accomplished, would it be considered a different kind of immortality?”
"That's just another kind of destruction."
"So, Barry's doubts are normal. When even the form of life cannot be guaranteed, how can you be sure that you are alive and not continuing in a false form?"