The door to the laboratory opened, and there was a faint milky yellow light inside.
This kind of laboratory set up in a dark sewer pipe will always make people instinctively fearful, for example, some kind of "sewer crocodile" or other terrifying creatures will suddenly emerge from the depths of the pipe.
But if the hidden danger of the bug in his body is not eliminated, he will always feel troubled to sleep and eat. There is no guarantee that one day he will suddenly wake up again, or perhaps some mutation will occur, draining his blood and turning him into a mummy.
After exhaling a long breath, Ren entered the door and walked carefully.
The pipes were drier than expected, and it looked like the pipes had been abandoned for a long time. A light that is not too bright is installed at every other section to illuminate a corner.
After walking about fifty or sixty meters, there was still a dark road ahead, but he did not go deeper. Following the little boy's prompt, he turned left and saw a bright laboratory.
Through the curtain, he could vaguely see a strange green light shining inside.
... .
Ren did not break in directly, but stopped at the door and asked politely: "Hello, are you Dr. Ilubek?"
A slightly older rhetorical question came from inside: "Are you the living insect-infected case in the 'Storm Lake Incident' that boy Bick said?"
The words were very purposeful, and it seemed that the guy inside was only interested in the case, not him as a person.
And the vice president of "Winster Hospital" is just a "boy" in this guy's mouth.
"Yes, doctor."
However, Ren felt relieved after hearing this. This kind of weirdo who is obsessed with patients probably wouldn't gossip about his former identity as a Phantom Thief.
"Oh, come in then."
Behind the curtain, the man said, and muttered faintly: "You're lucky, I just need a living sample to study that ancient insect 'blood filarial worm'. Otherwise, even if Emperor Omar comes, I will I don’t have time to deal with it.”
"..."
When Ren heard this, he didn't feel any honor. Instead, his scalp felt slightly numb for some reason.
The term "living specimen" is harsh, and it always sounds like an experimental subject to be sliced and studied.
Thinking about it, he decided to go in anyway. In his hand, he slightly squeezed the "elemental ice crystal" left by Boss Ymir.
I didn't expect this, and as soon as I entered, I was even more shocked.
In front of him was a very spacious laboratory, although the room was simple without any extra decorative objects. But those densely packed large-scale medical equipment made Renn almost feel that he had returned to the top research institute in his previous life.
Various incomprehensible research instruments are running, shining with a black technological luster that I don’t know whether it is a display screen or a magic light screen; an alloy dissecting table with cutting wheels and headlights; test tubes, beakers, and a complete set of pharmaceuticals on the operating table. Configuration room; complete with dazzling surgical instruments and various auxiliary robotic arms.
All the equipment looks so cutting-edge and full of technology.
The technological level of equipment in this laboratory has once again refreshed Ren's understanding of the world's medical community!
All kinds of black technology are dizzying and unheard of... It seems that this is not a dark steampunk world, but a sci-fi cyberpunk world
Of course, the most eye-catching thing is the dozens of large glass jars filled with green potions in the laboratory.
I don’t know whether it was nutrient solution or formalin. In the glass jar, there were corpses of various monsters, human corpses, and strange-looking plants soaked.
There are even several corpses soaked in green water tanks with breathing tubes connected to their mouths and noses. It is not known whether they are living or dead.
At this moment, Renn really felt guilty.
He felt that the sense of crisis when they encountered a tide of beasts in the forest that night and nearly wiped them out did not make him feel as scary and eerie as he felt now.
Fear comes from the unknown.
Is it possible that... I also have to be soaked in that glass tank for research
... ..
"You just find a place to wait, I'll be there soon..."
The sound came from behind a glass jar covered with a black curtain, as if Dr. Ilubek was still busy with something.
"oh."
Ren looked around. Except for a small round stool next to the research table, there were no chairs for guests and patients at all.
His face twitched, and he instinctively moved away from the potion jars, and then saw some classics on the bookshelf nearby.
[Origin of the Potion System of Munkel Civilization], [Mystery of Life], [Conjecture about Mutated Genes], [The Eighth Day of Creation], [Advanced Potion Science].
Before entering the room, Ren felt that he now had a bunch of medical books in his head. Although his skills were poor, he was still well-informed.
But now when I look at the classics on the bookshelf in front of me, I suddenly feel confused, and I feel like a primary school student reading advanced mathematics.
All cutting-edge books at a theoretical level.
The technologies and equipment that can be seen in hospitals have gone through several steps including project research, research and development, military use, mass production, and civilian use before they became known to the public.
The cutting-edge medical field is at least decades ahead of the civilian field in technology.
The level of Rennes' contact was at the "civilian" level.
In front of him was a top medical expert who stood at the level of "setting up project conjectures".
No wonder there are so many incomprehensible black technology instruments here.
At this moment, Renn felt that as a "doctor's apprentice", he had really just started.
... ..
Probably because they were all books related to medicine and pharmacy, and they seemed to be nothing else. There were hundreds of classics on the bookshelf, and he was fascinated just by looking at the names.
Obviously, as rumored, this "Dr. Ilubek" may be the first human being to do scientific research on genes.
Of course, judging from the traces of patina on these classics, this doctor seems to be particularly interested in topics related to xenobiotic limb and organ transplantation.
Not long after, a voice interrupted him, "Few young people are interested in these boring medical classics..."
Ren turned his head and saw a little old man in a white coat who looked a bit like Einstein walking out from behind the glass jar covered with black cloth.
This guy's appearance is very consistent with Ilubek's "scientist persona".
Of course...if he didn't have those eight spider-leg-like arthropod arms on his back!
... ..
"What are you..."
Ren swallowed his saliva. Seeing this black technology laboratory in the sewer was already shocking enough, but when he saw this guy, he felt that his strange knowledge... had increased again!
What kind of black technology, what kind of corpse soaked in potion... it's all childish compared to the person in front of you!
With his eyesight, he could clearly see that the eight spider legs were not external mechanical implants, but living biological limbs!
This crazy little old man seemed to have transplanted the legs of some kind of monster spider directly onto his spinal nerves!
"Oh, don't be too surprised. I'm not a monster. This is the 'alien limb transplantation' technology, an experimental semi-finished product of my research project..."
This little old man who looked like Einstein looked at Ren's alert look for a year, pointed to the eight spider legs behind him, and explained with a smile: "These are the spider legs of the 'Swamp Wolf Spider'. It has It has great maneuverability and can be connected to human nerves. There are also suction cups at the end of the foot to hold the scalpel and smooth test tubes steadily. It is currently the most ideal arm replacement... ”
As he spoke, he also showed off his proud work, the flexible and freely controllable spider arm.
At first glance, it looks like a "human-faced spider" with teeth and claws!
"..."
Ren looked at the hair on his back standing on end, what the hell.
Thousands of shocks merged into one word—fuck!
If he hadn't known about the research history of "Crazy Ilubek" before, he would have been mentally prepared.
Otherwise, if he just saw a "spider monster" suddenly appear in front of him, he would probably take out his musket without hesitation and beat the monster into sieves!
... .
"This... is a crazy guy!"
Ren was stunned and couldn't help but fall into self-doubt.
This Irubek can be so "cruel" to me. Is it really the right choice to come here to seek treatment from him