Renn went to the "Kyokushin Martial Arts Hall" as usual, and then went to the library to read for a while.
In the afternoon, I arrived at the sewer laboratory.
In the past few days of study, Renne has made rapid progress, and the old man Ilubek has become more and more serious about him.
It seems that he sincerely wants to accept a closed disciple.
... ..
"Well, you have a good grasp of the knowledge I taught you yesterday. Let's start practicing and refining these intermediate materials today..."
"is teacher."
In the laboratory.
As usual, Renn completed Irubek's teaching task first, and then helped with the shooting.
Not to mention, although this laboratory is built in an old sewer, although it is a bit remote, it is really quiet. It is perfect for scientific researchers who are obsessed with research and will not go out for ten days and a half.
At a certain moment, a "click" sound was heard as the door opened.
Just by listening to the footsteps, Ren knew that the little mechanic Carl was here again.
"Karl, you're here again."
"Well, come here to get the medicine for grandpa. Wow...Brother Ren, what is this you are dissecting?"
"[Black Ridge Beast's cecum], I want to extract the oil to prepare a burn healing potion..."
“It’s greasy and disgusting.”
Karl stuck out his tongue with a look of disgust.
Ren smiled and calmly scraped the fat from the bloody intestines.
He probably learned something about the situation in the past two days. Karl's grandfather seemed to be paralyzed by poisoning and needed advanced life medicine to maintain basic vital signs.
The [Gold Liquid] he was using now could not be stored for a long time, so he had to come to the laboratory frequently to get the medicine.
After Karl came in, he raised the newspaper in his hand and shouted to the old spider: "Grandpa Nieto, this is the latest newspaper."
There are newspapers in this world, but they are not very timely.
And it is not sold to the public. Information dealers collect information from all parties and compile it into a book for various high-ranking people.
It only takes ten days and a half to get one copy. Each copy costs three silver coins, which is not cheap.
Irubek was busy observing the experimental samples. He did not look back and responded: "Little Carl, is there anything interesting happening in today's newspaper?"
"Yes, I have."
Carl looked at the newspaper and read a few headlines.
"Last month, the White Bear Chamber of Commerce of the Sid Empire discovered a new large-scale gold mine in the 'southern Ajax Province'..."
"The Royal Academy of Omar is planning to hold a new steam equipment exhibition in three months and invite the major lords to the restaurant..."
"Five days ago, the 'Black Skull Phantom Thieves' attacked a warehouse owned by the Black Gold Chamber of Commerce. There was a fierce exchange of fire between the two sides..."
"..."
Ren also listened attentively.
Recently, he has been reading a lot of humanities and history books in the Central Library, and he is no longer as blind to the place names and forces written in newspapers as before.
But when he heard the next news, he was stunned when he heard the scalpel in his hand.
Karl: "Oh, and... Emperor Spurglin XV of the Omar Empire issued a nationwide announcement, announcing the canonization of Ymir Spurglin [Queen of the Frost Moon] and the establishment of a principality..."
... .
The name "Ymir" is very familiar to Ren, because he knows a big boss with this name.
He had just seen the surname "Spuglin" from history books. It was the surname of the royal family of the Omar Empire.
But when the two words were put together, he was confused.
"No way... Boss Ymir is actually the eldest princess of the Omar Empire?"
Renn's face showed shock, but he felt unbelievable.
How could such a top nobleman appear in the wasteland seriously injured and look so embarrassed
But if they are not the same person, are there two Ymirs among the high nobles of Omar
Unfortunately, there are only some words in the newspaper and no photos.
However, thinking about it, he pursed his lips again. Anyway, this character will probably never meet again, and it doesn't matter who he is.
Not far away, Ilubek heard the news, and the work in his hands paused for a rare moment, "Hey, that girl Ymir actually made the king? It seems that the reform movement has failed."
He just muttered one sentence, and the old man didn't say anything else.
The political situation in Omar, except for the one or two names of people he was once familiar with, could not arouse any more interest to him.
... .
Karl took the potion, and when Ren saw that he was leaving, he remembered what the barbarian girl had asked him to do.
He asked: "Karl, wait a minute. I have a mechanical question to ask you."
Carl: "What?"
Renn: "Do you know the origin of the mechanical code 'S11-7-YY567#22'?"
"Huh... This kind of sorted mechanical code is not common. Oh! I remembered, this should be the special number of the Omar military's machinery, and it is prohibited for civilian use..."
Karl thought about it and said: "I remember my grandpa told me about this coding method. The first letter represents the mechanical product level, C level is special, B level is dangerous, A level is legendary, S level... It should be 'special banned' "Object'. The number '11' should be exclusive to the department. If I remember correctly, the numbers of the various departments of the Omar military are 07-15. 10 and 11 seem to be the codes of intelligence agencies like Blackwater Station..."
Sure enough, professional mechanics can analyze a lot of useful information from a simple mechanical code.
Karl figured out the origin of this thing just by looking at it.
"The special mechanical code of Oma's intelligence department?"
When Ren heard this, he thought it was reasonable.
When we entered the city before, those mysterious people who had obviously received tracking training and were from intelligence agencies like "Blackwater Tower" were normal.
Karl became interested and asked: "Brother Ren, where did you see this code? It should be a very interesting high-precision machine. I want to see it too."
Lane said truthfully: "I also heard about it from a friend. She said it was a code found on a sealed mechanical box."
"Mechanical box? It's probably the [Mechanical Secret Box]..."
Karl pondered: "That should be storing something very important or very dangerous."
Renn: "Is there any way to open this mechanical box?"
"Yes, but you must use a special key!"
Karl said with certainty: "My grandfather told me before that he designed that kind of [mechanical secret box]. S-level coding means high-encryption mechanical program. If it is a mechanical secret box of that level, it must be special Made of alloy, it has at least two mechanical and magical sealing means. Unless there is an 'exclusive key' that matches the secret box, the designer cannot open it, let alone external force."
"oh."
Renn raised his eyebrows after hearing this and didn't ask any more questions.
A professional mechanic like Carl has come to this conclusion, let alone a layman trying to find other better methods.
The so-called "exclusive key" is probably still in the hands of those mysterious people. I'm afraid the Barbarian Girl's commission will only disappoint her.
... ..
After Karl left, only Ren and his apprentice were left in the laboratory.
After Ren finished his homework for the day, he discovered that Irubek was studying a strange piece of meat.
After spending the past few days together, he gradually became familiar with the old man's temper. They may seem old-fashioned, but they are actually not particularly difficult to get along with. At least the old man taught him harshly, but he could tell that he was quite considerate of his teachings.
He walked over and asked curiously: "Teacher, what kind of meat is this? I see that you have put this meat in the culture solution for several days. What are you observing?"
"This is the human tissue that was cut from Bazel's body before."
Irubek responded: "This is a topic I have been studying in recent years - 'The feasibility of human implantation of xenogeneic gene chains'. Werewolves, a subhuman race that has one more animalized gene chain than normal humans, , is the best research object.”
"..."
When Ren heard this, his eyes looked a little weird when he looked at the piece of meat.
It seemed that Bazel didn't pay much in money for the treatment of his injuries, but the other costs seemed to be quite high.
However, the theoretical knowledge in biological sciences is already very cutting-edge, and its difficulty and depth far exceed that of ordinary clinical medicine. He still cannot understand it at his current level.
It is even said that not many in the entire medical community understand it.
... .
Today, Irubek seemed interested in talking more, so he asked: "Ren, do you know what the nature of transcendence is?"
Renn thought of the records in the classics and replied: "Breaking through the gene chain and exploring the human body's potential?"
"It's okay for ordinary people to answer this way, but as medical students, you should be more rigorous."
Ilubek glanced at him and then said: "Human beings are born with twenty-four 'dominant gene chains'. The essence of awakening the extraordinary is actually to activate the 'recessive gene chains' that have been hidden in the human gene sequence. Every day Breaking through one level, there will be one more dominant gene chain, and the ability will skyrocket by one level. And the 'werewolf' is born with one more dominant gene than ordinary humans, twenty-five!"
Ren vaguely understood and asked: "Teacher, are you saying that... your research results will eventually make ordinary humans like werewolves, and they will have an extra dominant gene chain without awakening to transcendence?"
As he spoke, he looked at the eight spider arms behind Irubek, and added: "Also, how to solve the problem of genetic isolation between heterogeneous creatures?"
"Yes! But it's more than that."
When Ilubek talks about scientific research, there is always a kind of enthusiasm for scientific truth in his eyes, and he added: "Even if this research topic is successful, we will be able to understand what level of organisms 'gods' are!"
"God?"
Ren didn't expect that the topic span would be so wide, from biological sciences to theology.
"Yes."
Irubek said: "Judging from the records left in ancient documents, there is no such thing as genetic isolation among the supreme gods. They can mate with various species and breed new species. In the mythological period, there were many Powerful beings that are half human and half beast, such as centaurs and Gorgons (Medusa)... and those are demigod creatures born from the union of more powerful gods and demons. They inherit the genes of gods in their bodies. , but their strength is not as good as the previous generation of gods who gave birth to them..."
When Ren heard this, an idea flashed in his mind, but he was not sure what he understood.
At this time, Ilubek added: "So, I speculate that inheritance will lead to the loss of genes... This is also the reason why our modern human bodies are getting weaker and weaker than those of ancient humans. As for my subject, It is to prove this conjecture... and thus find the scientific way for humans to finally advance to the divine level!"
Renn: "Science becomes a god???"
This old man’s research method.
I don’t know how serious it is!
At this moment, Renn discovered that in this world with a crooked technological tree, biological science seemed to be moving in some strange directions...
"God may not be as unreachable as you think."
Irubek smiled profoundly, a pair of turbid eyes shining brightly.
"The ability to reproduce offspring also shows that gods are also a type of living things. They are just more advanced than what we know. In fact, there are high and low levels of gods, and the essence lies in the gene chain. The higher the god, the higher the gene chain. It will become more perfect. This is also completely consistent with the essence of 'modern potion science' that breaks through the gene chain and becomes stronger!"
After a pause, he looked at Ren and said: "Science is progressing. In the past, humans did not understand that many things attributed to theology were actually cognitive ignorance. But now we can understand the nature of all things through science. This is the greatest charm of science—cognitive truth!”
"ah"
Ren was stunned for a while after listening to it. He felt that his head had received some strange knowledge again, and he was a little indigestion.
He suddenly felt that the old man seemed to have a deep meaning in what he said today.
... .
Sure enough.
"I have told you so much, but actually I want to tell you the essence of potions and the future direction of research and development..."
After Ilubek finished speaking, he added: "It would be a waste of your talent to only learn medical potions. So, starting from today, I plan to start teaching you potions... 'Modern Potions' that can truly get a glimpse of the truth!"
When the old man spoke, his tone was very serious.
Ren felt that the old man seemed serious.