While groping, Du Dian touched the body of the rickety old man again. It was wet and sticky, like a thigh, and like an arm, wrapped in a crumpled and tattered robe. This time, although he was still a little scared in his heart, he was not as nervous as before. He suppressed the trembling in his heart and groped along the robe. Suddenly, he felt two hard objects protruding from the tightly wrinkled fabric.
He pinched it, it was extremely hard, guessing that it was probably something the other party was carrying with him, he immediately opened the cloth and took out those few things.
Feeling cold to the touch, he held it up to shine through the starlight, and barely saw that it was a scythe of fire.
Surprised in his heart, he rubbed the scythe immediately and lit the tinder. Soon, the faint light of the fire illuminated the darkness, and by the light of the fire, he immediately saw the things in front of him clearly, his face turned pale when he saw it, and he saw that the part he was groping for before was the shoulder of the rickety old man. At this moment, the arm was broken from the elbow, and the ribs on the inner side of the chest were also burnt black and blurred.
Du Dian's heart was beating wildly, and he was a little nervous. He was afraid that the other party would rush forward in vain. After repeatedly confirming that the other party's chest did not rise and fall, he breathed a sigh of relief. Then he found scattered paper on the ground and lit it. Throw it on and burn it.
As the flames grew stronger, Du Dian immediately saw the appearance of the secret room after the explosion. The previous experimental workbench and various purification equipment all fell to the ground, almost all of which were damaged, and many things were submerged by the collapsed sand and dust. , he took a closer look, and immediately found the previous crossbow, but the strings of this crossbow had been broken, and the bow body was also broken, obviously it could no longer be used.
Du Dian felt a little distressed in his heart, so he had to give up. He was about to burn the place completely with a fire, and suddenly saw several books beside the fire, and the cover of the top one was "Alchemy of Life".
Du Dian moved forward and picked it up. Apart from the top "Alchemy of Life", there are several books below, all of which are books of the "Life" alchemy school, and one of them is a small manual , without a name, he opened it and looked, and found that it was handwritten with a quill pen.
"Alchemy Diary?" Du Dian was a little surprised. After looking at the content, it turned out to be the alchemy diary of the rickety old man.
"The 287th year of the giant wall calendar, the black snow season."
"Today's experiment is going well. Sure enough, to create life, we still have to use human beings as experimental subjects. What a perfect material..."
Du Dian flipped through it. There were some experimental process records and other events on it. He didn't read it in detail. After thinking about it, he put the alchemy notes in his chest. As for the "Alchemy Theory of Life" and other books, he briefly read them. Next, although the name is very high-ranking, it feels similar to elementary biology. Although he has never studied biology, at least it is the thinking of modern people.
He didn't take it with him. These books were too thick to hide and easily exposed. Judging from the behavior of this crooked old man, alchemy probably won't have a good reputation in this world, otherwise he wouldn't hide in this uninhabited desert to do experiments secretly.
Du Dian tore up the books and threw them on the flames. The fire ignited. He threw the rest of the books on the body of the rickety old man, then found the oil pot that fell on the ground, and poured the fire oil on the rickety old man's body. On the corpse and everywhere in the secret room, he has calmed down a lot at this moment, and the first thing he thought of was to destroy the corpse!
When the fire spread, Du Dian climbed up the wooden ladder that rolled down earlier. The wooden ladder was farther away and was not broken. He pushed the wooden board on top of his head with great effort, climbed out, and looked back. , From the collapsed gap, he could vaguely see the light of the fire, and suddenly felt a little melancholy in his heart, sighed, turned around, and ran along the same road.
When they returned to the previous place, there were only a few sparks in the burning fire pit, but the three of Macon were not seen around.
Du Dian was startled. He didn't care to sit down and rest. He dragged his exhausted body and searched everywhere on the ground. He soon saw the traces of dragging, and immediately chased along the sand marks, but saw a black shadow moving in the distance. His heart tightened, and he touched it quietly.
After approaching, Du Dian saw that it was Zach who was dragging Macon and Sham.
"He's not in a coma?" Du Dian was stunned, and then thought that Zaqi had always been cautious, and he was probably pretending to be dead just like himself. However, he escaped by pretending to be dead, but he almost lost his life.
Seeing Zaqi struggling to drag Sham and Macon, Du Dian felt warm, rolled up the Alchemy Notes on his trouser legs, tied them with a cloth belt, and went out.
"Who!" Zach was startled when he heard the movement, let go of Sham and Macon, and bent down nervously to grab two handfuls of sand.
"It's me." Du Dian came out.
Zach was taken aback when he heard Du Dian's voice, and said in surprise, "You're back? Are you okay? That monster didn't do anything to you, did it?"
Hearing this, Du Dian immediately knew that he should have secretly seen the battle between himself and the rickety old man before, and saw the mutated shoulder of the opponent, and said: "It's okay, I ran away by luck, let's get out of here quickly, so as not to be chased again Come." After speaking, he grabbed Macon's arm, saw that he was still breathing, immediately knew that the green mist was not a lethal poison, and heaved a sigh of relief.
Zach's face turned pale, and he couldn't help looking behind Du Dian, as if there was a monster staring in the darkness, he shivered, grabbed Sham, and hurriedly said: "Run quickly, don't be caught up." Said After that, he quickly dragged Sham forward.
Du Dian dragged Zaqi and followed behind. This place with plenty of water obviously couldn't stay longer. Although the rickety old man was dead, there was no guarantee that no other alchemist would come. He sighed in his heart and had to continue Looking for water sources, I hope that at the next water source point, I will not encounter these alchemists who refuse to be bound by the law.
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half an hour later.
Above the crooked old man's secret room, several black shadows appeared. One of the short black shadows took out a scythe, lit a hooded oil lamp, looked down from the collapsed gap by the light of the fire, and immediately saw the burning mess inside the secret room.
"He has been killed." One of the graceful figures seemed to have seen something, and the silver bell-like voice was full of coldness, and said: "Destroy the corpses and traces, burn the dens, it seems that they don't want us to track down any clues."
"Such ruthless methods are most likely done by other devil apostles, and none of us will spare these beasts!" Another burly figure said gloomyly.
The short black figure before said: "These alchemists have already sold their souls to the devil, and they will do anything to get the power of the devil. It is nothing to kill each other, but they should not fight for no reason, I think, very It may be to fight for something! Damn it, it would be nice if we came here sooner."
"Look, it seems that this place was instantly destroyed by some terrifying power." The previous graceful figure pointed to the burnt secret chamber and the collapsed gap inside, and said: "It seems that these alchemists have gained the terrifying power of the devil again. "