The community where Xia and Zuo live is called St. York Community, located in the southwest area of ​​Poseidon City.

The people who live here are all Class A citizens with good credit, high income, and decent manners. They belong to the group of people who will never be treated coldly wherever they go.

Carriage drivers love customers who keep their appointments, are generous, and don't clutter the carriage.

So early in the morning, there was a long line of public carriages waiting on the street in front of the community.

Xia Zuo and Anruer boarded one of the carriages, first went to the Energy Research Institute to drop Anruer down, and then turned around and headed to the Poxin Building, the building where the Poison Research Institute is located.

According to the provisions of the "Magical Reasonable Restraint Act".

After obtaining the "Wind Movement Use Permit", you can use Wind Movement instead of conventional vehicles to float in the public areas of the Silver Moon Federation.

But the redemption price for this license is a bit high and requires 300 federal points. And once the number of mistakes reaches the upper limit, the license will be revoked and double points will need to be redeemed.

Xia Zuo didn't have that many points for the time being, so he could only commute to get off work by public carriage.

In the lobby on the first floor of the Posing Building.

A figure walked towards Xia Zuo, who was wearing a navy blue windbreaker.

"You are Xia Zuo, right?"

This man has slightly longer light gray hair and rare purple pupils. He looks to be the same age as Xia Zuo.

"I am Lanlot, a member of the 17th Action Team. I need to take up some of your time and introduce you to other people."

"Good morning, Lanlot."

Xia Zuo stretched out his hand and shook hands with the other party, his nose twitched slightly, and he smelled the smell of oil and tobacco mixed together.

There are calluses on the thumb and finger joints of the opponent's right hand.

Under the open black windbreaker, there is a tactical belt tied around the waist, with a black fanny pack buckled on it.

"To be honest, you are much younger than I expected. Before I met you, I thought all expert poison alchemists were middle-aged people in their thirties or forties."

Xia Zuo couldn't help but smile when he heard this.

In the alchemy area on the third underground floor, he is indeed quite different.

Each of his three colleagues looked to be at least 40 years old, but when Director Vickers introduced them, he said that they only entered the institute a few years earlier than Xia Zuo... and they were only in their 30s at best.

Lanlot withdrew his gaze from Xia Zuo's smooth skin and stretched out his hand to the corner of the hall, "Go this way, the action team's stronghold is not underground."

Lanlot walked forward and said:

"I heard from Master Rexor that you helped him control Blood Demon No. 13. He commented that you are patient, follow instructions, are proficient in curse spells, and your knowledge of poison alchemy is genuine. We need support personnel like you."

Xia Zuo kept a modest smile.

The two walked into the independent elevator room, the fence door closed, and the elevator went up smoothly.

"There are not many official members of the action team, including me, there are five in total. Freya is a civilian, an ordinary person, who helps us handle chores and does not have to go out to work. The other four are official mages. I am proficient in evocation, detection and A master of the spirit school and a skilled Kit Kat item master. He is both a scout and an assaulter."

Lanlot lifted up his windbreaker and wore a unique-looking pistol under his left armpit, with a luminous glass ball on the handle.

"Pique, come out and say hello to my new companion." Lanlot blew a brisk whistle.

The piglet with mysterious blue light floated out of the glass ball, grew in size to the size of a hand, squinted its eyes and lazily flew around Xia Zuo, then got back into the glass ball and continued to sleep soundly.

"Sorry, it was tired last night." Lanlot touched the glass ball and closed his windbreaker.

"What special skills does Pique have?" Xia Zuo asked curiously.

Normally, a mage can only have one spirit body.

When each spirit is born, it acquires a wonderful specialness.

For example, the mage stationed in Piek Fortress whom I met ten years ago, his spirit body should have an excellent sense of smell.

"Peak is sensitive to elemental light. Whether it is the light of spells or the light of toxins, it can detect subtle changes."

Lanlot smiled and said, "Before you joined, we relied on it to screen for toxins in the air."

"Oh, it's a pity," Lanlot sighed exaggeratedly, "the spirit genre is missing too much content. Especially the spirit language. Many times, I can only feel its emotional changes, but can't listen to it. Know what it’s saying.”

I have seen this shortcoming in books before.

It was precisely because of this that Xia Zuo ruled out the spirit body school.

"Bang." The elevator stopped and the iron fence opened.

"Follow me." Lanlot used the alchemy card to unlock the door of the action team, pushed the door open and walked in.

This is a reception room, with a classic-style sofa leaning against the corner, a few soft-sided chairs beside it, and a wood-colored coffee table in the center.

Opposite the entrance is a desk with a screen.

Freya, who had long flaxen hair, stopped the typewriter in a pile of documents, raised her head, revealing her forehead and dark brown eyes. She first looked at Lanlot with some complaints, and then looked at him with a polite smile. Towards the figure behind the other party.

"Freya, this is Xia Zuo."

Lanlot introduced sideways, "The new support staff from the action team, I mentioned it to you yesterday."

"Hello, Xia Zuo." Freya stood up and bowed her head in greeting, her hands folded in front of her.

Xia Zuo responded with a smile.

"I'll take him to see the captain." Lanlot pushed open the glass door at the end of the reception room.

A long corridor appeared in front of him. There were many doors on the left and right sides, some were closed and some were half open.

As Xia Zuo walked by, he glanced behind the door and saw a tall, muscular man lifting weights next to the fitness equipment.

Lanlot turned the door handle of an office, stepped aside to get out of the way, and looked into the room, "Captain, Xia Zuo is here."

A man wearing a checkered vest and a white shirt stood next to the coffee machine, with an alchemy stone hanging under his right arm. He held a coffee cup in his hand and turned around and said:

"Come in, Shazo. I am Dunk."

Dunk has short dark gray hair, deep eyes, a face of about forty years old, and a calm temperament.

He put down two cups of coffee on the table, shook hands with Xia Zuo and said:

"You came just in time. There is a case that needs your help right now."

Xia Zuo thought that Dunk was so direct, even skipping the politeness and going straight to the point, which was exactly what he wanted.

"As you say, Captain Dunk."

"Not so polite."

Dunk patted the other person's arm and led him to sit down at the desk.

"I have been an official mage for many years, and I know some of the seven schools of spells. In terms of alchemy, only poison alchemy is not very good at it. Most action teams are like this, lacking an expert poison alchemist to assist. Now it's good Yes, having you here can save a lot of things."

Xia Zuo sat quietly on the chair, smelling the aroma of coffee, waiting for the other party to get down to business.

"On Sunday morning, you and the two master demon hunters escorted Blood Demon No. 13 to arrive here."

Dunk took out a file bag from the drawer, "As of late last night, there have been three cases of transformers devouring corpses in Poseidon."

There are three glass bottles in the file bag, and the bottles contain black blood.

“These are the bloodstains left behind by the Transformers.

“The blood of transformers is highly poisonous, but the poisonous effect is not the same.

"I want you to identify whether the blood stains in these three glass bottles come from the same transformer or from different transformers.

"If possible, try to list detailed poison effect data so that we can judge the degree of transformation of the converter and formulate a corresponding hunting plan."

Xia Zuo stimulated the poison induction and cast the detection technique on the three glass bottles at the same time.

The feedback information is very detailed. I will go to the alchemy room to do experiments later, and then I can submit it for submission.

"Well, Captain Dunk, why not ask Master Rexor to judge? With his experience and level of alchemy, it should be faster, right?" Xia Zuo thought for a moment and asked.

"The master demon hunters are responsible for the third type of disaster events above the blood demon level. These events can only be handled by high-level mages and above. As for us, formal mages do what formal mages do, transformers and blood addicts in urban areas Those who are our opponents are our opponents.

"And, to be honest. When it comes to identifying toxins, the Alchemy School is much better than the Demon Hunting School."

Captain Dunk explained patiently, put the glass bottle back into the file bag, and handed it to Xia Zuo across the table.

"I understand, captain." Xia Zuo stuffed the file bag into the briefcase he carried with him.

Dunk took a sip from the coffee cup and said:

"By the way, Xia Zuo. Your identity information says that you have learned a lot of protective spells, including 2 shields and 2 armors..."

According to the "Reasonable Restraint of Mages Act", mages can cast armor-type spells in any area within the Federation.

Armor protection spells, similar to passive skills, will always cover the surface of the body after activation. It consumes very little energy and can be maintained almost 24 hours a day, at the cost of taking up some clever elements.

What Xia Zuo mastered was the mage armor that increased the four-series resistance by 2%, and the stone skin armor that dealt with physical damage.

The former will make the skin look covered with a layer of oil, while the latter will make the skin darker.

It's a bit more troublesome...

After using the Wind Movement, the armor-type spells will be forcibly lifted and need to be cast again after returning to human form.

Shield-type protective spells are similar to active skills. They consume more energy, but also resist more damage.

One of the two shield spells Xia Zuo learned was anti-magic shield, which was designed to deal with all attributes and all types of spell attacks.

The other is Air Shield, used to deflect projectiles and melee attacks.

In terms of protecting against physical attacks, there are many protective spells that are more effective than air shield, but they will have a certain impact on the field of vision.

Therefore, most official mages will choose the combination of Stoneskin Armor + Air Shield to inject more energy into the Stoneskin Armor during combat to improve the effect of protecting against close physical attacks.

Dunk recalled the contents of the other party's information, and then said:

"Except for the five curse spells, among the offensive spells, you only learned the fireball spell, right?"

"Yes, Captain." Xia Zuo said.

If Beatrice hadn't suggested choosing the curse genre,

Xia Zuo felt that he would definitely make some achievements in the protection genre.

"Well, your offensive spells are relatively simple, but it doesn't matter. Our action team itself does not rely on offensive spells to attack the enemy."

Dunk took out a book of documents from his pocket and handed it over, and said at the same time:

"This is the certificate of our action team. It will give you the right to hold a gun, but you haven't learned weapon alchemy yet, so I will only give you the certificate for now. I will give it to you when you get the qualification of an entry-level weapon alchemist. Comes with a gun.”

"Okay, Captain."

Xia Zuo flipped through his ID. The photo above was the one taken at the Citizen Center yesterday.

The firearm model recorded on the page of the gun license is "Federal Model S1880A Energy Pistol."

The moment I read the contents of the certificate, Goldfinger’s message came to my mind:

"A change in the host's identity has been detected, the character template has been updated, and [identity] member of the 17th Action Team has been added."

[Identity] Member of the 17th Action Team

[[Identity level] Support staff

When receiving monthly rewards, you will receive an equal amount of experience rewards.

[[Promotion conditions] Unknown

[[Identity bonus]

【Excellent team members】

After completing the tasks assigned by the captain or helping the team members, additional experience rewards will be obtained based on the task performance and the satisfaction of the captain and team members.

"There is one more thing I have to give you."

Dunk took out a key and said:

“The room opposite contains many poisons that need to be accurately identified, involving unsolved cases that have lasted more than a year.

"When you are free, help me identify them one by one. This is a delicate job that requires an expert poison alchemist like you to complete."

Xia Zuo put the key in his pocket, looked at the coffee, pondered for a moment before picking it up and drinking it, thus eliminating the need to make coffee himself.

"Then I take my leave, Captain Dunk."

"Go." Dunk took out a secret message ring and handed it over, "Keep in touch."

Xia Zuo put the ring into a specific area in his pocket. There were already several secret message rings strung there, all of which he had only obtained in the past two days.

Lanlot stood guard outside the door and pulled Xia Zuo out, "Follow me, Leonard is exercising."

He walked towards the door he just passed by and said:

"If you want to exercise, you can come to us. The fitness room is open to every member."

Vickers opened the half-open door and greeted the muscular man, "Leonard, this is Xia Zuo."

"Hey there, man."

Leonard, who had short blond hair, put the dumbbell in his hand on the metal frame, held Xia Zuo's right hand with his open hand and shook it twice hard.

"I am the guard of the team. I have practiced the breathing method of the Warrior Guild. I am proficient in the evocation, protection and totem schools. My alchemy skills are not very good. I am only good at weapon alchemy."

"Hello, Leonard."

Xia Zuo greeted him and noticed that there was no Life Alchemy Stone nearby. He glanced around the room. There were all kinds of muscle-training equipment. It was a good place to improve his strength attributes.

"I may come here to ask for advice on how to exercise in the future."

"No problem, you can ask anytime as long as I'm here."

Leonard grinned, and the two rows of sharp teeth reflected the light under the light. To be so strong, the teeth must be good.

"We won't interrupt your workout, man."

Lanlot waved his hand gracefully, pulled Xia Zuo and walked out of the room.

"There is also the last member, Lisa. She is comforting the families of the victims of the three cases last night and searching for information. I will introduce you to them when there is a chance in the future."

The two walked through the corridor and returned to the elevator.

"No need to send it off, Lanlot, I can just go down by myself."

Xia Zuo shook the ID in his hand. There was an alchemy card attached to the back of the ID, which could be used to unlock the elevator hall door and the action team's door.

"Okay. Keep in touch." Lanlot helped the other party call the elevator and waited until the fence door closed before going back.

Xia Zuo transferred to the elevator going underground on the first floor.

In the hall where the poison cabinet was placed, he met three of his colleagues.

But like Xia Zuo, the other party prefers to deal with poisons and is not very good at interpersonal communication.

Senior poison alchemists are all like this.

The two parties, who had the same thoughts, greeted each other and then walked to their own alchemy room.

Director Vickers will put the week's research tasks into the iron box next to the alchemy room door before going to work every Monday.

Xia Zuo took out his task list, first walked around the alchemy room a few times to get used to the new environment, and then sat down at his desk to make a plan for today's work.

The research tasks of the Poison Research Institute revolve around the sealed objects on the 4th to 7th floors underground.

Those researchers who observe the sealed objects every day will submit the experimental results to the supervisor on the second underground floor. After review, the supervisor will hand them over to the poison alchemist on the third underground floor.

The substances produced by the sealed objects in the experiment all have violent poisonous effects.

The poisonous effect must be eliminated first before in-depth research can be conducted.

Only expert poison alchemists are qualified to study highly toxic substances.

over the past few years.

Xia Zuo used the Meditation Alchemy Table to deduce a large number of formulas, and the [knowledge reserve] was enriched. Coupled with the companionship of poison induction, the detection technique made a qualitative leap.

Just like the blood stains of the transformer in front of me right now.

After stimulating the poison induction, Xia Zuo cast a detection technique on them, and easily learned the poison effect.

Coma, corrosion, confinement.

Creatures stained with blood will fall into coma, and their bodies will be corroded into bloody water by the blood of the transformer.

Due to the loss of five senses and pain during this process, the victim cannot detect the crisis in himself.

Now, as long as the specific intensity of the poisonous effect is determined, it can be determined whether the blood stains on the three glass bottles come from the same transformer.

There are two experimental ideas.

One is to separate the toxins in the blood stains and use poison identification methods to identify the poison.

The second is to produce detoxification products with three poisonous effects, conduct detoxification tests in batches, and calculate the strength of the poisonous effect according to the dose of detoxification required to relieve the poisonous effect.

When the poisonous effect is known, the second idea is undoubtedly faster, and Xia Zuo plans to use this idea.

Thanks to Fish Wants to Eat Cat for the 500 points reward.

Thanks to Yuan Xin Chu Meng, Mr, Duck, Feng Mingcuo, Jiao Yunling, timegurtion, Jingyi Zhenren, Good Guy, the name change card is so expensive, Bai Ziyu, Baoyou, TinYiu, Yue Canglan, and the monthly votes for the name change. .

Thanks to many book friends for their recommendation votes!

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