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After leaving the matter of Glimmer City to Tianba, Duanmuhuai continued on his way to once again conduct an inspection of the planet's surface atmospheric environment.

Fortunately, during the period when he was busy, Xueli and others were not idle either. Maria went to carry out Duanmuhuai's mission, while Xueli took the opportunity to analyze the collected samples, and the conclusions reached were really surprising... Unbelievable.

"If I hadn't collected the sample myself, I would have thought it was sample soil from an asteroid."

When submitting the report to Duanmuhuai, Xueli looked in disbelief.

"Let's just say the conclusion."

Duanmu Huai couldn't understand those reports that were like heavenly books, so it was more appropriate for him to draw conclusions for himself.

"To be honest, judging from the specimens collected from the surface of the planet, there were indeed signs of biological survival on the surface of this planet."

"Was it ever?"

"Yes, the only thing I found here are some structures with the characteristics of microbial fossils, and I can hardly find any living life... including bacteria, microorganisms, not to mention plants and animals, just like... ………”

Having said this, Xue Li paused for a moment, as if thinking about how to describe it.

"It's as if the surface of this planet has completely died and turned into a dry fossil, with nothing remaining except traces of the past."

"What about those toxic atmospheres?"

"I still have to find the source of the pollution and conduct research and analysis before I can draw a conclusion, but... to be honest, I don't think this is within the scope of science."

"Yeah?"

"That's right."

Sydney nodded.

"At least, as far as the scientific scope of my cognition is concerned, the situation on the planet in front of me is a bit too strange and violates some normal laws and logic... Of course, at other times, maybe I will find a way to use science There are many ways to prove it, but now, I think it is more appropriate to find experts.”

At this moment, Xue Li was even a little frustrated. To be honest, working in the Tribunal had indeed increased her knowledge, and it had greatly helped Xue Li in her research. It even gave her a deeper understanding of biological research, but in turn, Xue Li also discovered that there are many things that cannot be explained by science.

Especially magic.

Can magic explain it? sure.

But can it be explained scientifically?

Well, Sydney's experience working in the Inquisition told her that it was difficult.

Or very difficult.

For example, Bambi.

Everyone in the Tribunal knew that Bambi was a vampire, and they also knew that the little girl could actually live without drinking blood, but these were not important to Xue Li. What was important was that she once wanted to figure out one thing, that is Why can Bambi sleep for hundreds of years and still be alive and kicking when he wakes up?

In human perception and movies, vampires are indeed immortal, but if they are more rigorous, they will assume that if a vampire does not drink blood for a long time, even the most handsome man and beautiful woman will turn into a skinny skeleton. Only after absorbing fresh blood will they return to their beautiful appearance.

This seems magical, but it can actually be explained scientifically, because matter will be consumed, so even vampires will consume it, and if it is consumed, it must be replenished. Although it is magical to say that a mummy can turn into a handsome man and beautiful woman within a few seconds after absorbing fresh blood, at least this is a process that can be explained by science. At most, the speed of absorption is a bit fast.

But Bambi is not like this. When Duanmuhuai released her, little Bambi had slept for hundreds of years, and then when he opened his eyes, it was as if he had just woken up, and he didn't feel any loss at all. Not even thirsty enough to drink blood. It was as if her body's time was paused after Bambi fell asleep and didn't resume until Bambi woke up.

How did this happen? Could it be that Bambi has some kind of cells or genes in his body that can help the human body sleep for a long time?

Xueli, who was curious about this, also persuaded Bambi, and then drew blood and collected some hair and skin debris for research. The results surprised her - although there were some genetic mutations, after careful investigation, she found These changes have nothing to do with Bambi being able to sleep unchanged for hundreds of years. Apart from these mutated genetic structures, other parts look basically the same as ordinary humans.

How is this possible?

Isn't this scientific?

Sydney was puzzled by this, and then went to Bambi twice in a row - after the second time, Bambi refused to let her draw blood, saying that Sydney was even more a vampire than a vampire, and ran away when he saw Sydney So fast......

There were many similar experiences, so in the end Xueli felt numb, lay down, and accepted her fate. There were some things that science couldn't explain, so let's leave it to magic. Although from a scientific point of view, sometimes those magical theories are no different from witches' nonsense in Sydney's eyes, such as astrology. How could a normal astronomer believe in such nonsense? Although you heard the goddess say it is very clear, It seems very reasonable to be interconnected, but if you think about it carefully, why does the orbit of a planet millions of light-years away determine the fate of all living things on earth?

Is there any relationship between the two?

Isn't this nonsense?

But people can indeed explain it clearly. What can you do at this time? You can only lie down, right?

"So you think it's some kind of magical phenomenon."

"As of right now, that's probably the case."

So now Sydney is lying flat. Science really can't explain it, so don't explain it. Let magic explain it. Maybe when the source of the pollution is found, she can draw some conclusions based on her own ability, but now there are only a few broken stones and microbial fossils - she is engaged in biology, not archeology!

Oh, Mary is majoring in archeology and ancient writing...

"Um……………"

Duanmuhuai was not surprised that Xue Li surrendered. If this planet had really been invaded by subspace, then the problems caused by it cannot be solved simply by relying on science.

Of course, as far as Duanmu Huai is concerned, the Inquisition does not require science to solve this problem. It only needs to solve all the worries of the planet with one shot.

After all, as long as the root cause of the problem is solved, the problem itself will no longer exist.

Since science can't explain it, let's see how magic can explain it.

"After discussing it with Miss Lani, I think this is probably some kind of curse."

Sure enough, An came to a completely different conclusion than Xue Li.

"curse?"

"Yes, according to Miss Lani, this is very similar to Scarlet Corruption, and it should be caused by some kind of curse."

"Ah, Scarlet is corrupt...I feel bad thinking about this."

Duanmuhuai suddenly felt unhappy when he heard the word scarlet corruption. He still remembered that he had seen the land contaminated by scarlet corruption when he was at the junction. It was a mess. Oh, by the way, there is also the Valkyrie. If she couldn't beat him, she would rush over and spray her face. Fortunately, Duan Muhuai was wearing a helmet at the time, otherwise she might have fallen for that bastard like La Tarn. , Duanmuhuai was so angry that he tore Valkyrie's hand directly.

"So you think this place is also cursed like scarlet corruption... Well, it's not unreasonable. So what's the solution?"

"We still have to find the root cause and then see how to eliminate the situation..."

"Well, it seems that our plan has not changed."

Hearing An's answer, Duanmu Huai rolled his eyes helplessly. In the final analysis, both An and Xueli have a prerequisite, which is to find the root cause of all this, and then they can come up with countermeasures.

So they now take the Mammoth and continue their unfinished journey.

There's just one more passenger.

"Wow, is this the world above? It's really interesting."

Hiiragi Shinoa was lying on the window excitedly, looking out curiously. Although for Duanmu Huai and others, there was almost nothing interesting to see in this land of death, but for Hiiragi Shinoa, even just looking at this kind of thing in front of her A glance at the endless horizon made her curious.

The dim and boundless world has no tunnels or rock walls. I have to say that this scene is quite interesting for Hiiragi Shinoa, who was born underground.

The reason why she was brought along was mainly because people in the City of Glimmer needed to communicate with the higher ups. Considering that Hiiragi Shinoa had shown good quality and eloquence as a tour guide when she led herself and others to visit the underground, Duanmu Huai brought her there. I clicked on her, at least so that if others ask about the above situation in the future, Hiiragi Shinoa's quality as a tour guide will definitely be able to explain it clearly to them.

By the way, for the sake of caution, Duanmuhuai once again asked Shurelia and Hiiragi Shinoa about the human history and myths and legends they knew, so as to verify his guesses, but unfortunately... it has been too long. .

What Shrelia knew was basically the same as the church. There were once three Revatiers who created a prosperous life for humans on the ground. Then a war broke out and destroyed the entire world, and the human survivors could only Relying on the magic tower to survive...

As for why the war happened, Shurelia also said that even the Guardian clan did not record the details of the situation at that time. The legends they passed down orally only said that there was a war. As for who was fighting whom and why. I don't know anything about fighting.

However, it is certain that the guardian clan should be on the side of the oil man, otherwise they would not have the authority to maintain the magic tower.

On the contrary, it was the story Hiiragi Shinoa told that made Duanmuhuai a little surprised.

According to Shinoa Hiiragi, what she knows about the legend about human history is this--humanity was once ruled by a terrible wizard. In order to overthrow the wizard's rule, humans united with the wizard under the leadership of a hero. A tragic war was fought, but ultimately failed, and then humans were expelled into the dark abyss. As punishment for disobeying their masters, evil monsters like vampires were even created to guard and hunt humans.

The Hiiragi family are the descendants of that hero, so they have the power of the Council of Elders in the City of Glimmer.

Well, this is the legend of the underground people.

It doesn't sound like much at first, but if the evil wizards in this legend refer to oil guys, it would be a lot of fun.

After all, those oil guys just wear red robes and look like wizards, wrapping themselves up mysteriously.

So if these legends are true, then maybe the guardian clan of the Floating Island and the humans in the underground Glimmer City happen to be the descendants of both sides of the original war.

After all, the abilities of the wizards in the legends Hiiragi Shinoa mentioned are too familiar to Duanmu Huai. For example, those evil wizards will turn those who oppose them into the living dead - isn't this just a servitor?

Combining the legends of the Guardian Clan and the City of Glimmer, Duanmuhuai restored part of the historical truth. Obviously, the human servants of this forge world may have been bewitched by the evil god, and then plotted to oppose and overthrow the rule of the Mechanicus, and then a large-scale conflict broke out between the two sides. The ancestor of the Hiiragi family, the so-called hero who led mankind to resist the wizards, might be a believer in the violent rage. This can also explain why they can possess weapons contaminated with the curse of subspace, and they also know how to summon evil spirits from subspace. spirit………

But the ending... is a bit confusing to Duanmu Huai.

According to the Guardian clan, they lost, so the remaining people could only live their lives hiding on the floating island, and in order to prevent the other party from rushing up, the entire magic tower was sealed.

According to the City of Glimmer, their ancestors also lost and were expelled to the Dark Abyss.

This is strange. Both parties lost, so who won in the end?

Or is it a lose-lose situation?

In other words, in the end, in order to defeat the rebels, the Mechanicus had no choice but to use some new type of weapon, and then turned the ground into this state, and the remaining rebel forces had no choice but to hide deep underground. Is that why there is this funny scene where both sides think they have lost?

Forget it, this happened dozens of thousands of years ago, and it’s useless to talk about it now.

The most important thing now is to find the source of all this.

Once you get there, you will know everything.