The sun is high

For a moment, Xiuge wanted to directly erase the speculations he had just made.

He had serious doubts about his previous judgment.

All this time, he has not noticed any characteristics related to the descendants of the Dark Abyss in Master Justina, nor has he felt the power from the Dark Abyss Palace in her body, and he has never noticed the Black Sun Scepter. Carrying it with her, in the perception of the scepter, Justina is not a member of the Black Sun Society...

Everything shows that she is really just a Legal Committee scholar who was assassinated by the Black Sun Society because of some progress in her research.

Xiuge pondered on the bed for a long time. In the process, his magic power and physical strength had basically recovered, so he drank the remaining water in the cup and turned around and got out of bed.

He originally wanted to ask the Root Race people whether the illusions of destiny he saw might be false. However, as soon as the question came to his lips, Shuge remembered that although the Root Race people could use their abilities to glimpse the so-called development of fate, They themselves are not entirely dependent on this power. As they say, it is just a "tool".

"Now it seems that it will take some time for me to be able to use these illusions as pure tools and references..."

Xiuge shook his head mockingly, then he picked up his things and walked out of the ward.

As Justina said, now in the entire station, almost all the members of the Legal Committee have become excited, positive and enthusiastic as if they had drunk too much refreshing drink, although they were indeed abandoned by Merlin before. For a long time, they had a considerable degree of disappointment and dissatisfaction with the Legal Committee, but when Merlin Lehe's message and assistance arrived again, they still chose to trust their organization.

Fortunately, these mages have not returned to the stereotyped image in the eyes of the residents of Van'en because of the return of orders and assistance from the Legal Committee. Facing Xiuge, who still looks haggard and pale, they still show a considerable degree of respect. , and this extremely difficult time has also caused them to lose their arrogance in front of ordinary people. In the open space of the station, Xiuge can always see spellcasters who use magic to help ordinary survivors carry supplies.

The hermit of Jeant has returned.

That face that had always been rigid and serious now actually had a smile on it. When he saw Xiuge, he even walked over on his own initiative, his two strong arms slightly raised, and Jeante seemed to want to Hug Shuge, but as a sword-wielding hermit, the training he had received made him resist this impulse, so in the end, Jeant just patted Shuge twice on the shoulder.

"Thank you, Master Ernst, thank you very much."

He did not use "sir", but the title "mage". When saying this word, Jeante specially emphasized his tone. This shows that in the eyes of this old-fashioned sword-wielding hermit, Xiuge is already a A fellow spell caster who could be trusted. At least in his eyes, Shuge was definitely not a "wild mage", and he was no longer a wanted criminal of Merlin Lehe.

Shouge resisted the urge to spy on Jeant's fate. He smiled and nodded to the strong man, and then asked: "Is everything going well?"

"Very smooth."

Jeante's tone was very soothing, and his serious face showed an unprecedented relaxed attitude: "Thanks to your previous arrangements and operations, we have basically controlled the blocks near the south city gate. Being able to use a large amount of manpower for direct transportation, according to the agreement with General Boots, we handed over part of the supplies to Iris Street. They have more soldiers there and need those new weapons more than we do."

"Um……"

Shuge nodded. He took a new revolver with the emblem of the Kingdom of Walter from Jeant's hand. After turning it around twice skillfully in his hand, he said: "General Boots is doing very well these days." How is your attitude and performance?”

Jeante responded: "It's normal. Everything is going according to the predetermined plan, and there is no shortage of manpower and help that should be provided to us."

"Our mage has become his personal bodyguard and advisor?"

"Of course."

At this point, Jeant frowned: "Master Ernst, is this approach a little too much? I'm worried that unnecessary pressure may trigger Boots' resistance and rebound."

Shuge smiled and said: "Don't worry, Hermit Jean. I have talked with General Boots several times. He is a smart man, and a very ambitious and smart man... Of course, I don't agree with some of his paranoid ideas." and concepts, so in order to prevent accidents, some monitoring and control are still necessary. What's more, he once thought about cooperating with the Black Sun Society. We must treat people like this seriously and not let him become a A fatal omission.”

After that, the two continued to chat for a few more words. Hermit Jeant was a little concerned about Shuge's physical condition. For a spell caster, an inexplicable coma is always very dangerous. Shuge continued to use his previous method. After that, Shuge talked about Master Justina and the verification experiment she was leading.

"Justina told me that Merlinle and other parties are also very concerned about the results of our experiments... As far as I can see, they themselves should be doing similar experiments, but the experimental samples in their hands are limited, and I am afraid that in the end It depends on the results on our side.”

Xiuge frowned slightly: "What is their attitude towards the monsters in the city?"

"They have established an emergency committee specifically to deal with the situation in Salem City. The current attitude of the emergency committee is still to thoroughly 'clean up' as the first goal...The vast majority of people do not want this kind of magical creatures that are beyond common sense to spread out."

Xiuge immediately grasped the key point in his words: "The vast majority?"

"Yes, it is said that the Council, the Legal Committee, and some well-known magic scholars among the people do not agree with the complete extermination of a magical creature. Instead, a considerable part should be retained like the study of changelings and artificially Captivity to ensure long-term research possibilities.”

Shuge raised his eyes and looked at Jeant: "What do you think?"

The sword-wielding hermit was silent for two seconds, and finally squeezed out a sentence through his teeth: "A bunch of idiots."

"At least for now, there is no problem with their overall tendency... Keep in touch with Merlin Lehe and the emergency committee. If they have any other changes, we will need to respond in time."

Xiuge said in a calm tone: "Sorry, Hermit Jeant, these are extraordinary times. We cannot maintain 100% trust in these people from the outside world when there have been precedents... At the critical moment, I'm afraid we have to wait and see. ourselves."

If people heard this kind of words in the past, some people would definitely think that Shuge was crazy and had the courage to slander Merlin Lehe in front of a sword-wielding hermit. But now, the hermit Jeante did not show much. His emotional fluctuations, reality has already explained a lot. Although he is loyal to the Legal Committee and the belief of Goddess Mel, he is not stupid. The truth is right in front of him, and he can naturally draw corresponding conclusions after just two glances.

…

The important magic supplies sent by the Emergency Committee of Salem City brought considerable boost to the research led by Master Justina.

After some of the originally scarce experimental equipment, safety containers and important materials were in place, the experiment that Justina had been thinking about began immediately. Before the experiment officially started, Shuge quickly returned to the territory of the Three-Color Brotherhood. And issued a series of instructions as Master Bolva.

After creating the illusion that the "leader" was busy controlling Iris Street, Shuge returned to the Legal Committee's headquarters.

The illusions revealed to him by the Roots of Destiny always made him uneasy, which made him dare not let Justina conduct those experiments, for fear that some unexpected developments would occur during the process.

Although Xiuge is still trapped in Salem City, he can now constantly feel the changes in the magic power in the air. The weird trembling frequency seems to be increasing at a slow and steady rate, and when the sun rises from the horizon Completely disappeared, this weird magic tremor became more obvious and clear. When Xiuge removed the normal protective rituals set on himself, he could even feel the metal disc in his spiritual world moving with it. This tremor resonates.

However, now, there is no one around him who can give him the corresponding answer, and he has no way to communicate with others.

The will of the Ernst family is already working at full strength. These magical rats with human consciousness and wisdom have already shared a considerable part of the pressure for Shuge. If they had not provided those management and negotiation strategies, Shuge would have been long gone. I'm already at my wits end.

He walked into Justina's laboratory and helped check the protective rituals in the laboratory. After confirming that everything was normal, an important magic verification experiment was immediately announced to begin.

In this experiment, Justina's main goal is to "instill" specific thinking habits and concepts into a sample of Dark Abyss descendants, and to verify whether this can have a long-term impact on it.

As the only expert in the entire city of Salem who has hunted the most descendants of An Abyss, Xiuge certainly needs to be present.

Soon, a group of Dark Abyss descendants imprisoned in a magic container were moved to the center of the laboratory. In the experimental site, a ritual familiar to everyone present had been completed. This time, the "Spiritual Interrogation" ritual It will no longer be used for interrogation, but will be imposed on this inhuman and dangerous ancient life. According to the mages' imagination, they will try to artificially stimulate the "mimic state" of the descendants of An Abyss, and capture At the moment when his magic power is most turbulent, he launches this modified "spiritual interrogation" ritual.

Once the ritual takes effect successfully, the spirit, wisdom and memory of the target experimental sample will be forcibly erased. After completing this goal, a specialized mage will try to control the dark abyss in a state of "blank thinking". The heirs tamper with their memories.

In other words, they hope to use this entire process to create an individual descendant of the Dark Abyss who is not hostile to humans and can be controlled!

A very bold plan, and indeed quite feasible.

Because of the trembling magic power in the air, the descendants of An Abyss in the magic container were extremely active. In order to reduce their danger, Xiuge stood directly next to Justina and others who were performing the ritual, and faced the restless An Abyss. An Yuanzi began to exert pressure, and soon, under the absolute "position pressure", the agitated An Yuanzi gradually calmed down.

The closed magic container was slowly opened, and then the descendants of the Dark Abyss were transferred into the magic cage built by a group of mages. The one-armed mage Justina slowly moved forward. She was in this dangerous chaos glue. He stood still in front of the hostage, and then began to test him verbally.

Xiuge stood in a corner where no one was paying attention. The shadows from the Dark Abyss Palace began to flicker in his eyes. In his perception, the group of offspring individuals as experimental samples completely turned into a group of magical and chaotic life forces. Every clumsy thought and every instinctive reaction will cause waves of fluctuations in these "threads" formed by it.

"Can you understand me?"

"Want to eat?"

"What is your purpose? If you answer me, I can let you leave."

Justina was very bold. Now she was standing less than one step away from the descendant of An Abyss. In order to communicate with the target more conveniently, she even squatted down and stared directly ahead to have a conversation.

The descendants of An Abyss were obviously resistant to this forced communication, but soon Justina showed her "sincerity".

After getting her hint, someone immediately left the laboratory. Soon, the mage returned here with a thin figure. The moment he saw the figure clearly, Xiuge was shocked.

He knew this girl, it was Marlena who had been following Felix before. She obviously knew what she was doing here, there was not much nervousness on her face, and she was even in the mood to face Xiu. Ge winked and said hello.

Justina nodded to Marlena, and then stretched out her hand to hold her.

She pulled Marlena to stand again in front of the descendants of An Yuan, and said slowly: "Answer my question, and you will be able to get the food you want..."

The moment these words were spoken, the descendant of An Abyss immediately burst out in the magic cage. In that unstable magic environment, countless sharp claws and mouths immediately grew out of its twisted black gel. A large number of eyes emerged from the deep darkness. Obviously, Justina's actions and the approach of a "suitable prey" like Marlena completely aroused its desire to prey.