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"Despicable insect ant hiding in the conspiracy...Are you planning to betray us a second time?"

The moment he successfully understood the meaning of those words, a familiar figure in black dress naturally appeared in Xiuge's mind.

He knew that the words transmitted by the deformed strange fish were probably aimed at the strange god who was known as "conspiracy".

The reason why Xiuge has such judgments and associations is not entirely based on intuition, but stems from reasonable speculations and associations.

Although most of the information he had received before was very fragmentary, several very special points were confirmed. Among them, Theseus's preference and choice between the ancient gods and the "inferior races" such as humans and elves It is already very clear, not to mention that the special existence of the goddess Mel is added in the middle.

Since Theseus is willing to honor a leader among the "inferior Familia" as his mentor, the role he played in the process of the ancient gods withdrawing from the stage of Van En is really intriguing.

At this time, Xiuge couldn't help but think of another very important doubt.

Through the many messages he received in the Dream Sanctuary and the gatherings held before the Black Sun Society, Xiuge was basically certain that in that distant ancient era, the god who controlled the ocean of Van En should be the "Charron".

However, the strange thing is that except for the "Charron's Touch" he has mastered, he has no way to find any information related to this ancient god, as if it has completely disappeared into Van En. .

What is even more intriguing are the names of gods owned by the goddess Mel after she successfully expelled the ancient gods and established a new order.

Shuge remembers it clearly.

In the most orthodox and ancient Van En legend, the ocean is also an important area under the jurisdiction of the goddess Mel. The Sinar Sea, which connects all things in the world, and the analogy between magic and water bodies, are also created because of this.

"There must be some important secrets in this... Maybe Charron, who once controlled the ocean, was the first ancient god to be officially defeated and expelled?"

As Xiuge walked, he made random guesses: "So, now that the visions in the ocean are beginning to revive, does this mean that the gods who were once expelled are regaining their influence bit by bit and trying to Launching a 'revenge'?"

"And it seems that their targets may not only be the many races and countries that are now controllers of Van En, but also include the leader who once defeated them, and... a certain guy who followed this leader. "

"But it's Theseus you're looking for, what does it have to do with me?"

Xiuge cursed secretly in his heart and curled his lips at the same time.

Although he did not receive positive confirmation from Theseus, he could probably guess that the reason why the mutated parrot fish said these words to him was probably because the other party sensed something similar to Thesus in his body. The traces related to Hughes are either the power of the Dark Abyss Palace or the summoned Touch of Charron...

In short, as a former member of the Dark Abyss Palace, Theseus must have done an extremely good and in-depth job in "sweeping wool", and Shuge knew without even thinking that some of this guy's actions must have had a negative impact on those ancient beings. extremely serious damage.

While she was thinking about it, Wei Lin in front had already caught up with the sailors who had fought with the strange fish on the dock before.

They were also praised by their companions for their heroic actions just now. However, when faced with Weilin's inquiry, they could only stop bragging.

When Weilin started to ask questions, her mage hand immediately flew out, and she began to hold the magic book to record. This kind of battle made the sailors have to take a serious attitude, and began to seriously describe the rush between Shuge and the two. What happened before arriving at the dock.

Weilin asked very carefully, including the bait used by the sailors, the depth at which the bait was suspended, the location chosen, and the entire process of the parrotfish from testing to entering the net. Not only that, she also specifically asked about this fish. The actions taken by a deformed fish in its struggle.

After a moment, she ended her inquiry, and then came to Xiuge's side holding the magic book.

"very funny……"

While staring at the words she had recorded, she said to Shuge: "Judging from their description, the behavior of this fish is actually closer to those ordinary beasts that pursue food. The sailors just used some Ordinary fish bait, mixed with some fish scraps left in the kitchen that no one needs...even the traps set are very conventional."

She closed the magic book: "There are various signs that this strange fish is actually acting according to instinct. It is different from the monsters you have encountered before, although its body has undergone serious mutations. , but it ultimately failed to break out of its original category.”

"As for the changes it showed after encountering us, I personally think it is more like the passive reaction of the power in its body after it senses danger."

Wei Lin closed the magic book: "We will verify more details after we get to the laboratory... But I have a hunch that this time the experimental process will not be pleasant."

Shuge shrugged: "At least we need to close our sense of smell."

"Um……"

Wei Lin nodded in agreement, and then she couldn't help but lift up her sleeve and sniff it gently.

In the previous fight, a lot of water splashed out, and Weilin's body inevitably got some of it. Perhaps because of the strange fish, the smell of the seawater left behind was very bad, which made it difficult for her to just wash her body. Wei Lin, who had taken a bath and put on new clothes, was very dissatisfied.

…

Not long after, the two of them followed the team transporting the parrotfish and successfully arrived at the laboratory set up by the Dawn Society on the edge of the pier.

It used to be a workshop used to maintain small fishing boats, but it has now been transformed.

As soon as Xiuge walked in, he caught a glimpse of one of his "old acquaintances."

Gerald's size is so exaggerated that he would be extremely conspicuous standing next to any ordinary person.

Even the astonishingly sized parrotfish looked smaller than it was when placed in front of him.

Strangely enough, other people who experienced the disaster in Salem City would become thinner, but Gerald was different. Instead, he became stronger, as if he had been inflated.

Needless to say, this guy has officially joined the Dawn Club under the recommendation of Felix and others. However, the Dawn Club has not been able to customize matching clothes for this big guy for a while, so Gerald wore a pair of two-piece Wearing a weird robe made of sheets, and a coat symbolizing the Dawn Society's status hanging casually on his chest, he looked very funny.

Of course, Shuge was too lazy to be polite to this guy. He stepped forward, lightly hammered Gerald's huge body with his fist, and then asked: "It seems that you are in charge of the experiment now." room?"

"Ah... In fact, I am mainly responsible for the procurement, management and statistics of alchemy products. The laboratory is temporarily short of people, so Mr. Daswell asked me to take care of it temporarily."

Gerald was obviously very satisfied with his current life. He was talking and laughing, his eyes almost blinded. However, when he looked at the parrot fish sealed by the frost and Wei Lin standing beside him, , but he immediately became serious again.

After cautiously nodding to Wei Lin, Gerald moved closer to Shuge. He lowered his voice and said, "It doesn't look like it can be 'eaten'."

When he said the word "eat", Gerald emphasized his tone, as if he meant something.

It was simply impossible to make someone with ogre blood speak in a low voice, so Weilin immediately noticed something strange. She glanced in the direction of Xiuge and Gerald, her eyes full of She was confused, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that there was nothing wrong with what Jerad said, so she lowered her head again.

Shuge couldn't help but rolled his eyes at Gerald.

Of course he knew what this meant.

Because there were similar hints in one of his past works, but the scene described in the work was completely different from the current one. I don’t know how Gerald managed to say this while looking at such a disgusting monster. Nasty talk.

Xiuge straightened his expression and said to Gerald: "Let's make preparations first. This thing's vitality is very tenacious. I'm sure it's not dead yet... Take all the necessary measures."

Then he turned to the physician apprentices who were shocked speechless by the monster in front of them: "Find our sailors and fishermen and bring some of the fishing nets they used before. Maybe they can be used... Also, ask the guards in charge here to load their bullets, and if possible, move two more machine guns over and say I want to use them, Mr. Daswell and the others will agree."

"so serious?"

Gerald was a little surprised by Shuge's series of arrangements, so he quickly suppressed his smile and began to arrange the arrangements for the apprentices.

Soon, everything in the laboratory was ready.

Compared with ordinary magic laboratories, this temporary laboratory seems a little rough and simple, but everything that should be done is already in place, and compared with ordinary experimental scenes, it seems more nervous here. After all, in ordinary laboratories , there will be no weapons like heavy machine guns mounted.

"Don't rush to dissect, let's do the normal observation process first..."

As one of the most professional scholars within the Dawn Society, Weilin naturally took over the responsibility of hosting and management. She quickly checked the strength of the huge water tank that had been subjected to the permanent fixing ritual, and then tested the After checking the stability of the ceremony site and confirming that everything was correct, he directed the apprentices to put the ice cube wrapped with the giant fish into the tank filled with sea water.

For insurance purposes, the water tank is covered with two layers of specially treated tough fishing nets, which is the third layer of measures in addition to the water tank and protective rituals.

Of course, Shuge standing aside and the heavy machine gun assumed to be behind are the fourth and fifth levels of measures.

At this time, Meyer, as the core leader of the Dawn Society, also rushed to the scene. Although the academic field he was proficient in was not related to magical creatures, he also wanted to take a serious look at the twisted products spawned by the black sun. appearance.

Everything was ready, and the protective ritual fields began to operate one after another, so Weilin also cut off the supply of magic power to the ice.

As the magic power slowly faded, the ice soaked in the water tank quickly dissipated. As this layer of restraints continued to be reduced, the strange fish that seemed to have been frozen into an ice sculpture began to rejuvenate at an alarming speed. In the bright light Under the bright light, this severely deformed parrotfish began to slowly twist its body, and this movement easily cracked the ice covering its body.

Probably finding itself in a new cage, the parrotfish immediately began to struggle violently. However, where in the tank with multiple layers of protective rituals attached and permanent treatment could it easily destroy?

People in the laboratory only heard loud noises, but no matter how hard the strange fish struggled or how it hit the seemingly fragile transparent barrier with its body, it could not bring about any change. This violent move could only make it head down. Broken blood flow.

Meyer on the side was so shocked by this scene that he frowned. He was about to ask Shuge whether this fish would kill him alive in the water tank, but the next second he saw the hideous wound on the head of this strange fish. A kind of dark yellow mucus was quickly secreted from the inside, and then, under the action of this mucus, the cracked scar healed immediately.

During this process, Xiuge was always observing it with his magical vision. Then Xiuge was surprised to find that with the continuous secretion of that weird mucus, his magical vision began to fail for the first time.

For some reason, when he used the mist of the Dark Abyss to fill his eyes, the body and shape of the giant fish in front of him began to become blurry. It seemed that the foul-smelling mucus secreted from its body could naturally It has a curbing effect on the power coming from the Dark Abyss Palace.

As if it felt Shuge's gaze, the giant fish suddenly stopped struggling. Then, under everyone's gaze, a large number of ferocious scars burst out from the side of its body, as if countless invisible hands were tearing it apart. Like its body, the scars gradually expanded, and finally "opened" completely like "eyelids".

People saw that twisted flesh and blood was roiling in these wounds. In the turbid water, these strange lines looked like eyes...

Not everyone present had a firm enough mind. As this ugly change progressed, some apprentices and soldiers soon couldn't hold on any longer. They felt dizzy, or started to feel nauseated and retching...

However, among ordinary people, Meyer's performance is extremely special.

His face also became a little pale, but there was no further reaction. He neither looked away nor retreated, but stood firmly in place.

It was as if his legs were nailed to the ground.