Todd's Soul Space, the office on the second floor of the Institute.

Sitting in a comfortable swivel chair, holding a potato chip bag in one hand and a Coke can in the other, Rachel looked at the memories of last night's banquet playing on his computer, and smiled and laughed.

Todd, who was busy with affairs, glanced at the woman beside him, shook his head and said, "I really envy you, looking at this kind of thing, you can still eat food." ”

Seeing the scene of people fleeing for their lives, Richer smiled and convulsed on the table with her stomach in her arms, and said intermittently: "I can't believe that I actually missed this yesterday!

As if the lingering stench could still be smelled in his nostrils, Todd's stomach churned, and he hurriedly reached out to stop Rachel: "Let's change the subject." ”

"Okay. Rachel raised an eyebrow and complained to Todd, "When will I be able to return to Twilight?"

Todd was stunned for a moment, and gave Rachel an 'sorry' expression: "The barbarian camp has just been established, and I need your help." ”

"I knew you would say that. Rechel, with a displeased face, stretched her arms back, and the perfect curve of her upper body was in full view.

Todd was stunned, suddenly remembered something, clicked with the mouse, and said to Richel: "Open the mailbox icon on your computer desktop and look at the email I sent you." ”

With a puzzled expression, Rachel clicked on the Outlook icon and opened the email to see that the text of the email was a drawing of a chic building.

Different from the intricate design and religious structure commonly used in medieval architecture, the design style of this small building embodies the word "simplicity" everywhere, with simple wooden furniture, simple room design, bright visual sense, and eye-catching potted plants.

Rachel flipped through the architectural drawings and conceptual drawings and asked curiously, "What is this?"

Todd tapped his finger on the table and said excitedly: "Everything needed to build this house, including craftsmen, drawings, and cement, has been arranged on the ship, and I believe it will be transported to the Froststone camp soon." ”

Rachel glanced at Todd and said half-jokingly and half-seriously, "Look at this posture, are you planning to let me stay here for a long time?"

Todd smiled silently, but Cumberland's words suddenly remembered in his mind.

"Your Majesty, can you say that there is no secret hidden behind this woman?"

Todd slowly lowered his head and whispered softly to the woman, "Richel." ”

"Huh?"

"Do you have any wishes?"

"Why do you suddenly ask this? Really want to talk about wishes...... Eat all the food, see all the beautiful scenery, and enjoy every day of life, does this count?"

"Listen to you, Your Majesty, do you want to make her queen?"

Todd's fists were clenched, and his palms were pale without a trace of blood: "Richel, about the future, have you ever considered settling down one day?"

"Settle down?"

Rachel's smile slowly faded from her face, surprise, hesitation, worry, sadness, all kinds of expressions constantly changed on her face. Eventually, she closed her eyes and said quietly, "I'm not a person who is suitable for stability. ”

Todd frowned, "Why?"

"There are many reasons why I can't tell you right now. Out of the corner of her eye, Rachel looked at the cozy little building on the computer screen, a look of yearning and longing flashed in her eyes.

When she looked at Todd again, Rachel returned to her usual appearance, and she smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I hope you don't think about it, one thing is certain, my loyalty to you is beyond doubt. ”

Todd sighed deeply.

Back in the real-world dormitory, Todd sits at his desk, looking out the window at the bright sunshine and beautiful garden, but inside there are dark clouds and strong winds.

In that conversation in the soul space, Todd believed that with Richel's intelligence, he must have heard the meaning behind his words, but the answer given by the other party made him frustrated.

Todd always thought that there was some invisible bond between himself and Rachel, and because of this, when Rachel took Karin to use his body as a condition to ask for the continuation of the Xeno-Alliance, he was so angry and furious.

At that time, he stubbornly believed that Richell's move was an insult to the relationship between the two. He hoped that Rachel would cherish this emotion more, rather than measure or even trample on it with benefits.

But...... Everything that happened in the soul space today began to make Todd completely question his judgment.

Isn't it a sign of a regression in the relationship between the two that a woman proposed to use a child to tie up the relationship between the two in the past, but now she vaguely rejects the possibility of going further?

But why?

Puzzled, Todd got up from his chair and walked to the underground passage of the palace.

When Huggins was supervising the construction, he specifically asked for the construction of a laboratory under the king's palace.

Microscopes, glass test tubes, petri dishes, incubators...... Walking into this laboratory and looking at these familiar objects, Todd inexplicably remembered the memories of his past life.

Whenever he was unhappy and unhappy, he would always go back to the university laboratory and use the world of biology and chemistry to forget his sadness for a while.

In this world, since he ascended the throne of the king, he has been overwhelmed by the endless government affairs and countless things, and now that he thinks about it, it has been more than a year and he has never set foot in this world again.

Gently touching the smooth marble countertop, looking at the dazzling array of glassware on the shelves, Todd took a deep breath and said softly at a volume that he could only hear, "I'm back......"

Todd first returned to the dormitory and retrieved the well-sealed Amber Stone from the chest under his bed.

Then I went back to the lab and began to organize my equipment and prepare my reagents.

After doing all this, Todd opened the notebook and began to follow the experimental habits of his previous life, and at the top of the first paper, wrote six large characters in Chinese "Tyrant Research Log".

The first thing to do is to sort out the information you already have at hand.

Todd recalled the characteristics of the Tyrant as he wrote on a piece of paper:

1. The extent to which the "tyrant" exists only in environments with high radiation intensity, and the extent of its dependence on pressure, oxygen, temperature, and moisture is not yet clear.

2. In the surrounding locations where "Tyrant" appears, there are a large number of creatures in abnormal states, such as manticores, griffins, and so on.

3. "Tyrant" can inhibit and reverse the mutation of "Sutherland bacteria", and can even freely transform the mutated form of infected people through the instruction elements of the human nerve center.

After writing these three articles, Todd put down his charcoal pen, put on his lab suit, and after the routine disinfection and exhaust procedures, he used a sharp iron drill to make a hole in the "Amber Stone" to facilitate sampling.

After five minutes of effort, the epidermis of the sample was intact, but the drill bit was bent into a half-moon shape.

Putting down the scrapped iron drill in his hand, Todd sighed with a headache, and suddenly looked at his right hand, thoughtful.

He spread the five fingers of his right hand and stretched them out in front of him, watching the skin of his fingers slowly dissolve, and finally turned into the appearance of iron claws.

Todd disinfected the mutated iron claws and placed them on the skin of the Amber Stone, turning his fingers back and forth.

After another ten minutes of hard work, he finally drilled a small hole about five millimeters in diameter in the epidermis of the sample.

The first level of the experiment, sampling, has finally passed.

Use a dropper to remove a drop of black liquid from the Amber Stone, press it tightly with a glass piece, and place it under a microscope.

Todd put his eyes on the eyepiece, and after a glance, he shook his head and straightened up.

Although this microscope was built by a famous artist in Twilight City, the magnification is still too low, only about 800x.

In the lens, you can only see a fast black mark, but you can't see what it is.

Using Eagle Eye's ability, Todd brought his eyes to the camera again, and this time he could see the black substance, which was a tightly packed cluster of creatures, but he still couldn't see the shape and structure of the creatures.

"Eagle Eye" can magnify the object in the field of vision by 5 to 7 times, and with the help of a microscope, the final magnification can be increased to about 4000 to 5600 times, but it seems that if you want to observe the "Tyrant", you need a higher magnification.

What to do?

Todd's first thought was the "Abnormal Electron Microscope" that he had made with the efforts of everyone in the past. That instrument can increase the magnification to about 20,000 times.

But after a moment's thought, Todd rejected the option.

There were a few key factors that determined that the rudimentary 'Anomaly Electron Microscope' would not be useful here.

First, the electron microscope was too primitive in its imaging method, using paper to show magnified results, and it could only show the general state of the microorganisms, and it was impossible to confirm the specific details.

Second, due to technical limitations, the electron microscope could only show static images, but could not show dynamic processes, which was not conducive to the physiological study of microorganisms.

Third, the imaging time is too long, and it often takes several minutes to generate a magnified result, which is too slow.

Is there any way to achieve the right magnification but overcome the limitations of electron microscopy?

Todd, who touched his forehead with sadness, suddenly his eyes lit up.

If you transform into a monster form, wouldn't the mutated eyeballs greatly enhance the "Eagle Eye" ability?

Then the magnification of the "Eagle Eye" ability, which was originally 5 to 7 times, can be expanded to between 100 and 120 times in an instant, and combined with the 800x eyepiece of the light microscope, the final magnification will be fixed between 80,000 and 100,000 times, which is enough to observe any microorganism.

Todd transforms his head into monster form before looking into the lens of the microscope. This time, he finally saw the true face of the "tyrant".