Todd's experiment seems to have reached a dead end.

Sutherland archaea do not have the means to divide and reproduce, while other xenobacteria multiply too quickly. Over time, the moment the balance between the two is broken, the former will transform from a beneficial bacterium to a malignant bacterium, not only devouring xenobacteria, but eventually starting to attack human cells, turning the host into a mindless monster.

The key to solving this dilemma lies in two problems.

1. How to inhibit the growth rate of xenobacteria?

2. How to increase the number of Sutherland bacteria?

Regarding the first question, he tried several natural antibiotics that could be used as antibacterial, but due to the unsatisfactory antibacterial power, the effect was not obvious, and the division rate of xenobacteria did not decrease significantly. As for the second question, it is not that he did not try to artificially reproduce Sutherland archaea, but in addition to the fact that this archaea likes high temperatures, Todd knows nothing about how to prepare the culture medium, pressure, acidity and alkali, catalysis, primers, etc., so this work is naturally impossible to do.

In the end, even though he knew the reason for the alienation of his heir, he could not find any solution.

One typical noon, Huggins walked to the lab building with the fish and vegetables cooked by the townspeople.

Alfonso, who was guarding the door of the laboratory, with a large sword in his arms, looked up at him, his eyes were gray and there was no hope in sight. Huggins sighed and stepped through the door of the lab, the first thing that caught his eye was the fragments of petri dishes all over the floor, the drawings used to label the experimental data and procedures, torn to shreds and falling everywhere. Todd sat on one side of the lab table, his hands digging deep into his messy hair, his face frustrated and frustrated.

The man was on the table, found a clean place, put down the dishes, and asked casually, "Still doesn't work?"

"The road of carbonized glycerin is also a dead end, and there is no way to ...... without a stable low temperature environment of minus 20 degrees."

Listening to Todd babbling and saying something he didn't understand at all, Huggins didn't interrupt and waited until the other party finished speaking before he said, "Do you remember that our first furnace of refining silver, when everyone thought there was no hope, it was your persistence that made things turn around. ”

Todd glanced at the other party and said with a wry smile: "The question is I don't know if my time is enough for me to wait for a transfer?"

Huggins patted him on the shoulder and exited the room.

Looking at the other party's back, Todd suddenly stopped him with a voice: "Hmm...... Have you seen Miss Karin lately?"

The man turned around and shook his head.

Maybe she's given up on me.

Todd closed his lips and nodded dejectedly.

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Late that night, Todd was in the laboratory and started a new antibacterial experiment. A visitor, whom he had never expected, appeared in front of him.

The black mist on the floor gradually gathered, and a figure slowly straightened up.

Todd quickly recognized the other party, the head of the downtown circus - the laryngeal bone.

Since the last time he refused the invitation to join the relief society in disguise, Todd thought that he and this man immersed in darkness would never have an intersection again, but he didn't expect that at such a time and place, the other party took the initiative to find him.

The laryngeal bone first looked around the laboratory equipment and equipment with great interest, and while reading the Latin on the labels of the bottles and cans placed on the wooden shelves, his mouth from time to time let out a heartfelt admiration.

"Mr. Todd, you are the second person I have ever seen in the field of alchemy, with extremely high talent!"

Knowing that the other party came to meet him, the purpose would definitely not be to compliment, Todd didn't say anything, just quietly waited for his next sentence.

To his surprise, the laryngeal bone also stopped the topic, and instead looked at Todd's face intently.

Unable to stand this kind of staring from a man, Todd frowned and asked, "What are you looking at?"

Laryngeal smiled and withdrew his gaze and waved his hand: "Ahh ”

Your uncle's!

I don't need you to tell me how I look.

With three points of anger in his heart, Todd just wanted to roll up his sleeves and reason with the other party, but the throat bone took something out of his arms and threw it to him.

It was a sparkling brass pipe in the light of the fire, and on the wall of the pipe was written in Latin the proverb "Life to Death".

Todd looked at the brass pipe in his hand, froze in place, looked at the laryngeal bone with round eyes, and stammered, "Is this ...... ...... is this?"

Throat found a chair, sat down, snuffed out the nearest illuminated candle, and said calmly, "You should be familiar with this, it is full of 'Sutherland Relic'......"

"Why?"

"This is something that can delay the alienation of the 'inheritor' and prolong your life. Don't worry, no matter how many relics the 'Inheritor' absorbs, he won't die......"

Nonsense, of course I know!

The relics are Sutherland archaea, and inhaling them can increase the concentration of Sutherland bacteria in the body and regain control of the balance in the body, but Todd doesn't care about this at all!

"I want to know, why are you giving this to me?!"

The laryngeal bone put down the gas cylinder in his hand and smiled at the other party again: "Mr. Todd, you are really a woman, and some people are willing to sacrifice themselves for you." ”

"What?What do you mean?!"

"I'm sorry, but I've promised others to keep this matter a secret. With that, the man turned to leave. Unexpectedly, Todd held a bottle of reagent in his hand and used the ability of "speed" to stand in front of him and block the door.

"The liquid I am holding in my hand, if it falls to the ground, will turn into a sea of fire within a radius of ten meters. There was not a trace of a wave in Todd's eyes, as if he was saying something trivial and insignificant: "Laryngeal bone, I need an answer." ”

The man's pupils narrowed, and after a moment he shrugged his shoulders: "In some ways, you really resemble her. Well, I can't name her, but I can tell you that there is a girl who, in order to continue your life, asked me to send you a relic. In exchange, he will voluntarily become the 'heir'. ”

Carlin!

Todd bit his lip with his teeth, his whole body trembling.

Looking at the crumbling reagent in the other party's hand, the man didn't dare to gasp, and said softly, "Can you put the bottle down first?"

Todd picked up the cloak on the table, put it on his body, put down his hood, pushed open the door of the laboratory, looked at the stars in the night sky, turned back to his throat bone and said, "Let's go......"

The man was confused: "Where are you going?"

"Relief Society. ”