Chapter 0141: Devil Lice
The shop in front of the murder medicine shop is not very large, and it is not conspicuous among many shops. But after entering the backyard, Yaoyang found that there was a cave here.
A tempered glass structure with a thermostatic cabin is set up in the backyard, which is able to provide a constant temperature 24/7 and is generally used to preserve precious materials. There is a similar equipment in the workshop where Yaoyang once stayed, but it is much smaller than the one in front of him.
The glass cabin is more than two meters high, and the surface of the tempered glass, which is already very strong, is even coated with a black coating. Yaoyang smelled a strange smell from the coating, and couldn't help but feel a little strange.
"That's realgar powder." The old man squinted his eyes and said, "The contents inside are too powerful, it's always good to add an extra layer of protection." ”
"Something is in here?" Yaoyang was originally skeptical, but when he saw this advanced constant temperature cabin, he finally believed most of it. If you really want to save some precious things, who will have nothing to do to erect such a big thing in the yard.
"That thing likes cold environments, and the colder the better." The old man said, "Just maintaining the operation of this thing will cost thousands of yuan a day, and I can't afford to spend it." ”
"Show me, and if something does work, I'll ask for it." Proud of the way.
"Hehe, this thing has been here for half a year, and there are many people who see it, but few people who have the strength to buy it. Before, my offer was 100 million, but now this price is very low. The old man said, "I have to check your credit limit, if it is less than 30 million, I am not qualified to see it." ”
Checking the limit is very simple, you only need to swipe your bank card. When the old man saw that Yaoyang's quota exceeded 30 million, he suddenly couldn't close his mouth with a smile.
The old man quickly pressed the combination lock on the glass cabin door, and soon heard a "click" and the hatch opened.
The hatch opened, revealing another door inside. The old man said, "I'll adjust the temperature first and let them sleep for a while." Otherwise, these guys will go crazy and swallow you and me alive! ”
Seeing that the old man said it was terrible, Yaoyang was really a little apprehensive. What kind of murderous thing is hidden in this, which can really swallow life alive?
The temperature before the chamber was set at a low temperature of minus 20 degrees Celsius, and it seems that the creatures inside prefer to survive in the low temperature environment.
"Wait a few minutes." The old man set the temperature to minus 10 degrees, signaling that Yaoyang Shao'an should not be impatient.
Yaoyang nodded, but he couldn't suppress the curiosity in his heart. If the creatures inside really came from ancient ruins as the old man said, it would be too precious.
Ancient ruins are an existence that modern civilization cannot explain. As early as hundreds of years ago, some mysterious structures were discovered in the wild. These buildings vary in size, with some remaining above ground and others buried deep underground. Although the buildings are different and the styles are very different, without exception, the buildings themselves do not belong to any of the civilizations of Kyushu and Gaia, and there is no trace of any information about them in the historical records.
Many strange objects have been excavated in these buildings, and it is said that the first establishment of martial arts was closely related to the discoveries found in the buildings.
All the while, these buildings are full of mysteries, and no one has been able to explain their existence perfectly.
It wasn't until Zhang Sanfeng, a master of oriental martial arts, came out that he came up with a bold conjecture after exploring a relic called "Mogao Grottoes" in the west of Kyushu. Zhang Sanfeng believes that before today's civilization, there was another glorious ancient civilization, and these buildings are the relics left by the ancient civilization.
Later, Albert Einstein excavated the ancient ruins of the pyramids on the continent of Eferric in the Federation of Gaia, and found some relics that did not belong to today's civilization. After analyzing the relics, he came to a similar conclusion as Zhang Sanfeng, and also believed that the relics came from a civilization thousands of years ago.
Since then, the buildings have had a unified name: Ancient Ruins.
The number of similar ancient ruins is unknown, but there are more than a hundred recorded in the Adventurers' Guild. Ruins are a favorite place for adventurers to explore, and every year, adventurers go through a lot of adventures to find some precious items from the ruins, and all of them are auctioned for very high prices.
However, most of the ruins are located in the inhospitable wilderness, surrounded by ferocious beasts, and the environment is even more unpredictable. Even geniuses such as Zhang Sanfeng and Albert Einstein could not stay long without supplies, and the average adventurer could not even enter the periphery.
All in all, these ancient ruins are full of mysteries, and anything that is found out of them is worth a lot of money. Yao Yang was also a little suspicious in his heart, how could a small pharmacy in Mobei Fortress get the things in the ruins, and it was some kind of ferocious creature?
Suspicion is suspicion, Yaoyang still wants to see what kind of medicine is sold in the old man's gourd. If he was a liar, Yaoyang would naturally not be polite.
Soon the temperature display of the thermostat stabilized at minus 10 degrees, which is low enough for humans to wear thick clothes to keep out the cold, but for some strange creatures, this temperature is obviously a bit hot.
"I'm going to open the door, do you want to protect your face and hands. I'm an old man, and it doesn't matter if I get bitten. The old man pointed to a set of masked gloves in the corner.
Yaoyang shook his head, he didn't want the old man to look flat.
With a "click", the lock of the second door opened, and a chill came to his face, and Yaoyang couldn't help but shiver. The temperature in the cabin was really a little low, and Yaoyang silently used his internal strength, and his body suddenly warmed up.
"Hurry up." The old man urged, and walked in first. When Yaoyang also followed, the old man hurriedly closed the hatch with his backhand.
Yaoyang stood in the cabin, looking at the inside of the glass cabin in surprise, how strong these tempered glasses were, even ordinary machine guns are difficult to penetrate, but as far as Yaoyang can see, there are honeycomb-like holes everywhere, although the holes are not deep, they give people a shocking feeling.
"Doesn't it look like pockmarked with another shot in the face?" The old man said with squinted eyes.
Yaoyang laughed dryly, the old man's analogy was really vivid, but unfortunately he couldn't be humorous, but he felt a chill all over his body.
What is it that causes these holes?
Yaoyang didn't know the bottom of his heart, but he saw the old man pointing to the corner and said, "The things you want to see are there." ”
Only then did Yao Yang see that there was a palm-sized black ball in the corner, densely covered with countless holes, which looked like a small honeycomb, which made people's hearts numb.
"What's that?" Yaoyang asked cautiously.
The old man walked over and picked up the ball and held it in his palm, sent it to Yaoyang and said, "This is the nest of devil lice, don't look at this thing is small, but there are at least a thousand devil lice in it." And there is still a louse in this nest, as long as there are lice, devil lice will continue to grow. ”
"Devil lice?" It was the first time Yaoyang had heard this name.
"It seems that you don't know much about devil lice, so that's okay, you see these holes, they are all eaten by devil lice." The old man pointed to the small holes in the tempered glass.
Yao Yang walked over to take a closer look, and saw that the edge of the small hole was very rough, and if you looked closely, there were even tiny jagged marks.
"Sure enough, it was bitten out, are you saying that these devil lice can even gnaw off the solid tempered glass?" Yaoyang asked incredulously.
"Not to mention tempered glass, even metal can't escape their sharp teeth. Don't look small, these guys are out-and-out devils! The old man rolled up the sleeve of his right arm as he spoke, and Yao Yang saw a heart-wrenching scar on his arm, just like the hole in the tempered glass, and the old man's arm was gnawed out of a lot of small pits.
"It's all devil lice." The old man smiled, "Raise these things, as long as one is not careful, they will be swallowed, and there are no bones left." ”
"If you say that, who would dare to buy these things!" Yaoyang said in surprise, "Is it possible to buy it home and commit suicide?" ”
"If this thing can't be controlled, of course it's worthless. However, you should know about the Tianzhu tribe of the Gaia Federation, where there are people who practice a martial art called yoga and are also proficient in controlling insects with their voices. I have a set of methods for controlling devil lice that I got from Tianzhu, and if you buy these devil lice, I will give them to you. The old man said.
"If the method you said is easy to use, how can it be bitten like this." Yao Yang pointed to the scar on the old man's arm.
The old man laughed and said, "You kid is very shrewd, I'm afraid of being deceived by me, right?" Well, I'll show you how to make you suspicious. If I can't indulge the devil lice with this method, I'll give you 30 million! ”
The old man, who was also a resolute man, took a dagger made of fine iron and placed it with the nest of devil lice, and at the touch of a button, a small tempered glass cover descended and enclosed the two things. There are some extremely small holes in the glass cover, which can both prevent devil lice from coming out of it and allow the sound of control to pass in.
"Don't talk about anything you see later, lest you alarm them." The old man reminded Yaoyang.
Yaoyang nodded, although the old man said that the sky was wild, he had some doubts in his heart. Seeing that the old man took out another harmonica from his arms, Yaoyang couldn't help but take a step back and approach the door, if anything unexpected happened, he would escape as soon as possible.
"Let's show you how good the devil lice are." As he spoke, the old man wiped the harmonica with a handkerchief and gently put it to his lips. Instead of a melodious sound, the harmonica makes a screeching noise.
The noise was so unpleasant that Yaoyang couldn't help but want to cover his ears, but the devil lice's nest didn't move, and it seemed to be completely unaffected by the noise. Yaoyang said that this old man boasted about the devil lice to be extremely ferocious, but now there is no reaction, it seems that eighty percent is a liar!
But just when Yaoyang was a little disappointed, a change suddenly happened.
(To be continued)