Chapter 3: Professor Charles
After Angel Zhou and Lily left the airport, Lily flagged down a taxi.
"Lily, where are we going?" When Zhao Qi put the two large boxes in the trunk of the car, he obviously felt the car go down.
"Go to the Natural History Museum in London." Lily said.
"Why go there? Didn't that vampire you talk about digging up at Southwell Cathedral in Nottinghamshire? Zhao Qi put the suitcase away and sat in the car.
"It's been more than three months since the body was found, and the body has been transported to the Natural History Museum in London."
"Then why don't you go to the hotel and put these things down? Just take it there? Aren't you tired? Zhao Qi shook his head and said.
"Why am I tired? I didn't carry it! Lily turned her head and smiled, which suddenly made Zhao Qi depressed and speechless.
didn't have time to pay attention to the crazy woman next to him, Zhao Qi thought about the scenery outside the window.
London, like Hong Kong, is both a very famous tourist city and a famous financial center. However, London is much more important than Hong Kong, and it is called the world's most important financial center along with New York in the United States.
London, like many cities in China, has a history of more than 2,000 years, and even Zhao Qi feels the unique charm of these buildings with a long history while sitting in the car and looking at these orthodox British style buildings.
After a period of driving, the two finally arrived at their destination this time, the Natural History Museum in London.
"It's magnificent." Standing at the door of the museum, Zhao Qi looked at the majestic building in front of him and couldn't help but sigh, while Lily paid as if she was used to it, and came to the door.
Two doormen were standing in front of the door, and Lily didn't know what to say to the two of them, so she saw the two doormen nodding.
"Hi, Qi. Hurry up and come in. Lily at the door greeted Zhao Qi and immediately interrupted Zhao Qi's exclamation. Zhao Qi lifted the big boxes on both sides and quickly followed.
"It's not open today, is it? Not a single one. Walking into the hall, Zhao Qi asked.
"Yes, the museum hasn't been open for the past few days because of the need to study that vampire's corpse." Lily replied.
"And how did you get in?"
"I've said it all, there's someone above me!" Lily smirked.
"It's definitely a martial arts story." Zhao Qi pursed his lips and said secretly.
In the lobby of the Natural History Museum in London is a giant dinosaur skeleton, standing intact in the hall, giving people a rather shocking feeling.
"How? Just follow me. Lily seemed familiar with the place, and walked up the stairs to the side.
"Cut. It's not that I was asked to be a coolie. It's just such a step, if you can carry these two boxes up, I'll be completely convinced. Zhao Qi glanced at Lily with disdain, Lily still wanted to argue, but as soon as she saw the steps in front of her, she suddenly became dumb when she thought about the weight of the box in Zhao Qi's hand.
"I didn't expect your strength to be really small, I can't drag this box anymore, you don't even have to breathe when you carry two of them, it's really amazing."
"That's it. We Chinese are all very strong. Zhao Qi did not forget to give his country a boost at this time. Holding the box in both hands, he raised it again.
"Then I'll hand over the two boxes to you."
“……”
The interior of the Natural History Museum is very large, and because there is no one at this time, it is very empty, and it is among some of the collections on display. Zhao Qi also found that some works have a faint aura wrapped around their waists, thinking that these collections have existed for too long and have been stained with a lot of aura.
Zhao Qi followed behind Lily, and saw that she walked directly into a room without knocking on the door.
This room is in a circle. A circular bookshelf also surrounds the interior of this room, and on a table in the middle, an old man who looks like Einstein is looking at an open book in front of him with reading glasses.
"Charles. I'm coming. Lily pushed the door open and called out to the old man inside.
"Surprise me, you can't knock on the door every time you enter." The old man's hands trembled when he was frightened by the sound of Lily opening the door, and when he saw Lily, he quickly jumped up and said loudly.
"Take me to see that vampire, I can't wait." Lily stepped forward, ignoring the glaring old man with his beard blowing, and gulped down the glass of water on the table with one hand.
"You, you...... Next time you must knock on the door first. ”
"It's so comfortable, Qi, do you want to have a drink too?"
"You, you...... I'm. Seeing Lily talking to him so obviously, the old man went crazy for a while, making Zhao Qizhen, who was still at the door, worried that he wouldn't be able to pick it up in one breath.
"Who is he?" At this time, the old man found that Zhao Qi's fresh face was standing outside the door.
"Charles, this is Qi; Qi, this is Charles. ”
"That's what you introduced?" Zhao Qi's head was big for a while, and he asked depressedly.
"Well, Charles is an archaeologist, as for Qi, uh...... It's Qi, it's my assistant. Lily thought about it carefully, and it seemed that she really didn't know much about Zhao Qi.
"Hello Professor Charles, my name is Zhao Qi and I'm from China." Zhao Qi glanced at Lily and stepped forward to talk to Professor Charles.
"Oh, there, I'm Malaki. Charles, you can just call me Charles. Charles shook hands with Zhao Qi in a friendly manner.
"Malaki? Spicy chicken? Zhao Qi gave him a strange look.
"Alright, I've come all the way here, not for small talk, take me to see the vampire's corpse." Lily put the cup down in her hand and said to Charles.
"Okay, you come with me." Charles also knew Lily's temperament, and stopped talking nonsense, and walked out of the house with the two of them.
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"It was dug up three months ago under the Cathedral of Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England. Its shoulders, heart and ankles are all nailed with metal nails, I checked the information, the information said that this is a ritual to prevent the resurrection of vampires, but ordinary vampires do not need this, although their lives are relatively long compared to ordinary people, but once the heart and brain are fatally injured, they will not be resurrected at all, so this vampire should be an extremely powerful vampire. Charles walked forward with the two of them, and told Lily about the research they had done during this time.
"You mean there really are vampires?" Lily asked excitedly.
"Actually, I don't believe that there are such creatures as vampires in the world, but after this period of data research and research on corpses, I also have some doubts about the authenticity of the existence of vampires."
"There are also vampires in Qi's hometown, and the image is very strange, with a big belly, I don't know why?"
"Ahem, Lily, Chinese and Western cultures are different and cannot be compared." Hearing Lily's words, Zhao Qi was embarrassed for a while, coughed twice and said.
"Oh? Then you have to talk to me later. Charles looked very interested and said to Zhao Qi.
There are no big-bellied vampires in China, and there are still some zombies. "I'll tell Professor Charles when I have time."
The three of them walked without stopping, and came to the outside of a room guarded by two people.
Charles communicated with the two doormen at the last step, and after a while, the door opened, and Zhao Qi and Lily followed Charles and walked in.
This is a small room, there is nothing around it, only a glass-made coffin in the center is quietly placed there, and from Zhao Qi's point of view, he also found a dry body inside through the glass.
Zhao Qi's brows furrowed, because he clearly felt that an evil aura was emanating from this corpse, although there was only a small trace, but it could not escape Zhao Qi's inspiration.
"Is this the corpse?" Lily lunged at the coffin as if she had found a new toy, her eyes wide open through the glass at the corpse inside.
"Well, while it's not clear if it's ever resurrected, we didn't take those nails away." Charles stepped forward and said.
And at this time, Zhao Qi finally had the opportunity to observe the corpse of this vampire up close.
The corpse was in a dry state, and the face was still faintly visible, and it was supposed to be a man. Near its mouth, four distinctly erupted teeth are exposed beyond their lips, identical to those of legendary vampires.
Zhao Qi got closer and found that the long and sharp fingernails of the dried corpse had not fallen off, and it was a dark red, which looked very weird.
Zhao Qi quietly felt the corpse, and after a long time, he finally found the source of the evil aura in his heart.
"Will it really be resurrected again?" Zhao Qi asked in his heart.
"After isotope determination, the age of the existence of this corpse should be about 350 AD to 500 AD. It is strange to us that after thousands of years, there is no trace of decay. And some of the dander tissue extracted from the corpse, after testing, it was found that it had only been dead for about ten years. Charles told Lily about some of the suspicions he had found. As for Lily on the side, she looked at the corpse in front of her with a fanatical expression, and almost stuffed her face into the coffin, which made Zhao Qi on the side chill.
"Do you want to be so exaggerated, and no one has asked you to visit for a limited time, can't you take your time?" Zhao Qi couldn't help but remind Lily, who wanted to open the coffin lid.
"What do you know? It is a spirit of courage to explore, a thirst for the unknown. A kind of ......" Lily crossed her waist and lectured at Zhao Qi.
"Okay, look, I'm not talking." Zhao Qi patted his head, turned around and vowed not to tease this madman again. (To be continued......)