Wren went to the "Extreme True Martial Arts Hall" as usual, and then went to the library to flip through the books for a while.

In the afternoon, it was time to arrive at the sewer laboratory.

In the past few days of study, Wren's progress has been very fast, and the old man Ilubeck's attitude towards him has become more and more serious.

It seems that he is sincere in accepting a closed disciple.

.......

"Well, you did a good job of teaching you yesterday. Today, you can start practicing refining these intermediate materials..."

"Yes, Teacher."

In the laboratory.

As usual, Wren completed Ilrubek's teaching assignment first, and then helped to get started.

Not to mention, although this laboratory is built in an old sewer, although it is a little remote, it is really quiet. It is perfect for researchers who are obsessed with research and will not go out for ten days and a half.

At one point, the door opened with a "click".

Just by listening to the footsteps, Wren knew it was Carl, the little mechanic, who was here again.

"Carl, you're here again."

"Well, come and get the potion for grandpa. Wow... Brother Wren, what are you dissecting..."

"[Blackridge Beast's cecum], I want to refine the oil to prepare a burn healing potion..."

"It's greasy, it's disgusting..."

Carl stuck out his tongue in disgust.

Wren smiled, calmly scraping the fat from the bloody intestines.

He probably learned something about it in the past two days. Carl's grandfather appears to have been paralyzed by poisoning and requires advanced life potions to maintain basic vital signs.

And the [Golden Liquid] he used now can't be stored for a long time, so he can only come to the laboratory often to get medicine.

When Karl came in, he raised the newspaper in his hand and shouted at the old spider man, "Grandpa Nieto, this is the latest newspaper. ”

There are newspapers in the world, but they are not very time-sensitive.

Moreover, it is not for public sale, it is the news merchant who collects the information from all sides, compiles it into a book, and is dedicated to all kinds of high-class people.

It took ten days and a half to produce one, and a copy of three silver narls was not cheap.

Iroubeck was busy observing the test samples, and without looking back, he responded: "Little Karl, is there anything interesting happening in the newspaper today?" ”

"Yes."

Carl looked at the newspaper and read out a few headlines.

"Last month, the White Bear Chamber of Commerce of the Side Empire discovered a new large gold mine in the 'southern province of Ajax'..."

"The Royal Academy of Sciences of Omar is going to hold an exhibition of new steam equipment in three months' time, inviting the lords to the restaurant..."

"Five days ago, the 'Black Skull Monster Thieves' attacked a warehouse under the Black Gold Chamber of Commerce, and the two sides exchanged fierce fire..."

“...”

Wren listened intently, too.

Recently, he has been reading a lot of humanities and history classics in the Central Library, and he is no longer as blind to the names and forces written in the newspapers as he used to be.

But the next news, he was stunned when he heard the scalpel in his hand.

Carl: "Oh, and... Emperor Spuglin XV of the Oma Empire issued a national proclamation, announcing the canonization of Ymir Spuglin [Queen of the Frost Moon] and the establishment of a duchy..."

......

The name "Ymir" Wren was familiar to him, because he knew a big guy who happened to be called by that name.

He also saw the surname "Spgreen" from the history books, which was the surname of the royal family of the Omar Empire.

But the two words, connected together, he was a little confused.

"No... Big Ymir is actually the eldest princess of the Omar Empire? ”

Wren had a look of shock on his face, but he felt incredulous.

How could that kind of top-level nobleman under one person appear in the wasteland with serious injuries and still look so embarrassed?

But if it weren't for the same person, could it be that among the high nobles of Omar, there were two Ymirs?

It's a pity that there are only some words in the newspaper and no photos.

However, thinking about it, he pouted again, anyway, this character probably won't cross paths again, it doesn't matter who it is.

Not far away, when Ilubeck heard the news, the work in his hand paused for a rare moment, "Hey, that girl from Ymir is actually crowned king?" It seems that the reform movement has failed..."

He only muttered a word, and the old man didn't say anything more.

Omar's political situation, apart from the names of the people he once knew, was of little interest to him.

......

Carl took the potion, and Wren saw that he was leaving, and then remembered what the barbarian chick had asked.

He asked, "Karl, you wait. I have a mechanical question for you. ”

Carl: "What? ”

Wren: "Do you know what the mechanical code for 'S11-7-YY567#22' is?" ”

"Huh... This sort of mechanical coding is uncommon. Oh! I remembered that this should be the special mechanical number of the Omar military, which is forbidden for civilian use..."

Carl thought about it and said, "I remember my grandfather telling me about this way of coding. The opening letter is the mechanical product grade, C grade special, B grade is dangerous, A grade is legendary, S grade... It should be a 'special ban'. The number of '11' should be department-specific, if I remember correctly, the number of each department of the Omar military is 07-15, and 10 and 11 seem to be the codes of intelligence agencies like Blackwater..."

Sure enough, a professional mechanic can analyze a lot of useful information from a simple piece of mechanical code.

Carl just looked at it and deciphered the origin of this thing.

"The special mechanical code of the intelligence services of the country of Omar?"

When Wren heard this, he also felt that it was reasonable.

When I entered the city before, those mysterious people who were obviously trained in tracking were from spy agencies like "Heishuitai", and they were normal.

Carl became interested and asked, "Brother Wren, where did you see this code?" It should be an interesting high-precision machine, and I would like to see it too. ”

Wren said truthfully: "I also heard about it from a friend. She said it was a code found on a sealed mechanical box. ”

"Mechanical box? I guess it's a [mechanical box]..."

Karl pondered, "It should be something important to store, or something dangerous. ”

Wren: "Is there a way to open this mechanical box?" ”

"Yes, but you have to use a special key!"

Carl said affirmatively, "My grandfather told me before that he designed that kind of [mechanical box]. S-level coding means a highly cryptographic mechanical program. If it is a mechanical secret box of that level, it must be made of special alloys, and at least have two sealing methods, mechanical and magical. Unless there is an 'exclusive key' that matches the secret box, the designer can't open it, and external forces can't do it. ”

"Oh."

Wren raised his eyebrows and didn't ask any more.

A mechanic by profession like Carl has come to the conclusion that he, as a layman, should not be delusional in finding other better methods.

The so-called "exclusive key" is probably still in the hands of those mysterious people. The commission of the barbarian chick can only disappoint her.

.......

After Carl left, only Wren's master and apprentice were left in the laboratory.

Wren finished his homework for the day and found out that Ilubeck was working on a strange mass of meat.

In the past few days, he has gradually become familiar with the old man's temper. It looks old-fashioned, but it's actually not particularly difficult to get along with. At least although the old man taught him harshly, it could be seen that he was quite attentive to teaching himself.

He walked over and asked curiously, "Teacher, what kind of meat are you?" I see you've been sitting this meat in the culture medium for a few days, what the hell are you observing? ”

"This is human tissue that was previously cut from Bazel's body."

Ilubeck responded: "This is a topic that I have been working on for the last few years – 'the feasibility of human implantation of gene chains in xenogeneic organisms'. And werewolves, a subhuman species with one more animalistic gene chain than normal humans, are the best research objects. ”

“...”

When Wren heard this, he looked at the lump of meat again and looked at it with a strange look.

It seems that although Bazel did not pay any monetary price for the treatment of his injuries, there seemed to be a lot of other costs.

However, the theoretical knowledge in biological sciences is already very sophisticated, and the difficulty and depth are far beyond that of ordinary clinical medicine, and he is still not able to understand it at his current level.

There is not much that can even be understood by the entire medical community.

......

Today, as if interested in talking more, Ilubeck asked, "Wren, do you know what the transcendent nature is?" ”

Wren thought of the records in the classics and replied, "Break through the gene chain and discover the potential of the human body?" ”

"It's okay for ordinary people to answer like this, but as a medical student, it should be more rigorous."

Ilubeck glanced at him and said, "Human beings are born with twenty-four 'dominant gene chains'. The essence of awakening transcendence is actually the activation of the 'recessive gene chain' that has been hidden in the human body's genetic sequence. Every time you break through the first order, there will be one more 'dominant gene chain', and the ability will skyrocket by one order. And the 'werewolf' is born with one more dominant gene than ordinary humans, with twenty-five! ”

Wren vaguely understood and asked, "Teacher, do you mean... Your research results will eventually make ordinary humans like werewolves, and they can have one more dominant gene chain without awakening the transcendent? ”

As he spoke, he looked at the eight spider arms behind Ilubeck and added, "Also, solve the problem of genetic isolation between xenomorphic organisms?" ”

"Yes! But that's not all. ”

When Ilrubek talks about scientific research, there is always a fanaticism for scientific truth in his eyes, and he adds: "Even if this subject is successfully studied, we can understand what kind of organism 'gods' are!" ”

"Gods?"

Wren didn't expect that the topic span would be so large, and he would suddenly move from biological science to theology.

"Yes."

Illubeck said: "Judging from the records left in ancient texts, there is no such thing as genetic isolation of the supreme deity. They are able to mate with a variety of species and reproduce entirely new species. In the mythological period, there were many powerful beings who were half-human and half-beasts, such as centaurs, golgongs (Medusa)... And those are demigod creatures born from more powerful gods and demons, they have inherited the genes of gods in their bodies, but their strength is not as good as the gods of the previous generation who gave birth to them..."

Hearing this, Wren had a flash of inspiration in his mind, but he was not sure what he understood.

At this time, Ilubeck added: "So, I speculate, inheritance leads to genetic deletion... This is also the reason why our modern human body is becoming weaker and weaker than that of ancient humans. And my task is to prove this guess... So as to find the scientific path for the ultimate human race to advance to the god level! ”

Wren: "Science becomes God??? ”

This old man's research...

I don't know how to feel it!

At this moment, Wren realized that in this world where the technology tree is crooked, biological science seems to be moving in some strange directions....

"God, perhaps, is not as far out of reach as you think."

Ilubeck smiled deeply, a pair of cloudy eyes with a glint of essence.

"Being able to reproduce also shows that the gods are also a type of living being. It's just higher than what we know. In fact, there is a distinction between high and low levels, and the essence is still in the gene chain. The higher the deity, the more complete the gene chain will be. This is also completely consistent with the essence of 'modern potions' breaking through the gene chain and becoming stronger! ”

After a pause, he looked at Wren and said, "Science is advancing, and human beings did not understand that many things attributed to theology were actually cognitive ignorance. And now we can understand the essence of all things through science, which is the greatest charm of science - knowing the truth! ”

"Ahh

Wren was stunned when he heard this, he felt that his head had received some strange knowledge again, and he was a little indigestion.

He suddenly felt that the old man seemed to have a deep meaning when he said these words today.

......

Sure enough.

"I'm telling you so much, in fact, I just want to tell you what the nature of Potions is and what the future direction of research and development is..."

After Ilrubek finished speaking, he said, "Your talent, it's a waste to only learn medical medicine. So, starting today, I'm going to start teaching you potions... The 'modern potions' that can really get a glimpse of the truth! ”

When the old man spoke, his tone was very serious.

Wren felt that the old man seemed serious.