Chapter 33: No Man's Alley
Professor Aldrich, sitting in the library of the military building, was frowning at the ancient kraft bound alchemy book in front of him, he was comparing the substances in the test tube in his hand, but he couldn't find a similar substance in the whole book, he kept turning the pencil in his hand, and then kept calculating the formula for the formation of alchemical substances on the scratch paper according to the properties of the substance.
"Well, Aldrich, it's a coincidence that you're here too." Keys said, seeing Aldrich checking the calculations, "Uh, do you bother you?" ”
Aldrich looked up, "Oh, no, I'm just scribbling." ”
"Are you looking for the source of that substance?" Keith asked.
"yes, this is the last book, but I haven't been able to find it." Aldrich said.
"But I can have good news for you." "The catalyst has been detected, it's indeed calcium, it's just an isotope of calcium, whether the neutron number is 24 or 23, it's still relatively stable, the report is in the laboratory, if you have time in the afternoon or evening, you can look at it." ”
"Oh, use calcium as a catalyst?" Aldrich suddenly wondered what was in the alchemy potion.
"However, I have a conjecture, and I don't know if it's true." Keith said tentatively to Aldrich.
"I'll listen to you, it's always better to think alone than to think alone." Aldrich said.
"Have you read the alchemy book of "Evil Dragon Gods"?" Keith said.
"I've seen it, it's just a novel, but it's very practical, not like a novel at all." Aldrich said, pondering something.
"In the novel, it was said that 'the blood of this dragon is the dirtiest blood in the world, and the blood of the gods is the purest blood in the world, but we have never seen the blood of a god.'" "This is indeed a novel, but the author of this novel is a book written by a godborn, a god of the underworld during World War II, and if we guess wrong, that godborn must be a master of alchemy." ”
"You mean, what is in front of you is divine blood?" Aldrich suddenly realized, "There is no dirt, no dust, not even the cells in it are not there, just like water, but purer than water." ”
"I don't know." Keith said, shaking his head.
"If this is really divine blood, then this thing is the most luxurious alchemy material in the alchemy world, once dragon blood can become the most powerful alchemy material in alchemy, then isn't divine blood even more powerful than it." Aldrich seemed to have discovered something unusual.
"But the gods, since they are just a spirit, where does the blood of the gods come from, this is just my guess." Keith said suddenly.
"Yes, God is just a physical body of the soul, where does the blood come from?" Aldrich found that his conjecture had been overturned again, "But I finally have some ideas, the blood of the dragon in the past, there will be something still preserved in that 'no man's alley', if it is really as you said, we should give it a try, dragons are like gods, they have authority and eternal life." ”
"You're going, 'No Man's Alley'?" Keith suddenly looked frightened.
"I knew it was dangerous, but I always wanted to see if it could actually be made." Aldrich looked at the test tube in his hand as if he had to go to that place, the blue was like a drop of water, the crystal was still shining, and only one drop of the remaining three reagents was refined, the mass was very light, he kept floating, like dust.
"Do you want to find a Six Wings to accompany you?" Keith said.
"The gods of Acreel have been busy lately and don't know what they're doing, so let's go by yourself." Aldrich said, "The six wings of the 'Herald of Light' seem to have been looking for something. ”
"I found out too, I don't know what's wrong, I always feel like something is going to happen." Keith said.
"If you have anything to do, send me a message, I'd better go first." Aldrich said.
"Well, I'll contact you if there's something, and the Council of Elders has been urging you very close recently." Keith said.
Aldrich waved his hand and left, and a thought suddenly sprung up in his heart, but in an instant, the thought was dispelled.
In the afternoon, Professor Aldrich took out a lot of gold coins from the bank, there were a hundred of them, he carried them in a small bag, the hundred gold coins were really heavy, his arms were tired and sore, he regretted not calling a young man to help, but after thinking about it, forget it, go to the place where there are only ghosts, monsters, resentful spirits, and strange beasts in No Man's Alley, and try to wait until those young people have the strength.
No man's alley, no man's alley, it's full of shops, the kind of shops that are so old that the door numbers are shaking, this is the only place where ugliness, filth, and sin hide in the holy land of Akrel and ancient Canaan. It's been sealed off by ancient magic, and for some reason, such a place can coexist with it in the cleanest of lands.
Aldrich walked on the road, on foot, because there were basically no people here, a fog that would not dissipate all year round, and the street lights were always on, as if he was afraid that these people who came here would not know the way, there was only a concrete road here, and there were buildings around it, but it was all ruined ruins, except for a few modern shops, basically except for those who sold weapons, only holy water and silver crosses remained.
At the end of this road, which is also the beginning of this road, the old street lamps are shining in front of me, and the light in the lamps is the light of candles, and there is no electricity, no water, not even life. There were fallen leaves everywhere, and the cold seemed to have come to the South Pole or the North Pole.
"Haha~~~~~" laughed wildly, and then disappeared, it was a wraith.
"Little brother, let's have a play, how about we bet on the size." There are ghost girls standing in an old casino to tempt Aldrich.
"Haha, it's been a long time since I've come, I'm going to eat him." It was a strange beast, and the extravagant confidant of the strange beast rushed towards Aldrich, but when he was about to reach Aldrich's side, a huge force directly swept the strange beast into a certain space, which was Aldrich's oracle 'Oracle Time and Space. ’
"It's really unlucky, there is a bad star, it seems that there will be no business again." The ghosts watching the play sighed.
Aldrich, he doesn't pay attention to everything here, because there are rules here, as long as you talk to you, you say a word to those ghosts, then their trade will begin, and it will only end if you agree, or if you give up your life, but they are all cannibals and don't spit out bones, and if they want to do business in no man's land, they have to withstand all temptations.
After Aldrich walked through the most ghostly section, the shops behind him were basically free of ghosts, and even looked like ruins, broken glass, dark rooms, as if no one had lived in them for hundreds of years.
Aldrich stopped at a shop with a 'mouse' sign, this was the place he was looking for, he looked outside, there were cobwebs everywhere, cotton on the sofa was scattered on the ground, those old books, all on the ground, glass bottles were shattered, it didn't look like a place for people at all, but Aldrich pushed open the door that was about to fall off the door frame.