Sun Hong and the others had been cultivating under the arrangement of the Academy of Sciences since they disappeared that day, so no one knew the current situation better than Shen Ming, after all, Shen Ming was the chief scientist of the Academy of Sciences.

After listening to my question, Shen Ming replied: "There is no progress, if they have made progress, the news would have spread all over Yang Province a long time ago, and now they are still stuck in the realm of the peak of the second star." ”

"Okay." I nodded helplessly.

Shen Ming did not hide anything in this matter, he told me that the Academy of Sciences provided many methods to help the three ancestors, among which Sun Hong and Zhao Congwen's cultivation methods were full of novelty, in addition to taking those calming pills, they also used various hypnotic hints to help them find the true Tao in their hearts.

It's a pity that the ending is not satisfactory, there are many kinds of Dao in the minds of the two, and no one knows which one is the one they value the most, even if it is tested with various high-end instruments, it is useless, so the progress of cultivation is actually stagnant.

Due to his own choice, Wang Yu did not participate in this cultivation method, but cultivated in the same manner as before, except that the source qi of the cultivation place was extremely strong, and it was quiet and suitable for cultivation, and the pills were provided in unlimited quantities.

As for the method that Shen Ming said, I was actually skeptical, after all, it turned out that the effect was not ideal, and I always thought that cultivation of this kind of thing should be done at will, rather than through this formatted cultivation method.

"Professor Shen, do you feel that your cultivation method really works?" I voiced my doubts.

In my opinion, Shen Ming's method is unprecedented, it has not been verified by experiments at all, and the advantages and disadvantages for cultivators are unknown.

In this regard, Shen Ming's answer was also very concise.

He said that Sun Hong and the three of them have been in the two-star peak realm for more than ten years.

More than ten or twenty years ago, the heads of each family were still them, and in the end, in order to sprint to the three-star realm, and at the same time, they may not want to get involved in the family's affairs, and the three of them chose to retreat.

But after so many years, they still haven't been able to break through to new realms.

Judging from the experience of the cultivation world, if a person stays in one realm for more than ten years, then basically this person will not be able to break through this realm for the rest of his life, and generally speaking, cultivators have not been able to break through after such a long period of hard cultivation, and their mental energy is basically worn out.

"According to the conventional method, Sun Lao and the three of them have almost no hope of breaking through the realm, otherwise they would have broken through a long time ago, and it is impossible to make sudden progress in just a few dozen days, do you see that Wang Yu did not adopt our cultivation method and did not break through? What if extraordinary measures are used in extraordinary times? Shen Ming replied: "Besides, our way is not to pull out the seedlings to help them grow, but to help them find the true Tao in their minds through scientific methods, but we have not succeeded." ”

"You have a point, too." I nodded slightly.

I understand what Shen Ming meant.

According to the rules, it is basically impossible for Sun Hong and the three of them to break through, it is better to fight hard according to the methods in the ancient books, and they may be able to succeed.

"However, Professor Shen, the concentration of source qi more than ten years ago is not half a star and a half different from now, and the inability of the older generation of powerhouses to break through may also be due to the source qi, so there are still some flaws in the statement that it is basically impossible to break through in a realm stuck in ten years." I gave my opinion.

"I don't think this sentence is completely correct, source qi is the foundation of cultivation, and no one can break through without source qi, so in such an era of high concentration, those strong people who basically broke through in the past may also have a chance to turn over." Shen Ming nodded.

After talking with Shen Ming, I found that this scientist is actually very bold, and there is often an element of gambling in his work, and he dares to give it a go as long as there is a fifty percent success rate in many things.

Otherwise, there is a saying that madmen and geniuses are often only separated by a wall, and I think this sentence still makes sense, and a genius who is not sure about doing things is not a madman.

After mentioning Sun Hong a few words, Shen Ming quickly shifted the topic to Qing Ling and Night Stalker, I am not surprised that he knows this news, as the chief scientist of the Imperial Bureau, his status alone is higher than Chen Yi, so he has every right to know this kind of news, and it is estimated that he will know it as soon as the news happens.

"Seriously, the good news brought by Comrade Night Owl has made my burden much lighter." Shen Ming took a sip of boiled water and said: "I've been under a lot of pressure these days, I'm worried that I will end up failing, I'm not afraid of death, but I'm afraid of failure, because if I fail, everyone will die." ”

"Well, now, even if Sun Hong and the three don't make progress, we won't fall into a dead end." Shen Ming said.

Seeing a touch of relaxation on Shen Ming's face, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, it turned out that even Shen Ming would have this kind of anxiety and sorrow, but if you think about it carefully, no matter how cold Shen Ming's temperament is, he is also a human being, and it is a person who will have pressure when he encounters this kind of thing.

It's strange if there's no pressure.

"However, Qingling's matter is not nine out of ten, no one knows if there will be an uncontrollable outbreak of the ghost baby during this period, and maybe the ghost master will also harass, we must not be careless." I said with a solemn face.

Now the situation in front of us is not so optimistic, the ghost baby is close at hand, the ghost master is eyeing the tiger, and the pressure is not ordinarily great, but before Qingling borrows the door and comes back, no matter how difficult it is, we have to support it!

Because of the mention of the ghost master, our topic naturally shifted to the things that the Zhou family did, and I have always been worried about the matter of the ten victims, and I asked Shen Ming if he knew their specific situation.

Originally, I didn't have any hope, after all, there was no news from the hospital, but after Shen Ming pondered for a while, he said slowly: "These people, their situation should be that people have become human puppets." ”

"Puppet?" I was surprised, "Sounds like a spirit golem." ”

"It's really similar, but the human puppet is artificial, the spirit puppet is not, and there are specific differences, the spirit puppet is composed of dark energy, and it is a derivative spirit, but the human puppet is still a human in nature, but because most of his soul has been destroyed, he has lost his self-consciousness, and forcibly stuffed a lot of dark energy, so it will become a monster that has no reason and his six relatives do not recognize." Shen Ming replied.

"And this kind of operation?" I was slightly stunned.

It still sounds a bit like the big black brother he saw in Nepal at the beginning, he actually retains a trace of reason and soul, but it should be because the concentration of dark qi is not high enough, and his soul strength is strong enough.

There is still a slight difference, though.

After all, the spirit golem is not artificial, the human golem is artificial, and judging from the feeling of sounding, the spirit golem doesn't feel anything, but the term human puppet has a disgusting feeling just by hearing it.

"So, are they saved?" I couldn't help but ask.

In this regard, Shen Ming's reply is to be saved, as long as the dark qi mixed with the soul is removed from the body as soon as possible, otherwise after the dark qi and the soul are combined and become a "dark soul", this person will completely become a derivative spirit, and it is more appropriate to call it a spirit puppet at this time.

Hearing the word dark soul, I can't help but think of what Lin Huai once said, the two should be the same concept, the reason for the difference is because the forest world calls the resentful spirit an evil spirit, so the source of life of the evil spirit is called the evil spirit.

A world has a world name, but in our world, because we call the source of the energy of the wraiths dark energy, it is natural to call the souls of the wraiths dark spirits for the sake of convenience.

But this is all a trivial matter, when I heard Shen Ming say that these people are still saved, my heart is extremely happy, this is a great thing, but just when I was happy, Shen Ming sprayed a basin of cold water directly: "Don't be in a hurry to be happy, although the hospital is now trying its best to eliminate the dark qi in their bodies, it does not mean that they will return to normal if they are eliminated." ”

"Their souls are injured to the root, if they want to regain consciousness, they have to take good care of their souls, this time may be very long, a few months in the shortest, a few years or more than ten years or even forever, this is not bad, maybe someone is seriously injured, even the three souls are not aligned, such a person is almost impossible to recover." Shen Ming said.

"Ah?!!h When I heard that, I was disappointed.

Doesn't that mean that the nine people other than Zhao Zhihan will have a hard time regaining consciousness in a short period of time?

"There's no way, after all, they're not Xu Jian, they have a three-star background." Shen Ming said helplessly.

"Ugh." I sighed slightly.

Shen Ming said so, then the situation should be like this.

Take pity on Sun Qing and them.

While sighing, I still said a little reluctantly: "Is there really no other way?" ”

"No, the human puppet is like this, basically half of it has no chance of being saved." Shen Ming replied.

Hearing this, I realized that the deep meaning of Shen Ming's words meant that human puppets seemed to have existed for a long time, not just these few cases, thinking of this, I quickly asked, "Have there been human puppets before?" ”

"It did." Shen Ming pushed his eyes, a complicated look appeared in his eyes, and he said slowly: "I don't know if the medicine on the puppet's body this time was provided by him, but it does look like his handiwork. ”

"Who?" I don't understand.

"A former colleague of mine." Shen Ming sighed and replied.

"Wang Gaowei."