Following Ren Yuan's footsteps, the two came to the lower part of the No. 3 Research Institute's Jialan Floating Island, close to the water. This is the primary research room of Research Institute No. 3, where most of the basic work is usually completed. Walking into the main studio in the center, Zhao Gou is being placed here for further examination and treatment.

Yu Qian's eyes wandered through the crowd, and he soon found the familiar (shēn) shadow in the center of the hall. A tall woman in purple stockings, with a long ponytail, was standing in the crowd commanding. It can be seen that Liu Rui's qualifications and status in the No. 3 Research Institute are far higher than he imagined.

"Hey! Here, here, come here. Liu Rui stood on the (cāo) platform protruding from the ground two steps, and saw Ren Yuan and Yu Qian walking into the studio at a glance.

"How's it going?" Ren Yuan stood beside the (cāo) stage and raised his head slightly to ask Liu Rui

"It's complicated, you come up and take a look at this." Liu Rui beckoned to the two and motioned for them to come up.

Standing on the (cāo) stage, Yu Qian took advantage of the situation to take a look at the layout of the entire studio. Around the center is a small square, divided by thick tempered glass. On the glass side, the core control room is entered through the main entrance, while on the glass side, there is a sterile work area, where more than a dozen tightly wrapped staff members are busily shuttling inside.

From the annular passage on the other side, it is not possible to directly reach the work area on the other side of the glass from this side of the control area. The rest of the rooms on this level are separated, connected by a circular passage to the central workspace, creating a large integrated area. It seems that even a junior laboratory that has only done the basics is often in danger. Therefore, this structure is adopted, which can effectively divide (jìn) the experimental target.

"This person, have you been in contact with before?" Liu Rui clicked on the screen and asked

"We? I'm sure not, and I've met not many people in the 10 years I've been in Inhuman Prison. Ren Yuan shook his head and said, "Old fish, have you seen it?" ”

"I've been in contact with him a few times, but I don't know what his name is." Yu Qian said, "There are not many workers who have worked in the funeral home for more than three years, and this person is an old face. When I went to the funeral home on business, I met him many times, but I didn't have in-depth contact. ”

"This man has obviously received help from professionals, and it doesn't look like it's from the Adventists." Liu Rui slid the screen, the screen switched, and a crystal needle appeared in front of the two of them at a moment, "Look at this." ”

"This is..."Ren Yuan frowned slightly, and his table (qíng) became serious, "A warlock intervened?" ”

"Witches, to be exact." Liu Rui's eyes flowed, and her eyes bloomed with excitement, "This crystal needle was taken out by me from the heart you sent this Zhao Gou." Judging from the scar on the myocardium, it is basically certain that this needle was directly pierced into the heart through external force, and the stay time has been at least five years. ”

"Can you determine the exact time?" Ren Yuan asked

"It's difficult, this person has been transformed and cursed more than once, and it is difficult to deduce the exact time from the scar, and it can only be roughly determined that it is more than five years."

"Specs?"

"The diamond-shaped three-sided needle body has a length of 655 millimeters and a diameter of 0.3 millimeters. The tip of the needle is 114 mm long and is a rather large needle. Judging from the processing marks, it should be handmade, but the ridges are polished very neatly, and the level of the maker is quite high. Liu Rui excitedly introduced

"There are obvious traces of the needle tail being fixed by a hard object, and if I guess correctly, it should be through some kind of injection (shè) device, and the needle is injected into Zhao Gou's heart entirely. It's really amazing that such a long needle didn't kill him. Liu Rui sighed and admired, "The specific function of this needle is still under analysis and investigation, but it is certain that this is definitely a guardian foreign body. ”

"Do you think this crystal needle was made by a witch?" Ren Yuan was noncommittal, turned the conversation and asked, "Is there any basis?" ”

"If it's a country Z scholar, it's more customary to use metal or wood to make needle-like foreign objects, right? This kind of three-edged crystal needle is generally more common in witches' crafts, and in addition, I just analyzed its cyclic spectrum and reality deflection (xìng), which is a typical six-column structure, and the seven-element form classification. ”

"Is that so... A witch who is good at making things..."Ren Yuan pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Well, I know, I physically cut off this Zhao Gou's central nervous system before the operation, you restore him as soon as possible, I have something to ask him." ”

"To what extent are you going to recover?" Liu Rui asked

"At least, it won't affect the effect of my torture."

"Understood."

"Wait a minute." Yu Qian, who had been listening to the clouds for a long time on the side, hurriedly interjected and said, "You want to torture him?" ”

"Who said he was going to be tortured?" Ren Yuan said innocently, "I'm just making an intuitive analogy. ”

"You're really not going to..."

"Okay, okay, I'll personally pull him back from the line of death, is it possible that I will kill him again with my own hands? You have to learn to be flexible about things at work, of course I believe in your interrogation methods, but you also have to be prepared, right? ”

Yu Qian opened his mouth but still didn't speak, he understood that this was not the time to be angry, not to mention that he was not a spiritual cleanliness defender, so he pursed his lips and did not continue to speak.

"By the way, you just made it clear, did you remember something?" Liu Rui slanted at Ren Yuan, and said in a light tone, "Tell me too." ”

"I didn't think of anything, but since you said that this needle came from the witch's hand, there is naturally a direction of investigation next. It is always easier to find a specific witch in country Z than to find a specific Taoist priest. ”

"You really don't remember anything? I don't believe it. Liu Rui pouted and said, "You're not lying to me, are you?" ”‘

"I'm lying to you, okay?" Ren Yuan said helplessly: "Why am I hiding it from you?" If you find any clues, don't you still have to rely on your No. 3 hospital to help analyze them? ”

"Cut, where is the truth in your mouth." Liu Rui rolled her eyes, pointed at the crystal needle on the display screen and said, "It is because of this crystal needle that is rooted in Zhao Gou's heart that he has avoided the danger of being directly parasitic to his heart by that spider-shaped curse." However, it seems that this needle should not have been planted specifically to ward off this evil spell. ”

"How?"

"This needle has been planted in the heart for at least five years, and this arachnid curse, according to the samples collected at the scene, as well as the test results, has existed for a very short time, and it is a rapid type."

"How short?"

"No more than two months, it should be about a month." Liu Rui said seriously, "This evil spell is obvious, it was only planted to cause the deterioration of inferior quality, and the person who cast the curse didn't intend to let this Zhao Gou survive at all." ”

"Then this curse." Yu Qian interjected and said, "Is it similar to the evil spell on the previous Wood Qing (shēn)?" ”

"That's a good question." Liu Rui smiled approvingly and switched to two pictures. Above, respectively, are a bloated silkworm with a hideous appearance and brown barbs, and a clump of rotten (ròu) spiders with eight slender (ròu) veins.

"This worm-shaped curse is a restoration of the evil spell on Wood Qing (shēn), and this spider-shaped curse is a reconstruction of the evil spell on Zhao Gou (shēn)." Liu Rui pointed and said, "From the perspective of the production process, it is very likely that it is from the same person's hand, and it is a very domineering curse, even if the host refuses to combine, it will be devoured by the former." ”

"In other words, Zhao Gou relied on this crystal needle in his heart to survive for a week longer than Woodqing?" Yu Qian couldn't help but smack his tongue

"Of course it's not that simple." Ren Yuan said in a deep voice, "This Zhao Gouben (shēn) has studied curses. Of course, the main thing is to rely on the crystal needle in the heart, and some other means of suppressing the evil spell should also be used. It's just that the person who planted this evil curse has superb means and has no intention of keeping it alive at all, and he couldn't suppress it completely three days ago. ”

"Well, judging from the traces left, his coping methods are all very superficial and low-level means." Liu Rui said, "And judging from the damage on the evil spell, physical means including high temperature were also used later. Being able to survive until now is not so much a matter of proper handling as pure luck. ”

"I was puzzled at the time, judging from the preliminary test results, at least four indicators were seriously exceeded, and the contamination of moxone and put (shè) (xìng) had far exceeded the lethal amount..."Ren Yuan looked at the image on the stage, "That crystal needle, I'm afraid it's stronger than we speculated." ”

"Really?" Liu Rui looked excited, and said happily, "I can see at a glance that this needle is a good thing, and it must be checked carefully." ”

"Anyway..."Ren Yuan stretched out his hand to wrap his hand around Liu Rui's shoulder, pulled her into his arms, and whispered in her ear, "The monitoring here is not so exaggerated, right?" ”

"If it's such a small voice, it will never be recorded." Liu Rui narrowed her eyes slightly and laughed, "What, what do you want to say?" ”

Ren Yuan tightened his hand around Liu Rui's shoulder, blocked the surveillance camera with his back, and glanced at Yu Qian vigorously. The latter shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly, and walked up to the two (shēn) to block the camera from the other direction.

Seeing that the cover was properly covered, Ren Yuan spread his hand in front of Liu Rui (xiōng) and asked, "I asked you to check before, how did you check the detailed (qíng) report on those heart seeds on the autumn carp foam (shēn)?" ”

"What's the hurry?" Liu Rui slapped Ren Yuan's hand down with a "snap", and said angrily, "I haven't finished analyzing it yet." ”

"Why is it so slow?" Ren Yuan said with some dissatisfaction, "It's been two days, and it hasn't been done yet?" ”

"If you're willing to let all the people below me take a look, I'll give you the results this afternoon." Liu Rui glanced at him and said, "I'm doing it alone, and I have to avoid the eyes of others, is it easy for you?" ”

"It's fine, it's not something particularly unsightly (qíng)." Ren Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Give me the results as soon as possible, it's okay if others know, you don't have to say where you got it." Time is more important now, and I don't think that kid is a key player, so it's more important to get it done as soon as possible. ”

"Okay, then I'll give you the result this afternoon."

"Find two reliable words to help, don't ferment too fast."

"You can rest assured that I will do something." Liu Rui squinted her eyes and smiled like a smug fox in Ren Yuan's arms. Stretched out his finger and grabbed the latter's chin and asked, "Then I'll help you take care of this, how can you thank me?" ”

"Don't come here (tào), if you don't want to do it, forget it." Ren Yuan smiled contemptuously, "I showed you the live top-level primordial embryo, and a whole (tào) heart seed slice, I haven't asked you for interest yet." If you feel like you're losing, it's a big deal for me to find someone else. ”

"Hey, men, they're all thin (qíng)." Liu Rui pretended to be resentful and said, "That's it, I'll suffer this loss this time, if there is anything good next time, don't forget me." ”

"If you behave well, of course I'm willing to work with old acquaintances, after all, our relationship is closer." Ren Yuan teased in a flirtatious tone, and suddenly the two looked at each other, and each laughed with a ghost.

Before the two foxes, one male and one female, had not finished their conspiracy, the mobile phone in Yu Qian's arms suddenly vibrate. While sighing that the No. 3 Research Institute can still ensure a smooth signal in this environment, he reached into his arms and took out his mobile phone, wondering who was looking for him at this time.

However, when he caught a glimpse of the unfamiliar number on the screen, his face changed.