With a sharp pain in his mind, the dusty door of the memory palace flickered in front of Lorenzo's eyes, and in a trance Lorenzo heard the sound of stone grinding, the old dust falling, and a dazzling light lit up behind the crack.

It was almost there, and Lorenzo stretched out his hand, and he was about to touch the open door, but for a moment everything was calm again, sweat running down his cheeks, and he sat down in his chair, his hands gripping the armrests hard.

The machine was still roaring, but judging by the flickering red light and the chirping Geiger counter in my ears, the results of this test looked a little unpleasant.

"It's funny, according to the test results, you are now in the third stage of erosion, the third stage that cannot be reversed, so you should have become a demon by now. Abigail said.

Paramedics removed the electrodes from the back of Lorenzo's head and disinfected his wound.

"What kind of existence are you witchers? It's so strange that sometimes I even have a strange guess. ”

Abigail watched Lorenzo closely, the man now split into countless pieces of flesh in his eyes, as if his gaze could penetrate the skin, and he could see the organs hidden behind the bones.

"Interested in talking?"

Lorenzo asked, still wary of all this, but also believing that these people might really be able to help him find out.

"You are no longer human, more advanced than humans, or rather...... Evolve. ”

"Evolution?"

"Yes, I can think of this, or from one of our enemies, he is called the epidemic doctor, the specific name is unknown, his whereabouts are strange, but every appearance is accompanied by the death of a large number of people, and those people are basically used by him for experiments...... He also seems to be studying demons.

The Purifier had come close to capturing him, but had allowed him to escape, but we had found some of his lab notes, based on his notes. ”

Abigail recalled that, and then said to Lorenzo.

He believes that demons are a kind of evolution, they are so powerful, they are superior creatures to humans, and they are also the inevitable next stage of human evolution. ”

"Losing your mind, evolving into a monster?" Lorenzo couldn't believe it.

"Who knows? Even now, we still don't know the whole picture of the demon, right? Who can guarantee that such a strange creature really has no reason? Or maybe the demon is also sane, but we haven't discovered it yet. ”

Listening to Abigail's words, Watson's face suddenly flashed in Lorenzo's mind.

"Sane ...... Devil. ”

"And Mr. Lorenzo Holmes, in what form does the false chalice on you take you?" asked Abigail again.

"Come, try to think about it, the so-called scientific research is the coexistence of thinking and action, please think carefully, in what form does that unknown pseudo-chalice exist in your body?"

"The form of existence, what do you think the pseudo-chalice will be. Lorenzo asked.

"It's up to you, and obviously you don't have any 'superfluous' parts of your body at the moment. Abigail walked around Lorenzo and looked at him carefully.

"Is the Pseudo-Grail an artifact, or is it some kind of alchemical matrix, or something more special?"

"It'...... Probably a concept...... A memetic contamination that will remain trapped in my consciousness as long as I don't pass it on......"

Lorenzo tried to think about it, but it was all a void, and he forgot about it.

"That is, the false chalice does not have a concrete material form, does it allow us to assume that it is some kind of nothingness, something that cannot be seen or touched," said Abigail, "but it is always with you, closely following ......."

"Like a ghost......

Lorenzo said in a ghostly manner, and then he looked up, his eyes slightly stunned.

"Perhaps, this is another way of being a demon, a ghost...... Or rather, spirits. ”

"The ...... that bears the will Spirits. ”

Lorenzo repeated it, he vaguely touched something, but he couldn't think of it, so much information rushed through his mind, as if it was going to tear his brain apart.

Like a cognitohazard, in a short time he realized too much to sustain his will.

Can...... But what kind of information is this? It's just a new understanding of demons.

"Spirits?"

Abigail said with some uncertainty.

"Spirits, spirits, wills, in the end these things all seem to represent the same thing. ”

As a rational scholar, she never believed in ghosts and gods, but at the moment, she seemed to have something in mind when it came to doubting the existence of the pseudo-grail.

"Perhaps...... Do humans really have souls? like ghosts attached to flesh and blood. ”

......

"Arthur, you need to come along. ”

Someone was knocking on the door, it was a woman's voice, it sounded like Blue Emerald, and now she was Arthur's deputy for the time being, in charge of assisting Arthur.

"Wait a minute. ”

Arthur heard the blue jade's voice and prepared to leave, but before leaving, he glanced at Ovis and asked him.

"I'm fine, it's safe here, at least for now. Owis said.

Arthur was still a little uneasy, although the scientific research area was heavily guarded, they were dealing with demons after all, and anything could happen.

"Okay, wait for me. ”

Arthur said as he shoved his pistol into the crack of his wheelchair before pushing the door open and leaving.

In the gap between the closing of the door, the blue jade outside the door saw Ovis in the room, he was like a glass doll, sitting in a wheelchair.

"Who is he?" asked Blue Jade with some curiosity.

Blue Jade knew about the information blockade within the purification agency, and she wouldn't know if she didn't know, but she was still a little curious, the kid who looked so pitiful was actually here.

This is the scientific research area of the Black Mountain Hospital, and the patients who can come here rarely leave alive, and most of these people are knights of the purification mechanism, and only when the erosion cannot be reversed, they will be sent here to make the final contribution to the study of demons, so this place is also regarded as a cemetery by the knights.

Joey had been lucky enough to be here, and after a hellish treatment, he left, but after many years, he returned, and Blue Jade was curious about what had happened to the boy that led him here.

Not only that, although there was only one side, Lan Jade faintly felt a little familiar, as if she had seen this boy.

"You don't have the right to know now, Blue Emerald. Arthur said, "Tell me, what's going on." ”

"You know when you see her. Blue Jade said.

"Hmm...... Well, I guessed it. ”

Arthur sighed helplessly and rubbed his temples vigorously, the feeling of busyness was really uncomfortable.

......

"We caught her at the elevator on the ground, and she looked like she was trying to sneak into the research area. Blue Emerald said to Arthur.

According to the guidelines of the purification agency, someone who does this will inevitably be punished by the penalty, but unfortunately the girl who was locked in the room was Eve Phoenix.

Although she appeared calm on the surface, Arthur knew what kind of virtue his daughter was, and she must have some strange countermeasures in her mind at the moment.

This girl was born with a wild nature, and Arthur tried to tame it all as much as possible in his education, but with the encounter with the demon, that wildness could not be suppressed.

"You've broken our agreement, Eve, and if you don't continue to investigate this, I'll make you a police detective. Arthur said.

"It's not something I can control when I encounter a demon, and isn't it because of your orders that I'm locked up here?"

Eve didn't feel like she had done anything wrong, in fact, in her eyes she wasn't wrong at all, she just wanted to know the secrets that Arthur had hidden.

As humans devour the forbidden fruit brought by snakes, humans have an unquenchable desire, like a stubborn desire to learn.

During her days in the Black Mountain Hospital, Eve felt that she was approaching something, it was an indescribable feeling, under this strange and ominous hospital, Eve actually vaguely felt that she had been here at some point, and the strange dreams became more and more frequent.

In the blurry picture, there is a woman wailing and wailing, she is in pain, and when the pain reaches its extreme, sharp claws pierce her abdomen, blood spilling everywhere.

Eve felt uneasy, but also inexplicably happy, as if before she knew it, she was about to find the answer to all this.

"You have a few days left in your observation period, and you can leave when it's over. Arthur said, "Then I'll get you out of here." ”

"Where?" said Eve felt that something was wrong.

"A place where there are no demons, probably. ”

Arthur didn't want to say anything more, and with a series of demonic events, their already unfriendly father-daughter relationship became even worse, and he got up directly and motioned for the doctors to take Eve back.

The girl's face changed, she knew very well what Arthur was going to do, he was going to send himself to some hellish island, learn the etiquette of bad luck, marry a man she didn't know, and finally give birth to a few imps with Phoenix blood in his veins, and be dominated by people for the rest of his life...... Although he felt that it was good for himself.

"You bastard!"

She angrily tries to pound Arthur, but is stopped in time by Blue Jade.

Closing the iron door, isolating the girl's cursing, Arthur's eyes were full of exhaustion, and he bowed his head slightly, but soon the gray robe came into view.

The alchemist looked at the embarrassed Arthur, and his stiff face pulled an arc that seemed to be a smile.

"This is the file you need, the last record of the Ranger program. ”

"Honestly, I really don't want to see this anymore if I could. ”

Arthur took the file and pulled out a few pages at random, and familiar information came into view.

He was the last product of the Ranger Project, having seen it go from inception to being sealed in a filing cabinet, and it was arguably one of the few people who knew it best, and now it was re-sealed to solve the Curse.

Look at the yellowed paper, with a line of familiar names on it.

"I thought she would spend her life in peace. ”

He whispered the name, familiar and warm.

"Eve Phoenix. ”