The incandescent lamps overhead cast a miserable white light, and in the underground arsenal of the Strange Tales Society, the routine loot counting activity after each mission - more bluntly "sharing the spoils" - finally began in earnest.

"First of all, the new members."

The girl in white snapped her fingers as she spoke, and the floor of the underground arsenal immediately began to shake slightly, and a brown "lizard" covered in scales crawled out of the shadow in the corner, needless to say, it was SCP-682.

"I'm now in your organization." SCP-682 opened its bloody mouth, a hint of pride in its voice.

"Ha, this is a good pet ......" Before Zhang Luo finished speaking, he saw the "lizard" with a fierce look in his eyes, so he said curtly: "I'm joking." ”

"I said, can you stop doing this?" Behind him came Bloody Mary's weak voice.

The fierce spirit in the black dress floated to Zhang Luo's side, looked at his face sideways, and asked curiously, "This is what Lord Frankenstein said about the 'God-made body'?" It doesn't feel any different from a normal human. ”

Zhang Luo was about to put the topic back on track, when he saw two more people coming over.

"Hey."

Darov, the big exorcist in white power armor, waved his hand at Zhang Luo. On the vicissitudes of life on the bearded face, there is still the usual obscene smile.

Walking with this middle-aged man was Hasir, a bronzed royal sister from Egypt who originally belonged to the Strange Tales Research Society.

"You're joining in, too?" Zhang Luo looked at the Soviets in front of him.

"Of course, since the Authority has treated me like an outcast, I won't go back." Darov patted Zhang Luo's shoulder heroically: "We will be comrades-in-arms in the future, comrade." ”

"Okay, whatever you want." Zhang Luo smiled.

- When the pyramid is devoured by the tentacle monsters, the Monster Authority will assume that Darov is dead. This great exorcist, who has now become a "free body", will undoubtedly become a very valuable combat force if he joins the research society.

When he was in the pyramid, Zhang Luo had also seen this person's invincible terrifying iron fist, and he was still very relieved of Darov's strength.

"Well, there's this."

Frankenstein took out a small gray cloth bag, stretched out his finger and poked it inside, and then wiped a trace of black metal sand from his fingertips on the square glass workbench in front of him.

"What is this?" Bloody Mary stares at the "unidentified black substance" on the workbench. And Zhang Luo and Darov immediately recognized the origin of this thing:

"The metal sand that the Monster Administration uses to seal the gods?" Zhang Luo narrowed his eyes.

"Yes, Horus, the patron god of the pharaohs of ancient Egypt, was absorbed by this thing." Darov nodded.

The mysterious black mist that absorbed Horus was not some kind of magic or curse, but essentially a metal sand that could absorb energy bodies. It can be used not only to seal gods, but also to absorb ghosts and other types of energy.

"Can this thing seal the gods......" Karemon looked surprised on his metal face.

"Well, I'm going to analyze its composition." Frankenstein nodded.

Although a few samples were obtained, the main composition of the ferrous metal sand was still unknown, and if its composition could be analyzed, they would undoubtedly get a terrifying weapon that could be used to seal the gods!

"Do you know what it's made of?" Zhang Luo asked Darov, who had worked in the Monster Management Bureau, questioning.

Seeing that everyone turned their questioning eyes over, Darov shook his head and smiled unashamedly: "Of course I don't know. ”

"You're a temporary worker." Zhang Luo sighed.

Putting aside the bag containing the metal sand, Frankenstein took out another round object with a purple shell and placed it on the workbench.

"What's that?" Darov asked curiously.

Staring at the strange thing on the table that looked like a seed or a fruit, Zhang Luo always felt that something was not quite right.

Even though it looks like the seed of a plant, it seems to be wriggling in a faint amplitude that is imperceptible, and it also emits a rancid smell.

Thinking of a certain "plant" he had encountered in the pyramid, Zhang Luo said in a deep voice: "Could this be the seed of the 'Tree of Life'?" ”

As soon as these words came out, both Hasher and Darov were shocked, after all, they had also seen the demeanor of the terrifying "hybrid creature" that combined humans and trees.

"That thing even has seeds?" Darov's eyes widened, and the lewd smile on his face immediately disappeared.

"Well, I'm going to plant it and give it a try." Frankenstein said in all seriousness.

"Let's put it for the time being, it's more reliable to study the material of metal sand first." Zhang Luo made a suggestion.

-- Cultivating the seeds of the "tree of life", God knows what will grow. Even if you really want to grow this kind of thing, you have to be well prepared before you can do it.

"Okay." Frankenstein nodded in agreement, put the seeds of the Tree of Life back in his pocket, and then took out a piece of meat that was still bleeding green juice and placed it on the table.

Seeing the terrifying-looking piece of flesh, Bloody Mary immediately took two steps back, and Hasher immediately covered her mouth.

"Sandworm meat." Frankenstein explained succinctly.

"I'll go, is this also considered a trophy......" Zhang Luo held his forehead a little depressed.

Although he was interested in the mysterious creatures of the Mongolian sandworm, it was only for living organisms, and he had no interest in the pieces of flesh taken from the dead sandworms.

"Well, I didn't take part in the action...... But your loot this time is really inspiring. Bloody Mary's pale little face showed an impatient expression.

Unlike previous investigation missions, the loot harvested this time is indeed a bit of a curiosity. In addition to the value of the mysterious black metal sand, even if things like the Tree of Life Seeds and Sandworm Meat were given away for free, probably no one would ask for them......

Finding that everyone present was speechless, the girl in white, who was still full of interest, lowered her head slightly and asked in a low voice, "You don't like it?" ”

“……”

Seeing that the leader was unhappy, Carremont and Bloody Mary hurriedly comforted: "No, no, no, we like it very much, it's really good!" ”

"Your attitude changes so quickly, it's disgusting......" Zhang Luo complained.

Although it was obviously perfunctory, Frankenstein seemed to be in a better mood, she put the sandworm meat back into the storage space, and then turned to Zhang Luo: "Follow me, you need to reinstall the space device." ”

"OK, I was just going to say this." Zhang Luo walked over quickly.

Since it was a new body forged by the power of the evil god, the space device that was originally installed on the right hand naturally disappeared. Now Zhang Luo has lost the ability to open the space door that connects to the storage space.

Following Frankenstein into the operating room next to the arsenal, standing in the room with snow-white walls, Zhang Luo frowned slightly and asked, "Let's start now?" ”

"Hmm." Frankenstein nodded, motioned for Zhang Luo to lie down on the operating table in the center of the room, and then put his mouth to his ear and whispered a reminiscent line:

"And some extra rewards for you."