At this moment, several hours have passed since the monster last inhaled isobutylene gas. During this time, the experts saw the monster's obvious restlessness.

Analogous to human beings, its state at the moment can probably be regarded as a drug addiction.

If you are a human and enjoy the feeling of being from a demon and beyond the limits of your physiology, then your only goal for the rest of your life will only be to pursue this feeling, and nothing else matters. They will no longer pay attention to morality, etiquette, righteousness and shame, their past ambitions and ideals, their relatives and friends, and even their own festering corruption.

Even if the next moment is death, this moment must let me take a bite first.

In order to raise money for drugs, sons hacked their parents to death, husbands hacked their wives to death, mothers sold their sons, and there were countless human tragedies.

Now, the hood filled with isobutylene gas was nearby, and as soon as it yielded, the hood could be placed over its head at once, allowing it to suck in the gas that would make it extremely pleasant. And if it doesn't give in, then the high-purity oxygen and electric shock, combined with the desire of its own heart, will make it more painful than falling into hell.

In this case, even a human being, whose willpower is ten times stronger than that of the strongest person, will immediately succumb. But this monster ......

"It's trying to kill itself!"

One of the experts exclaimed. Zhang Dingshan frowned slightly, and immediately several heavily armed warriors broke into the room and installed more fixtures on it.

"You can't even die without my consent. Either answer my questions or suffer torture. The choice is yours. ”

The monster still showed no sign of yielding. Only the constant convulsions, and the slight creaking sound of the twisted bones, showed the magnitude of the pain it was suffering.

Zhang Dingshan shook his head, didn't waste any more time, and left here directly.

Attempts to open a breach from the monster ultimately failed.

At this point, time is running out. In the human hospital, Shu Changshan was still in a coma, with no sign of waking up.

At this time, Lu Qingliang sent a request for an impromptu meeting. Lu Ming's spirits perked.

If there were no emergencies, Lu Qingliang would not usually do this. And now that he's done it, does that mean he's made some discoveries?

Once again, the four of them gathered in a virtual conference room. Sure enough, Lu Qingliang said quickly: "There is a clue to the data analysis of the investigation of the folklore and customs around the Alia Mountains and the Luogu Plain, where the Nerotic Religion once existed. I think it may be of some use to the curse on Shu Changshan's body at the moment. ”

Lu Qingliang paused and spit out two words: "Change blood." ”

"Swap ...... Blood? ”

"Here's the information, take a look."

Lu Qingliang uploaded a document. Several people downloaded it and started to check it out.

Lu Ming saw that this information was a folk tale. The story was told by an old man in a village in the mountains of Alia. The old man said that he had heard the story from his parents when he was a child.

At the same time, several other elderly people in the village also said that they had heard this story when they were children.

In addition, this story is also recorded in an ancient book obtained from a folklore researcher in the Lokugu Plains.

Thus, the fact that the story was obtained simultaneously from several different sources suggests that it was indeed widely circulated, at least for a certain period of time.

This means that it has some value.

The story goes like this.

In ancient times, the exact date is unknown, and there is an extra monster outside the village. The monster has a translucent body, a large skull and sharp claws. It always holds a drum in one hand and a stick made of human leg bones in the other, and beats the drum whenever it sees a person approaching. And whoever hears the voice will be snatched away by it and become its slave from then on.

Woodcutters who collect firewood, hunters who hunt, farmers who farm, merchants who sell goods, and even passers-by who get lost in the mountains and forests are all swept away by it.

For a while, the people in the village were panicked, and they didn't even dare to go out of the village.

Some people are so hungry that they want to go into the mountains to hunt and pick fruit, but they are gone again and never return. The people in the village were even more afraid, and some men were organized to go into the mountains to kill the monster, but no one could come back. Even those who tried to leave the village and escape to the bottom of the mountain were snatched away by monsters as soon as they left the village.

Several people starved to death in the village, and while the people were desperately waiting for death, a group of knights patrolling the territory came to the village. One of the most valiant, handsome, and tallest men was the son of Lord Viscount. He is also the captain of this team of knights.

When the viscount's son heard of this, he was furious, and led his knights to slay the monster. But I didn't expect that those people who were hooked by monsters before would sacrifice their lives to protect the monsters at this moment, and the knights couldn't bear to kill these people, so they could only retreat.

At night, the resourceful captain set out again, and when there were few people around the monster to protect him, he suddenly jumped up from the ground and pierced the monster's heart with a single sword. The monster screamed and fell to the ground and died, and the souls of the people who had been snatched away returned to their bodies and regained consciousness. Only the captain of the knight was cursed by the monster because he killed the monster, and the whole person fell into a coma.

The knights escorted the captain and left the village with the gratitude of the villagers and returned to the castle of the viscount. The viscount was devastated to see his only son fall into a coma, so he invited a wizard to treat him.

The wizard only glanced at it and recognized that the knight captain was cursed. But he was in a quandary.

He said that a person born on the same day, the same month, and the same year as the Knight Captain needed to voluntarily sacrifice himself and exchange blood with the Knight Captain, that is, to transfuse his own blood into the Knight Captain's body, and to transfuse the Knight Captain's blood into his own body, so that the curse could be transferred from the Knight Captain to another person, and the Knight Captain could survive.

As for the one who bears the curse, there is no choice but to die.

The kind-hearted Lord Viscount couldn't bear to use this method. So he issued an announcement in the territory to solicit the rest of the ways to treat his son.

But other wizards and doctors can't do it. The captain of the knights is dying and dying. The kind Viscount's hair turned gray.

At this time, someone in the village that had been infested by monsters also heard about it. A young man in the village discovers that he happened to be born on the same day, the same year, the same month and the same year as the captain of the knights. So he decided to go to the castle and save the life of the knight captain with his own blood.

His parents tried to stop him, but were severely reprimanded by him. He said that the whole village was saved by the knight captain, and the knight captain was about to die because of us, as a person with a conscience, how could he steal his life?

The parents bowed their heads in shame. The people of the village scraped together some money and food and gave him it, and he set out to the castle of the viscount.

The kind-hearted Lord Viscount couldn't bear to see him die and rejected him. But the young man was adamant, claiming that if he did not do so, he would crash and die on the castle. In desperation, the Viscount and the wizard could only agree to him.

The sorcerer prayed to the gods and received help from the gods, and then, during the ritual, the sorcerer first smoked a little of the blood of the two of them, and smoked them with a kind of grass to see if the two bloods could be combined.

After perceiving that the blood of the two could be fused, the wizard used a hollow thin bone to connect the veins of the knight captain's bright red blood and the young man's veins of dark red blood, and used another thin bone to connect the veins of the knight captain's dark red blood and the young man's blood vessels.

The blood of the two began to mingle with each other. Your blood flowed into my body, and my blood flowed into yours.

After this went on for a while, the wizard observed the two men, confirmed that the exchange blood was complete, removed the fine bones, and stopped the bleeding for the two of them. By this time, the knight captain's face had improved a lot, and the young man was already very weak.

The good Lord Viscount ordered the servants to give the best treatment to the young man, and brought the best food and wine. And the youth refused. He said that the lord could even sacrifice his own son to protect the people of the land. It is also a matter of course to sacrifice one's life to save the Knight Captain, it is his duty and duty. Those good food and wine don't belong to you.

The Viscount and the wizards, as well as the servants and commoners, were moved to the point of weeping by the youth. At this moment, a light suddenly fell from the sky and enveloped the youth.

In the light, the young man's face became visibly rosy, and his originally weak body began to become stronger. Then the light faded and the young man returned to health.

The viscount, the wizard, the servants, the commoners, and others all fell to their knees. Afterward, the sorcerer announced that it was the loyalty of the young man who moved the gods, who used their divine powers to lift the curse that had been transferred to the young man and restore him to health.

At this time, the captain of the knights also woke up. When he learned what had happened, he took the young man into his order, made him a noble knight, and found him a beautiful wife.

When the parents of the young man's family heard about this, they also committed suicide by jumping into the river in shame. The young man stayed in the castle and followed the captain of the knights and began to fight to protect the territory. Later, because of his excellent performance, he also received a knighthood, became a noble baron, and had his own territory. The family has lived happily ever after.

This is the end of the story.

Lu Ming's brows furrowed into a Sichuan character.

Frankly, the story isn't very good. It's not that it's a story, but the metaphors and symbols behind this story, which really makes Lu Ming, who has received a modern education, feel uncomfortable.

In this story, the viscount is kind, the knight captain is heroic, the wizard is wise, the villagers are weak and ignorant and can only accept protection, the young man is loyal, and the parents who try to dissuade him from being loyal to the lord are despicable, and even commit suicide by jumping into the river out of shame. The young man was rewarded by the gods for his loyalty, and the curse was lifted.

In this way, the true meaning of this very political story is very clear, it is nothing more than to tell the commoners and the poor to keep to themselves, to be loyal to the lord, and to be ready to give their lives for the lord at any time, so that they can be rewarded by the gods, otherwise they will be bad, despicable, and damned.

Lu Ming has no heart to criticize the values in this story. He only noticed one detail in the story.

Rebirth is the transfer of a curse from one person to another.

The cultural background of this story is the Aliyah Mountains and the Valley Plain, where Cthulhu culture is relatively strong. And the formation of the local culture is deeply involved in the Nerotic religion.

It was precisely because he saw the classics of Neroth that Shu Changshan knew that the mysterious existence he dreamed of was the "Light Chaser", and communicated with the Light Chaser in the future. At the same time, based on the knowledge obtained from the Light Chaser, he was able to find exactly where the monsters were holding their rituals.

From this point of view, blood exchange may really be a method worth trying.

It's just that......

There was silence in the makeshift room.

All four of them realized a problem at the same time.

In doing so, there is a great moral hazard.

After all, even if the story is true and the blood exchange is really effective, then, while saving Shu Changshan, it will inevitably lead to the death of another person. And it is impossible for him to expect that a god will really come out to lift the curse and usher in the best of both worlds.

Even if you look for death row inmates who have been tried by law and sentenced to death, if such a death row inmate exists, the moral hazard cannot be removed.

The values that humanity upholds do not allow for such a thing.

After a moment of silence, Zhang Dingshan resolutely said: "There is no need to consider the moral hazard contained in this matter. The meaning of moral existence is to ensure the better existence of civilization. If civilization is harmed because of morality, it is a sacrifice of the basics. Civilization is above morality.

At this stage, at least judging by the available clues, Shu Changshan is extremely important. We need to make sure he wakes up as soon as possible.

At this point, there is only one question to consider, and that is whether this approach is really effective. ”

Lu Ming said: "Whether it is effective or not, we can't be sure. However, we now know whether this approach is harmful or not. ”

It's as simple as having the doctors in the human hospital evaluate it.

The results of the evaluation by the team of doctors were not long in coming. Just like Lu Ming expected before, the conclusion was that this move would not cause Shu Changshan's physical condition to deteriorate, but it would not get better either.

Within the scientific system, in the eyes of doctors, there is no point in doing so.

But in the Cthulhu system, doing so could make things better.

In this case, the choice is very simple.

Try.

If it works, it's best, and if it doesn't, we have nothing to lose.

But......

Lu Qingliang seemed to be a little hesitant at the moment.

He whispered: "The intelligence support team reminds me that it is important to be aware of the possibility that Shu Changshan is an 'undercover agent' on the monster side. ”

There was silence in the video conference room for a while, and the next moment, Zhang Dingshan, Lu Ming, and He Wei all looked at him a little strangely.