Chapter 37: The Emperor's Relic
"No... Please... Don't..."
"My daughter, she's only five years old... She can't afford to lose her father... She..."
"Let go! Put... Let me go! β
"Get that thing out of the way... No!! β
Ignoring the man's pleading, in the transparent isolation room, two Kaleva gangsters, one on the left and one on the right, firmly held the arm of the man who was about to become the subject of the experiment.
No matter how much the man struggled, he could only watch as a third gangster, armed with a syringe, pushed the door open and walked towards him.
Soon after...
Poof!
The needle pierced into the skin, and an ominous liquid glowing dark red was inside, and it was squeezed little by little and injected into the man's body.
γTurbidity Reagentγ
This is the largest result of Kaleva's research.
There are three forms of turbidity, gas, liquid, and solid crystals that only exist in theory.
Under normal circumstances, turbidity appears in the "gas" state, with a wide area but poor absorption, but today's Kaleva has mastered the technology of refining and concentrating the "gaseous" turbidity and evolving it to the "liquid state" by studying the "Emperor's Relic".
They can infect the user with a large amount of turbidity in a very short period of time, resulting in great irritation, and if the subject is an ordinary person, they will forcibly mutate the "Doomer".
As is happening in the room right now.
I saw that the gangsters who had done all this immediately loosened their grip on the man and quickly withdrew, leaving only the man who had begun to curl up on the ground.
"Uh... Ahhhh
"It's hot... It's hot... Water... Give me water..."
In the first few seconds, the man's whole body convulsed, and the turbidity reagent injected into his body began to flow along the blood to the whole body, and blood-red lines soon appeared faintly on the man's skin.
The next thing he did was to get up from the ground and start tearing at his clothes, then clutching his head and shaking from side to side like crazy.
"Stop! No... Don't scream in my ear..."
"The brain is going to explode... Get out of here..."
"Shut up... I tell you to shut up!! β
The man scratches his eyes and ears with his fingers, because the turbidity produces violent hallucinations and dementing rams, and when the human body can't bear these things, it tries to counteract the confusion by destroying its senses.
It's a pity that turbidity has a direct impact on the spiritual level, so no matter how much the man in the room scratches his eyes and ears to make the blood flow, he can't alleviate it at all.
Outside the transparent room, there are many gangsters who look like researchers, holding various instrument data, as if they are constantly recording the data of the whole process.
And the obvious leader among them is a thin man in a gray coat with messy long hair...
Dr. Loka lifted his glasses on the bridge of his nose.
He narrowed his eyes and stared at the mad man in the transparent room who was merging with Turbidity.
The previous processes are much the same, and the key is to look at the back.
Can you reproduce the miracle of this afternoon...
Dr. Loka is looking forward to it.
"No... I don't want to be a monster..."
"Anna is still waiting for me... Still waiting for her father to come home... I... I..."
"Can't lose... No!! β
"I'm going to... Go home... Pick up... Go home... Anna... Anna..."
A miracle happened!
I saw that with the man's roar, the blood-red lines that flashed with a strange light on the outside of his body actually stopped spreading again, and there was a faint feeling of wanting to retract.
Correspondingly, the man's mental state is also much better, he no longer harms himself, but gritted his teeth, as if he is trying his best to fight against something.
Outside the transparent room, many researchers were surprised by this, and some cheered directly at the leading man in a gray coat:
"Doctor! We seem to have succeeded! Your newly improved [D-01] turbidity reagent has really increased the concentration and greatly enhanced the stability..."
Before he could say his words of excitement, the Kaleva research member was interrupted by a sudden scream from the transparent room.
"No... Ahhh β
Everyone's eyes were drawn back again, only to see that the blood-red lines that had just been on the man's body, which were still a little declining, had now made a comeback at lightning speed and crawled all over the man's body.
Immediately after, I saw that the man's body began to expand and twist rapidly, and in just a few seconds, it had completely lost its human form and turned into a kind of sarcoma-like ugly monster.
This is the fate of all doomers who fail.
Become...
A muddy corpse.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A few quick gunshots put an end to the newly mutated turbid corpse, and shot it on the head, which could be seen to have been prepared for a long time, and this set of procedures was extremely skillful.
"Ahh
I saw him frowning, his previous joy disappeared, and with a distressed and annoyed expression, he slammed his fist on the table in front of him.
"Damn! Isn't 36% still enough? Judging from the current situation, if you want to achieve a success probability of more than 50%, you must at least have a concentration of more than 40% of the corresponding turbidity reagent, but..."
"With such a high concentration, how can it be purified, bastard!"
Dr. Loka kept clutching at his already messy long hair, and when he looked down from his position, he saw that there were many, many more transparent rooms like the one before.
This is the most real scene inside the "factory" in the rear of Kaleva, the most central and most secret.
In addition to these experimental rooms, in the center of the factory, there is an incomparably striking large boiler-like machine from which the turbid liquid used for injection is continuously produced.
In the recess in the center of the boiler, there is a quadrilateral, like a star, but surrounded by a rich reddish-brown mist.
It floats in the center of the boiler, isolated by several layers of idiosyncratic "shields" that rotate at a constant speed within the hood.
With each rotation of it, the turbidity red mist emitted by the overflow is a few points thicker, and then the machinery and equipment in the boiler use these turbidity mist as raw materials by extraction, and then continue to process and purify, and finally produce reagents.
So, it's not hard to see...
This quadrangular "Scarlet Star" in the center of the boiler is the root of everything, the most important thing for the entire secret factory of Kaleva to be able to operate!
"If you want to improve stability, you have to reduce the concentration... But if the concentration is not up, the stimulation given is not enough... Isn't this a dead loop! Damn it! Damn it! β
"How did the 'Ember Empire' five hundred years ago do it, and it can stably produce Doomers! How did the "Great Emperor" refine the turbidity! Why can't we do it now... Damn it! Damn!! β
The emaciated long-haired man is frantically writing and drawing on the desktop, but like a scientist who has reached a dead end in research, he can't get the formula he wants no matter how he calculates, and he begins to get more and more irritable.
"Beau... Doctor..."Some researchers behind him suddenly whispered a reminder at this time, wanting to bring the doctor who was immersed in research back to reality.
Because I only saw that behind the doctor, a new group of figures slowly appeared in the factory, and the most conspicuous of them was a burly man with a big back combed in the forefront.
The strong man wears an eyepatch on his right eye, wears a Kaleva uniform, and his broad arms and shoulders prop up the clothes to the bulge, giving people the feeling of a humanoid monster with a tiger's back, and exuding a dangerous and rough aura all over his body.
This is the gathering place of the Black Cave, it can be said that the big man who covers the sky with one hand, the lord of Kaleva, the leader of the largest gang, Falm.
"It's not all without results, though... From the experiment just now, it can be seen that if the subject has a deep obsession with survival, it can indeed increase the probability of evolution, if there are more, like the experimental materials just now..."
"Doctor! Doctor! β
The researchers in the rear were a little anxious to see Dr. Loka who was still talking to himself, this was completely treating the leader who came late at night as an air man.
However, Falm raised his hand to signal that the others did not need to say more, and then tilted his head slightly, and said to the men of Kaleva who had been brought:
"Have you all heard the experimental requirements that the doctor put forward just now!?"
"Go back and tell those scavengers, stop sending us wanderers and scavengers, and find more people with families to catch them, so that we can produce better research data, understand?"
"It's... Be! Chief! I'll arrange it! β
The subordinate gangster straightened up and responded loudly, and the resulting movement finally brought Dr. Gray Coat, who was immersed in research, back to reality.
Loka: "Lord Falm? It's so late, you're..."
"Today, I heard from my subordinates that you have successfully increased the concentration of turbidity reagent by five percentage points, such exciting good news, I am too busy during the day to have time, and when I have free time at night, of course I have to come over and have a look."
As he spoke, Falm patted the shoulder of the gray-robed man in front of him with his big thick hand and said, "Dr. Loka, it's really hard for you, our Kaleva can not have today's status without your efforts and excellent research results." β
"Thank you for the chief's affirmation, but... Forget about the excellent results. Loka shook her head self-deprecatingly.
"As far as my current research results are concerned, compared to the time of the Ash Empire five hundred years ago, the people of that wasteland era, even if they are poor and scarce in resources, can still use the technology that is far behind us to produce reagents with a concentration of up to 70%, and even the legendary "crystallization" of solid turbidity that I can't even think of now... What a beautiful, dreamy product it must be! It's a pity that I may not see each other in my lifetime..."
The long-haired doctor's face showed a strong look of yearning and regret, for a man as obsessed with scientific research as he was, to the point of being a little crazy and paranoid, wealth, power, or women were far less attractive to him than the attraction of studying turbidity.
And it was precisely because Falm took a fancy to Loka that he was so relieved and friendly to him, and even smiled and comforted:
"There's no need to be so self-denying, doctor, five hundred years ago, the concentration of turbidity in the air was dozens of times higher than ours, and the people of that era couldn't say that they grew up inhaling turbidity, but now, the end of the wasteland era has also made turbidity thinner and thinner, and even almost completely disappeared, and the "liquefied turbidity" achievement you are researching now is definitely a great technology even if you look at the whole world!"
In the face of Falm's praise, the doctor did not become modest, but turned his gaze to the "Scarlet Star" that floated quietly in the air in the center of the factory, the incomparably striking boiler core.
"It's a pity that this 'Great Emperor's Relic', I can feel that its actual effect is far more than just using it as a [Turbidity Radioactive Source] as we do now, if we can find a way to truly activate it..."
"I have a hunch that it's definitely another one that is comparable to the current [Turbidity Reagent]... No, it's even more advanced than "liquefaction", a technological breakthrough in how to make better use of turbidity! β
Loka's sigh made the leader of Kaleva next to him also feel a burst of heat in his heart, trembling with excitement, and he followed the sight of the doctor next to him with greedy and eager eyes, and also put it on the "Scarlet Star".
"It doesn't matter, one decade is not enough, then we will study the next decade! Next decade! β
"I believe that with your wisdom, Doctor, one day, you will be able to turn this 'Great Emperor's Relic' into a treasure that truly belongs to our [Kaleva], and let this 'Relic' serve our Kaleva!"
Listening to Falm's surging speech, Loka pretended to nod his head in agreement, but in fact he sneered with disdain in his heart.
Because what he didn't tell Falm was that as they continued to steal the power of turbidity from this "Great Emperor Relic", the strength of the "Relic" had been far lower than when it was first dug up.
Although it seems that it is not obvious from the appearance now, it is the same as before, but in reality...
Loka has almost estimated, let alone the next ten years, it will be good to be able to support it for another three or four years.
When the time comes, when the turbidity in the "Scarlet Star" is completely exhausted, this "Great Emperor Relic" handed down five hundred years ago will also completely fail and become worthless garbage, which is why he regretted it so much before.
It's as if there is a top-notch sports car in front of them, but they don't know how to get the car started, the only thing they can do is to pry open the fuel tank and steal fuel from it, the key is that they don't know how to put it back on, they can only wait for the car to be drained of oil, completely scrapped, and reduced to a useless Tito.
And it's going to come at that point...
Dr. Loka shook his head inwardly.
For him, the gang has no value to stay, and the reason why he is working for Calleva now is entirely for the sake of the "Emperor's Relic".
As for his future plans, Loka is not without it.
Because he had already inquired through Kaleva's connections, on the side of the "church" in the Black Cave, the priest had also secretly hidden a "relic of the Emperor" in the depths of the church.
And according to rumors, the "Great Emperor's Relic" in the priest's hands is even more precious, rarer and more powerful than their current "Scarlet Star"...
Thinking of this, Loka quietly licked her dry lips.
"Alright, that's all for today's experiment, it's not too early, let the leader go back and rest early! Turn off the boiler! β
Falm himself was there, so that Loka could not concentrate on the experiment, it was better to leave work early, so he conveyed his instructions to the gangsters in the factory, especially to turn off the boiler.
Consuming a little less turbidity energy in the "Crimson Star" would allow him to study in Callevado for a few years.
In this regard, Falm frowned slightly, obviously sensing a trace of unhappiness, but because of the situation, he didn't say anything, just nodded and was about to leave.
However, at this very moment...
"Beau... Doctor! Something seems wrong! The researchers operating the boiler made panicked sounds.
The Kaleva members on site, such as shutting down the boiler installation, had already been able to complete the work with their eyes closed, but this time, when they were still operating as usual, they found that the equipment seemed to be "malfunctioning".
They had obviously pulled down the lever and turned off the boiler, and the usual "Crimson Star" should have also fallen, no longer rotating to release turbid red mist, but now in front of them was a man who was not only still floating in the air, but even...
As if stimulated by something, I saw that this "Scarlet Star", which was blocked by layers of [isolation covers], was in the eyes of hundreds of Kaleva members in the factory...
Tremble violently.
Such a disappearance not only stopped Falm, who was just about to leave on the front foot, but even Dr. Loka was dumbfounded, revealing an incredible look on his face.
He had studied the "Scarlet Star" for nearly ten years, but he had never seen this "relic" like this.
If the Kaleva gangsters in the factory are only surprised and surprised.
That's in the next moment.
The expressions of everyone in the factory, including Dr. Loka and the leader Falm, instantly turned into a kind of panic and panic.
Because...
Click... Click!
It was a tiny crack that grew from the [Isolation Cover], like the beginning of a doom, and then quickly evolved into a terrifying chasm like a spider web, and the turbid red mist that surrounded the Crimson Star, like a beast finally about to break free from its prison, bared its fangs at all the people in the factory.
You must know that the "Scarlet Star" was detected as a B-level pollution source at the beginning, even if they had stolen a lot of turbidity power and became far inferior to the original, but without the protection of the [Isolation Cover], the turbidity pollution released by it...
It's not something they can bear!
It will even make most of the people in the entire factory with weak resistance be seriously infected in an instant, such as those failed test subjects who will become turbid corpse monsters in an instant!
How could it be... How so!
Dr. Loka forgot to escape, his eyes were fixed on the scarlet star that was trembling at a high frequency, Loka knew that it was not the [Isolation Cover] that was wrong, but that this "Great Emperor Relic" seemed to be extremely strong in an instant, even stronger than the peak of turbidity when it was first unearthed!
It's like... Seems... It's as if I've been "woken up"!
Finally...
What happened!!
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(PS: I'm sorry.,I got up at five o'clock this morning to watch JD hit T1.,And then emmm.,I know everything.,So this chapter was updated a little late.,I'm really sorry.γ οΌ