Thor looked around at the materials and equipment in the lab, and from his current knowledge and the information he had received from Kismet, it was clear that this was an experimental project for the study of red worms.

One of them appears to be an anti-contamination experiment. It's exactly the same equipment that Thor used for his therapeutic research.

"Lord Alik, all these equipment in front of you are used to protect against starry pollution, right? If you can resist the starry sky pollution, you can resist the Kuroshio current pollution, do you really think it's safer to leave than to stay?"

"The starry sky is not all danger. If you can find a suitable world, you can become a new base for the Stargate Council. ”

"I see." Thor nodded.

Alik spoke calmly to Sol as he explained, but that calmness meant that his decision would not change.

Similarly, Thor's expression tells Alik that he will not participate in Stargate's escape plan.

Alek understood, "Then we won't interfere with each other. ”

"I'm going to take Senior Byron away."

"He's passed the test, and Stargate won't interfere with his actions. All those who pass the test, Stargate will not force them to leave or stay. If you don't leave voluntarily, you will become a burden to the stargate. Oh, by the way, he needs to finish the task he has already accepted. ”

"No problem." Naturally, Saul agreed that he could do Byron a favor if anything went wrong.

Thor looked at the red worms floating in the air through the transparent windows of the balloon room, thinking that the atmosphere was so good, it might as well make another deal.

"Speaker Alik, are these red worms dead red worms?"

"I don't have a way to define their life and death exactly, because I don't know much about their life forms. But ......" Alik raised his hand and pulled out a half-meter-long bug.

The red worm, like the insects floating outside, remained motionless no matter how Alik touched and kneaded them.

"They may not be dead by now, but they don't respond to external stimuli. I named this state deactivation. Red worms in the inactivated state are more stable. As long as you can see it, you can be aware of its existence, and you can use its power. It can be said that they are an idealistic existence. ”

"The existence of idealism? It's a subversion of my witchcraft knowledge. Thor reached out and tried to touch the red worm, but only touched air.

However, Alik next to him was still clutching the shell of the red worm with his hand.

"Did you touch it with any special force?"

Alik shook his head, "Think again. ”

Is it because of the power of idealism?

Thor raised his hand again, and as his fingers were about to touch the red worm, he told himself in his mind.

"Yes, I can touch it."

Keep your fingers closer and ......

Still didn't touch anything.

Alik smiled, "It seems that you still need to do more mental construction, and it is not enough to simply tell yourself that it exists." ”

Thor is now genuinely interested in the Red Worm. It can be said to be a species outside the two power systems of magic and psychic power.

And thinking of the concealment ability of this red worm and the ability to fight the Kuroshio, Thor made up his mind.

"Are there any other uses for these inactivated bugs?"

The inactivated red worms that are sprinkled everywhere like garbage in the hidden world look like untreatable waste products no matter how you look at them.

Alik looked at Thor seriously, "You want these inactivated bugs?" ”

"Actually, I want both inactivated and inactive, but right now I can't control the inactivated bugs. If I find a way, I'll probably just go out and catch some. ”

"What do you exchange for?" Alik said unceremoniously.

Thor crossed his arms and thought to himself, "Since it was thrown here, and there are so many of them, it must not be of much use." I'm not in a hurry to play my hole cards just yet. ”

He took out a book of witchcraft notes from the spatial nameplate and held it in his hand, "You know, I have some experience in treating Kuroshio pollution, and this is a magic circle that can make Kuroshio lose its ability to pollute within a certain range. I call it the Decadent Formula. ”

"Inactivated, inerted, it seems that our end goal is the same." Alik pulled another half-meter-long inactivated red worm in front of Thor, "I agreed to this deal. Can you take it with you, though? If it's not convenient, you can also come here to study, and I'll leave you a few labs here. ”

"This is after leaving Senior Byron, and you want to use an excuse to keep me too?"

Thor looked at the red worm in front of him.

I have to say that Alik is still quite good at business, and this is to use interests and desires to bind people.

However, Thor didn't speak, but suddenly raised his hand to grab the mouthparts of the red worm, pulled it in front of him and shook it twice.

The red worm, which was motionless, shook with Thor's strength, but was not shaken off.

Thor looked up at Alik's surprised gaze, "You don't need to prepare a lab for me. I've caught it. ”

Alik slowly narrowed his eyes and showed a smile of incomprehensibility, "You learn quickly, and you really resemble Gorsa in some places." It's a pity that he has died in the Eye of the Abyss, otherwise, I would have liked to see the day when you surpassed him. ”

Thor lowered his eyes and said calmly, "I always believed that the mentor would come back. ”

The scrutinizing gaze did not disappear until Thor left the hidden side of the stargate.

Thor empties his brain, keeps himself from thinking about anything, and returns to the stargazing tower with dead worms like dead fish.

At this time, there were other people on this level, but although they saw Thor, they did not react.

As if to confirm Alik's words, there are no checkpoints in the Stargate Council now. Everyone who joins their experiments does so voluntarily for their own benefit.

But is that really the case?

Thor is in no hurry to draw conclusions.

After he came out of the side of the stargate world, he sensed Byron's position.

The senior didn't go far, just a few floors below the stargazing tower.

Thor didn't hide his magic fluctuations this time, and walked leisurely back to the surface.

At this time, he put one hand in his pocket, and the other hand was still carrying the red worm that he had just exchanged, "I will find a living worm in a while, compare it to see the difference, and it is best to analyze what Xingmen got in the process of the red worm being inactivated." ”

Alik didn't tell Thor how to inactivate the Red Worm, which was clearly the most important experiment for the Stargate Council at the moment. And the most valuable part of this experiment is what the bugs extract from life to death.

Thor walked outside the stargazing tower and waited for Byron to finish his mission and come out to find him.

But he did not wait for Byron, but for another man.

"Thor, how did you get out of here?" Jeffrey stopped Thor and walked over with an excited face, "I passed the initial selection, but I said that I still have to train with a formal wizard, and only through the training can I officially join the Stargate Council." ”

Jeffrey's face was proud.

He excitedly asked Thor, "What about you?" ”

Thor had a nonchalant smile on his face, "There's a high probability that I won't be able to join the Stargate Council. ”

Jeffrey was a little happy, but he had to be careful to restrain his joy, and he comforted Thor, "It's okay, even if you can't join the Stargate, you can try to stay in the Duchy of Olga." Because the Stargate headquarters is nearby, the research atmosphere here is still very strong. If you stay here, the probability of being promoted to a third-level wizard apprentice will definitely be higher than returning to the stat continent. ”

When Jeffrey was called away by the others, the silver butterfly sneered, "Brother Thor, you have been comforted." Strange, can't he see the magic fluctuations in you? ”

Thor looked at Jeffrey's back, "It's kind of weird. ”

He narrowed his eyes, intently observing Jeffrey's back.

Finally, Thor saw a flash of red at Jeffrey's collar.

He had an extra thumb-sized red worm around his neck.

If you look closely, the red worm should be longer than your thumb, and how long it is, Thor can't analyze it now.

Because the head of the worm had already burrowed under Jeffrey's skin, and I don't know how deep it was buried.

(End of chapter)