Liston looked at the other books on his desk, none of which were related to pharmacology, but were older, more off-the-beaten-path treatises on the anatomy of the human body.

After the advent of Anatomy of the Human Body, these older and unsubstantiated works gradually withdrew from the various academies and were only available in the collections of the older generation. And it is limited to collections, as a witness of the times, it is rarely used as a reference discussion.

The oldest of them, estimated to catch up with Liston's grandparents, was charred and brittle, and was almost broken when turning the pages. You need to gently lift the page and push it away evenly with the palm of your hand to turn to the next page.

Of these books, this one is the closest to the real situation, and the content is rigorous and orderly, and this section alone is already similar to "The Structure of the Human Body", but it lacks some practical proof at the end. It is strange that Liston has never heard of such an excellent book.

On the title page, you can see that it is the collection of Tunling University, and it may be the original one. Even if it has lost its practical value, it is a milestone. Isn't it too careless to spread out such a precious collection of books on the table?

It is important to know that after the material ages, the weight of the book itself is enough to crush the spine when it is spread, causing it to deform and crack, which in turn causes the cover paper to shift. Repairing will destroy the original form, and if you don't repair it, it will be scattered all over the place sooner or later.

Heartache closing it, Liston intended to give the spine a rest, and then turn it back into place when he left. Although it was purely self-consoling, at least he did not watch an important book be damaged and did nothing.

As the last page fell, something familiar flashed, almost making Liston suspect that it was a hallucination in the dim light.

He opened the last page in amazement.

It was a smiling cervical vertebrae, drawn in the center of the paper, unabashedly revealing its presence.

"Edward?"

This logo is so characteristic that beginners who have seen "Human Structure" will never forget it. The only difference between the two is that the book does not have Edward's signature in the logo.

It makes sense, then, that Liston hadn't heard of it. This book is probably Edward's work before he wrote his magnum opus "The Structure of the Human Body", because it is completely covered and surpassed by the latter, naturally there is no chance of spreading, and the rarity may be far beyond his imagination.

It is worthy of Tunlin University, this kind of book dares to be sent out, how rich should its library be in the collection?

After a long period of reverie, Liston realized that he had wandered again. The shock he received in the professor's room today made him forget his purpose again, and completely forgot about business.

Stroking the cover of the book, Liston almost had the slightest urge to take the book with him, which he didn't want to admit.

No, of course not.

He shook off the distractions in his mind and returned to his original plan, he had come to find evidence and justification for the professor's involvement in the Chengming incident.

But for now, instead of tinkering with the content of the pharmacy at home, the professor has inexplicably come up with another set of musculoskeletal growth methods, which is completely contrary to the existing anatomical results.

Doubts have not only not been resolved, but have increased. The combination that has never been seen before is obviously not owned by humans, and it doesn't look like it can be used for some kind of completely new surgery. Highlighting an extreme practicality, the motion system is used efficiently from a mechanical point of view.

It seems to make some sense, but what doesn't come from people or is used for people, but it's all human parts, how did you come up with it?

Breaking away from such ideas is not something that can be achieved by a momentary inspiration, it is either an idea that has been accumulated over the years, or there is a prototype that can be used as a reference, and the details can be filled in with a ready-made research foundation.

Liston flipped through the book and turned back to what the professor had read, trying to find clues to the references.

As a professional who has been involved in this profession for many years, it is not difficult to find out the clues after reading carefully.

In the description of the old book, what creates the gap between the content and the real situation is the author's imagination of "effective". In contrast to some of the "less intelligent" actual structures, the authors arranged the position of muscles and bones in places where it is easier to exert force.

That is to say, under the same general outline, according to the original idea of the author Edward, the motor system can be more functional at all.

Under this guiding ideology, some parts of the drawing have some morphological deviations that can be directly seen by a discerning person from the actual situation, and are directly arranged according to the "ideal state".

The attitude of being unreasonable, deviating from reality, and seeking only utility is exactly the same as the "new structure" created by the professor. It's all about using biological tissues as parts to conceive a perfect and easy-to-use "machine".

It's the best adjective he can find, and only those things that are intentionally created tend to be extremely practical. Natural creatures, no matter how strong and intelligent, must have inherent flaws that cannot be changed.

An inhuman thing built from "human parts" is too whimsical.

However, the ominous realism contained in that sketch has always haunted the mind, leading people to believe that it is indeed possible, or to draw it against something that actually exists.

Liston continued to scroll downward, and at the end of the chapter, what should have been the epilogue and summary was occupied by an indescribable body.

Unlike Kalman's sketches, this hand-drawn sketch is delicate and delicate, combining all the previously imaginary "perfect" structures into a long, thin limb that is free from the form of a terrestrial animal and can move without restrictions.

As if it was the author's preference, to let it survive on its own. In the gap between the muscles and bones, the organs and vasculature are filled with just the right amount of organs.

In the pale shadow behind it, it twists at an extraordinary angle, exerting the maximum range of motion of the assembled joints, and its flexibility is abnormal.

This gesture reminds Liston of the brachiopods of aquatic molluscs, which are cut off and curl and relax on a chopping board. But this is obviously the restructuring of the structure that I am most familiar with, born out of common sense, fabricating "perfect" and deformed limbs.

Or is it what skeletal muscles are supposed to look like, and the human body is a deformity that wastes function?

The unannotated manuscript is accompanied by annotations that are distinctly different from the author's handwriting, and the language is sharper than the pen that is engraved on the paper.

"Illogical madmen, detached from actual conjectures, blasphemous ......"

The writer seems to be venting his emotions in words in a fit of rage, in which the hostility is faintly visible in the distant past, and the resentment is so angry that he attacks the pictures on a page with the most fierce words.

A diagonal line drawn in fresh ink cuts out large sections of intense speech. For some reason, Liston saw in this a sense of casualness and disdain, and cut out the content of the film in the same way that a professor usually reads through the essays submitted by unsuccessful students.

In the tone of the review, Kalman writes briefly below:

"The philistine can never understand what genius sees."

What does this mean?

Between words, Professor Kallman seemed to put himself and Edward on the same footing, condescending to condescend to the man who denounced the strange drawing.

What do you mean by "what a genius sees"? Liston's first reaction was to refer to the conjecture of perfect anatomical structure throughout the chapter.

Soon, he dismissed the idea himself. As someone who participated in the professor's secret anatomy class, Liston knew that Kalman only recognized the knowledge that he had seen with his own eyes and practiced with his own hands, that is, the current version of "The Structure of the Human Body", how could he pursue the kind of "perfect" structure that did not exist?

Liston vaguely felt that he had grasped something, and the chaotic clues and reasoning were mixed up in his mind, and a thread led him to a direction he had never imagined.

As if groping in the dark, along the long and winding corridor, a flash of inspiration flashed in front of my eyes.

Kalman wouldn't like unprovable ethereal theories unless......

Unless "seen" is literal.

【Blasphemy ......】

In the unshakable ideological rule of the Church, the clergy claim that man is God's most perfect creature, a view that even those who despise them are compelled to accept this view.

After all, there is no one in the world today who can explain why only human beings in the world have intelligent minds and dexterous limbs, both of which are indispensable, as if they were inherently arranged to use this human body to exert wisdom and dominate the body with wisdom.

One can only acknowledge a higher ultimate being who holds the authority to create life.

And such creations, usurping this authority, jokingly took the proudest creations of the gods as building blocks to disassemble and reassemble them to make better works.

If it really exists, where is the gods? Where do you put all the common sense?

The Professor and Edward saw it firsthand, and drew structures that were unimaginable to those who had not seen it. Its mere existence is to subvert all social consensus based on religion and universal knowledge, and it means the understanding and application of the authority of creation, which human beings have learned in their lifetime.

Where the hell did the professor see it? And where did Edward, who wrote his magnum opus in Dunling, confront it?

I can't tell if it's fear or ecstasy. At this moment, Liston felt that he could leave everything behind without hesitation to embark on the path of pursuing this object, just for this goal that transcends what is known in the world.

Then, the thoughts flowed, the clues were connected, and the questions were answered.

It was the answer, the reason that could make Professor Kallman ignore morality, emotion, ethics and do horrible things.

How lucky, the person who gave up his life for the sake of his career, the person who devoted his life to it, is finding the ultimate answer to his pursuit.

Unable to care about anything else to stay hidden, Liston pushed open the window to let the sunlight in. He needed to read all the clues as soon as possible to add the full picture of the incident.

However, in the harsh bright light, what had previously been hidden in the darkness was revealed.

It was one round symbol after another painted on the walls and floors with dull paint, crisscrossed with cracked ornamentation.

Splitting it in half, the iconic transverse crack strikes through the middle of each symbol.