Chapter 102 The Origin of the Mysterious Apothecary
Su Lun has always been careful about his whereabouts. Even Kai doesn't know where he rents the basement.
Moreover, after he has now obtained the skill of [Malicious Perception], the possibility of being followed is almost zero. Unless he is a high-level professional who has special means to hide his perception, his residence should not be found.
I didn't expect it, but someone came to my door.
He looked at the cloaked man wandering near the basement and looking at the street from time to time, and he knew that this guy was probably coming to see him.
.......
Su Lun looked around and found no one paying attention to him, so he walked over and asked in a deep voice: "Are you waiting for me?"
This sneaky guy is none other than the mysterious pharmacist.
Hearing Su Lun's cold tone, the cloaked man apologized repeatedly: "I'm sorry, sir. I do have something very important to trouble you, so I took the liberty to come to you."
His tone was full of sincerity and anxiety, as if he was really in an emergency.
Anyone who is unexpectedly found at the door will not look good.
But Su Lun was more curious about how this guy knew where he lived.
He didn't ask what Danny was doing here, but asked: "How do you know I live here?"
In order to clarify some misunderstandings as soon as possible, Danny spoke very quickly: "My profession is [Defender], and my awakened talent is [D-031-Enhanced Smell]. Although I don't have much combat power, it makes me...
The smell of the medicine is very sensitive..."
After taking a breath, he quickly explained: "Sorry sir, I didn't mean to follow you on purpose! But because you took the medicines I gave you, the smell of your body is really special to me.
Because it wasn't too far away, I followed the smell to find it... I knocked on the door just now and you weren't there, so I took it upon myself to wait for you here... I'm really sorry, sir."
Probably because of guilt, his words were a little incoherent.
Su Lun understood clearly. Did this guy smell the medicine on his body?
But is the ordinary [enhanced sense of smell] talent so powerful?
The pharmacist lived two or three kilometers away from Green Street. If he could really smell the scent from such a distance, this talent would be a top-notch tracking ability, and it wouldn't be a D-level talent.
Su Lun felt that he was lying or hiding something, so he questioned coldly: "The enhanced sense of smell allowed you to smell the smell of the medicine on my body?"
Danny saw that Su Lun had a bad expression and knew that he had been misunderstood. He quickly explained: "No, others can't smell this smell! It's because... I am..."
When he said this, it seemed that there was something unspeakable that he couldn't say.
After weighing it for a moment, he seemed to have made a decision, and then said: "Because of some changes in my body, my smell talent has awakened for the second time, which makes it more special."
"..."
The second awakening of talent?
Su Lun frowned as he listened.
He instantly thought of the words "semi-deformed human" that he identified. This guy didn't seem to be lying.
But I was also relieved at the same time.
It would be really scary if any random person could have such a strong tracking ability.
At this time, Danny seemed to be afraid that Su Lun still didn't believe what he said. He gritted his teeth and took off the cloak that covered his face for the first time, revealing his deformed face that was covered with abscesses like a toad's skin.
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"I'm sorry, sir, for scaring you. I just wanted to prove that I was telling the truth."
Taking off his cloak, Danny looked away, as if he could already predict the expression on the gentleman opposite him who was frightened by his monster appearance.
However, what surprised him was that Su Lun looked extremely calm throughout the whole process, without any expression of surprise.
"Come with me. This is not the place to talk."
Seeing this, Su Lun said lightly and walked towards the alley behind the basement.
Danny's appearance really didn't surprise him, which is consistent with the "semi-distorted" situation.
........
Su Lun walked deep into the alley, looked at Danny who was already in front of him, and then got to the point and asked: "Tell me, what do you want from me?"
Danny said anxiously: "My friends were captured just now, Beta, Brown and Nancy, so I want to entrust you, sir, to help me rescue them."
After a pause, he seemed to feel that he did not refer to Ming, and added: "They are the few people who accompanied me and you in the transaction before. They are all good people. Half an hour ago, a black truck came from another neighborhood.
A few people came down and took them away. I heard that it was the group of people who have been out on Green Street recently who hunt down homeless people and orphans..."
"..."
Su Lun listened but did not answer.
His first reaction was that someone from the inner city who was looking for trouble for Danny was coming to his door.
After all, the origin of so many high-level potions must not be simple.
Danny was obviously aware of this and said directly: "Sir, I can guarantee that the arrest of Beta and the others has nothing to do with my identity! After all, in the eyes of those people, I had already died in that laboratory accident.
No one will come to me again. Sorry sir, the only way I can think of now is you, please help me..."
Su Lun listened and roughly understood the reason for the matter.
After thinking for a moment, he asked: "I think you can tell me your origin first, and then I will consider whether I will agree to do this favor for you."
If Danny's mysterious origins were involved, and the perpetrators might have been people from the inner city, then he would never choose to get involved in this trouble.
But if it were just some human traffickers, Su Lun felt that the matter was very simple.
After all, this is nothing unusual among gangs, and it doesn't take much effort to solve it.
Listening to what Danny said, he thought that Green Street had recently become a neutral zone, and without the binding force of the Cross, people who were engaged in illegal human trafficking in other neighborhoods had crossed the border to arrest people.
Danny knew that in order to gain people's trust, he had to explain something, so he didn't hide it: "My name is 'Danny Banks', and I am a researcher at the 'Institute No. 7' in the inner city. It is a research institute directly under the Black Tower."
I don’t think you’ve heard of the Secret Research Institute.”
Su Lun didn't express his opinion. He had already guessed the information, so it didn't matter.
Danny revealed none of the key information.
He asked directly: "I think if you really want others to help you, you'd better be honest. For example, tell me about the lab leak you mentioned; and about your own physical condition and why you came to the outer city...
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"this..."
Danny was obviously hesitant.
He knew that once his identity was exposed, he would definitely get into big trouble, but now he had no choice.
In the end, he still chose to trust this man who had traded potions twice.
He said: "Sir, you may have guessed that the place where the 'leak accident' occurred was actually the 'No. 7 Research Institute' where I was located. The aberrant monster in the sewer was also caused by a special agent we studied.
The experimental explosion leaked three years ago, which led to the mutation..."
"As for myself... because the people responsible for that project were my parents, and they died in the accident. Unfortunately, I was also infected, and then used a half-finished distortion inhibitor, so I became like this."
At first glance, this Danny looks like a nerd. He doesn't have much social experience and is not very good at making up stories that avoid the important points.
He did not lie, he just concealed some key things.
Su Lun lost his patience and said, "If that's all you said, I'm sorry, I can't help you."
With that said, he turned to leave.
This story shouldn't be so simple when you hear it. How could a laboratory accident that caused so many monsters in the sewers to be deformed be treated so lightly?
He has no interest in helping a dishonest guy.
.......
"Sir, wait!"
Seeing Su Lun about to leave, Danny also panicked.
He also guessed what he was hiding and said quickly: "I...I still have something to say."
Su Lun glanced at him.
Danny knew that he was not good at lying, so he was so anxious that he just told the truth.
He said: "That experimental project is called the 'X Serum Project'. It is a top medical research project deciphered by the Black Tower executives from ancient documents found in a certain ruins, in order to study the ultimate mystery of life..."
"The X serum has very strong activity, can extend people's lifespan, and can also give people an exaggerated improvement in their bodies. However, at the same time, the serum also has very strong side effects, that is, it will 100% cause biological distortion. And where I am
'Institute No. 7' is responsible for developing drugs that inhibit distortion..."
"This secret project has been carried out for many years, and there were already some research results. But later my parents discovered that the top brass of the Black Tower secretly conducted a large number of in vivo experiments for some ulterior secrets. At least tens of thousands of people were blamed for this project.
If you die, and if you continue to study, more innocent people will die... My parents felt that this went against the original intention of medical research, so they chose to blow up the laboratory and destroy all the research results..."
"And I was also infected in the laboratory at that time, so I was injected with the half-finished distortion inhibitor. Although I survived, it ended up like this."
Danny finished the story in one breath and let out a long sigh of relief.
Su Lun frowned slightly as he listened, feeling increasingly weird.
Danny was born into a medical family, so he had guessed it.
But from the beginning of the plot, he felt inexplicably familiar, and when he heard that the "X serum" had not even changed its name, he immediately realized that this was the research previously recorded in the "Diary of Living Corpse Research"?
When you think about it again, it’s not surprising that the current “development” of the entire Old Rington city is actually archeology.
Now after listening to Danny's words, in order to confirm his guess, he asked again: "Where does the 'X serum' come from?"
Danny: "I don't know either. This is a very large project with a very high degree of confidentiality. Our research institute is only responsible for part of it, which is the research on distortion-inhibiting drugs..."
When Su Lun heard this, he asked again: "Then how did you escape?"
Danny said: "The explosion in the laboratory exploded the exclusive sewer pipe that handles experimental wastewater, allowing it to connect to the city's sewer network. I was affected by the explosion and fell into the sewer pipe. I was lucky enough to survive, and then passed on.
I fled to the outer city through the pipeline, and Aunt Susan and my friends took me in, so I didn’t starve to death..."
As he said that, he glanced at Su Lun: "Sir, I didn't hide it on purpose before, I just didn't want to cause you any trouble. I won't live long now. If you think you can get a reward by sending me to the inner city, I won't resist.
I sincerely ask you to help rescue my friend."
Not to mention that this guy didn't have a bounty, even if there was one, Su Lun didn't intend to do this, but unexpectedly said: "Are you going to die?"
Danny nodded: "Although I successfully survived the accident, the half-finished 'distortion inhibitor' also has great side effects, that is, it will greatly shorten my life span. I estimate that I can live for up to two years."
Year..."
"..."
Su Lun listened. It turns out that his super strong sense of smell was improved by squeezing out his life?
However, he remembered the distortion solution in the "Living Corpse Research Diary" and it had no side effects.
.......
After listening to the story, Su Lun's psychological concerns were basically dispelled.
He thought for a moment and then asked: "Besides you, does anyone else know where I live?"
Danny: "Don't worry, don't worry, no one knows where you live except me. I've never sold potions before, so no one will notice that I'm still alive. As a reward, you can exchange me for the bounty. I
I can also help you make potions for free, I am a 'pharmacy expert'..."
As he said that, he added embarrassedly: "But... I don't have money, I need you to provide the materials."
"Let's talk about this later."
Su Lun responded calmly.
In fact, he has long been interested in the "X Serum Project", which can increase people's physical fitness to an exaggerated degree and create "living corpses"... The efficacy of this serum is extraordinary.
But because I had no clue, I didn’t pay attention to it for the time being.
Unexpectedly, someone actually restarted this research in Jiulindun in reality. This means that the conditions for restoring the research are already available in reality!
Although Danny said that the Black Tower's laboratory failed...
But that "Living Corpse Research Diary" records all the successful research processes of the crazy alchemist who studied living corpses back then!
Although the technical content has not yet been decrypted, the notes are in his hands and he will be able to decipher them sooner or later.
Su Lun's current medical knowledge is far from the level of "doing research", but Danny can. In the future, this guy may be able to help him a lot in deciphering the diary.
If we really want to be able to create "X serum"...
Su Lun thought this might bring him great benefits!
.......
But now is not the time to think about this. Su Lun asked: "I can try to help you rescue your friends, but there is no guarantee that it will work. Can you use your smelling ability to determine their location?"
He planned to give it a try. If it wasn't too much trouble, it wouldn't be a big problem to help him.
Hearing this, Danny was overjoyed, "Okay! I can smell Nancy and the others for at least an hour. I can clearly tell that the car carrying them went to West City..."