From just a few words in those notes, Hao Ren could already guess two shocking key points:
First, when the ancient Magic Empire created demon hunters (or ancient species), they not only used amazing biochemical technology, but also touched upon "divinity." Of course, Hao Ren believed that with the capabilities of the Magic Empire back then,
It is not enough to touch the real power of gods. What they came into contact with should be the product of further decay and evolution of this power. But even so, it is enough to show that those magic emperors have indeed launched research on the power of gods. They will themselves
The research results are called "divine cells", which are obviously some kind of tangible products that can be manipulated and copied!
Second, their research was actually conducted under "divine metaphor"!
The last paragraph of the note was obviously not nonsense. The person who left these notes mentioned divine metaphors and the will of the goddess of creation, and even said that progress could only be achieved with the blessing of the goddess. This aspect confirmed Hao Ren's previous speculation.
, that is to say, the demon hunter is not a blasphemous product, but was created on the premise of having faith in the goddess. On the other hand, it is also far beyond Hao Ren's guess.
Not only did the Magic Emperors create the Demon Hunters while insisting on their belief in the goddess, but even their project itself... was also because of the oracle sent down by the Goddess of Creation?!
Was it the goddess who asked them to create these "perfect creatures"?
"Let me see, let me see!" Seeing Hao Ren sitting there in a daze, Lily couldn't restrain her burning curiosity. She immediately jumped up and snatched the notes from Hao Ren's hand. The husky girl
With his golden eyes wide open, he quickly flipped through the papers, reading everything within a minute, and then showed a look of surprise.
"According to this statement... the demon hunters were created under the order of the Goddess of Creation?" Lily also saw the key point at a glance. Although she usually has a bad personality, her judgment has never been bad. Even if we just talk about judgment and observation, she has
Much stronger than others, after all, the instinct is powerful, "What is mentioned here is obviously the process of making a witcher... Wait! Landlord! I have a question!"
"What's the problem?" Hao Ren was stunned. He didn't see any clues from these records, but he didn't expect Lily to find clues.
"This ruins is the place where the Demon Hunter was 'developed', right? Time here once stood still, and it has only recently resumed flowing, right? The equipment here are only semi-finished products of the Origin Sacred Artifact, and there is no way to successfully create a real
"A witcher, right?" Lily asked one question after another with her fingers, without pausing for each question. Obviously, these questions did not need to be answered. "And looking at this note, it is obvious that the people here at that time came to the ruins."
The moment of closure and time freezing, we have not yet succeeded in creating a real 'finished demon hunter'..."
Before Lily finished speaking, Hao Ren already understood what the other party meant.
"In other words, this is not the place where the Demon Hunter was finally created, but it should be just an experimental base used in the early stages of the project." Hao Ren looked at the smooth and new laboratory equipment around him, his eyebrows gradually coming together, "Here is
The project reached the most critical step, that is, after successfully synthesizing stable 'divine cells', it was suddenly abandoned. The entire experimental base was frozen in time and space, and the people who evacuated from here brought experimental materials and the like.
Things were moved elsewhere to complete the final part of the project, creating the first generation of witchers (ancient species)."
"That should be true," Vivian agreed, "I didn't expect you, big dog, to be able to find problems."
"That's right, I'm smart!" Lily had been called a big dog for a long time and had no response to these two words. At this time, she was wagging her tail happily and her beautiful pointed ears twitching slightly.
"Then you should explain why they suddenly abandoned this place," Vivian raised her eyebrows, "Why did they suddenly abandon this place even though the experiment was going smoothly? The entire experimental base looks intact.
"
"Then I don't know," Lily waved her hand nonchalantly, "Maybe the superiors suddenly issued an order to demolish this place. Anyway, it was a thing of the past 10,000 years ago. Who are you going to confront."
"And there are some details that I don't understand." Hao Ren's eyebrows still didn't loosen. "The experimental projects here seem to have been terminated suddenly. The magic circles and alchemy containers that have not yet been stopped discovered by Master Haimo can be
Evidence, but the people here seemed to have enough time when they evacuated. They took away almost all the research materials they could take away, leaving us only these insignificant essays and diaries. How to explain this? "
Haimo, who was listening silently, spoke at this time. Although he was still confused about the ancient secret that Hao Ren and others were talking about, this did not prevent him from sorting out some personal conjectures based on the existing information: "Take it away.
The data shows that there was a reaction time for their evacuation, or at least they were notified several hours before leaving. The reason for leaving the reaction vessels and magic circles that are still running is because it is not easy for you to stop them.
You may not understand that some chain reaction magic experimental devices are difficult to stop suddenly, because most magic circles have the characteristic of "self-sustaining" during operation.
The backlash of the author himself. For this solid base, as long as all personnel are evacuated and all data is taken away, it doesn't matter if the devices and arrays that are reacting are left behind. They will naturally stop smoothly after the energy is exhausted. Of course
"Allowing these things to operate without supervision has certain risks of losing control, but compared to the possible consequences of forcibly shutting them all down, the former is obviously much easier to accept."
An expert who was familiar with Horleta's local magic technology was explaining. It was much easier to sort out these detailed doubts. Hao Ren nodded while listening, but still felt a little incredible: "But just like this, the running experimental equipment
Leaving it behind... doesn't sound like the work of a magic laboratory that values precision and stability."
"But if the matter is urgent, then there is no other way," Heimer spread his hands. "There must have been unexpected changes at that time, which allowed them to only have time to gather the ready-made information, but not enough time to deal with the various things that had already started to operate.
An experimental device."
"What kind of accident will happen?" Hao Ren said, while subconsciously looking at the intact building structures around him. From the surface, it was hard to tell that anything had happened here that could cause the entire base to be completely empty.
accident.
Lily's ears twitched and she looked in a certain direction involuntarily. Her gaze passed through the laboratory door and landed on the door at the end of the hall.
"What are you looking at?" Vivian glanced at the husky girl.
Lily's ears turned around: "Will there be an answer behind the second gate? People here were evacuated urgently, but they carefully closed every door when they left. If it was the outermost gate of the base, it would be okay.
, but why do they seal the doors inside the base layer by layer? And the inner gates are sealed more tightly. Haimer also said that the second gate is far more difficult to deal with than the main gate of the base."
Hao Ren once again had to look up to Lily's intuition. The Husky girl's words made his mind light up: the change may not come from the outside, but there may be some problem within the base!
They soon arrived at the second door. Facing the closed door, everyone felt a little nervous.
It was a door made of an unknown super-hard alloy. The nearly five-meter-high metal door was decorated with decorative patterns in the style of the ancient Magic Empire. Bundles of flowers jumped between the gray-white metal door and the surrounding light golden door frame.
Tiny sparks, these sparks are injected into the straight grooves on the door leaf, giving it a faint texture like flowing liquid.
For the current alchemists and magic construction technicians in Horleta, this door alone is already a precious legacy. With just one glance, a discerning person can see that it also contains charging and reinforcement.
There are a lot of clever settings such as rune encryption, energy deflection protection, stress-type shields, etc. It is no wonder that a new genius like Master Haimo, who is outstanding in the Royal Association of Magicians, is confused when facing this door.
I was at a loss, and made no progress for several days. I have only just figured out its charging principle.
"Terminal, can you handle it?" Hao Ren took out the data terminal and let it scan the energy flow of the door.
"It's not too troublesome, but it will take a little time." The data terminal figured out the operating mechanism of the door after a brief scan. "Give this machine thirty minutes. Of course, if you are willing to give this machine two high-explosive armor-piercing bombs, then more
quick……"
Hao Ren threw the terminal towards the door: "Go away and work honestly!"
"Hey, a guy who exploits labor."
The data terminal muttered, but still floated in front of the second gate, connected its energy with the magic conduit on the gate, and began to use normal procedures to crack the encryption of this door.
Its computing speed is many times faster than that of Heimer and his team of apprentices!
Master Haimo and several apprentices looked at the scene in front of them in confusion. They saw that the energy flow on the door became more and more gentle, which was a sign that the various warning circles had stopped, so they were all dumbfounded:
They had been tinkering with it for several days to no avail. After tinkering with something that looked no bigger than a brick, the door opened?!
However, Hao Ren didn't care what Haimo and his apprentices were thinking. He just looked at the super alloy door quietly, thinking about what happened inside the base back then. Although it was speculated that internal problems caused the personnel here to
He evacuated, but he always felt that something was not right, for no other reason than that the hall outside looked too bright and complete.
Although the emergency evacuation that year inevitably caused some mess in each laboratory, apart from this mess, no traces of damage could be seen in the outer areas of the base. Even the door in front of you, which may be used to block danger, was not damaged or damaged in any way.
If the signs of impact were really a major accident deep inside the base, how come there was no leakage at all?
It must not be that ten thousand years have erased these traces: because the time and space here were once stationary!
While Hao Ren was thinking about these thoughts, the work of cracking the data terminal was gradually coming to an end. The runes on the door were dimming one by one, and it looked as if it could be opened at any time.
"Everyone, please stay away." At the critical moment, Hao Ren still had a cautious spirit. He signaled everyone to step back to prevent something dangerous from behind the door from rushing out and catching everyone by surprise.
The door gradually slid open to both sides after making a squeaking mechanical sound.