After working hard for several days without sleep, Fabbro's ant nest laboratory accumulated a large number of discarded medicines and ant eggs that failed the test. The smell of putrefaction filled the entire laboratory, but the 'Chief Alchemist' could no longer smell it.
The clown Adrian stayed on the ceiling of this simple laboratory, staring at it for days and nights. Fabbro repeatedly conducted experiments under his nose, muttering various inexplicable formulas and overturning various conjectures.
"I need poisonous cabbage, I need belladonna, I need a distiller, and I need my laboratory." Fabbro's eyes have turned from red to black, but he still failed. "I can obviously do it.
, but how can we continue with such conditions?”
Under depression and stress, the 'Chief Alchemist' kept destroying the equipment on the table. He grabbed one of the potion dishes and shouted loudly: "This is the most ridiculous alchemy item I have ever seen. A nest of ants drank it with saliva."
Clay made it for me.
How can I refine a qualified potion using these things? What's the use of finding a qualified formula? I can't do anything, I can't continue the experiment, there is really no way at all."
Fabbro was banging and smashing, constantly venting his anger. Adrian, who was hanging on the ceiling of the cave, packed up the test records he had done in the past few days and called on the 'Holy Light' to send them all back to the Internet via the information network.
Zhou Qingfeng.
After reading the alchemy notes recorded for many days, Adrian received a special task. He climbed down from the cave roof, carefully approached Fabbro more than ten meters away, and shouted in a low voice: "Dear Chief Alchemist,
You seem to be in trouble."
Fabbro had worked for many days, and his robe was stained by the messy medicinal materials and medicines. His black eyes showed that he was in extreme exhaustion and embarrassment. When he heard someone shouting, he even thought it was an auditory hallucination.
Adrian shouted a few more times before Fabbro turned his head. He saw the gray shadow hanging on the cave wall more than ten meters away, but his consciousness did not return to normal. He only asked blankly: "Who are you?"
?”
"My name is Adrian, and I work for Monsignor Victor Hugo?"
"Oh...?" Fabbro finally responded, "What did that evil guy send you to do?"
"Your Excellency Hugo would like to ask if you are willing to work for him?"
"I...? That demon actually came to recruit me?" Fabbro suddenly jumped up angrily, "I am a noble person, a pure alchemist, and a believer who is free from vulgar thoughts. How could I
Working for the devil?
You underestimate me too much. The devil's recruitment is an insult to me. Even if I die in this ant nest and be eaten by acid-loving ants, I will never bow to Victor Hugo. Just go ahead and dream.
!”
Fabbro picked up a petri dish made of ants and threw it at Adrian viciously. The clown did not dodge at all, but retreated and disappeared into the darkness at the top of the cave, leaving behind a sentence...
"That's such a pity. Mr. Hugo said that the curse you are facing was sent by the gods, and rashly exposing it will only attract the wrath of the gods."
Fabbro threw one and wanted to throw the second one, but when he heard the 'wrath of God', he immediately stopped and shouted: "What did you say? Hey..., wait! This recruitment is so insincere.
Just say a word and run away?"
Adrian really stopped there and quietly retreated. He returned from the top of the cave to another cave where Zhou Qingfeng and others were, and saw his teammates gathered around the pit of acidophilic ant corpses he had seen before.
The huge corpse pit was deserted, rancid, and exuded the smell of death. It was called a forbidden place for acid-loving ants. Except for the ant corpses that kept falling from the pipes, no living ants could be seen. After just a few days, the corpse at the bottom of the pit took office.
The corpse of the queen ant was covered with a large number of ant corpses.
‘Jiying’ stood at the edge of the pit and sighed: “Is it true that acidophilic ants have not figured out for thousands of years that the so-called ‘curse of decay’ is actually caused by the large size of their group?”
"I think they know." Zhou Qingfeng said: "The 'curse of decay' may not be a bad thing for the ant colony. It is a way to eliminate aging individuals. For a huge ant colony, the death of some parts is not a big deal."
Others in the team nodded, agreeing with Zhou Qingfeng's guess. But Justen asked again: "Then what is the reason that causes rotten spots to appear on ant eggs?"
"Then we have to ask it." Zhou Qingfeng pointed to the previous queen ant who was almost invisible because of the pile of ant corpses in the corpse pit. "I believe it must know the answer. Only it can tell us personally what's going on in this ant nest."
's secret."
Adrian walked up to Zhou Qingfeng and handed over a few pages of papyrus that he had collected over the past few days. "Sir Hugo, I have informed Fabbro of the situation as you requested. He is indeed somewhat interested."
Zhou Qingfeng handed the papyrus to Justen, "I'll give these records to you. In our team, you are the only ones who know how to prepare potions. Fabbro's conduct is not good, but he seems to have some ability. We will need him.
Knowledge."
The Plague Priest took the papyrus, flipped through it, and then suddenly threw the page into the air. He and his apprentices knelt down collectively, chanting the title of 'Mother of Plagues', and shouted loudly: "My Lord, please identify whether these records are
Strong acid that can fight acidophilic ants?”
The pages fluttered, burned out of thin air and quickly turned into ashes.
Talona, the 'Mother of Plague' who had been silent, suddenly responded. The ashes did not fall, but instead formed a triangle with three amber teardrops on a purple background. The teardrops turned into eyes and stared at Jas who was kneeling below.
Teng et al.
Justen and others sang hymns loudly, trembling with excitement. Their shouts carried a certain rhythm, vibrating back and forth in the cave where the pit was located - under the eyes of teardrop eyes, all the believers of the disease were promoted.
Zhou Qingfeng looked on coldly and said to Sophia in his mind: "I have a suspicion that the gods don't know the knowledge that humans don't know. Only what humans discover can be mastered by the gods. This is completely contrary to our previous speculation.
For example, Talona and Cyric didn't know that the ant plague was due to a bug in the rune combination. It wasn't until I completed this deduction that they could possibly understand.
But I’m a little surprised. The real world we live in has only developed for a few thousand years, and humans have begun to explore outer space. This alien civilization has developed for tens of thousands of years, why is it still so backward? It seems like it’s always standing still.”
Sophia was unable to answer and only reminded: "Brother, the hidden servant has completed the exploration of the entire ant nest. Except for the egg-laying chamber where the queen ant is staying, which is protected by psychic powers, the three-dimensional structure of other places has been depicted.
Your inference is correct. We and Coldwind City are not the only ones captured by the Queen Ant. There are seven or eight prisons underground, holding hundreds of humanoid creatures. I even found an ogre. However, I'm afraid these prisoners won't be of much help to us."
The prayers of the plague believers ended, and the original pages turned into ashes appeared again. This time the papyrus turned into parchment, and the originally transcribed knowledge was re-summarized and improved. Justen and others were as if they had found a treasure and praised them endlessly. .
Zhou Qingfeng looked at the Necromancer Mondino again and asked: "What level of soul crystal is needed to recall the soul of the previous ant queen?"
"Are you going to perform a psychic spell?"
"right."
"This is really difficult to evaluate. I have never had any experience in this area. However, judging from the intensity of consciousness of the current queen ant and our analysis of the arcane runes of acidophilic ants, the soul of the previous queen should be equivalent to a Green crystal is very powerful."
So Zhou Qingfeng had a green soul crystal in his hand and threw it at Mondino. The necromancer took it in shock and exclaimed in shock, "Sir Hugo, you actually have a green crystal? How did this come about?" "
Zhou Qingfeng only watched indifferently, even though the other people in the team were confused by the sudden appearance of the green crystal.
Mondino touched the green crystal with his withered hand bones and sighed in a low voice: "As long as I have such a green crystal, I can get rid of the control of the old hag." He looked at Zhou Qingfeng again, "Your Excellency Hugo, Can I trade my loyalty in exchange for..."
Zhou Qingfeng only shook his head slightly, "I don't believe in loyalty, or even soul oaths. Loyalty will be subverted, and vows will be betrayed. I believe in interests more. I will give you as much benefit as you can bring me. Benefit."
Under the black robe, Mondino's eyes flashed bright red. He pondered for a few seconds to regain his composure, and finally bowed slightly and said: "Your Excellency, I understand what you mean. I will try my best to exchange for you. The benefits given.”
The team was very quiet, with only 'Shiying' hiding behind and whispering to Xili: "The master is a liar, so he doesn't give me any benefits, and he always steals my pocket money."
Zhou Qingfeng had a sharp ear and turned around to glare, "Dead horse, do you really want to be free?"
'Jiying' immediately stared at everyone and pretended to shout: "Who? Who wants to be free? What good is freedom without food or clothing? Following the great master is my lifelong wish and a supreme honor. I don't want to What kind of freedom do you want?"
Zhou Qingfeng snorted coldly before giving up.
The necromancer began to perform necromancy, "based on the principle of reciprocal exchange, using the corpse of the deceased as a spiritual medium. Void, I request to recall a departed soul."
Archbishop-level green crystals gradually turned into powder and floated into the void. The corpse of the queen ant in the ant corpse pit randomly became decayed and decayed. As the spell became louder and louder, a flow of air came from all directions, gradually spreading among the undead. Gathering in the hands of the wizard.
The air flow was broken again, and a huge shadow appeared in front of Zhou Qingfeng and others.
Fat and white, with a huge body, swaying antennae, and degenerated legs and feet, the soul of the previous queen ant was recalled from the past time by necromancy. As soon as it appeared, the spiritual link directly penetrated everyone's consciousness, and an ethereal voice sounded.
"Humans, why did you summon me?"
Zhou Qingfeng took a step forward, raised his head and said, "Because I have a question. What happened in the ant nest that caused the ant eggs to begin to be eroded by the curse?"