Deep in the deep ant nest, at the top of the cave more than ten meters high, a gray shadow hangs upside down and crawls slowly along the edge of the rough cave wall.
Gray Shadow's hands and feet are covered with delicate grappling hooks to facilitate his firm fixation. However, the grappling hooks occasionally encounter the glowing moss that can be seen everywhere. When moving, the moss falls off and floats towards the acidophilic ants crawling around on the ground.
One of the worker ants touched the fallen moss with its antennae and looked up. However, the eyes of the ant colony, which were accustomed to living in darkness, degenerated and turned a blind eye to the gray shadow above their heads. After a while, a flying ant was ordered to come over to investigate. The gray shadow had left the area.
area.
On the platform below the gray shadow, Fabbro, the 'chief alchemist' of Cold Wind City, was sweating profusely. The reagents and equipment that the ant colony could provide were too few, far from what he had in the laboratory in Cold Wind City.
B. He could only rack his brains and use various native methods to mount the horse.
Behind Fabbro were Marbury, the son of the city lord, and several other subordinates. They had been arrested for a longer period of time, and their arrogance in front of Zhou Qingfeng was to maintain the so-called 'aristocratic demeanor', but in fact they were more conceited.
impatient.
"Fabro, how long will it take to prepare the correct potion?" The underground world is full of dangers and boring. The only thing besides ant colonies is moss and mushrooms. Marbury stared at Fabbro and urged him more than a hundred times a day. "
Can't you speed up the process?"
"Your Excellency, you have to be patient." Fabbro, who was in working mode, did not shy away from the current difficulties. "I have some clues now, but I am facing too many difficulties. Please don't disturb me too much."
"But my grandfather clearly said in his diary that he had a subtle method."
"Perhaps your grandfather was wrong."
"My grandfather was the hero of the North, 'Long-Legs' Leven."
"But your grandfather was not an alchemist."
"Fabro, it was you who bought the map of the Black Forest from Harmony Village. It was also you who came up with the idea to use flying to directly find the ruins of Silver Leaf City. But in the end we were trapped in an ant nest. Do you know that just buying flying
How many gold coins did you spend on the magic scroll? You actually talked to your sponsor like this?"
"Everyone should understand that exploring unknown areas not only has rewards, but also risks."
Before Marbury lost his mind, his followers persuaded him to pull him away from Fabbro. On the empty cave platform, only the focused and troubled Fabbro was left, and a lot of medicines brought by acidophilic ants.
, plus a large number of ant corpses and eggs that were scrapped from experiments.
And the gray shadow hanging from the ceiling of the cave.
After several days of sleepless work, Fabro's ant nest laboratory accumulated a large number of discarded chemicals and ant eggs that failed tests. The smell of decay filled the entire laboratory, but the 'Chief Alchemist' could no longer smell it.
The clown Adrian stayed on the ceiling of this simple laboratory and observed quietly for several hours. Fabbro repeatedly conducted experiments under his nose, muttering incomprehensible formulas and overturning various conjectures.
"I need poisonous cabbage, I need belladonna, I need a three-head still, and I need my laboratory." Fabbro's eyes have turned from red to black, but he still failed. "I can obviously do it.
Yes, but how can we continue with such conditions?"
Under depression and heavy pressure, the 'Chief Alchemist' was on the verge of emotional collapse. He suddenly grabbed the potion container on the table and shouted loudly: "This is the most ridiculous alchemy equipment I have ever seen. A nest of ants is using their saliva to
and clay made 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 banged it around to vent his dissatisfaction. Adrian, who was hanging on the ceiling of the cave, quietly collected the scattered pages and glanced at them but couldn't understand them.
Everyone faced difficulties, and no one had it better than anyone else. Adrian climbed down from the cave roof, carefully approached Fabbro a few 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, and then Fabbro, who had rough and messy hair, turned his head. He saw the gray shadow hanging on the wall of the cave, 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 reacted, "Victor Hugo, what did that evil guy send you to do?"
"Your Excellency Hugo would like to ask if you are willing to cooperate with him?"
"Cooperation...? The leader of a small village 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. I
How is it possible to work for evil people?
You underestimate me too much. This random 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. You are dreaming
Go for it!”
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 breaking it rashly 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 retreated quietly. He returned from the top of the cave to the prison where Zhou Qingfeng and others were, and handed over the collected pages of papyrus, "Sir Hugo, I found Fabbro
.But the guy’s condition isn’t very good.”
Zhou Qingfeng handed the papyrus to Old Borg. The dwarf witch doctor knew something about pharmacy. After reading it carefully, he nodded and shook his head, "These are records of alchemy, which are very different from pharmacy. Fabbro's conduct is not good."
, but seems to still have some ability.”
After flipping through it, Old Borg suddenly threw the page into the air. He knelt down on one knee, called the 'Mother of Diseases', and shouted loudly: "My lord, please determine whether these records can resist the curse of acid-loving 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 burning 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 the person kneeling below.
Old Borg.
Old Borg sang a hymn, trembling with excitement. His shouts had a certain rhythm, vibrating back and forth in the cave where the pit was located - under the eyes of teardrop eyes, this old and confused dwarf was promoted.
Zhou Qingfeng watched coldly, with a suspicion in his heart - even 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 previous assumptions.
The civilization of the real world 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 to be standing still forever.
At the end of the prayer, the pages turned into ashes reappeared. The papyrus turned into parchments, and the originally transcribed knowledge was re-summarized and improved.
Old Borg was filled with praise as if he had found a treasure, and once again praised Fabbro for his talent and breakthrough - only by providing valuable information to the gods could he obtain such a reward.
However..., Old Borg still added, "The medicine designed by Faburo, the Mother of Diseases, can only deal with ordinary curses. It only has a superficial effect on the curses cast by the gods and cannot be eradicated."
"Only a superficial effect?" Zhou Qingfeng pondered for a moment, "It's enough to have a superficial effect."