Chapter 24

night.

Under the kerosene lamp, Lei Luo rubbed his tired eyes and put down the blood-stained scalpel.

After lowering his head and recording the tadpole anatomy information he had just obtained on the Ice Firebird Notebook, and annotating it with vivid pictures and texts, Lei Luo breathed a sigh of relief and stretched a little.

"Speaking of it, tadpoles that look harmless to humans and animals on a macro scale turn out to be so terrifying under microscopic observation with a magnifying glass, like a terrifying creature in a nightmare."

Lei Luo seemed to be feeling emotional about the tadpole image he had just observed with a magnifying glass.

After recording the notes, Lei Luo put the notebook into the space box. After thinking about it, he took out a transparent glass bottle from the space box. After unscrewing the bottle cap, he could feel the slightly pungent smell of antiseptic liquid.

Over the past two days, Lei Luo began to adapt to the smell. He frowned slightly, picked up the tweezers, put the tadpole specimen into the bottle, and sealed it again.

There are many ways to preserve specimens, and glass bottle preservative liquid is the most mature and common one.

Under the kerosene light, Lei Luo admired the tadpole specimens in the bottle, as if appreciating the most beautiful gem in the world, Lei Luo's lips curved with pride.

With a look of satisfaction, Lei Luo put the specimen into the space box.

For scholars who study the mysteries of evolution, the quantity and quality of the specimens they own almost determines the scholar's knowledge reserves. As an enlightenment student, Lei Luo has begun to follow his instincts and enrich his specimen library.

It was already late in the morning, and even the old southeastern neighborhood where Lei Luo's hut was located had completely quieted down.

"Ah……"

Yawning, Lei Luo stood up.

He had been sitting still for a day and his body was stiff. Now when he stood up, his stiff bones made "click" and "click" sounds. Lei Luo twisted his neck again and made "click" and "click" sounds again. sound.

After stretching, Lei Luo looked at his exquisite cabin.

Since the area of ​​the hut was too small, Lei Luo had to make a simple test bench with an old wooden table near the balcony window. If there was no spar lamp, he used a kerosene lamp instead.

For Lei Luo, although life is not hard, it is too simple for a scholar's experimental environment.

"Even if two kerosene lamps are lit at the same time, the brightness is still not enough. The constant flashing light is simply torture for microscopic observation with a magnifying glass. In the long run, it will inevitably cause damage to the eyes, so wear glasses like the instructor." Get up... I heard from Senior Brother that Master Gu Bo’s career as a scholar when he was young was also very difficult."

Muttering to himself, Lei Luo took a rag and kept cleaning the simple test bench. Then he dipped some alcohol into it and cleaned the scalpel, tray and other props.

"Let's spend gold coins to buy a spar lamp another day!"

Crystal lamps use energy-consuming crystals as their energy source, and their brightness is far beyond that of kerosene lamps. The price is generally around one hundred and fifty silver coins, which is simply unaffordable for ordinary families.

Fortunately, the energy stone consumption of the crystal lamp is very low. One energy crystal is enough to last for several years. It is one of the practical technologies invented by the Academy of Natural Sciences of the Principality of Utoland and has been widely promoted in all human principalities.

It can be said that even though Utolan Academy of Nature was suppressed by the church because of the "Heliocentric Theory" and its status among the major human academies plummeted, in terms of wealth, it is still the richest among the major academies. Many practical inventions are from It was spread from the Principality of Utoland.

Sudden!

"Ah! Who are you?"

The frightened shouts outside the window broke the silence of the neighborhood in the middle of the night.

Lei Luo instinctively put down the cleaning cloth in his hand, opened the window, and looked down.

Only a few blurry black figures were seen, and they were besieging the figures in the middle of the mainland. The people being besieged were soon unable to resist. With a "bang", the public spar street lamp on the street was shattered by a flying knife from the besieged figures, and the light and shadow were Disappeared, leaving only the sound of metal clashing and fighting in the darkness, and the frightened cry for help.

After a few breaths.

The fighting stopped and the whole street became quiet, but Lei Luo knew that just like himself, there were countless eyes nearby, observing in the darkness.

"hiss!"

Lei Luo on the third floor balcony was secretly shocked.

This group of people dared to openly commit murder in the academy, and it happened right in front of him. It seemed that he had to be more careful in the future to avoid getting involved in any fights.

belch……

There was a sound of belching from the balcony next to him. Lei Luo looked and saw that it was his widowed neighbor, Mei Lin.

"Night, good evening, Sister Meilin."

Thinking of the man's kind reminder and the terrifying legend of the woman in front of him, Lei Luo instinctively tightened his expression and felt a little timid.

Still sitting on the balcony in a loose nightgown, Merlin held a cigarette in one hand and a wine bottle in the other, already drunk and hazy.

With the sneer at the corner of her mouth, Mei Lin seemed to be used to this kind of fighting scene, and she looked at Lei Luo drunkenly.

"This is the most chaotic street in the college, and it is also the street farthest from the guardians of the college. However, this is the sixth murder this month, far exceeding the previous chaos. It seems that some force is targeting this place."

After saying that, Meilin raised her head, made a gulp sound, took a sip of strong alcohol, wiped the corners of her mouth without any restraint, took another drag on the cigarette in her hand, and spit it out.

Looking up, Merlin looked at the deep starry sky with melancholy eyes.

Goo goo goo goo.

The bright moonlight and the boundless starry sky.

A group of owls with green eyes flapped their wings and flew over. Some of them landed on the damaged public street lights and were responsible for repairing the street lights. Others landed on the corpses on the road. After confirming that they were dead, they analyzed the murderer's motives, while others flew in all directions. Flying away, looking for witnesses and perpetrators.

One of the owls happened to fly towards Lei Luo.

"Gugu, I am the guardian of Grand Academy, and I am investigating a series of vicious murders here. Did you witness the murder just now?"

The owl looks similar to an ordinary owl, but Lei Luo knows that it is a psychic monster specially raised by the academy.

"Well, I saw three men in black attacking the deceased. I only saw it for a few seconds. The street light broke, and then I couldn't see anything."

What surprised Lei Luo was that the owl actually took out a quill, nodded, and carefully recorded Lei Luo's testimony. It was so meticulous and adorable.

"Okay, thank you for your cooperation, Gu Gu Gu."

After the owl recorded Lei Luo's confession, it spread its wings and flew away without asking any more questions.

After a while.

Several sheriffs took away the bodies and the streets returned to peace.

"Sister Mei Lin, I'm going back to rest."

Suddenly, Mei Lin seemed to have thought of something. She looked at Lei Luo again and said jokingly: "If you are interested in studying the human body, this is a good place to obtain specimens."

"ah!"

Lei Luo was startled and said quickly: "No, no, no, I'm not interested!"

Seeing Lei Luo's frightened look, drunken Meilin chuckled. Her loose nightgown inadvertently showed some amorous feelings and she didn't care. Lei Luo felt a little embarrassed.

No wonder Lei Luo was so frightened just now.

Collecting human specimens and conducting experimental research on the human body have been around for thousands of years. That is a wizard!

It is precisely based on a large number of experimental studies on the human body that there are various invisible methods of wizards to kill people, as well as the horrific legend of eating children's eyes, and even the creation of the horrific Black Death that almost brought mankind to the brink of extinction!

Later, although various natural academies quietly sprung up in the major principalities due to the power struggle between the royal family and the church, human experimental research was an absolute forbidden area for scholars. In recent years, the conflict between the Barda Natural Academy and the church has also It is precisely because the academic direction of research on the mysteries of the human body at the Barda College of Nature is very likely to involve experimental research on human subjects!

Although almost all scholars know that those evil wizards must have discovered some extremely powerful powers through human body research, the rise of Barda Natural Academy in recent years is likely to be achieved through studying the legacy of some evil wizards. But there are no scholars outside the Principality of Barda who dare to face the pressure of church censorship!

"Wait a moment."

Suddenly, Mei Lin called Lei Luo, hooked her index finger and smiled drunkenly: "Come here."

Well?

past?

Seeing the laziness and wantonness of the widow next door after she was 70% drunk, and the white snow inadvertently exposed by her loose robe, Lei Luo thought a lot for a moment. He only felt that his mouth was dry, his face was blushing to the root of his neck, and he hesitated. .

Gudu...

Lei Luo swallowed, looking nervous. He didn't know whether it was because of the charm of this provocative widow, or because of the fear of the legends about her poison master.

"Come here quickly!"

Meilin looked impatient, Lei Luo bit his lips tightly, his steps were a little frivolous, his heart was beating violently, and he murmured with a mosquito sound deep in his throat: "I'm going to sleep."

"Put your face over here."

Mei Lin used the excitement of drunkenness to speak in an ordering tone.

In Lei Luo's mind, he only felt the tip of his nose being gently caressed by the other party's slender index finger. While Lei Luo was stunned and confused, Mei Lin showed the tip of her index finger.

"The kerosene lamp has turned you into a little cat, gurgling."

It turned out that after Lei Luo lit the kerosene lamp, he lowered his head for too long and the smoke from the oil lamp blackened Lei Luo's nose.

Feeling ashamed of his evil thoughts just now, Lei Luo hurriedly wiped his nose and said hurriedly: "I was in a hurry just now. I'm really sorry. Good night, sister Meilin!"

After saying that, Lei Luo closed the curtains and ran back to the house.

"belch."

Meilin dragged the bottle of wine, staggered back to the house, and murmured: "What a cute little guy..."

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