Forbidden Nightmare

Chapter 116: Petrification, Weapon Forging Master (4K -in-)

The hotel room was filled with the pungent smell of ointment. A young man lay unconscious on his bed. His limbs were covered with emerald green flaky crystals and smelly pus oozed from the affected areas from time to time.

There was a strange rabbit mask hanging on the coat rack nearby, and there was a man sitting next to the bed, also wearing a rabbit mask.

The young man lying unconscious in bed is Weird Rabbit, one of the members of the Black Rabbit Gang. He is Cunning Rabbit's younger brother and Black Rabbit's brother-in-law.

"Boss."

Seeing Li Nanke and others coming, Crazy Rabbit, who was in charge of taking care of the patients, immediately stood up and said.

Li Nanke asked: "How is the condition of the strange rabbit?"

"It's still the same. My limbs are paralyzed and I can't move. The petrified crystals have begun to spread to my torso." Crazy Rabbit said sullenly as he sat back in his chair.

Petrification is a stubborn and incurable disease that has been uncurable in Krat City for many years.

The earliest symptom of petrification is the formation of flaky crystals in the limbs, causing loss of sensation and paralysis. In the middle stage, the disease will spread to the trunk, and in the late stage, it will spread to the head, causing blindness, loss of emotion, and eventually death.

It wasn't until the Alchemists developed a panacea that patients suffering from petrification had some hope of recovery.

The most frightening thing is that the disease is contagious to a certain extent. Long-term contact with patients with petrification disease has a certain chance of becoming infected.

Therefore, the city of Kratt set up an isolation area for petrification patients, and gathered most of the patients in the cathedral area to prevent the spread of the disease.

However, it was the act of gathering most of the patients together that seemed to cause the mutation of petrification, and many patients turned into crazy zombies.

The cunning rabbit looked at the unconscious strange rabbit with a worried look, sighed, and turned to Sophia and said:

"Thank you for taking in this petrified rabbit."

Sophia shook her head. "I believe Mr. Strange Rabbit will recover soon. There are only a few surviving humans in Kratt City. If we still turn away patients at this time, we will never be able to quell this disaster."

She said to Li Nanke, "Mr. Black Rabbit, I won't bother you anymore."

"The hotel has gathered a group of trackers, including the famous weapon forging master 'Philip' who has also checked into the hotel. If you need help in this regard, you can come to the hotel lobby."

The weapon forger is also a tracker.

Philip is proficient in weapon forging. The weapons used by trackers are different from ordinary weapons. They require extremely high strength and toughness, as well as good self-element conductivity. Special craftsmanship is needed to forge an excellent weapon.

The weapon forging master's business is very wide, including forging customized weapons and strengthening weapons. It is said that Philip also knows some alchemy and can add certain specific functions to weapons.

After Sophia left, Li Nanke took out the two injections given by Mr. X.

The green panacea floating in the syringe was surprisingly similar in color to the flaky crystals on the strange rabbit's body.

The other tube of inhibitor, used to suppress the side effects of the failure of the panacea, is golden in color.

When the cunning rabbit saw him taking out the injection, his expression became very complicated and he seemed to want to say something but stopped himself.

Although Panacea is the only drug that can cure petrification, the probability of failure is extremely high. Moreover, she has never heard of any drug that can inhibit the failure of Panacea, and she doesn't know whether this inhibitor can be effective.

If the worst happens, the strange rabbit might die here today.

Li Nanke pondered for a long time and finally chose to believe Mr. X.

After all, the other party has issued subsequent commissions and needs Black Rabbit to continue working for the employer. If the strange rabbit dies after two tubes of potion, it will not be good for both parties.

He emptied the air from the syringe and inserted the needle below the rabbit's collarbone.

As the piston handle was pressed, the green potion quickly flowed into the jugular vein through the syringe.

A few seconds later, the rabbit's blood vessels became visible, showing an abnormal emerald green color, and its body began to twitch slightly, indicating that the panacea had begun to take effect.

The cunning rabbit looked at the strange rabbit nervously, his hands clenched tightly together, his nails deeply embedded in his palms. The crazy rabbit didn't dare to breathe. Whether the petrification disease could be completely cured depended on this panacea.

The flaky crystals on the strange rabbit's limbs began to soften, gradually melting into liquid and dripping down, revealing the flesh and muscle fibers that had no skin.

The flaky crystals attached to the limbs gradually faded away, and it seemed that they were heading towards complete recovery.

Suddenly, the unconscious strange rabbit let out a crazy scream, arched its body like a shrimp, and opened its eyes suddenly, wide open, and its two bloodshot eyeballs seemed to be bulging out.

His body began to twitch violently, and the emerald green crystals that had mostly disappeared from his limbs spread rapidly, as if they were going to devour his entire body.

Even the limbs of the strange rabbit began to twist, and its skin turned gray and white, with spots of corpse spots appearing.

When Li Nanke saw the strange rabbit's symptoms, his brows gradually frowned.

"Failed! Quickly inject him with the inhibitor!" Cunning Rabbit's voice was obviously trembling.

Li Nanke quickly picked up the second tube of golden inhibitor and inserted it into the body of the strange rabbit without hesitation, injecting the golden potion into his body.

With the injection of the golden potion, the corpse spots quickly dissipated, the body of the strange rabbit gradually stopped twitching, and the shrill screams slowly subsided.

The emerald green crystals on his limbs began to melt and fade away, until only a few spots remained at the ends of his limbs, and the smelly pus in the affected areas gradually stopped oozing out.

The strange rabbit's breathing returned to normal, and it lay on the bed with its eyes closed, falling into a deep sleep once again.

Although the panacea failed to cure the disease, the inhibitor showed a good effect in suppressing symptoms. Even if it was only a temporary solution and not a cure for the disease, it gradually eased the tense atmosphere in the room.

"It seems that Mr. X's inhibitor is indeed very effective." The cunning rabbit breathed a sigh of relief. The panacea just now failed to cure it, and the side effects were so severe that it could have taken the rabbit's life on the spot.

Li Nanke shook his head and ordered: "You take care of the strange rabbit here."

He left the room with a frown and went downstairs to the hotel lobby.

I walked up the soft carpeted steps and could vaguely hear the sound of metal clanging before I even went downstairs.

The sound came from the side hall of the lobby, where the door was closed and heat was seeping out faintly from the gap.

The blue-haired woman next to the astronomical table came forward:
"Mr. Black Rabbit, I have reached a cooperation agreement with Master Philip. If you need Master Philip's help, you can go to the lobby side hall. All the labor costs will be borne by the hotel."

Li Nanke nodded to express his gratitude, but asked about a completely unrelated topic:
"Ms. Sophia, do you know when the phenomenon of most of the quarantined patients in the cathedral turning into zombies began?" As the manager of the hotel, Sophia is said to be a descendant of a great noble. Her true identity is very mysterious, and she possesses a lot of secret information that is unknown to the public.

Sophia frowned and thought carefully for a while and said:
"The city government arranged for patients with petrification to be isolated in the cathedral. They also wanted to cure petrification. The government invited the alchemist group to move into the cathedral and provide patients for the alchemists to develop a panacea."

"Later, the panacea was successfully developed, but it seems that due to the limited raw materials of the medicine, the probability of the panacea being able to cure is extremely low, and the side effects can cause the patient to die immediately."

"The Alchemist Group has completed their mission. Under the leadership of their leader Simon, they have returned to Alchemy Island."

"The Kratt government is in a dilemma about whether to use the panacea on a large scale. If it is not used, the patients can still survive for a while, but if it is used, the patients have only a very small chance of recovery, and are more likely to die immediately."

"Perhaps the Krat City Government delayed for too long. The gathering of patients caused the petrification disease to mutate. A large number of patients turned into crazy zombies, and the cathedral was completely reduced to a dead zone."

"The government was preparing to clear the cathedral area, but the puppet riot that followed caused the government agencies to collapse, and most of the humans died in the riot."

When Li Nanke heard this, combined with the backlash symptoms from the strange rabbit taking the panacea just now, he already understood.

He thanked Sophia, turned around, picked up the bloody hammer, and went to find the weapon forging master Philip.

Pushing open the door to the side hall, Li Nanke was attracted by the scene inside.

A huge forge was placed in the side hall, with a blazing fire. The hot flames reflected on the wall, casting dancing light and shadows. Several mechanical puppets were busy operating various mechanical equipment, and the air was filled with the smell of metal and coal ash.

Next to the forge is a huge steam hammer. The huge hammer head rises and falls under the drive of steam, making a deafening sound with every fall.

The working puppet skillfully puts a piece of red-hot iron under the hammer. As the steam hammer falls, the red-hot iron block gradually takes shape and becomes a long strip.

A precision knife sharpener is running, the high-speed rotating grinding wheel rubs against the blade, sparks fly. The mechanical puppet is carefully adjusting the angle of the blade to ensure that the blade can reach the best sharpness.

The lobby wing has been completely transformed into a forging workshop.

In the center of the workshop, a strong man wearing a yellow dog mask was standing in front of a workbench, surrounded by various tools and materials, from anvils to files, from hammers to pliers.

'Yellow Dog' held the unfinished sword blank in one hand and wielded the hammer with the other hand. His movements were skillful and precise, and every strike was just right.

The burly man wearing a yellow dog mask is the weapon forging master Philip.

Phillip stopped his work, looked up at Li Nanke, then looked at the hammer in his hand, with a strong interest in his eyes: "You are the leader of the Black Rabbit Gang, right? This weapon is good."

Li Nanke placed the bloody hammer on the workbench and asked:
"Mr. Philip, is there any room for improvement on this weapon?"

Philip looked at the war hammer carefully for a long time, then picked up the forging hammer and knocked it, exclaiming with shining eyes:

"The excellence of this weapon is beyond imagination. It has reached an extremely high standard. Both the material and the forging process are impeccable. Especially these thorns that seem like living creatures have been integrated with the weapon... My God, who thought of using this method to increase the power of the weapon? It is simply incredible."

Li Nanke coughed twice and asked again: "Sir, is there any room for improvement on this weapon?"

Philip laughed and said, "You've asked the right person. Ordinary craftsmanship certainly cannot increase the power of this weapon. No one else has such craftsmanship. Only I, Philip, have such ability."

After the Bloody Hammer was inlaid with the 'God's Thorn', it had become a rare+ grade weapon, and its score was not low either. If the weapon could be strengthened here, perhaps the grade of the weapon could be upgraded.

You should know that there is a charge for strengthening weapons in the Great Other Side, and the strengthening fee is not low.

And the rich woman Sophia has taken the initiative to cover the labor costs, which is equivalent to a free enhancement.

Li Nanke was delighted: "Then I'll trouble you, Mr. Philip, to help me upgrade my weapons."

Philip glanced at him and continued:
"I do have such abilities and skills, but I must use special Ego Crystals and some alchemy to strengthen my weapons... Do you have Ego Crystals?"

"Listen carefully, this is not an ordinary Ego Crystal, but an Ego Crystal that is born with some special properties, such as fire, electricity, ice, etc."

Li Nanke fell into silence with an expressionless face. The labor fee was waived, but the materials needed to be provided by him.

Ego Crystal is extremely valuable and is a magical mineral that can be used as a large-scale energy source. Just a thumb-sized piece can provide electricity to an entire block for several months.

The special self-element crystal is extremely rare and is a strategic reserve material that cannot be bought even with money.

Li Nanke thought about it, then took out the Chainsword and the newly acquired 'Alchemical Star Crushing Gloves', and asked the other party if he could strengthen these two weapons.

The 'Alchemical Star-Breaking Fists' look rough and fierce, like a huge steel fist with a cold metallic luster.

The back of the gloves is inlaid with five azure crystals, providing powerful power for the gloves, and the wrist part of the gloves has several huge exhaust pipes, which will spray power steam when punching with all your strength, generating extremely terrifying thrust.

[Alchemical Star Crusher Gloves]

[Type: Weapons/Hand Armor]

[Quality: Rare]

[Rating: 62/100]

[Details: A pair of gloves that can be used as both a weapon and an arm armor. The gloves are made with extremely advanced forging techniques and incorporate a certain amount of alchemy. They have powerful combat capabilities and excellent protective capabilities. The self-element crystal on the back of the hand can drive the gloves to provide you with strong arm strength. Directly using the gloves can cause damage to the enemy. Wearing the gloves and wielding a weapon can also provide a powerful power increase.]

[Note: This punch of mine is the product of thirty years of hard work. Can you take it? ]

Philip was stunned when he saw the 'Alchemical Star Crushing Gloves' and blurted out:
"How did the boxing gloves that Vinini ordered from me end up in your hands?"

Li Nanke was also stunned. He didn't expect that the boxing gloves were made by Philip.

But it makes sense. The quality of these gloves is extraordinary, requiring extremely high forging technology and integrating alchemy. No one else in Kratt City can make them except Philip.

He answered without blushing or breathing heavily, "It's like this, I saved Vinini from the puppet factory, and he was so grateful that he voluntarily gave me the gloves."

"No wonder..." Philip suddenly realized and continued, "But this pair of gloves is made by me, so the quality is already very high. Unless you can find a special self-element crystal, there is no room for improvement."

He turned to look at the chainsaw sword, studied it for a while and said:
"The material and forging craftsmanship of this weapon are relatively poor, but there is a lot of room for improvement. Give the weapon to me, and the material cost will be borne by the hotel. You can come and pick it up tomorrow morning."

After saying that, Philip ignored him, turned around to measure and record the length of the chainsaw sword, and began to draw a blueprint.

(End of this chapter)