Fulilian: Becomes a disciple of Celia at the beginning

After listening to the teacher's explanation of the effect of the [Secret Medicine] on magicians, Gut frowned and couldn't help but complain.

"really."

Celie nodded. "For the Empire at the time, magicians were extremely valuable talents. Even trainee magicians were not willing to be wasted."

"Thus, the ultimate users of this [secret medicine] fell on [soldiers]."

"Specially selected soldiers, after taking the [Secret Potion], can rapidly grow to a level very close to that of an [Apprentice Magician]."

"Although due to the production cost of the [Secret Medicine], the number of such special soldiers is relatively rare."

"But no matter where it was deployed, in an era when there was almost no defense against magical attacks, it was a force that could change the course of battle."

"After several battles like this, the [capitals] of the [Central Kingdoms] naturally learned about the [secret medicine]."

"For strategic reasons, the Royal Capital must also possess such a [Secret Medicine] and such a special force."

"Because we're one step behind, the R&D here in the Royal Capital needs to be faster and produce better results."

"Against this backdrop, the inhumane [Human Potion Laboratory] was secretly established."

After Celia finished speaking, the brave warrior Xinmeier, who was walking at the front of the team, stopped.

There are no more stone steps ahead.

We have arrived at our destination!

Chapter 77 Sin Diary

Looking at Xinmeier who was hesitant at the end of the stone steps, Celie took a step forward and pushed open the wooden door in front of her.

The long-sealed [Human Potion Laboratory] was revealed before everyone.

However, the scene inside was different from the bloody and cruel one imagined. Beneath the broken walls and tablets, there was a kind of orderly desolation.

All the materials on the gray-brown solid wood bookshelves have been removed; some large equipment in the room that cannot be taken away have also been structurally destroyed during the evacuation.

Judging from the burn marks all over them, the people from the [Royal Capital] probably set a fire when they evacuated.

But this is not the ground after all. Perhaps because the air is not well circulated, the fire did not consume all the evidence.

"Let's split up and walk around. There shouldn't be any danger here."

Following Celia's suggestion, the group of five split into three groups and began to explore the ruins of the laboratory.

Fulilian and Xinmeier were in a group and walked towards a dark corridor in the ruins.

Gut took Milo, the easy winner, and explored the main building of the [Laboratory Ruins] along the direction of a point on the [Map].

As for Celie, she found a chair, wiped it clean and sat on it.

While keeping the fireworks burning to illuminate the surroundings, he also extended his vast magical power in all directions to keep an eye on the people exploring the ruins in real time.

On Xinmei'er's side, as Fulilian raised her staff lightly and illuminated the originally dark corridor with magic, the two were able to see the scene clearly.

"Is this a rest area?"

Looking at the rows of doors lined up in the corridor, Xin Meir guessed and said, then he pushed open a wooden door at random. Sure enough, the bunk beds that appeared in the room confirmed Xin Meir's guess.

Probably because the corridor was quite deep, the fire set by the laboratory staff during the evacuation did not burn into the house.

Therefore, apart from the heavy smell of dust and decay, the scene inside the house is relatively well preserved.

Judging from the messy beds and overturned tables, the evacuation of these people was probably announced suddenly, leaving behind a lot of signs of panic.

Xin Meir chopped the collapsed table several times with his sword. Under the force, the already rotten wood turned into fragments and scattered all over the ground, and the items inside were also scattered.

Out of caution, the brave man did not touch it directly, but used the tip of his sword to search and check the items inside.

Most of the items on the table were papers, which had become brittle due to the erosion of time, and even the words written on them had faded and become difficult to recognize.

Suddenly, Xin Meir's expression changed, and as the tip of the sword moved in the fragments, he turned out a piece of human finger bone.

"What's wrong, Xinmeier?"

Fulilian, who was standing by, noticed the pause in the hero's behavior and couldn't help but ask.

"Ah, it's okay."

Sinmeier covered the human finger bone with his sword blade, "Flillian, let's explore another room."

"it is good."

Fulilian roughly guessed what was going on, but did not ask any more questions and left before the hero.

And then, the other rooms the two explored were in similar situations to this one.

It's just that the items left on the table are slightly different.

Some had only one or two photos left, some had a few rotten snacks left, and some were experimental utensils and some colorful solvents that had evaporated to only the bottom residue.

"Nothing of value was gained."

The continuous exploration and unpleasant smell made Fulilian lose interest and she lost the desire to continue exploring.

Seeing this, Xin Meir touched the back of his head.

Eager to explore every unknown place, he coaxed the elf magician in front of him.

"Take another look, Flillian."

"There might be a precious grimoire left in the room ahead."

Unexpectedly, the reasons that worked so well in the past had little effect at this moment. Fulilian put her hands on her hips and looked at the hero with some dissatisfaction.

"Xinmeier, this isn't a [maze], how could there be something like a [magic book] left here?"

"Besides, even if it really existed, it would be difficult to preserve it for such a long time."

"Haha."

The hero smiled sheepishly, "Then I'll change the reason."

"Flillian, I want to take a look at the remaining rooms. Can you accompany me?"

"alright."

The elf magician reluctantly agreed, walked behind the hero, and accompanied the excited Xinmeier to open another door.

"Tsk-tsk-"

Near the entrance, Celie, who was sitting on a chair, clicked her tongue twice with interest and looked in the direction of Fulilian and the others, wondering what she was thinking.

On the other side, Gut took Milo and walked in one direction, passing through layers of equipment, and finally arrived at a sealed circular pipe.

The diameter of the pipe is less than one meter, and the lower end is sealed by a large number of iron sheets, leaving no gap.

"Mr. Gutt, what exactly is this pipe?"

Looking at the scene in front of him, Milo behind him couldn't help but ask.

Along the way, Mr. Gut seemed to have a very definite destination and walked straight in the current direction.

"To be honest, I don't know what it is."

Reaching out and touching the pipe in front of him, Gut explained.

"Now that we've arrived at the [Laboratory Ruins], we can mark its approximate location on the [Map]."

"What I'm doing now is trying to see if the remaining two points on the map can actually lead to here."

"Mr. Gutt, you mean this pipe."

"Yes."

Gutt confirmed, "This is exactly where one of the remaining locations on the [map] is located."

A strange point that gave Gut a wrong initial impression, but upon closer thought, seemed to be somewhat correct.

If explained according to the counterexamples explored previously, then it is - [the path is wrong, but it can lead to the right result].

"Want me to cut open this and take a look?"

Milo picked up his sword and asked as he looked at the layers of iron sheets that sealed the bottom of the pipe.

"Okay, be careful."

Gut agreed to Milo's suggestion and stood aside, vigilant, to prepare for any accidents that might happen.

"Ding! Ding! Ding! Chi--"

The first few swords that Milo chopped at the cylinder were blocked by the iron sheet. It was not until the fourth sword that a hole was cut in the iron sheet at the bottom of the pipe.

In an instant, an extremely strong stench of decay gushed out. Even though Gut was quick-witted and summoned a crystal of [Defense Magic] to block it in the first moment, the unpleasant stench still came up.

But at this time, Gut didn't care about these things. He quickly exerted great strength to break off a piece of iron sheet from the instrument beside him, and immediately blocked it on the gap cut by Milo. Then he tried his best to fix it on the pipe.

"call-"

Gut breathed a sigh of relief. Although the air around him still smelled a bit bad, at least the foul smell was prevented from spreading further.

Otherwise, in this poorly ventilated underground, such a foul smell would quickly spread to every corner.

"Mr. Gutt, do we still need to go to the last remaining spot on the map?"

"No, let's go back first."

Gut shook his head and denied it.

My intuition about the remaining point is the same as this one. Combined with the two mirror-like [mazes] I explored before, the other point is probably similar to this one.

It would be better for us to go back and gather together earlier to see the location that did not appear on the [map] but gave Gut the clearest intuition that [this is the location of the secret spring].

When Gut and Milo returned along the same route, they found that the brave man and Fulilian had also rushed back, and were one step ahead of them.

At this moment, the three of them were gathered together, flipping through a book that was still in good condition.

Gut and Milo also came over and began to read the contents of the book as Celie's fingertips turned the pages.

This relatively well-preserved book is actually a diary, and the writer seems to have a high status in this [laboratory]. The diary mentions many details of daily management and research.

Although he did not read it from the beginning, Gut still found the answers he wanted from the contents of the diary.

"On March 3, XX, a major management accident occurred in the laboratory."

"A human potion experimenter took advantage of the guard's sleep at night, knocked him unconscious, and escaped from the experimental area."