Chapter 291 You Cannot Use This Body
Richard nodded, but did not speak directly. Instead, he took Hughes to a laboratory.
There are many laboratories in the Eastern Test Field. The Fire Moths can build their own laboratories as long as they apply to Zeus - of course, if the funding is too outrageous, it will be sent back for revision.
This laboratory belongs to Richard. The most eye-catching thing when entering the room is a metal dissection table. The surrounding walls are lined with shelves with various specimens and notes piled on them.
There were very few people among the Fire Moths who chose to study biology. This was a time when people were not so enlightened. Dissecting animal corpses was fine, but if one wanted to dissect human corpses, one would almost certainly be met with hostility from mainstream society.
Compared to technologies such as steam engines, the medical level here is terribly backward. When people encounter injuries or illnesses, they are more willing to go to the Vatican for treatment, and the priests there are also happy to use some extraordinary potions in exchange for people's faith.
The famous Holy Water No. 1 can heal wounds quickly. Pour it into your mouth and the wound will begin to heal immediately.
Simple and crude.
With these powerful and convenient extraordinary medicines, who would be willing to study medicine? Even modern medicine on Blue Star may not be as effective as holy water.
Therefore, medical research talents like Richard are even more valuable.
Richard led Hughes into the house, then took a huge box from the shelf. Judging from its size, it should be the one containing the blue-haired girl.
Richard is a superhuman. Although he is not good at frontal combat, his strength is far beyond that of ordinary people. He opened the box easily, placed the girl on the dissecting table, picked up two pairs of gloves, handed one to Zeus and motioned him to put it on.
After Hughes was dressed, Richard began to explain leisurely.
"The word 'body' originally means the home of the soul. Strictly speaking, all bodies are considered bodies, such as you and me who are having this conversation here." He pointed at the two of them.
Zeus's eyes were strange. Richard probably didn't know that what was standing in front of him was actually a body. "Of course, these are all owned by someone."
"Owned?"
"Yes, there are bodies with owners everywhere, but empty bodies are extremely valuable." Richard pushed his glasses. "Empty bodies have many uses, the most important of which is to accommodate the arrival of evil gods."
"How does an empty body come about? Is the soul dead?"
"That's not impossible, but it would have to be an abnormal death of the soul."
Xiu Si blinked, and it took him a while to react: "What consciousness? We need to extract the soul from the body?!"
"Indeed, and it would take extremely cruel means, which would inevitably break the soul, and the success rate is not high. This behavior is an absolute taboo in any church and is an extremely evil practice."
Pulling out people's souls alive! ?
Only cultists would do such a thing. Wait, aren't the Fire Moths cultists? Seeing Zeus's unfriendly look, Richard quickly explained: "Although the world calls us cultists, we have never done such a thing. Our bodies are all from the Candlelight Society."
What he said seemed to be true.
The worker Zeus was killed by the priest of the Candlelight Society. Although it is not known what means these Fire Moths used, they did bring the worker Zeus from the Candlelight Society to summon the evil god.
Although they finally recruited Hughes
"From what you said, there are other ways to obtain the body, right?"
"Obtaining a body depends entirely on luck, but a truly blank body is not just useful for summoning evil gods." Richard nodded. "In fact, this is what I want to say - a natural blank body is the projection of an Outer God in this world."
Outer Gods?
Xiu Si's heart moved. When Chloe communicated with the worker Xiu Si, she had called him an Outer God, but he had never found a suitable opportunity to ask.
"The so-called Outer Gods are actually a general term for beings that have descended into human bodies and that we cannot currently understand."
"Compared to the evil gods, the characteristic of the evil gods is that they cannot communicate, they cannot really communicate. Some evil gods may seem to be able to communicate, but after in-depth contact, you will find that you can only obtain information one-way. Either they keep talking, or they only listen."
Zeus frowned. This was indeed very strange, as if even the existence of the evil god was incomplete.
Moreover, this characteristic reminded him of the Noisier, that noisy steam engine that only talks but does not listen, and is fundamentally different from the Machine Soul.
"Evil gods are bound to be accompanied by pollution. They either bring pollution or absorb pollution. This is an iron rule. However, it is different for outer gods. They do not necessarily pollute."
"Ah? Not necessarily? Does that mean there is still a possibility of contamination?"
"Yes, most Outer Gods are actually very dangerous, and only a few are valuable. We once accidentally obtained an Outer God that descended into a body, but it disappeared inexplicably."
That should be the worker Zeus. The reason why it disappeared is probably because it was left behind by the flesh and blood of the Pirate King, the god of the sea, when he pulled Caster into the Temple of Poseidon.
Zeus guessed that it was because the body purified the Moth Lord and possessed some of its power. Its status was too high and the Pirate King could not bring it in. Therefore, Castel disappeared, but it was left behind.
"Although Outer Gods may bring risks, they also have great value. Some Outer Gods can bring knowledge, prophecies, and even change the entire era. They are extremely precious things. Therefore, once a blank shell is found, most of them will be used to summon an Outer God. If you want to save Chloe, you need this kind of shell."
Having said that, the two of them looked at the dissection table together.
"Is she a shell?"
"Yes, and it is an extremely rare natural body shell, not an inferior artificial one that can only be used to summon evil gods." Richard looked at the girl with a complicated expression and sighed: "But unfortunately, you can't use her to revive Chloe."
"What?" Zeus was startled, and stood up anxiously. "I remember saying before that we only need an empty body for Chloe to use. This body can make the evil god descend, so why can't Chloe?!"
Richard had an expression that said "I knew you would ask this". He turned around and took a glass bottle filled with clear liquid. He unscrewed the lid and carefully dropped a drop on the blue-haired girl's forehead.
The next moment, the girl's tightly closed eyes trembled, and then two streams of black liquid flowed out like tears.
"This body has been contaminated. It can guide Chloe's soul to this place, but the moment she wakes up, she will be instantly corroded by this pollution."
(End of this chapter)
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