"No." Hitzfeld recalled the scene where Lazuli strangled his friend to death out of anger. "He still retains his consciousness and even reacts with shame to the embarrassing things that happened in his childhood."
It was precisely because of this that she had difficulty determining what the 'Lazuli' was.
A parasite controlled by a virus? A clone?
But he has his own ideas.
This looks very similar to Sixus's situation. Hmm, I wonder if Connie can turn her entire upper body into a bloody mouth...
Sixus didn't know she was making up such a disrespectful thing, and continued to explain to them: "That's right! He was obviously infected, but they retained his thoughts, which is consistent with the results of a series of experiments we did before - they are completely different from leprosy virus and hemorrhagic fever virus. They don't want to destroy your body, they enter your body to 'make friends'!"
"So every additional body infected with the virus is equivalent to an additional consciousness?" Xia Yibing responded quickly, "Those people still retain some of their own thoughts, but they will unconditionally obey the control of the virus?"
"Based on the observations at the microscopic level, there can be no second possibility." Sixus snorted coldly.
"So do you understand? It can't be just one individual. Instead, it is because of this characteristic that the power is constantly dispersed."
"are you sure."
"At least 90% sure." Sixus put his eyes on the microscope and spoke in a voice so low that it could be ignored. "Humans and mice are different... It's not easy to perfectly integrate and control a person... I have experienced that feeling and successfully resisted it, so I know how difficult it is."
"So the number of Mimics it controls won't be too many?"
"Based on observations at the micro level, this is likely to be the case."
Xia Yibing raised an eyebrow.
It must be admitted that professionals are different. She now admires Hitzfeld for building this laboratory, which turned waste into treasure in an instant and helped to dig out so much reliable information.
"All right!"
Sixus straightened up and patted his back maturely.
Hitzfeld looked at the page she had picked up with the tweezers and found that all the dirty traces on it had been carefully cleaned away.
The page at this time had a strange pattern printed on it, which was circular in outline but extremely intricate and complex inside. This pattern immediately reminded her of the "structural diagram" that appeared in the dragon tomb and was eaten by Baal.
They are similar, but not quite the same.
Considering that the blood mud monster had beast-like limbs, a tail extending from the spine, and horns on its head...she felt that this piece of paper should be a poor imitation of the "structural diagram".
"This is what it's pursuing." Xia Yibing said suddenly.
"The mimetic structure diagram... The fourth floor of the Dragon Tomb has been closed. If there is a diagram hidden in each tombstone, then its value..."
Just imagining what would happen if all the drawings were obtained by that monster gave her goosebumps.
Maybe the saddle on the third level isn't just for show.
If the new mimicry method comes out, 2000 dragons will not be impossible to achieve.
This is magic, it is divine art, it is a technique that is completely inconsistent with the laws of reality.
There can't be no shadow of the solar eclipse behind this.
They must not be allowed to succeed.
You must not...
The next step is the key step of the experiment, they need to truly confirm their previous speculation.
Sixus caught another mouse from somewhere and threw it into another sealed glass box with the page of the book placed at the bottom of the box.
She randomly sprinkled some sugar water on the mimicry array on the surface of the book page. The mouse rushed over to lick it under the sweet temptation, and in the process it continued to come into contact with the mucous membrane of the diagram.
Then suddenly, it stopped moving.
The mimicry array seemed to light up faintly, and the whole piece of paper came alive instantly. When the mouse's tongue touched it again, it curled up its entire body into a ball and squeezed into the mouse's mouth.
It takes over its body.
The mouse panicked and didn't know what was happening, and soon its body began to deform.
The fur fell off and blood plasma burst out from all parts of the body.
After a while, it turned into another bloody mud monster.
It was just much smaller than the one they had encountered before, but it was still the size of a mouse.
Sixus began to put on gloves.
She is not afraid of being infected, but she hates dirt.
They grabbed the squeaking weird thing and threw it into the glass box of the "tentacle mouse". The three of them came over and continued to stare at it.
The tentacle rat clearly felt the vibration, and all its tentacles shot out quickly as if disturbed, stabbing into the blood mud rat's body from all angles.
But that’s where it ends.
As if there was some kind of bug, the tentacles did not move any further. Instead, the blood mud rat went crazy, slashed all the tentacles with its claws, and rushed forward with a squeak, smashing the tentacle rat's body into mud.
Chapter 110 A mistake
It's getting dark.
When Alaga-Mackay returned to the hotel again with a nervous mood, he searched most of the house but couldn't find Hitzfeld.
This made him extremely panicked, fearing that he had been thrown away. He ran madly to the laboratory and heard voices inside, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
He looked a little dusty... his hat was askew, his bow tie was missing, his windbreaker was dirty as if he had rolled in the mud, and he gave off a faint stench that was typical of a garbage dump.
In addition, he was holding a cubic "brick" wrapped in old newspapers. From the outline, there were books inside, more than one. There was a lot of mud on his shoes, and in his hand he was holding the small note that Hitzfeld had given him.
Logically, since the people inside were busy, he should go upstairs to take a shower and change clothes before coming down.
But no one knew better than Ma Kai how much hard work he had put in to get these things. Now he almost didn't trust anyone and he had to wait here for them to come out.
Well, he was actually ashamed to admit that he had to stand here, where he could vaguely hear their voices, to feel safe.
In case of any accident... for example, if a vicious criminal rushed in and tried to silence him, or snatched the book he had worked so hard to find, he could immediately shout and alert the people inside to come out and rescue him.
This was the scene Russell Igor saw when he came back: a short, fat man in ragged clothes and smelling bad was standing outside the door, leaning against the wall, staring at the door with expectations in his eyes, but he didn't dare to knock on the door and disturb the people inside.
He stared at Ma Kai, his eyes falling on what he was holding.
"What is this?" He walked over and tried to ask for it from him. "And the note... Can you show it to me, Mr. Mackay?"
"Of course..." When Ma Kai saw that it was Russell, he relaxed a little and subconsciously agreed.
Then he shuddered and shook his head quickly: "No! I can't give it to you!"
"Why?" Russell questioned, "Are you afraid of me?"
"No... I don't doubt your meaning..." Ma Kai was obviously afraid of him and even used honorifics.
This is true. He can see that Hitzfeld is the backbone of this team, but he is not afraid of the girl. Instead, he is most afraid of the woman with ponytail and Russell.
Especially the latter, who always had a poker face. It seemed that nothing had ever caused him to show obvious emotional changes. He couldn't figure out what was going on in the mind of such a person. His experience in the industry over the years told him that it was best to stay away from such a character.
"Then what are you afraid of?" Russell narrowed his eyes. "Excuse me, Mr. Mackay, but your current behavior is very suspicious in the eyes of anyone."
"I'm not..." Ma Kai tried to defend himself in vain, "I was being chased outside, sir! Someone wanted to kill me, and those who protected me died... God knows how I escaped back... Really, sir, I was very scared..."
"Then you should let me check what you did." Russell interrupted him and continued to extend his raised hand.
"Give me the note."
"Right here, right now."
Ma Kai opened his mouth, but his mind felt blank.
It might be an illusion, but he felt that Russell looked even more terrifying than before.
But this feeling was fleeting, because soon, a long gun barrel pressed against Russell's head from behind, causing him to frown slightly.
"You can snoop on other people's mission information without permission, and even rob them when they don't cooperate... I don't remember Aisuen giving you such instructions, Mr. Igor."
"You're not in the lab." Russell was still calm. "Why? I heard you talking inside..."
The door of the laboratory suddenly opened, and Sixus and Hitzfeld came out.
The former smiled and said, "Of course it's because I~coincidentally know a little bit about imitation~"
Her body can change like a mimic.
In theory, it is also possible to change the shape of the vocal cords and use this method to simulate other people's speech.
"Aren't you going to explain what you did, Mr. Russell?" Hitzfeld said, staring at Russell.
He looks the same, still with that tall and thin figure, and with glasses on, his face can even be called handsome.
But she felt that he had become a stranger.
Is it because of suspicion?
Is he still our ally?
"You set up this trap for me, which means you all know some of my plans." Russell said, "I don't have anything to say. It's pretty much what you think."
"Asshole!" Xia Yibing pointed a gun at his back and continued to press against the back of his head, "Go stand by the wall!!"
how to say.
Regardless of whether Russell is in cahoots with the Mimic or not.
Regardless of whether Russell betrayed Sarah.
At least that was their initial guess: Russell was carrying out a secret mission for Queen Elwyn, and this secret mission was most likely to control the West by supporting Hitzfeld as queen - this should be correct.
But having said that, hearing the person involved admit it is another matter altogether.
Xia Yibing felt a little angry - if she didn't go with them on this trip, wouldn't she have to hear the news in a few months: "Queen Hitzfeld ascended the throne"?
So how should she view their relationship?
On one side is the director of the Sara Security Bureau, and on the other side is the queen who controls the entire western part of the continent. These two sides will definitely not be able to meet easily again. This is no less than torture for her!
"I'm surprised."
Russell stood facing the wall obediently, but kept talking: "I can understand everyone's anger, except you, Director Xia Sha, you are the one who should not be angry."
"What are you talking about..."
"Ms. Hitzfeld is not deeply involved in this circle, so it's normal for her to be unaware. But you are different - because you also swore to give everything for Sarah."
"..." Xia Yibing's mouth twitched and she was speechless.
"But this is not the only option..." Hitzfeld tried to explain for her.
"You should know that this is the best choice." Russell shook his head. "What will happen if someone like the Earl controls the West? I'm not saying... Sarah is greedy for so-called rule. Please believe me, Her Majesty the Queen is not that kind of person."
"It's not that we don't want Tarinian to become better. We don't want to see a strong ally. But at this juncture, the entire human world must unite. This land can no longer accommodate another Sarah."
"Once the Dragon Kingdom rises, it will attract all the attention around it."
"From those remote small countries and broken city belts to Goli on the other side, they will inevitably absorb some of their power - this is inevitable, because you and I know very well that not everyone wants to have only Sarah as an option."
"'It's always good to have more options, so that if something happens, you will have more options'... How many people do you think would think this way?"
"That's human nature, Miss Hitzfeld. I don't say this to disdain them or blame them, I just don't agree with it, and I think our power should not be divided any further."
"..."
"..."
For a moment no one could respond to him.
It was uncomfortable, but they had to admit that he had a point.
The gray fog has been coming for many years, and the resulting disasters and monsters have been appearing more and more frequently recently.
Although many hidden dangers in Sara have been eliminated, Sara is just a country in the entire human world.
Whether it is out of the perspective of national security and defense, that is, "preventing Sarah from becoming the last isolated island of civilization"; or out of justice, under the banner of "for the future of all mankind", Sarah has the obligation to ensure the peace and stability of the surrounding situation.
This has nothing to do with hegemony. Many small countries are extremely poor, and Sara not only has to provide aid but also has to provide Xieyang Stone Carvings - they don't even have enough for themselves!
So this is understandable: Sarah cannot afford the cost of Dragon Kingdom being controlled by an ambitious person. Even if that person is not an ambitious person, the dispersion of power is unacceptable from the perspective of the overall situation.
The best option is to let “one of our own” take control of the new Dragon Kingdom.
Taking all factors into consideration, this "insider" can only be Eisun Hitzfeld.
"Uh……"
Finally, it was Ma Kai who broke the silence. He raised his hand and asked, "Who should I give the things to?"
