Ember Gun

  Chapter 252 The experiment begins

   "So go to the break, Lorenzo."

  Looking at the leaving figure, Merlin shouted again.

   "Originally, this is to prepare for a new experiment, and the subjects of the experiment are also ordinary people, so many indicators are based on ordinary people's standards. This time we have you participate. In order to maximize the effect of the experiment, we have to reset everything."

"how long it takes?"

  Lorenzo stopped, he didn't want to stay underground for too long.

   "At least it will not end for a while, we have to re-adjust the power supply."

  At the same time Merlin was talking, someone came over and led Lorenzo to rest.

   "Follow him, you can take advantage of this rest time and write your will."

"Are you serious?"

  Merlin didn’t know what was going on, so she clung to the will, forever.

   "Of course, life is so fragile, maybe this time the invincible Lorenzo Holmes will fall?"

  Merlin said this, and then stopped paying attention to Lorenzo, and sent him away from the outside of his sight, and then instructed people to connect the new cable, the current surged, and dazzling sparks and thunder flashed above the space.

He is the person in charge here. Although Merlin still has to obey Arthur to a certain extent, but now Arthur is busy dealing with Anthony. This experiment was privately approved by Merlin. Everyone has their own pursuit, Merlin’s The pursuit is undoubtedly this truth, and he is close at hand with it at this moment.

  Merlin doesn’t care about Arthur anymore, but at this moment someone came over and he brought news from Arthur.

   "Arthur wants to talk to you."

"at this time?"

  Merlin felt that this time was a bit of a coincidence.

  After hesitating for a while, he nodded, went to the control room, and answered the phone.

   "Merlin?"

   Arthur's voice rang at the other end of the phone. He seemed to have some people who did not confirm this side of the phone. According to the regulations, only Merlin was qualified to answer this call. His suspicion was very strange.

   "It's me, what's the matter?"

The timing of Arthur's call was a bit too accurate. Merlin began to wonder if his private experiment caused his anger, but Merlin didn’t care about it. After all, Lorenzo finally cooperated with this extremely risky experiment. He said nothing. Gotta start.

  This is the most annoying thing about alchemists. They have a pathological paranoia about knowledge. If they are excluded, these alchemists are usually very reliable.

   "I have confirmed Anthony's intelligence...at least partially."

  Arthur’s voice was full of seriousness.

  Through Shermans’ confirmation, it can be confirmed that Lorenzo did deceive everyone in his identity, but Arthur is still uncertain about the part of the pseudo-Holy Grail.

  Most of the people who knew the strange thing died on the night of Holy Prophet. Shermans was not present, so he survived, but because of this, he could not be sure whether Anthony's words were true or false.

   "What do you... want to do?" Merlin asked directly.

  "I don’t know. For this guy Lorenzo, I didn’t realize until now that we have no means to check and balance him. If he wants to, he will become a guy as dangerous as Lawrence."

Arthur’s voice revealed worries. The demon hunter’s individual combat ability is terrifying. Even if the original sin armor is sent to encircle and suppress Lorenzo, the odds of facing Lorenzo will not be great. After all, the original sin armor needs supplies, and this hunter The devil doesn't need it.

  The Gospel Church has created the most perfect weapon. Even today, when modern weapons are booming, they still have a strong combat power.

   "But he is not Lawrence." Merlin defended Lorenzo.

"Arthur, you are a little too worried. Have you forgotten the initial criteria for the cleansing agency? The past is destined to be discarded. If our past will become the criterion for judging ourselves, then cleansing Half of the people in the agency will be sent to prison."

   "Clorenzo..."

   "I know what you are afraid of. This is also a plan that needs to be vigilant, right?"

  Arthur's voice sounded slowly.

"Yes, Lorenzo is a trustworthy guy, but we have to make plans for all possible scenarios, just like the ones we planned before. If Inervig falls, if the spread of monsters cannot Control, if I still have you, eliminate all the managers of the agency... We should make plans for all possible dangers... Lorenzo is no exception."

  No one knows how many pre-plans the cleansing agency has for potential dangers, but the only thing that is clear is that with the help of these pre-plans, the cleansing agency has survived to this day.

  Monsters need shackles, even Arthur themselves.

   "I know, at least Lorenzo hasn't shown a hostile side yet. The plan against him actually has a certain rudimentary shape. I will report it to the scavengers after it is perfected."

  Melin answered, and then hung up.

An easy life will always make people forget those difficult moments. In the early days of the establishment of the cleansing agency, it was really cruel times. Knights took weapons to fight with demons. They must not only be alert to demons, but also to be vigilant at all times. Eroded teammates, and myself.

  There is no absolutely safe mind, only an absolutely safe response plan.

  ……

   "How are you resting?"

  About a few hours later, after completing the debugging of the Black Angel experiment, Lorenzo walked slowly from the other side.

   "Not so good, I feel like I am a mole, dark and dark, there are digging sounds everywhere, and electric currents."

  Lorenzo’s day was indeed a bit too busy, he also wanted to take a break, but the environment here is really not comfortable.

Although the environment of the old Dunling is not strong, the sky is gloomy, and the air is full of filthy particles, but when Lorenzo is lying alone in the room, he can hear the faint breathing of the next door, Mrs. Van Lude downstairs. The snoring sound, close to the window, you can see the busy traffic.

Lorenzo does not belong to such a world, but it is always a little more comfortable to see such a peaceful world when you look up, and here, Lorenzo feels that maybe the soil layer above will be caused by An experiment exploded and collapsed, directly burying you alive here.

   "Can this ghost place really live in?"

  Lorenzo is a little unacceptable. There is no sky here. If there is no pocket watch, he does not know what time it is at this moment. It may be late at night, or the daylight may have risen the next day.

"Of course, not only can people live here, but in our multiple plans, if the surface of the old town is destroyed, this is our last refuge. There are sufficient materials and a complete underground production chain, enough for us to live here. Live for several years."

   "It seems that when you took over here, you have built this place into a fortress."

  Lorenzo responded after hearing what Merlin said.

In fact, it seems that this place is also an unbelievable miracle. Lorenzo can’t understand how they dug so deep. Even the stagnant temple under the Cathedral of San Nalo is based on the huge underground. Expanded out of the cave.

   "I am grateful for the progress of industry here."

  Merlin did not answer directly, but praised the cold machine.

   "You need to stay awake for a long time, so let's inject all the rest."

  As he said, he handed a few more Florund's potions. Now the potions are working in Lorenzo's body, and he is out of energy.

   "Aren't you afraid of death from overdose?"

   "Ordinary people may die, but you are a demon hunter after all. It is always right to increase the dose."

  Merlin said.

"In fact, your arrival can be regarded as a surprise. Although I hope you will participate in the experiment, you are also aware of the current situation in Old Dunling. Researchers like us have been banned to a certain extent and can only stay here. , So as not to be killed or kidnapped by guys from unknown forces."

  Sometimes the importance of scientific research personnel is more important than those of leaders. Fortunately, Merlin has been carrying out technical reforms for so many years. Once the alchemist dies, the direct date of important technology will not happen again.

The sound of instructions echoed through the loudspeaker in the underground space. The machinery slowly rotated to hoist heavy steel, and then a lifting ladder was erected, and countless lights fell down. Everyone was vigilant. Preparing for the experiment that is about to begin.

   "Is there no security force? If I lose control, you may not survive."

  Lorenzo puts on a layer of clothing covered with electrodes, and the thin wires are entangled and connected to the machine. It is said that this thing can roughly reflect Lorenzo's basic physiological condition.

   "Think another way, if you lose control, will something stop you?"

Merlin said helplessly, just as Arthur was wary, the cleansing agency is currently unable to check and balance Lorenzo, or to control him at a small price. As the first echelon combat power against demons, it can The only rival to it is the Armor of Original Sin.

   "So in order to ensure that we will not be killed by you, you must try to control yourself."

   Merlin warned again.

   "I will... you don't know what will happen, do you?"

  Although he promised easily, Lorenzo also had the same psychological pressure.

  He and the black angel both have the flesh and blood of the Holy Grail, and no one knows what will happen next.

   "That is an unknown, and all we have to do is to explore it and turn the unknown into the known."

  Merlin encouraged Lorenzo.

  "This is an honor, Lorenzo, just like your Gospel Church created the Demon Hunter in the first place, you don’t know what will happen when humans master this forbidden power, right.

  Trying will bring about change, but if you don’t try, it will always be such a stagnant pool. "

  Following the sound of Merlin’s words, the machine began to turn and pull, and the black angel hanging in the air made a weird sound. With the influx of electric current, the muscle tissues instinctively tightened, and the iron feathers rubbed against each other, making ear-piercing screams.

  The experiment started. Everyone was waiting in a tight array. The indicator light turned red, and a tense atmosphere filled the underground space.

The dark evil egg began to deform, the outer steel layer was opened by mechanical pulling, and the tightly wrapped wings spread out a little bit, revealing the inside of the core, and at the same time, more liquid gushed out from the gap. , Like blood.

  Lorenzo looked up at the evil thing that had saved him, but then he saw that the black angel's outer scales slowly undulated.

   "It... is it breathing?"

  Lorenzo couldn't believe it.

"Yes, from another perspective, the Armor of Original Sin is just a monster fused with machinery. It also has a biological instinct, and this instinct has been strengthened a lot after the addition of the Holy Grail flesh and blood. In the first few experiments, the black angel even showed a certain self-instinct."

  Because I have seen it many times, Merlin's reaction is not as great as Lorenzo's.

The steam engine began to warm up, and bright red was burning under the steel, turbulent gas gushing out of the exhaust hole, one after another indicator lights lit up on the black angel's body, and flesh and blood were also lit up at this moment. It squirmed, but this time it was different from the memory. As the wings spread out, the red shackles were revealed under the wings, as if several rivets penetrated the armor.

  "That is the restraint device, which can suppress the activity of the black angel to a certain extent. At the same time, it is also connected to cables and pipes. It can inject current and suppressing liquid into the original sin armor. This is our safety device for this experiment."

  Merlin explained to Lorenzo that at the same time as he explained, the rivets embedded in the flesh and blood also turned, the internal iron structure stretched out, the tail was connected to the cable, and the low-temperature gas used for suppression was also ready.

   Right below the black angel, the ground also collapsed as the experiment began, and the inside was pitch black. Unsurprisingly, once Lorenzo got out of control, he might be thrown into it directly.

  "Are you ready? Lorenzo."

  Merlin looked at Lorenzo. He hoped that he could read some nervous emotions on Lorenzo's face, but this neuropathy had a look of excitement instead, unlike a normal person at all.

  It seems that for Lorenzo, the front is not a dragon pond, but a dream home.

   "It's already ready."

Lorenzo replied that if nothing happens, the black angel will assist him to reach the [Gap]. Although it is not clear what the principle is, as Merlin said, this is a process of turning the unknown into the known. , He will be a heroic pioneer.

   "Right, about the will."

  Lorenzo reached out and grabbed the rope, but just as he was about to ascend, he suddenly stopped and turned his head to ask.

"Merlin, if you write a will, what will you write? It should be about the transfer of knowledge, right? So these things in the will are the things you who have unfinished wills will leave, you know someone Will succeed you, you are not alone."

   "What do you want to say?" Merlin asked.

Lorenzo seemed to want to say something, but in the end he swallowed it back. He just gave Merlin a thumbs up, and then tightened the cable. Under the rotation of the winch, he rose to a high place until the black angel's hideous and calm posture appeared. Before his eyes.

   seemed to be welcoming Lorenzo. With the arrival of Lorenzo, the dark scales split apart under the influence of flesh and blood, as if opening a big mouth, swallowing Lorenzo in one bite.

  (End of this chapter)