purgatory artist

Chapter 201 Naturalists
Imperial City.

Imperial Headquarters.

Although it is called the Imperial Command, in fact, any organization related to the army in the entire imperial city is here.

"Don't move around here, I'll get some information and I'll be right back." Liu Ping said.

Libertas looked at the big iron gate of the headquarters, and then at Liupin.

"You—how are you going to get in?"

he asked suspiciously.

"You forgot, Hua Qingkong and I are both secret troops directly under the commander-in-chief." Liu Ping said.

"Oh! Then I'll wait for you here." Libertas suddenly said.

Liu Ping nodded, turned around and walked towards the gate.

really.

He briefly showed his ID and was let by the guard.

Libertas leaned against the tree, a little envious in his heart.

Is it a shame to be an assassin?
If you can't, you can also work in the military, at least get an extra salary.

Liu Ping walked all the way into the gate of the headquarters, his eyes wandering between the various buildings.

——When I came last time, I had already checked.

It should be a special operations team to deal with various emergencies in the imperial city.

But that affair at the Royal Academy was over long ago.

The corpses of the bugs should all be handed over to the special inspection department.

The special inspection department is specialized in this, and they are responsible for all-round analysis of some strange things.

This department is in Building No. [-].

Liu Ping continued to walk forward, and soon saw a white building.

Compared with other buildings in the headquarters, this white building is relatively deserted, and hardly anyone enters or exits.

——Do you want to touch a fish?
Although I am a member of the secret army, if I have no reason, I am not qualified to enter the special inspection department, let alone take away some bug corpses.

Then go fishing.

Just as Liu Ping was about to activate his skills, a voice suddenly came from not far away:
"Huh? Why are you here?"

Liu Ping looked back, and saw an old man in plain clothes standing not far away, looking at him with a smile.

—Ms. Ted!

"Teacher, why are you here?" Liu Ping asked in surprise.

"There are some things that the military can't handle, and we need the assistance of naturalists, so I've been here recently." Ted said.

"Need a naturalist? In this way, it is related to some biological specimens and unknown things, right." Liu Ping said.

"Exactly, I'm going to the special laboratory to continue a job, and you?" Ted asked.

Liu Ping was silent for a moment, and then said directly: "I plan to sneak into the special inspection department and look for the corpses of those bugs that invaded the Royal Academy."

Ted's complexion changed slightly, and he pulled him to the shade of a tree beside him, and said in a low voice, "You are too courageous, you sneaked into the special inspection department casually, but you will be in a cell."

"I'm now a member of the special forces under the commander-in-chief. It's no problem to go in, but I can't get the corpse of the bug." Liu Ping also whispered.

Ted looked around and saw no one around, so he whispered, "Are you doing research?"

"Yes, I think that bug is a bit strange." Liu Ping said.

"Of course it's strange, there's a lot of secret knowledge in it... We've been researching this, by the way, I haven't congratulated you yet—you've officially become a naturalist." Ted said.

"Thanks to your recommendation, teacher."

"Du Lei and Jess are full of praise for you, saying that you have the demeanor of our naturalists."

"Unfortunately, I just became a naturalist, and the naturalist society was closed."

"...Hmph, it's that ignorant emperor who thinks religion is a good thing? Come with me."

Ted led Liu Ping towards the building of the special inspection department.

"Teacher?" Liu Ping hesitated.

"As naturalists, we have never been afraid of secular power, only the truth can bend us." Ted said.

"That--"

"I'll take you in, be smart and find the right opportunity to strike."

"...Thank you, teacher."

Liu Ping followed Ted into the building.

Some people came up to question me.

Under Ted's signal, Liu Ping took out his polymath emblem, and Ted proved his identity, and he was let go.

The elevator descended all the way to the ground.

No.30 second floor.

The elevator opens.

After passing through several doors, Liu Ping changed into protective clothing and a gas mask with Ted, and after a series of disinfection measures, he stood in front of a huge iron door.

"teacher--"

"It's okay, we have the final say here."

Rumble!
The door opens.

Groups of people in military uniforms, rubber gloves and gas masks looked at the two of them.

Liu Ping met the eyes of everyone, and found Du Lei, Jess, and even a few other men who were quite scholarly.

"This is my student Liu Ping." Ted introduced.

Everyone immediately laughed and greeted Liu Ping one by one.

"I heard that there is a young man who memorizes the entire library, so it must be you."

"A rising star."

"You're so young, another one of your own."

"Has the research direction been set?"

Everyone said.

Liu Ping was a little surprised, and while greeting everyone, he looked at Ted.

Ted laughed and said, "Besides researchers, what kind of people do you think would be interested in monster corpses?"

"I should have thought of it earlier." Liu Ping sighed.

"Okay, let's talk about the bugs when we leave later. Come, come and watch this monster with us."

Ted said.

As soon as these words were said, everyone's expressions became serious.

The three scholars drew cards together.

On the cards in their hands, each row of numbers kept changing.

"This is a password card. Only when all three strings of passwords are correct, and the character verification is passed, will the seal be unlocked." Ted said.

next second.

A cold voice sounded:

"Permission passed, the seal has been released."

Bang!
A dense cold mist spread from the opposite side of the crowd.

In the cold mist, several black objects appeared vaguely.

Liu Ping saw the corpses of several bugs covered in frost, frozen on each platform.

In the middle of the many corpses, there is a giant seven or eight meters high.

It looked like an extremely strong person, covered in steel and flesh, but there were vertical pupils growing in the gaps between those muscles.

Just looking at it is creepy.

"Teacher, what is this?"

Liu Ping asked.

"I found it from northern Xinjiang—this matter is actually thrilling, and I can write a travel book, but in simple terms, I used automatic detectors to explore a place outside the border, and found this A corpse," Ted said.

"It was just shipped back yesterday, in other words—" Du Lei said.

"This is something outside the border. We have never seen it before, and it is very precious." Jess said.

Liu Ping also became interested, walked around the monster, and said, "This guy is similar to bugs."

"What?" Ted asked.

"It should have been a human being." Liu Ping said.

"Were bugs originally humans?" a scholar asked keenly.

"Yes, I just found out one thing. The incident on Fudeng Road was done by an officer named Qian Zhouwu. He can transform into bugs." Liu Ping said.

Ted ordered: "Immediately search the catalog of missing persons in the empire, compare the face of the monster, and see if you can find anything."

Several scholars drew out their cards and began to quickly search the list of missing persons.

Ted winked at Liu Ping and said, "Go and see those bugs—see if you can find any clues."

He handed over a tray.

—the plate is full of dissecting paraphernalia.

"is teacher."

Liu Ping took the plate, walked to the periphery of these monster corpses, found a bug corpse at random, and began to cut it carefully.

The scholars all turned their backs knowingly.

Holding a sharp scalpel, Liu Ping cut off a bug's compound foot.

"I don't know if it's enough..."

He put the compound foot on the ground, took out the dagger, and lightly touched the bug's compound foot with the tip of the sword.

All of a sudden, the compound feet of the insect disappeared.

There was a "creaking" sound from the dagger, as if it was chewing something.

A line of small burning characters quickly appeared:

"It needs more corpses to fully understand the current weakness of the corpse worm."

— that's easy.

Liu Ping walked to another worm, cut off a piece of wing from its back, and still gave it to the dagger.

Short swords eat quickly.

Another line of small characters appeared:
"It still needs to eat a little bit of the main body."

Holding the scalpel, Liu Ping dug open the chest of the other bug, cut out the heart, and put it on the ground.

——He didn't dare to let the dagger touch the corpse of the bug directly, otherwise the dagger would eat up the corpse at once, and it would be difficult for the teacher to deal with.

As it is now, the bugs lack some sporadic parts, and the teacher can be said to use them for research and consume them.

The dagger made a "creaking" sound.

Its surface gradually turned into a long needle, from dark green to dark gray.

A line of small burning characters appeared in front of Liu Ping's eyes:
"Your magic sword: the death of the worm, the sword of extinction in the Green Goblin Canyon is ready."

"Number of uses: 1 time."

"It has become a highly targeted weapon that can directly kill this type of corpse insect."

"Special note: The corpse worm transformed by the prisoner is the most unique and powerful. This sword may not be able to kill with one blow. Please make other preparations."

It worked!
Liu Ping breathed a sigh of relief, and put away the dagger.

He walked back to Ted slowly, and said softly: "Teacher, there is nothing to study on the bug. I want to continue to study this corpse with you."

Ted took out a pocket watch and looked at it.

There are only two scales on the dial, on the left and right of the horizontal line, with green leaves and skulls engraved on them.

When the pocket watch was opened, a red pointer rotated a few times and jumped to the right, pointing to a black skull.

Liu Ping looked curiously at the pocket watch.

I saw lines of burning small characters quickly appearing:
"The heralding bell of growth and death."

"This is a strange object on the mysterious side, and its pointer represents the situation you will face next."

Ted put away the pocket watch, coughed lightly and said, "Okay, today's research is over, I have something important to announce to everyone, everyone follow me."

Everyone was stunned.

The research has just begun, but Ted wants to take everyone away?

The atmosphere suddenly became weird.

Liu Ping looked at the crowd and said with a smile, "Okay, then let's go."

He supported Ted and walked out first.

"Let's go, Ted must have some secrets hidden, let's all go and see." Du Lei also laughed.

The crowd followed.

They walked out of the big iron gate.

"Close the door and seal it again." Ted ordered.

rumbling--

The heavy iron door closed again.

"Sequence, disinfect everyone, check the soul and body, and then send us out." Ted said again.

Pipes emitting cold smoke suddenly hung down from the ceiling, spraying various sterilizing gases on the people.

A light flashed from bottom to top.

"Everything is fine, you can leave."

Sequence said coldly.

The elevators open.

Everyone squeezed in one by one.

finally--

They returned to the ground.

Ted took out his pocket watch again and opened it.

I saw the red pointer jump over and point to the green leaf again.

Ted heaved a sigh of relief, his face tensed again immediately, and he said, "Hurry up! Go away, don't stay here——Liu Ping, you also hurry up, I have to report to the sequence immediately."

……

deep underground.

The seal behind the iron gate.

The giant with vertical pupils moved a bit.

(End of this chapter)