The Last Alchemist

In the narrow passage, the light of the flashlight became very dim, not much better than a candle.

At this time, everything was completely quiet, except for the sound of wind from time to time in the passage, there were only a few murmurs that Lilith occasionally made when she was asleep.

‘Shasha~Shasha~’

The sound of writing suddenly sounded in the passage.

Rosen leaned sideways against the stone wall, holding a small piece of papyrus paper in one hand and writing quickly on the paper with a quill pen in the other.

On the ground not far from him, Night Demon had been disembowelled, and her intestines and heart were exposed to the air, but she was not dead yet. Although her breathing was weak, it was still steady.

On the manuscript paper, Rosen was habitually taking experimental notes. He wrote very quickly, and lines of text flowed out of the quill quickly. Not only did he record the experimental process, but he also recorded his thinking process in detail.

"Human beings are essentially a collection of chemical molecules.

Among various chemical molecules, the two most important ones are PR (note: protein) and DNA.

The former is the most important component to maintain the operation of life, and the latter carries the design blueprint of why humans are human.

If high-energy rays destroy the protein molecular structure, the human body will refer to the blueprint on DNA to synthesize a new protein to replace it. The entire process is silent and will not affect the normal operation of life. However, if rays damage DNA, then life cannot repair it and can only allow errors to exist.

If there are too many errors, or the DNA molecule is completely destroyed, protein synthesis will stop.

When life is running, proteins are being renewed every moment. Once the renewal stops, the remaining proteins in the body will be quickly exhausted. When exhausted, life will also come to an end."

After writing this, Rosen turned to look at the Night Demon on the ground.

Previously, he used radioactive dust to conduct a series of radiation experiments on the Night Demon's body.

He found that when faced with radiation damage, the monster's body initially behaved exactly the same as that of ordinary people. The real difference appeared 10 minutes after the radiation.

Rosen continued to write on the manuscript paper.

‘I try to increase the intensity of radiation as much as possible to completely destroy the nuclei in the epidermal cells of the Night Demon. As expected, the Night Demon's epidermal cells began to wither and gradually lost their vitality, just like ordinary people. I originally thought that the epidermal cells of the Night Demon would continue to wither until they withered, but after 10 minutes, the withering miraculously stopped! ’

As he wrote this, an incredible emotion surged through Rosen's heart, and he speeded up his writing: "I immediately explored the epidermal cells. I found that the nucleus in the cell, which had been completely destroyed, was completely restored. The chromosomes also completed their reconstruction and began to synthesize new, fully functional proteins. The damaged cells regained their vitality and were even healthier than the original cells. "

The damaged DNA was restored perfectly, without a single error, as if someone had re-copied the genetic information into the cell nucleus.

This is the biggest difference between the bodies of monsters and ordinary people.

After recording his preliminary experimental process in detail, Rosen carefully put away the manuscript paper and began the second round of experiments.

In the first round of experiments, Rosen discovered the strange properties of monster cells. In the second round, he wanted to uncover the detailed process of DNA recovery.

"If I can uncover the secret of how the monster's body repairs DNA damage, maybe I can get the secret of immortality."

He began to experiment more deeply.

Just like this, step by step, Rosen explored the mysteries contained in the Night Demon's body bit by bit.

Time passed silently, and no one knew how long it had passed before Lilith woke up again. When she opened her eyes, what she saw was a bloody 'corpse'.

The chest and abdomen of this 'corpse' were cut open, and there was a big hole in the skull. But strangely, the intestines of the 'corpse' were still squirming from time to time, and the heart was still beating. Although the eyes were closed, However, his eyelids trembled slightly, and you could see that his eyeballs were still turning.

"Alchemist, isn't this the Night Demon? Is she still alive?" Lilith swallowed, feeling a little scared.

In the dark and narrow underground passage, there is an alchemist with a fanatical look on his face, and a living corpse with all its internal organs exposed, but it is not dead yet. It looks weird no matter how you look at it.

Rosen's eyes were fixed on the brain inside the skull of the 'corpse'. The alchemical magic power was like a net, tightly wrapped around Night Demon's brain, observing the operation of Night Demon's body as deeply as possible.

Hearing the movement behind him, he nodded slightly: "I'm still alive for now, but I don't know if I can hold on until the end of the experiment."

"Then what did you find?" Lilith asked softly.

"Yes." Rosen nodded. He suddenly pulled out the dagger in his hand and gently inserted it into the back of Night Demon's head.

Even in a deep coma, Night Demon's body trembled violently, and his facial features and muscles twitched.

"She looks in pain." Lilith felt panicked.

Rosen shook his head: "No, she can't feel anything now. The reason why her body is shaking is just because I stimulated the corresponding part of the brain."

He pulled out the dagger, then stretched out his hand, inserted it directly into the wound in Night Demon's brain and groped for it. After a few minutes, he took out a 'black sesame seed'.

Something strange happened.

The moment this grain of 'black sesame' left Night Demon's body, Rosen's alchemical magic discovered that the recovering DNA chain in Night Demon's epidermal cells stopped.

"interesting!"

Rosen put the black sesame into his brain again.

After about ten seconds, DNA began to recover again.

Rosen took out the black sesame again, and the DNA recovery process paused again. He put it back in again, and it would start again after a while.

This experiment was repeated more than a dozen times, and it worked every time.

‘Strange! Really strange! With such an obvious experimental phenomenon, my alchemical magic can't observe any specific reaction process. How does this thing repair DNA? ’

Rosen had encountered this weird phenomenon in the blood seal magic of vampires.

It clearly exists, but the alchemical magic can't observe it at all. There is only one explanation, that is, the power of black sesame is at the subatomic level, which exceeds the current observation limit of Rosen.

‘Damn it. ’

Up to this point, all the experiments that should be done have been done, but Rosen only confirmed the effect of black sesame, and still knows nothing else.

If this continues, the Night Demon's strong monster physique may not be able to withstand Rosen's torment. The most important thing is that it is meaningless to continue.

He put the 'black sesame' back into the Night Demon's brain, put the removed skull back in place, and then pulled the scalp back to its original position and pressed it tightly. After about a minute, the wound on the Night Demon's scalp was basically glued together.

Rosen did the same for the anatomical openings in other locations. After about ten minutes, the Night Demon's exposed heart and intestines returned to his stomach, and the belly cut by the dagger was basically healed.

Rosen took a long breath, relaxed his mind, walked to the side of the stone wall and sat down, then took out the 'black sesame' in the little monster's brain and handed it to Lilith: "I'm sure of the reason. The monster relies on this thing to resist the invasion of strange forces."

"This is..."

Lilith began to observe the 'black sesame' carefully.

After about ten seconds, Rosen suddenly saw a faint light appear in the corner of his eyes: "Hey~ what is that?"

He turned his head to look immediately.

He found that the previously dim 'black sesame' was now emitting a cool white glow, looking like a cold star at night.

Rosen was shocked and asked: "What's going on?"

Unexpectedly, Lilith was also confused: "I don't know either. I just tried to use magic to explore it, and then it started to glow inexplicably."

"Magic exploration?" Rosen was stunned, and he suddenly thought of something: "Ms. Linde, you have a very unique spatial magic, maybe it's because of this power. Try it again~ If your body can't hold it, forget it."

Lilith shook her head slightly: "I just slept, and I'm still energetic now."

She concentrated her mind, stimulated her magic, and explored the 'black sesame' again.

A few seconds later, the dim light around the black sesame turned brighter again, as if it was recharged again. But apart from glowing, the black sesame did not change in any other way.

Lilith was seriously injured and had not recovered. After holding on for more than ten seconds, she felt a sense of fatigue and had no choice but to withdraw her magic power.

Rosen had been observing from the side and immediately asked, "Ms. Linde, what did you find?"

Lilith carefully recalled the exploration process just now, and her expression was uncertain: "This thing gives me a feeling similar to space crystal, but not exactly the same. In fact, the time when my magic power really touched the black sesame was only a short moment, and then, a strange force bounced my power away."

Rosen asked: "Strange power?"

"Yes, I have never seen such a situation before."

"Hiss~ Similar to space crystal, it can only touch for a moment, and then refuses to explore. Things are getting more and more interesting."

Rosen took out a magnifying glass and took the black sesame in his hand to look carefully. After about five or six minutes, he suddenly felt that there seemed to be something on the surface of the black sesame.

Before, the 'black sesame' was a small particle of pure black, and nothing could be seen, but now, this thing emits a faint light, and the surface has become much clearer.

With the help of a magnifying glass, Rosen found some clues.

He moved the 'black sesame' to a dark place and squinted his eyes to look at it carefully. After more than ten seconds, he suddenly picked up a small stone from the ground and began to write something on a rock.

Lilith took a few glances and found that what Rosen wrote was similar to magic runes. It looked familiar, but she couldn't recognize it when she looked carefully. But she was very sure that she must have seen such runes before.

This kind of ambiguous feeling was very difficult to bear. Lilith began to recall with all her strength, trying to find the relevant memories of these runes.

"Is it the pattern on the surface of this thing?"

"Yes." Rosen nodded, and he looked more and more attentively: "These are the luminous lines on the surface of the 'black sesame', which looks like a line of text."

As he was speaking, Rosen wrote a new pattern.

When Lilith saw this pattern, her heart suddenly moved, and she whispered: "God, I remember, this is the ancient rune of Manoin!"

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