Volume 3: Artifacts Chapter 149 Separation
The Shadow Clan members who rushed in were all stunned.
They thought that catching this unidentified intruder would bring new progress to the case that was giving them a headache, but they didn't expect that the other party would claim to be the King of Dragon Kingdom.
This became a diplomatic incident between Gruzelei and the Dragon Kingdom.
The cautious Shadow Clan did not make things difficult for Luke. They guarded Luke and went to the Dragon's Nest to ask the dragons for confirmation.
When they arrived at the dragon's nest, the minotaur Mendes had already heard the news and rushed over.
After Mendes understood the situation, he immediately entered the Dragon's Nest and asked to see the Taotie King.
Eiffel transformed into a white dragon and stood in front of the Shadow Tribe: "Our king is resting. Why are so many Shadow Tribe members here? Is there something important?"
Minotaur Mendes saluted Eiffel and said, "Hello, Lord Eiffel. We caught an unidentified intruder in the Shadow Assassin Corps headquarters. He destroyed the bodies stored in the morgue.
After being caught, he said his name was Melkan, he was a human being, and he was working for His Majesty Taotie.
We came here this time to ask Your Majesty to confirm what this human said."
Isn't Melkan in the Dragon's Nest?
Eiffel looked at Luke and instantly guessed that this was the Taotie King who had quietly gone out.
“Ahem…” Eiffel cleared his throat, raised his head and looked down at the Shadow Clan and said, “This is indeed Mr. Malken. He went to the morgue of the Shadow Assassin Corps to examine the bodies, following orders from His Majesty.
I admit that we were wrong in this matter and I apologize to you.
Please hand Mr. Malcolm over to us. I believe Your Majesty must have many questions that need him to answer."
"An apology cannot make up for the evil deeds you have done." After confirming the identity of the intruder, Mendes said dissatisfiedly: "This human destroyed an important corpse and caused us immeasurable losses. We cannot forgive him so easily just because he is from Dragon Country."
When Eiffel heard that the Shadow Clan refused to release their king, he immediately took a fighting stance.
"No matter what damage has been caused, the Dragon Nation will compensate for it. Now return Mr. Malken to us immediately!"
The dragons sensed the momentum emanating from Eiffel and rushed out together. They roared in intimidation and summoned magic circles to threaten the Shadow Tribe.
The Shadow Clan also drew their weapons and confronted the dragons.
Luke then said, "Shadow Tribe, I admit that I broke into the morgue of the Shadow Assassin Corps, but I do not admit that I destroyed the bodies. Your methods of examining the bodies are too primitive, no wonder you have not found any clues yet.
His Majesty Taotie specially invited me from the Golden Shield Empire to assist you in investigating the assassination of the Shadow Clan."
Luke's words were full of mockery to the Shadow Clan.
A good assassin must first have a very clear understanding of the body structure, and the Shadow Clan is quite conceited about their anatomical skills. Now someone is here saying that their methods of examining corpses are very primitive, which is simply a double insult to them in terms of personality and IQ.
The Shadow Clan transferred their hatred to Luke.
Mendes pressed forward even more. He wanted to reach out and grab the mask off the human's face, but he held back. After all, the other party was the Dragon King's man.
"Do you know what you are talking about? Are you questioning the Shadow Clan's knowledge of body structure?"
Luke said, "I don't question your knowledge of the anatomy, I just think you're not careful enough in examining bodies like this one I found."
Luke took out a storage bag, which contained a fingernail-sized piece of brain tissue in a transparent bag.
Mendez asked, “What is this?”
"The brain of a Shadow Clan Tauren. The assassin accidentally left out this little bit when he took his brain."
Mendes said disdainfully: "What can you do with such a small amount of stuff?"
"That's why I said your autopsy technology is backward. This is a very, very important clue."
Mendez asked, "What clue?"
Luke said, "I need to use my tools to examine this piece of brain tissue."
"Okay...I want to see with my own eyes how you investigate."
Luke said, "I need to change my clothes, and I need your Majesty's permission."
Eiffel said, "Mr. Melken, you can go see His Majesty on your own. The Shadow Clan please stay here and wait for His Majesty's permission to enter."
To release him or not to release him?
Mendes hesitated.
At this time, Sisili, who had transformed into a swift lizardman, said loudly to the group of shadow people: "I heard that human technology is very advanced now. They can replace their limbs with machines at will..."
Mendes looked at the Shadow Clan members behind him, but didn't notice who was talking.
But this reminded him of some rumors about human civilization, and the visiting angels who said that human civilization had become a threat to the ancient civilization.
Let this human try?
What if there is an important discovery?
The pressure from the hidden assassin made Mendes make a decision. He waved his hand and the Shadow Clan made way.
"Mr. Malcolm, please..."
"Thanks!"
Luke walked forward, around the white dragon's body and into the depths of the dragon's lair.
After a while, the real Melken came out in professional surgical gown: "The examination equipment is ready, Your Majesty, please come in."
The dragons returned to normal and made way for the dragon's nest.
Mendes was just about to lead the Shadow Clan inside.
Malken added: "Your Majesty only allowed Mr. Mendes to enter. As for the other Shadow Tribes... for safety, should they stay outside?"
Mendes looked at the Shadow Clan behind him.
Now, there are enemies everywhere in Shenjing City, and no one knows which Shadow Clan member is the assassin.
"You stay here."
Mendes gave the order and went deep into the dragon's nest alone.
Under the pile of gold and gems in the dragon's nest, Luke, wearing dragon armor again, stood beside the inspection equipment.
Mendes stepped forward and saluted.
Luke said, "I already know what happened. Don't repeat anything unnecessary. We can just watch quietly from the side.
Malcolm, it’s time to start.”
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Melkan sat down behind the workbench, turned on the shadowless lamp, opened the closed barrier, and used magic and medicine to disinfect himself.
Then Malken carefully removed the brain tissue from the storage bag and placed it in a container, then cut a sample from it and placed it under a microscope.
Mendes, who was standing nearby, couldn't understand what the humans in the barrier were doing, but he was greatly shocked.
The sophisticated machinery and rigorous and detailed procedures inside are much more professional than the Shadow Clan's way of cutting up corpses.
Maybe we can really discover something?
Mendes has high hopes for the outcome.
The dragon's lair was completely silent, with everyone and the dragon staring at Melkan, who was busy at the workbench. Most of them could not imagine that such a tiny piece of brain tissue could be used for so many tests.
A few hours later, Melkan finished his work and handed Luke an inspection report.
"The brain tissue sample is very healthy, and the remaining mental power still maintains its activity. The strange thing is... there is no remnant of Shadow Parasite Elements in it..." Malken couldn't help but ponder, and said to himself: "If it came from the brain of the Shadow Clan, it would be normal for the remaining mental power to contain remnants of Shadow Parasite Elements. The fragments of Shadow Parasite Elements will only disappear after the mental power is exhausted.
Your Majesty, are you sure that these brain tissues come from a Shadow Clan?"
Luke said, "Are you asking me? Didn't you find these brain tissue samples in the morgue of the Shadow Assassin Group headquarters?
You should ask Mr. Mendez."
"Right, right, right..." Malken remembered the role that His Majesty Taotie had asked him to play temporarily. He turned to Mendes and asked, "Are all the bodies in the morgue of the Shadow Assassin Corps from the Shadow Clan?"
Although Mendes noticed that there was something strange about Melken, this was not the time to dwell on such matters, so he replied, "The bodies must be from the Shadow Clan."
"That's really strange." Melken said very professionally: "When the shadow parasite is parasitic in the host's mental power, there is no gap between it and the mental power, and therefore it can perfectly control the body.
Unless this Shadow Clan member's Shadow Parasite Element and Spiritual Power were separated when he was assassinated."
"That's impossible!" Mendes said, "The Shadow Parasites go through multiple levels of screening before choosing their hosts. Once they have completed their parasitism, they will never leave the host easily, because... because this will cause great damage to the Shadow Parasites."
Mendes hesitated for a moment and said the reason why the Shadow Parasite would not easily leave the host. Changing the host is undoubtedly a serious illness for the Shadow Parasite, and there is a considerable risk of death.
Luke hinted at this time: "Is it possible that the shadow parasite passively left the host's mental power?"
"That's even more impossible!" Mendes denied it more firmly: "As long as the Shadow Parasite does not take the initiative to leave the host, there is nothing in this world that can separate the Shadow Parasite from the host's mental power."
Unexpectedly, Mielken slapped him in the face at this time: "Of course there is a way to force the shadow parasite to leave the host's mental power."
Mendes angrily asked, “What are you talking about?”
When it comes to professional issues, especially when it comes to shadow parasites, Melkan shows an unusual stubbornness.
"I'm not talking nonsense." Malken began to shatter the pride of the entire Shadow Clan: "In the experiment of the Shadow Parasite Meta-Iterative Body at the Imperial Extraordinary Biology Research Institute, once the iterative body does not leave the host, we can only force the iterative body to actively separate from the host by weakening the host's life characteristics.
Doing so carries a very, very high risk of death for both the host and the iteration of the experiment.
Therefore, Dr. Bruckner proposed a method to force the iterative body to separate from the host's mental power. The specific method is to develop a mental force wave based on the characteristics of the iterative body's mental attributes, which will accurately separate the iterative body and the host's mental power like a scalpel..."
Before Melkan could finish his words, Mendes had already revealed his murderous intent.
“Have you figured it out?”
"It hasn't been fully researched." Malken didn't realize what he was saying yet. He answered with a regretful tone: "Dr. Bruckner has found the spiritual characteristics of the iterative body, but the frequency of the spiritual wave knife has not been determined. The main reason is that the iterative body is too precious, and he can't do this kind of damaging experiment casually.
However, if Dr. Bruckner himself performs the experiment in an ideal experimental environment, the success rate of the iterative body separation experiment is still very high."
When talking about Dr. Bruckner, Malken couldn't help but feel a sense of mutual admiration.
Although Dr. Bruckner took away a lot of his attention and resources when he was working at the Imperial Institute of Extraordinary Biology, Malken could deny Dr. Bruckner's character but would never deny his talent and skills.
At this time, the Minotaur Mendes's complexion became very bad.
He asked: "Is this spiritual wave knife effective against all shadow parasites...iterations...?"
Malken replied: "According to Dr. Bruckner's theory and the cultivation and research of the Shadow Parasite Meta-iteration by the Imperial Extraordinary Biological Research Institute, this spiritual wave knife is effective for all Shadow Parasite Meta-iterations cultivated by the institute."
Mendes wanted to continue asking, but he didn't have the courage to ask after opening his mouth.
Luke said, "Mendez, I know what you are worried about. In fact, I have already noticed the theory and technology of the Shadow Parasite Meta-Iteration Body's Spirit Wave Blade. This time, I sent Malken to the Shadow Assassin Group to look for clues just to confirm my guess.
It looks like things are taking a turn for the worst.
I can tell you very clearly that this mental wave knife is not only effective against the iterative bodies separated from the defective shadow parasitic elements of the Golden Shield Empire's Extraordinary Biological Research Institute, it is effective against all shadow parasitic elements.
Because you are all separated from the shadow parasites of the Dark Chieftain, and all shadow parasites are identical spiritual creatures. "
The fear from the shadow parasite caused Mendes' head to hurt severely.
"Your Majesty Taotie! You mean that all the dead Shadow Clan members died under the Spirit Wave Blade. It can forcibly separate the Shadow Parasites from the host's spiritual power, so they are killed without any resistance."
Luke replied: "This should be the truth. The assassination of the Shadow Clan by the murderer should be a process of adjusting and perfecting the Spirit Wave Blade. Now, the Spirit Wave Blade has been completed."
At this moment, Mendes felt that all the Shadow Clan members, who were a superior race above all life, had turned into lambs to be slaughtered.
He said angrily: "Damn humans! Damn Golden Shield Empire, the Shadow Clan will make them pay the price."
Luke said: "As far as I know, Dr. Bruckner has left the Golden Shield Empire a long time ago, and now he should be employed by another unknown force."
"This cannot mitigate the crimes of the Golden Shield Empire. The Shadow Clan will destroy the Golden Shield Empire. Anyone who has anything to do with the Spirit Wave Blade will be killed by the Shadow Clan!"
Luke couldn't help but chuckle, "Mendez! Pandora's box has been opened, and the Shadow Clan can't kill everyone who knows this secret, or the dragon.
Based on my understanding of the Golden Shield Empire's research and development capabilities, there are not many technical barriers for them to weaponize the Psychic Wave Blade.
Moreover, compared to punishing the Golden Shield Empire, the most important thing is to find the assassin who is lurking in the Deep Well City with the Spirit Wave Blade. You know, his Spirit Wave Blade is also effective against the Dark Chieftain! "
