Chapter 10 Another Move

The cloaked man chatted with Sullen for a while, obtained the information he wanted, and left the apartment.

He didn't even glance at the basement.

But thinking about it, even if he knew how to get in and out, he wouldn't necessarily be able to come out alive.

Going down to the basement would definitely draw him in.

If he really encountered that super-tier blue-skinned living corpse, even if he was already a top professional in Old Downton, he might not be able to get out alive.

However, Sullen was indeed slightly surprised by this uninvited guest.

The cloaked man had shown no hostility from beginning to end. He was like a true gentleman, polite, reasonable, and fair in his transactions...

But why would such a seemingly humble Vice President of the Black Tower Academy defect from the inner city?

The reason was probably what he said himself: certain secrets that would cause trouble if known.

Sullen's special experiences allowed him to understand people's hearts more easily than others.

At least, he could distinguish between goodwill and malice.

He even felt that this "Nikolai J. Emilich" was the easiest person to get along with that he had met since crossing over into this cruel underground world.

........

As soon as the cloaked man left, the sense of crisis in Sullen's heart completely disappeared.

Now the hunter behind the trap had taken the initiative to show up and explain his intentions, and he had a general understanding of the situation.

He looked at the house that he had originally been very satisfied with, with a helpless expression on his face: "It seems like I have to move again..."

Although the cloaked man said that the trap wasn't aimed at ordinary tenants and wouldn't bother him in the future, Sullen didn't plan to continue living there.

It was best to stay far away from this sensitive "battlefield" involving the struggles of top professionals, to avoid getting involved.

He didn't dare to go down to the basement anymore, thinking about finding someone to move his things out tomorrow when he had time.

At this moment, Sullen thought of something and took out a notebook from his storage ring.

This was the *Living Corpse Research Diary* he had brought out from the safe in the cursed space before.

The other party hadn't asked, and he had deliberately kept something back, not mentioning it proactively.

Now that he had some free time, he carefully flipped through it.

This was a manuscript, with dense text and diagrams on every page.

Flipping through it at random, he could see some colored pencil drawings of human body structures, such as arms, heads, skeletons... or detailed drawings of various human internal organs.

The diary author's drawing skills were very strong, making Sullen feel like he was looking at precise anatomical illustrations from his previous life, down to the clear depiction of every blood vessel, nerve, and muscle fiber direction...

From the appearance to the internal organs, to the bones, and even to microscopic cell magnification diagrams.

Moreover, in addition to the drawings, the notebook also contained a large number of written explanations. It explained in detail the functions of human organs, and how blood, muscles, organs, and the brain worked. It even detailed where the runes should be drawn on which blood vessels.

There were also many incomprehensible auxiliary instrument manufacturing diagrams, various scales, and strange component models...

Sullen first looked at these impressive contents in the diary, constantly marveling at how ancient alchemists had studied life science to such an exaggerated extent.

Life science combined with mysterious alchemy was simply an amazing world.

However, with his current level of *Advanced Alchemy (Beginner)*, when he saw the contents of this diary... he understood only one out of ten things.

It was like a primary school student picking up a quantum mechanics research report. He could understand some of the words, but the combined content was completely confusing.

He had been curious about the super-tier runes on the blue-skinned living corpse, but after taking a look, his scalp tingled.

The diary did contain detailed drawing methods and working principles of that kind of rune. But this wasn't a textbook, but an experimental log. There was no explanation from simple to complex, but purely to record certain things on it. Moreover, sensitive research content was clearly encrypted.

After reading a few pages, Sullen was completely confused and completely gave up on reading those professional knowledge.

He felt that perhaps not only himself, but few people in the entire Old Downton were qualified to understand these "super-tier knowledge".

However, Sullen also had doubts in his mind at the same time. Why was the discontinuity between ancient alchemy and modern alchemy so great?

Where did the missing stages go?

........

Sullen stopped dwelling on the academic content and turned his attention to the "diary" content that he could understand.

After taking a look, he knew where this *Living Corpse Research Diary* came from.

The most basic explanation of alchemy was the refining of precious metals, such as gold.

But in fact, alchemy wasn't metaphysics or magic, but science.

There were three ultimate topics in the field of alchemy: resurrection of the dead, life transfer, and life creation.

And these diaries were about a man named "Tilmidor...

"March 11th. A 'rat' entered the laboratory today and stole some research materials. It seems that someone is interested in 'X serum', after all, it can make the human body full of vitality. Probably some wealthy people want to use it to extend their lives. I'm not interested in paying attention to it, let them go..."

"Another failure. Oh, what a terrible day..."

"April 24, 1224, Number #3335. The experiment has finally made progress. I have successfully refined the first active corpse. I am starting to try to integrate the soul..."

"Damn it, I have clearly succeeded in giving the corpse all the biological characteristics of a living person, and the bloodline is also fine. Why is the soul integration still failing?! The body shows obvious rejection of the soul... There is not enough time, I am not reconciled..."

"..."

Sullen flipped through the pages of the diary, reading the content that he could understand, and he had a general impression of the story in his mind.

It was about a powerful alchemist who wanted to research a method that could bring people back from the dead, and experimented frantically in the morgue. From corpses, patients, to live experiments...

Finally, the diary suddenly stopped, as if something unexpected had happened, and there was no more to read.

That Chekhov created a "living corpse", but ultimately failed to give it life.

At least in the notes, he failed.

......

"So that's how the 'active corpse' in the cursed space came about..."

Sullen showed a look of realization after reading the notes.

His first reaction after seeing the description of the "living corpse" wasn't to study any resurrection techniques, but to suddenly realize whether the blue-skinned "living corpse" could be used as a puppet medium for using the scythe?

It had almost all the life characteristics of a living person, and even dark spiritual power...

The conditions for controlling the scythe were almost all met.

But it was just a thought.

The content in the notes was too high-end, and he couldn't digest even the basics of it now.

Sullen put away the notebook.