Chapter 769 Blood Drinker
“Do you understand now? What are they doing?” I asked the Knight Captain.
“Yes, it’s insane. Only madmen would do such a thing.” The Knight Captain completely agreed with my assessment.
“Pay attention there, that’s where they make their pigments. You can focus on that in your report.” I pointed to a place that looked like a chemical laboratory.
In there, researchers in black coats were carefully using droppers to add purified blood plasma into test tubes in very strict proportions, mixing it with reagents of other components.
Rows of test tubes were neatly arranged on shelves. After being mixed with different reagents, the blood plasma took on various strange colors and became even more viscous.
This blood plasma already contained a large amount of evil energy that had been injected into human bodies. The Imprinter deliberately made them perform advanced rituals, infusing a lot of Outer Divine Power into their bodies, all to create high-quality pigment materials.
When mixed with various reagents, high-quality pigments can be produced, used to copy the images of Outer Gods or their Kin. This is the origin of the art studio outside.
I guessed that both the depiction of Outer Gods and the pigment ratios were concluded after countless failures. Every failure represented the sacrifice of countless innocent people they captured, and they were still improving even now.
“There’s nothing else worth seeing, right? Let’s go in and clean them up.” I said lightly. Seeing that these researchers had no weapons and were quite thin, I didn’t know what sorcery they possessed. Attacking them by surprise was the best option.
The three of us nodded simultaneously. We suddenly smashed through the window and burst into the laboratory.
“What?! Ah!” A researcher looked at the figures falling from the sky in shock, then had his head severed by Jayad’s sword. Another researcher had his heart crushed by Sherris.
I raised my magic wand, and Hellfire swept through. Research Data on the desk, precious instruments, and flesh and blood samples were instantly engulfed in flames. Many liquids in the test tubes were flammable, and when touched, they exploded.
“No! You have no idea of the value of this data!” A researcher in a black coat frantically stood in front of the sample cabinet, trying to stop me from burning these precious samples.
But he was merely trying to stop a chariot with a mantis’s arms. The Hellfire ignited him directly. The Invisible Hand pushed him towards the sample cabinet, and he crashed heavily against it, causing the entire cabinet to collapse.
Countless test tubes shattered, and a large amount of unknown liquid poured onto him. Even I could feel that various terrifying Outer Divine Powers were mixed in these liquids, and they were all different, with different sources.
When the liquid poured onto him, it was like adding fuel to the fire. The flames on the researcher’s body erupted even more fiercely, igniting the sample racks as well.
Not only that, but countless tentacles protruded from his body. It seemed that the Unspeakable entity hiding within his body also feared the high temperature and tried to escape.
But Hellfire is no ordinary flame; it instantly ignited it too, and the tentacles thrashed wildly in the fire.
I looked with satisfaction at the messy scene before me. During the fight, we deliberately fought broadly and openly, incidentally destroying all this evil knowledge as much as possible.
This knowledge was too dangerous and evil. If it fell into the hands of those with malicious intentions, it might lead to more tragedies. However, I did not intend to keep this Painted World with me, as it needed to be handed over to the Knight Captain as evidence.
Therefore, it was enough to destroy these materials, instruments, and samples to the point where they could not be reused or restored, but their original purpose and danger could still be discerned.
I had no trust in the character of those nobles. If they obtained this knowledge, they might become the spiritual successors of the Imprinter and continue their research.
Of course, another reason was that this knowledge had already been backed up in my mind. When I was observing the experiments in the research institute just now, a large amount of knowledge flowed into my brain.
I didn’t want it, but the knowledge was forcibly poured in, and I could only reluctantly accept it. After all, Older Brother Jayad had already begun to come into contact with the power of the Outer Gods, and I also wanted to understand more about this aspect of knowledge, so that if something unexpected happened to Older Brother Jayad in the future, I would not be helpless.
These researchers were not strong, even weak. They were not Combatants, and they were suddenly attacked by us, so the battle quickly turned into a one-sided slaughter.
I did not intend to leave any survivors, nor did I intend to let any of the black coats go. We moved through the research institute, breaking down doors when we saw them, killing the people inside, and destroying the research data. The most common method was to set a fire.
We fought our way to the top floor, and the alarm had already sounded. I used my God’s Eye to confirm that there were no researchers left alive elsewhere. The remaining few were hiding in the dome-shaped room ahead, which was the observatory of the research institute.
I was actually very confused about what purpose an astronomical telescope served in this Painted World where the sky could not be seen. However, considering that much of the power of the Outer Gods was related to the universe, astronomy, and star charts, perhaps they had a special way to observe the starry sky even within this place.
The doorway had already been blocked by cabinets and sofas, but it was pointless. Older Brother Jayad took a few steps back and charged towards the entrance.
“Boom!” The steel isolation door was knocked open, its panels twisted and deformed, and the lock broken. The sofa and cabinet behind it that were used to block the door were sent flying several meters away.
The Knight Captain looked at Jayad in astonishment. The power of that charge was even greater than his steam boost. Such terrifying explosive power, could it really be done by a human?
The researchers inside were also surprised, but one of them at the front forcibly put on a stern face and roared, “Who are you people… Ugh!”
Before he could finish asking, Older Brother Jayad had already decapitated him with a sword. Perhaps the Knight Captain would have babbled with him and introduced himself, but for Older Brother Jayad, who came from a Thief background, what was there to answer to a dead person?
“Damn it!” The remaining researchers knew there was no turning back. They were already holding test tubes with their stoppers removed. Seeing their companions killed, they hesitated no longer and drank them down at the leader’s cry.
I could tell that it was the pigment made from their blood. The consequences of drinking blood containing Outer God’s power into the human body were completely unknown, not to mention that they already had some derivatives of the Outer Gods implanted in their bodies.
As expected, after drinking the potion, they all showed pained expressions. Octopus tentacles began to grow from their chins, their skin turned a slippery purplish-blue, and a large amount of magic power surged out of their bodies, spraying out like blood mist.
On that blood mist were the faces of suffering people, the souls of those who died in the rituals, constantly screaming.
