CH 135

Registered name, or in other words, magical name.

Just like the legendary magicians who have various nicknames, scholars who focus on studying phenomena will receive a name that exists only in endless knowledge when they enter as apprentices.

It can be bestowed by a mentor or sought by oneself.

Whether in life or after death, it will forever exist as a personal symbol, so it often carries special meanings and powers, and even legends about "true names" have been passed down.

Even after some scholars die, their names still live on in their formulas, just like "Parasusser" - as long as this special alloy represented by this name is added to the formula, the activation of the metal can increase by three percentage points.

And the names of the "Creators" at the top of the scholar pyramid in legends are a kind of magic that exists in matter.

For example, Newton's name has long been written into the bottom layer of the Great Secret "Chara Tustra" and has become a part of the realm's laws - the three laws he wrote have been imprinted everywhere in the realm.

Compared to this, the girl in front of him being a scholar rarer than a sublimator surprised Huai Shi even more.

In fact, alchemists can also be classified as scholars, but they later branched out on their own and established the "Stone Cauldron Society", starting anew and no longer being controlled by the scholar organization "Pioneer Society".

Strictly speaking, whether it is a scholar or an alchemist, their status is slightly higher than that of a sublimator.

After all, it is a technical profession with inherent monopolistic characteristics. Unlike sublimators who are physical laborers, those who labor with their minds naturally occupy the upper social class.

For others, the profession of a scholar is essentially no different from that of a magician.

If Huai Shi were to meet Lily in another place, he would have to put on a smiling face and call her "Master" just to get her attention - after all, scholars with registered names have mastered at least one law, which means they have mastered at least one "magic". As a profession that is more skilled in creation than destruction, they naturally receive more respect.

However, this also explains why Lily chose to go to the New Continent.

After all, in history, from the early 16th century to the late 19th century, it was a dark period when the Holy Spirit lineage constantly suppressed scholars.

After all, the laws upheld by the Holy Spirit lineage and the laws upheld by scholars are fundamentally different - the contradiction between the theory of divine creation and the theory of natural evolution is not insignificant - the "Pioneer Society" has been excluded by the Church for more than a day or two.

The Pioneer Society probably can't stay in Rome anymore. They have self-exiled to the London Six Islands, which were still remote and impoverished at that time, and have been holding their ground there.

It was not until the split of the Holy Spirit lineage in 1740 and the industrial revolution led by scholars began to prevail that the situation reversed, and the Pioneer Society took the lead. This led to the birth of the "Astronomical Society", a behemoth that later controlled the entire world.

Before that, each scholar was considered a heretic in his own right, but everyone hadn't torn their faces yet, and the secret struggles had gradually heated up.

For a scholar to stay in Rome is as unwise as Archimedes waiting for the Romans to kick his door. It is possible that he could have stayed at home and conducted research well, but one day he would suddenly be hanged on the gallows.

It is not strange to want to escape.

In Fan Haixin's memory, there were several experiences of assassinating famous scholars.

Out of respect for the rules of scholars and for Lily's privacy, Huai Shi did not inquire about the subject she was studying and the laws she had mastered - after all, except for the typical mechanical system, most of the laws of other scholars are useless in battles.

After understanding the general situation, he nodded, picked up the coat that was thrown on the bed, and put it back on.

"Well, you can hide here until we reach the New Continent - consider it as a return for saving me during the day, no need to refuse," Huai Shi said, "I will rest in Yue Jun's room and bring you food tomorrow on the ship - be on guard, it's not safe here."

Thinking of Old Xiao who died in his room, Huai Shi couldn't help but feel a sinking feeling in his heart.

"If I were you, I wouldn't choose to go out at this time."

Under the eternal night outside the window, Lily looked at him with a strange look in her eyes. "After nightfall, the outside is like hell."

"Huh?"

Huai Shi was puzzled, "What happened?"

"During the day, the poison in the food in the restaurant... out of curiosity, I collected some samples and tested them with your alchemy equipment."Lily raised her finger, holding a test tube between her fair fingertips. A strand of gray-black color floated in the colorless liquid, like a wisp of black cotton, slowly swaying.

"For the sake of our alliance and my personal safety, I have to ask - have you eaten anything from the restaurant? If you have, have you experienced any cases of gastric ulcers or gastrointestinal bleeding?"

"No," Huai Shi shook his head frantically.

That bowl of thick soup was nauseating, how could he dare to eat it? Besides, as a vampire, as long as there was blood supply, he could survive. He had just feasted on the spring demon's blood, which could probably sustain him for many days.

To prevent any toxins in the blood, his fangs were internally equipped with a purifying holy mark. Once he sucked blood, even he would burn, let alone other supernatural beings.

As for gastric ulcers and gastrointestinal bleeding, it was even more impossible.

"That's good." Lily breathed a sigh of relief and slowly put down the book in her other hand.

"What is this exactly?" Huai Shi asked.

"Essentially, it is a highly potent virus stimulant."

Lily gently swayed the test tube in her hand. "It fears light, hates heat, has strong vitality, and its cell tissue divides at an abnormally rapid rate. It can infect almost all living organisms.

As a virus, it possesses unimaginable activity. Once it enters the spinal cord through the blood circulation, it will rapidly spread. The immune system will be paralyzed after four hours, and after six hours, it will spread to the brain, disrupting the body's hormone balance and stimulating the secretion of large amounts of adrenaline and dopamine, forcing the person into an excited state - at the same time, entering an uncontrollable state of hunger.

In the end, even the source material will be contaminated by it, collapsing in high fever and triggering the host's full power, forcibly causing physical transformation and organ proliferation..."

"Are you sure this thing isn't the T-virus?" Huai Shi exclaimed.

"This description is exactly like talking about zombies!"

"I don't know what you mean by the T-virus, but if you mean 'Zombie,' then you're not wrong. After all, it is indeed one of the origins of all 'Living Dead' legends in the world."

Lily calmly said, "Compared to the so-called T-virus, I prefer to call it by a more professional term - 'Wolf Poison.'"

In that instant, Huai Shi finally realized it and couldn't help but grit his teeth.

"Lei! Fei! Zhou!"

That guy had been deceiving him from the beginning.

What werewolf?

That guy was clearly a lycanthrope!

Ignoring the fact that he had lied from the beginning, Huai Shi was filled with resentment towards Lei Fei Zhou.

Werewolf and lycanthrope, these two terms seemed to have just switched order, but they were actually completely different words.

The so-called werewolf generally referred to the disaster miracle originating from the Greek region - a monster cursed by the gods to transform from human to wolf. Starting with King Lycaon, the bloodline of all Arcadia citizens was implanted with the factor of lycanthropy. Once they attempted to ascend, they would become monsters incompatible with light.

On the other hand, lycanthrope was completely different. It was usually used to describe... a wolf-like abyssal creature that took on a human appearance. It could be traced back to many legendary wolf-like monsters and spirits, and was usually considered the mortal bloodline of a certain wolf-shaped deity.

Just like curry that tasted like dog poop and dog poop that tasted like curry, even though they looked similar, they were completely different things from the beginning.

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The most significant characteristic of the latter, besides its extremely rare quantity, was its bodily fluids that could be considered mobile sources of infection.

In legends, places where lycanthropes resided would grow a large number of wolfhead grass. Alchemists would collect this thread-like plant to extract the highly toxic substance that could turn people into wolf-like undead, causing endless disasters.

It could be said that the werewolf's bad reputation, in addition to their own bloodthirsty nature, was also attributed to more than half of these similar-looking knockoffs.

Recalling the information mentioned by Yin Yan, as well as Lei Fei Zhou's behavior all along, whether it was the holy mark that claimed to be a werewolf, or being the first to discover Old Xiao's death scene, or the huge black plastic bag he specially brought back from the "kitchen"...

If he was really a lycanthrope, everything made sense.

Whether it was killing Yue Jun on the first night, or taking the initiative while Old Xiao was unresponsive, and then poisoning the food in the kitchen...

All of these could be perfectly connected.

Huai Shi even suspected that if he hadn't been knocked unconscious and returned in a weakened state, but instead was discovered by Lei Fei Zhou, he might not be alive now.

Apart from Lily inadvertently helping him, he had to thank that green spirit who threw the magical insoles and two boots into the thick soup.If it weren't for the nauseating smell, he might have wrinkled his brow and taken a few sips like everyone else...

Thinking of this, he suddenly froze.

Then, he heard the faint screams and roars from outside the room, chaos had already begun.

Just by thinking about it, one could easily tell that it was now the year 1620. How could these dark creatures that had been hunted and cleansed by the Holy Mark lineage for so many years guarantee a delicate diet? Long-term consumption of inferior food would inevitably lead to gastric ulcers and gastrointestinal bleeding. Once they drank the soup, nine out of ten would be affected.

So, what is the scale of those poisoned now...

Huai Shi's scalp began to tingle.