"What is this?" Lin Nian was already prepared for his worldview to collapse, but he did not expect that the item inside the box was not a magical or mythical item. It was just a human-face-sized stone ghost mask.
"Allow me to introduce you. This mask was unearthed in 1922. The discoverer was the British archaeologist, Marshall. He discovered the Mohenjo-Daro ruins in the same year, so we suspect that this mask was excavated from the Mohenjo-Daro ruins. He thought it was a product of the Indian civilization in 2600 B.C., so he brought it back to the museum, but it was stolen in 1940 and found by us in Leningrador in 1946.”Masashi Tomiyama handed Lin Nian a magnifying glass.""Look at the traces of weathering on it. If the age test is correct, this mask has been around for at least 4,000 years!”
"Pardon me for being blunt, but I can't tell what this mask has to do with 'dragon'.”Lin Nian took the magnifying glass and carefully observed the mask. Unfortunately, the history course he learned in high school did not have any knowledge about the identification of cultural relics. It was useless to give him a magnifying glass, let alone a microscope.
"No, this mask is not his true appearance. He actually hides some dark secrets that no one knows.”"Try the first drop of blood," Masashi Tomiyama said.”
"Blood?" Lin Nian looked up at him.
Masashi Tomiyama did not explain. He just handed over a blood collection needle.
Lin Nian hesitated for a moment after taking it, but he still stuck it into his finger. He forced a drop of bright red blood to drip on the stone ghost noodle in the box.
In Lin Nian's line of sight, the blood beads slowly rolled down in the air, changing in an irregular shape. Finally, they were pulled by gravity to the stone ghost mask's glabella.
Stomp.
In the quiet study, the sound of blood dripping sounded particularly heavy.
In the next moment, the stone ghost mask in the box suddenly trembled. The lips of the mask actually began to open and close on their own. Three seconds later, the stone ghost mask let out a muffled sound, and six spikes on its left and right sides burst out, supporting the entire mask in the box!
Lin Nian was so frightened by the commotion that he took a few steps back. Masashi Tomiyama gently pressed his back to signal him to calm down,""Don't be afraid. As long as you don't wear it on your face rashly, you'll be absolutely safe.”
Lin Nian calmed himself down and looked at Lin Xian, who was at the side. He realized that Lin Xian was focused on the stone ghost mask. The stone spikes that shot out from the stone ghost mask were not straight, but had a certain arc. There were a total of twelve bone spikes on the left and right, some long and some short, which wrapped around the shape of an adult's head. The entire mask had turned into the shape of a simple helmet.
"This mask is a killing tool?" Lin Nian mustered up his courage and took a few steps forward. He looked at the stone ghost mask, whose lips were still moving, and asked,""If this mask is stained with blood, these spikes will instantly pierce through the person's head, right?”
"It will. After our tests, the stone spikes that drop after the stone ghost mask is stained with blood can reach an astonishing speed of 380 meters per second, surpassing the speed of sound. The hardness of the stone spikes is beyond imagination, harder than any natural material known to date.”" If you don't believe me, you can try to break the stone spikes," Masashi said." Even if you break them, we won't ask you for compensation."”
"You said so yourself." Lin Nian boldly reached out and touched one of the stone spikes behind the stone ghost mask. It felt cold and smooth like jade. Only then did he realize that compared to the surface of the stone ghost mask, these stone spikes that appeared later had no signs of weathering. He really didn't know where they had been hidden in the stone ghost mask.
Lin Nian pinched the stone spike with three fingers on his right hand and exerted a little strength. The feedback from his hand was extremely hard. He increased his strength step by step, but he realized that the stone spike did not even show signs of changing shape. In the end, he could only give up."What is the use of this mask? Kill someone?"
"Murder? Would anyone wear such a suspicious mask on their face? Furthermore, blood was required to trigger it. Other than that, no other liquid would work.”" No," Masashi Tomiyama shook his head with a smile." I mentioned before that this alchemical item was stolen in 1940. Can you think of anything?"”
1940?
Lin Nian was stunned for a moment before he could react. Lin Xian looked at him and asked,""When was World War II?”
"September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945.”Lin Nian subconsciously recited it as if he was reciting a book.
"I've always told you that even if you have a good memory, you have to constantly consolidate your knowledge.”Lin Xian sighed.
Lin Nian rubbed his nose in embarrassment and asked Masashi Tomiyama,""What does this mask have to do with World War II?”
"After the mask was stolen in 1940, we found it again in 1946. We found it in St. Petersburg, which was the former Leningrador.”Masashi Tomiyama stepped forward and gently wiped the blood off the stone ghost mask with a white handkerchief. The twelve stone spikes instantly bounced back and calmed down."What do you get from Leningrador?”
"Is this a last-minute history lesson?”Lin Nian said," In the Battle of Leningrador, the Soviet Union achieved a milestone victory. The German army was defeated.”
"Your history is not bad. I suggest you take the Dragon Clan's genealogy and the Dragon Clan's descendant theory. People with good memories have good results in humanities subjects.”Masashi Tomiyama smiled and looked at the stone ghost mask.""Since you know about the Battle of Leningrador, you must also know that the battle lasted for 900 days, one of the longest battles in history.”
"What does this mask have to do with that battle?”
"This mask's true purpose is not to kill, but to create people to kill.”Masashi Toyama said.
"Creating a killer…People?" Lin Nian was stunned.
" During the defense of Leningrador, there were hundreds of mysterious killings in Leningrador. Some people claimed to see werewolves on the streets at night, while others said they saw large hyenas. But no matter what, the victims all ended up with broken limbs and a large amount of meat missing.”
Lin Nian's expression changed slightly when he heard the word meaty.""You mean…"
" After putting on the mask and dripping a drop of blood, the living spirit in the mask will be awakened. Twelve stone spikes will pierce out at the same time and pierce into twelve different places in the human brain. It's very cruel, but it won't kill you.”"But this masked man will become something else, a product closely related to dragons-Deadpool," said Masashi Toyama.”
"Living spirit? Deadpool?" Lin Nian subconsciously looked at Manstein. Manstein, who was standing in front of the bookcase with his hands behind his back, did not say anything. He just looked at him quietly.
" You can imagine that living spirits are a kind of soul that resides in an alchemical item. Under normal circumstances, they don't pose any harm. On the other hand, Deadpool is a product of an abnormal dragon bloodline. The appearance of the person who mutated into Deadpool is close to that of a dragon. They grow scales and claws. The human's consciousness will be blurred, and their psychology will degenerate into a monster that only knows how to desire flesh and blood. At the same time, his physical body was also in line with the large changes in his psychological drive. His speed, endurance, strength, and other indicators had increased abnormally.”Masashi Tomiyama explained," The werewolves and hyenas that the citizens of Leningradsky claimed to have seen were them. For this reason, the local garrison imposed a curfew and searched the entire city to quell public opinion. There were rumors that the garrison had indeed found the werewolf and burned it with a flamethrower. Later, we speculated that the so-called werewolf was a Deadpool created by the stone ghost mask.”
"This mask can create such a monster?”Lin Nian's gaze toward the stone ghost mask suddenly became dangerous.
"Not really." Masashi Tomiyama shook his head." If we could create it without limit, our world would have belonged to the underworld by now. There are many restrictions on creating Deadpool with this mask. One of the conditions is that the person wearing the mask must be a mixed-blood.”
"Mixed blood." Lin Nian had heard this phrase countless times today.
" After the twelve stone spikes pierce into the brain, they will forcefully stimulate a large amount of brain-stimulating hormones. These stimulants will cause a part of the dragon bloodline of the hybrid to be stimulated, and it will produce the effect of hallucinogenic and violent tendencies. This is also the so-called 'refined bloodline', but this technology is a completely inferior version that will cause irreversible damage to the brain of the hybrid.”Masashi Toyama seemed to be in high spirits.
"We suspect that this is a failed product of a second-generation or second-generation seed. Perhaps his original intention was to create an alchemical item that could truly refine the bloodline…Perhaps if the dragons that created the stone ghost mask were bronze and the King of Fire, the effect of the mask would be much greater. Even so, it's rumored that the Secret Party was inspired to develop some skills related to bloodline refinement when they recovered the stone ghost mask after World War II…"
" Instructor Masashi Toyama!" Manstein reminded.
"Sorry, I seem to have said too much.”Masashi Tomiyama reacted and turned to Lin Nian with an apologetic expression. He closed the passcode box with the mask and said,""After the blood stains dry up, the living spirit will go back to sleep, and the bone spikes will be retrieved, so don't worry.”
"So if the German army had more mixed-bloods, Leningrador might have been broken through from the inside by a large number of monsters, right?”Lin Nian said as he looked at the closed black passcode box.
" It's very possible. There will always be some panicked public opinion and rumors during wartime. Once the rumors are proven, the people who are already tense will completely collapse! Unfortunately, mixed-bloods are in the minority. During the defense of Leningrador, there were only two or three Deadpool created. We believe that it is very likely that even the cruel German army could not tolerate the casualties of ordinary soldiers caused by the failure of the large number of soldiers, so they gave up on him.”Masashi Toyama said.
"I'm starting to believe you.”Lin Nian looked at Masashi Toyama and smiled.""Even if everything you said just now is fake, I'm willing to admit that this is an exquisite story, and I'll tell it to others in the future.”
"But our goal today is to make you truly believe in the existence of the dragon civilization.”Masashi Tomiyama also smiled and helped Lin Nian open the second black passcode box. On the black cushion in the box, there was a 50-centimeter-long golden round stick.
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