Soon, Lu Xiao arrived at the testing site.
The Doctor was already waiting there.
As soon as Lu Xiao entered, the Doctor tossed him a lead box.
"Take out the gun inside!"
Lu Xiao did as instructed and opened the box. An exquisite revolver lay inside.
The handgun was about twenty centimeters long, silver all over, and adorned with exquisite patterns.
But when Lu Xiao held it in his hands and played with it, he immediately felt disappointed.
It was light and felt rough in his hand, nothing more than a toy gun made from cheap plastic.
The Doctor adjusted his monocle.
"Well? Does your body feel unusual?"
Lu Xiao carefully checked how he felt, then shook his head.
"No!"
The Doctor nodded and introduced the revolver.
"This revolver is a Safe-class Contained Anomaly, Serial Number 097-the Cursed Toy Cap Gun!"
"When an ordinary person holds the revolver, their skin will begin to ulcerate after about three minutes!"
Hearing this, Lu Xiao hastily let go.
"Doctor, why didn't you tell me sooner that it was so dangerous?"
Lu Xiao glared at the Doctor with his dead-fish eyes.
The corner of the Doctor's mouth twitched.
"Bullshit! Are you an ordinary person?"
Lu Xiao froze at that.
"Fair point!"
With that, he bent down again and picked up the Corrupted Revolver from the floor.
The Doctor adjusted his monocle and continued.
"This revolver is a product of your era. It possesses an anomalous property of corruption!"
"But we still haven't figured out where that property comes from!"
"My guess is that it's because of a curse!"
At this, Lu Xiao grew interested.
"This thing is from my era?"
As he spoke, he brought the Corrupted Revolver closer and examined it carefully.
The entire revolver was as shoddily made as the toys sold at the little shops outside elementary schools.
"Doctor, what kind of bullets does this gun use?"
Lu Xiao asked.
The Doctor pondered for a moment.
"The wielder's flesh and blood!"
Lu Xiao: "???"
Soon, a specially made steel plate a full fifty centimeters thick was carried in.
The Doctor said to Lu Xiao.
"Try firing a shot at that steel plate!"
Lu Xiao nodded and aimed at the plate with the gun in his right hand.
Bang!
A deafening gunshot echoed through the testing room.
The Doctor first looked at the plate.
A fist-sized hole had appeared in the specially made steel plate, which was a full fifty centimeters thick.
This was one of the Corrupted Revolver's properties: Piercing.
At the same time, countless cracks instantly appeared around the hole.
The steel plate's internal structure had already been destroyed.
This was its second property: destruction.
As for the other two properties, they could not be demonstrated on the steel plate.
Still, the Doctor nodded, quite satisfied with its power.
"This degree of physical damage is sufficient!"
After all, this thing was meant for dealing with Anomalies. Physical damage was not its main purpose.
"Did you feel anything unusual after firing?"
"For example, did you develop a fear of something?"
Lu Xiao thought carefully.
"Doctor, I don't feel anything!"
The Doctor nodded.
"One of this revolver's properties is that every shot causes an extreme fear of something at random!"
Just then, Lu Xiao suddenly spoke.
"Doctor, my thigh feels a little painful!"
As he spoke, he tore open his trouser leg.
The entire calf of that leg had vanished.
Bare white bone was exposed.
Lu Xiao grimaced.
"Doctor, I think I misspoke!"
"This doesn't hurt a little. It hurts like my mom fucking died!"
The Doctor adjusted his monocle and said calmly.
"Oh, right. Every shot also makes a random chunk of flesh and blood disappear from your body!"
The corner of Lu Xiao's mouth twitched wildly.
"Doctor, would you mind if I put a bullet in your head right now?"
Holding his monocle, the Doctor nodded.
"Yes! I would mind!"
His expression was exactly like that of a noble gentleman.
For a moment, Lu Xiao actually had no idea how to retort.
Sure enough, sincerity really was the best finishing move.
Lu Xiao was in so much pain that his eyes were about to roll back.
This pain was nothing like the pain of tearing open his own skin.
The Doctor, however, spoke calmly.
"Don't worry. At the rate your cells are active, that missing flesh and blood will grow back in just two hours!"
"So, we'll now proceed to the next experiment!"
As he spoke, he took out a bell without a clapper.
Ding-a-ling!
A pleasant ringing sounded.
A man dressed like a butler appeared out of thin air.
"Good morning, sir. How may I help you?"
This was none other than Serial Number 077-the Butler.
The Doctor nodded.
"Help me with a little experiment!"
The Butler bowed slightly.
"At your service!"
Bang!
A fist-sized hole instantly appeared in the Butler's chest, open all the way through.
Immediately afterward, cracks spread across his body.
At the same time, the wound began to rot rapidly.
In less than a minute, the Butler had vanished completely.
Lu Xiao looked at the Doctor without a word.
It was not that he did not want to speak.
This time, the Corrupted Revolver had drawn flesh and blood from his neck.
His neck was now stripped bare, with only bone supporting his head.
"I must say, your vitality really is impressive!"
The Doctor adjusted his monocle and exclaimed in admiration.
Lu Xiao blinked, signaling that he was in a very bad mood.
The Doctor shrugged indifferently.
"This Contained Anomaly is yours!"
Only then did Lu Xiao put away the Corrupted Revolver with smiling eyes.
The Doctor continued.
"This Contained Anomaly is like a time bomb!"
"Every shot you fire brings you one step closer to death!"
"Because you never know which shot will sacrifice your heart or your head!"
"Secondly, every shot causes an extreme fear of something at random!"
"It might randomly make you afraid of being alive!"
As he spoke, his gaze turned serious.
"So, don't use this revolver unless you have absolutely no other choice!"
"Even if you do use it, try not to fire more than three shots!"
Lu Xiao blinked to indicate that he understood.
The Doctor waved a hand.
"All right, the experiment is over!"
"Go see the Prison Doctor and see whether he can help you!"
Lu Xiao limped away.
As the Prison Doctor applied a strange liquid medicine to Lu Xiao, he asked in confusion.
"Lu, how did you end up looking like this?"
Lu Xiao still could not speak, so he could only take out the revolver.
The Prison Doctor pointed at the Corrupted Revolver.
"Because of this thing?"
Lu Xiao blinked.
The Prison Doctor picked up the Corrupted Revolver and examined it carefully for a moment.
"Strange. I feel like this gun is corrupting my body!"
As he spoke, he casually fired a shot.
Half an hour later, Ivan arrived at the Prison Doctor's Containment Room.
Lu Xiao was lying on the operating table, while the Prison Doctor lay on the floor.
All the flesh on the Prison Doctor's thigh had vanished.
The soul flames in Ivan's eye sockets flickered.
"Lu, Prison Doctor, how did you two end up looking like this?"
The voice came from inside their bodies.
The Prison Doctor said nothing and pointed at the Corrupted Revolver lying on the floor.
Ivan picked up the Corrupted Revolver and asked in confusion.
"Because of this thing?"
"Strange. I feel like this gun is corrupting my bones!"
As he spoke, he casually fired a shot.
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