Aomeijia's Research
Zhang Xuezhou and his team were faster than Zhou Yueyan.
He was among the first to reopen Emperor Luo Li's coffin and correct his misaligned bones.
But Zhang Xuezhou didn't notice anything unusual after he returned the head.
The rotting flesh of Luo Zhong's head was returned to its original position. Luo Zhong's remains remained unchanged, and Huang Daoxian did not appear.
"Disgusting!"
Even after repeated treatments, Luo Zhong's head was still not benign, retaining a pungent medicinal and putrid smell.
If you get close enough to smell it, Zhang Manqian feels that her soul will instantly ascend to heaven.
She watched Zhang Xuezhou Zhang Xuezhou fiddling with things, then glanced occasionally at the faint glint in his fingers.
Despite her envy, Zhang Manqian had absolutely no intention of learning another one of those myriad techniques.
This technique, called the Dust-Avoiding Technique, has limited effects; it merely prevents dust from sticking to the body and stench from approaching, with few other benefits.
She pinched her nose, and when she looked down, she saw Zhou Yueyan and the others approaching from afar, and quickly reminded Zhang Xuezhou.
"It's been a long time, Lord Arthur!"
After a brief greeting, Montes Arthur, invited by Zhang Xuezhou, also leaped onto the high platform where they entered the imperial coffin.
Upon meeting and recognizing the person, Montes Arthur greeted him with a look of disbelief.
"You're Director Zhang?"
Montes Arthur knew that face all too well.
Before the outcome of the battle on Alliance Island was decided, Montes Arthur never felt that he had been at a disadvantage against Qin Meng, even though he had used four doses of the X864 gene drug on Zhang Xuezhou.
It wasn't until after the contract was signed and the researchers involved in the research on the X864 gene drug were "exchanged" away that he belatedly realized he had suffered a great loss.
No amount of alien beasts can withstand the loss of such talent; no amount of alien beasts can replace a researcher who leads the development of the X864 gene drug.
The reason for this was that he had inadvertently taken out the X864 gene drug and inadvertently revealed the names of the people involved.
Montes Arthur could never have imagined that, years later, such conditions would actually appear in the contract, and be fulfilled by the Scarlet Alliance State as a condition for their victory.
"Lord Arthur, it's so good to see you!"
I don't like seeing...
"Look, these are Luo Zhong's remains!"
Montes Arthur had barely uttered a word when he heard Zhang Xuezhou point to the imperial coffin, which made him quickly suppress his distracting thoughts and displeasure.
"This is Luo Zhong?" Montes Arthur exclaimed in astonishment. "His body has turned into White Bone, but how come there are still remnants of rotting flesh in his head?"
"This is the secret of Mental Strengthening; this ability effectively prolongs the lifespan of the head," Zhang Xuezhou said.
"There are marks on the neck, indicating it was severed by a sharp blade. The body and head were preserved separately, creating the difference between the old and new pieces!"
Montes Arthur was about to agree out of curiosity when he heard Shelton, who had followed him, say something that made him curse inwardly, feeling that Zhang Xuezhou wasn't telling the truth at all.
"Lord Sherton, you're mistaken," Zhang Xuezhou said seriously. "This head did indeed have a relatively long lifespan; we even have some small records of Luo Zhong's head from when it was alive!"
"The head is still alive?"
Sherton's voice faltered.
Zhang Xuezhou's rebuttal is not the point; the point is that Zhang Xuezhou mentioned real archives that record Luo Zhong's head surviving, and that these archives are from a relatively long period of time.
This made him slightly uneasy; Sherton felt that the research direction of the Scarlet Alliance State seemed to have gone a bit astray.
"The head is highly decomposed, but the skull is very fresh, so it seems the person hasn't been dead for very long?"
Luo Zhong's head was highly decomposed, but Luo Zhong skull was relatively new, quite different from the grayish-white color of the bones in the imperial coffin.
The distinct colors prompted Montes Arthur to ask a question immediately. He even put on disposable gloves and reached out to touch Luo Zhong's head.
"How long do you think you've been dead?" Zhang Xuezhou asked Montes Arthur.
"As long as the soaking and preservation are done properly, the age of the remains shouldn't be a problem, right?" Sher asked.
"No, no, no, soaking and death are completely different," Montes Arthur pondered for a moment before saying, "It's like an antique and a fake; the average person can't tell the difference, but someone who knows their stuff can spot the real from the fake at a glance!"
"Well?"
"But I have some doubts," Montes Arthur said hesitantly, "Is this really Luo Zhong's skull? Isn't your Scarlet Alliance State handling the remains of the last monarch a bit too casually?"
"No, we're already building a museum to enshrine the remains," Zhou Yueyan interjected.
"These must be Luo Zhong's remains. Comparing the genes of the bones and skull isn't difficult," Zhang Xuezhou said. "We don't need to use other heads to make up the numbers!"
"And you..."
Montes Arthur looked at the newer skull, then at the weathered and decaying torso, and was momentarily confused about what Zhang Xuezhou and the others were doing here.
"I finally managed to get this skull from Committee Member Zhou's lab. I heard that when a human skull is separated from the body for too long and then comes into contact again, it will produce a special splintering phenomenon, and it might even bring out Luo Zhong's ghost. That's why I thought I'd study it and see if I could find anything out from the skeleton!"
Zhang Xuezhou lowered his voice.
He leaned close to Montes Arthur's ear, but his voice also reached the ears of Shelton and the others.
Sherton remained silent, and Bakhtom wanted to speak but then stopped himself.
Montes Arthur's expression was somewhat uncertain.
"In the spiritual realm, physical death does not mean complete annihilation; there is indeed another way of continuing life. You can use the concept of a wandering soul as an explanation, which is fine. We describe this phenomenon as traces of life!"
After a few seconds of silence, Montes Arthur also spoke in a low voice.
"If we can trace the origins of these beings, we might be able to access their past memories, and perhaps even communicate with them," Montes Arthur said.
"Really?" Shelton asked doubtfully, "Can you really do this to a dead person? Is that even scientifically possible?"
"Not everyone has that chance," Montes Arthur shook his head repeatedly. "It requires immense strength in the spiritual realm. For example, I have absolutely no confidence in whether I will leave any trace of my spirit after I die!"
"Well?"
"You're not a psychiatrist, so you'll probably never have the chance to leave a trace of life in this lifetime!"
Shelton's voice trailed off, and Montes Arthur immediately voiced the question he was about to ask.
"It's not a big deal!"
Sherton muttered something indignantly.
As the saying goes, "a trade is like a mountain," and he couldn't understand Montes Arthur's ramblings.
But Montessler and Zhang Xuezhou had a very smooth, casual conversation.
"The Lineage sent me to the Scarlet Alliance State to pay more visits to Zhang Xuezhou, urging him to go hunting in Qinmeng. What skills does this guy possess that make the Lineage value him? Playing with dead people's heads seems a bit..."
Watching Zhang Xuezhou and Montes Arthur point at Luo Zhong's head and discuss various aspects of his mental state, Sherton felt that Zhang Xuezhou's research direction was quite bizarre, and he couldn't understand what indispensable role such a member could play.
Sherton muttered something under his breath until the skeleton in the imperial coffin suddenly sat up, its head bobbing up. He was startled and nearly jumped off the twenty-meter-high mound of yellow earth.