Purgatory Artist-Chapter 200: Naturalists

Imperial City.

Imperial Headquarters.

Although it was called the Imperial Headquarters, all the military-related organizations in the Imperial City were here.

"Stay here and don't move around. I'll get some information and be back soon." Liu Ping said.

Libertas looked at the iron gate of the headquarters and then at Liu Ping.

"How ... how do you plan to get in?"

He asked suspiciously.

"You forgot that Hua Qingkong and I are secret troops under the commander-in-chief." Liu Ping said.

"Oh! Then I'll wait for you here. "Libertas said.

Liu Ping nodded and walked towards the gate.

As expected.

He showed his ID and was let in by the guard.

Libertas leaned against the tree and felt envious.

Was it a waste of his talent to be an assassin? If not, he could at least work in the military. At least he could get a higher salary.

Liu Ping walked through the gate of the headquarters and looked around the buildings.

He had already checked the last time he came.

The special forces should be responsible for all kinds of emergencies in the Imperial City.

But the incident in the Imperial Academy had ended long ago.

The corpses of the insects should have been handed over to the Special Laboratory Department.

The Special Laboratory Department was responsible for this. They were responsible for analyzing all kinds of strange things.

This department was in the third building.

Liu Ping continued to walk forward and soon saw a white building.

Compared to the other buildings in the headquarters, this white building was relatively quiet. There were almost no people coming in or out.

Should he take a break?

Although he was a member of the secret troops, he was not qualified to enter the Special Laboratory Department without a reason, not to mention taking some insect corpses.

Let's take a break then.

Liu Ping was about to activate his skill when a voice came from not far away.

"Eh? Liu Ping is that you?! "

Liu Ping turned around and saw an old man in plain clothes standing not far away, looking at him with a smile.

Teacher Ted!

"Teacher, why are you here?" Liu Ping was surprised.

"The military has some things they can't handle and needs the help of naturalists. So I've been here recently." Ted said.

"Naturalists? So it's related to some biological specimens and unknown objects, right? "Liu Ping said.

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"Exactly. I'm going to the Special Laboratory Department to continue a job. What about you?" Ted asked.

Liu Ping paused for a moment before saying, "I plan to sneak into the Special Laboratory Department and look for the corpses of the Insects that invaded the Royal Academy."

Ted's face slightly changed. He pulled him to the shade of a tree and growled, "You're too bold. You're going to jail for sneaking into the Special Laboratory Department."

"I'm now a member of the special forces under the commander-in-chief. It's not a problem for me to go in, but I can't get the bodies of the insects." Liu Ping whispered.

Ted looked around. Seeing that there was no one around, he whispered, "Are you doing research?"

"Yes, I feel that there's something strange about those insects." Liu Ping said.

"Of course it's strange. They were originally humans, but they were turned into insects ... We've been researching this. By the way, I haven't congratulated you. You've officially become a naturalist." Ted said.

"It's all thanks to teacher's recommendation."

"Du Ley and Jayce are full of praises for you, saying that you have the demeanor of a naturalist."

"Unfortunately, right after I became a naturalist, the Naturalist Society was shut down."

"... Hmph, it's all that foolish emperor's fault. Does he think religion is something good? Come with me. "

Ted brought Liu Ping to the building of the Special Laboratory Department.

"Teacher?" Liu Ping hesitated.

"As naturalists, we've never been afraid of worldly power. Only the truth can make us bow." Ted said.

"Then ..."

"I'll bring you in. Be smart and find the right opportunity to act."

"... Thank you, teacher."

Liu Ping followed Ted into the building.

Some people came up to question them.

Under Ted's signal, Liu Ping took out his naturalist badge. After Ted verified his identity, he was allowed to enter.

The elevator went all the way down.

On the 32nd floor.

The elevator opened.

After passing through a few doors, Liu Ping and Ted changed into protective clothing and a gas mask. After a series of disinfection measures, they stood in front of a huge metal door.

"Teacher."

"It's okay. We call the shots here."

Rumble!

The door opened.

A few people in military uniforms, rubber gloves, and gas masks looked at the two of them.

Liu Ping met their gazes and saw Du Ley and Jayce. There were even a few other men with scholarly temperaments.

"This is my student, Liu Ping." Ted introduced.

Everyone laughed and greeted Liu Ping one by one.

"I heard there's a young man who can memorize an entire library of books. It must be you."

"A rising star."

"So young. Another one of us."

"Has the research direction been decided?"

Everyone asked.

Liu Ping was a little surprised. He greeted everyone while looking at Ted.

Ted smiled and said, "Other than researchers, what kind of people do you think would be interested in the monster's corpse?"

"I should have thought of that." Liu Ping sighed.

"Okay, we'll talk about the bug later when we leave. Come, let's look at this monster together."

Ted said.

As soon as he said that, everyone's expression became serious.

The three scholars took out their cards together.

On the cards in their hands, there was a line of numbers that kept changing.

"This is a password card. The three strings of passwords are all correct and the person has been verified. Only then will the seal be unlocked." Ted said.

The next second.

A cold voice sounded.

"Permission granted. The seal has been unlocked."

Boom!

A thick cold fog spread across the crowd.

In the cold fog, a few black objects appeared faintly.

Liu Ping saw that the bug's corpse was covered in frost and frozen on the table.

In the middle of the many corpses, there was an eight-meter-tall giant.

It looked like an extremely strong person. Its body was made of steel and bulging muscles. However, in the gaps of those muscles, there were vertical pupils.

Just one look was enough to make one's hair stand on end.

"Teacher, what is this?"

Liu Ping asked.

"This thing I found on the Northern Border is actually very shocking. It can be written into a travel book. But to put it simply, I used an automatic detector to explore a place outside the border and found this corpse there." Ted said.

"It was just transported back yesterday. In other words." Du Lei said.

"This is something outside the border. We've never seen it before. It's very precious." Jayce said.

Liu Ping's interest was piqued. He walked around the monster saying," This guy is similar to an insect."

"What?" Ted asked.

"It was originally a human." Liu Ping said.

"The bug was originally a human?" A scholar asked sharply.

"Yes, I just found out something. The Floating Lamp Street incident was done by a military officer named Qian Wuzhou. He can transform into a bug." Liu Ping said.

Ted ordered, "Immediately search the Empire's missing persons catalog. Compare the monster's face and see if you can find anything."

Several scholars drew their cards and quickly searched through the list of missing persons.

Ted gave Liu Ping a look and said, "Go take a look at those bugs and see if you can find any clues."

He handed over a tray.

The tray was full of dissecting tools.

"Yes, teacher."

Liu Ping took the tray and walked to the periphery of the monster's corpse. He randomly found a bug's corpse and began to carefully cut it.

The scholars tactfully turned their backs.

Liu Ping held a sharp scalpel and cut off a bug's compound leg.

"Not sure if it's enough ..."

He placed the compound leg on the ground, took out the short sword, and touched the bug's compound leg with the tip of the sword.

The bug's compound leg suddenly disappeared.

"Creak creak creak" sounds came from the short sword, as if it was chewing something.

A line of burning text quickly appeared:

[It needs more corpses to fully understand the current Insect's weakness]

That's easy.

Liu Ping walked in front of another bug, cut off a piece of its wing and gave it to the short sword again.

The short sword quickly ate it.

Another line of burning text appeared:

[It still needs to eat a bit of its main body]

Liu Ping held the scalpel, cut open another bug's chest, cut out its heart and put it on the ground.

He didn't dare to let the short sword touch the bug's corpse. Otherwise, if it ate it all up, he wouldn't be able to answer to his teacher.

Just like now, the bugs were missing a few parts. His teacher could say that he used them for research and used them up.

The short sword gave off a creaking sound.

Its surface slowly turned into a long needle, turning from dark green to dark grey.

A line of burning text appeared in front of Liu Ping's eyes:

[Your sword:Evil Insect's Downfall, Green Demon Canyon's Sword of Extinction is prepared]

[Number of uses: 1]

[It has become an extremely targeted weapon, capable of directly killing a certain type of insect]

[Special note: The insects that prisoners turn into are the most unique and the most powerful. This sword might not be able to kill them in a single strike, please make other preparations]

Success!

Liu Ping sighed in relief and put the short sword away.

He slowly walked back to Ted and muttered: "Teacher, there's nothing to study about the bug, I want to continue studying this corpse with you."

Ted took out a pocket watch and looked at it.

There were only two scales on the dial, one on the left and one on the right of the horizontal line, with a green leaf and a skull engraved on them.

As the pocket watch was opened, a red needle spun a few times before jumping to the right and pointing at a black skull.

Liu Ping curiously looked at the pocket watch.

Lines of burning text quickly appeared in front of his eyes:

[The Bell of Life and Death]

[This is a mystical item, its pointer represents the situation you'll be facing next.]

Ted put away the pocket watch and coughed lightly. "Alright, today's research will end here. I have something important to announce to everyone. Everyone, follow me."

Everyone was stunned.

The research has only just begun and Ted wants to take everyone away?

The atmosphere suddenly became strange.

Liu Ping looked at everyone and smiled: "Alright, then let's go."

He supported Ted and led the way out.

"Let's go, Ted must have found some other secrets, let's go take a look." Du Ley also smiled.

Everyone quickly followed.

They walked out of the metal door.

"Close the door and reseal it." Ted ordered.

Rumble rumble rumble

The heavy metal door was closed again.

"Sequencer, disinfect everyone, check their souls and bodies, then send us out." Ted ordered again.

Pipes giving off cold smoke came down from the ceiling, spraying disinfectant gas onto everyone's bodies.

A flash of light came from below.

'[Everything is normal, you may leave]'

The Sequencer coldly declared.

The elevator doors opened.

Everyone squeezed in without missing a single person.

Finally.

They were back on the ground.

Ted took out the pocket watch again and opened it.

The red pointer suddenly jumped over and pointed at the green leaf.

Ted sighed in relief, then his expression became tense and said: "Quickly! Everyone leave, don't stay here any longer, Liu Ping, you leave as well, I have to report this to the Sequencer "

...

Deep underground.

At the sealed area behind the metal door.

The giant whose entire body was covered with vertical pupils moved.