If I don't have money to go to college, I can only go to slay the dragon.

"What is this?" Lin Nian was already prepared for his world view to collapse, but he didn't expect that after opening the box, the thing inside was not a magical or mythical product, but just a stone ghost mask the size of a human face.

"Let me introduce, this mask was unearthed in 1922. The discoverer was British archaeologist Marshall. He discovered the Mohenjodaro ruins in the same year, so we suspect that this mask was at the Mohenjodaro ruins. It was excavated from inside. He thought it was a product of the Indus Valley Civilization period in 2600 BC, so he brought it back and kept it in the museum. However, it was stolen in 1940 and was discovered by us in Lenin in 1946. Gullah found it." Masashi Toyama handed Lin Nian a magnifying glass: "Look at the traces of weathering on it. If there are no errors in the age detection, this mask has survived for at least four thousand years!"

"With all due respect, I don't see what this mask has to do with 'dragon'." Lin Nian took a magnifying glass and observed the mask carefully. However, there was no knowledge related to cultural relic identification in the history courses he learned in high school. , let alone giving him a magnifying glass, giving him a microscope is useless.

"No, this mask is not his true appearance. He actually hides some unknown dark secrets." Masashi Toyama said, "Try to get the first drop of blood."

"Blood?" Lin Nian looked up at him.

Masashi Toyama did not explain, but just handed over a lancet.

Lin Nian hesitated for a moment after taking it, then pricked his finger, forced out a drop of bright red blood and nodded at the stone ghost noodles in the box.

In Lin Nian's sight, blood beads slowly rolled down in mid-air, changing in irregular shapes, and were finally pulled by gravity to the stone ghost face's eyebrows.

tread.

In the quiet study room, the sound of blood dripping was particularly heavy.

The next moment, the stone ghost mask in the box suddenly started to tremble, and the lips of the mask began to open and close actively. Three seconds later, the stone ghost mask made a muffled sound, and six spikes on the left and right sides exploded downwards, and the entire mask was in the box. Stand up!

Lin Nian was frightened by the movement and took a few steps back. Toyama Masashi gently pressed against his back to calm him down: "Don't be afraid, as long as you don't wear it on your face rashly, you will be absolutely safe."

Lin Nian calmed down and looked at Lin Xian aside, only to find that Lin Xian was looking at the stone ghost face attentively. The stone thorns erupted behind the stone ghost face were not straight, but had a certain arc. There were twelve in total on the left and right. Bone spurs of varying lengths wrapped around the round shape of an adult's head, and the entire mask turned into a shape like a simple helmet.

"Is this mask a murder tool?" Lin Nian boldly stepped forward and looked at the face of the stone ghost whose lips were still opening and closing and asked: "If blood gets stuck on while wearing this mask, these spikes will instantly kill the person's head. Penetrating, right?”

"Yes, after our testing, the stone thorns exploded after the blood on the stone ghost's face reached an astonishing 380 meters per second, breaking the speed of sound. The hardness of the stone thorns is beyond imagination, and it is harder than any natural thing known today. The material is even harder, and he can pierce even steel in one breath." Masashi Toyama said: "If you don't believe it, you can try to break those stone thorns, and even if you break it, we will not ask you for compensation."

"That's what you said." Lin Nian boldly reached out and touched a stone thorn behind the stone ghost face. The feeling was very cold and smooth like jade. Only then did he realize that compared to the surface of the stone ghost face, these things appeared later. There is no trace of weathering on the stone thorns. I really don’t know where it has been hidden in the stone ghost face before.

Lin Nian pinched the stone thorn with three fingers of his right hand and exerted a little force. The feedback from his hand was extremely hard. He increased the strength step by step but found that the stone thorn did not even show signs of deformation. In the end, he could only give up: " What is the purpose of this mask? Does it kill people?"

"Killing people? Would anyone wear such a suspicious mask on their face? And the trigger requires blood, other than any liquid." Toyama Masashi smiled and shook his head: "I said before that this alchemy item has It was stolen in 1940, can you think of anything?"

1940?

Lin Nian was stunned for a moment and did not react, but Lin Xian looked at him and asked: "What year was World War II?"

"September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945." Lin Nian recited it subconsciously as if he was endorsing it.

"Put what you have learned into practice. I have always told you that if you have a good memory, you must constantly consolidate knowledge points." Lin Xian sighed.

Lin Nian felt a little embarrassed and touched his nose and asked Toyama Masashi, "What does this mask have to do with World War II?"

"After this mask was stolen in 1940, we found it again in 1946. We found it again in St. Petersburg, which was the former Leningrad." Masashi Toyama used a white handkerchief to gently wipe away the blood on the stone ghost's face. , the twelve stone thorns bounced back instantly and restored calm: "What can you achieve when you mention Leningrad?"

"Is this a temporary history lesson now?" Lin Nian said: "In the Battle of Leningrad, the Soviet Union achieved a landmark victory and the German army was defeated."

"You are good at history. I suggest you take dragon genealogy and dragon ancestry theory as electives. Humanities and liberal arts subjects with a good memory will do well." Masashi Toyama smiled and looked at the stone ghost face and said: "Since you know the defense of Leningrad battle, then you must also know that this battle lasted for nine hundred days, making it one of the longest offensive battles in history."

"What does this mask have to do with that battle?"

"In fact, the real function of this mask is not to kill people, but to create people who kill people." Masashi Toyama said.

"The person who caused the murder?" Lin Nian was stunned.

"During the Battle of Leningrad, there were hundreds of mysterious killings in Leningrad. Some people claimed to have seen werewolves on the streets at night, and some said they saw large hyenas. But no matter what it was, the victims The same end result is that only broken arms and limbs are left, and a large amount of flesh is missing."

Lin Nian's expression changed slightly when he heard the word "volume": "You mean?"

"After putting on a mask and dripping a drop of blood, the living beings in the mask will be awakened. Twelve stone thorns will pierce out at the same time, piercing the human brain in twelve places of varying depths. It is cruel, but it does not kill." Toyama Masashi said: "But the man wearing the mask will become something else, a product closely related to dragons - Deadpool."

"Living? Deadpool?" Lin Nian subconsciously looked at Manstein. Manstein, who was standing in front of the bookcase with his hands behind his back, said nothing and just looked at him quietly.

"You can imagine that the living spirit is a kind of soul lodged in the alchemy item, which is generally harmless, while the deadpool is a product of abnormal dragon bloodline. The appearance of the person who transforms into the deadpool is close to that of a dragon, giving birth to With scales and claws, human ideology will be blurred, and the psychology will degenerate into monsters that only desire flesh and blood. At the same time, the physiology is also consistent with the large-scale alienation driven by psychology, and indicators such as speed, endurance, and strength will increase abnormally." Masashi Toyama explained : "At the beginning, citizens in Leningrad claimed that they were the werewolves and hyenas they saw. For this reason, the local garrison imposed a curfew and conducted a city-wide search to suppress public opinion. There were rumors that the garrison had indeed found the 'werewolf' and sprayed it with spray Firearms incinerated it, and we later deduced that the so-called werewolf was the Deadpool created by Stone Ghostface."

"Can this mask create the kind of monster you are talking about?" Lin Nian's eyes suddenly became dangerous when he looked at the stone ghost face.

"Not necessarily." Masashi Toyama shook his head: "If it could be made infinitely, our world would have been independent for a long time. This mask has great limitations on how to create Deadpool. One of the conditions is to wear the mask. The person must be of mixed race.”

"Mixed breed." Lin Nian heard this word countless times today.

"Twelve stone thorns will forcibly release a large amount of brain stimulants after being pierced into the brain. These stimulants will cause part of the dragon bloodline of the mixed race to be catalyzed, and produce a hallucinogenic effect that induces violent tendencies. This is the so-called 'Refined bloodline', but this technology is a completely degraded version and will cause irreversible damage to the brain of the mixed race." Toyama Masashi looked a little energetic.

"We suspect that this is the failed product of a certain second-generation species or a second-generation species. Perhaps his original intention was to create an alchemical item that can truly refine the bloodline. Perhaps if the dragon type that created the Stone Ghost Face is the King of Bronze and Fire, this The effect of the mask will be greatly expanded. But even so, it is said that when the Secret Party recovered the Stone Ghost Mask after the end of World War II, they were inspired by it and developed some techniques related to refining the bloodline."

"Teacher Masashi Toyama!" Manstein reminded.

"Sorry, I seem to have digressed too much." Toyama Masashi reacted, showed an apology to Lin Nian, turned around and closed the password box with the mask: "After the blood dries, the living creatures will return to sleep, and the bone spurs will also Take it back, so don’t worry.”

"So if the German army had more hybrids, Leningrad might have been attacked from the inside by a large number of monsters, right?" Lin Nian said, looking at the closed black password box.

"It is very likely that there will always be some panic opinions and rumors during wartime. Once these rumors are well-documented, the originally nervous people will completely collapse! But it is a pity that mixed races are in the minority. Leningrad defended At most, there were only two or three Deadpools produced during the war. We think it is very likely that even the cruel German army could not bear the casualties of ordinary soldiers caused by a large number of failures, so they gave up on him." Masashi Toyama said.

"I'm beginning to believe your words." Lin Nian looked at Masashi Toyama and smiled: "Even if everything you just said is false, I am willing to admit that it is an exquisite story, and I will have the opportunity to read it in the future. Tell others."

"But our goal today is to make you truly believe in the existence of dragon civilization." Masashi Toyama also smiled and helped Lin Nian open the second black password box. On the black cushion in the box, there was a A golden round rod fifty centimeters long.