Old Master, have you ever been beaten by a Pokémon?

A huge and heavy metal box was carefully carried into the room by several strong staff members. They were panting, with beads of sweat on their foreheads, but their eyes revealed a hint of nervousness and anticipation.

After the metal box was properly placed, the men breathed a sigh of relief, then quickly left the room and gently closed the door.

At the same time, on the control panel outside the room, a large screen slowly lit up. As the operator skillfully operated various buttons and keyboards, after just a few seconds, the mechanical arm that had been motionless in the room seemed to be given life and began to slowly descend.

These robotic arms are made of advanced materials, their joints flash with cold light, their movements are precise and smooth, and they are even more flexible than human hands.

When the robotic arm descended to a certain height, its ingeniously designed manipulator grasped the lid of the metal box accurately and twisted it gently to open it. Then, like a magic trick, the manipulator steadily took out a body from the metal box.

The corpse seemed to be well preserved, but its appearance was a strange rat-man, which made people feel chilly.

At this moment, a group of researchers standing outside the room saw this scene and immediately gasped in surprise. "Oh my God! It really is a protozoan..."

An older, dignified-looking researcher shouted excitedly, his voice trembling with excitement, "This time the Public Security Bureau has finally done something decent! Everyone, hurry up and prepare for the experiment. We must succeed this time!"

Hearing the leader's call, other members responded one after another. For a moment, the entire laboratory was filled with a tense and orderly atmosphere.

Some researchers quickly picked up sharp knives and prepared to cut the body; others held various precision instruments and prepared to conduct detailed analysis and testing of the samples.

Everyone is fully focused on their work and dares not slack off in the slightest.

In the right corner of this laboratory, there is a one-way perspective glass wall. Through this glass, you can see several monkeys locked up inside. These monkeys were originally moving around freely, sometimes climbing branches, and sometimes playing and fighting with each other.

But when they noticed the busy humans outside and the mysterious corpse, they seemed to have a vague premonition that some danger was about to come, and suddenly became anxious.

They kept scratching the glass wall and making sharp noises, as if they wanted to break free and escape.

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Liu Tianci stood in the kitchen, with an empty refrigerator and a pile of cleaned and stored cooking utensils in front of him. He wiped his hands and looked at his "masterpiece" with satisfaction - turning all the remaining ingredients in the refrigerator into a hearty dinner, and then cleaned up the kitchen. However, it was already dark outside the window.

Normally, at this time, he should have climbed onto the warm and comfortable bed and fallen into a sweet dream. But today was different. An inexplicable curiosity drove him to the old desk beside the bed.

He gently pressed the switch of the desk lamp, and the soft yellow light instantly filled the desk. Then, he carefully took out the torn book he had obtained from the mysterious human-faced rat's lair and gently placed it on the desk.

This incomplete book exudes an old atmosphere, as if it carries countless unknown stories and secrets. When Liu Tianci first came into contact with it, he felt the strange interference to his spirit.

At first, he had speculated that this abnormal phenomenon was caused by being close to the lair of the human-faced rat. But now, facing the book again, he had to admit that the root of the problem was this torn book.

What is the reason that makes a book have such a strange power? Is it because of its special paper material? Liu Tianci stretched out his right index finger and slowly stroked the yellowed paper, feeling the rough texture from his fingertips.

At the same time, he subconsciously turned his head and glanced at the dark corners that the light of the table lamp could not reach. Sure enough, those indescribable shadows were still quietly lurking there, like demons hidden in the darkness, spying on everything.

As a cultivator, Liu Tianci's mental strength was far beyond that of an ordinary person. This level of mental stimulation was nothing more than a trivial trouble for him.

He just took a quick look and after confirming that these changes were still limited to the spiritual level, he no longer paid too much attention to it and instead refocused his attention on the torn book in front of him.

Although Liu Tianci knew very little about the various methods caused by paper pages made of different materials, he was very clear in his mind that there was a huge difference between paper pages made of human skin or other animal leather and paper pages made of ordinary plant materials.

Take this incomplete book for example. It has no leather pages, nor does it look like it is made of any particularly rare or exotic material.

Judging from the slightly yellowed color of the pages and some jagged marks of damage on the edges, this book has obviously gone through many years and is quite old.

If this uncomfortable mental shock is not caused by the material of the book itself, then there is only one possible explanation.

That is - there is a big problem with the contents of the book! Thinking of this, Liu Tianci immediately decided to activate the blue bird that had been following him and ordered Rotom to control it. You know, this blue bird is equipped with advanced motion recognition and voice recognition systems.

Liu Tianci stretched out his hand and pointed his index finger at a passage in the book. Almost at the same moment, Bluebird's lively eyes immediately turned to him. Then, Liu Tianci gently uttered two words: "Translate."

Before he finished speaking, Bluebird had already taken swift action and began to search for relevant information in its huge internal database.

Not long after, the results of the search were projected directly onto the page that was originally printed with mysterious characters.

"Contact...contact technique?" Looking at the projected translation, Liu Tianci couldn't help but frowned and fell into deep thought.

Liu Tianci touched his nose, wondering if it was an illusion. When he began to understand the contents of the book, the shadows around him seemed to become even thicker at this moment.