The Witcher: Darkness Falls

In fact, it was almost as Lyon expected. The Imperial Academy actually made some promises to the nobles, which was why they donated generously.

However, this generosity only existed after the arrival of the missionaries.

According to Fred, genetic engineering has actually been a project in the School of Life Sciences for three years, but unfortunately the progress has been slow and funding is tight, so it is not well-known.

It was not until half a year ago that genetic engineering made a huge breakthrough when missionaries from Povis arrived and brought new technologies and some special things.

The biggest result is an injectable drug called Activator.

Its main function is to delay the aging of the body and it has a certain therapeutic effect on cancer.

Of course, it also has a side effect that all men are interested in.

After the activation agent is injected, the drug will cause the user to have strong sexual desire while it is taking effect.

This was originally considered an adverse side effect, but it cleverly cured the impotence of several noble lords who wished to remain anonymous.

The activation potion itself was enough to arouse the interest of these noble lords, but the impact of this side effect was obviously even greater.

Thanks to the generous donations from the nobles and the new technologies brought by the missionaries, genetic engineering has advanced rapidly in the past six months.

Of course, Leon keenly perceived a hidden message in Fred's words.

Genetic engineering has been able to advance rapidly in the past six months. In addition to the new technology of missionaries and the generous donations of noble lords, there seems to be another more secret condition.

That is something special that missionaries bring.

Fred mentioned it briefly, then dropped silent in a mysterious tone.

Lyon knew that it was impossible for the other party to tell him everything about genetic engineering.

The main reason they could talk so much was that Fred was now interested in witchers, but his knowledge of witchers was limited to some books and legends.

He didn't have more detailed information, not to mention him, and most wizards didn't have it either.

The witcher was created by Cosimo and Arzu, and most of the experimental data were kept in Kaer Morhen, which is the witcher's top secret information.

Therefore, if Fred wanted to understand the witcher, he had to either go to Kaer Morhen or find a real witcher to understand it in person.

The road to Kaer Morhen has long been cut off, and it is difficult for ordinary people to get there.

It is not easy to find a living witcher. There are very few of them and their activities are not fixed in any place. Even if Fred is determined, he cannot find him.

Therefore, he was very happy to meet Leon.

"Stein?" Fred frowned, obviously he had never heard of this person.

Seeing that he couldn't find out what the mysterious thing was, Leon simply changed the question.

But when he mentioned Stan Brice, Fred looked confused.

"Stan Bliss, he said he was a biologist and scholar at the Imperial College, about 1.7 meters tall, about 30 years old, and wearing a pair of round black-framed glasses." Leon described Stan's appearance in detail.

Fred suddenly realized, "Oh! Chris! Chris Brice, if he wears round black-framed glasses and is about thirty years old, that's him."

Leon frowned slightly.

Fred continued, "He is my student. Three months or two months ago, he asked for a long vacation and said he wanted to go to Dan Rowan.

It is said that he heard that the city lord's daughter was cursed and turned into a monster, so he said he wanted to go and see it."

Leon knew it was him, this guy used a fake name.

"What's wrong?" Fred asked, "Do you know each other? Did he tell you his name is Stan?"

Leon nodded.

"He probably isn't in the academy today. Do you want to meet him? I can convey his message to you," Fred said kindly.

Leon shook his head, thinking it was unnecessary.

"Forget it, we'll meet again sometime someday, I just remembered it," he said.

Fred nodded and didn't ask any further questions. He wasn't interested in the relationship between Leon and Chris anyway.

He is interested in Lyon.

Fred put down his teacup and said, “So, Mr. Witcher, tell me, why did you come to me?

Mrs. Evertson said you were interested in the genetic engineering we were leading.

As you just said, demon hunters are energetic, have long lifespans, and are physically strong. They should not be interested in activation potions, right?

You don't need that thing, or are you having a hard time lately?"

"No, that's not it." Leon quickly denied.

He is definitely not impotent, his real purpose is to investigate the goblin matter.

He pondered for a moment and said, "In fact, Chris once told me that your research on genes is very in-depth, and you have even achieved the level of reviving extinct creatures..."

Fred looked a little smug at first, but frowned when he heard the rest.

He looked at Leon and said, "Our research on genes is indeed very in-depth, but it is far from the level of resurrecting extinct creatures."

Leon looked at him without saying anything.

Fred explained: "I think you misunderstood. We don't have the magical means of wizards. How can we revive extinct creatures?

This is too unbelievable. Even a wizard wouldn't dare to guarantee it, right?

You see, the existence of some creatures is still unclear. There were no biologists in ancient times, and most of our research data comes from wizards.

Their records of these creatures are very ambiguous, not scientific at all, and mostly based on magic.

I admit that magic is very effective, but at the same time, research that relies on magic skips many key steps.

Aren’t there cases in history where wizards were killed by the magical creatures they created?

We must not repeat the same mistakes. They themselves probably don’t understand why their creations went out of control.

Science needs to be done step by step, it needs to be truthful and pragmatic. We need to know not only why the experiment failed, but also why it succeeded, otherwise there will be big problems. "

Leon listened quietly. He couldn't fully understand what Fred said, but he felt that what he said made sense.

Seeing that Leon was listening so attentively, much more obedient than the students he taught, Fred immediately started talking and began to talk to him incessantly about the history of the development of modern science.

After two hours of talking, Leon was confused and stopped talking immediately, otherwise it would be dark if he continued.

"I'm actually quite interested in your experiments. Can I go to your laboratory to do some practical work?" Lyon stated his ultimate goal.

Fred was silent for a moment, then looked at Leon and said faintly: "Well... it's possible, but I have a condition. I wonder if you are willing to accept it?"