Fantasy Game: Infinite City

Following the singing, the five people soon came to a space made of poured concrete. Apart from this space, there were no other facilities under the stairs.

Entering the facility, Xerxes held the flaming scimitar high up to act as a light, allowing the five people to observe the space.

Through observation, the five people found that this was a place similar to an operating room. There was a large shadowless lamp hanging on the ceiling. There was very little dust on it, and the shadowless lamp was not damaged at all. It seemed that it should still be usable.

However, under the shadowless lamp is not a common operating table, but a bunch of complex mechanical devices, similar to an oversized seesaw.

On the side against the wall, there is a table with many folders neatly placed on it. Next to it is a laptop computer that was released in the early 2000s. There is no dust on it at all, and the characters on the keyboard are badly worn, probably caused by frequent use.

"There's a circuit breaker here that probably supplies power to the room. Should we turn it on?"

"Close it, wait a moment, let's make some preparations first."

With the help of Su Wen, Liu Qiuning built a triggered defensive magic circle, and then Xerxes closed the circuit breaker.

"Den."

"Den."

Electricity surged, and a circle of light bulbs appeared on the ceiling of the concrete room. They lit up one by one, illuminating the entire room. The laptop on the table next to it also lit up and made a noisy startup sound, but the shadowless lamp in the middle of the room did not light up.

Xerxes put away the flame on his scimitar and returned to the team. He thought of something and told Su Wen in the team his idea.

"Su Wen, aren't you a forensic doctor? You should know more about places like operating rooms than we do. What do you think? What do you think?"

Su Wen did not reply immediately. After the lighting in the room was turned on, she had been staring blankly at the complicated device under the shadowless lamp that looked like an oversized springboard.

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with this device?"

"Have you ever heard of a doctor named Robert Cornish?" (The name is a transliteration, so there may be some minor discrepancies.)

"This name sounds familiar. I remember that he invented fluoride toothpaste, which is considered the father of modern toothpaste. He also seemed to have mixed early anticoagulants with something called...what was it?"

Xerxes had some impression of the name Su Wen mentioned. He seemed to have seen it in a magazine.

"Heparin. Robert Cornwall also discovered that injecting a certain dose of adrenaline while using heparin can speed up blood circulation and prevent heart paralysis. But why did you suddenly mention this person? What is his relationship with this device?"

Jerome seemed to know a little about these things and expressed his doubts.

"Of course, this thing was invented by Cornwall, and he used a combination of heparin and adrenaline to make the experiment go more smoothly."

"What experiment? Playing on the trampoline?"

"The dead rise again."

"what?"

Although resurrection is not a very difficult thing now, most people who have experienced resurrection are players of Infinite City, and they don’t know it is a real resurrection, they just think it is a game.

Although we are very close to the year 2100, in the real world, it is simply impossible and unachievable to resurrect the dead through scientific means and medical technology. The structure of the human body means that the option of resurrection is impossible for this population.

However, there are some exceptions where it is not completely impossible.

"Robert Cornish came up with this idea in the 20s and used many bodies in the hospital for experiments."

"Now it seems that he has failed?"

"It can't be said to be a complete failure. Cornwall once resurrected a large dog. Because medicine and science were not well developed at the time, and the level of education was also low, people at the time believed that as long as the size of a human was similar, there was not much difference between it and a human in terms of medicine. Although the dog suffered severe brain damage after being resurrected and became cerebral palsy, the fact of its resurrection alone is enough to shock people."

"As long as Cornwall keeps doing the experiment, it doesn't seem impossible that he will succeed. After all, he really resurrected the dog. What happened to him later? How come we don't see such a powerful person in ordinary magazines now?"

"Cornwall's research was opposed by many parties, including the medical community, the government and the public. Oh, and because Cornwall used a large number of animals for experiments at the time, it was also protested by the Animal Protection Association at the time."

"The Animal Protection Association? Isn't that classified as a cult now? Joining the Animal Protection Association is considered anti-government, with a minimum sentence of 20 years and a maximum sentence of death. That organization has existed since the 20s?"

"The animal protection association was quite normal at the time. They were dedicated to rescuing animals that were cruelly treated. But it has gradually changed. Now in the eyes of those people, they think that animals should be more noble than humans and are a bunch of psychopaths."

"That's getting off topic. So what happened to this Cornwall?"

"Due to opposition and criticism from the medical community, Cornwall was fired from his hospital and had to terminate the research. He disappeared for a long time. When people found him again, he was no longer working on this experiment. Instead, he started studying some small things, such as fluoride toothpaste, which was invented after this."

"He should still be researching it secretly. After all, the resurrection of the dead sounds very interesting even to people like us who don't know much about medicine!"

"At that time, and even now, many people thought so, including me. However, in an interview at that time, Cornwall himself said that he wanted to study the resurrection of the dead, not to use this technology to save people, but just to do something that no other doctor could do. Of course, no one knows whether what he said is true or not, but after that, until Cornwall's death, no one found any evidence or clues that he was still studying."

Just as the five people were discussing in the defensive formation, the strange singing disappeared again.

"Let's see if there's any information in this room. If there's nothing, we'll find a way to get out of here."

Except for the folders on the table and the laptop, the room was unexpectedly "clean" and there was no information. So everyone turned their attention to the folders and the laptop.

I picked up the top folder and opened it. On the yellowed first page it was clearly written in Japanese, "Analysis of the feasibility and modifications of Dr. Robert Cornwall's experiment."

"It's really him. It seems that someone wanted to complete Cornwall's experiment and made a lot of changes. However, the final experimental steps and the last few steps have gone beyond the scope of science. Look."

Su Wen looked at the contents of the folder. The initial experimental steps and sequence were not much different from the experiment proposed by Cornwall. The only difference was that the animal experiment was changed to human experiment, and the dosage of the drug was increased.

However, from the middle of the experiment, the experimental procedures had nothing to do with medicine, and by the later stage of the experiment, it had nothing to do with science at all, and instead became more like a mystical ritual.

"Fortunately, mysticism is also my specialty, otherwise I really can't understand this weird stuff."

Su Wen shook his head. Although he could understand it, the contents of the folder were extremely messy and disorganized. It took some effort to sort out the order and understand what was written on it.

"No, Liu Qiuning, come and take a look. These spells are too messy. They give me a headache. Can you see if it can work?"

"These Japanese people love to do this kind of messed up stuff. Even their spells and charms are modified from ours. They end up trying to imitate us but end up with something else instead of something else."

Liu Qiuning took the folder and quickly understood what was on it. In fact, the contents were based on the traditional Taoism of Dragon Country, but with changes that were completely unrecognizable and superfluous. As long as he understood the core, it would not be difficult for Liu Qiuning to restore the contents.

"Okay, that's probably it. Although I don't want to believe it, this magic circle does work."

Liu Qiuning put his fingers together and drew the magic circle he had organized in the air with golden light. However, he did not activate his ability, so the diagram of the magic circle was just a pattern and had no practical effect.

"In your opinion, what specific effect can this magic circle produce after it is activated?"

"This array has been modified too much, and I don't know the full effect, but from a basic level, it can't be said that this thing has nothing to do with the resurrection of the dead. It has absolutely nothing to do with it. Because this is a fucking summoning well."

"A summoning well? For summoning monsters?"

"Yes, generally speaking, there are many ways to summon, but they can be roughly divided into three methods. The simplest but not the most common is the summoning well. Its principle is to construct a magic circle through runes to open a passage to a designated location. Monsters or things to be summoned will appear through the opened passage on their own."

"Qiu Ning, what do you mean when you say the simplest but not the most common?"

"It is the simplest because this summoning method only requires the construction of a magic circle. In addition, apart from the power required to construct the magic circle, there is no need to use power to maintain it after the magic circle is completed. The opened channel will automatically provide energy for the magic circle."

Su Wen took over Liu Qiuning's words and continued.

"It's not the most common way because this summoning method has many disadvantages. First, once the passage is opened, it is difficult to close it again. Second, the things that appear in the passage cannot be controlled. They may be just some low-level things that even a child can kill, or they may be super-sized monsters that are completely invincible. Third, the things in the passage opened in this way will indiscriminately attack everyone, including the builder of the passage array."

"What Su Wen said is correct. Although the conditions for summoning like Jerome and Su Wen are more complicated and demanding, the summoned creature is completely controllable. This is also the most common summoning method. As for the third method, I haven't seen it yet."

"What method? I'm curious about what you're talking about! Can you explain it briefly?"

"In one word, it means that one can use some method to turn oneself into a living 'summoning well'. If successful, as long as the person survives, he can summon unlimited things without consuming any energy."

"Wouldn't that make me invincible?"

"Not necessarily. The creatures summoned in this way often have a high degree of self-awareness and thoughts. If you are not careful, you may kill yourself."

That was all the information in the folder. Several people checked the computer on the table. There was nothing in the computer, but there was a lot of information about the "experimental subjects".

"A rough estimate is that there are nearly a hundred people. These Fuso bastards are still as disgusting as ever. They don't even let their own people go."

"Hee hee hee!!"

Suddenly, a sharp sneer came from behind the crowd, which sounded creepy. The five people turned around and saw a one-meter-tall traditional Fuso doll. Its plastic eyeballs were spinning wildly. It sneered and made the same strange song they had heard before.

Although the five people had their weapons ready, they did not take any action. The doll suddenly rushed over, but its speed was not fast, and the five people could easily dodge it, but no one moved.

The doll jumped into the air, and its hair suddenly grew several times longer and shot straight towards Liu Qiuning. Liu Qiuning's fingers moved slightly, and a faint lightning flashed at his fingertips.

"Crack!"

The doll suddenly bumped into something and was struck on the face by a golden lightning. A lightning net covering the entire interior of the room suddenly appeared. This was the triggered defense formation that Liu Qiuning had just set up.

"Do it!"

"boom!"

Liu Qiuning raised his hand and a palm lightning struck the doll heavily. The doll's body spasmed due to the lightning and twitched wildly, but due to the effect of the defensive magic circle, it was controlled in mid-air and could not move.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

Jerome threw out a few tarot cards, which suddenly disappeared when they touched the doll's body. Densely packed small wormholes suddenly appeared around the doll's body, from which many thin iron chains extended, with sharp iron hooks at the tip that looked about the same size as fish hooks. They pierced the doll's body and were about to tear it into pieces alive.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!"

The doll let out a sharp cry and tried to break free from the restraints, but the dual control of the iron chains and the lightning cage made it difficult to break free.

Su Wen shook the voodoo doll, stretched out his left hand, and made a grasping motion in the air towards the controlled doll. He could see that something inside the doll was being forcibly pulled out. It looked like the doll's soul, or the curse that kept it moving.

Su Wen pulled it out completely, and Meng Rou used a purifying light to instantly melt it away. The mass of things, which was not sure whether it was a soul or a curse, the doll lost its power and fell to the ground.

"It's my turn now. I'm the best at finishing off the enemy."

Xerxes waved his hand, and four Immortal Army soldiers wearing heavy armor and holding heavy hammers appeared beside the doll's body and surrounded it. The hammers in the hands of the Immortal Army soldiers suddenly caught fire, and the four soldiers took turns beating the doll's body as if they were hammering the foundation, until the doll's body was burned to ashes, and a deep pit was smashed into the ground.

"Little thing, you really thought we didn't find where it is."

Liu Qiuning's expression was somewhat serious. He always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it.

"Done! No, retreat!"

Although they didn't know why, the other four people still followed Liu Qiuning's footsteps and quickly ran out of the room. Sure enough, the broken stairs had been repaired, and the five people ran up the stairs.

Liu Qiuning seemed to be possessed. He rushed out of the building without any hesitation. He raised his hand and a bolt of lightning came out, starting a battle with a large number of monsters in the yard. The other four people had no choice but to join the battle.