Chapter 1118 - Experiment Records (1/2)
Chapter 1118: Experiment Records
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“Recording”
On the 12th, Day 1 of the experiment.
According to His Majesty’s instructions, I conducted a dangerous experiment.
I put 30 roosters on the work station, one of which was placed under the direct radiation of the red light.
The roosters were subject to the radiation for five minutes.
The rooster subject that took direct radiation reacted violently. It threw itself against the cage fiercely, whereas the others did not show any visible response.
I smelled a whiff of burned flesh in the laboratory.
After the experiment, I found that the feathers that came off the subject rooster were slightly burned. As the burn was fairly minor, I judged the cause of the feather loss to be from the struggle and not the radiation.
As for the subject rooster itself, it seemed normal except for being a little crestfallen.
“From my point of view, a torch is even more lethal than the radiation.”
Recorder: Celine.
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The 13th, Day 2 of the experiment.
Something happened.
The subject rooster started to have symptoms of diarrhea and also began to wail as if it was infected by the demonic plague.
The other roosters acted normal.
His Majesty looked grave and sober (delete this sentence in the official report).
No new experiment today.
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The 14th, Day 3 of the experiment.
The subject rooster died.
The autopsy showed that there was fluid accumulation and internal bleeding in the rooster’s body. Signs of decomposition had also been found in its hypodermis, which would normally take place one day after an animal has died.
In other words, the red light killed the rooster’s skin when it was still alive.
Things are becoming a little interesting now.
Considering what had happened in the Temple of the Cursed and Thorn Town as well as the drawings on the murals, the findings did explain some things.
The cursed ones seemed to be enduring excruciating pain, although they looked fine physically, until every inch of their skins peeled off and festered. It must be awful to watch yourself die little by little and be unable to do anything to stop it.
I take back my previous remark. The radiation was more lethal than a torch, and it killed in a more subtle and sinister way.
However, His Majesty had his own opinion on this matter.
He believed the red light had a detrimental effect on the self-renewal process of living beings.
Our body was constantly growing and dying on a microscopic level to make sure these two process were balanced. The termination of cell growth would immediately result in massive acute necrosis of skins and organs. That was probably what the curse really was.
I agreed with him given that no other evidence proved otherwise (please delete the following paragraph in the official report).
Microscopes are fascinating.
The materials collected from the Dream World also corroborated my research findings and showed that living beings were made of numerous tiny growing cells.
The reason that the light could penetrate a body was that our cells are not tightly packed in our body but instead in a loose formation.
I feel like I have entered a new realm.
It is a pity that I can’t visit the Dream World.
I have learned that it would normally take nine years to complete the “high school” curriculum and have a thorough understanding of the human body.
So it will probably be a little hard for Phyllis, Elena, and the other witches to learn all the courses in such a short period of time.
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The 16th, Day 5 of the experiment.
All the roosters, both alive and dead, were buried deep underground.
The laboratory was thoroughly cleansed.
I continued with the experiment the following day.
This time, I used three cows as my research subject. The purpose of the research was to see whether the Magic Ceremony Cube could be used as a weapon and how well the cows could hold up when exposed to the red light.
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The 20th, Day 9 of the experiment.
The result was frustrating.
The three cows were each exposed to the red light for 10, 15, and 30 minutes respectively.
However, even the cow with the highest exposure lived for four days.
Whether this red light would cause harm to the demons remains unknown, but one thing was certain: the demons would never stand transfixed to one spot waiting for the light. Even if the “curse” did affect the demons, the demons would only be exposed to the red light for a fraction of a second on the battlefield.
The murals in the temple, which depicted that the Magic Ceremony Cube had defeated giant monsters, were indeed exaggerating.
Or another possibility is that… those monsters were particularly vunlerable to the “curse”.
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The 21st, Day 10 of the experiment.
Testing the radiation range.
King Roland agreed to conduct the experiment outdoors after I assured him that the radiation would not travel to the surrounding areas.