69novels Chapter 109 Chang Lei's Major Discovery!
Chapter 109 Chang Lei's Major Discovery!
Chapter 109 Chang Lei's Major Discovery!
Under the spotlight, Chang Lei was hunched over his desk.
His slightly chubby figure was elongated by the light, and his focused gaze was fixed on the space between his hands.
Fine beads of sweat appeared on Chang Lei's forehead, shimmering softly under the light.
He casually set down a small, exquisite pair of scissors, then gently picked up the tweezers beside him, his movements as delicate as if he were handling some rare treasure.
He proceeded with utmost care, as if afraid of damaging the "objects" on the worktable.
The light shone on his profile, outlining his honest face; his bald forehead gleamed, making him look somewhat comical.
However, his expression was so focused and serious, his brows were slightly furrowed, and his eyes revealed a solemnity.
The tools in his hands were constantly being changed, and each operation was carried out with extreme care.
After an unknown amount of time, Chang Lei suddenly sensed something, his hand movements froze, and the expression on his face relaxed slightly.
"Here you are, wolf riders."
At the bedroom door behind her, Tang Zijun paused for a moment, her expression blank.
How did you know I was here?
Chang Lei grinned and laughed without turning his head.
"You had seafood-flavored instant noodles for dinner, right?"
Tang Zijun's lips twitched, and she ignored him. Then she heard Chang Lei continue speaking.
"That tastes bad, it's not good. Spicy or sour and spicy is better, but I prefer noodles. I don't really like soup."
"Stop, I'm not going to chat about instant noodle flavors with a greedy person from a mirror dimension." Tang Zijun quickly interrupted Chang Lei, then went into the room and closed the door.
Putting down his tools, Chang Lei slowly turned around.
"Look at you, you came all this way, why did you bring anything?"
"Consider this something I gave to you, something I gave to my child."
Tang Zijun said subconsciously, then put the milk and snacks on the bed, his gaze falling curiously on the desk behind Chang Lei.
"Oh right, I was just about to ask you this, what are you doing? Didn't you say you were dissecting alien beast eggs to extract energy? Why are you doing manual labor instead?"
"I'm 'extracting' energy," Chang Lei replied matter-of-factly, taking off his glasses.
Tang Zijun noticed that Chang Lei's glasses were actually fitted with a repair magnifying glass, a snap-on type of magnifying glass typically used for repairing watches.
Seemingly noticing Tang Zijun's curiosity, Chang Lei stepped aside, displaying the worktable on the table to Tang Zijun.
Under the dim spotlight, a small, still-unassembled humanoid skeleton lay quietly on a blue-covered workbench.
It is only the size of a finger, with each joint exquisitely detailed and each slender rib clearly defined, as if it were a work of art meticulously crafted by a master.
The bones that hadn't been pieced together were neatly arranged by Chang Lei to the side, yet they possessed a certain unfinished, messy beauty.
The humanoid creature's skull was small and round, only the size of a fingernail. These bones had fine purple patterns on them, and each one looked so fragile that it seemed as if it would break at the slightest touch.
Tang Zijun stared blankly at the things on the table, seemingly forgetting to breathe.
He had imagined many things before, but he had never anticipated the current situation.
After a long while, a sigh of relief was heard, and Tang Zijun turned to look at Chang Lei.
"Don't look at me," Chang Lei shrugged, unable to resist speaking up. "If you don't even know what this thing is, how do you think I would know its origins?"
"Are you sure this isn't Luan Luan's art assignment?" Tang Zijun licked her lips.
Chang Lei didn't reply, but just quietly stared at Tang Zijun.
I thought to myself, can't you smell the difference between real and fake stuff?
In fact, Tang Zijun was just having a hard time accepting it for a while.
"I know that monster eggs are not afraid of sunlight and there must be some dark secrets inside. I can understand even if there is a magical girl's corpse inside, let alone a stillborn baby. But isn't this 'Thumbelina' a bit..."
"Heh, I was just as surprised as you at first." Chang Lei smiled with a complicated expression, then sighed. "It turns out that the Heretic Demons have already grasped some great secrets that no one knows about."
Tang Zijun's gaze as she looked at the corpse was somewhat uncertain.
He paused for a moment, then looked at Chang Lei.
"You really don't know what this thing is?"
"I really don't know."
Chang Lei shrugged.
"Think about how many years I've been alive. I've only just been promoted to a high-ranking cadre and you've already set your sights on me. I even get information about the heretical demons from other greedy people. Do you think I would know what this thing is?"
Tang Zijun rubbed her temples, her mind a jumbled mess.
"Tell me all about what you've been doing these past few days."
"Okay." Chang Lei answered without hesitation. "I dissected the monster egg you brought. Besides the fully formed parts and the monster's flesh and blood, I found quite a few bones."
"Most of the identifiable remains are of various animals, mostly large predators, as well as some deep-sea predators. However, I also found some small bones of unknown origin."
"What you see now is just one of them. Inside that monster egg, there are seven or eight 'little human skeletons' similar to this one. Many of them have been digested and decomposed. This is all the ones I could find."
"Seven or eight?"
Tang Zijun suddenly noticed the key point in Chang Lei's words.
"You mean there's more than one of these things? What does this mean? Have these heretics found the legendary Lilliputian kingdom?"
"Who knows?" Chang Lei said, arms crossed. "Maybe something we've never noticed before has been discovered, or maybe it's aliens."
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"You really dare to guess."
"Aliens have even come out," Tang Zijun rolled her eyes speechlessly.
However, Chang Lei's words gave Tang Zijun an idea: if there were a place where these things could exist without being discovered in the real world...
Then he does know a relatively reasonable source.
"you say."
Tang Zijun narrowed her eyes.
"Is it possible that these things came from the dream world?"
"A dream world?!"
Chang Lei was taken aback upon hearing this, and then he also began to ponder.
This creature clearly doesn't belong in the real world; rather, it seems to have some connection to some bizarre and fantastical world.
If it's a dream world, then the origin of these creatures can be explained. After all, in that ethereal dimension, it wouldn't be surprising to see any strange or unusual things.
However, after thinking for a long time, Chang Lei slowly shook his head.
"I must admit, Wolf Rider, your speculation has some merit, but it's highly unlikely."
"Why?" Tang Zijun asked.
"The reason is simple: the inner world is located below the real world. Do you know how difficult it is for those heretical demons to climb into the dimensions of the real world? This kind of bottom-up hierarchy is very difficult to cross."
Chang Lei said seriously, "It's not that I look down on those mad dogs. Those inferior beings are already doing their best to even set foot in the real world, but you're telling me they can go to the higher-dimensional dream world? That's absolutely impossible."
"But I did find dark crystals and mirror cores in the dream world, which means that heretics and greedy people do have the possibility of entering the dream world," Tang Zijun said.
But Chang Lei shook his head again. "Your findings only prove that they 'visited' the dream world, but can you be sure they went there intentionally?"
Tang Zijun fell silent, and then Chang Lei continued.
"Every day, people go missing in this world. It's not just humans; even the greedy and heretics disappear without a trace."
"You've fought against us so many times, you should understand this principle. The reasons are very complicated, so complicated that no one will actively seek out their traces."
"And you, you merely stumbled upon their murder scene by chance, which cannot be taken as evidence that heretical demons can contact higher-dimensional worlds."
Listening quietly to Chang Lei's story, Tang Zijun sighed thoughtfully.
Although reluctant to admit it, Tang Zijun believed that Chang Lei was right. It was extremely difficult for lower-dimensional beings to come into contact with higher dimensions. Even he had been passively pulled into the dream world until now.
"Then tell me, what other possible origins could this thing have?"
"I think you shouldn't ask me this question, but rather ask someone who knows more about it," Chang Lei said with a smile to Tang Zijun.
"Someone more knowledgeable?" Tang Zijun raised an eyebrow.
"Don't forget, our initial investigation was into that strange energy."
Chang Lei gestured towards the skeleton on the table.
"These little things, although they're appearing for the first time, don't you feel their presence is more in line with natural energy?"
The update time is tentatively set for 18:00, and two chapters will still be released consecutively.
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