The small town of Briblu.

"Hmm, what am I?" Marco opened his confused eyes and groaned slightly.

As he spoke, the memories of yesterday flooded into Marko's mind in an instant, and the scene that seemed like a dream woke Marco unconsciously, and at the same time, he looked around, but did not see the figure in the sky blue monk's robe.

Seeing this, Marco couldn't help but sit up, shook his head lightly, and said, "Was that a dream yesterday?" However, if it is a dream, it is too real. ”

At this moment, Chen Anxia pushed open Marko's door and walked in, looked at Marco who had woken up, and couldn't help but smile kindly and said, "Marko, you finally woke up." ”

Marco couldn't help but be startled when he heard this familiar voice, and hurriedly looked in the direction where the voice came from.

At this glance, Marco saw Chen Anxia, who seemed to be radiating holy light under the illumination of the morning sun, and unconsciously muttered, "It turns out that yesterday's was not a dream." ”

At the same time, at the Brickz Fortress, Zhang Mei reluctantly bid farewell to Olivia, and accompanied by Baccania, took Zhang Wencheng on the train to Central City.

As for Olivia, she stood at the top of the Brickz Fortress, looking at the snowy and dreamy scenery around her, but there was an indelible sadness on her face.

I don't know if it's because of the promotion to become a quasi-talent powerhouse, Olivia has always had a whim lately, and always feels as if something bad is about to happen.

In the eastern part of the country of Amestolius, near the desert area, a group of three people came, a young man, a young girl, and an old man.

I saw the old man looking at the young man in front of him and said respectfully, "Young master, you have arrived at the eastern border of the country of Amistolith, if you endure it a little longer, there will be food and water immediately." ”

"I'm fine, I'm not that fragile yet, this time, I must find clues about immortality." The boy braced his somewhat weak body, his lips cracked, and spoke in a hoarse voice.

The girl on the side looked at the boy with some distress, and only wanted to arrive in the town quickly.

After more than half an hour, the group of three finally arrived at the eastern border of the country of Amistolis, looking at the name of the town in front of him, the young man couldn't help but whisper "Riol." ”

As he spoke, the boy seemed to have overdrawn all his strength, lost consciousness directly, fainted, and leaned forward and was about to fall to the ground.

The old man on the side was quick-eyed, and directly hugged the young man who was about to fall, and said with an anxious expression, "Young master, cheer up, young master." ”

Seeing this, the girl was full of worry and self-blame, "It's all me, if the young master hadn't given me his own water to drink, it wouldn't have been like this, it's all me." ”

"Lan Fang, now is not the time to blame yourself, go to the town and find a doctor." Seeing this, the old man urged directly.

The girl did not hesitate, she got up directly, burst out with all her strength, and her figure disappeared from the old man's sight like a ghost.

Central City, Central Hospital.

Edward, who had been unconscious, finally woke up and let out a slight moan.

This moan directly alarmed Alphons, who had been guarding the side, only to see Alphonse pounce on Edward's side with an excited expression, and looked at Edward with a nervous face, "Brother, are you okay?" ”

Edward also came to his senses when he heard this, glanced at Alphonse a little weakly, and smiled, "I'm fine." ”

After a while, Roy, Hughes, and even Armstrong, who got the news, rushed to the hospital, and when they saw Edward, who had fully awakened, they couldn't help but show a relaxed look on their faces.

Of course, Roy and Hughes had heard from Alphonse about what had happened yesterday and knew a lot of things, such as that the material of the Philosopher's Stone was a living person, and for example, the Fifth Research Institute was the site for the study of the Philosopher's Stone....

However, there are still some details that Roy and the others need to discuss with Edward, and when everyone is discussing in the hospital, a figure unknowingly appears outside the ward.

And all those who saw this figure were all shocked and saluted very respectfully.

I saw that this figure directly pushed open the door of the ward, looked at the gaze inside, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Excuse me." ”

Edward, Roy and the others were all shocked when they saw this figure, and hurriedly saluted, "President Kim Bradley!" ”

"Be quiet, you guys just have a little fun." Bradley said with a smile on his face.

"Your Excellency, why are you here?" Hughes asked very respectfully.

"Visiting the sick, what else can I do." Bradley said very directly, "It's not just the Fullmetal Alchemist, the Silver Alchemist was also attacked and hospitalized last night, and I just came from there." ”

"What!?" Everyone present was shocked when they heard this.

"Who dared to attack the national alchemist, could it be that group of people again?" Hughes said with a solemn expression.

"The crowd? Do you know who it is? Bradley asked, seemingly curious.

"It's no secret, Edward, the alchemist of Fullsteel, has encountered danger before, and the enemies seem to have the symbol of the Ouroboros on their bodies, I don't know if they will do it this time." Hughes replied respectfully.

"Ouroboros." Bradley was thoughtful when he heard this, and then said, "I don't know if the other party has a Ouroboros, but the other party has a very conspicuous X-shaped scar on his face, and the military has named him Scar, and he is wanted." ”

As he spoke, Bradley looked straight at Hughes and said, "It seems that you are investigating all kinds of insider information in the upper echelons of the army, Lieutenant Colonel Hughes." ”

"How do you know?" Hughes asked with a somewhat restrained expression.

"Don't underestimate my intelligence network." Bradley said with a serious expression.

As he spoke, Bradley looked at Edward and said, "Also, Edward Elric, you're on a quest for the Philosopher's Stone, right?" ”

"Gollum!"

Pressed by Bradley's momentum, Edward couldn't help but swallow hard, and nodded obediently.

Seeing this, Bradley couldn't help but walk to the window, looked at the scenery outside the window, turned his back to everyone and said slowly, "I also know that there are some unstable factors within the army, and I am thinking about how to solve them." ”

"However, our adversaries are always ahead of us, and our intelligence network does not know their general purpose or how many people are lurking inside, and this is the status quo."

Saying that, Bradley couldn't help but turn to look at everyone, with a terrifying momentum on his body, and said with a solemn face, "So, if you dig deeper, your life will definitely be in danger." ”

"I think you're all trustworthy people, so you shouldn't continue to investigate this matter, and you can't tell outsiders about it."

"Now it is difficult to distinguish between friend and foe, you can't trust anyone easily, you have to think that there are enemies in the army, and you must be cautious in your words and deeds."

As he spoke, Bradley's face couldn't help but smile, and he continued, "However, when the time comes, I will give you the opportunity to show your talents, please be mentally prepared." ”

"Yes!" Roy, Hughes, and Armstrong all saluted respectfully.

With that, Bradley left, leaving everyone in the room looking at each other, not knowing what to do.

After a moment of silence, Edward spoke, "Anyway, I'll make a call first and see if I can ask my exclusive mechanic to come over and repair my arm, otherwise it won't be a way to go on like this." ”

"Brother, I'll go with you." Alphonse went out with Edward to make a phone call.

And Roy, Hughes and Armstrong also returned to their respective posts with different thoughts, and it was obvious that Bradley's words just now had a big impact on them.

On the other side, in the small town of Briblu, Chen Anxia left here with Marco and wanted to return to Riol.

On the way, Chen Anxia asked Marco many questions about the Philosopher's Stone, the most important thing was that Chen Anxia wanted to know what the principle of the Philosopher's Stone was and see if he could reverse the deduction, so as to find a way to rescue the souls trapped in it.

Since Marco knew Chen Anxia's idea, he tried his best to cooperate with Chen Anxia and explained the principle of the Sage's Stone to Chen Anxia as much as possible.

In fact, Marko, as the creator of the Philosopher's Stone, naturally mastered the method of destroying the Philosopher's Stone, and this method was engraved on the refining array on Marko's right hand.

However, this kind of destruction is to destroy even the soul inside the Philosopher's Stone, and if it is not a last resort, Chen Anxia does not want to do this.

And after listening to Marco's detailed explanation, Chen Anxia also roughly understood the principle of refining the Sage's Stone into an array.

We all know that human beings are mainly composed of body, soul and spirit, and spirit is the bridge connecting body and soul, and when it loses the traction of the spirit, or encounters greater traction, the soul will leave the body.

The Philosopher's Stone is based on this principle, the function of the Philosopher's Stone Refining Array is to pull the human soul out of the body, and the energy that activates the Philosopher's Stone Refining Array is a large amount of blood.

It's as if the refining array that fixes the soul is also depicted with blood, the mystery of the human body is too deep, and Chen Anxia can't understand it now.

Chen Anxia remembered that someone in this world had studied the reversal refining formation of the Sage's Stone Refining Array, but Chen Anxia didn't know where it was, but Chen Anxia knew that there was someone who knew where this reversal refining formation was hidden.

And after receiving this knowledge from Marko, Chen Anxia's analysis of the Philosopher's Stone seemed to have accelerated a lot all of a sudden.

What used to take two days to increase by 1% can now be up by 1% in just one day, doubling the speed.

On the way, Marco couldn't help but sigh and said, "Hey, it would be nice if I could go to Central City, I hid the materials I researched when I was in the military department in the first library, there are all kinds of detailed data, it should be more helpful." ”

After hearing Marko's words, Chen Anxia also seemed to think of this, looked at Marco and said, "In this way, you tell me the specific location of the books, and I will go to Central City and take out the books over there." ”

"As for you to take my token and go to Akuroa, the capital of Lishui, first, to find the Holy Maiden Roshan of the Cult of Truth, where your safety can be guaranteed."

"Okay." Hearing this, Marco nodded directly, and told Chen Anxia the specific location of the book.

After that, Chen Anxia directly separated from Marco and embarked on the road to Central City, which was destined to set off another storm in Central City, which had gradually become turbulent.

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