In Central City, Chen Anxia had already sneaked in, as for why he wanted to sneak in, it was naturally just in case, and the monk's clothes on Chen Anxia's body were also replaced with simple civilian clothes.

During the last turmoil in Central City, Chen Anxia had already attracted the attention of those behind the scenes, in order not to startle the snake, Chen Anxia only planned to secretly take Marko's research materials and leave directly.

It's just that Chen Anxia, who came to Central City, couldn't help frowning, because Chen Anxia found that he had seen five groups of patrolling soldiers since he entered Central City for half an hour.

The intensity of this patrol must be abnormal, and not only that, but the patrol soldiers all have a large wolf dog in their ranks, and they look as if they are looking for something, and their faces are very serious.

Seeing this, Chen Anxia couldn't help but be more careful, thinking that he had been exposed somewhere, but soon Chen Anxia knew that these patrolling soldiers were not looking for him at all.

While passing by a group of patrolling soldiers, Chen Anxia accidentally heard the word 'Ska', and 'Ska' means 'scar' in the Chinese language of Amistolis.

Of course, this is not the most critical, the most important thing is that Chen Anxia saw the portrait in the hands of the soldiers through spiritual power perception, and it also allowed Chen Anxia to truly confirm who these soldiers were looking for.

"Scar?" Chen Anxia muttered thoughtfully, and at the same time, Chen Anxia also changed his mind, planning to stay in Central City for a while.

The reason is this Ska, Scar also has what Chen Anxia wants, and ......

Chen Anxia, who didn't know what to think, unconsciously looked at the ring inlaid with the blood-red stone in his hand.

However, the first thing to do now is to get out of Marko's research materials that he had hidden in the First Library.

Familiar with the way to the first library, the last time Chen Anxia came to the first library, because of his identity, he couldn't see the books about alchemy.

This time, Chen Anxia analyzed and modeled Marko's research materials very smoothly, and after the data arrived, Chen Anxia did not destroy the book, but put the book back in its original place, because the book still has a certain use.

As for why Chen Anxia was able to get this book so smoothly, it was entirely because the name of this book was "1000 Ways to Cook at Home", which was placed in the open area of the First Library, and no one could have imagined that there was a mystery hidden in this book about cooking.

In fact, Marko's practice is very common in the world of alchemists, because the technology of alchemy will be very dangerous once it is misused, and in order to prevent this, it is necessary to turn the research data of alchemy into a code.

Ordinary people read this book as just an ordinary culinary study, and only the author himself knows the mystery, which is an advanced alchemy book.

Of course, Marco also taught Chen Anxia how to crack the code of this book, so with Chen Anxia's deduction ability, he successfully deduced the correct research materials about the Sage's Stone.

Looking at these research materials in his mind, Chen Anxia couldn't help frowning slightly, these research materials described in detail the proportional relationship between blood, the number of living people, and the sage's stone refining array.

For example, if a 3-meter-diameter philosopher's stone is refined into an array, how much blood needs to be used to activate it, and how many living people can be sacrificed to become a philosopher's stone.

This is completely the material of a living human experiment, and these data are exchanged for the lives of innocent people.

Thinking about it, Chen Anxia's fists clenched unconsciously, although Marco was also responsible for this matter, the biggest root cause was still the man behind the scenes.

It is recorded in this book that at first, the military department higher-ups provided the refining array of the Philosopher's Stone, and later handed it over to Marco to study and apply.

There are a lot of tricks in this, because the essence of the refining array of the Philosopher's Stone also involves the level of the soul, and only one person can take out this level of refining array, and that is the biggest mastermind behind the scenes in this country.

In other words, it was this mastermind who first applied this sage's stone to refine the array.

You must know that in the desert between the kingdom of Amsteros and the new kingdom, there was once a very prosperous kingdom called Kosselcoles.

But such a prosperous country died overnight, and almost no one knows why this prosperous country died.

In this world, it is estimated that only three beings will know the reason, and Chen Anxia is one of them.

Quite simply, that is, the mastermind behind the scenes once launched the Sage Stone Refining Array that encompassed the entire country in the country of Cosselcoles, and all the inhabitants of this country were smelted into the Sage Stone overnight.

That kind of scene, as long as you think about it a little, you can know how tragic it should be, it is simply a purgatory-like scene.

However, it is undeniable that the role of this book for Chen Anxia is still very obvious, and the progress of analyzing the Philosopher's Stone has increased a lot.

Chen Anxia was looking forward to waiting for the analysis of the Philosopher's Stone to be completed and modeled in his mind, whether it could be manifested through the ability to manifest, and if so, then Chen Anxia would have one more hole card in the future.

Moreover, Chen Anxia also found a clue to save the soul in the Philosopher's Stone.

After leaving the First Library, Chen Anxia went directly to the Central Hospital, because on the way here, Chen Anxia already knew about the bombing of the Fifth Research Institute.

Since the Fifth Research Institute was blown up, Edward should generally be hospitalized, and as an 'old friend' Chen Anxia, he naturally wanted to visit the injured Edward.

When he came to the Central Hospital, Chen Anxia walked directly to the counter, looked at the nurse on duty, and asked with a smile, "Hello, I would like to ask which ward Edward Elric is in, I am his friend, go to visit him." ”

The nurse on duty looked at the harmlessness of humans and animals, and Chen Anxia, who was dressed simply, didn't think much about it, and directly called up the information to check it, and soon the nurse on duty found Edward's hospitalization record and told Chen Anxia the ward number.

"125, 125," Chen Anxia muttered as she walked around looking for Edward's ward.

However, when passing by one of the wards, Chen Anxia seemed to see something incredible, and unconsciously stopped, looking a little stunned.

I saw that what appeared in Chen Anxia's sight was a short and fat old man lying on the hospital bed, at this moment this short and fat old man was playing with his grandson very lovingly, and a young couple was also standing aside, with a smile on their faces, a scene of enjoying family fun.

Chen Anxia, who gradually reacted, frowned slightly unconsciously, and said softly, "Silver Alchemist... Julio Comanche, he didn't even die? ”

According to the timeline of the original book, Scar appeared, so this silver alchemist Julio Comanche should have died a long time ago.

The silver alchemist Julio Comanche was only a dragon character in the original books, killed by Scar on the first stage, and also had his presence in the battle of Ishvar.

Of course, the reason why Scar was able to kill Julio easily was a big trick, because Giulio was not familiar with Scar's ability, so he was able to get into the way for a while, and the price was his own life.

And Chen Anxia knew that as a national alchemist who had experienced the baptism of war, how could this Julio be a weakling.

Looking at the scene of that happy scene in Ward 116, Chen Anxia couldn't help but think to himself in his heart, "I just don't know if this Julio can be used by me, and if it can, it will also be a strong help." ”

Chen Anxia, who was pondering, didn't notice that three figures passed by him, and one of them seemed to have discovered something, so he couldn't help but look back.

When he saw Chen Anxia in contemplation, he couldn't help but point at Chen Anxia, and exclaimed loudly, "Ah, you guy, why are you here." ”

Chen Anxia was awakened by this exclamation, unconsciously turned his head to look, and when he saw the fussy figure, he subconsciously said, "Oh, Xiaodouding, hello." ”

"You bastard, you want to fight, you definitely want to fight, you definitely want to fight." Edward, that is, the little bean in Chen Anxia's mouth, suddenly looked at Chen Anxia angrily when he heard this.

"Brother." Alphonse on the side hurriedly grabbed his brother, and at the same time greeted Chen Anxia with some joy, "Anxia, why are you here." ”

Chen Anxia didn't respond to this question immediately, but felt the eyes around him and said, "This is not the place to talk, let's change places." ”

"Okay." Alphonse also knew the reason, and nodded directly.

Julio in Ward 116 also noticed the movement outside the ward, and also saw Chen Anxia standing outside the ward, but Julio didn't know that it was the young man outside the door who changed his fate.

However, the inertia of fate is very powerful, and even if it deviates, it will gradually return to its original position because of its strong inertia, which is also the self-healing function of fate.

Of course, if fate completely bifurcates and becomes two branches, then no matter how strong the inertia is, it will not help, because the two straight lines that diverge will not coincide again, but may only fork out more branches.

Unless, there is a supreme being who makes a move and forcibly twists the divergent thread of fate back into one, however, this possibility is impossible in this world.

Neither Julio nor Chen Anxia noticed that behind a big tree outside the window of Ward 116 directly opposite the bed, a figure wearing a hood stared straight at the scene in his ward.

And the scene of that heavenly joy in the ward did not make the figure have any fluctuations in his expression, and finally, after taking a deep look, the figure gradually left.

In Ward 125, there are only four people now, namely Edward, Alphonse, Chen Anxia, and Edward's exclusive mechanic, and the girl who has been with Edward and Alphonse since childhood, Wenli Lockbell.

Chen Anxia looked at Edward with some vicissitudes and melancholy, and seemed to be a lot more mature than when he was in Riol, and couldn't help but slowly say, "It seems that you have come into contact with the corner of the cruel truth." ”

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