"Papa..."

Applause slowly rang out in the alchemy assessment venue. Liu Mengchao squinted his eyes, looked at the president who was applauding him, and smiled slightly.

"I hope you are satisfied."

Liu Mengchao said this with a smile on his face.

"How can you be dissatisfied?" The president nodded slightly. He now fully understood Liu Mengchao's ability, which could use mist to refract light, and at the same time, quickly use earth and air to create dolls.

"Such an ability can produce effects that other alchemy techniques cannot have when used on the battlefield."

The President smiled and nodded while applauding slowly. In an instant, the entire alchemy assessment room was filled with applause.

"If you pass, please come to the Gendarmerie Headquarters on time tomorrow, where we will issue you the National Alchemist's Certificate."

When Liu Mengchao walked out of the alchemist assessment site, the female clerk who had been guiding Liu Mengchao had already said this to Liu Mengchao with a smile.

"Thank you."

Liu Mengchao nodded slowly and walked out of the military police headquarters.

As soon as he left the military police headquarters, he could see the dazzling sunshine falling from the sky and scattering on Liu Mengchao's body. He unconsciously squinted his eyes. Such sunshine made Liu Mengchao feel very comfortable. He just wanted to be in such a place.

I had a beautiful sleep under the sun. But now it seems a bit too extravagant.

"Liu Mengchao!"

As soon as he walked out of the gate of the Military Police Headquarters, Liu Mengchao saw the two Edward brothers waiting at the door. However, the expressions on the faces of these two brothers seemed a little strange.

Edward's face was as pale as a blank sheet of paper, and his younger brother stood silently next to his brother without saying a word. This sight made Liu Mengchao subconsciously notice something was wrong.

"Liu Mengchao... I told you about the refining of the Philosopher's Stone before, right?" Edward said to Liu Mengchao with some uncertainty, but there was already a look of anger on his face.

"Hmm...Did something unexpected happen?"

Liu Mengchao raised his brows and asked softly. Just hearing Edward say these words, Liu Mengchao had already vaguely sensed a hint of instability.

"The original research materials on the Philosopher's Stone were stored in the Second National Library." Edward's younger brother Alphonse said softly. "But when my brother and I wanted to check it out today, we found..."

"Everything was burned!" Edward said almost through gritted teeth. His face was full of disbelief, "We are obviously so close to the Philosopher's Stone...why...it seems that I have already felt the tentacles.

It's within reach, but...but..."

But is everything reduced to ashes?

Liu Mengchao could understand the resentment and pain in Brother Edward's heart. He originally thought that as long as he found the relevant research information on the Philosopher's Stone, he would be able to refine the Philosopher's Stone and restore his body to a normal posture. But now it seems that everything

All gone.

The books all turned into ashes, just like a big joke played on the two brothers.

"Is there no other way?"

As Liu Mengchao spoke, he followed the two Edward brothers. The three of them didn't walk very fast, but they finally arrived at the door of the Second National Library. That was where the information about the refining of the Philosopher's Stone was previously hidden.

's library.

But now...

Liu Mengchao raised his head and stared at the broken walls in front of him. There were black marks everywhere. From time to time, the wind blew in front of Liu Mengchao, rolling the broken pages directly into the air.

"It's really ironic, isn't it?" Edward looked at the scene in front of him and laughed sadly, "This should be the punishment God has given me, right? Because I have unauthorized access to the taboos of alchemy, I will never be able to recover.

Original body."

As Edward spoke, his body began to sway subconsciously. The national alchemist, who was not yet an adult, was swaying as if a gust of wind could blow him away. Liu Mengchao did not speak. He just spoke softly.

He put his hand on Edward's shoulder.

"Things that must pass will eventually pass, and the things we pursue will eventually come."

As Liu Mengchao spoke, he stopped subconsciously. He even doubted what he was saying. Liu Mengchao shook his head unconsciously and walked forward again.

"Please stop. This is a restricted area."

Before Liu Mengchao could get close to the remains of the original Second National Library, two military policemen wearing dark blue military uniforms had already stopped Liu Mengchao. They were watching Liu Mengchao with extreme vigilance, and seemed to have determined that Liu Mengchao was the cause of such a disaster.

The culprit is generally the same.

Liu Mengchao just smiled and shook his head, and then slowly opened his palms. There was nothing in Liu Mengchao's palms. He didn't look threatening at all.

Just in the blink of an eye, an extremely light mist floated out from Liu Mengchao's palm. When the two guards standing at the door came to their senses, Liu Mengchao's figure was no longer visible in front of them.

"He went in?"

Edward looked at Liu Mengchao who had disappeared before his eyes. He turned back to his younger brother without hesitation.

"Hmm... I'm afraid Liu Mengchao has discovered some traces of something wrong, so he wants to go and investigate, right?" Alphonse nodded lightly, echoing his brother's words.

Liu Mengchao, who had already walked into the ashes, now had a contemptuous smile on his lips. He slowly lowered his body and gently touched the ground with his palm.

Liu Mengchao gently broke off a piece of the charred beam and gently rubbed it between his fingers until it finally turned into black carbon foam, which Liu Mengchao blew away in one breath.

"There's a problem."

Liu Mengchao couldn't help but grin as he looked at the scene in front of him. If the fire happened because of management negligence, then at least there should be someone or the army trying to put out the fire. But when he

During the inspection, it was found that even the highest beams were fully burned. In other words, when the fire started to burn, no one actually came here to put out the fire.

"interesting."

Liu Mengchao started walking casually on the ruins of the library again. He didn't walk very fast. He kept his head down, not missing every detail on the ground. But when Liu Mengchao turned around two or three times, the look on his face

The smile began to grow stronger and stronger.

"Not a single page of the book was found. No matter how big a fire is, there will always be some traces left, right? Unless the target of the fire from the beginning was the books in this library."

'

Liu Mengchao made a decision in his heart, and opened his hands without hesitation. In an instant, the fog spread around Liu Mengchao. He once again walked out from the two guards calmly, and came to the face with a smile on his face.

Next to brother Edward who looked wary.

"What do you think?"

As soon as he saw Edward, Liu Mengchao asked directly.

"I think it's probably the same thing as you." Edward also frowned and said while walking with Liu Mengchao, "When Alphonse and I came here, we already found that the library had been burned down.

.If Alphonse and I didn’t know about the androids before, I might have thought that the fire was just an accident. But..."

"But if I remember correctly, the term artificial human has always been closely related to the Philosopher's Stone." Liu Mengchao said with the corner of his mouth raised, "In other words... maybe those hidden in Central City

The artificial people set a fire and burned all the information about the Philosopher's Stone."

"Um."

Edward nodded vigorously, but the unwilling look on his face could not fade away. Looking at Edward like this, Liu Mengchao did not say anything to comfort Edward. After all, the Philosopher's Stone was really important to Edward.

It was so important, and before that, Edward was so close to the Philosopher's Stone.

"It's a pity."

Liu Mengchao said softly.

"If we had come earlier..." Edward said with great reluctance, but the words could no longer be spoken. He knew, no, it should be said that even if Edward was lying to himself, he could also know that this was simply impossible.

.I just arrived in Central City yesterday, and today there was a fire in the Second National Library. It was obvious that I didn’t want to let myself pursue any news about the Philosopher’s Stone.

"What should we do now?"

Being in a stalemate like this is not a good idea, but it seems that there is no way out now. Edward's brother Alphonse stared at Liu Mengchao and asked softly. Although he fixed his soul on a tall armor.

But his soul was still just that of a child younger than Edward. Suddenly faced with such a situation, even he could feel a little bit at a loss.

"I don't know either." Liu Mengchao said, but his eyes slowly narrowed, "But I know one thing. If our enemy doesn't want us to do something, then our best response is

Just keep doing it.”

"How?" Alphonse asked without hesitation.

"First of all... there has been research on the refining of the Philosopher's Stone in Central City. In other words... someone has made the Philosopher's Stone." Liu Mengchao said, the corners of his mouth slowly raised.

, "For an individual, the power of the Philosopher's Stone is certainly important, but I think those who want to master this technology most... shouldn't be alchemists like us, right?"

"yes……?"

Edward's golden eyes suddenly lit up.

"Yes, it is those countries that raise military dogs like us. The Philosopher's Stone must not be the product of an individual. If we investigate in the heart of this country, we will definitely be able to find some clues, right?" (To be continued)

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