Chapter 389 System: Host, You Didn’t Ask?

"Are you sure... you want to use this method?"

Skye looked at Simmons, who was about to put the mouse and the obelisk into the glass container, and couldn't help but ask:

"Alchemy potion is a very precious thing, right? If used on mice, will it..."

Hearing this, Simmons paused, turned his head and rolled his eyes at Skye.

"If you plan to do the experiment yourself, then I can reluctantly omit this step."

"Okay, pretend I didn't say that."

Skye stretched out his hand in front of his mouth and made a zipper gesture, then simply shut his mouth and stopped talking.

"But let me state in advance that I cannot guarantee that the alchemy potion will be effective on mice. After all, as far as I know, no one has ever been so luxurious as to give this thing to mice."

Leni handed a world instrument to Simmons and told her that if something unexpected happens, she must use it for herself as soon as possible instead of giving it to a guinea pig.

Simmons nodded seriously when he heard this, and couldn't help but tighten his hand holding the alchemy crystal.

"Don't worry, I'm measured."

The glass container in front of them was temporarily specially made by Fitz and Meister, because according to Leni, this magical metal obelisk does not release energy to the outside world under normal circumstances.

But under certain circumstances, the obelisk may unfold its metal shell, completely exposing the mysterious substance sealed inside, and releasing a mysterious mist that can also petrify people!

If you inhale this mist, no matter whether the people present want it or not, they will probably turn into a bunch of vivid stone sculptures.

Therefore, just in case, the two of them thought it would be safer to create an airtight container that could isolate the gas flow.

At this time, the mysterious obelisk has been placed in the glass container. All that is needed is to put the mouse in, seal the opening, and wait for the mouse to touch the room.

"Then, I'm going to let it go."

Under the gaze of everyone, Simmons swallowed his saliva and slowly pointed the cage containing the mouse at the opening of the glass container.

As if smelling the smell of food, the white mouse in the cage shrugged its nose excitedly, and then followed the direction of the smell and jumped into the glass container.

"Quick, seal the mouth!"

Upon seeing this, Fitz hurried over and reached out to help seal the glass container. After carefully checking it to make sure there was no air leakage, Fitz could safely observe the behavior of the white mouse.

The glass container is very large, and the amount of air inside is enough for a mouse to sustain for a few minutes, but it will eventually become a problem after a long time.

Therefore, in order to speed up the experiment, Simon specially painted a little honey on the obelisk. He believed that the white mouse who could not resist the temptation would soon fall into this sweet trap prepared by humans in advance.

As expected, apart from being a little timid at first because of falling into a strange environment, the mouse walked around to confirm that there were no natural enemies in the container, and then cautiously moved toward the obelisk.

The taste of honey is very tempting, but for today's mice, it is tantamount to a fatal temptation.

When the mouse sniffed the obelisk with its nose and confirmed that the scent was coming from it, the mouse opened its mouth and bit into the obelisk.

Um? Why can't I bite?

The little white mouse was a little confused and couldn't believe it.

Why does something so fragrant feel so hard when chewed?

The mouse was about to try another direction, but what it didn't expect was that it couldn't move its mouth!

Squeak!

The piercing scream echoed throughout the container, but before the onlookers could react, the petrification effect had completely covered the mouse's body.

Whether it was its teeth, limbs, or even the hair on its body, it was actually covered by the terrifying petrification spell, and it finally became a ferocious rat statue.

Witnessing this horrific scene again, Skye couldn't help but swallow her saliva.

"Do we...fail?"

Simmons shook her head when she heard this. She had witnessed the whole process of what had just happened. The fact was exactly as Leni said, when the obelisk was activated, an unknown energy wave did occur on its surface.

And during the release process, the mysterious runes on the obelisk's metal shell were indeed highlighted magically.

After looking at the monitor next to him, he saw that the air in the glass container was still at normal levels, and the obelisk returned to its original appearance.

Seeing this, Simmons and Fitz looked at each other. He simply opened the glass container, held the alchemy crystal in one hand, and tried to touch the white mouse that had turned into stone to see if he could turn it back into shape.

However……

bite!

There was a crisp sound when the stone collided with the crystal. The expected radiance of the alchemical crystal's effect did not appear. The stone statue was still a stone statue, and the crystal was still crystal.

Simmons knocked the alchemy crystal a few times again without believing in evil, but she knocked off the back of the white mouse statue, and there was still no movement in the alchemy crystal.

"Ah this..."

Doesn’t it mean that alchemy crystal can remove the petrification effect?

So what's going on?

"Impossible, there will never be any problem with my alchemy potion. Not to mention this small petrification effect, even if Medusa herself comes, I can solve it!"

Laini also felt that something was wrong. The system would never lie to her. It would not tell her at most, but it would never miss a thing it told her.

Since the system said that the Great World Instrument could remove petrification, it must be able to remove it!

Unless...

"Unless the alchemical crystal cannot work on animals..."

Meister's voice suddenly sounded from beside her. Lainie looked at her and saw that she was also thoughtful.

"What do you mean?"

However, Coulson on the side interrupted to answer this question:

"In fact, I just remembered that SHIELD had used your alchemical potion to experiment on animals a long time ago, but it was not this kind of potion used at that time, but your Remi's assistance."

"What was the result?"

"Not ideal."

Laini was stunned when she heard this. She had never considered this problem in the past. She didn't expect that the alchemical crystal could only be used on the human body.

[Ding! Potions can only work on the human body! ]

Fuck! Why didn't you say it earlier?

[Ding! The host didn't ask. 】

I...

Laini rubbed her brows helplessly. How could she be so unlucky to have such a damn stupid system? She was really convinced...

"Then...what should we do now?"

Skye looked at the stone statue of the little white mouse, then at Simmons, and finally looked at Lainie, hoping that she could make a decision.

"Otherwise, forget it. It won't have any effect on you if you put it in my warehouse anyway..."

Laini was hesitating whether to take the obelisk back, but she heard Meister beside her suddenly speak.

"How about, let me try?"

When these words came out, everyone was shocked and all looked at Meister.

"Are you sure?"

Coulson was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Meister, who was usually mature and steady, would have such a reckless side.

"I'm sure. How can I know if it works if I don't try?"

Mester smiled and stretched out his right hand to Simmons.

"Besides, maybe I'm the lucky one? If I can really get some magical superpowers from it, wouldn't I win?"

Hearing this, Simmons looked into Mester's eyes, and after a long silence, he spoke softly:

"You should know the consequences of doing this."

Mester didn't reply, but still smiled and motioned Simmons to hand her the alchemical crystal.

Obviously, she had made up her mind.

"Okay, then I have no choice but to wish you good luck."

The two touched their hands, and Simmons handed the alchemical crystal to Mester's palm.

Leni didn't say anything to stop it the whole time. She knew that Skye would not be affected by the obelisk, but Mester might not be.

After all, unlike Skye, who was destined to be a character in the original book, it is still a mystery whether Mester has the genes of the Inhumans in her body.

But Leni is confident that with the Great World Instrument, even if Mester fails to gain superpowers, she will never turn into a stone statue like the little white mouse in the glass container.

"Then... do your best."

Skye didn't know what to say, and finally could only use a simple "come on" to encourage Meister.

Anyway, she didn't have the courage to be the first to try this thing in person, so she could only say that Meister was worthy of it.

Meister smiled and stretched out his hand to rub her hair, and then resolutely stood in front of the laboratory table.

Not bothering to take the obelisk out of the glass container again, Meister simply took off his gloves and put one hand into the glass container without any hesitation.

However, seeing that the lush jade hand was about to touch the obelisk, Skye on the side suddenly said at this time:

"Wait a minute!"

Everyone thought that something had happened to this little girl again, and followed the voice, but heard the girl say cautiously:

"Or...or forget it?"