The second set of combination alchemical artifacts, crafted with the joint efforts of more than forty alchemists and magicians, captured the existence of "spiritual quality" more clearly but still failed to confirm the true form of the "soul," leaving one to rue.
However, proving "spiritual quality" with two human lives isn't in vain, it's even a massive gain.
In the past, to prove the hazards of radioactivity, Blue Star sacrificed countless people. For instance, radium, the buried bones still emit radiance from its half-life today.
The expression of the death row convict, who lost life signs in an instant, was peaceful. When dragged out, he hadn't reached a rigor mortis state, his whole body limp as if boneless. The cause of death was unknown, perhaps related to the explosive release of "spiritual quality" from the pineal gland as observed by the Heavenly Rank Alchemist earlier.
