Chapter 140

Chapter 140

Let alone those powerful people in fantasy online novels who can destroy the world and even transcend time and space, among alchemists, he is far from being invulnerable.

Yes, he can use alchemy to exert unparalleled destructive power. Whether it is terrain transformation or using hydrogen and oxygen elements in the atmosphere to refine flames like Colonel Roy Mustang, the "incompetent in the rain" in Fullmetal Alchemist, he can exert the destructive power and lethality of a modern army that exceeds an entire company by himself.

Not to mention, if he is given time to set up the alchemy array, he can even set up a big killer like the national alchemy array, and it is not impossible to massacre a city and destroy a country.

However, no matter how strong Fang Yuan's destructive power and lethality are, there is one thing that cannot be denied, that is, his body is still that of an ordinary person.

Being cut by a knife will cause injury and bleeding, being stabbed in the vitals will kill, facing guns and hot weapons, there is no way to avoid bullets, facing snipers and the like, there is no power to fight back.

Even in close combat, even with the memory and experience of another self in the dream, Fang Yuan's sub-healthy physical fitness may not make him beat three or four knife-wielding thugs-let alone close combat alchemy, don't forget to perform alchemy with both hands together, in close combat, the enemy will not give you the leeway to let you pose! In short, in the plan Fang Yuan set for himself, the first one is to make himself strong in all directions without dead ends! So after finishing all the trivial matters of life, Fang Yuan locked himself in his home again and started the hellish learning mode.

Well, as an alchemist, when Fang Yuan thought of the word "powerful", he immediately thought of a sentence-knowledge is power! This sentence is actually a lie for ordinary people in the real world. After all, in modern society, power = money, and having money or not has nothing to do with how much knowledge you have.

But when it comes to alchemy, which is almost omnipotent, this sentence is indeed the truth! 　　Whether it is making external objects, biological transformation, or even changing races, for alchemists, as long as they have the corresponding knowledge and pay enough price, nothing is impossible.

But the premise of all this is that you have to have enough knowledge! 　　After all, although alchemy is magical and can even violate the general laws of physics and chemistry to reverse normal physicochemical reactions, if you want to reverse these reactions, you must at least know how these reactions proceed under normal circumstances! 　　Although for Fang Yuan, the experience of being a national alchemist and an alchemist who has come into contact with the truth in his dream has allowed him to have a huge accumulation of alchemy knowledge, but don’t forget that the technological development of that world is only slightly stronger than that of the real earth after the First World War. Even the technology tree of nuclear physics has not been pointed out. Even the strongest alchemist is still limited by the world and era he is in.

There is no doubt that the real world where Fang Yuan is now, after putting aside the unscientific supernatural powers such as alchemy and alchemy, is far superior to the world of Fullmetal Alchemy in terms of the degree of technological development and the knowledge of natural laws mastered by humans.

At least, although the artificial humans and synthetic beasts in the world of Fullmetal Alchemy are flying, the alchemists in that world did not realize the existence of DNA and genes! 　　The so-called alchemy taboo that is said to violate the realm of God, the so-called human body refining, is actually directly refined with various elements or simple compounds. No one has ever thought of using medical alchemy to restore human cells to omnipotent stem cells and then clone them.

Fang Yuan can guarantee that if this method is used to refine a human body, it will absolutely not trigger the taboo and be taken away by the Gate of Truth! 　　It can be said that in terms of cell biology and genetic engineering alone, the biologists in the real world are more than 20 blocks away from the professional alchemists in Fullmetal Alchemy! 　　And this is just a small point that the real world is more advanced and superior than the world of Fullmetal Alchemy.

More, such as the progress of modern materials science and military technology, those high-tech aircraft, tanks and warships are far superior to the Iron-Blooded Alchemist who was killed by Scar in the plot; for example, nuclear weapons with explosive equivalents of hundreds of millions of tons are also as different as the Red Lotus Alchemist who can only make the human body self-destruct.

If Fang Yuan can really learn all the scientific theories and even applied technologies of modern society, he is absolutely confident that he will become a god-like existence! ')006'\u003eChapter 6 What's the need for fitness when you have alchemy!

Of course, Fang Yuan also knows that it is impossible for him to learn all modern scientific knowledge in his lifetime as long as he is still a human being.

Unless the technology of human-computer interaction ushered in another round of explosion and developed black technology that could input electronic data into the human brain without loss, Fang Yuan, with his IQ and memory that were not considered the top of the human race, would take him a lifetime to learn all the contents of a branch of mainstream disciplines, not to mention all the scientific and technological knowledge of mankind.

Therefore, Fang Yuan put the primary focus of his study on biology.

After all, the body is the capital of revolution, and a healthy soul is built on a healthy spirit and a healthy body. Let alone the long-term goal of becoming a human and learning all the knowledge of human civilization, at least he had to get rid of his current sub-healthy state.

Well - although going to the gym or spending two hours a day to exercise or something is a choice that a normal person should have, Fang Yuan, as an alchemist, said that it is impossible to keep fit, even in this life. Go to the gym! As an alchemist, you naturally have an alchemist's way of doing things - is your body in poor health? Medical alchemy begins! Not in good physical condition? Please refer to the physical strengthening alchemy of synthetic beasts.

In short, if you want to have a strong body, there are many ways to be an alchemist.

The worst is to go to a war-torn country and recruit a group of terrorists to refine some philosopher's stones. Making yourself an artificial human is also a way out.

But first, Fang Yuan must have a strong enough accumulation of biological and medical knowledge.

… I dug out the high school biology textbook that I had almost forgotten, found the textbook list based on the university undergraduate biology course, and then went to Taobao to buy the corresponding textbooks. Finally, I contacted my college classmates who were still studying for postgraduate studies and asked them about graduate students. After busy studying the professional textbooks and literature needed for more than half a month, Fang Yuancai finally obtained the current mainstream biology and medical learning materials.

Then came the life of seclusion and study in darkness.

He drinks water when he's thirsty, orders takeout when he's hungry, sleeps on the sofa when he's sleepy, and uses medical alchemy to relieve himself when he's not feeling well (he still knows basic medical alchemy). At this time, Fang Yuan took out I devoted myself to the ocean of knowledge with three times more concentration than when I was about to take the college entrance examination, and almost lost track of time.

He thought that he was almost 30 years old and could no longer regain the mental energy and concentration he had when he was 18 years old when he took the college entrance examination. Unexpectedly, people's potential is really endless - every piece of knowledge learned can be thoroughly studied. Inspired by the transformation of his knowledge into a force, Fang Yuan burst out with an enthusiasm for learning that even he could not believe, and he finished the biology and medical textbooks from undergraduate to graduate students in half a year! Therefore, children do not learn well not because learning itself is boring, but because there is no feedback after learning something! (I believe that if you study mathematics and physics, you can transform into Accelerator, and if you study chemistry, you can make fireballs with your hands. No child will hate studying!) "If I had had this energy back then, I would have definitely passed the graduate examination. !” This is Fang Yuan’s evaluation of his previous self after he recovered from his frenzied study state half a year later.

However, although he has basically completed the knowledge of basic biology and medicine at this time, it will take some time to get used to it if he wants to further integrate it with the alchemy he has mastered. Before that, he should take a rest first... The high-intensity mental work for half a year directly caused Fang Yuan to lose a lot of weight. Even though he had medical alchemy to regulate his body, the unhealthy lifestyle of not going out or exercising for a long time still made his physical condition worse. From a sub-healthy state to malnutrition.

Fortunately, it is difficult to lose weight, but if you want to gain weight, you only need to eat with an open appetite.

Fang Yuan was not the kind of person who would not gain weight no matter how much he ate. After eating a lot of food for a month, he regained the weight he had lost and was even heavier than half a year ago! As for saying that losing weight and gaining weight at the same time will be harmful to the body - after the first phase of Fang Yuan's body strengthening plan is completed, these will not be a problem! Yes, although Fang Yuan has not yet mastered what he has learned in the past six months and reached the level of a real graduate student in biology and medicine, Fang Yuan still has a plug-in like alchemy.

As the first step in the three basic steps of alchemy "understanding-decomposition-reconstruction", using spiritual power to understand and analyze the composition of all things is already instinctive for Fang Yuan who has the door of truth.

As long as he clasped his hands together and identified the object of refinement as his own body, without triggering the "decomposition-reconstruction" refinement steps, and simply with the ability to "understand", his understanding of his own body was beyond anything in the world. The vast majority of people.

The ability to sense psychic powers that can go deep into the subatomic level is simply cheating when it comes to biological research! Think about it, in order to determine the actual process of a certain protein realizing its function inside the cell, other biologists need to use radioactive element labeling, cryosection microscopic observation, and piece together bioelectricity in thousands of cell samples. The truth about chemical reactions sometimes even requires the use of mathematical modeling, supercomputer analysis and other means. Not only is the process cumbersome and laborious, but it may not yield results.

But what about Fang Yuan? All he had to do was "see."

Now he can even decompose and restructure the fat cells in his body into muscle cells at will. He can also find the very few cancer cells that have become cancerous but have not yet become tumors and decompose them directly. He can also deal with the modern highly polluted environment. The poisoned heart, lungs, liver, kidneys and other organs undergo comprehensive disinfection and repair, remove disease-causing heavy metals deep in the bones, and kill harmful bacteria and viruses that invade the body.

Even if Fang Yuan is dissatisfied with his height and body shape, he can reactivate bone marrow cells to produce epiphyseal cartilage, allowing his height to grow a second time.

Of course, Fang Yuan is very satisfied with his current height and has not done anything "really unscientific", but he does plan to use alchemy to slightly adjust his whole body's bones and correct the bones that have been caused by years of unscientific living. Slight distortion and deformation - especially in the spine. When he was nearly thirty years old, he suffered from mild cervical spondylosis in his early years because he was buried in the office. Now he can completely cure it by himself! PS: I also really want to have this ability, so that I don’t have to be forced by my parents to go out and exercise every day...')007'\u003eChapter 7 Human beings are imperfect

However, before Fang Yuan could implement his plan to strengthen the human body and refine it into version V1.0, someone from the community property management came to the door.

"Hello, Mr. Fang!" "Hello!" Fang Yuan looked at the visiting property staff with some confusion.

"What's the matter?" "It's like this. There have been several murder cases in our city recently, but the murderer has not been caught yet.

The Public Security Bureau has issued a document to all communities in the city, requiring all property management companies to remind all residents that it is best not to go out alone after nightfall..." It can be seen that when the young man from the property management company mentioned the murder case, , he himself was a little scared.

But yes, China is not the United States, and there are very few serial murders. Ordinary citizens will not be afraid if they hear that such things happen around them.

"Okay, I understand, thank you for reminding me."

Although Fang Yuan relied on his identity as an alchemist and was not afraid of mere serial killers, he still expressed his gratitude to the real estate guy who came to inform him.

"You're welcome, this is our duty! Uh - you can continue your work! No need to send him off..." After sending the property guy away, Fang Yuan clasped his hands and frowned thoughtfully.

"Serial killer... Do you want to get involved..." After gaining extraordinary power and quietly dormant for more than half a year, Fang Yuan's trouble-making soul was already a little bit ready to move.

However, he thought about his current poor physical condition and decided to complete the first stage of physical strengthening first.

... Strengthening the human body is not as simple as performing alchemy on ordinary objects.

First of all, the human body can actually be considered a very sophisticated, high-precision autonomous intelligent machine with a high error tolerance rate, capable of self-growth, self-repair, self-learning, and self-proliferation (although it requires the assistance of another machine of a different type) Its capabilities, the complexity and sophistication of its system far exceed all engineering and machinery created in human history.

Whether it is a supercomputer that represents the pinnacle of creation in the information age, a spaceship that represents mankind’s ambition to conquer space, or a nuclear fusion reactor that represents the future and hope of mankind, in terms of structural complexity alone, they are far inferior to An ordinary human body.

Therefore, in order to strengthen the human body without affecting the balance of the entire human system and the environment, what is needed is an extreme understanding of the human body's operating mechanism and the ability to operate with precision at the molecular level.

Fortunately, neither of these is a problem for Fang Yuan - even the knowledge about the human body, which was slightly lacking before, has become Fang Yuan's strength at this time during the half-year tutoring in hell.

Bones, muscles, ligaments, heart, lungs, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, liver, gallbladder, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, blood vessels, lymph, nerves, eyeballs, cochlea, olfactory mucosa, taste buds... The strengthening of the human body must be holistic Strengthening, over-strengthening a certain part alone will only cause damage to itself.

For example, in order to increase strength, you must strengthen muscle tissue, but if you only strengthen muscles without strengthening bones, your muscles may be strong enough to punch through a 10 cm thick steel plate, but when you throw that punch, you The arm bones were almost shattered into powder.

Therefore, the refining formation that Fang Yuan drew to strengthen himself at this time was extremely complex, with various totem symbols symbolizing "body", "perfection", "sublimation", "coordination", etc., as well as details related to refining. The various formulas filled the entire refining formation completely inside and outside, with almost no gaps visible.

The formation formation used by Fang Yuan was not made from the Chimera beast-turned-man developed by the Armestoris military in Steel Refining. He did not intend to mix any other animal parts into his body - although that would indeed work. Make yourself stronger for a while, but the price is to lose your human identity forever.

What's more, the modern society that Fang Yuan lives in is not comparable to the Western civilization of Amestoris during World War I. Taking the initiative to possess animal traits that cannot be concealed is an idiotic act that will attract the attention of the country no matter how you look at it.

After all, growing a monkey tail can be said to be your genetic reversion, but if you grow snake scales, animal ears, or a few extra bones, it is the result of a failed monster transformation! Therefore, Fang Yuan's human body strengthening and refining does not involve parts other than humans, but is based on the human body, extremely strengthening and optimizing the human body's functions, maximizing the human body's potential without changing genes and body shape. limit.

After all, although human beings claim to be the soul of all things, in terms of evolution, the human body has not evolved into the best and most perfect structure, but only to a "just enough" level.

For example, the recurrent laryngeal nerve that all terrestrial vertebrates have. This nerve separates from the thoracic segment of the vagus nerve and then bypasses the aortic arch to return to the larynx. It has a large U-shape in the body, which is a completely wasteful design in terms of efficiency.

In the beginning of its evolution, this nerve was actually a short nerve in fish, and it did not need to go around a long circle like terrestrial creatures. This "wasteful" body structure in humans and other terrestrial vertebrates is actually the sequelae of the gill arches evolving into other bones when vertebrates evolved from fish to terrestrial creatures.

However, this level of waste will not have much impact on creatures of human size, so this backward and "wasteful" design is naturally inherited.

The same is true for the appendix and wisdom teeth. These two organs either have no actual function in modern humans or are more harmful than useful, which is also one of the manifestations of the imperfect evolution of the human body.

In addition to strengthening various organs and tissues themselves, Fang Yuan's body enhancement has the biggest action of modifying or even erasing these evolutionary remnant organs that have lost their functional significance.

At least he himself was very dissatisfied with the wisdom tooth that grew into the bone on the right side of his lower jaw, so he simply disassembled it and the other three crooked wisdom teeth - and by the way, he also did some dental plastic surgery to make them look more neat.

... When Fang Yuan, who was lying in the center of the huge alchemy array, got up in the gradually extinguished alchemy lightning, he felt the power for the first time in a long time! This is not the somewhat mysterious "magic side" power of alchemy, but the real physical power that comes from the muscles and can be felt intuitively.

Ever since he woke up from that dream that was too real, he has always missed his extremely trained body as an alchemist in the dream - the stylish inverted triangle back, the distinct eight-pack abs, the powerful biceps... But what about after waking up? A slightly fat sub-healthy young man, soft muscles, round fat, looks harmless.

But now, he finally found his original self back - no, it should be said that he is now much healthier and stronger than he was in the dream! 　　Strength, speed, physical strength, flexibility, nerve reaction, limb control, sensory acuity, and body balance have all reached the theoretical limit of human beings. Although immunity and wound healing ability have not been tested, according to calculations, they are far beyond the level of ordinary humans. At least minor illnesses such as colds and diarrhea are now completely away from Fang Yuan.

With his current physical fitness, as long as he trains a little bit and gets back his fighting skills as a national alchemist in his dream, Fang Yuan can completely put on a cape and play a cameo role as Batman! 　　At this time, Fang Yuan also understood Steve Rogers's mood when he walked out of the enhanced warehouse - this is really a change like a rebirth! 　　PS: Some people in the thread said that the protagonist suddenly changed from a fat man to a perfect human being. Is it a big problem? I have to say that the previous protagonist was just a little fat, a little fat! This is not a fat man! So there is no problem! ')008'\u003eChapter 8 Crime scene - traces of non-humans!

Late at night, Fang Yuan drove alone on the empty street.

The hot wind of the midsummer night blew on Fang Yuan's face through the half-open car window.

Even several hours after the sun set, the outdoor temperature in this city was still so high that creatures like otakus could not survive outdoors.

However, facing this temperature that should make most people sweat profusely, Fang Yuan did not see a single drop of sweat on his body - after the first round of strengthening to reach the limit of the human body, he was no longer afraid of this level of high temperature.

Now, it has been the third day since Fang Yuan strengthened himself.

In these three days, he finally became completely familiar with his new body after strengthening, and made his consciousness and physical strength completely match.

Fang Yuan, who thought he had made up for the last shortcoming, finally could no longer suppress the soul of trouble in his heart, and took the initiative to go out and look for the serial killer who caused a panic in the city.

According to the information he has found in the past three days, the serial killer Sang's killing targets are irregular. The victims are men and women, old and young, and there is almost no commonality in their identities.

But one thing is certain, that is, the victims were killed when they were alone, and their deaths were very... weird.

Don't be surprised that Fang Yuan, an "ordinary person", can obtain such intelligence. Not to mention those self-media on the Internet who dare to say anything, Fang Yuan himself is not without any connections.

As a native local, although he looked like an ordinary office worker before, he still has some connections.

For example, a forensic doctor in the public security system of this city is Fang Yuan's high school classmate. Although their relationship gradually faded after attending different universities, they can still talk a few words when they meet by chance.

This time, Fang Yuan deliberately found an opportunity to call the other party out for a drink, and with the help of his increased alcohol tolerance after his body was strengthened, he got the other party drunk, and got a lot of information that the police did not disclose through indirect means.

For example, all the corpses of the deceased have varying degrees of defects, and the wounds on the corpses have marks similar to teeth bites; another example is that the bodies of the deceased are contaminated with debris of some kind of fungus, which is likely to be left by the murderer... … This made Fang Yuan immediately recall the tragic case of wild beasts and cannibals he heard on the bus more than half a year ago, and his intuition told him that there might be some relationship between the two cases.

Now, Fang Yuan was driving to the crime scene of the latest deceased, hoping to find some clues.

——Now Fang Yuan finally understands that alchemy is actually not that omnipotent. At least it is definitely not as useful as the legendary divination and prophecy in solving cases.

... Because there were too many vehicles in the city, Fang Yuan could only park his car in a public parking lot nearly one kilometer away from the crime scene, and then walked to an alley behind an old apartment building. .

Crossing the yellow warning cordon, which was more symbolic than practical, Fang Yuan walked into the crime scene.

The victim who died here was a veteran of the underworld. It was said that he was tall and strong in fighting ability. He once overturned the siege of more than a dozen armed gangsters with his bare hands. However, He died miserably in this alley a few days ago - it is said that most of his head was opened and his brains were eaten away. This murderer was really cruel.

It can be seen from the stains and stagnant water on the ground that the alley itself exists between a garbage dump and a road, so even if there are clues, it will be difficult to find it among the piles of garbage.

However, there were not many piles of garbage visible at the scene, only black marks in the corners. It seemed that in order not to miss clues, the police directly transported all the garbage piled here together - God knows where to go. How do you feel about looking for clues in a garbage dump that smells of corruption? I sympathize with the comrades who do this work... But even so, some clues are simply unlucky.

For example, the dried dark red blood on the ground, or the claw marks more than an inch deep on the wall and the ground! This is not done by humans! Fang Yuan understood immediately after seeing these traces.

The claw marks were very new, appearing just a few days ago.

Using the power of alchemy's "understanding" to analyze the residual material in the claw marks, fragments of horny material similar to animal nails were found, so the possibility of a murder weapon such as a knife claw was also ruled out.

But this is no ordinary beast either! As an alchemist who has extensive experience in battlefield combat (albeit in a dream), Fang Yuan is very aware of the difference between the traces left by two-legged creatures in battle and those that walk on four limbs.

The unknown murderer who left these claw marks at the scene habitually stood upright on his legs, and then used his upper limbs or hands as weapons to kill or hunt.

Judging from the fact that most of the claw marks left on the wall were at a height parallel to Fang Yuan's line of sight, this unknown creature was very tall, at least over 2.30 meters tall (Fang Yuan himself was 1.8 meters tall).

Of course, there are animals that meet these conditions among all vertebrates, such as bears.

Whether it's a brown bear or a black bear, they can do more ferocious things than what Fang Yuan saw on site.

However, you know, this is a third-tier city in the southeastern coastal region of China. How could there be a bear strutting around the streets without being noticed by anyone! If it was really a bear, the police would have discovered it long ago, and it is impossible that it has not been caught until now.

Coupled with the footprints that Fang Yuan found on a certain wall that cracked the wall, he became more and more certain that the murderer was definitely not any known animal! After all, bears can’t fly over eaves, walk over walls, and do double jumps on walls! "This is really interesting!" After truly discovering some unknown existence hidden in the dark side of the world, Fang Yuan was not only surprised but also felt excited - the real world is really not that boring after all! Apart from people like him who don’t know if there are more superpowers, there are also extrahuman creatures... I wonder if they are werewolves or something else? In short, Fang Yuan's interest has been completely aroused.

He decided that he must catch this "murderer" of an unknown race and drag him into his laboratory to study it! (Although he does not have his own laboratory yet...) But, unfortunately, these are the only clues Fang Yuan can find at this scene. After all, he is not a professional detective. He can find so many clues through observation. It was the result of his rich accumulation of knowledge. If he hadn't had that dream more than half a year ago, he probably wouldn't even be able to see it.

"I think the police officers should also be aware of this. After all, the traces at the scene don't look like something humans can do..." Fang Yuan once again thought of his original guess. The state power must have already known or even mastered it. It contains information about the otherworld, supernatural creatures, and supernatural powers that ordinary people don’t know. There may even be “professionals” who specialize in handling such incidents and have come to the city now! "I'm really looking forward to it..." A smile gradually appeared on Fang Yuan's face.

PS: Has anyone guessed what creature it is? The tips I gave should be obvious.

')009'\u003eChapter 9 Watching more anime is helpful for divergent thinking

After leaving the alley that smelled of corruption, Fang Yuan went to several earlier murder scenes in the next few days.

Without exception, huge claw marks that were not human-made were found at every scene. This was indeed done by the same creature, or at least the same kind of creature.

However, Fang Yuan did not find any more clues about the murderer's true identity except for the keratin fragments left in the claw marks. However, it was still too difficult for Fang Yuan to find the murderer based on just a few keratin fragments.

After all, although he could be considered a biologist, most of his biological knowledge was only obtained from books. Before he personally came into contact with and analyzed the subtle body structures of various animals, he was still blind.

He could only know one thing, that the nails of this creature were indeed very hard, and the debris left in the claw marks was very small. In the test after he copied and magnified it with alchemy, the nails of this material were even close to steel in hardness, and if compared with toughness, they had better performance than steel.

But this was all he knew. There was no hair, blood or skin debris of any other creatures of this kind left at the scene. The murderer "Mr." committed the crime very cleanly and neatly, and the victim had no power to resist and could not be injured at all.

The clues seemed to be broken at this point... Oh, maybe there is one more thing, that is, the fungal debris mentioned by Fang Yuan's forensic classmate.

But unfortunately, because the crime scenes were all dark and dirty places in the corners of the city that almost no one would clean, the richness of the microbial community at the scene was almost sky-high. Even Fang Yuan could not find what kind of fungus the friend mentioned in this environment, and naturally could not accurately judge the other party's living environment through the growth characteristics of the fungal community.

After all, he was not a policeman or a professional forensic doctor. It was okay to go to the scene for investigation, but it was impossible to touch the body of the deceased for detailed examination.

But since fungi were mentioned, it means that the place where this unknown creature lives is very suitable for the growth of fungi.

Fungi - dark and humid growth environment - the murderer was contaminated with a lot of them, enough to leave enough samples on the victim... Fang Yuan thought of the plots in various detective novels and animations. Generally, at this time, the crime scenes must be near sewers or underground canals... (Ghost in the Shell TV version Season 1 Episode 10 is such a story.

) No, the sewers in most cities in China are very narrow. Many times, plumbers have to bend over to walk in. Large creatures like this, which are at least two meters tall, cannot survive in China's sewers.

That's the underground canal... Thinking of this, Fang Yuan directly opened the map app on his mobile phone, marked the locations of the crime scenes one by one with labels, and then switched the layer to the water vein map - as expected, all the crime locations were near an underground canal that ran across the entire city.