Chapter 2568: Or Should I Just Unload You Instead
Li Bing immediately glared:
(งᵒ̌皿ᵒ̌)ง “Ah, ptooey! How can you insult such a great research? Do you even know how amazing this is?”
Jiangnan was full of curiosity; this was the first time he’d heard Sister Li Bing say something like this, wasn’t it?
(๑•̌～•̑)ˀ̣ˀ̣ “What kind of research is it? Something that gets you this excited? And it needs the horns of the Bose clan?”
Li Bing’s pretty face flushed red: (◦`~´◦) “Wasn’t it some time ago that I chopped off a bit of Yakeli to do research? I discovered the secret of his body, and why he can fuse so many races’ abilities!”
“His gene chain is too special, no wonder the Silicon Base couldn’t perfectly replicate him. Didn’t I say before that the human gene chain has extremely strong adaptability, like building blocks?”
“After Yakeli became human, he also fundamentally changed. Using this as a bridge, borrowing Yakeli’s characteristic...”
“I invented a Saiya Potion!”
Jiangnan’s eyes lit up, and he grabbed Li Bing’s small hand:
(*ﾟﾛﾟ)!! “Ohohoho? Saiya Potion? That name sounds really awesome, huh? Can I turn into a Saiyan?”
“Even though I don’t understand what you’re saying! I still feel it’s impressively incomprehensible! Can you explain it to me in human language again?”
Li Bing’s smile froze, and she gave Jiangnan a headbutt right on his skull, producing a metallic clang sound, giving her own forehead a big red bump!
If you don’t understand, why are you so excited for no reason?!
(งᵒ̌皿ᵒ̌)ง “Turn into a Saiyan my ass! Saiya means surpassing Yakeli! The Saiya Potion can temporarily attach one of Yakeli’s 49 abilities onto your body for use!”
“But the usage time is very, very short, and there are big flaws. Just like that Tiandou ability from earlier! So the research hit a dead end.”
“So I thought of the Bose clan’s replication ability—they also copy other clans’ abilities for their own use! Combined with the Bose clan’s characteristics...”
“Maybe we can find a breakthrough on the Bose horns, no longer limited to only attaching Yakeli’s 49 abilities. Maybe we can attach abilities from all the Starry Sky Races!”
At this moment, Chong Feiyu’s jaw dropped wide. She jumped in front of Li Bing and grabbed her hand!
(*⁰̷̴͈꒨⁰̷̴͈) “Sister! This is really research that could overturn the Starry Sky, isn’t it? You’re too amazing! I want to learn too!”
Li Bing said excitedly: (งᵒ̌▿ᵒ̌)ง “Right, right? Little dum-dums like Xiao Nan just don’t understand the value of this research. Sister! You get me!”
Not only did Jiangnan have a strange expression, but Zhong Yingxue and the others also looked stunned.
Jiangnan swallowed hard: Σ(°△°|||) “Is it necessary to go through all this trouble? If you want his ability, just have Yakeli give a kiss? Don’t we have the bo–”
Before he could finish, Li Bing looked at Jiangnan with a teasing expression, like a kitten that knows your little secret!
(˵ಡ▿ಡ)✧
[(ﾉ)◔﹏◔ิ)…]
Li Bing laughed and flicked Jiangnan on the forehead: “You know it, yet you still ask?”
Then she snatched the lollipop out of Jiangnan’s mouth and stuck it into her own.
Chong Feiyu tilted her head—what kind of riddle were these two playing?
Jiangnan scratched his head: (̿▀﹏▀̿̿)̄୨ “Um… just any Bose clan horn will do, right?”
Li Bing hugged her shoulders and nodded arrogantly.
Jiangnan sighed. Then there was no choice but to…
Jiangning shuddered. Was Xiao Nan really going to chop off her and Jingjing’s horns?
Jiangnan turned around and looked at Xiao Lanhai:
(ʃƪᵒ̶̶̷̀ω˂̶́) “Lanlan ah~ Do you still have any of those horns you picked up? Give some to Sister Li Bing; she needs them for research. Brother will trade with money!”
Lan looked reluctant but shook her head:
(*⁰̷̴◠⁰̷̴) “Jiangnan Gege doesn’t need to trade with money. That would be taking your life. Just trade with ‘likes’—as long as you like Lan a little more, that’s enough!”
Jiangnan froze, then vigorously rubbed Lan’s head!
Heavens! She really! She’s too sweet, isn’t she? I’m crying!
Lan: (≖～≖) Rubbing people’s heads hurts a lot, you know~
Then, under everyone’s watchful eyes, Lan opened her Alternate Dimension. As soon as it opened, all sorts of junk, starship wreckage, and the like clattered to the floor!
Her Alternate Dimension was completely stuffed!
Everyone’s mouths twitched—what kind of stuff did she usually pack into her Alternate Dimension?
Lan crawled straight into her junk mountain and rummaged around crazily!
One by one, glass horns were thrown out by Lan, gradually piling up into a mountain of horns in the corridor, over ten thousand of them!
Jiangning and Jiangjing on the side were stunned, their faces pale. This was like a human seeing over ten thousand heads piled on the ground, right?
Little Lan crawled out of the Alternate Dimension, looking heartbroken and reluctant:
(☍～⁰。) “I… I don’t have many left. Sister Li Bing, if you’re doing research, use them sparingly, okay?”
Li Bing’s mouth twitched: “Th-this many?”
She had gone through so much trouble just to get a few horns, and Lan casually pulled out over ten thousand?
Little did she know that Lan had picked up a lot of junk on the battlefield over the years.
Li Bing’s face broke into a big smile. She picked up Lan and gave her two kisses.
(ʃƪ˘³˘) “You are really Sister’s little angel, mUa~”
Mila: (≖～≖) Hmph~
Huh, woman! When you were drawing my blood before, you called me your little angel too~
Jiangnan also got excited and pointed at his cheek:
(∗ᵒ̶̶̷̀ꇴ˂̶́)ᕤ “Sister Li Bing, how about two for me too?”
“I feel that in my all-out battle against Innocent, I accumulated a lot of hidden injuries. I urgently need you to heal me, or else it might affect my future development!”
Li Bing rolled her eyes: (꒪ͦ～꒪ͦ｡) “Hidden injuries my ass? You’re the healthiest one in the whole scene, aren’t you? You couldn’t be better! You just want to trick me into kissing you, right?”
Chong Feiyu looked teasing. No wonder Jiangnan was so eager to come to the lab.
Jiangnan panicked: (งᵒ̌～ᵒ̌)ง “How can you say I don’t have any? Aren’t you going to examine and see? I insist on a thorough check!”
With that, he started to take off his clothes.
But Li Bing said helplessly, “Have you forgotten that I can do X-ray vision? I can tell what you had for breakfast just by looking at the undigested food in your stomach.”
Xia Yao: (｡･ˇ▿ˇ･) “What? Not digested yet? Must be the cafeteria lady’s dentures, right?”
Jiangnan covered his face. What the heck, dentures?
Even the medical checkup process got skipped? Give me back my anticipation!
Seeing Jiangnan looking dejected, Li Bing casually pulled out a ring and tossed it to Jiangnan.
(︶.̮︶〃)っO “Here~ A little toy I made when I was bored. Play with it. If you find it useful, have Boss Pang mass-produce it later.”
Jiangnan looked at the blood-crystal ring in surprise. He put it on and activated it.
The blood-crystal ring proliferated wildly, and in an instant, it transformed into a full-body blood-crystal battle armor!
It was made of the same material as Yakeli’s blood-colored crystal skin, and it could be freely changed and extended by thought.
∑(°口°๑) “Th-this is?”
Li Bing put her hands in her pockets: “It’s still based on Yakeli’s modifications. It can absorb physical impacts and elemental attacks. The converted energy can’t be absorbed by humans, but after accumulating to full, it can be released through the armor as an energy shockwave.”
“I call it the Blood Battle Armor. You’re about to fight the Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle soon, so it should be useful, right?”
“The Metal clan’s Source Material Battle Armor is too expensive, and they control exports. Plus, its defense isn’t that great—how can it compare to Yakeli?”
“Oh, right, you won’t need this. Later, I’m going to modify your Vine Weapon, upgrade it to a type that can turn into Blood Crystal Vine! Combined with the blood crystal’s absorption ability!”
“Your Absolute Life-Death Domain should reach another level. But I’m not ready yet—come back in a few days.”
Jiangnan’s jaw dropped. Such an awesome Blood Battle Armor, and you call it a little toy?
And Little Whip can also be upgraded to a blood crystal form? This is…
Wang Youzhi’s mouth twitched:
(￢﹏￢٥) “If this guy had been born a billion years earlier, the development of the Thousand Stars Era wouldn’t have been so slow, would it? What kind of brain is that?”
Jiangnan understood deeply, because every time he came to see Sister Li Bing, his strength would rise a notch.
Without Li Bing’s support behind him, he wouldn’t have reached where he is today.
“I… I really don’t know how to thank you enough.”
Li Bing grinned mischievously: (˵ಡ̫ಡ˵) “If you really can’t think of a way, you can offer yourself as a husband—Sister doesn’t mind~”
“Or let Sister unload you instead, too~”
Jiangnan broke out in a cold sweat: (•́﹏•̀٥) “That probably isn’t a proper kind of ‘unloading,’ right?”
Li Bing laughed: “Alright, I won’t tease you anymore. Thank me? Just bring back more novel treasures to the family—that counts as thanks!”
“What did you come to see me about this time? By the way, when are you going to take that silly hostage of yours away? She’s been eating my food and living in my place for a while now.”
Jiangnan was taken aback: “Jiu Lan? That’s actually what I came to talk to you about! How’s the progress on the separation and purification of Stygian energy?”
“I might have to make a trip to the Minghe Star Domain later, so…”
Li Bing was startled: “I finished the first phase of the experiment a few months ago? I already wrapped it up a long time ago. Didn’t anyone tell you? Separating Stygian energy doesn’t take that long.”
Jiangnan: Σ(°口°๑) Huh?
A few months ago? Wasn’t that before the Cosmos Grand Hunt even started?
I recall that separating the impure Stygian energy wasn’t a simple task, was it?
The Netherworld race’s lab has been fiddling with it and still has no progress!
Li Bing said as she led Jiangnan and the others deeper into the lab.
The energy separation lab was naturally a highly confidential place—not just anyone could enter.
As soon as they pushed open the door, they saw Jiu Lan, with big dark circles under her eyes, clutching a thick notebook. The room was filled with holographic projections showing experimental processes and data!
Jiu Lan anxiously bit her thumbnail and tapped her leg, her eyes constantly scanning the materials, sometimes irritably scratching her head.
Because she was too focused, she didn’t even notice people coming in.
Li Bing waved: (ﾟꇴﾟ)ﾂ “Hey~ Jiu Lan, little dum-dum? Look who’s here?”
Jiu Lan’s head snapped up. When she saw Jiangnan standing at the door with an astonished expression, she almost cried on the spot.
(๑ᵒ̴̶̷̥́ᯅᵒ̴̶̷̣̥̀๑) “I… I’m useless! I can’t learn it…”
Jiangnan: (•́ω•̀٥)