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The high-concentration blue energy sphere that appeared in front of him was gradually expanding, and his three thousand sea-blue hairs moved without wind, while an extreme chill condensed around him.
On the ground, several feet of thick ice spilled out and spread outwards, quickly freezing the already scattered shrubs and altars, until it reached the feet of Qianjie.
"Hmph, hahahahahaha!"
Absolute zero?
Qianjie burst into laughter, clutching his head.
"Alright! Honkai Beast, I'll take your ultimate attack head-on."
Qianjie clenched his fists, and flames burst forth from his body like an explosion.
"I really look forward to seeing that desperate look in your eyes when your ultimate move fails and you're torn apart."
Qian Jie had absolute confidence in his flames. Even the Ice Law of the past was torn to shreds by him in a few blows, wasn't it? A mere humanoid Honkai Beast...
"No, it's not absolute zero."
"What?"
Xingyue's sudden remark caused the expression on the man's face, which was enveloped in flames, to change.
The next moment, a cruel smile appeared on the girl's face.
"It's ten times absolute zero."
The moment the chill left Xingyue's palm, Qianjie's hair stood on end, and a suffocating sense of death triggered an alarm bell to ring in his mind.
He was about to have the idea of dodging, but even his thoughts and thinking quickly became sluggish, until he was completely stuck at the moment of having the thought.
At ten times absolute zero, both light and time are frozen in that moment.
Qianjie was completely turned into an ice sculpture, and even the flames on his body remained frozen at that moment.
Looking at her masterpiece, Xingyue clicked her tongue, a hint of dissatisfaction showing in her eyes.
It's definitely not working well without the original body.
If her true form were present, her full-force attack could unleash hundreds of times the power of absolute zero.
In that case, even a star could be completely frozen in a very short time.
No, by then, the concept of time will no longer exist for this star.
After finishing all that, she looked at the Qianjie figurine and sighed.
These days, do you have to be "warmly welcomed" just to ask for directions?
But now he'll have to ask someone for directions again, and he just hopes the other heroes won't be as "enthusiastic" as Qian Jie.
Suddenly, a shadow appeared beneath Xingyue's feet, from which several sharp spikes shot out.
When~
Spikes rushed towards the young woman from all directions, but were all blocked and knocked away by the barrier.
Despite being ambushed, Xingyue actually smiled.
"Oh dear! It seems I don't need to look for the snake anymore."
"You're right, aren't you, Möbius?"
From the grass, a bewitching girl wearing a fence crown and exuding a cool aura floated out.
She looked slightly surprised.
Oh? You know me?
"Of course~"
Xingyue stared at Mebius with her bright, intelligent eyes, opened her fair palm to her, and spoke kindly.
"The purpose of my trip is to meet with you two scientists from Paradise."
Please allow me to introduce myself.
"I am Xingyue, a planetary-level Honkai Beast from the outside world. As for my purpose this time..."
Xingyue took a small test tube out of her pocket; the test tube contained some pale blue liquid.
"This is?"
Upon seeing it, Möbius's expression changed, and he eagerly moved closer to examine the liquid inside the test tube.
Her scientific intuition told her that this would be something she would be very interested in.
At this moment, Xingyue suddenly clutched the test tube in her hand, which aroused some dissatisfaction from Mebius.
"I want you to help me analyze the components of this Honkai energy inhibitor and replicate it."
"Oh?"
Mebius's serpentine eyes scrutinized the girl from head to toe, then he rested his chin on his hand and looked at Xingyue with great interest.
"But why should I help you?"
You're not going to help?
"Then I'll go find Velvi."
Xingyue put the reagent into her pocket and left without looking back.
However, she deliberately slowed down her pace while walking.
"Hey? I didn't say I disagreed, did I?"
Upon hearing this, Xingyue's lips curled into a mischievous smile.
Seeing that the girl with the frilly hair was about to leave at the slightest provocation, Mebius immediately became anxious.
A guinea pig that can defeat a planetary-level Honkai Beast capable of withstanding a thousand tribulations—what a valuable guinea pig!
But before she could even put these high-quality lab mice on the lab table, she was already going to find Velvi?
The thought of the duck that was about to be eaten flying away, and flying into the bowl of that wretched guy, Wilvi, made her furious.
Not to mention that Xingyue has such valuable research reagents in her possession; she would never give up such an important prey to someone else.
Seeing the girl stop, Mebius finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Give me that reagent, and I'll agree to your terms."
"However, relatively speaking."
Mebius floated in mid-air, his hands cupping his face, his snake-like eyes revealing intense interest.
"Could you grant them even one small request?"
Mebius said in a coquettish tone.
Seeing that a certain older snake had abandoned all sense of decency in order to study her, Xingyue got goosebumps all over.
However, she did not directly refuse.
"If you're looking to study me, I'm sorry, my true form isn't here. This body is only a small part of it, and you won't get much of value from it."
"What?"
Mebius's snake-like eyes suddenly contracted, as if struck by lightning.
"Why? Why didn't the original body come to Paradise?"
The snake's tone was filled with anger.
It's like wanting to research a machine, going through a lot of trouble to finally find it, only to discover that the machine only has one part left.
Faced with an angry Mebius, the girl playfully stuck out her tongue.
"Because..."
"I'm afraid Paradise won't be able to accommodate me..."
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"Sigh~"
Mebius made a spitting sound.
"Are you kidding me? Even if your body were as big as a small island, Paradise could fit you."
Xingyue simply smiled and did not reply.
Seeing this, Mebius could only suppress his impulse and stop asking about the matter.
Anyway, there might be other opportunities in the future.
"Speaking of which, what exactly is this?"
In Mebius's serpentine eyes, the liquid in the test tube was reflected, and from the pale blue ripples, she could sense an aura that made one feel somewhat powerless.
Snakes have the keenest sense of danger, so Möbius trusted his intuition.
Could it be that she used this to fight the Fusion Warriors or the Valkyries of the current civilization?
No, no.
Mebius immediately refuted this conclusion.
She doesn't seem to need to take such a roundabout approach to deal with the Valkyries of modern civilization. And let's not forget that Qianjie is still playing the role of a figurine!
What exactly is that...
"It's a Honkai energy inhibitor."
This time, Xingyue didn't hide anything at all; in fact, not hiding anything was to her advantage. So she enthusiastically explained to Möbius.
"Honkai energy inhibitor???!!!"
"That's right. As long as the Valkyries, oh yes, the Valkyries of the current civilization, are inoculated for a period of time, they can be turned back into ordinary people, or used to suppress the corrosive effect of Honkai energy on the bodies of some people who are not adaptable."
"If there's enough of it..."
The girl with the bangs gradually became serious.
"It can even suppress the Honkai energy of the Herrschers."
"What?"
His snake-like eyes narrowed, and Mebius's alluring body trembled slightly.
The other party was unaware of the profound impact this statement, this inhibitor, had on them, given their pre-existing civilization.
Even with the advanced technology of the previous civilization, they still couldn't create a Honkai energy inhibitor and could only rely on extracting trace amounts of antibodies from thousands of infected individuals to save one person.
The cost would be enormous, if mass production were possible...
They did consider it, but they all failed.
"Scientists in modern civilization are truly amazing!"
Mebius sighed.
"So, the reason you came to Paradise specifically to find me is..."
"That's right, the doctor who created the Honkai Beast inhibitor is dead, and there aren't many inhibitors left."
Upon hearing Xingyue's reply, Möbius looked regretful.
It is truly a great regret in my life as a snake that I was unable to meet such a remarkable scientist.
"However, there is still one problem."
Mebius rested his chin on the back of his hand, observing Xingyue's reaction as he spoke.
"Even if we replicate it in Paradise, we'll only be replicating the data. This data can't be taken out of the country, so what do you plan to do?"
She hoped Xingyue would be nervous, because if the other person couldn't live without her because of this, then she would have a chance to make this "friend".
She herself can't get out, but there's Gray Serpent among the World Serpent's cadres! Just give the data to it and let it copy it instead.
"No need, I have my own way."
Xingyue's lips curled up mysteriously as she glanced at a patch of grass a few dozen meters to her right.
As if sensing her gaze, the bushes stirred, then fell silent.
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