Looking at Ruan i opposite Avatar No. 2, who was still gazing at it with expectant eyes, Derick naturally didn't delay any longer. Flas erupted from its body.
"What an excellent little fellow. After eating the Fla Beast I discovered on so abandoned planet, it took at most ninety-seven seconds for it to master its fire-starting ability. This kind of capability isn't sothing an ordinary cosmic Ancient Beast can master," Ruan i said with a gentle smile.
At the sa ti, she took out a small fire-starting device.
"Co, don't move yet. Let test your fire resistance now that you've acquired the ability to wield flas."
Derick allowed Ruan i to operate. He had initially thought Ruan i's palm-sized device was only going to ignite a small patch of Avatar No. 2's skin. However, when the flas were released, they completely enveloped Avatar No. 2.
It was roasted to a crisp on the outside and tender on the inside. Fortunately, Derick's avatars were all pitch-black, so even being charred wasn't visible.
Ruan i reached out and tore off a piece of the burnt flesh.
"No pain sensation, extrely strong recovery, and it possesses a tiny bit of the Fla Beast's fire resistance. I just don't know if you can only acquire a little or if you can gain more," she analyzed as she tore.
Then, she once again took out an identical 'pastry'.
"Here, little cutie, have another taste."
Derick would, of course, not hesitate when it ca to sothing that could increase his strength. Taking what Ruan i offered, he stuffed it into his avatar's mouth.
Its body burst into flas once more. Ruan i then extinguished them and reignited Avatar No. 2 again to test its fire resistance. "Improved again? Very good indeed. Good child, you're performing wonderfully." Ruan i didn't skimp on praise, then set Derick's Avatar No. 2 alight once more.
Ruan i couldn't stop nodding as she observed Derick's Avatar No. 2.
"Excellent, excellent."
Back and forth, she put Derick's Avatar No. 2 through its paces many tis. Only when the growth of its fla abilities and fire resistance beca minimal did Ruan i finally stop.
Within the Underworld of Amphoreus, Derick's main body was idly playing with flas. The things Ruan i had fed his Avatar No. 2 had already granted him full fla abilities.
"I'm now looking forward to Ms. Ruan i conducting more experints on . Flas alone aren't enough; I want more things."
Ruan i sized up Avatar No. 2 and said with a smile, "Energy is continuously growing, and fla abilities and fire resistance are also increasing. Little fellow, you truly are amazing." Her eyes were filled with satisfaction. "The most crucial thing is that your body feels no pain and exhibits no rejection response."
Finding suitable experintal subjects was sowhat troubleso. Strong tolerance and recovery weren't enough. Ruan i had captured quite a few followers of Abundance for experints in the past; those fellows had strong recovery, but their resistance due to intense pain was also significant. Ruan i needed to implent restrictive asures, and these restrictions greatly affected experintal results. The best experintal subjects were those like the dark fellow before her, who would obediently undergo experints and cooperate with her procedures. She had so experints that would inflict pain beyond the tolerance of other subjects, and now, finally, she had a subject that could undergo them.
A white light flashed, and a piece of Derick's Avatar No. 2's body was severed. Ruan i already knew from Herta that Derick's avatar parts would disappear, so she also researched with great speed. She knew Avatar No. 2's endurance, but she still wanted to discover its specific origins. What its genes were like, whether it could be replicated—these all required her extensive research. If she could figure out how to mass-produce these avatars, many of Ruan i's experints could be conducted simultaneously.
"Mm, yes, these are indeed Ancient Twilight Beast genes. From this gene sequence, it's possibly a descendant left by an Ancient Beast from the Twilight Wars. However, it's also filled with many unusual things that can't be analyzed in such a short ti."
She made this judgnt just before the sample vanished. This was an Ancient Twilight Beast with an extrely old gene sequence, ancient even among Ancient Beasts. The Ancient Beast that provided the genes for this dark fellow lived even before the Twilight Wars, prior to the birth of the Aeons. And those other energies held an even greater attraction for Ruan i. Purely ancient Ancient Twilight Beast genes couldn't support this little dark fellow's terrifying recovery and absorption abilities. Ruan i couldn't properly assess those mixed energies in such a short ti.
So she decided to prepare for gene preservation.
A small box appeared again in Ruan i's hands.
"The temperature inside here is extrely close to the universe's lowest temperature. Let's see if low temperatures can preserve its flesh. Little fellow, don't be anxious, it will be over soon."
Ruan i cut off a piece of Derick's Avatar No. 2's flesh and quickly placed it in the box.
However, the flesh still quickly disappeared before Ruan i's eyes.
"If low temperature doesn't work, then how about biological preservation within a living organism?" Ruan i tried another preservation thod.
In the ti that followed, Derick witnessed Ruan i's arsenal of biological specin preservation techniques. From temperature to vacuum, from drugs to chemicals, Ruan i even took out a device that could maintain a small area in relative ti stasis.
But none of them worked. Derick's avatar parts disappeared as they always did.
Watching this from the Underworld, Derick couldn't help but laugh.
He whispered softly, "I estimate the only way to preserve my flesh is through a conceptual-level preservation thod—my grandma's refrigerator. Only in that place, no matter how long food is stored, it never changes in my grandma's eyes. That's what I call a conceptual-level preservation thod."
Herta Space Station.
As Ruan i was conducting her experints, Herta's puppet finally walked over.
"Although I said you could experint on it freely, your actions are a bit too much. If you continue like this, the impact on the surroundings will be significant. I suggest you go to the specialized lab beneath the space station..." Herta was halfway through her sentence when she noticed Ruan i was deep in thought, not having heard a word Herta said.
"Have you figured sothing out?" Herta asked Ruan i.
"Yes." Hearing Herta's question, Ruan i ca back to her senses and replied.
"Well, where is it from?"
Ruan i nodded. "I've tried various thods to preserve its flesh, and all have failed. Therefore, I believe the thod by which its flesh disappears must originate from a domain beyond my knowledge. There's a high probability that this ability cos from an Aeon."
"Oroboros, the Aeon of Voracity? I had that thought last ti," Herta asked Ruan i.
"Yes, I'm speculating that this little fellow is very likely a descendant of Oroboros," Ruan i replied.
"A descendant of an Aeon and an Ancient Beast? It?" Herta looked surprised upon hearing Ruan i. Its current strength is too weak, isn't it? One had to know that the Vidyadhara of the Xianzhou Alliance were rely descendants with a trace of the Aeon of Permanence's bloodline, yet their entire race was exceptionally strong.
"It's very possible. Although its current strength is weak, its potential is imnse," Ruan i said with a gentle smile.
Then she picked up another 'pastry'.
"Here, little fellow, have so more pastries."
Derick controlled Avatar No. 2 to continue swallowing the 'pastry'. Soon after, its entire body began to fester, and green fluid oozed from the cracking wounds.
In the Underworld, Derick snapped his fingers, and a cloud of green smoke appeared in his hand.
"Is this to give myself poison resistance again? This is pretty good. If I can't beat soone, I can still use this to harm them insidiously," Derick thought.
At Herta Space Station, after Ruan i saw Derick's Avatar No. 2 recover, she imdiately began a new round of feeding.
"Hurry and take it downstairs. Although I'm very curious about Avatar No. 2, seeing the floor in a ss from its festering body, Herta still urged Ruan i to leave quickly.
"Alright."
Ruan i gently raised her hand, and a giant creature appeared beside her. It found a large box and placed Derick's Avatar No. 2 inside. Ruan i had cultivated many creatures; whether for work or dealing with enemies, she always had the most suitable choice.
As she headed down, Herta didn't forget to remind her.
"If you have any results, rember to inform promptly."
"Mm." Ruan i nodded. Then she took Derick's Avatar No. 2 all the way down.
On the way down, Ruan i continuously fed Derick's Avatar No. 2 poisonous creatures.
Derick, in the Underworld, felt his body constantly strengthening, his heart filled with excitent. Truly Ms. Ruan i. We've t for less than three hours, and my body has already undergone so many changes.
"Continue, please continue."
Derick excitedly urged Ruan i to experint on his avatar.
Leading Derick's Avatar No. 2 to the lowest level of Herta Space Station, to Ruan i's exclusive laboratory.
Walking into the lab, Derick, through Avatar No. 2's perspective, looked around. On one side of the circular, empty room, there were nurous experintal supplies and equipnt. Derick glanced over and saw dense arrays of data. Then he looked into the space and saw a giant, chrysalis-like object floating in the empty room.
Is this the replica of the Emanator, the Star-Crushing King Worm, that Ruan i created?
As if sensing Derick's Avatar No. 2 looking at the Star-Crushing King Worm, Ruan i, while feeding it a new 'pastry', said to it, "What? Curious about that thing? Do you want to try devouring it?"
Derick certainly wouldn't refuse this request. Although he felt he probably couldn't swallow it whole for now, he still wanted to try.
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