Chapter 331: The Benefits of the Ferocious Beast to Yun Ruoxi

Lightspeed Region.

Aili’s words fell, the warp drive acceleration completed, and the spaceship entered the Lightspeed Region.

Everything outside the porthole stretched into lines. Seeing this, Lin Zhen finally relaxed completely. He let out a heavy sigh, leaned back in his chair, and said with a bitter smile:

“Xiao Ai, do you think I don’t want to bring Xiao Xi back?”

“She’s your sister, and even more… my friend.”

Lin Zhen had originally wanted to say “the girl he liked,” but thinking about how he had broken that promise back then, he could only bitterly withdraw the word and replace it with “friend.”

“But that kind of attack can’t be used casually!”

He opened his right hand. Under his palm were five crescent-shaped blood marks.

“Under normal conditions, I can only maintain that much grade four star energy metal. Every time I use it up and regenerate it, takes half an hour.”

“But would Xiao Xi give me half an hour? One minute, no, half a minute later she would attack again!”

“I know… but I’m just sad…”

Aili sobbed softly. Zi Jiu, seeing this, silently reached out and pulled her into an embrace.

Lin Zhen encouraged everyone, and himself:

“Don’t worry, we’ll get Xiao Xi back sooner or later!”

“And that day will come soon! The Saint hand sending Xiao Xi to the Positive Universe is their biggest mistake!”

After her telekinesis recovered, the Evil Beast searched around, then piloted her own spaceship, following the trail left by the Flying Goose for a full light-hour. But in the end, she still couldn’t catch up to them.

“Sorry, Doctor, I failed!”

The trail broke off at a Jump Node. Lin Zhen and the others had warped and directly shook off the Evil Beast. So now, no matter how unwilling the Evil Beast was, she could only choose to report to Dr. Forefinger.

As for Dr. Forefinger, although he was somewhat displeased with the Evil Beast’s failure, he didn’t blame her much.

First, there was no need to get angry at a star core creation. She was fake; with just a thought from him, she would dissipate.

Second, if Lin Zhen were really that easy to catch, how could he have been allowed to run free for so long? As early as two years ago, he should have been sent here.

Dr. Forefinger asked calmly:

“Tell me in detail, how did he get away from you?”

Although the Evil Beast was not as strong as the real Ye Lan, at least she was a clone made from a star core, possessing about 80% of her strength.

Lin Zhen, a few second-level star energy users, managed to escape from the Evil Beast. They must have used some powerful means. He needed to find out in order to counter it.

After a long delay, the Evil Beast told Dr. Forefinger everything that had happened in detail.

“It’s actually the star energy electromagnetic cannon!”

Dr. Forefinger’s expression instantly turned serious. The worst-case scenario had occurred. Lin Zhen indeed knew about this powerful weapon that belonged exclusively to him.

The reason he cared so much about Lin Zhen was that he realized Lin Zhen could very well become the sharpest spear in his hand through the star energy electromagnetic cannon, even sharper than Yun Ruoxi. A trump card capable of killing even the pinnacle of the Strong…

On one hand, he valued the development potential of Lin Zhen’s supernatural power; on the other hand, it was this. Of course, these were just ideas at the time.

But now Lin Zhen really had mastered the star energy electromagnetic cannon. Although this proved that his insight was still as sharp, it also caused the situation to spiral out of control.

That one electromagnetic cannon shot could make the Evil Beast sense life-threatening danger, meaning it could directly kill Ye Lan! Especially… the Ye Lan in Dark Dust state!

“After Ye Lan completes this mission, let her come back immediately. We absolutely cannot let her meet Lin Zhen now…”

Dr. Forefinger’s mind raced with many thoughts in an instant, but his face remained unusually calm as he said:

“Cancel this mission for now. Continue the previous mission: monitor and, at the critical moment, eliminate Dark Dust.”

Dark Dust was very useful and could even grow autonomously. It couldn’t be damaged by Lin Zhen’s hands.

“Dark Dust? Who is that?”

“A new character appears.”

“Could it be that gray-haired lady?”

“Possible.”

“So Xiao Xi really was just passing by this time, not targeting Lao Zhen.”

“Lao Zhen is probably going to cry when he can’t find Lao Xi at Shell Star.”

Because the Baifan Star Gate was not on the direct route from the Imperial Institute of Technology to Shell Star, Dr. Forefinger had no idea that Lin Zhen was planning to go find Chatosi.

After issuing the command, he closed the chat window and prepared to research a way to resist the star energy electromagnetic cannon. Actually, the best method would certainly be to dispatch a fifth-level star power user to directly capture Lin Zhen.

But unfortunately, although the defection incident five years ago had been settled, it still had some impact on him.

It was no longer possible for him to assign tasks for research purposes to the fifth-level star power users in the association. Especially when the mission target was Lin Zhen, who had defected.

Ye Lan could almost be considered the strongest force he could freely use on hand. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have directly turned her into a weapon that no longer needed to think because she was disobedient.

‘The clone Evil Beast’s strength is far inferior to mine. It seems those skills exchanged from the system cannot be copied by the star core.’

In System Space, Yun Ruoxi, who had finished watching the livestream, analyzed to herself after witnessing the clone’s strength. The Evil Beast had exactly the same Stellar Energy Index as her and used the same supernatural power.

But even Dr. Forefinger could see that there was a considerable gap in performance between the other and herself. Should this be attributed to the system’s higher rank, or are these skills ultimately dependent on the system?

If it’s the former, then it’s still okay. But the latter… If the system disappears one day, wouldn’t she suddenly become much weaker?

Yun Ruoxi pushed this worry down into her heart. Drinking poison to quench thirst could only be done cup by cup. Right now, she still desperately needed the system to become stronger, even if it meant… As long as she could avenge and resurrect her parents, that was enough.

Even if she ends up weaker, or even loses all her power… The universe was big enough for her to find a planet where she could live a peaceful life even if she was as weak as a newborn.

Yun Ruoxi narrowed her eyes.

‘The Evil Beast’s appearance has already caused plot changes, adding an ambush plot that wasn’t in the original story. I wonder what changes it will bring to the subsequent plot.’

Perhaps because the Evil Beast was her clone, or because the audience all thought the Evil Beast was her, the emotions the audience had toward the Evil Beast were ultimately added to her.

In just a few minutes of the Evil Beast’s appearance, she had already gained about three-fifths of the popularity she had accumulated over the past five years.

It’s almost unbelievable! So the Evil Beast’s appearance actually brought quite a few benefits to her.

For example:

Using the identity of “Yun Ruoxi,” it incidentally helped her reap a small wave of the audience’s emotions toward herself.