Magical Girl's Knight Brother

Chapter 527 Aftertaste: 45 people

In the core area of ​​the inverted world, the light was precisely adjusted to a soft, cool white close to natural light, maximizing the stripping away of rendering and leaving only pure analysis.

The air was almost stagnant; this was the world's most advanced dust-free environment, and the entire space was under Chang Lei's complete control.

In the center of this absolutely rational space stands a cylindrical life support capsule made of high-strength transparent composite material.

There is no liquid inside the chamber, no complicated piping, only a force field that maintains absolute vacuum and constant gravity.

Suspended at the core of the force field is the body of the God of Time and Space, who once symbolized the authority over time.

Chang Lei stood in front of the life support pod, wearing a cleanroom suit, his hands in his pockets, his gaze behind his glasses as sharp as a scalpel, "cutting" the mechanical creation in front of him inch by inch.

It is not the cold, rigid metal monster you might imagine.

On the contrary, its form is that of a human male, with proportions so perfect they are almost obsessive, like the ultimate fusion of classical sculpture and modern industrial design. The body is made of a strange, matte silver-gray alloy, with no visible rivets, welds, or joints in the traditional sense.

Instead, there are molecular-level bonds that are as smooth and delicate as skin texture, almost indistinguishable to the naked eye. Its facial contours are clear and serene, its eyelids closed, as if it were asleep.

Each strand of hair was simulated by tens of thousands of nanoscale energy conduits, but now it has lost all its luster.

The most breathtaking part is the joints.

Wrist, elbow, shoulder blade, knee... These moving parts are not simple bearings and hinges, but are composed of countless nested, precisely interlocking spheres that emit a restrained golden glow.

Each sphere is only the size of a grain of rice, with undecipherable geometric patterns flowing across its surface. These spheres rotate and slide in a counterintuitive way at the microscopic level, theoretically allowing the body to perform fluid movements in any dimension that transcend biological limits.

But now, these golden spheres are like dusty stars, dim, solidified, and lifeless.

Its chest cavity, once the core of surging energy, now presents a chilling sense of emptiness.

The protective armor plates had slid open according to the predetermined procedure, exposing the internal structure, where the expected violent energy vortex or blinding light core was no longer present.

Instead, it presents a scene reminiscent of the interior of the most sophisticated clock—a network of countless unidentifiable crystals and bionic nerve bundles shimmering with a faint, cold light, layered upon each other, so complex as to be dizzying.

They may have once guided the power to tear apart dimensions, but now they just lie there quietly, like the most sophisticated circuit board after the power is cut off.

Some structures resemble faded jade that has lost all its spirit, exhibiting a dull and lifeless texture, while others resemble strange gemstones that have exhausted all their energy, leaving only cold and hard empty shells.

The entire body, once a miraculous creation that perfectly blended technology and divinity, is now reduced to mere physical "exquisiteness." The omnipresent radiance that symbolized its extraordinary status, and the energy field that shimmered like the sands of time and was as profound as the folds of space, have completely vanished.

This body has lost all its "living" attributes, becoming a huge, complex, and ingenious work of art, but one that has lost its soul... or rather, a tool that has died completely.

The stingray was standing on the other side of the life support capsule, slightly closer than Chang Lei.

"I didn't realize you were so knowledgeable about technology. I remember Tang Zijun once said that you even had to study the HarmonyOS system update for a long time."

"Not understanding and not being able to learn are two different things." Chang Lei glanced at her, then said softly. "I didn't know before simply because I didn't want to learn. In reality, these things aren't exactly advanced techniques in fraud."

"Then you're standing on the shoulders of giants too," Shi Yao chuckled, arms crossed, and asked. "Tell me, which professor in the bureau's head did you manage to steal this time?"

"Don't put it so harshly! I... ...okay, it's Old Liu and Old Pan." Chang Lei sighed helplessly. "There's no other way. You can't expect me to bring them here, and besides, this was an action with Tang Zijun's consent."

"So what did you figure out?" Shi Yao asked.

"not yet"

Chang Lei focused his gaze on the body of the God of Time and Space before him.

"Ninety percent of the material on this guy's body is rare in our world—I'm not referring to Earth, but the entire universe. To be honest, I'm a little hesitant to make a cut."

Hearing Chang Lei's words, Shi Yao shook his head slightly. "This scene is really bizarre. I'm actually watching a gluttonous person dissect a mechanical corpse."

"What's so strange about that? The power of us Greedy Ones is all-encompassing..." As he spoke, Chang Lei suddenly realized something and turned to look at Shi Yao. "By the way, what are you doing here? Don't you have work to do? Have you caught all those monsters from the Shadow Clan?" "Speaking of which, I remembered something. I actually have something I wanted to ask you."

"What's up?" Chang Lei stopped what he was doing and turned around.

Shi Yao's expression turned quite serious. "I recently discovered a shadowy monster in Changbai Mountain. It looks like something from the Classic of Mountains and Seas, but it's rather strange..."

Upon hearing this, Chang Lei also became interested, as he had always been very enthusiastic about these strange and unusual things.

"Explain in detail, what's so strange about it?"

After carefully considering his words, Shiyao spoke. "I can confirm that it is indeed the Shadow Clan, but that thing has a physical form and is exceptionally powerful. I sensed intense negative energy on it, not the kind of negative energy from the Shadow Clan, but a more violent, bloodthirsty negative energy." "Violent, bloodthirsty." Chang Lei's eyes flickered. "An unorthodox path?"

"That's my suspicion," the Lost Ray didn't deny it, but nodded and continued, "That shouldn't be a Outer Path Demon, but more like a biological weapon created by an Outer Path Demon. However, it's different from ordinary strange beasts; it contains a dense amount of shadow power."

As soon as he finished speaking, the near-vacuum silence in the laboratory seemed to gain weight, pressing heavily on Chang Lei's shoulders.

He stood before the enormous, transparent life support pod, his gaze piercing through the cold barrier and locking onto the perfect yet lifeless mechanical body suspended within it.

His brows were deeply furrowed, as if carved by an invisible chisel.

A strange beast possessing the power of shadow.

Chang Lei silently pondered Shi Yao's words, and an unsettling suspicion slowly surfaced in his mind. He subconsciously raised his hand and pressed his fingertips heavily against his temples.

The ray's gaze fell on his tense profile. "It seems you know something about this?"

After a pause, Chang Lei opened his mouth slightly as if to say something, but in the end, he only sighed and asked, "You're a veteran in magical girls, do you know how monsters are born?"

The Lost Ray frowned slightly. "Strange beasts? Aren't they just biological weapons created by heretical demons? They cultivate them using special, evil methods, shaping them into eggs, and then hatching them by absorbing negative energy from the real world."

"What you're saying is something everyone already knows. What I'm asking is, do you know why the Outer Path Demons were able to create these biological weapons? Do you know where the first alien beast came from?"

Shiyao frowned even deeper; she really didn't know much about this. "You know?"

"I know a little bit," Chang Lei said slowly, taking off his glasses and leaning against the table.

"How could those idiots from the Outer Path Demons, who lack intelligence and aesthetic sense, possibly possess the ability to cultivate and create biological weapons? All of this actually originates from a greedy individual called the 'Shaper'."

"The Greedy One?!" Shi Yao's expression changed slightly. "The method by which the Heretic Demons cultivates alien beasts was provided by the Greedy One?"

"Yes and no." Chang Lei shook his head. "I heard about it a few years ago. The creator was obsessed with creating a perfect body. Although he was just an ordinary captain, the monsters he created had the strength of an officer."

"He enjoys stitching together the most perfect organs of various creatures, hoping one day to create an ultimate creation, a creation comparable to the Mirror-Eater God of Greed."

"The final result was naturally failure. The power of the greedy never comes from the 'physical body'. The power of greed is our most powerful energy, so other greedy people also scoff at his existence."

"But one day he disappeared, for no reason, very suddenly—actually, this kind of thing is normal. After all, if you encounter a magical girl, it's not surprising that a few greedy people occasionally disappear."

"But that time was different. After he disappeared, the Outer Path Demon suddenly gained the ability to create monsters, and the monsters he created were even more powerful and disgusting than his fused monsters."

"You don't mean to say that the Shaper defected to the Heretic Demons and helped them cultivate the alien beasts, do you?" Shi Yao looked at Chang Lei with some disbelief.

"I'm not sure if he came to us willingly or was captured passively, but in this world, besides the gods of ancient times, he is probably the only one capable of fusing alien beasts and shadow monsters."

Chang Lei paused here, then turned to look at Shi Yao.

"Or would you rather believe that those brainless heretics invented this more advanced method?"

Shiyao's lips twitched, then he let out a cold snort. "Looks like I'll have to have a serious talk with Xin'er about this."