"..." Hitzfeld was stunned for a few seconds, then sat up suddenly and found that the restraints on her body had also been released.
Looking back, the mixed-haired loli was sitting at the head of the bed, trying to stay awake (her eyelids were drooping). She had placed the Apis Rubik's Cube on the table of a trolley filled with medical equipment, and clusters of bright blue light mist were floating around it.
The light mist seemed to have consciousness, and they did not like this new container. They kept trying to "pull out" their entire body from the Rubik's Cube, and kept struggling towards Hitzfeld.
But the Apis Rubik's Cube also proved its ability - this thing suddenly started up, and the body was divided into countless equal cubes along the thin lines on the surface, and it rotated three circles to the left and four circles to the right just like a real Rubik's Cube. In the process, a force similar to a pulling force was generated, which pulled the free blue light mist into the body without leaving any.
"Plop!" After doing all this, it fell back onto the table and calmed down.
It's amazing, it looks like... the way it rotates is like an energy lock, forcibly locking the nature orb.
Hitzfeld opened his mouth, feeling a little lost.
But this was something she had already prepared for, so she didn't plan to dwell on it too much. She looked up and asked Sixus, "What happened next?"
"What happened next?" Sixus was observing the Rubik's Cube with great interest. He was startled when he heard this. "Are you asking me what happened after that?"
"of course."
"You're a detective, can't you guess something like this?" Pulling the corner of her mouth, Sixus showed with her attitude that she was not afraid to show her sharp-tongued side.
Hitzfeld just looked at her silently and said nothing more.
The two men confronted each other for a long time, and it was actually Sixus who couldn't hold on first.
"You've seen it too..." She turned her head, "That thing is obviously not Fordsissy. It's a man-eating monster that can mimic humans and even imitate their faces... When it appears in that image, it usually means that the person has been eaten by it."
"I'm asking what happened to the food you ate."
Hitzfeld was firm.
If Sixus had been covering up this past, she would definitely not have insisted on digging into it.
But she took the initiative to show it all, even her background and the death of her "father" were clearly revealed, so the remaining secrets were relatively insignificant.
She was sure that no matter what the result was, speaking it out...the damage it would cause to Sixus could not be greater than the loss of her doctor father.
"…That's the 'living species' of the Mimic."
After a pause, Sixus spoke again.
"The so-called living species is to remove the heart-like organs from them... This kind of monster has no reproductive ability, he wrote in his notes... Then he used human blood to cultivate it and artificially transformed it. Over a long period of twenty-six years, he changed its habits little by little, almost forcibly."
"He feeds it with his own blood?"
"Not at the beginning... He confessed that he had done a lot of human experiments, all of which were done by damned people... He found that the living species would reject bodies that had never absorbed flesh and blood. There were a few times when, if he hadn't dug it out quickly, it would have quickly merged with those bodies and turned into a new monster."
"So from then on, he began to consciously feed it with his own blood. But later, I don't know why he was thinking, he replaced the blood he used to feed it with mine."
"You actually know very well why he does this..."
"I later read the book he left behind!" Sixus interrupted her rudely, looking at her with a warning look, "His idea was actually to obtain a part of the power of the Mimic by transplanting this thing into his body. In this way, he might be able to accurately identify those 'same kind', and he could use this knowledge to find them and kill them."
“…He succeeded.”
“He succeeded.”
The doctor's eyes became deep. She stretched out a pale and slender hand from her sleeve and activated the shapeshifting in front of Hitzfeld. Her five fingers intertwined and fused, turning into a pair of scissors made entirely of flesh and blood.
"Hiding this power makes it unhappy..."
She looked at it with a dazed look in her eyes.
"I am also dissatisfied, because no matter how sophisticated the surgical instruments are, they cannot compare to my own limbs..."
Hitzfeld had a disgusted expression.
She couldn't imagine that when Sixus was alone with the patient, she would turn both of her hands into corresponding tools and use them entirely to treat the wound.
"I don't even bother to do that to you."
Sixus also looked at her with contempt.
"Don't worry - my heart has been taken out and stored somewhere else. My life and death depend on their thoughts. I admit that I am no longer a pure person, but at least you don't have to worry about my betrayal."
"Of course I believe you." Hitzfeld's expression suddenly changed.
It was as if the person who had shown the disgusting expression just now was not her.
"Then let's talk about the Mimics... You were able to kill them because you successfully merged with the Living Species?"
She had never seen such a monster anywhere, not even in the lady's notes.
A monster that can simulate an adult... Even if it has no reproductive ability, it is too dangerous. Having such a thing lurking in society really makes people uneasy. She can't wait to know what happens to them.
"There's nothing much to say." But Sixus didn't want to elaborate. "After I merged, they thought I was their companion... Their original intelligence didn't seem to be very high, so they let me go, and I survived."
"Then the village of Geri was in trouble. I didn't dare to escape alone, so I had to stay in the village and watch them eat everyone one by one. Then I followed them back to Miancheng, where I found the organization that Fude originally stayed in... which was the prototype of the Shadow Lions."
The prototype of the shadow lion... With the addition of Sixus, the "pseudo-magic radar" who can accurately identify monsters, there is no need to ask what the fate of those monsters will be.
But that was definitely not just forty or fifty years ago.
Hitzfeld grinned secretly.
Mrs. Glee did not mention this at all, and considering the time span of her service, Sixus's story must have taken place much earlier than that.
Considering that Mr. Sixus mentioned that the outside world was in chaos and terror, and that the refugees were considering eating babies, she guessed that it should be the aftermath of the gray fog, which happened at least a hundred years ago.
Otherwise it wouldn't be so messy.
This loli is indeed much older than her appearance suggests...
Combined with what she said earlier about her heart being moved, it seems that her life and death depend on the existence of her heart. Has she turned into an immortal monster like a lich?
"What's that look in your eyes?"
Sixus's face fell, "Let me make it clear first - I have never... never felt that he had wronged me!"
But she had evidently misunderstood, and thought Hitzfeld was thinking of something else.
"He's not my biological father, but I'm still grateful to him... because his actions allowed me to survive... more than once!"
"I just can't forgive him!"
"If he trusted me enough... to tell me everything in advance..."
"Then maybe... maybe!"
Hitzfeld suddenly regretted asking so many questions.
She knew that for Sixus, this gate was only "open" or "not open". Since she was willing to use this past as bait, she might subconsciously hope to vent.
But it seems a bit too intense.
Logically speaking, a person who has lived for more than a hundred years would not have the same mentality as a child. This was either the influence of the "living seed" on her, or the nightmare had a profound impact on her.
Appropriate venting is a good thing, but excessive venting can also harm your body.
"I think you should take a hot bath and get some sleep," she advised carefully.
“…I’m not that fragile yet.”
With a sigh of relief, the mixed-haired loli raised her head again and smoothed her bangs with great pride.
"Do you think you're the only one who doesn't need to sleep?"
"Although I don't have insomnia, let me tell you! My highest record is not sleeping for twelve days - twelve days!"
"Okay..." Hitzfeld pulled the corner of his mouth.
"Twelve days... Twelve days..."
"What's that look in your eyes!? I'm serious!!"
"Of course, I believe you~"
"Esun Hitzfeld—"
"Are you done yet?"
Just as the doctor was yelling at the patient, Xia Yibing pushed open the door and came in.
She was leaning against it trying to eavesdrop, but the room was well soundproofed and she could only hear faint noises.
But it was enough for her to judge whether it was finished or not - she knew Sixus very well, and she was so dedicated to the operation that she would never shout like that when it was not finished.
"It's over."
The mixed-haired loli pushed her away angrily.
"Take your significant other and get out of here!... Don't show up in front of me for three days!"
what's the situation?
Hitzfeld's face turned red.
And the 'other half'?
This little Lolita... it's fine if she doesn't appreciate my kind comfort, but is it ok to say such nonsense in front of outsiders?
However, Xia Yibing soon made her realize that she had misjudged the idea. The woman asked her directly, "Is what she said true? Did you only draw half of the Nature Orb?"
The gray-haired girl was stunned.
she does not know.
She had never considered this possibility.
"Considering that it is a higher-level divine weapon, it is very likely that only half of it was extracted."
The tall man with glasses followed in, walked straight to the table and picked up the Rubik's Cube.
"There is controversy over whether the Apis Cube is a divine artifact. After all, we are not sure whether there is a deity named 'Apis'."
"But even if there is, he is definitely no match for Chigran. There is indeed a possibility that the Apis Cube is insufficient in capacity or ability and cannot completely contain the sphere."
Hitzfeld and Xia Yibing didn't say anything, they just stared at him eagerly.
"Oh!" Russell reacted immediately.
"it does not matter."
"In fact, the indicator they gave me is about this degree... half, which is enough for their research."
"Did you also dig up some records about Chiglan and this magic ball?" Hitzfeld frowned.
She always felt like these people knew what she was holding.
Russell was vague about this.
Hitzfeld didn't care anymore. The most important thing now was that she could finally regain her precious freedom.
The royal family has obtained half of the magic ball. Maybe they have something to rely on and think that as long as they control half, they don't have to worry about her wandering around with the other half.
Hitzfeld didn't know the reasoning, but she wasn't stupid enough to think about those people and take the initiative to make excuses for them to control her again.
Over the next few days, her living arrangements were able to be transferred from underground to above ground.
Surprisingly, Xia Yibing didn't do anything excessive to her. He just accompanied her to study and read every day. The two of them researched new dishes together, and sometimes they put on riding clothes and went for a ride on the plains.
The results of Judith's interrogation have also come out.
She did have accomplices, three of them.
They also asked who was behind the attack, but Javi obviously didn't want to say it. He just briefly described their plan - on the night of the attack, an airship would be temporarily diverted to enter the red soil, and as long as they escaped the first wave of arrests, there would be a great chance of catching this ride.
He was just giving her an explanation.
"They went back."
At noon another day, Xia Yibing suddenly said at the dining table.
"I heard from Smanl that that thing was also taken away."
Hitzfeld knew she was talking about the Orb of Nature.
She wanted to say that she knew.
Because she seemed to have a vague feeling that something had left the outpost and was moving rapidly towards the east.
"Anything else?" Hitzfeld looked up at her.
She understood women very well and knew that if there was nothing else, she wouldn't bring these up.
"Others..."
After hesitating for a moment, the woman took out a letter from her waist.
