Seeing Derick agree to her request, Castorice happily squeezed his hand a little harder.
Derick felt Castorice's grip tighten and quickly caressed her arm with his thumb, signaling her to ease up a bit.
On the side, Mydei had naturally seen their actions clearly. Seeing the two of them behave like this, he shot Derick and Castorice an annoyed glance and turned to leave.
The sickeningly sweet aura of love didn't suit him.
Watching Mydei leave, Castorice looked at Derick and said, "Well then, Derick, shall we head back now too?"
"Alright."
Derick nodded, then stretched lazily.
"I'm completely exhausted now. When I get back, I need to have a good sleep first."
"Derick, that won't do," Castorice shook her head slightly.
"Huh? What's wrong?" Seeing Castorice's action, Derick looked puzzled.
Castorice pointed to Derick's stomach and said to him, "From today until now, you only had that small piece of dessert from Mydei's place earlier; your stomach is empty. Even if you want to sleep, you have to eat your fill first before sleeping."
Even though she knew that with Derick's current physical state, not eating wouldn't affect anything, Castorice just couldn't feel at ease.
"Alright."
So, on the way back, Castorice took Derick out for another sumptuous meal.
And while walking, she also handed Derick a bag of Liheng Coins.
"Sister Castorice, what are you doing?"
"This is the reward you deserve," Castorice explained to Derick. "For today's income, you worked with me as an embalmer, so the payment should be split half and half."
Only after Derick heard the origin of this money did he accept it.
Seeing Derick take the money, Castorice smiled. The money she gave Derick was more than her earnings; she just saw that Derick had no money on him and was afraid he might see something he wanted but couldn't buy because he had no money.
...
Derick and Castorice returned home.
On the way back, Castorice was still asking Derick about the time to set off for the Underworld.
"Let's wait a few more days. We'll wander around Okhema and relax properly," Derick said to Castorice after some thought.
"Mm, alright."
Castorice smiled and nodded.
Back home, Derick once again flopped onto his small bed as if he had no bones. Castorice found it amusing that he was like this every time he came home.
Then, she also lay down on her small bed.
And imitating Derick, she also stretched her body, assuming a relaxed posture. After Castorice did this, she felt a gaze on her. Realizing it was Derick, her face grew very hot.
Only then did Castorice realize how seductive her actions just now had been.
Castorice then shyly curled up her body, but turned sideways to face Derick.
Derick also looked back at Castorice.
The two looked at each other, and in this state of peace, Castorice drifted off to sleep.
She was sound asleep.
Derick had also planned to sleep, but just as he was about to, he sensed something happening with his second clone.
It seemed Herta was about to start her experiments.
Then let's switch perspectives and take a look.
Hopefully, my clone's body is mysterious enough that Herta can't figure it out, and then she'll summon Ruan Mei.
...
Derick switched his perspective to the second clone.
At this moment, a notification sound chimed at the door of the room where the second clone was. Derick saw Herta, Himeko, and Stellie walk into the room.
Wait, what is Stellie doing here?
Stellie's research proficiency was the same as Derick's main body – zero. What could she do here?
Derick was pondering, while Stellie was still making a final effort to save her "buddy."
"Hey, buddy, Herta sliced your arm into pieces! Aren't you scared?" she whispered to clone number two.
Clone number two remained motionless.
Stellie: Thank you for your kindness, but right now I desperately need to be sliced up for experiments. You should stay on the side for now. After I sort out the Samuros business and become an Emanator, if you need help, I'll definitely come and help.
Seeing clone number two remain still, Stellie shook her head with great regret, then stood beside it, watching Herta prepare to take it for experiments.
"You lie on the bed first and don't move," Herta said to Derick's clone number two. Derick immediately had clone number two cooperate with Herta's actions. Soon, two burly researchers entered the room, grabbed the head and foot of clone number two's bed, and headed towards the laboratory.
While lying on the bed waiting to be taken to the lab, Derick's clone number two also listened to the conversation between Herta and Himeko.
"Regarding this creature, I have absolutely no data on it here. Ms. Himeko, what about the Astral Express's data? Is there also no information at all about this creature?"
"Yes, none at all. Dan Heng and I have already checked the Express's databank and similarly found no existence of such a creature."
"This is truly mysterious. It seems I'll have to conduct a thorough examination later."
The bed reached the laboratory, and Derick's number two clone was lifted onto the operating table.
"Now, let's first check its regenerative ability." Herta picked up a laser scalpel and began to cut clone number two's arm.
Stellie watched from the side, involuntarily touching her own arm.
"Fortunately, I chose to board the Astral Express," Stellie mumbled to herself.
The Stellaron in her body was far more important than the energy in her inky graffiti buddy's body. If Herta really let loose and researched her, she'd probably be dissected even more miserable.
Herta and Himeko had no time to pay attention to Stellie; instead, they focused all their attention on Derick's clone number two, wanting to see just how formidable its regenerative ability was.
The arm recovered bit by bit.
After it finished recovering, Herta couldn't help but frown.
"This time, ten minutes and eleven seconds. Compared to the power of Abundance's blessing, the recovery rate is much slower. However, according to the surveillance footage from the platform in the space station, its full-body recovery time from being blown apart was also around ten minutes."
"This kind of recovery doesn't quite match the power of Abundance. To specifically understand this fellow's body energy, further analysis of its tissues is needed."
Herta muttered to herself.
Himeko reminded Herta from the side, "Madam Herta, the tissue you cut off."
Herta looked at the tissue cut from clone number two and found that these tissues were disappearing bit by bit. In these ten minutes, the severed tissue of Derick's clone number two had now almost completely vanished.
It seemed that Derick's clone number two, like clone number one, would quickly disappear even if only a part of its body was obtained, leaving no trace.
"It even does this." Herta quickly picked up various research instruments and approached Derick's clone number two. Herta was still in her small puppet form, and holding these instruments seemed a bit much, making it difficult to maneuver.
Herta looked at Himeko and said to her, "Himeko, help me get some experimental instruments. I'll quickly cut off this fellow's tissue, and you can assist me in researching it."
"Alright." Himeko immediately cooperated with Herta's actions, taking several instruments from her hand. Herta picked up the scalpel, once again cutting off a piece of Derick's clone number two's body tissue, preparing to study it. Himeko watched from the side, quickly picking up an instrument and placing it on the body tissue.
With Himeko's cooperation, Herta's research actions became much faster.
However, looking at the research results of the severed tissue, she revealed a puzzled tone.
"How can it be like this?"
Yes, it's good if you can't figure it out!
Seeing Herta look puzzled, Derick was excited internally.
If even Herta couldn't grasp it, then in the biological field, the only one stronger than her was Ruan Mei. When Ruan Mei arrived, he could then wait peacefully for her to perform various modifications on him.
"Madam Herta, did you discover anything?" Himeko asked from the side.
"This creature's tissue contains many components of Ancient Beasts," Herta replied to Himeko.
"Ancient Beasts? It's also related to Ancient Beasts?"
Stellie pointed at Derick's clone number two in astonishment.
"Yes, just like the Doomsday Beast you encountered back then, its body contains components of Twilight Beasts. And unlike the Doomsday Beast, which uses Twilight Beast remains as a base material, it itself can be considered a living Ancient Beast. Its origin... I'm even more curious now."
Speaking of this, Herta felt a bit regretful. This dark creature couldn't speak, making it difficult to express its intentions. At the same time, it had also come with the Antimatter Legion, and those Antimatter Legion members couldn't explain the origin of this dark monster either.
On the other side, hearing Herta say this, Derick was astonished.
My clone is actually related to Ancient Beasts, and not in the same way as the Doomsday Beast's pieced-together remains. You must know, Ancient Beasts are massive creatures that roamed the universe even when the Aeons weren't active. What exactly is the situation with my clone, that it's considered an Ancient Beast?
Wait, Ancient Beasts in the universe aren't extinct.
That Aeon of Voracity, Oroboros, is a genuine Twilight Beast.
After I came to this world and awakened my clone ability, my clones also had the ability to devour. I've joked before about whether my clones had the Path of Voracity.
And now, it turns out my clones also have Ancient Beast genes.
Good heavens, this relationship with the Aeon of Voracity is getting deeper and deeper.
"That fellow is no ordinary terror. Getting involved with It is not a good thing."
Derick thought to himself.
And at this moment, Herta looked at the once again disappearing body tissue and also shook her head.
"The tissue separated from this creature can only last for these few seconds. To thoroughly research more information about it, I can't do it."
"Then Herta, what do you plan to do with us... I mean, it?" Stellie asked Herta from the side.
"I plan to hand it over to Ruan Mei. When it comes to biological problems, she's the most skilled."
Hearing Herta's words, Derick almost wanted to jump up with joy.
"Finally, a connection with 'Ruan Mei'!"
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