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Bat Xu also ran back and lifted his wings to wipe his mask. When Erlang was having fun just now, his long tongue swung back and forth, and he spit out a lot of saliva. He was following beside him, so he had to bear some of it. Coupled with the dust raised by his wild running, there were already a lot of mud spots on his mask.
The bat wiped his face slowly, tilted his head, and seemed to think seriously for a while before expressing his opinion solemnly.
"I don't think being like Jiro makes me feel comfortable."
"..."
Looking at Bat Virtual in silence, Gu Shi rolled his eyes.
"I used Jilang as an example just to express that even if we don't know the meaning of some things, it doesn't stop us from doing them. I'm not asking you to imitate a dog. Also, there's a spot of mud behind your left ear that hasn't been wiped clean."
Bat Xu didn't feel embarrassed about imitating the dog's behavior. He still looked serious. He pulled down his long ears and wiped them while continuing to think about whether what Gu Shi said made sense.
At this moment, Gu Shi suddenly picked up Erlang and leaped back, while Batxu also flapped his wings and flew high.
The next moment, the sand under the feet of the two men suddenly exploded, and a beetle-like creature rushed out quickly, and its sharp mouth bit the place where the bat creature had just stood.
The bite missed and Beetle Xu didn't want to fight anymore. He turned around and wanted to go back underground, but at that moment, a green flash of light fell from the sky and accurately shot through half of his head.
Perhaps the vitality of the insect species is as tenacious as that of real insects. The beetle with a hole in its head is still not dead and is struggling to get back into the desert.
At this time, Gu Shi, who had put Erlang down, had also rushed back. His heavy bear paw hit Jia Chongxu's head with great force, causing him to roll sideways and fly out close to the ground.
The beetle's head was hit repeatedly, and it was a little unconscious after landing. Its six legs were moving independently and it kicked around everywhere, unable to stand up. Gu Shi successfully got around from behind and bit off the connection between its head and thorax.
The headless Xu struggled for a few times on the ground, but it was not a real insect after all, and soon became silent.
Shaking the insect's head in his hand, Gu Shi quickly thought of a distribution plan.
"Well, the abdomen is yours, and the head and chest are mine. Let's get started quickly and make it a quick battle."
As he spoke, Gu Shi grabbed the insect head in his hand, put it in his mouth and bit it hard.
It is true that Bat Xu's Flash can penetrate Beetle Xu's head, but with his teeth, it would take a lot of effort to bite through Beetle Xu's shell and eat the flesh inside, so Gu Shi gave Bat Xu the softer abdomen underneath, which was also covered by a shell but could be lifted up.
As for Gu Shi himself, he was originally a bear-type virtual being with a relatively strong bite force. It was only slightly harder for him to chew open the cephalothorax covered with a full armor of a beetle virtual being than to crack melon seeds. He naturally left the difficult cephalothorax to himself.
Bat Xu had no objection to Gu Shi's distribution. He slowly landed, lifted the carapace of Beetle Xu, and ate the soft flesh and blood full of spiritual power at the fastest speed.
While gnawing on the prickly head of the beetle, Gu Shi swung his claws vigorously, cracking and tearing the beetle's thorax, tearing off a large piece of tender meat and throwing it to Erlang, who was watching the show with his tongue hanging out.
Seeing Gu Shi's actions, Bat Xu thought for a moment, then tore off a piece of meat from the beetle's abdomen and threw it in front of Erlang before continuing to eat.
Erlang wagged his tail excitedly and swallowed the food full of spiritual energy in big mouthfuls. He soon finished all the meat thrown by Gu Shi and started eating the meat thrown to him by Bat Xu. Halfway through, he suddenly stopped and stood there with stiff limbs, as if he was petrified.
Gu Shi and Bat Xu, who were eating, noticed Erlang's abnormality and looked over immediately.
"Is this poisoning? Or is it because you ate too much?"
Just as Gu Shi's somewhat nervous guess came out, a small black dot suddenly appeared in the middle of Erlang's forehead, near his eyebrows. Then the small dot rapidly expanded and turned into a dark round hole.
Afterwards, a large amount of pale liquid gushed out from the middle round hole, completely covering Erlang's body, and then quickly hardened, turning into a large bone cocoon.
"I see. After feeding so much empty flesh, it's finally going to become empty."
Gu Shi felt relieved and stopped eating the unfinished Jia Ke Xu. He carefully watched the movements around him and waited patiently for Erlang to break out of the cocoon.
Transformation has always been a quick process, and Erlang did not let Gu Shi wait any longer. Soon the large bone cocoon broke apart, and Erlang, whose body was covered with pale bone armor, head was covered with a canine bone mask and fangs had lengthened a lot, jumped out.
Looking at Erlang who had become more handsome, although Gu Shi felt a little regretful that he would not have a furry dog to pet in the future, he was still happy after all. He grabbed the beetle he had eaten halfway and threw it over.
Souls with better talents have abundant spiritual power and can quickly adapt to their new state after becoming virtual.
However, souls that lack talent and have weak spiritual power will soon feel an intense hunger after becoming virtual. They must devour other souls as quickly as possible and replenish sufficient spiritual power in order to stabilize their own state.
Erlang ate a lot of virtual meat and absorbed a lot of virtual spiritual power before he finally completed his virtualization. Of course, his talent was not good, so after discovering that he was beginning to become virtual, Gu Shi decisively kept the beetle virtual meat to replenish Erlang's spiritual power.
Smelling the rich aroma of spiritual power in the beetle meat, Erlang let out an irrational roar like a violent beast, dived into the hole in the beetle's empty chest, and frantically gnawed at the flesh and blood, absorbing the spiritual power in it.
Gradually, as his body was replenished with sufficient spiritual energy, the hunger in his heart was relieved, and Erlang's eating movements gradually slowed down, and he no longer had that crazy feeling.
After eating a few more bites, Erlang finally pulled his head out of the hole in the shell. He tilted his head and sniffed the scent of Gu Shi. His tail, which was covered with bone armor and was as sharp as a blade, shook rapidly, making a series of whistling sounds like a blade cutting through the air.
"Wang!"
With a joyful cry, Erlang used his head to push the beetle with some meat left on it towards Gu Shi. Then he sniffed the desert under his feet, dived into the sand pile, picked out a tiny lizard from it, and ran towards Gu Shi as if offering a treasure.
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Chapter 39: Killing Intent
Gu Shi certainly would not take back the beetle remains that had been almost eaten by Erlang to continue eating, but when Erlang cheerfully handed him the little lizard, he took it decisively and put it into his mouth.
While chewing this small piece of meat which did not have much spiritual power, he secretly observed Erlang's reaction. Seeing that he was still wagging his tail happily, Gu Shi felt a lot more at ease.
After the soul becomes virtual, all previous memories will be basically lost, and only strong obsessions will continue to remain in the body in an instinctive way. However, this does not mean that the good relationship before the virtualization can still be preserved after the virtualization.
The Death Girl mentioned an example during a chat. There was once a samurai who loved his family very much. He maintained a strong obsession with protecting his family until his death. Even after he became a hollow, this obsession still remained as an instinct.
So, driven by this instinct, he returned to his family and instinctively wanted to protect these people, but as a virtual being, he had an even stronger impulse towards cannibalism than this instinct.
Without the support of his once beautiful memories, his rootless protective instinct was soon distorted by the cannibalistic impulse, from "I must protect them" to "I must eat them", and finally on the third day after returning home, he ate up all his family members.
With such an example in mind, it was impossible for Gu Shi not to feel nervous when Erlang became virtual.
Fortunately, Erlang seems to be in good condition. Perhaps animals don’t have so many complicated thoughts?
After relaxing and looking at Erlang's appearance at this moment, Gu Shi couldn't help but want to laugh. He named the big black dog Erlang just out of bad taste and wanted to make him Erlang Shen. He didn't expect that when Erlang became virtual, he actually opened a "third eye" between his eyebrows.
but……
The hole between the eyebrows that is transparent from front to back, doesn't it mean...
Is Jilang now truly a “brainless person”?
It is a good thing to have one less fatal weakness. He won't be afraid even if someone pierces his head. But Erlang's combat experience in the future will probably not be very good. There will probably be a lot of foul-mouthed guys mocking him as a brainless idiot.
"Is this, you have no brains?"
Just as Gu Shi was thinking this, the bat Xu next to him raised this question seriously. Glancing at Erlang who was still happily wagging his tail, Gu Shi made a sincere suggestion.
"Although this is true, you might consider saying it more tactfully. After Erlang becomes a virtual being, his wisdom will increase rapidly. Once he knows that this sentence can also be used to curse people, he will probably bite you if you say this to him again."
"…But Jiro can't beat me, and besides, I can fly."
Bat Xu was still that serious and boring character. After thinking for a while, he seriously refuted the loopholes in Gu Shi's words.
"You... never mind. Having no sense of humor is one of your characteristics. It's fine if you keep it. There's no need to force you to change. If you become as 'humorous' as that lunatic, I'll have a headache. Let's go and find something to eat."
Gu Shi continued his journey, while on the other side, the Death Girl, whom he used as a negative example, had returned to Soul Society at some point.
"Yeming, you appear weak but are actually stubborn. I am really happy that you are willing to give up the mission and go home this time. You can just rest at home during this time. I will help you greet Captain Kuchiki."
The energetic old man had an indulgent smile on his face. As he spoke, he pushed the small plate of snacks in front of him towards the Death Girl.
"Don't worry about the guards. Grandpa will definitely make up for you when you return to the team. Now that you are at home, you don't have to follow those annoying little guys around. By the way, Grandpa also asked someone to help you deal with the things you left behind in West 53rd District. We have brought back everything that can be brought back and are now placing it under your room.
"Children, it's a good thing to be curious. If you want to study something new, there's no need to go to a dirty and messy place. If you're discovered by a secret agent, Grandpa will have to go to Shifengyuan's house to plead for you, which is a waste of trouble."
The white-haired old man was gentle and doting, and the death girl no longer had the dangerous aura of the world. Her face was full of intimate smiles. She grabbed a piece of candied fruit and put it in her mouth. The sweet taste made her smile.
"I know that you are the best to me, Grandpa. Unlike mom, who always nags me every day, I will go fishing with you tomorrow. I will go back to rest today. You should also go to bed early~"
She said goodbye to the old man with a smile and grabbed a handful of candied fruits before leaving. The Death Girl hummed a song she heard from somewhere and trotted back to her room.
As soon as she entered the room, the smile on the Death Girl's face immediately disappeared. She glanced grimly at the familiar layout around her and soon found a hidden door in the corner. Before she left home, there should have been a landscape painting hanging there.
Subconsciously tightening her Zanpakutō, the Shinigami girl stuffed the candied fruit into her arms, strode to the door, and opened it without hesitation.
Behind the door was a spiral stone staircase leading downwards. With a cold snort, the Death Girl secretly raised her vigilance. She was too lazy to walk up the stairs that had little practical significance, so she simply descended using the Instant Step technique.
After landing at the bottom, what comes into view is a vast underground space, in which iron cages are placed according to a certain pattern. Most of the cages are empty, but a few cages in front of the entrance already have "residents".
The three Hollows and the three Shinigami each have a single room, while the twelve ordinary Ryuhun live together in the same large cage.
Looking at these things, the Death Girl's expression finally became uncontrollable. She clenched her teeth, her eyes full of anger and fear, and slowly squeezed out a word full of murderous intent from between her teeth.
"Damn... old thing!"
In order to study the secrets of Hollowization, she once opened up an underground cave in the 53rd District West of Rukongai as a research site. Before deciding to go to the human world, she completely destroyed the cave, leaving no evidence that would be detrimental to herself.
Therefore, when she heard about "the thing that fell in the West 53rd area", she had a bad feeling in her heart. Now her premonition has come true. The old man discovered the place at some point and dug up the ruins after she left.
The only thing that made the Death Girl feel a little relieved was that although these iron cages tried their best to restore their original layout, there were still significant differences between them and the actual appearance of the underground laboratory. Most of the restoration was based on the spiritual power remaining in the ruins.
This means that the old man's people never sneaked into the laboratory when it was still intact and the experiments were still ongoing, and most likely they didn't know what research she was really conducting.
Thinking of this, she swept her cold eyes over the experimental subjects one by one. The Death Girl walked to an iron cage where the Death was locked up and looked at the introduction sign on the cage.
"He was drunk on duty, hurt innocent souls, destroyed noble mansions, and clashed with upper-level nobles. He was confined to the third floor of the underground prison for 214 years. Ha, he can easily get such an experimental subject. The old man is worthy of being the head of the Saito family."
With a mocking snort from her throat, the Death Girl opened the cage and pulled out the unconscious unfortunate guy.
You are curious about what I am researching, aren't you? Then I will show you how to do it! I hope you can understand!
Chapter 40 True Meaning
She took out a Hollow and a Shinigami from the cage and tied them tightly on the operating table. The Shinigami girl carefully felt the spiritual power strength of the two and found that the spiritual power level of this unfortunate Shinigami was obviously much higher than that of the Hollow, so she drew her sword decisively and cut off his left leg.
Suffering a severe blow suddenly while in a coma, the unfortunate Grim Reaper twitched violently, his face turned pale instantly, but his eyes were still tightly closed, with no sign of waking up.
Not caring about the blood splattered on her body, the Death Girl felt it carefully, and then carefully cut off a piece of flesh and blood from the wound of the unfortunate Death. Finally, the spiritual power strength of the two experimental subjects reached an almost identical level.
[The same spiritual power strength is the most basic requirement. It's a pity that the big guy refuses to eat people and grows too slowly. It would be great if he could grow to a similar level as me quickly. With his current spiritual power level, even if I cut myself in half, he is still far behind me.]
Thinking of the big guy who had escaped, the Death Girl felt even worse. She snorted coldly, took out a tube of concentrated virtual spiritual power from the interlayer of her clothes, and poured it directly into the mouth of the unlucky Death.
If the unlucky Grim Reaper is awake, with his strength, he can completely control his own spiritual power to resist and eliminate this virtual spiritual power. The Grim Reaper girl will have to use some other means to eliminate his resistance.
Unfortunately, someone had done something to the unfortunate Grim Reaper, and his consciousness and body were completely separated. He was unable to put up any effective resistance and could only allow that violent spiritual power to quickly assimilate his own spiritual power.
Soon, signs of becoming empty appeared on the body of the unlucky Grim Reaper. The pure blue spiritual energy was mixed with ominous red and black strands. The Grim Reaper girl watched the changes quietly and waited patiently.
Gradually, as the red and black spiritual power increased, a dark round hole suddenly appeared in the belly of the unlucky Grim Reaper, and slowly expanded over time. The Grim Reaper girl's mind became focused, and the light of the Ghost Road lured her in her hands, ready to be fired.
The next moment, the dark round hole had matured, and a huge amount of pale liquid suddenly burst out of the hole. These liquids seemed to have their own consciousness, and they rolled back, trying to completely wrap up the unlucky god of death.
At this moment, the ghost power in the hands of the Death Girl was instantly activated, and a golden barrier of light wrapped the head of the unlucky Death God tightly, preventing the pale liquid from covering his head. Then the Death Girl quickly turned around and moved to the other side of the Hollow. The Zanpakuto in her hand slid quickly and lightly, and shaved off the bone mask in a few strokes.
Picking up the hideous bone mask, the Grim Reaper girl turned around and observed for a while, confirming that the unfortunate Grim Reaper's entire body, except for his head, was covered in pale liquid, then she nodded with satisfaction.
[Timing is very important. When the blur is just barely covered to form a mask, it is the right time to proceed to the next step.]
With a chuckle, the Death Girl decisively placed the mask in her hand over the unlucky Death's face, held it down tightly, and then untied the ropes that protected the unlucky Death's head.