Yes, I did all of this!

"It's just a small experiment, or more accurately, an experiment that I don't know if it will succeed."

"What exactly do you want me to do?"

Upon hearing this, Duanmu Mo chuckled and said, "Oh~ you can't stand it anymore? I never saw you like this when you were the riddle teller. Why do you get so anxious when I start telling riddles?"

"..."

Cangyi's face was cold, and his brows were still furrowed, but he had changed his expression to one that was unpleasant to Duanmu Mo's behavior. He believed that Duanmu Mo was already aware of this.

"Alright, alright, let me show you something first."

Seeing Cangyi's expression, Duanmu Mo stopped teasing her and took out his flip phone, waving it in front of her: "Hold out your hand and let me test it."

"...This is an ancient relic from so many years ago."

Looking at the flip phone in his hand, Cangyi knew that even Shenwuling was too lazy to hack into it.

Hearing her words, Duanmu Mo choked: "I'm a nostalgic type. The older you get, the stronger you become, you know? Whenever the younger generation encounters trouble, it's always the first generation who comes to the rescue."

"..."

Cangyi was unaware that Duanmu Mo's goal was the bracelet on his left hand.

Duanmu Mo also grasped her wrist, his slightly rough fingers touching her fair and smooth arm, like the finest white jade.

Cangyi's fingers rested naturally on his arm. The lines on her hand were soft and delicate, and the veins on the back of her hand were faintly visible, carrying a sense of fragility. It made people almost forget how she used this hand to hold a sharp katana to kill enemies.

"...What are you daydreaming about?" Cangyi asked calmly, sensing Duanmu Mo's scrutiny.

"It's beautiful no matter how you look at it," Duanmu Mo said, fiddling with her bracelet without looking up.

"In order for it to absorb energy, I modified this driver with my abilities, and then it absorbed a large amount of magical girl energy and evolved... Now it has become something that amazes even me."

Stroking the gemstone on the bracelet, Duanmu Mo clicked his tongue and shook his head: "It's a pity we can't take it off to study it, but we can still add something to it."

After saying that, he picked up the flip phone, fiddled with it for a few moments, and then looked at the gemstone on the bracelet.

Immediately afterwards, the gemstone lit up with a flash of light before returning to its dim state.

"It should work." Duanmu Mo breathed a sigh of relief.

What did you do?

"A remote calling function has been added."

Duanmu Mo manipulated the phone again, showing her the screen.

In the next slot after Leviathan, Cangyi's name appeared.

Seeing this, Cangyi thought of something, and Duanmu Mo pressed the call button.

"This is..."

A strange feeling rose in Cangyi's heart. She looked at the phone, and with a thought, the flip phone connected.

"Hey Hey hey?"

Duanmu Mo put the phone to his mouth and casually said a few words.

In addition to what he heard with his ears, Cangyi also heard the same sound coming from his senses.

After a brief moment of understanding, she grasped the function's purpose. With that thought, she hung up the phone with Duanmu Mo.

Cangyi nodded and looked at Duanmu Mo: "It's a very useful ability. I hope Yuzhi won't notice it."

"Even if you contact me in front of Yuzhi, she won't notice. That child is very oblivious."

"..." Cangyi didn't know if he was talking about Yuzhi or himself, so he could only ignore the last sentence:

"So, what exactly is the experiment you're talking about?"

Duanmu Mo remained calm as he uttered words that stirred Cangyi's heart: "--Well, I'll also try to create a body for you to see if you can exist independently in this world."

"What—" Cang Yi's pupils contracted, and his hand, which had been on Duanmu Mo's wrist, gripped his forearm, his eyes filled with surprise and shock: "How is this possible..."

She regained control of her emotions in an instant. Cangyi fell silent before she could finish speaking, sat down next to Duanmu Mo, pulled the blanket up to cover her cold body.

After a while, she finally spoke, "...What did you mean by 'by the way'?"

"That dead dragon is a slow-paced creature. I can still push Leviathan a bit, but it's too difficult to revive it ahead of time. After thinking about it, I came up with a solution: simply create a body for it."

Duanmu Mo leaned comfortably against the sofa, looking at Cangyi's profile as he pondered.

They may look quite similar, but their temperaments are worlds apart, which makes one marvel at the wonders of the Creator.

"...I have many questions that need answers." After a moment of contemplation, Cangyi spoke softly.

"Which one should we talk about first? You or that dead dragon?"

"The latter, I suppose." Cangyi raised his head, his pale eyes meeting Duanmu Mo's gaze: "How big is that dragon? How are you going to build its body?"

Upon hearing this, Duanmu Mo took out the card containing the eyeball:

"Its corpse is inside the seal. Otherwise, where do you think my gun and sword and this card came from? Its size is only the size of several mountain ranges. Compared to Leviathan, it's nothing. When making the body, I just used its corpse material."

Duanmu Mo had seen Leviathan several times, and its size was different each time. The only one he could refer to was the one in Cang Yuan's memory.

As for its enormous size, spanning several cities, when it first appeared in the world to bewitch people, Duanmu Mo simply thought it was just bluffing at the time.

"That's true... but is it feasible? Wouldn't using its corpse be too dangerous?" Cangyi pondered, a look of worry flashing in his eyes as he asked.

Duanmu Mo said calmly, "Someone once said that a man's success depends 80% on his decisiveness, and the consequences will naturally follow after the decision is made—whether it is feasible or dangerous, you don't know what the outcome will be until you do it."

"..."

"Of course, if something unexpected happens, I will handle it without you and them having to do anything."

Cangyi didn't speak, but reached out from under the covers and glanced at the wrist guard on his arm.

...Duanmu Mo always says one thing and means another. He was the same last time, always acting frivolously, but in the end he still said things like "The lord's choice is to have it all" to defeat the enemy and then save the Cangyi that was about to disappear.

"Then... I'll leave it to you."

No one knows what kind of mindset Cangyi, who has always been a lone traveler over the long years, had when he said those words, but for Cangyi, the word "trust" was enough.

"Next, let's talk about your health. Is there anything you'd like to ask?"

Unlike Cangyi, whose thoughts were wandering, Duanmu Mo naturally shifted the topic to another.

"...What do you plan to do about my body?"

"In short, reviving you is more challenging than reviving the dead dragon. At least it still has a corpse left. Besides, I wouldn't object to reviving it even if I threw it into my motorcycle. But you are different. Yuzhi would definitely prefer you to have a body that can normally feel the happiness of the world."

Duanmu Mo crossed his arms, his face suddenly turning troubled.

"Besides, because of my OCD, it would be strange if you recovered your body but couldn't use the magical girl's power. But your power carries the curse from the previous timeline, so it's very troublesome to deal with—hiss, thinking about it this way, it really gives me a headache."

After the modification, Duanmu Mo was able to understand his own structure more clearly, making it easier for him to heal himself during battle.

But I don't know what those crazy scientists at Shocker were thinking, so they crammed knowledge into the lab so crudely and mindlessly, and they could do whatever they wanted just because they had a lot of remaining test subjects. In the end, only Duanmu Mo was left alive.

Therefore, to this day, what Duanmu Mo is most proud of is not the abilities and knowledge given to him by Shocker, but his own body and mind that can withstand the haphazard modifications made by these eccentric scientists...

—While Duanmu Mo was deep in thought, a delicate hand rested on his shoulder, and when he turned his head, he saw Cang Yi's calm yet resolute gaze:

"If you really want to do it, then my body doesn't need to be that perfect for now."

"No, this isn't your problem, it's something I'm thinking about."

"I know, but right now you should focus more on that dragon of death. I don't need..."

"—Wait a minute." Duanmu Mo interrupted her, suddenly realizing something: "If it's a simpler body, you should be able to accept it, right?"

"......What's the meaning?"

Duanmu Mo said to himself, "Although I don't know if your soul can withstand my torment, if it's simpler, I should have a clue."

Although Duanmu Mo, who has absorbed a great deal of knowledge about Shocker, still focuses on combat, he can also work part-time as a Shocker scientist.

Of course, Duanmu Mo's subsequent experiments relied not only on his knowledge of Shocker, but also on his understanding of the abilities in this world.

The combination of the villainous organization's technology from the Knights' Lodge over the years and the magical girl's abilities in this world will, like the Azure Wing Bracelet, bring Duanmu Mo many surprises.

Chapter 451: Reappearance

Cangyi looked intently at Duanmu Mo's thoughtful expression and asked:

"The clues you're referring to, are you probably planning to do something?"

"This isn't something that can be resolved in a day or two; I need some time to try. If you could open your mind and let me study it, my progress might be faster."

The knowledge that Shocker gave him did not include any technology related to the soul. On this point, Duanmu Mo could only rely on his experience and abilities in this world to explore little by little, which also required the other party to have complete trust.

"Can we do it now?"

Cangyi agreed without hesitation and handed her the wristband.

"Oh? So decisive?" Duanmu Mo was a little surprised and looked at her, saying, "I must remind you, I don't know much about this. If I make a mistake, you'll be ruined."

"It doesn't matter, I owe you my life anyway." Cang Yi shook his head, his tone frank, his gaze meeting Duanmu Mo's without wavering.

"...Let's put this matter aside for now. I'll try it out with other test subjects first."

After glancing at Cangyi, Duanmu Mo looked away: "As for now, I've finished what I needed to do. Let's go back. Yuzhi has training tomorrow..."

Before Duanmu Mo could finish speaking, his flip phone vibrated, causing him to pause.

"Wait."

Under Cangyi's gaze, Duanmu Mo turned on his phone, and the name Leviathan appeared on the screen.

"..."

Duanmu Mo pressed the answer button, then switched to speakerphone, placed it on the table, and casually changed his tone:

"—Sea monster, what are you doing?"

Under Cangyi's now quiet gaze, the deep voice came from the phone:

"It's nighttime where you are now, right? The Dead Dragon will strike again during the day."

"Again? I don't want to go this time."

Duanmu Mo directly chose to give up, which didn't surprise Leviathan, who spoke calmly:

"If you hadn't caused it such great damage, how could it be acting so frequently? Unless you return the death energy you possess to it."

"No way! Last time I came here, it was because of its ability to shield Cangyuan's senses. Why would I give up something so good?"