Poverty makes me capable of anything.

why?

Why would a perfectly good Western greatsword be transformed into an exquisite scholar's sword?

The sword guard was small and narrow, and even the sword tassel was shorter!

"Ah ah ah..."

Erwin angrily punched through the physical screen in front of him.

The screen shattered. Of course, Erwin wouldn't time travel like Anran. He clutched his head tightly. If this was a side effect, it was too cruel.

After a moment of disappointment, Erwin rallied. He was, after all, a researcher, and in this era, such problems could be remedied.

"Let's first see what exactly has happened to the body."

Erwin removed a piece of tissue from his own body and then re-entered the laboratory.

After some maneuvering and seeing the results, he finally had a rough guess.

"assimilation!"

These were the words that popped into Erwin's mind.

Sheila used a potion extracted directly from the body of a Void Demon. Because she was at a disadvantage in the battle at the level of life, she would eventually be assimilated into a Void Demon.

He was using a drug extracted from Sheila's body, and he was also at a disadvantage in the fight, so he was also assimilated into "Sheila".

Yes, as time goes by, he's going to transform!

"..."

They gained power, but the price they paid was a change in gender.

Erwin looked down at his sword, knowing that even this sword would one day disappear.

Given the depth of his current research, this is clearly an irreversible process.

"Ha... really..."

This sword is now just an ornament and has no practical value in combat!

Snapped--

Enraged, Erwin wanted to smash the device that Sheila was in with a single punch.

But now that things have come to this, all he can do is wait for Sheila to succeed and then continue extracting substances from her body.

“Don’t panic. Once this body stabilizes, we can put on a fake one.” Erwin sighed. “At least this power is real, and I’m very likely not going to become a Void Demon. At least I’ll still be a human.”

If it weren't for the fear that messing with his body would disrupt his balance, Erwin would have already drawn his sword and gotten a new one.

He stood silently in front of Sheila, though he still had thoughts in his mind, he was no longer able to use his swordsmanship.

Ten minutes later, a needle from the instrument was inserted into Sheila's body.

Half an hour later, Sheila emerged from the machine unharmed.

Greater power, faster speed.

In terms of levels, Erwin is currently level 63, while Sheila is level 81, and even her race has changed to Devilman.

This is almost to the point of being inhuman.

“Your body hasn’t stabilized yet; you need to soak it again,” Erwin said with a smile.

Sheila, unsuspecting, stripped naked after the test and went into a new device.

"..."

call.

After confirming that Sheila had fallen into a deep sleep, Erwin first extracted some samples from her body and then injected her with a potent inhibitor.

After hiding the sample, Erwin breathed a sigh of relief.

That's wonderful.

It's time to report the news to the higher-ups of the Hundred Wood Pirate Crew.

They must have known about Sheila's existence for a long time, and by proactively reporting this information now, I can gain more trust.

Irwin called his "assistant" over.

"Help me contact the group leader and tell him that I've made a new breakthrough."

"Yes." The assistant nodded.

But as he left, he secretly glanced at Erwin twice.

It's a bit strange. How should I put it? It just feels like the director's skin is whiter today, his voice is softer, and his features are more gentle. It makes you want to touch him.

Kou District.

The assistant hurriedly left.

How did spending so much time in the lab cause problems with my sexual orientation?

That's too much, too much. After I finish reporting, I'll go out and find a girl to practice swordsmanship with.

"What? The commander is receiving distinguished guests and wants me to go there personally?" Erwin was taken aback upon receiving the reply.

Distinguished guest?

In the amusement park, who else could be considered a distinguished guest to the leader of the Hundred Wood Pirates?

Despite his confusion, he went there in person.

They threw the sleeping Sheila, along with the equipment, onto a transport vehicle and headed towards headquarters thousands of miles away.

The headquarters of the Hundred Wood Pirates is located on Hundred Wood Star, near the Void Graveyard.

Mysterious rumors and countless auroras form a natural barrier.

Taking advantage of this, they captured several Void Demons, which allowed Erwin's research to continue.

"Do you know who the distinguished guest is meeting with the commander?" Erwin asked the guards at the door.

The guard smiled when he saw the money handed to him and whispered, "I don't know the specifics, but there was only one person. The commander originally wanted us to take him down, but after a few seconds, he changed his mind and welcomed him in with a smile."

"..."

There was no useful information.

Erwin waited at the door for a while, about twenty minutes, when a young man with slightly chubby cheeks came out of the castle.

He looked to be only about 1.8 meters tall, not particularly tall or imposing, but when he passed by, Erwin only needed to make eye contact with him once to feel as if he had fallen into an abyss, and fear lingered like a bone-deep affliction.

Those eyes were ordinary, yet they seemed to contain the power of a monster with limitless energy.

Irwin couldn't help but take a step back.

"Director Erwin, are you alright?" The guard helped Erwin up.

Huh, why is this skin so...?

cough cough.

The young man had already walked away. Erwin shook his head: "I'm fine. By the way, did you sense anything from him just now?"

"What did you sense?" the guard asked, puzzled.

Although he was just an unnamed guard, he was still level 58.

Or is it just my imagination?

The commander's call could already be heard from inside the castle.

Putting all that aside, Erwin went inside with the device containing Sheila.

After a thorough inspection, he finally met the commander, and now he could finally get rid of Shira, this hot potato.

She is no longer someone he can control.

……

It took An Ran four days to return to Bapulo from Dolphin Star, by which time the player had been offline for three days.

However, when she arrived near the hyperspace, even with fewer players, the area was much more popular than when she left.

You can see the massive framework of the steel city from afar, and there are NPC merchants and people picking up quests nearby everywhere.

After receiving the message, Heloise, An Qianqian, and Maggie were already waiting at the door.

As for Xu Bang, he is currently running a cargo fleet and delivering the weapons that were previously delayed.

"Wow--"

Tan Yiyue was surprised and kept exclaiming "Wow!" the whole way.

Even An Ran couldn't help but complain, "You're basically a frogman!"

"What is a frogman?" Tan Yiyue asked, puzzled.

She quickly shifted her attention.

Frogmen and such are completely unimportant.

What's important is what I saw and heard along the way.

The extraordinary battle on Dulf Star, the wondrous colors seen in Paradise—all these emotions erupted completely upon approaching Baplo.

The three celestial rays, suspended in outer space and forming a triangle, are thick, powerful, and impressive.

A wondrous world where yellow sand covers the land and water is scarce.

People were everywhere, a sea of ​​people, just like Anran.

There are also wondrous time-travel elements.

She had known about the existence of time travel since An Ran's warning, but she was even more shocked after actually seeing it.

If I could live in a place like this...

Ah, happiness is in my heart.

"Stop dawdling and come with me." Ella tugged at Tan Yiyue, who was looking around.

"oh oh."