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Chapter 1341 - 589: Breaking Out of the Cocoon into a Butterfly_2

Chapter 1341: Chapter 589: Breaking Out of the Cocoon into a Butterfly_2

The Watchman took over the body and quickly checked the sea of consciousness internally.

At this moment, Gusha has already settled down in the world of the sea of consciousness, with its head buried in the body, seemingly preparing to rest. Noticing his gaze, it said coldly, "I need to recuperate for a while, don’t bother me recently!"

"Alright, you’re the hero this time, I’ll listen to you," the Watchman chuckled. Gusha had indeed impressed him this time, as he had not anticipated that Gusha would have such a dominant position among the four Beasts of Catastrophe.

...

Within the dark cave, only after confirming that the seal was complete did Mu You step out from the barrier. As soon as he landed, he felt a wobble in his steps and sat down by the edge of the barrier, only then realizing that his back was completely soaked with sweat.

"Are you okay?" Ling Long rushed over to support him. Seeing his pale face and profuse sweating, she couldn’t help but shake her head, "It was indeed too much of a strain..."

"It was a bit risky, but the rewards are worth it..."

Mu You smiled and then, recovering, called out to Ava in his mind.

"How is it, can the data collected be utilized?"

"Most of Gusha’s fear is released using its own abilities, which we can’t replicate. But the pathways Gusha uses to manipulate fear energy might be replicated," Ava’s voice echoed.

"How can it be replicated?" Mu You quickly asked.

"This information is a very intricate data structure, unlikely to be comprehensible by living beings. Even if they could understand, they couldn’t utilize it. However, it can be uploaded into a sufficiently powerful mechanical body for it to execute this data. There might be a chance to replicate a very small fraction of Gusha’s essence... just like this."

As Ava spoke, Mu You suddenly felt a great deal of energy being extracted from within him. Then, from the Chameleon Helmet, an icy aura was released, enveloping the area for miles around in an instant.

Ling Long, enveloped by the aura, instinctively shivered, her body trembling uncontrollably: "Not again, right?"

She instinctively looked back at Gusha, but found that Gusha had not opened its eyes this time, and that the source of the fear was not coming from Gusha’s direction, but...

Ling Long looked at Mu You with some astonishment: "Did you do this, the original?"

Mu You nodded, as the Omniscient Crystal had already displayed the information when the aura arrived.

[Aura of Fear: A fabricated aura mimicking the behavior of Gusha, causing all living beings around you except yourself to feel a sense of dread from the heart. Depending on the creature’s resistance to ’fear’, their divine power, attack speed, and movement speed are reduced to varying degrees. Creatures with low intelligence may flee outright.]

"Not bad, huh?"

Mu You’s eyes brightened upon reading the information. Although this aura’s effect was only a fraction of a thousandth of Gusha’s true power, it was still a product of a Beast of Catastrophe. Against ordinary creatures, its effect was still outstanding.

What’s most important is that this is a true skill that can materialize in the Sky High World, equivalent to a large-area Divine Arts, but it consumes Magic Power!

And Magic Power, after the Vaccine injection, was essentially inexhaustible, which means, this aura could potentially be kept active in the Real World all the time, acting as a passive skill.

"Are you all okay?"

As Mu You was experimenting with the new aura, a familiar voice came from the darkness above.

Then, the figure of Gege Wu appeared in the distant light, sliding down the rope ladder to the bottom of the cliff, walking towards them.

"We are fine, although there were some twists and turns, we have managed it," Mu You said, shaking his head as he got up to look at Gege Wu.

Gege Wu took out a palm-sized Small Size planter from the bag at her side, containing a bud of a brightly colored flower, the whole planter was wrapped in a transparent film.

"This is a Flower of Bitterness, plucked from the Bitter Mother Tree, with the Little Fairy inside. It should be ending soon."

As Gege Wu spoke, she tore off the film from the surface of the planter.

Exposed to the air, the flower in the planter withered rapidly, its petals drying and falling off, and the hidden entity within the heart of the flower gradually revealed itself.

I saw a tiny person, sitting there with knees hugged, wearing a sky-blue petal dress, wrapped in a transparent caterpillar shell, like a sleeping beauty nestled within a sleeping bag.

At a certain moment, the caterpillar shell began to crack and peel, turning into flakes of dust, and the little person inside finally opened their eyes as though a fairy born from the flowers, yawning and stretching before climbing out of the rubble, surveying the surroundings with pure eyes.

Its gaze quickly fixed on Mu You, suddenly it became excited, stretching out tiny arms, and from behind, a pair of wings wide enough to dwarf its body unfolded with a whoosh.

The familiar sky-blue wings spread out, lifting its body like a butterfly and went fluttering onto Mu You’s shoulder, eyes brimming with tears, holding onto his collar, chirping nonstop, like a newly born chick waiting for its mother’s call.

"Little Lanlan!"

This adorable creature with a small stature instantly captured the hearts of the two women present, Ling Long immediately rushed over and scooped up the little being from Mu You’s shoulder.

"Little Lanlan, I’ve missed you so much, do you remember me? You don’t? It’s okay, I’m not some strange aunt, you know, we used to be best buddies!" Holding the Little Fairy, Ling Long rubbed it against her face, quickly covering her face with pollen.

And the bewildered Little Fairy, being turned over and over in her hands, soon saw stars.

Gege Wu, who was nearby and looking enviously at Ling Long, still hurriedly reminded, "A newborn fairy is quite fragile, it’s better not to roughhouse with her..."

"You hear that? No messing around!"

Mu You spoke up to stop Ling Long’s ’fanatical’ behavior, extending two fingers to rescue the Little Fairy from Ling Long’s hands.

"Tsk, last time you were closest to me, but now you’ve forgotten me, that’s not fair..." Ling Long grumbled sourly.

Mu You ignored her, placing the Little Fairy back on his shoulder.

The Little Fairy, after being jostled around, finally relaxed when it sensed Mu You’s familiar presence, quickly crawling into his collar, leaving only its head out, continuing to curiously observe the outside world.

"Chirp chirp... chirp chirp..."

Listening to the continuous chirping from the Little Fairy, Mu You looked at Gege Wu and asked, "Can’t it speak yet?"

"A newly born fairy is like a human infant, retaining only some instincts and with unclear memories. They need to be slowly nurtured, and in about one to two years, their abilities and memories should be mostly restored," explained Gege Wu.

"That’s good," Mu You nodded.

With things resolved here, the trio did not linger, checking that the seal on the Gusha was intact before leaving the Bitter Garden.

Gege Wu returned to the academy, while Mu You and his companion headed straight back to Earth.

"So, what in the world is this?"

An hour later, freshly back at the pet store, Mu You had a bizarre expression as he looked at a pink and white small animal on the floor, almost mistaking it for a new breed that had entered his store.

This little creature was about the size of Cola, with a trunk like an elephant, ears like a rhino, feet like a tiger, and a body like a bear, covered in pink and white stripes, its body round and plump, looking utterly clueless, much like a pig, but with a much longer nose than a pig’s.

At this moment, the little pink pig was snorting around with its nose, making pig-like grunts as though searching for food.

On the side, the Watchman, Medicinal Plant Gatherer, little lolita, and even Cola were curiously watching.

"This little guy, it’s origins are quite unusual..." the Watchman cleared his throat and quickly explained the whole story of the creature.

Previously, after Gusha swallowed the trunk of the Mirage Tapir, it fell into stillness. Then the Watchman noticed Gusha breathing out Mirage Energy, soon overwhelming his sea of consciousness with it.

Afterward, Gusha, just having fallen asleep, seemed to be awoken once more by the surrounding Mirage Energy, humming displeasingly. Then all the Mirage Energy was expelled from within the Watchman’s body but didn’t disperse; instead, it converged and finally took the shape of this little creature before him.

"So, this is the Avatar of Mirage Tapir?" Mu You looked puzzled.

The Watchman shook his head, "Not quite. This little one doesn’t possess Combat Power nor is it aggressive in any way. It’s likely just a bit of residual energy from Gusha’s digestion of that trunk, manifesting as an energy being, similar to Thunder Spirit and Fire Spirit. Since it comes from the Mirage Tapir, it naturally took on the appearance of a tapir."