Chapter 27 Dr. O’Kali
“Wow, that was a comfortable sleep… Hehe~~”
The next morning, Lonis opened her eyes, feeling refreshed.
A good sleep was truly one of the happiest things in the world… However, the awakened idiot fox heard a voice.
“Hmph, you’re awake?”
“Huh… Huh?!!!!”
Lonis was startled by the pair of crimson eyes before her.
She almost instantly understood that she and Elusius had separated… Not only that, but because she slept so comfortably, she had unconsciously used Elusius as a body pillow and held her.
Her fingers were currently around her wife’s waist, and her white arm was just one step away from that soft, warm embrace.
So…
“Elusius, I’m sorry, I…”
“Hmph, stop dawdling and get up.”
…
Unexpectedly, Elusius didn’t settle the score with Lonis. She just rolled over and sat up, changing into her clothes.
Her deep black hair cascaded down her shoulders, and paired with the hazy morning light, the entire scene looked incredibly ethereal and smooth, beautiful indeed.
…
“Idiot fox, what are you blanking out for? Hurry up and get dressed.”
“Ah, coming, coming!”
…
Although her wife was beautiful and made Lonis’s heart flutter, if she kept looking, she would be bullied by Elusius again… So Lonis quickly put on her over-the-knee white stockings, and then paired them with a pure white dress.
In this way, although her image was different from yesterday’s, because she still had fox ears and a fox tail, everyone should still recognize her as Lonis.
After all, it could be explained as a transformation into a combat form, which should be easy to understand.
…
…
“Elusius, should we have breakfast first?”
“If you want to eat, go ahead, idiot maid. I need to meet with Dr. O’Kali.”
“Dr. O’Kali.”
“Yes, she hasn’t slept all night and has some very important matters to report. I can’t keep her waiting too long, can I?”
…
Since the girls returned to the past, Dr. O’Kali had not participated in any of the ship’s affairs… Of course, this was not because Dr. O’Kali was indifferent to saving the world, but because…
She was simply too busy!
Because the number of people who returned to the past was limited, many researchers from the future could not accompany Dr. O’Kali. Furthermore, with Elusius and Lonis merging, many research tasks could only be carried out by Dr. O’Kali alone.
And experiments were long-term projects, so Dr. O’Kali spent almost 24 hours in the laboratory. Occasionally, when Bai Ye helped, she could get some rest.
And yesterday?
Although everyone’s intention was for Dr. O’Kali to get a good rest, as there were sufficient personnel at headquarters, Dr. O’Kali still insisted on carrying out a crucial task.
…
“No, I absolutely cannot rest… After the evolution bodies were destroyed, they generated a large number of Magic Gemstones internally. I must investigate the structure of those Magic Gemstones now.”
“Doctor!”
“This information must be determined in advance, and these crystals also seem related to the appearance of element zero.”
…
Thus, Dr. O’Kali stayed up all night. Fortunately, her hard work paid off, and by early this morning, she had indeed reached a systematic conclusion.
…
“Dr. O’Kali… You’ve worked hard. If you have anything, please tell me and Elusius.”
Lonis, of course, wouldn’t abandon Elusius to eat breakfast alone, so she and Elusius came to the laboratory together.
Despite staying up all night, with dark circles under her eyes, Dr. O’Kali’s expression was focused and she looked excited and accomplished.
“Elusius, Lonis… what I’m about to say might be a bit bizarre, but I hope you two can believe me.”
“Yes, of course.”
“Good… Yesterday, I measured the purity of these Magic Gemstones and found that their purity
was incredibly condensed, reaching 99.9%.”
“99.9%?!”
Both Elusius and Lonis showed surprised expressions.
This was because Magic Gemstones were not like metals that could be purified by melting. Most Magic Gemstones had a normal purity of only 20%, and 50% was considered quite good.
…
“Moreover, these are not ordinary Magic Gemstones, but the rarest kind—Soulstones.”
“Soulstones?”
This time, Lonis’s tail twitched in shock.
Because although some time had passed, she still remembered that the Magic Gemstones she and Elusius found when they first explored the ruins were Soulstones.
They were human souls attached to blue cells, forming unique crystals. They could generally be used to create puppets like Bai Ye, or to power certain special weapons.
Hearing the clue about Soulstones, Elusius also frowned and offered her own speculation:
“If they are Soulstones, then I understand a little… the souls of our lost warriors were absorbed into the Soulstones by the evolution bodies, right?”
“Eh, Elusius?!”
“That’s why everyone became objects, losing the possibility of being human.”
“That’s right, it should be like that…”
Dr. O’Kali sighed with a somewhat complex expression:
“So I infer that these evolution bodies are a special kind of soul harvester. And one evolution body can store the soul power of about 1000 people.”
“Wait, so does that mean… by using Soulstones, we can rescue the warriors? If the objects are still there, and we combine that with the power of Rainbow Abyss and the Heart Connection…”
Lonis’s heart was filled with excitement. She couldn’t wait to save Ryan and the others.
However, Dr. O’Kali shook her head:
“Unfortunately, that’s impossible, at least not for now. Because the state of these Soulstones is very complex, and a single piece does not represent one person, but one emotion.”
“Emotion?”
“Yes, for example, this piece represents the emotion of ‘sadness.’ If it were used as a core and processed through modern technology, it should be possible to create a very pessimistic robot doll.”
“!”
Watching Dr. O’Kali hold up a piece of dark crystal, Lonis was stunned again.
It was the first time she had heard of a Soulstone that could only store a single emotion, and Elusius also took a deep breath, her expression extremely solemn:
“Speaking of which… the attack by the Supreme Civilization was not just to destroy humanity, but also to collect emotions?”
“That should be the case, right? But I don’t know what they collect emotions for.”
“Dr. O’Kali,
Are there any positive emotions among them, such as courage and hope?”
“Yes, but there are very few.”
“…”
“And it seems that the evolution bodies do not attach importance to positive emotions, so many emotions have not been properly preserved and have become somewhat fragmented.”
“Mm…”
…
Pondering over Dr. O’Kali’s information, Elusius also fell into thought and nodded confirmingly:
“I understand. I will investigate the rest, Dr. O’Kali.
You should go and rest now?”
“I’m not sleepy yet, I can probably still…”
“No, you might be asked to analyze some data again this afternoon. If your mental strength is insufficient, that would be bad, wouldn’t it? So Dr. O’Kali, please go and rest first.”
