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This wasn't a difficult task for Ruan Mei, especially since she had been relatively free lately.
After getting a delivery address from Xing, Xing pulled Lu Fu away from Ruan Mei's laboratory.
"Why are you in such a hurry to leave?"
Seeing Xing pulling him away, Luffy couldn't help but ask.
Upon hearing this, Xing also let out a deep sigh.
Human hearts are too complicated. I think I'll go find the Black Tower instead!
After all, with her broad-mindedness, Ruan Mei still feels more secure with Black Tower!
As for bringing up Ruf, that was just an excuse to leave Nguyen Mai's side.
As for Luffy, since he was already out, he might as well go and check out the Black Tower.
The two arrived at Black Tower's office and immediately saw her tinkering with her simulated universe.
"Hey, how's it going with Ruan Mei?"
Upon seeing the two, Black Tower's gaze immediately fell upon Star.
Seeing the Black Tower at this moment, Xing was deeply moved. Indeed, the Black Tower was the best to her.
"Black Tower, I swear to follow you to the death!"
Xing grabbed Heita's leg and burst into tears.
"You don't know, Cat Cake is so cute!"
"!"
Xing, who originally intended to inform the Black Tower, suddenly changed her mind when she opened her mouth.
This made Xing's face darken.
Damn, I forgot to ask Ruan Mei for the antidote to the vomiting potion. Speaking of which, when will this thing finally end?!
"Was Ruan Mei given an anti-emetic?"
Looking at Xing, who was uttering incomprehensible words, Black Tower knew her old friend all too well.
When she first worked with Ruan Mei, she wanted to use this on herself, but Black Tower saw through her plan.
"Alright, seeing how energetic you are, let's test my simulated universe! I just installed a new module recently, I guarantee it will surprise you."
"What module?"
Luffy, who was standing to the side, asked.
Black Tower responded with obvious excitement.
"It's the Universal Locust Plague! One of the most profound events in history, and the process of the birth and fall of Star Gods. If you want to explore the mysteries of Star Gods, then you can't miss this Universal Locust Plague!"
No bugs, I've already evaluated enough with Ruan Mei!
Just thinking about how he had just fought a battle against a replica of the Breeding Order on Ruan Mei's side, and now the Black Tower had created a global locust plague.
Why do you geniuses like messing with these bugs?!
Xing was about to complain that she had already seen the insects at Ruan Mei's place, but as soon as she opened her mouth, the antidote was activated again.
"Yay! I love testing the simulated universe!"
No, that's not what I meant!
At this moment, Xing couldn't help but scream in her heart.
"I'm so happy to see that you enjoy simulating the universe so much. Let's test it out without further ado!"
Black Tower didn't realize that these words were the effect of the antidote. Seeing what Xing said, she simply threw Xing directly into the simulated universe.
"Don't worry, I'll definitely give you plenty of rewards!"
This was probably the last thing Xing heard when he entered the simulated universe.
"By the way, Luffy, since you're here, why don't you do me a favor?"
After sending the star into the simulated universe, Black Tower immediately turned to look at Luffy.
"What, you don't mean you also want me to test a simulated universe, do you?"
"You don't need to do that. This little gray hair dryer is fine. I just wanted you to run an errand for me!"
"Well, that's fine!"
Since he was currently free, Luffy agreed to Black Tower's request.
"Here's the thing, I lent Ruan Mei a strange item a couple of days ago, and now I'm planning to use it. Could you go and get it for me?"
"Can't you handle this yourself? There are your puppets all over the space station anyway. If all else fails, just call Ruan Mei, won't that be enough?"
"I can't leave because I'm testing a simulated universe, so please help me this time!"
"Then beg me!"
"Please, please!"
Upon hearing this, Black Tower spoke without hesitation.
Unfortunately, there was not a trace of emotion in those words.
"Fine, I'll run it for you!"
Upon hearing this, Luffy had no choice but to agree.
"Then let's get it cleaned up, I'll need it later!"
With that, Black Tower waved his hand, signaling Luffy to hurry up and get it.
It can only be said that Black Tower is indeed very skilled at ordering people around.
After giving Black Tower a piece of his mind, Luffy had no choice but to return to Ruan Mei's laboratory.
After hearing what Ruf said, Nguyen Mai nodded calmly.
"The Black Tower lent me that rare item? Yes, that's true. I'll go get it for you right now!"
Ruan Mei then strolled toward the place where she kept her strange objects.
"Easy done!"
Once Ruan Mei brings the strange item, I can go to the Black Tower to report back.
However, after waiting for a while, Ruf still did not see Nguyen Mai return.
This made Luf a little curious. Did Nguyen Mai really need to take so long to get something?
So Luffy followed the direction Nguyen Mai had gone and soon found her deep in thought in a room.
Seemingly sensing Luffy's arrival, Nguyen Mai turned her head to look at him.
"I'm sorry, darling, you might need to tell Black Tower that I've lost that artifact!"
"You lost the artifact of the Black Tower?"
If Ruan Mei didn't know she didn't like to joke, Rufu would have really thought she was joking.
"Yes, I did lose the artifact of the Black Tower."
Volume 1: Chapter 358 The Bet with Ruan Mei
Although Ruan Mei lost the Black Tower's treasure, she seemed completely unconcerned.
"Then how should I go back and tell Black Tower?"
Seeing Ruan Mei's nonchalant attitude made Lu Fu, the errand boy, feel a little helpless.
"Is that so? Well, just tell Black Tower that I got so engrossed in looking at her portrait that I accidentally lost it! Don't worry, she won't say anything!"
After all, Ruan Mei had known Hei Ta for many years, so she naturally knew her very well.
That last sentence will definitely make Black Tower submit completely.
"I don't really care, but Ruan Mei, are you sure Black Tower won't tease you about this later?"
Upon hearing Ruf's words, Nguyen Mai fell silent.
Given Black Tower's personality, he might bring this up again in the future.
"Well, then I'll help you find that strange object!"
At this moment, Ruan Mei's attitude also underwent a complete 180-degree change.
It's okay if things are lost, but Ruan Mei can't accept being nagged by Hei Ta about it!
Anyway, it's just finding a rare item, it's not a big deal.
"Honey, I need your help!"
At this moment, Nguyen Mai also spoke to Luf.
"How can I help?"
He's not a detective, and he didn't lose the things.
With a genius like Nguyen Mai around, is there any need for Luffy's help?
Ruan Mei also offered an explanation.
"That wondrous artifact is called the [Phase Flame], a creation of #29 Siskar. I doubt you're interested in the rest, so I'll just tell you the key parts!"
"That [Phase Spirit Fire] is a kind of life energy, which is similar to the Year Sun of the Immortal Ship. In other words, the [Phase Spirit Fire] can also be considered a creation of the soul. I originally intended to use it to understand the topics related to the soul!"
However, the result was that although the [Phase Flame] did have some connection with the soul, after obtaining the real soul from Luffy, Ruan Mei put the [Phase Flame] aside.
"The [Phase Spirit Flame] disappeared when we were all at the experimental field. Not much time has passed since then, so there should still be some trace left here!"
"So you want me, someone connected to the soul, to find traces of the [Phase Fire]?"
"That's right!"
Ruan Mei nodded, which could be considered as acknowledging Ruf's idea.
"Then you'll be disappointed. Apart from a trace of a soul that once existed on that side, there's nothing else there."
"Is that so? Not surprising at all!"
The reason it's called the Phase Flame is because it can travel between phases, making it almost impossible for anyone to catch it.
It's likely that it used its ability to teleport away from here using phase-shifting abilities, which is why we couldn't find its trace.
Since that's the case, Ruan Mei couldn't help but start thinking about it.
The [Phase Fire] has been restrained and cannot be moved on its own, meaning this was done by human intervention.
Since the other party dared to do such a thing on the Black Tower's territory, it certainly couldn't have been just to steal a rare item. They must have something else in mind for the rare item.
But the space station was so large that Ruan Mei didn't know where that person had moved to with the Phase Flame.
Although the location of the [Phase Flame] can be revealed by certain equipment.
But that would definitely be detected by the Black Tower.
If Black Tower finds out, she'll definitely laugh at me for not even being able to properly appreciate a rare object.
However, it would probably be quite difficult to capture the [Phase Fire] silently.
"If only we knew the location of the Phase Flame!"
"How could I possibly know that?"
Ruan Mei seemed somewhat surprised to hear that Luffy had a solution.
"I wonder if my dear has any ideas?"
"You'll find out soon enough. Do you have a floor plan of all the modules of the space station?"
"Yes, we do have that!"
Upon hearing this, Ruan Mei also projected the maps of all the cabin sections onto the table in front of Luffy.
Then Luffy saw Luffy take out a Hard Italian Easy IX coin and throw it away.
The coin was tossed in a perfect arc and finally landed somewhere in the closed compartment.