I'm a pirate on Star Iron.

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When Black Tower saw that Luffy hadn't arrived yet, she angrily called him again.

Seeing that Black Tower seemed genuinely angry, Luffy, along with Star and Little Black Tower, headed towards the space station.

After all, if Black Tower stands her up again, she might come to Yalilo looking for her.

This time, the two of them smoothly entered the space station platform in the train.

As soon as I got off the train, the Black Tower doll on the platform urged me to walk towards the Black Tower's office.

As for Little Black Tower, it was taken away by the Black Tower doll.

"Too slow! You two are the first to dare make me wait this long!"

As soon as they entered, Black Tower looked at the two of them with a rather resentful expression.

You must know, she is a member of the Genius Club, an envoy of intellect.

It's always others who wait for her; she's never the one waiting for others.

"However, I'm quite generous; I'll let you off this time!"

Xing felt extremely wronged.

After all, she had been running the museum the past two days and had no idea about this.

I was completely dragged down by Luffy!

Before Xing could explain, Black Tower threw her into the simulated universe.

"Didn't you say Ruan Mei wanted to see me? Where is she?"

Seeing that Xing had entered the simulated universe for testing, Luffy also looked around.

However, apart from the Black Tower doll, Luffy didn't see anyone else in the Black Tower's office.

"She should be in the lowest, most confined compartment of the space station. I've lent her that space for her experiments. Go find her there yourself! Don't disturb my testing of the simulated universe!"

Black Tower waved his hand, somewhat impatiently telling Ruan Mei where she was.

"No, you're the one who asked me to come, could you at least show me the way?"

After all, Luffy didn't know where the confined compartment was going, and if he wanted to go there, he would have to find Estádio.

"Anyway, the space station isn't that big, can't you find it yourself at your own pace? Okay, that's it, stop bothering me!"

Hearing what Black Tower said, Luffy made up his mind.

She quietly approached the Black Tower doll in front of her. Perhaps the Black Tower had already noticed her, but she chose not to pay any attention.

Luffy then touched the head of the Black Tower doll in front of him.

"What are you doing?"

Being treated like a child by Luffy made Black Tower feel somewhat uncomfortable.

"It's nothing, I just suddenly think you're quite pretty, Miss Black Tower!"

"That is!"

Black Tower puffed out its chest in self-satisfaction.

However, given the size of the Black Tower doll's chest, it's really hard to arouse any desire in anyone.

Of course, the same might be true for the Great Black Tower.

Using the Fortune Fruit, Luffy also managed to secretly absorb some of the Black Tower's luck.

Although it won't seriously injure Black Tower, it can still bring her a sudden bout of bad luck.

"Then, Miss Black Tower, I'll be taking my leave now!"

After retaliating against Black Tower, Luffy took the opportunity to leave her office.

"That's strange?"

Seeing Luffy's sudden change in expression, Black Tower also felt a little strange.

After checking and confirming that Luffy hadn't played any pranks, the Black Tower still focused its attention on the simulated universe.

On the other side, Luffy also sent a text message to Estelle after leaving the simulated universe.

After getting directions to the confinement section from her, Luffy headed towards it.

After a long elevator ride, Luffy finally made it to the confinement section.

"Let me see, we need to go further down this path!"

After glancing at the map of the confined compartment that Estella had casually sent him, Luffy shook his head helplessly.

Who designed this confined compartment?

Luffy is currently positioned roughly in the center of the confinement section, with positions on either side allowing him to continue downwards.

But Luffy doesn't know where Nguyen Mai is right now!

"Fine, I'll just pick one at random!"

Luffy was too lazy to use the Fortune-Fortune Fruit's power on this kind of thing.

So Luffy chose the side that was on his way and took the elevator again to go deeper into the building.

As the elevator descended again, the only sounds around us were the elevator's operation and Luffy's breathing.

Soon, the elevator seemed to have reached the bottom, and then slowly moved forward with Luffy in tow.

In front of Luffy was a huge, enclosed room with a circular platform in the center.

The surrounding walls were made of various hard alloys.

The red light from the ceiling lamps added a sense of oppression to the room.

Of course, the most important thing is the huge sphere located on the ceiling.

Luffy didn't know what it was made of, but he could feel a powerful force emanating from the sphere.

To Luffy's surprise, while the power was immense, the soul was extremely fragile.

With that level of soul strength, even if the opponent's strength is several times that of Luffy, Luffy could still kill them with the power of the Soul-Soul Fruit.

Moreover, even if Luffy doesn't intervene, the creature inside the sphere probably won't live long after it comes out.

Judging from the current strength of that soul.

"About thirty seconds?"

If you can hold on for 30 seconds, your soul will automatically dissipate because it can't take it anymore.

"To be precise, it will dissipate in 29 seconds and 37 minutes!"

Just as Luffy was muttering about the big ball on his head, a classical woman dressed in a blue and white cheongsam appeared beside him.

At this moment, Ruan Mei was also somewhat surprised that Luffy could directly calculate the survival time of her experimental subject.

Even she, through various instruments and her own knowledge, guessed and calculated.

But the other side could tell at a glance.

So Ruan Mei spoke gently to the man in front of her.

"Hello, you must be Luffy, right?"

“Yes, I am Luffy. I didn’t expect Miss Ruan Mei to know my name.”

Ruan Mei simply shook her head slightly at this.

"I'm just an ordinary scholar, my dear, you flatter me!"

A member of a genius club, and a stunningly beautiful woman who calls you "darling."

How do you feel?

Anyway, Luffy felt pretty good.

However, Luffy knew that this was probably just a tactic that Ruan Mei often used.

As long as Ruan Mei feels it's valuable, she's perfectly comfortable calling someone "darling" a few times.

Of course, if Ruan Mei doesn't think you're anything special, she probably won't even give you the time of day.

However, for Nguyen Mai now, Ruff is undoubtedly worth winning over!

Volume 1: Chapter 349 Cooperation with Ruan Mei

At this moment, Ruan Mei also looked at Luffy and then asked him directly.

"Honey, what do you think of that experimental subject up there?"

In response to Ruan Mei's question, Lu Fu also gave an answer.

"Very strong, but judging from its appearance, it probably wouldn't survive even a minute once it leaves that place."

Nguyen Mai nodded in agreement, which could be interpreted as her agreeing with Ruff's point of view.

According to her calculations, even with all her efforts, she couldn't keep the experimental subject alive for even a minute.

This is not to say that Ruan Mei is not capable enough.

On the contrary, in terms of both physical body and energy, the experimental subject above its head has undoubtedly reached the 'Commander' level.

But in terms of the soul, they are far inferior.

Even a top scholar like Ruan Mei is still quite shallow when it comes to matters of the soul.

Although things targeting the soul are not uncommon in the world of Honkai Impact 3rd.

But that's just rough control; it's not enough to manipulate the soul at will.

Therefore, even Ruan Mei was unable to enhance the soul aspect of the experimental subjects.

All we can do is preserve its spirit and prolong its life as much as possible.

"I've heard from Black Tower that Mr. Luffy has some knowledge about the soul. Do you think strengthening its soul could allow it to live longer?"

"Hmm, if we're talking about strengthening the soul, then it might indeed be able to live longer, and even live indefinitely as long as it's not killed!"

Upon hearing Luffy's words, Ruan Mei's gaze was fixed intently on Luffy.

But Ruf's next sentence plunged Ruan Mei into despair.

"However, for a 'Commander' level creature to survive, it definitely needs a 'Commander' level soul; others probably wouldn't be able to withstand it!"

Luffy's words essentially negated Ruan Mei's research over this period of time; no matter how much Ruan Mei researched, she could not create a true messenger.

"Is there really no other way, such as using quantity to compensate for quality?"

At this moment, Ruan Mei asked, still somewhat unwilling to give up.

"Miss Ruan Mei, you should also know this principle: no matter how many cups of water you have, a cup of zero-degree cold water will never become one hundred degrees!"

Upon hearing this, Ruan Mei was completely heartbroken.

After all, she couldn't obtain a soul of the Envoy level.

Although she did know quite a few messengers, she couldn't very well ask them for her soul.

Although the experiment was a failure, Ruan Mei did not feel much disappointment.

The reason, of course, is that she saw Luffy's abilities. If she could persuade Luffy to help her, her experimental progress would probably increase dramatically.

At this moment, Ruan Mei was also trying to find the right words, and sincerely extended an invitation to Lu Fu.

"Darling, how about becoming my business partner? If you agree, I'll agree to any conditions!"

Such tempting words, coupled with Ruan Mei's exquisite face.

Most people would have agreed long ago.

As for Luffy, he naturally agreed!

"Okay, no problem!"

Anyway, agreeing to Ruan Mei wouldn't cause Luffy any loss right now.

If he could just offer Ruan Mei a little help, he could gain the friendship of a member of the Genius Club.