novelraw Chapter 534: The Supreme Doll Arm
Chapter 534: The Supreme Doll Arm
Lynn knew that reasoning with Zuo Zuo like this would be useless, but he could tell that now was not the time to deal with that curse. The immediate priority was to quickly forge Miss Puppet’s arm.
“Miss Puppet, before I forge your arm, there’s one more thing I need your help with.”
Hei Xianyue sat quietly and asked, “What is it?”
Lynn adjusted his Monocle and said seriously, “I need to use my ability on you once. I need to see the internal structure of that arm so I can replicate it perfectly.”
Hei Xianyue considered for a moment and asked, “What do I have to do?”
Lynn smiled faintly. “You don’t need to do anything. Just relax. Don’t resist me, and trust me as much as you can. Only then can my ability be triggered.”
Hei Xianyue stared at him in silence, then nodded firmly.
“All right.”
Lynn prepared himself, then reached out toward her. Her reflection shimmered in his gaze as strands of silver light slowly gathered in his hand.
[ Ding! You are using Echoes of the Past on Hei Xianyue. Do you wish to take effect immediately? ]“Yes!”
With his confirmation, in an instant, a blinding white light enveloped Hei Xianyue’s body, causing her pupils to dilate.
Within that silver light, she immediately felt her body changing, as if time were being rewound. She gradually returned to the ruined form that had been burning in the flames; time moved forward rapidly, and finally halted at the moment right before the explosion.
As the silver light faded, the black gothic dress that had been burned away fell onto the bed like scattered petals, and her arm had been perfectly restored to her body.
She stared blankly at her hands.
Everything seemed to have returned to its state before the battle, even the collar of her clothes had been perfectly restored.
“This is…”
Lynn smiled slightly, adjusted his Monocle and explained, “My ability can temporarily revert you to a previous state, but it’s only an appearance—it doesn’t affect your combat strength. However, I can use this technique to reproduce the structure of your arm.”
Hei Xianyue stared at her restored arm, smooth and as-new, looking completely real.
But in her perception, it was as if nothing existed—both real and unreal at once. It was a strange sensation.
She had never seen Lynn use this technique before; it was weird beyond imagination.
“Do you want me to cut it off again?” Hei Xianyue said with an unsettling calmness.
Lynn could only laugh-cry and said, “No need. Cutting it off isn’t the only way to get a clear view of its structure!”
With that, under Hei Xianyue’s watchful gaze, Lynn put on his Plague Doctor Mask and twisted the lens, switching his vision to an X-ray-like transparency mode.
As a Night Doctor, the mask’s built-in functions were extremely useful, and after Lynn’s minor modifications, its capabilities had become even more versatile.
Turn it once, and it sees through clothing.
Turn it twice, and it sees through skin.
Turn it more, and it reveals deeper internal structures.
A must-have for home and wandering alike.
Lynn turned it once to test and, after confirming everything was normal, focused on Miss Puppet’s arm and carefully examined its inner structure.
After memorizing the approximate dimensions and internal circuitry, Lynn took off the mask and smiled.
“It’s done. Once I finish, Miss Puppet, you’ll be restored!”
Lynn did not waste time.
He immediately drove to the open space outside, tossed several Dead Star Crystals into the massive furnace, then waved toward Sir Aiwen in the sky and shouted:
“Sir Aiwen! Start the furnace!”
Sir Aiwen shook his head with an amused smile, then reactivated his ability to initiate the gigantic Stellar Furnace for him.
In an instant, with the furnace starting up, thunderous roars echoed across the sky.
The firelight illuminated everyone’s faces present.
Lynn quickly took out paper and pen and used this time to sketch the arm’s structure he had stored in his mind.
Hei Xianyue rose and stood with Lynn at the broken building’s gap, looking up at the enormous Stellar Furnace.
Amid the furnace’s roaring she could see the Night Doctors outside nod and gesture to her with friendly recognition.
Only after saving this person did she realize she had quietly been accepted by this group, treated as one of their own.
It was a strange feeling.
She could see the kindness reflected in each of their expressions.
“All right, it’s ready!”
With the furnace’s final booming sound as it ramped down, Lynn abruptly lifted his head, adjusted his Monocle and smiled.
“Now watch me.”
As the furnace slowly opened and a wave of intense heat washed over them, Hei Xianyue’s eyes fell on Lynn’s face. She watched him solemnly reach his hand toward the furnace, his expression serious and focused.
“Mimicry!”
In an instant his eyes narrowed.
Blinding silver light once again poured from his hand as continuous streams, wrapping around the molten crystals.
He closed his eyes.
In the flicker of silver, the liquid quickly took shape according to the design in his mind. Mechanical bones formed within the silver light.
One part after another appeared as if by divine aid, assembling into that slender arm.
Every joint, every finger, every gear was crafted as if by master sculpting.
This time he took even longer than before and expended more mental energy, crafting each component to near perfection.
Clearly, he treated this as a carefully sculpted work of art.
The silver light reflected on Hei Xianyue’s delicate face. Her dark eyes seemed to refract that Mimicry silver. She had no heart; her chest held only the sound of gears meshing.
But watching the arm take shape, the silver light seemed to tell her this would be the best gift she would ever receive.
Like a kind of… indulgent affection…
She turned her head, her black eyes reflecting Lynn’s face, and watched him for a long time.
Something inside her stirred and thudded heavily.
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After a long while, as the silver light vanished, the slender mechanical arm, like a work of art, emerged from the cooling steam before everyone.
At sight of that arm, every Night Doctor around fell silent, stunned by its crystalline sheen.
It was beautiful.
Though it lacked skin and human tendons, it had an unparalleled tech-crafted mechanical elegance.
“So beautiful…”
“Is this thing made from Dead Star Crystal…?”
“I swear if the Mechanical Cult sees this arm, they’ll snatch Good Doctor, sir away…”
People around stood speechless.
They all knew this arm was Good Doctor, sir’s greatest gift made for that Miss Puppet. Though they were flesh-and-blood and couldn’t use such an arm, they felt waves of envy.
They could tell at a glance this wasn’t a simple mechanical limb. It contained Good Doctor, sir’s sweet affection for that Miss Puppet.
The female Night Doctors stared with hungry admiration, eyes repeatedly glancing at Lynn’s handsome face in his wheelchair.
“He’s really… I could cry…”
“If only I had such a companion. I’m not human, but I wouldn’t mind…”
“Good Doctor, sir is just too heart-stirring!”
A group of women wept openly.
When the silver light had completely dispersed and the exquisite arm finished its final assembly, Lynn opened his eyes and the arm’s status panel immediately appeared before him.
[ Doll Arm ]
[ Quality ]: Legendary+
[ Type ]: Supreme Mechanical Arm
[ Material ]: Dead Star Crystal
[ Description ]: A replica of a doll arm crafted by Lynn using Supreme Unit materials. Only the matching Hei Xianyue can use it. As it is forged from epic-grade materials, it possesses extremely high defense and excellent adaptability to abnormal energies such as curse, psychic energy, and electricity.