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Chapter 75 Peeling and Fusion
Chapter 75 Peeling and Fusion
From the moment Cheng Xu stood up, Xue Zijing's gaze remained fixed on him.
It can only be said that Xue Zijing truly lives up to his title as the director of the Special Operations Division of the Chengming Star Branch; his reaction speed far surpasses that of ordinary people.
Bai Ji's appearance also surprised him, but he immediately realized that this could be a key opportunity for the Bureau to observe Cheng Xu's use of his abilities up close.
He activated the camera he was carrying and aimed it at the porthole. Xue Zijing gazed expectantly at Cheng Xu and Bai Ji in space.
But what happened next left Xue Zijing completely baffled.
Because Cheng Xu was facing away from the starship, and because they were in space, Xue Zijing couldn't hear what Cheng Xu was saying at all, let alone judge it by lip movements.
All he saw was Cheng Xu walking forward in the air, as if he were taking a leisurely stroll after a meal.
Bai Ji, who was standing in front of him, remained motionless, as if she had been subjected to a time-freezing spell. Only her painted face showed an expression of utter horror.
Cheng Xu simply moved forward, and then pointed his finger out into the air. The infamous interstellar wanted criminal Bai Ji vanished like a wisp of smoke, leaving no trace.
What is this?
Bai Ji's demise was so casually dismissed that Xue Zijing's first thought was, "Is it really that simple?"
What he didn't know was that, in Bai Ji's eyes, Cheng Xu had become a god who was all-knowing, invincible, and omnipotent.
But he soon realized that it wasn't that Bai Ji died simply, but that Cheng Xu's abilities exceeded his comprehension.
Is this a terminal exception?
Xue Zijing's mouth and tongue were dry.
At the same time, he saw a hideous, mangy dog with mottled fur appear where Bai Ji had disappeared.
The dog had no tail or hind legs and was lying motionless in front of Cheng Xu.
"Is this the skeletal puppet that the branch office mentioned, fused with the [Scarred Rift]?"
Xue Zijing recalled the intelligence that the branch office had just transmitted, which stated that Bai Ji had crafted a skeletal puppet resembling a giant skeletal wolf and fused it with the properties of the [Scratching Mark].
"Awooo—"
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A soft hum broke the silence inside the starship. Xue Zijing turned around abruptly and looked at the source of the sound: the pet backpack that Cheng Xu had brought back from the Yuanguang Star branch.
The small life support capsule inside the backpack was opened from the inside, and a lazy big cat walked out with elegant steps, its eyes gleaming with intelligence no different from that of humans.
"Meow—"
It hummed softly and walked straight to the hatch that Cheng Xu had just opened, extending a front paw to gently touch the Permanent Barrier left by Cheng Xu.
Ripples spread across the formless void, tearing open a narrow slit. The lynx nimbly slipped through, and the rift quickly healed.
What is this thing again?
Xue Zijing had always thought that this big cat was just an ordinary Fenglin Xinglin lynx that had become Cheng Xu's pet by chance.
In his previous contact with the Chengmingxing branch, he also heard that Hu Zhou, Fu Chen and others were preparing to apply for funds to purchase cat food, cat beds and cat toys, which would be provided to Cheng Xu free of charge.
It is said that the branch office has a positive attitude towards Cheng Xu keeping pets, believing that such behavior helps this terminal anomaly anchor his humanity.
But now it seems that this is no ordinary big cat, nor is it a simple pet.
Xue Zijing recalled a sentence that his mentor, who was in charge of training him, had said a long time ago when he first joined the Bureau of Abnormalities.
"S-level and A-level anomalies are more special than those of other levels; they are manifestations of the disorder of the world's rules."
Xue Zijing had to admit his naiveté. He had actually naively thought that a lynx capable of making close contact with an ultimate-level anomaly was an ordinary and common existence.
His idea was wrong from the start.
It wasn't by chance that Cheng Xu chose it as a pet; rather, it was because it possessed an unusual side that Cheng Xu kept it by his side.
The lynx walked with an elegant and haughty gait on its four short legs. It walked up to Cheng Xu, rubbed its fluffy head against Cheng Xu's trouser leg, and then turned its gaze to the scruffy little dog.
"Meow—"
At that moment, Cheng Xu's face showed a look of sudden realization.
"So that's how it is—"
He recalled the first time he saw the big cat on Fenglin Star.
At that time, he had just eliminated the Scarlet Fog and discovered a piece of amber buried underground at the location of the Fog.
According to the research results of Luling scholars, that piece of amber was probably buried by the ancient Luling tribe as some kind of treasure.
But even after Cheng Xu left Fenglin Star, one mystery remained unsolved:
Why would amber, which is perfectly fine and buried underground, suddenly release a scarlet mist of insects?
Cheng Xu realized that he had been overlooking a problem all along: the amber was located in a hole that looked as if it had been torn open by sharp claws.
The shape of that hole was very similar to the wound left on the inner wall of the purple steel container by the [Crack] that he had seen at the Farlight Star Branch.
"In other words, you are actually the [Scarred Rift], or more precisely, a part of the [Scarred Rift] —"
For some reason, the [Crack] split in two, with one part being implanted into the body of the scruffy puppy and the other part drifting to Fenglin Star.
Cheng Xu guessed the actual situation with a high degree of accuracy.
As the large cat at its feet gave a soft call, the scruffy little dog's face showed a human-like fear.
Strands of metallic luster were drawn from the two front paws of the scraggly dog, forming a misty haze that was absorbed by the lynx's open mouth.
It is the critical-level anomaly known as the "Crack" by the Anomaly Management Bureau. Over the countless years since its creation, it has developed some consciousness and intelligence.
In a recent accident, its true form was captured, and the other party intended to seal it into a puppet to make it their servant.
Driven by subconscious instinct, it fiercely resisted, severing its own consciousness from its body and drifting to a planet where it took over the body of a lynx, moving about in a daze.
When it first met Cheng Xu, it was still a wild beast that acted almost entirely on instinct.
But as she spent more and more time with Cheng Xu, that nascent spark of inspiration began to flourish.
It began to truly possess the intelligence of a sentient being.
Now, it firmly believes that it is a big cat, the pet of the great being beside it.
The scruffy puppy in front of me shattered into fragments of white bone, and the last wisp of metallic mist was absorbed by it.
A luster that defied description by any color in the universe appeared on its claws, and the two parts of the [Crack] merged back into a complete critical anomaly.
From this day forward, it will serve as a servant of the great being, awaiting His name and the meaning to its existence.