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Chapter 39 The Mysterious Cat Again - Caroline

A deep blue metropolis, inside a port parking lot.

"This should be the last one, right?"

Caroline walked to the corpse of one of the crab-like creatures, and a special cat tail resembling a data cable suddenly emerged from behind her and hovered directly above the crab-like creature's corpse.

click-

With a crisp, precise sound of instruments turning, a small machine resembling a miniature scanner suddenly emerged from the tip of Caroline's cat tail, emitting a light blue light that precisely scanned the corpse of the crab-like beast in front of her.

During this process, Caroline's hair not only turned completely silver-white, but even the ends of her hair shimmered with a mysterious silver light.

It was as if these silver strands weren't hair at all, but rather intricate electronic patterns.

Using its unique 'intelligent organs', it can quickly gather battlefield information.

This is Caroline's greatest advantage as a mechanical being.

[Star Core: Heavenly Cat]

[Type: Mechanic]

[Effect 1 - Data Transmission: Can act as both a signal receiver and transmitter, linking up to five star units and sharing data with each other, provided they permit it.]

[Effect 2 - Intelligent Transformation: Can transform some of one's own organs into 'semi-permanent' intelligent mechanical organs. Currently transformed intelligent mechanical organs include 'electronic cat eyes', 'signal cat ears', and 'multi-functional electronic cat tail'.]

As a Star Envoy of the Mechanized System, Caroline knew very well that direct combat had never been her forte.

Pre-war data collection and post-war data processing are where she can play her role to the fullest extent.

Therefore, even though she possesses considerable combat strength, Caroline rarely chooses to take action herself unless absolutely necessary.

After all, with the dazzling 'sun' of the Heavenly Dao present, she, as the 'shadow,' only needed to stand quietly behind the Heavenly Dao.

Because Heaven will help her solve everything.

Therefore, even though Caroline is currently very anxious about the whereabouts of Tiandao and the others.

However, this was due to their own tactical positioning.

Caroline instinctively felt that it was better to blindly enter the fog and search for the Dao in a dangerous and chaotic way than to do so recklessly.

She might as well choose to believe in the will of Heaven, then gather as much useful information as possible, and try to find out what happened as quickly as possible.

And with the combined effect of Caroline's 'electronic cat eye' and 'multi-functional electronic cat tail'.

She quickly figured out the general situation of the two crab-like creatures in front of her.

'The star's core has long since shrunk considerably, and its major organs are barely functioning at a minimum.'

'Strange, such a strange beast should have been completely dead three days ago, it shouldn't be appearing before me, unless...'

Upon realizing this, Caroline immediately put on her specially made anti-star energy gloves and took out a small data throwing knife from her pocket, using it as a scalpel.

Her scalpel precisely sliced ​​into the cracks of the crab-like creature's shell, carefully cutting off the 'purple coral' stuck in its head.

Once this 'coral mound' was separated from the crab-like creature that was its parasite, it began to wither at a visible rate.

Looking at the coral specimen in her hand, Caroline's green electronic cat eyes reflected a waterfall of data.

[Neural parasitic bacteria detected]

[Maximum activity duration: 72 hours]

[Speculated Manipulator Star Source Characteristics: Oceanic/Toxin-based/Specialty-based]

Caroline dropped the coral ball in her hand and formed a rough guess in her mind.

'The enemy should be a star messenger from the ocean system, whose star source possesses characteristics such as 'parasitism,' 'toxins,' and 'coralization.'

'In addition, the number of enemies should be two or more.'

'Because this sudden fog doesn't seem like a derivative ability possessed by that ocean-type star envoy, unless he has completed a second awakening, thus granting himself both poison and fog as star source characteristics.'

'But if he truly possessed such strength, then a publicly acknowledged Level 3 Star Envoy wouldn't need to resort to a 'sneak attack' against us.'

'Considering the equally missing Yunmeng instructor, the number and strength of the enemy can be conservatively estimated at one Level 2 Star Envoy plus several Level 1 Star Envoys.' With this judgment, Caroline's mood instantly became heavy.

She never expected that she and her companions would encounter such a formidable enemy so soon after disembarking.

Things were far more complicated than imagined.

"Sister Caroline."

Just as Caroline was thinking of a solution, she suddenly heard a voice behind her.

Instinctively, Caroline whirled around, her electronic cat tail lashing out from behind her.

Fortunately, Caroline reacted quickly, and after seeing the person's face clearly, she immediately stopped her attack.

In an instant, the tip of the cat tail, which resembled a data cable, stopped 0.5 centimeters away from Chen Kong's neck. The sharp blade at the completely closed end continuously emitted a 'buzzing' electrical sound, demonstrating the terrifying lethality of the electronic cat tail.

Meanwhile, Chen Kong, who had almost been killed by Caroline's sword, fell to the ground in a very disheveled state, his face extremely pale.

He was clearly still reeling from the terrifying scene that had just unfolded.

However, facing Chen Kong, who was slumped on the ground with a lot of cold sweat on his forehead, Caroline had no mood to apologize.

"Chen Kong, why are you alone? Where is the Heavenly Dao?"

Chen Kong wiped the sweat from his forehead, stood up and replied, "Sister Caroline, I... I don't know where Brother Tiandao is either. You are the first person I've met."

Upon hearing Chen Kong's words, a clear look of disappointment flashed in Caroline's eyes.

Fortunately, her rationality allowed her to quickly regain her composure and ask Chen Kong why she was able to appear here.

Just as Caroline had guessed, Chen Kong was also enveloped by the mysterious mist the moment he arrived at the parking lot, and then completely lost contact with the people around him.

When Chen Kong realized that everyone around him was missing, his first thought was to find them as soon as possible.

Especially the Heavenly Dao and Yunmeng.

After all, even though he has already mastered his 'First Star Core - Sky Pattern' and successfully obtained 'Star Source - Dreamer', he still can't be fooled by the fact that he has already mastered his 'First Star Core - Sky Pattern' and successfully obtained 'Star Source - Dreamer'.

However, his combat effectiveness has not improved much.

The effect of 'Void Pattern' is to reduce his presence and nullify the star energy of others.

The effect of 'Dreamer' is to temporarily copy someone else's Star Source.

If Chen Kong can use both 'Void Pattern' and 'Dreamer' at the same time, then his strength is actually quite good, and he can be regarded as a perfect versatile assassin.

Unfortunately, just like the 'Second Star Core - Black Star' implanted in his body through the Star Core Surgery was suppressed by the 'First Star Core - Void Pattern' and could not be used at all.

He faced a similar problem after obtaining the Star Source Dreamer title after his final assessment.

Whenever Chen Kong chooses to use the 'Void Pattern', his 'Dreamer' becomes completely unusable.

Other children of the stars are called 'twin stars', who can use the power of 'star core' and 'star source' simultaneously.

But with only two options—dust and emptiness—it's extremely abstract.

However, regardless of the circumstances, it relies on the 'low presence' and 'star energy nullification' brought about by the 'Void Pattern'.

Chen Kong not only successfully evaded the pursuit of the crab-like beast.

At the same time, it also temporarily dispelled the eerie mist surrounding him.

This allowed him to remain unaffected by the clouds and mist, and by chance, he encountered Caroline.

However, as the dust dissipated, his 'Void Pattern' vanished.

The crab-like creatures that had lost their way quickly regained their sense of his presence and immediately came running.

Therefore, just as Chen Kong was halfway through his sentence, Caroline suddenly turned her head to look in a certain direction in the mist and raised her hand to interrupt him.

"Chen Kong, step aside first."

"Oh, okay, sure."

(End of this chapter)