Chapter 558: Xiao Xi's Emotional Stirring, Biological Alchemy

Although somewhat surprised by Moon Shadow's Breath's sudden fragility.

As a professional divination expert, Greenfield immediately slipped into her role.

As everyone knew, reading people's expressions, observing their reactions, and providing emotional value were also basic skills for a divination expert.

One could choose not to use them, but one absolutely could not lack them.

A swindler... emotional guide who couldn't read expressions or provide emotional value was not a good divination expert.

This was a profound lesson Greenfield had learned before entering the Wasteland game.

[Greenfield Cruise Ship: Don't worry. Although the divination regarding Yu Yuan is still full of obstacles, using 'Scorching Underground Castle' as the breakthrough point also got you the results you wanted. This time, I'll give you half off, just 10 million!]

Xiao Xi looked at Greenfield's message, her heart trembling slightly once more.

Back when Yu Yuan Shelter was at Rock Rank, the divination fee was already 5 million.

Now he had already advanced to Bronze Rank and had even climbed into the top five thousand spots on the leaderboard.

On top of that, there was a divination blocking effect.

Yet the price was only 10 million survival points.

The discount Greenfield was giving her was definitely more than just half off.

After all, as long as a player made it onto the Bronze Rank leaderboard, the 'Star Track Cult' members had a unified price, starting at a minimum of 20 million.

This was the first kindness she had felt since advancing to Silver Rank, even if it might have been an unintentional gesture from Greenfield.

Xiao Xi secretly etched Greenfield's goodwill into her heart.

Without any hesitation, she immediately completed the survival points transfer.

[Greenfield Cruise Ship: ? Sister? Didn't I say 10 million? Why did you give me 15 million?]

Sister!

She called me sister!

Xiao Xi thought of Xiao Wu, thought of every time he called her 'big sister.'

[Moon Shadow's Breath Underground Castle: I know you mean well, but Yu Yuan's divination is so difficult, I can't let you suffer a loss.]

Greenfield stared at the information on the virtual light screen, tilting her head and displaying a massive question mark.

What on earth had happened to this child recently?

Was there more to the Epic-tier Blood Brew incident?

She keenly sensed that Moon Shadow's Breath's emotions were likely connected to the gossip she had heard earlier.

The soul of a gossip hound rose once more.

This was Greenfield's instinctive reaction. In fact, divination-type players all loved a good piece of gossip.

But reason quickly suppressed instinct.

"Ahem... let's focus on business first."

Looking at the 15 million that had been transferred, Greenfield's lips curled upward, revealing a row of eight teeth.

[Greenfield Cruise Ship: Oh, how embarrassing!]

"You gave this to me voluntarily! I didn't ask for it. It can't be counted as a service fee, only as a gift!"

After completing the disclaimer statement, Greenfield directly confirmed receipt.

15 million survival points arrived in her account instantly.

Over on Xiao Xi's side, seeing that Greenfield had confirmed receipt of the 15 million survival points, she too revealed a smile.

"Having a divination expert as a friend should make things a lot more convenient in the future."

Soon, piece after piece of divination intel about Yu Yuan Shelter was sent over by Greenfield.

Again, it came in the form of pictures and information descriptions.

The photos showed the Vanguard Combat Units and the living war beasts.

Xiao Xi was naturally familiar with Naz's special unit type.

At this moment, they were pinned under a collapsed building, with only a small portion of their limbs visible.

[Greenfield Cruise Ship: According to the divination results, the main reason they were eliminated so quickly by Yu Yuan Shelter was that during the battle, they fell into an ambush set by Yu Yuan Shelter.

They directly blew up a tall building, burying these guys underneath. They were severely injured, and their core devices ruptured and leaked.

Add to that the extreme cold environment, and they were eliminated on the spot.]

Looking at Greenfield's intel, Xiao Xi's face turned extremely dark.

Xiao Xi felt that Naz's death was simply far too ridiculous.

But looking at the photos, clearly real images captured from a crystal ball, her doubts gradually dissipated.

There was no way Xiao Xi was mistaken about Naz's Vanguard Combat Units and living war beasts.

The only thing that could simultaneously connect to ice, extreme cold, and Naz was this invasion war that had just taken place.

She herself had only spontaneously decided on a whim to contact Greenfield and divine Naz's situation.

Greenfield simply had no time or reason to deceive her.

After eliminating all impossible clues, although Greenfield's intel seemed somewhat absurd, it was already the most likely truth.

"Idiot. To be taken out by Yu Yuan with such a cheap trick."

Thinking this way, Xiao Xi then began to feel guilty for having just doubted the authenticity of Greenfield's intel.

Greenfield was being open and honest with her, while she was playing mind games.

"I'm such a horrible person! As a rare Silver-tier divination expert, I actually doubted her. I doubted the professional ethics of the 'Star Track Cult.'"

Then she thought back to Ladiz's earlier request to increase the bounty.

She let out a cold snort.

She immediately sent that picture to the bounty group.

When Ladiz saw the intel and learned the cause of Naz's death,

He was also somewhat stunned.

Could Naz really be this stupid?

However... Moon Shadow's Breath had actually hired a Silver-tier divination expert. That was something Ladiz hadn't expected.

Now that the specific details of Naz's elimination were clear,

Ladiz also understood that his previous demand for a price increase was no longer possible.

But with this latest intel on Yu Yuan, the difficulty of invasion had also been significantly reduced.

"To be safe, it's best to let someone else do another probe." The ever-cautious Ladiz had another idea.

Over on Xiao Xi's side, watching the chat group members begin discussing the next invasion and stop mentioning the price increase,

A smile tugged at her lips.

She felt that the dark clouds that had been hanging over her head recently had also dissipated somewhat.

Ding...

A new message appeared. Xiao Xi looked at it, and her face, which had just held a smile, darkened once more.

[Night Moving Castle: I know.]

The message was as simple as if it were about some trivial, unimportant matter.

-

After Yu Yuan had once again collected the corpses of the Vanguard Combat Units and living war beasts buried under the collapsed building,

"Such a pain, and the scene had to be faked too."

He then arrived at Johnck Zoo.

Miller was still in seclusion, developing the Bloodsucking Werewolf Genetic Modification Serum.

It had now entered the final, critical stage, a stage where even Yu Yuan didn't want to disturb him easily.

He would just wait for Miller to present the final results.

Mona and Jiu Feng looked at the three-meter-tall Vanguard Combat Unit, also revealing expressions of surprise.

"This is a fusion product of biology and machinery?" Jiu Feng stared at the creation before him, filled with astonishment.

Both were combinations of biology and machinery, but the biological alchemy technology was clearly a different system from the mechanical modification technology mastered by the Mechanical Vanguard Society.

Mechanical modification technology involved gradually replacing biological limbs and organs with mechanical metal. The machinery was the main body.

Biological alchemy technology, on the other hand, took a different approach. The role of machinery was to assist and integrate, not to replace or substitute.

These mechanical components would fuse with biological flesh and blood, forming an entirely new whole.

This technology was undeniably extremely tempting to Jiu Feng.

Soon after, Hammond the vampire also arrived.

As an alchemist, the moment he saw these alchemical creatures, he couldn't take his eyes off them.

He caressed the biological tissue and mechanical components of the Vanguard Combat Unit.

"Biological alchemy technology actually exists... this legendary method of alchemy actually exists..."

Seeing Hammond and Jiu Feng lost in their obsession, Yu Yuan and Mona exchanged a glance.

They shrugged.

The world of tech-obsessed fanatics was indeed difficult to understand.

However, Yu Yuan still explained his idea to the two of them.

"Master, you mean they might have used some kind of cold-resistant technology, and you want to find this technology, is that right?"

Jiu Feng said, nodding gently.

"I understand..."