The reason Zoya and Billie could joke around the moment they met and become intimate in just a few days was because they were essentially different facets of Serie's soul, allowing their thoughts to seamlessly intertwine.
But Billie's parents? They were high-ranking Control Bureau officials with clear stances!
Their indulgence of Billie stemmed from parental love, but what about Zoya, a witch whose hands were stained with the blood of Control Bureau agents? She was undoubtedly a class enemy!
This wasn't a meal; it was a Gluttonous Feast!
Although both Zoya and even Serie had a good impression of Billie's parents and even her aunt, the prospect of actually meeting them still made them inevitably anxious.
Seeing Zoya's expression as if she were facing a formidable enemy, Billie finally couldn't help but burst into laughter, shaking with mirth: "Hahaha! Zoya! You... you look so funny!"
"Anyone who didn't know would think you're here to propose! Relax! It's just a meal!"
This couldn't be entirely blamed on Zoya.
She had been out of normal human society for too long; decades spent fighting and fleeing.
Suddenly asking her to engage in a social activity like "meeting a friend's parents" made her scalp tingle even more than fighting an reinforced company alone.
"Relax, relax!" Billie tried hard to stop laughing, patting Zoya's tense arm, "Don't worry! Leave it to me! I'll buy you a special, very proper new outfit and doll you up nicely, guaranteeing you'll look presentable... oh no, I mean gentle and graceful."
"They'll definitely never guess you're an evil century-old witch who enjoys roasting living people!"
Zoya was about to retort when she heard this; she wasn't some "evil century-old witch who enjoys roasting living people"; only four words in that sentence were correct, but Billie then seemed to remember something, slapping her forehead and interrupting: "Oh, right, I almost forgot to tell you..."
She gave a somewhat schadenfreude smile, "Riley is still staying at my house, and she... will probably join us too~"
Zoya: "!!!"
Hearing Riley's name, Zoya nearly blacked out.
It was hard to imagine that not long ago, she had used "telling Riley" to scare Billie, warning her not to be too promiscuous.
Now, however, just hearing Riley's name inexplicably filled Zoya with trepidation.
That's not right... what was she afraid of?
She and Billie were clearly innocent...
It would definitely be fine... right?
...
Previously, Goluthos had not participated in the evaluation of Ye Ningfu's new appearance.
It wasn't because she was petty or jealous of her sister breaking free from her "mute status," but because she was in a meeting in the Black Queen's air-raid shelter.
Although Chloe had previously cleared out the Saint Martan forces near the New Reclamation Area, Chloe recently discovered that there still seemed to be a secret laboratory operating that had not been shut down.
It was rooted around the New Reclamation Area, and Saint Martan forces were trying to slowly and secretly transfer the data and assets inside back to their country, and a Control Bureau employee was also active nearby, doing who knows what.
Chloe wanted to completely seal off the laboratory and figure out what they were researching.
However, searching for the laboratory's location would still take some time.
Coincidentally, Goluthos could help.
She directly activated the perception mode of "Gluttonous Feast."
In an instant, the world completely changed in her eyes.
The people around her, the sugarcane factory, the distant villages and towns, the vast land...
Everything shed its material shell and transformed into countless bright or dim light points, representing different edible values.
Most were faint and chaotic white dots, representing ordinary objects or lives.
Occasionally, there were a few slightly brighter green light points, representing items containing a bit of energy or rare materials.
Her targets were those dazzling, dark-red or dark-gold light spots, like dark lighthouses, representing extremely high Gluttony Counts!
Goluthos's consciousness, like a precise radar, began a large-scale, high-intensity sniff scan centered on the Black Queen's island.
The New Reclamation Area was vast, but theoretically, places that could contain a large number of Gluttony Counts were few and far between—
Goluthos only needed to patiently search a few more times; even by brute force alone, finding this laboratory should only be a matter of time.
Following the guidance of "Gluttonous Feast," she arrived at the New Reclamation Area.
Not far from there, the next day, Ye Ningfu, who had fully recovered and just obtained her splendid human form, triumphantly led her two guardians—the Beauty Flower Doll and the four-meter-tall Smile Rose Flower Doll—through the Rabbit Hole and once again charged back into the Abnormal Contamination Zone.
Their target was the remaining Thorn Whip Rose!
However, the expected fierce resistance did not occur.
When Ye Ningfu and her group arrived menacingly at the ruins from yesterday.
They saw that the wildly growing cluster of small thorny bushes actually seemed a bit... cowering?
Countless barbed vines that were originally baring their fangs had now retracted their sharpness, even drooping slightly, exuding an air of "I surrender, don't hit me" despondency.
Especially when it saw the Smile Rose Flower Doll beside Ye Ningfu, which was once so arrogant but now as docile as a large pet, a few main vines even trembled uncontrollably.
Ye Ningfu: "..."
She tentatively instructed the Beauty Flower Doll to release a wisp of pollen carrying an "assimilation invitation."
The Thorn Whip Rose's vines symbolically resisted for a moment, then, as if completely resigned to its fate, actively and cautiously extended its tightly protected rose body from its core, even leaning forward slightly, as if to say: "...Gently."
It seemed this Thorn Whip Rose was also one who knew how to size up a situation.
It was not as strong as the Smile Rose itself, and now its good sister had already surrendered to Ye Ningfu.
So, it naturally had no need to resist and suffer additional pain.
A wise man submits to circumstances!
The entire process was incredibly smooth.
Ye Ningfu hardly expended any effort; the pollen she released was readily accepted by the other party, and it quickly transformed into a loyal Thorn Whip Flower Doll.
The core ability of the Thorn Whip Rose, "Thorn Whip," was now in her hands—
"Thorn Whip": You can instantly extend a poisonous thorny whip covered with grotesque barbs from any part of your body. The whip can be up to twenty meters long, is as flexible as an arm, and its barbed tip contains potent toxins.
When fully exerted, you can simultaneously control up to 22 poisonous whips, weaving them into a deadly net.
With a slight thought, a thorny whip covered with grotesque barbs and as flexible as a poisonous snake instantly extended from her wrist, cracking sharply in the air with a "whoosh-snap" sound.
The whip tip struck the ground fiercely, kicking up a cloud of dirt and leaving a scorched whip mark with an eerie green stain.
Its power was evident!
Looking at the three powerful Flower Dolls before her, each with a different form but all absolutely obedient to her, Ye Ningfu was instantly filled with heroic spirit.
She waved her small hand, full of vigor, and commanded: "My little ones! Turn all the locals in this area into our own people!"
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