Chapter 292: Dinosaur Core Coin

"Of course, this body was made especially for you; you don't need to gather all nine Core Coins to experience human emotions." Jiang Xia smiled at the puzzled Anku.

I only began to act after gathering enough data on Meizier's body, but the difference between the complete and incomplete forms is still easy to tell—not just in strength, but even the five senses in this world show an obvious difference, and there will be a clear urge to devour humans.

Now inside Anku's body, the surface of a dull gray ordinary coin is faintly glowing, not only suppressing this urge but also gradually letting Anku's five senses slowly return to normal.

Jiang Xia glanced at Huo Ye Yingsi, still lying in the chair with eyes tightly shut, and said: "You managed to finish this so quickly, or rather it's thanks to Huo Ye Yingsi's enormous desire, which caused some special changes in the Eagle Core Coin."

"That guy?" Anku looked at his own right hand, his expression turning serious for the first time.

"I owe you a favor." After noticing the changes in his body, Anku spoke to Jiang Xia.

"This doesn't matter."

After saying a few more things about the situation, Jiang Xia left the multinational restaurant.

After he left, Quan Xinwu's right hand, which had been cared for by Quan Binnai, suddenly twitched.

Quan Xinwu felt as if he were having a long and strange dream, a dream that kept falling.

In that dream, Quan Xinwu had no sense of time and could not wake himself from it.

But at some point, he began to have some special feelings, and his consciousness also started to awaken from his long slumber.

Although he still couldn't control his body, he could see, hear, and smell.

At first he still didn't understand what had happened to him, but as time passed he began to comprehend, to understand his situation.

He began to understand the existence called 'Anku'; their memories started to interconnect, and the resulting feelings came like an endless tide,

Not only feelings, he also understood more things.

Through Anku's inner world, Quan Xinwu truly came to know Anku.

"Older brother?"

As the light gradually cleared, Quan Xinwu opened his eyes.

At first glance, what he saw was Quan Binnai's anxious face.

He could clearly see the crystal-clear tears in his sister's eye sockets.

He reached out and gently wiped away the tear.

Looking at Anku, who looked exactly like his brother, although he understood it was unavoidable,

but at times she would still feel a sense of loss.

Now seeing her brother truly awake, Quan Binnai's tears would not stop; she flung her arms around Quan Xinwu and burst into tears.

Feeling the tremendous force of a thousand catties transmitted through his body, Quan Xinwu, who hadn't touched his sister in too long, couldn't help but cry out in pain.

Hearing Quan Xinwu's voice, Quan Binnai let him go and said worriedly:

"Older brother, what's wrong? Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere? Let's go to the hospital right now."

Saying that, she actually grabbed Quan Xinwu's arm and pulled him straight up from the bed.

"It's fine, it's fine."

Quan Xinwu waved his hands repeatedly: "Just that I haven't felt this kind of strength in a long time."

"What nonsense!" Quan Binnai laughed and let go of Quan Xinwu.

After the siblings chatted a few words, Quan Binnai took Quan Xinwu out of the room, preparing to thank them.

After all, Quan Xinwu had returned safely, and each of them had helped a great deal.

"Officer? Anku?"

Because forcibly absorbing the Core Coin's power had made him sleep until now, Huo Ye Yingsi had just opened his eyes when he saw two identical faces staring at him at the same time.

However, he quickly figured out that the blond holding an ice pop was definitely Anku.

Although they had the same face, the two differed greatly.

"I see, thanks to Alchemical Art, Anku, you no longer need the Core Coin and have also restored your body—truly a win-win." Huo Ye Yingsi scratched his head and said happily.

"We really should thank Mr. Jiang Xia properly, Anku, what do you say?" Huo Ye Yingsi turned his head to look at him.

"Hmm, although I don't know his purpose, it's indeed proper to thank him well."

After leaving the multinational restaurant, Jiang Xia headed out, riding the controlled sales vehicle to the entrance of a kindergarten.

And inside the kindergarten full of little children, a young girl was accompanying those lively kids as they played.

The girl wore a light blue dress printed with orchids, black knee-high socks and little leather shoes on her feet, and her long hair, like a waterfall, was simply tied into a ponytail at the back.

After Jiang Xia confirmed some specific details, he turned and left.

The most suitable modern profession for Meizier would be to become a kindergarten teacher, to satisfy her desire to become a mother.

As for the affection for children in her eyes, it cannot be faked.

Not only is she serious, but she herself enjoys it and finds it sweet.

Deep in the jungle, sparrows chirped, and leaves fell slowly from the trees.

A gentle breeze in the air whispered, flowing along an invisible arc to settle inside a large manor.

As the leaf-covered gate was gently pushed open, amidst the dense foliage, a relatively luxurious manor came into view.

However, it seemed that due to long-term abandonment, some reddish autumn leaves had already covered the yard; sunlight filtering through the clouds fell upon them, illuminating those who pushed the door and entered.

Zhenmu Qingren wore an unchanging, neat suit.

His right hand raised, a slightly terrifying doll leaned against it.

Kazhali followed Zhenmu Qingren curiously; he hadn't expected there to be a villa here.

Greed's five senses aren't very pronounced, yet he can clearly tell this place is far better than where they hid before.

This place is rarely visited; if you don't know the exact location, it's indeed hard to find.

This villa was where Zhenmu Qingren lived with his sister before he turned ten; after their parents passed away early, they continued to live peacefully here.

His sister doted on Zhenmu Qingren; under her care, the originally autistic Zhenmu gradually stepped out of his own world, and began a life of their own together with her companionship.

I don't know if it's because of equivalent exchange, but the autistic Zhenmu possesses a talent for machinery and computers that ordinary people cannot attain.

His talent was enough to be called a genius; after consideration, his sister sent him to the best school to study.

During the days when Zhenmu was away, his sister met a person sufficient to bless her for life.

Unbeknownst to them, they were mutually attracted, and soon progressed to the point of discussing marriage.

Then, after Zhenmu returned home, seeing his sister full of happiness, the young Zhenmu initially could not understand, because at that time he was only ten years old.

But later, as the wedding date approached, Zhenmu could feel that his sister's gaze lingering on him grew fewer; he wanted to ask, but the answer he got almost made him collapse.

She said: "Qingren, I cannot always stay by your side from now on; if you feel lonely, treat this doll as me."

Then she slowly placed the doll in front of the young Zhenmu.

Zhenmu stared at the doll for a moment, silently took it and placed it on his right arm, trying to truly regard it as his sister.

At that moment, scarlet roses scattered in an instant; that splash of scarlet completely covered Zhenmu's heart, the wedding was about to begin. He felt no happiness at all; on the contrary, he felt as if he had been abandoned.

Even the meaning of his existence was stripped away.

Thus, he looked toward the burning candlestand nearby, and a thought silently arose in his mind.

Zhenmu simply picked up the burning candlestand, let go, and then quietly locked the room's door.

The somewhat gloomy and dry weather had already doomed the outcome of this event; no one would suspect a boy, because he was too unfortunate.

After doing these things, Zhenmu said nothing; he simply carried the doll with him day after day, protecting it.

"How beautiful, the end of life." Zhenmu sighed very softly.

This was witnessing such a wonderful scene with his own eyes; it was his first time.

The residual warmth left by the burning snow-white wedding dress would extend to the end of his life.

The villa's interior was empty; the outside wind gently brushed the windows.

On the sole table in the villa's center lay a disc-shaped stone carving.

Engraved on the disc's surface was a relief of a Tyrannosaurus opening its mouth, revealing dagger-like teeth.

If one ignored the dust covering its surface, it would surely become a coveted collectible among many stone carving collectors.

Kazhali sat sideways on the chair, his eyes slightly curious as he looked at the disc, and finally couldn't resist reaching out to lightly touch it.

Having a feel like a cat's did not make Kazhali sense anything abnormal; it seemed truly like stone.

He couldn't help wondering what would happen if he opened it.

"Kazhali, you had better not move recklessly."

Zhenmu Qingren came down the winding stairs and sat opposite Kazhali.

"Doctor, what is this?"

Kazhali withdrew his hands from touching the disc, looked at Zhenmu Qingren, and said: "What help does this thing offer for the world's end?"

Zhenmu gently placed the doll leaning on his right hand onto a small chair made especially for it.

Such an important moment must be watched together with his sister.

"This is something Chairman Hongshang discovered while exploring relics in Europe; consider it my compensation for leaving the group."

He has already figured out what this is: a Greed still sleeping, the sixth independent of modern times.

Unlike the defective Greed, it is complete, possessing the original ten Core Coins.

If one of them is removed, a fully matured first Greed will appear now, probably possessing battle power capable of crushing Ouzi.

It is a special existence, a creature forged only in fantasy; he believes it should bring Ouzi a dignified end.

Zhenmu Qingren picked up a small knife and gradually peeled away the dust covering the disc's center, carefully and steadily.

After the black debris slid off the edges, the disc's center gradually revealed a small gap, like opening a can; after turning it a full circle, Zhenmu Qingren opened the long-sealed dust-covered seal.

Ten purplish-red Core Coins were neatly arranged inside the dinosaur disc.

"Hey hey hey, these are Core Coins?" Kazhali said.

"Yes, these are the complete ten Core Coins never before seen in the world; moreover, if one obtains one of them, the desire arising to compensate for the lack will become a living entity called Greed."

Zhenmu Qingren without hesitation picked up the Core Coin at the very center, preparing to activate it.

Kazhali beside him stepped back several steps; after Greed's birth, not knowing whether it would be friend or foe, to activate it so recklessly—aren't you afraid it will kill you the moment it activates?

A purplish-red halo burst forth from the remaining nine dinosaur Core Coins; in an instant, an extreme cold aura erupted from within the disc.

Zhenmu, quick-eyed and quick-handed, snatched the precious doll from the table, crawling away with it.

The extreme cold zone instantly covered the table's surface with a layer of frost.

With a crack, the condensed table collapsed; the moisture in the air instantly froze, the surrounding temperature plunged to extreme low, and a blizzard sprang up out of nowhere inside the villa.

Just as Kazhali thought the moment of Greed's birth had arrived, the surrounding extreme cold temperature vanished without a trace in an instant.

Apart from the already damaged table, the surrounding frost completely receded, as if nothing had happened at all.

"Has the time not come yet?" Zhenmu Qingren covered the doll's eyes and peeked from afar, trembling.

The moment just now when the doll almost got frozen almost made his heart stop.

"It seems it won't be as you said, Doctor."

Kazhali came out and looked at the dinosaur Core Coins scattered all over the ground, wanting to reach out and touch them.

At that moment, as Kazhali was about to touch the dinosaur Core Coin, a purple halo suddenly burst forth with a shock.

"What power is this."

Kazhali was instantly struck back to his original form by the impact of the dinosaur Core Coin.

The cat-type Greed's body tumbled wildly several times, slamming hard into the nearby wall.

He clutched his chest; gray-white smoke drifted from all over his body, cell Core Coins scattered across the ground, and only after a long while did he stagger to his feet.

The seven Core Coins inside the disc instantly rose into the air, turning into purple meteors that traced endless arcs in the sky, flying to unknown places.

The three remaining dinosaur Core Coins, at that same moment, all entered Zhenmu Qingren's body.

"So that's it, Doctor Zhenmu betrayed, also destroyed all data and messed up the biochemical lab; I understand."

Jiang Xia, who was cooking at home, wiped his hands, picked up the phone, and while listening, slipped the sliced potatoes into the pot.

"Who took the Dinosaur Core Coin? Is it a dormant perfect form? These questions aren't a big deal—don't worry, I'll retrieve them later." Jiang Xia hung up and continued stir-frying.

Just now, Hong Shangguangsheng called to inform him that a traitor had appeared in the Foundation.

Just as Jiang Xia was preparing to continue cooking, the locust can on the table began to beep.

The locust can automatically began to transform, and Quan Xinwu's voice came from inside.

"What? Three Core Coins were swallowed by Huo Ye Yingsi, and the hospital examination shows nothing at all?"

Jiang Xia's tone turned strange, and he said: "Modern medicine and Desire Coin simply don't mix, so of course the check wouldn't show anything. Where did Anku go? He went out. All right, I'll come over later; I still have a few things to handle here."

"These days..." Jiang Xia sighed.

After Anku ran off, Quan Xinwu was still by Huo Ye Yingsi's side.

"I roughly know where the remaining four Dinosaur Core Coins went." Jiang Xia muttered after hanging up.

As for how he knows there are still four Dinosaur Coins left? First, he has the Earth Library; second, he's not blind.

In a building over ten stories high, four strands of dazzling purple light shot from the horizon straight at him.

Without the slightest hesitation, the four Dinosaur Core Coins, like a vicious dog lunging for food, shot straight toward Jiang Xia.

(End of chapter)