[AN: sorry the chapter is short now much inspiration today.]
The Elias clone shimmered back into existence in the empty dimension, a brief, silent flash of quantum light. It stood for a mere instant, its mission accomplished, before dissipating into a cascade of pure energy and raw information. This data, however, didn't simply vanish. Instead, it flowed directly into the original Elias, a torrent of complex blueprints and precise structural properties absorbed instantly by his Quantum Divine Sense (QDS). He now possessed the complete, fundamental understanding of Rimuru Tempest's unique, impossibly flexible cellular structure.
A low hum of triumph resonated within Elias. The answer to his rigidity, the final piece of his physical perfection, lay within this newly acquired data. He wouldn't simply copy the slime; he would synthesize its properties, integrate them into his own unique, neutron-star dense physiology.
