Shendu: "I am a demon!"
Shendu: "Have you ever seen a demon who believes in light?!"
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Boil Daigu Into Soup: "But I really was only planning to take just a tiny bit."
Ordinary Group Leader: "…"
Ordinary Group Leader: "You've turned bad too, Daigu."
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Boil Daigu Into Soup: "It's all because you guys taught me so well."
The opening of the Group Mall made Brandon White's life a little busier—after all, he wanted to purchase the Rat Talisman.
One million points wasn't something he could acquire easily, not even with his strength.
So, over the next few days, he went out to sea multiple times. In terms of numbers, mutated creatures in the ocean far outstripped those on land, and many possessed extraordinary gifts.
Brandon even discovered sea monsters whose strength rivaled Firewing's—or even surpassed it.
Their colossal bodies combined with derivative abilities made them frightening opponents.
But to Brandon, they were no different from the rest.
He hunted the largest and most powerful of these mutated sea creatures, stripped them of their abilities, and condensed their massive bodies into crystalline orbs.
These he then fed into the chat group's recycle function.
After processing a significant number of such sea monsters, Brandon's points surged to a staggering 800,000.
At that stage, he stopped hunting further and instead transferred the 800,000 points to the group leader, Roxie Vale. It was part of a deal between them.
Roxie knew he wanted the Rat Talisman, and she also knew that with his strength, earning a full million wouldn't be difficult.
So she reached out to him directly. Using her group leader privileges, she could purchase Mall items at a 30% discount. Brandon would give her the points, she would make the purchase, and in exchange she demanded a 10% commission.
Naturally, Brandon saw no reason to refuse.
It was the nature of the system: the group leader gained, the group member spent less. Both sides won.
But Brandon had not expected Roxie's discount to be only thirty percent.
Normally, wasn't it half price? Sometimes even ninety percent off?
As for whether Roxie was lying… when he saw her once again silenced by the system after venting in private chat about how unfair it was that the group leader only got a 30% discount, Brandon couldn't imagine she was deceiving him.
And besides—what if she was?
The chat group itself was the group leader's cheat. Everyone else was just riding along.
And didn't Brandon himself have cheats of his own?
Turning the Rat Talisman over in his hand, Brandon could feel the life force it contained. But there was more than just life energy within—it held other powers, ones beyond his comprehension.
"But I didn't expect it to attract you."
"Hopefully, once you absorb it, you'll gain something that surprises even me."
A faint smile touched Brandon's lips. The Rat Talisman dissolved into motes of gray energy that sank into his body.
At that instant, the Authority of Nature evolved, sprouting new branches of power rooted in the Talisman itself.
"It seems… it works."
As the Rat Talisman fused with the Authority of Nature, Brandon realized he truly had acquired its ability.
Without hesitation, he manipulated the elements around him to construct a crystalline doll.
He held it in his palm as a mysterious current coursed down his arm into the figure.
[I'm starving I'm starving I'm starving]
The doll suddenly cried out. Brandon's lips curved upward. He set it down beneath the sun.
[It's eating time, eating time!]
Perhaps the sunlight of this world was harsher, or perhaps his transformation made its energy conversion faster. Either way, Brandon didn't wait long before another voice rang out.
[I'm full I'm full]
"Now for the last step."
He picked up the doll and gently tapped its nose. A stream of green data spun rapidly within its body.
[Huaxia 2060 Smartphone – Silly Girl at your service]
[Please enter your startup password]
"I love you."
[Password correct]
[Please select mode option]
[Real Person Mode or Phone Mode]
"Real Person Mode."
[Please select expression state]
[Options: Silly, Worried, Naughty, Cool]
"Obedient."
Brandon didn't bother listening to the rest of the instructions. He simply spoke his choice aloud.
With a flicker of data, a beautiful young woman appeared before him, just as he remembered her from the show: long hair, dressed in a red crop top, slender and alluring, eyes shining with charm.
[Entering functional options. Please select the service you require.]
"Function Transfer."
[Confirmed]
In an instant, Silly Girl dissolved into streams of data and merged with Brandon's body. He felt a new energy ripple through him—something wholly distinct from the mystical powers he had known before.
Communication functions. Medical support. Flight capability…
These he barely cared about. What he wanted to know was—time-travel.
He attempted to activate it, only for the world's consciousness to whisper into his mind:
The temporal barriers of this world are too strong. You cannot go back to the past, nor advance to the future.
Still, all the other functions remained intact.
After experimenting with each, Brandon nodded in satisfaction.
Overall, the Silly Girl he had brought to life through his power was no different from the one in Magic Mobile Phone. That time-travel was impossible was only due to the strength of this world's barriers.
In weaker worlds, the ability would surely work.
If Silly Girl could be realized, then Doraemon should be possible too.
Even the gadgets in the Four-Dimensional Pocket might retain some of their functions.
These weren't merely inanimate objects—absorbed into the Authority of Nature, their transformation into life, their ability to transcend dimensions… these qualities seemed even more wondrous than the Rat Talisman itself.
Perhaps even anime-world artifacts could be made real.
Brandon's eyes gleamed. If his speculation was correct, then this power was a true treasure.
Its development would require imagination.
Meanwhile, Firewing stared blankly at the report in his hand—the shopping list Brandon had given him.
"Shining Rod? Dark Shining Rod?"
"Five-Element Crystals and Armor Summoners?"
"A one-to-one replica of a Devil Fruit?"
"Figures of the angels from The Black Troop—but not the Three Kings?"
"What the hell is all this?"
"You sure this is what Brandon asked for? And not just what you want?"
Firewing's eyes widened at the man in front of him.
(End of Chapter)