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"Maido" pointed to Ulanchagai on her shoulder, indicating that this should also be counted as a person.

Xia Dou immediately felt bitter and resentful: "Ten people are crammed into a 16-square-meter space, which means each person has 1.6 square meters of space. This condition is even worse than the legendary 'dust people' on the lid of the big pot."

She suddenly looked up, rushed to the door of the solitary confinement cell, and started punching and kicking, shouting, "This is child abuse! I'm going to sue you when I get out!"

Qiu Shi's voice came from outside: "Who here is accusing this principal?"

Xia Dou immediately shrank back and stuck out her tongue: "The principal is here, it's alright now."

"Maido" walked to the corner of the wall, found a relatively clean spot to sit down, and reached out to tease the little falcon on her shoulder.

Qiu Shi originally wanted to confiscate the bird temporarily as well, but Mai Duo argued that it was a keepsake left to her by Teacher Luo Ya, and that it was her spiritual sustenance. Taking it away might cause her to have a mental breakdown.

After hesitating for a moment, Qiu Shi finally let the little falcon go into the confinement room with its owner.

Jiu Ge leaned closer and sat down next to her, asking casually, "Your brother, your dad... are they alright?"

"Maido" sat on the ground, hugging her knees and resting her head on them. She turned her head to look at Jiuge and spoke the coldest words in the gentlest tone: "Would you be willing to let me break your other leg to soothe my pain?"

Seeing Maiduo's numb expression, as if something had truly happened, Jiuge thought it over and over, then gritted his teeth:

"Come!"

Although it's called solitary confinement, people are still allowed to go out to eat and use the toilet; it's not the kind of complete, absolute confinement.

Three days later, the confinement ended.

"Maido" squinted as she walked out of the cramped metal box into the blinding natural light.

The moment the sunlight shone on her, she took a deep breath of the free air, opened her arms wide to embrace the sun, and showed an expression of bliss.

"Oh sun, I have returned!"

Xia Dou and her friends filed out and ran home chattering away.

Following behind "Maiduo," Jiuge asked, "Are you going to hit this leg or not?!"

"What's the rush?" "Maido" chuckled. "Just put it on the tab, and we'll interrupt you later if you don't satisfy me during the exam."

Jiu Ge gritted his teeth. "You think you can take advantage of me for the rest of your life over something as trivial as this?"

After parting ways with the wine song, "Maiduo" leisurely strolled back to her own doorstep.

She froze the moment she pushed open the door.

The first thing that catches the eye is a shiny bald head.

Ulanhaisang was sitting on a small stool in the living room, holding a rag in his hand, and carefully wiping an old dagger with his head down.

He heard the door open, looked up and glanced at Maido.

The emptiness in his eyes had largely faded, replaced by an indescribable calmness.

The hatred has vanished, but the grief remains hidden deep, deep within.

He was like a piece of iron that had been tempered by fire; although it had cooled down, its shape was completely different from before.

His hair—the thick, black hair he used to love to flaunt in front of Maido, the hair he would regularly and meticulously groom—was all gone, not a single strand left.

The top of his head was as smooth as a mirror, reflecting a cold, hard light in the afterglow of the setting sun.

Coupled with his already angular face and deep gaze, his entire demeanor transformed from that of a loser into a fierce figure who looked like he might pull out a knife at any moment and fight someone to the death.

This image is definitely reminiscent of anime.

"Um... have you eaten?" she asked tentatively.

"I ate, what about you?"

"I didn't eat..."

"That's perfect, Dad's making it." He lowered his head and continued wiping the dagger, not knowing what was so special about wiping a dagger that was already gleaming.

"Maiduo" thought to herself, "What an awkward conversation..."

However, the situation is much better than it was three days ago.

She then walked to the kitchen and paused again.

Beside the stove, a white-haired figure was clumsily chopping vegetables with his left hand.

"Um, Old Deng?" she called out tentatively.

Hearing the noise at the door, Ulan Aodeng turned around, revealing a wrinkled smiling face: "Oh, my darling is back? Perfect timing, dinner will be ready soon, tonight we'll have your favorite potato stew with meat."

Ulan Aodeng's hair and beard, which were originally a mix of black and white, turned completely white in three days, making him look more than ten years older than before.

The leaders of Dragon Bone Village, Xia Tianlai, Qiu Shi, Nanji Xing, and Wulan Aodeng, are actually not that old. The oldest, Xia Tianlai, is only about fifty years old, but because of the hardships and pain he has suffered in the past, he looks like he is seventy or eighty.

Previously, Ulan Aodeng was the only one among them who looked relatively young, but after the incident with Ulan Haisang, he was no different from the others.

His face was full of age and fatigue, bearing the marks of time, as if someone had taken away all the remaining years of his life and exchanged them for some kind of price.

"Maiduo" stood at the door, looking at her white-haired father, then at her bald, silent brother. She remained silent for a long time, wondering how much she would cry when the real Maiduo came back and saw the two of them so different.

Finally, she gave up thinking and plopped down at the dining table.

Who cares, let's eat!

The food was served quickly, and she ate heartily as usual, without asking what had happened between Ao Deng and Hai Sang over the past three days.

This made the originally tense family atmosphere relax a little because of her nonchalant attitude.

For the next few months, life in Longgu Village remained relatively uneventful.

Ulan Aodeng completely withdrew from field missions and spent his days training the villagers in martial arts and the Returning to Origin state.

His right arm never recovered, and he could no longer hold a gun with both hands. He completely put down the Six Harmony Spear and passed on the high-tech modified folding gun that could generate electric pulse attacks to "Maido".

In his previous mental world, he witnessed his daughter's incomprehensible and formidable marksmanship, and deeply felt that his daughter's statement, "I have no interest and you have no talent," was correct.

He finally understood that the Six Harmony Spear was not suitable for him; the electromagnetic rifle, which could be used with only one hand, was what he should truly pursue.

"Maido" gave his homemade electromagnetic rifle to Aodeng. Now, whenever he trains the villagers, if he finds someone slacking off, he simply draws the rifle and points it at their head. The effect is much better than when he used to whip them.

In this way, the villagers fully empathized with Ulan's family's suffering.

During this period, Ulanhaisang gradually returned to a normal routine.

He resumed his daily patrol duties in Longgu Village, getting up early and returning late as before, and nodding and greeting acquaintances whenever he saw them.

But the light in his eyes had indeed changed; he spoke less than before, and he almost never smiled.

His dreams of love, kinship, and family, which had been forcibly severed in his spiritual world, settled silently in the depths of his heart.

As for "Maiduo", she has been somewhat anxious lately.

Jiuge has completely integrated into Dragon Bone Village, learned the Returning to Origin state, and successfully awakened his source potential in a trial experiment, without even using the phenomenological equipment of the Potential Activation Hall.

This made "Maiduo" extremely envious. She had previously tried to awaken her source potential on her own, but perhaps because her own life source was far larger than that of ordinary people, the willpower she generated was far from enough to push her life source into a turbulent state.

If you get stuck at the very first step, there's no way to awaken your full potential.

Ultimately, she herself didn't have much experience in extreme environments. Whether it was being a college student in her previous life, the son of the world's second-best assassin in this life, or her experiences in various managed worlds, she hadn't encountered much danger.

Now, she possesses unparalleled power. Even if she hides it and doesn't use it, it doesn't mean it has disappeared. In this world, she is unlikely to encounter a life-or-death crisis and cannot possibly unleash any decent willpower.

If she wants to awaken her potential, the only way, barring unforeseen circumstances, will likely be by using the functions of the phenomenological device.

However, due to the inherent unpredictability of using phenomenological devices to assist in awakening potential, many awakeners in Dragonbone Village have experienced various side effects after using such devices.

For example, Xu Tong's face and Xia Dou's developmental delays due to the impact on her pineal gland are all sequelae of awakening through phenomenological devices.

Because of these aftereffects, Bai Yuekui stipulated that no one in Longgu Village is allowed to forcibly awaken their potential with the help of phenomenological devices before the age of 12; it is best to awaken on their own if possible.

Xia Dou turned 12 two months ago and successfully awakened her source potential with the phenomenological equipment of the Potential Awakening Hall. It is still her original ability.

This made "Maiduo" even more upset. She was still several months away from turning 12, but she had seen several people around her, such as Xia Dou and Jiu Ge, awaken their potential and become trainees, or prospective awakeners. They could go out for internships with the formal awakeners, and their freedom was greatly increased. She was very envious.

But rules are rules, and Ao Deng would never give her a back door to awaken early. The phenomenological device can't be controlled by one person, so she can only wait.

until that day.

It was an ordinary midday, the sun was shining brightly, but the air was heavy with tension.

Suddenly, a rhythmic tremor came from the ground.

a bit.

Two times.

Three times.

It was as if something extremely large and heavy was trampling on the earth, transmitting the vibrations far and wide, proclaiming its majesty.

Dozens of miles away from Longgu Village, on the distant horizon, a mountain is moving.

That wasn't a mountain, but a massive, suffocatingly large Devouring Beast.

Its body is as majestic as a real mountain, and its four thick legs, as strong as pillars supporting the sky, are planted on the ground. Every step it takes causes a roar and an earthquake.

Two deformed, atrophied legs grew on his back, twisting and flailing behind him like tentacles.

Its back is covered with a thick, rock-like grayish-white carapace, and it has a head on each side, with human faces vaguely visible, extremely abstract and ferocious.

A flower stamen swayed in the wind on its back, scattering endless scarlet pigment that enveloped its entire body, surrounding it like a domain.

A king-level Devouring Beast—"The Final Phase"!

Chapter 207 Fierce Battle, Early Awakening

Long before it landed on the continent, but before it showed signs of moving, Dragonbone Village issued a warning.

After waiting for seven long days, the enormous creature finally passed through Dragonbone Village as predicted.

King-level Devouring Beasts are beyond the reach of shielding towers. Fortunately, unlike lower-level Devouring Beasts, King-level Devouring Beasts do not crave life essence and generally do not launch attacks on human settlements.

It was simply passing through and did not come for Dragonbone Village.

Even so, the mere passing of a King-level Devouring Beast was enough to put the entire Dragonbone Village on high alert.

Under the close surveillance of Dragon Bone Village, the Final Phase proceeded step by step, and then the unexpected happened.

Its mountain-like body crashed head-on into a mountain peak northeast of Dragon Bone Village, where a shielding tower stood.

The mountain collapsed halfway under the impact of the terminal phase, and the shielding tower standing on it suddenly tilted.