I manage female characters in all the heavens.

This trust is her best form of protection.

No law stipulates that she cannot become the Sword God of Shilipo in the village and then emerge from the mountains to command the wind and rain.

She withdrew her gaze and refocused her attention on the interior of the mall beneath her feet.

Through the shared view of the tea lid, she could clearly see that the scarlet concentration inside the mall was rapidly decreasing.

Xia Dou's calculations regarding the timing and location of the bomb explosions were indeed incredibly precise. The transient pressure wave generated by the explosions forcefully pushed high concentrations of scarlet pigment out of the holes on both sides.

Currently, the scarlet concentration inside the mall is decreasing at a visible rate. Although it is still some distance from being completely safe, it has at least dropped to a level that can be tolerated by wearing a protective mask.

"Boss Bai, the concentration inside has dropped. We can prepare to enter." Xia Dou's voice came through the communicator.

"Okay." Bai Yuekui briefly affirmed Xia Dou's work, then turned to look at the lighthouse that was slowly approaching, and then at the shopping mall at his feet.

The arrival of the lighthouse made time more pressing.

Although the other party may not necessarily do anything, if they continue to linger here, and the lighthouse's detection equipment detects any unusual signals, it will be difficult to handle the situation.

We are all peace-loving people, and we really don't want to be exposed and forced to storm the lighthouse and bring it under our rule.

"No more waiting, let's go straight in, destroy the target, and then retreat immediately." Bai Yuekui made the decision, smashed the glass beneath his feet, and leaped off the edge of the rooftop. His figure drew a smooth arc in the air, landing steadily on the edge of a broken window on the second floor of the mall.

She leaned on the windowsill with one hand and glanced inside. The concentration of carmine had indeed decreased significantly. Although carmine was still present in the air, the protective mask could completely block it.

Shan Da, Xu Tong, and Sui Xing followed closely behind, each jumping off the roof in a different way and disappearing into the mall.

"Maiduo" smoothly used the support of Xia Dou at several points and landed safely, but Xia Dou said it was too exciting and asked not to be carried next time.

Xia Dou followed behind Mai Duo, muttering to her as she went:

"You were staring at the pot lid so intently your eyes almost popped out. You're not thinking about going to the Lighthouse to become Miss Min, are you?"

"Let me tell you, that place has too many rules, nothing like the freedom we have in Dragon Bone Village!"

"Maiduo" laughed without turning her head: "Nonsense, if I were to go, I'd be the city lord, not some young lady! If you keep talking nonsense, I'll sell you to Guogai to do breeding missions every day!"

"What is the breeding task?" Xia Dou tilted her head and asked in confusion. At 14 years old, she had never learned such profound knowledge.

“Uh…” “Maido” didn’t know how to explain it to her for a moment.

Bai Yuekui walked at the front of the group, and his Tang sword, Alaya-vijnana, almost couldn't resist drawing it directly.

Maido, you're only 13 years old. What are you talking about breeding tasks? Is this something you should know at your age?

Rectification is necessary! It must be rectified!

Footsteps echoed in the empty, sloping mall, repeatedly refracted by the walls and ceiling, creating a strange reverberation.

The scenery along the way resembled a frozen apocalyptic museum.

A collapsed claw machine, old-world coins scattered all over the floor, and a faded poster featuring a celebrity long forgotten.

The milk tea shop's sign is still hanging there, covered in a thick layer of dust.

The window of a clothing store was shattered, and the mannequins inside were lying scattered about, some with broken arms and legs, and some with most of their bodies buried in the rubble, only a pale, smiling face showing.

Xia Dou couldn't help but clutch Mai Duo's clothes tightly, muttering softly, "This place... feels so eerie."

"This can be considered eerie? Anyone who frequently visits the underworld knows that this is nothing special." "Mai·Netherworld Emperor·Duo" said disdainfully.

At the very center of the building's ground floor, an enormous flower is quietly blooming, emitting an eerie warm light that illuminates a space.

It stood there quietly, eerie and beautiful, like an indescribable flower blooming in the depths of hell.

But anyone who knows its true nature will not be moved by its beauty, but will only feel a chill down their spine, because a single mana flower represents a densely populated ecological area, a hell for humankind.

Once it has fully developed, the petals will fall off, leaving only the core with tendril-like stamens in the center. At that time, the fishy vortex will be formed, directly linking the ecological center to the space.

At the same time, the Mana Flower will become the core of this entire ecosystem, capable of absorbing the life essence handed over by the Devouring Beasts and nurturing high-level Devouring Beasts.

Beneath the flowers, a large pool of thick, sticky, blackish-gray semi-solid covered the ground, like soil used to cultivate flowers. This was the last layer of defense of the Mana Flower, the Breath Soil.

"Shanda," Bai Yuekui called out.

"Alright!" Shan Da responded, picked up a heavy object the size of a gas cylinder, and threw it forcefully towards the Mana Flower.

Mana flowers may look fragile, but they are actually extremely difficult to destroy physically. They are usually incinerated by high temperatures that can suppress their power.

This jar is a plasma bomb specially made by Dragonbone Village. It can generate a high temperature of 10,000 degrees Celsius for more than ten minutes. It was specially made to destroy the Mana Flower.

Once detonated at close range, the plasma at tens of thousands of degrees Celsius can completely incinerate the Mana Flower along with the Breath Soil in a short time, giving it no chance to summon the Devouring Beast.

The jar rolled on the ground. The soil, which had not been activated by hemoglobin, was incapable of any movement. As the last bodyguard, it watched helplessly as danger approached the Mana Flower, without reacting at all.

Shandong University took out a detonator, ready to detonate it at any time.

However, just as the jar rolled more than ten meters and was about to reach the Mana Flower, a large hole suddenly appeared in the mall wall, and a two-jawed beast rushed in.

With a clear purpose, the enormous mouth bit into the rolling plasma bomb before anyone could react, then burst through the wall on the other side and sped away.

Everyone was stunned for a moment before they came to their senses.

"Holy crap, what the hell?!" Shan Da exclaimed in shock.

"It's a Beast with two jaws!" Xu Tong clutched his head in his hands.

"Why did a Bjawed Beast suddenly appear?!" Xia Dou checked all the instruments on her body, but couldn't find any signal of a Bjawed Beast appearing at all!

"The plasma bomb has been stolen! Go after them!" Shattered Star said with a serious expression.

Maiduo looked at Bai Yuekui: "Boss, what do you say?"

Bai Yuekui's gaze was serious, his brows furrowed: "There's a problem. Let's wait and see."

Even with her senses, she failed to detect the arrival of the two-jawed beast in advance. Moreover, the purposeful act of taking the plasma bomb was completely inconsistent with the Devouring Beast's action logic guided by life essence.

This uncertainty worried her, so she told everyone not to pursue it yet, but it also excited her, because irrational phenomena often represent new opportunities.

She has done so much to overcome the ecological challenge. She had studied everything about the ecosystem thoroughly before and could not find any further direction. But now, it seems that the direction has come to her on its own.

The Devouring Beasts have broken free from their instinctive behavior pattern driven by life essence and are showing signs of acting based on thought, much like humans.

This is truly an exciting discovery!

"Follow it from a distance, see where it goes and what it does!" Bai Yuekui suppressed his excitement and calmly gave the order.

Chapter 244 Soaring into the Sky, What is this?

As soon as Bai Yuekui and the others chased out of the building, they found that the lighthouse was already very close.

The steel behemoth suspended in the air was slowly approaching, its engine nozzles occasionally spewing out pale blue flames, casting a moving shadow on the ground.

"Maido" looked up and squinted her eyes.

She could clearly see the dense array of observation windows on the lighthouse's outer wall, as well as the rotating scanning detection equipment at the bottom. The lighthouse was turning, chasing after the two-jawed beast.

Undoubtedly, the Lighthouse also noticed the unusual behavior of the two-jawed beast and began to have designs on it.

"Troublesome." Shandong said, frowning as he carried the sledgehammer. "Big Pot Lid has his eye on that guy too."

Xia Dou quickly operated the terminal, bringing up the lighthouse's real-time location and movement trajectory: "Their course is indeed being adjusted... right in the direction the Beasts are escaping."

"Could it be that they also noticed something was wrong with that two-jawed beast and wanted to capture it?" Xu Tong sniffed, his voice a little tense. "Do they have the ability to do that?"

Shattered Star didn't speak, but silently nocked an explosive arrow onto the bowstring, his gaze shifting back and forth between the Lighthouse and the Two-Jawed Beast.

"Boss, should we shoot down the lighthouse?"

"Maido" looked at Shattered Star in disbelief. "I didn't expect you to be so ruthless. You came up and shot down the lighthouse right away. I never thought of such a thing!"

Bai Yuekui stood at the edge of the ruins, his gaze deep and thoughtful.

Her expression remained calm, but those who knew her well could see the inner turmoil in her slightly furrowed brows.

The bijawed beast's unusual behavior may be a crucial breakthrough for her plan to overcome the ecosystem.

It can break free from its instincts driven by life essence and exhibit an action pattern that appears to be based on thought. This means that the evolution of the Devouring Beast may have reached a new stage, and there may even be some higher level of intelligence controlling all of this.

If she can capture and study this bijawed beast, she might find the key to unlocking the ecology of Mana.

But the problem is, the lighthouse is also chasing.

I originally planned to observe this Dipladenia first, but now that the Lighthouse seems to want to take it, I have no choice but to take it first.

She didn't want this strange, two-jawed beast to fall into the hands of the lighthouse.

It wasn't out of hostility, but rather because she knew that the Lighthouse's attitude towards the Mana ecosystem was completely different from hers; they preferred defense and isolation rather than counterattack and conquest.

If this Dipladenia is handed over to the Lighthouse, it will most likely be destroyed and studied, but it will probably not yield anything of value in the end, let alone be used for counter-attacking the ecosystem.

She had crossed paths with Morgan in her early years and knew what kind of person he was, but she had no expectations of him.

This was definitely not what she wanted.

She needs a live, complete sample, and the opportunity to trace higher-level ecological connections through it.

At the same time, she could not allow Dragonbone Village to be exposed to the lighthouse's gaze.

The Lighthouse has always regarded itself as the only surviving force in the apocalypse. Once they discover the existence of Dragonbone Village, the relationship between the two forces will become extremely delicate.

The lighthouse has tens of thousands of employees and a complete industrial and energy system.

If they believe that the existence of Dragonbone Village threatens the Lighthouse's dominance, given that the Lighthouse possesses a super central electromagnetic cannon capable of dealing with King-level Devouring Beasts, the consequences would be unimaginable if they harbor malicious intentions.

Bai Yuekui wasn't afraid of the lighthouse, but she didn't want the villagers of Dragon Bone Village to get involved in this pointless conflict.

At the same time, the lighthouse has gathered the vast majority of human survivors from around the world, and she doesn't want to just destroy it like that.

Therefore, diverting the lighthouse is the best option.

She had originally planned to stay behind to distract the lighthouse so that the others could chase after the two-jawed beast.

But then she hesitated.

She didn't know how strong the two-jawed beast was, and she didn't trust anyone to deal with it.

With the combined strength of Shan Da, Xia Dou, Xu Tong, and Sui Xing, plus Mai Duo, who is exceptionally talented but only 13 years old, she wasn't entirely confident that they could safely subdue it.

Just as she hesitated, footsteps came from behind her.

"Maido" strode up to her, carrying a folding gun taller than herself on her shoulder, and patted her chest with an air of pride.

“Boss Bai, I’ll stay here to distract the lighthouse.” She gestured toward the lighthouse above her head. “You guys go after that two-jawed beast, I’ll handle things here.”

Bai Yuekui frowned slightly: "You're alone?"