Miss Justice is not motivated

That was enough to create a pod of dolphins. Dozens of white dolphins surged out again, this time like sharks that had smelled blood, rushing towards Mu Xishuang.

"Sorry, I don't like animals that go into heat with humans." A tidal wave of energy swept over, the air seemingly filled with the salty smell of seawater. Mu Xishuang raised her other hand, and dozens of transparent golden energy tentacles extended, wrapping around the falling white dolphin with terrifying crushing force. "R'lyeh's Gift!"

The all-pervasive ocean pressure emanates from between the tentacles, the terrifying pressure compressing the struggling white dolphins, rendering them immobile. They attempt to break free of the ocean pressure by creating even stronger vibrations, but these high-frequency vibrations only cause them to shrink rapidly in size.

"Separate from the machine, begin the operation!" As Bai Aina and Mu Xishuang were locked in a stalemate, Nuen quickly separated from Bai Aina's body, creating a large number of rhomboid spikes that were projected out in an attempt to block Mu Xishuang's energy transport.

But the black ball, torn to pieces by the white dolphin, also reassembled at this moment, unleashing thorny tongues that intercepted the sky full of prismatic spikes.

"Holy Light Cross Sword!" Latia mustered her last bit of strength, her right hand forming a sword finger that once again became a cross sword. The sword, formed from holy light, pierced straight at Mu Xishuang's back.

"Get out of the way!" With a furious shout, Mu Xishuang blasted away the heavily injured Latia, and dozens of energy tentacles also emerged from behind her, swirling towards Bai Aina in mid-air.

"!" Although Baina didn't speak, the energy tendrils wrapped around her body disintegrated and dissipated under the lightning strike. And the white light was no longer limited to her right arm, but was spreading to the left side of her body.

"Is this woman insane?!" Mu Xishuang was stunned. She felt a sharp pain in her right hand. The protective suit formed by the blue flames was torn apart by the high-frequency vibrations, and even the armor on her body vibrated.

"Break!" The sperm whale-sized white dolphin slammed Mu Xishuang into the ground, causing the ground to collapse. Bai Aina charged into the ground with the creature on top of her, trying to push her even deeper.

Are you trying to prevent me from using Flash to dodge? How naive! Mu Xishuang's tentacles twitched slightly, just as she was about to activate her Substitution Jutsu to teleport to a distance.

"Command Card, Absolute First Strike. Command Card, Guaranteed Hit!" Before Mu Xishuang could activate her Substitution Jutsu, Bai Aina consumed two Command Cards in one go. The Absolute First Strike effect allowed her attack to successfully shatter the energy tentacles behind her opponent, and the Guaranteed Hit effect further increased the lock-on rate of this move, making it impossible for her opponent to escape.

The white dolphin, the size of a sperm whale, transformed its power into a form that resembled a binding lock, restricting Mu Xishuang's movement and preventing her from escaping.

"What did this guy do!" Noticing the tentacles on her back being shattered, Mu Xishuang was shocked to find that she couldn't break free from this force. Her Heavenly Consciousness at the Lesser Celestial Rank allowed her to barely discern that the girl before her was using a power outside of her own.

"Ah...it seems I can't compete." The flames were torn apart bit by bit by the high-frequency vibration waves. Mu Xishuang stared at the white dolphin that looked like it was sculpted from crystal, feeling completely dazed. She pushed forward with one hand, refusing to back down here no matter what.

With Bai Aina's strong push, the two had already gone down 500 meters. The passage they had come down from had been submerged in mud, and they could not use the teleportation spell here, otherwise their bodies would become completely integrated with the mud.

"Die! Aaaaaaah!" Due to the high-frequency vibrations, Bai Aina's body suddenly exploded, revealing a slightly smaller version of herself underneath. Then, the white dolphin, supported by the subsequent power, swelled up again.

"What the hell?! This guy turned himself into a Russian nesting doll, using the consumption of each layer of the doll to strengthen his own power?!" Mu Xishuang was slightly stunned, but she couldn't muster any stronger power to fight back.

The white spirit of the sea swallowed its opponent.

Chapter Seventy-Six Epilogue

Desperately urging its blue flames to try and stop the falling white dolphin, no matter how much it pushed its cosmos, it couldn't stop Beaina's 'self-destructive offensive'. The cracking of each layer of its body only brought forth a continuous force that allowed the spirit of the sea to expand.

"This guy can do this too...?" Mu Xishuang frowned as countless wounds burst open on his right arm. She glanced at the rebirth cross placed in her storage space and sighed. "Oh well, the mission is already complete anyway."

The next moment, the dark light completely dissipated, and the blue flames were instantly extinguished. Without any obstruction, the white dolphin completely engulfed the armored girl. The rapidly expanding white vortex shattered everything around it into molecules, creating a void.

"Ha...ha? I won?" Looking around but not finding Mu Xishuang, and recalling the feeling of the hit just now...Bai Aina was probably certain that she had indeed turned her opponent to ashes, leaving not even her armor.

Why did that gossip suddenly give up resisting? This guy doesn't seem like a misanthropic... Bai Aina paced back and forth in place, clearly sensing that something was wrong, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what was amiss.

Expanding the 'circle', Bai Aina could sense that the energy flowing through the earth had calmed down, likely related to the death of Mu Xishuang, the main person in charge of the formation. Thank goodness, at least the formation stopped operating after the other party died.

Even so, this city... is probably already a ghost town. Thinking of what she had just eaten, Bai Aina's face turned pale, a strong feeling of nausea washing over her, making her legs tremble.

On the ground, after seeing Bai Aina knock Mu Xishuang into the ground, Ladia immediately dragged Steve away. From their previous entry point, the ground rapidly collapsed, and an artificial basin hundreds of meters wide quickly took shape.

Like a groundhog, she dug a tunnel through the ground, pushed aside the dirt blocking her way with her paws, and slowly crawled out. After absorbing Lambda, who had been de-mentally disabled, back into her body, she finally took a good look around.

"Hmm? Looks like I climbed pretty accurately after all." Bai Aina looked at the sky in the distance, which was now ablaze with red, and couldn't help but smile bitterly. The radiating Nen energy forming a 'circle' gave her answer: there were indeed survivors.

Some of the survivors took to the skies by plane, delaying their dissolution. It seems that the farther away from the ground, the less affected they were by the national transmutation array, so a certain number of survivors remained... though not many.

"Uh..." Steve, pale-faced, recovered from the effects of the Foolish Demonic Sound and was freed from the Great Foolishness Spell. He wasn't entirely without memory of what had just happened; the way he'd fallen to the ground and babbled was simply too embarrassing.

More importantly... almost all the citizens of New York City were refined into Spirit Pearls and Red Stones. Even though the mission was completed because of this, what was the point? Steve looked at the flat plains around him, feeling no joy at completing the mission, only disappointment, self-blame, and regret.

"Your mission..." As if he had thought of something, Steve looked at Radia beside him, wanting to say something, but couldn't get the words out.

“It’s alright, but this level of punishment… I can still accept it.” Latia shook her head, picked up a handful of yellow earth from the ground, and slowly released it. Watching the yellow earth scatter in the wind, her heart was filled with sorrow.

"Heave-ho..." Having crawled out of the ground, Baina waved to Steve and Latia in the distance, calling out from afar, "Hey~~~ you two, are you alright?"

"Thankfully, I won't die anytime soon." Although there was a hole in her chest, Latia received emergency treatment and won't die anytime soon.

"I'm fine. I want to make some contact to see if there are any survivors at Hydra's headquarters." Steve wanted to take out his communication device, but unfortunately, it had been completely destroyed in the battle just now.

"Then what are we waiting for? Of course we're leaving! Are we going to wait for a plane to pick us up?"

“Miss Karami… what a strong spirit she has, as if she has not been affected at all.”

"Don't call me Galami anymore, call me Baina. That's my real name... or rather, my code name? Anyway, don't call me that name anymore."

"Is that so? I understand. Miss Ga...Baiina. And why are you staring at Mr. Steve?"

"Is that even a question? It's a very simple principle. The legendary Steve Rogers is right in front of me. Even though I'm injured and just had a big fight with a crazy woman, all I can see is him."

"Uh... I've heard of that. It's a line from Baki-Dou. Was it said by Hanma Sojiro when he was confronting Miyamoto Musashi?"

"What?! You've actually read 'Baki-Dou' but not 'The Merchant of the Fang Journey'? That's way too amateurish."

"Actually, I've seen it too. Karami is the female protagonist's name, but it's never been mentioned. I just felt it wasn't right to say so, so I didn't."

"..."

In the rather awkward atmosphere, Steve looked at the two girls chatting casually and sighed. Sure enough, he couldn't keep up with their train of thought.

After reuniting with the surviving Hydra members, Steve discovered that Zola and the group of scientists led by Gentex were unharmed. He frowned in obvious displeasure, but suppressed his anger and patiently began to communicate.

Before the red light appeared in the city, Zola had already retrieved the Helicarrier stolen from S.H.I.E.L.D. from his storage space and arranged for the survivors to board it. Naturally, those who were useful were given priority, so the scientists were the first to board the Helicarrier.

Steve's face turned ashen upon hearing this, but he couldn't blame Zola. After all, according to the original plan, as long as he and Bai Aina successfully beheaded Mu Xishuang, there wouldn't be so many casualties.

There's no time to delve into those matters now; Steve has many things to deal with. He needs to negotiate with various national agencies to decide the future of this planet, ensuring that this story world becomes a suitable logistical base.

Steve didn't feel any relief after the battle ended; on the contrary, the most tiring period for him was yet to come.

"It's a bit out of character to say this, but I wanted to ask... can we eat something now? I just finished a match, and I'm starving..."

Chapter Seventy-Seven: Bai Aina Awaits You in My Dream

“You will be blessed.” The voice, like that of an old man and a child, like that of a woman and a man, like that of a saint and a sinner, rang out in my silent yet resolute ears.

"Get out of the painful past experiences. Your wife and your children, none of them would not want you to get out of the swamp of grief."

The voice continued to convey the message, and the laughter within it enraged the silent warrior. Having fought on the front lines, facing monsters like the Shoggoths, his resilience rendered ordinary dreams utterly ineffective against him.

"Impossible!" the soldier exclaimed, but the voices coming from all directions showed no sign of stopping because of him.

"You have done what is right for the people and followed the path of justice. From now on, a wise and good life will continue for you."

"Get the hell out of here! You son of a bitch!" the warrior roared angrily, and the voice in the void seemed to be frustrated and disappeared.

"Damn it, you won't listen to reason, so here comes the punishment! You've forgotten the Great Hair Washing Technique, you bastard!" Leaping out from the void, Bai Aina grabbed the warrior's head. Both were spiritual entities, so naturally, the one with stronger spiritual power would win. Thus, without a doubt, Bai Aina held the black warrior's head in one hand.

Little by little, the sorrow was slowly peeled away, and the grief and pain in the Black soldier's heart for his wife and daughter were uprooted. The emotions that could have caused his temperamental change were removed, and in a strangely peaceful state, he fell asleep.

The dream resurfaced with a striking change: the once dark battlefield had transformed into a bright park. Led by his wife and children, the Black soldier strolled across the grass, embracing a brand new future... something like that?

In the eternal mansion—a reflection of the heart's tides—a bloated Bai Aina awaits your arrival in her dreams.

Having emerged from the dreams of others, Baina arrived in the Dreamland. Due to the different world she inhabited, the environment here was quite peculiar, unlike the enigmatic descriptions found in the Cthulhu Mythos.

After consuming the black goat cub, Baina successfully acquired the cub's special physique and skills. Perhaps due to the severe drop in her Sanity, she even learned a spell.

The Dreamer's Assistance spell can only be used before a dreamer in the waking world falls asleep. The spell will launch the dreamer directly into the dream world. They will arrive at the terrifying Vale of Pnath, a place littered with countless skeletons and inhabited by ghouls and strange, horrifying giant worms.

But Baina didn't see these strange creatures. Instead, the world was predominantly gray, with only occasional large amounts of oil or twisted steel bars appearing on the road. Although they looked extremely eerie, they unexpectedly served as road signs.

There was nothing else besides that; the entire dreamscape was devoid of any living creatures, appearing empty and desolate.

Perhaps because this world lacks gods and strange creatures, even the appearance of the Dream Realm is extremely monotonous. As for why there are steel bars and oil... even Bai Aina doesn't know.

However, to her great surprise, Baina discovered that she could enter other people's dreams through the Dream Realm. The Dream Realm often contained brightly colored bubbles, and one could merge into them simply by touching them with a finger.

Here, she encountered countless people grieving the loss of their loved ones. The vast majority of them had lost their loved ones because of the New York incident, and their dreams had turned into nightmares, in which they constantly lingered.

With nothing else to do, Bai Aina would frequently enter their dreams, feeding them comforting words and platitudes. If those didn't work, then she'd have to resort to a thorough shampoo to cure them—better than having them cry and whine all the time.

I usually feel like throwing up when I read inspirational quotes, but now even Bai Aina, who is giving inspirational quotes to others, feels like throwing up herself.

In any case, this is better than letting them lose faith in life. If we can just take a more relaxed view of these things and keep our eyes on the future, the road will continue to stretch forward, and as long as we don't stop, everything will...

Ahem, I digress. Anyway, Baina quite enjoyed wandering in the Dreamland. Although it was a bit monotonous, it was very quiet, unlike the noisy New York City of today, which was simply unbearable to stay in.

After this mission concludes, Baina will still be able to stay for another week. Steve and Latia, however, have no immediate plans to leave, but they are both unable to do so due to their own commitments.

Because of the ongoing reconstruction, construction noises can be heard constantly in New York City. The 24-hour shift system successfully demonstrates the superiority of capitalism; at least no one is dead or lying on the ground unable to get up, so everyone has to go to work.

Latia also regularly stayed in the medical ward, responsible for treating post-traumatic stress disorder and mental illnesses such as depression. Although she appeared indifferent, the occasional smile that flashed through her eyes was incredibly charming, earning her universal praise.

If Ladia had worn a proper nurse's uniform instead of the Healing Church's uniform, she might have received even more praise.

Meanwhile, Steve was constantly negotiating with the United States and other countries. Transforming this world into a dedicated logistical hub without resorting to force or brainwashing was an extremely difficult task.

Zola had proposed more than once the large-scale construction of mind control towers or the deployment of mind-controlling nanomachines into water sources. However, Steve had rejected these proposals on more than one occasion; he would never agree to use such methods.

However, after offering sufficient benefits and demonstrating ample military might, Steve successfully won the respect of all nations. He wasn't some kind of demon; he simply entered the White House uninvited and had a late-night snack with President Trump.

"This chicken is a bit overcooked... Does President Trump usually eat this? This won't do; it's easy for him to suffer from lumbar strain."

Talking this casually, Steve completed the alliance agreements with various countries with unimaginable speed. Soon, on an artificial floating island in the Pacific Ocean, the flag of Hydra would be raised.

This empire will not be made public; it will be a secret empire known only to the leaders of various countries.

Chapter Seventy-Eight: Leveling Up

By day, she analyzed chakra and Haki; by night, she enlightened others in their dreams, helping them emerge from their grief and face a hopeful tomorrow. Bai Aina's days were fulfilling, and six days of the week passed quickly.

During this time, Bai Aina also took the opportunity to spar with Steve. Under equal physical conditions and without any other miscellaneous cheats, the Flowing Air Control Circle combined with perfect force dissipation is enough to perfectly defend against Nail Fist or Dolphin Fist. Even if she uses True Martial Shock Zen, she will be targeted by the opponent with a tranquilizer.

As for the more powerful Breaking Zen Dolphin Nail Gun or Breaking Zen Ice Axe Dolphin Fist, they were neutralized by Garnett's Fist or the Fourteen Great Protectors of the Nation.

In terms of pure combat, Steve possesses abilities that surpass those of Bai Ai Na. Whether it's Liangshan martial arts, the Fourteen Great Skills of the National Protection, or Jiro's anesthesia technique, these all give him exceptionally rich skills, making him far stronger than the half-baked perfect creature.

Bai Aina's interest in martial arts and combat was undeniably strong. Although the purity of her Instinct, achieved through physical modification, was somewhat low and couldn't compare to that of a certain mute Central Plains Sword Saint, it was still comparable to the Instinct achieved by changing her hair color.

If the Voice of One Hand is considered level nine in terms of pre-emptive strike, then Ultra Instinct: Omen is at most level one, and the complete Ultra Instinct is around level five. While Bai Aina's pre-emptive strike purity is slightly lower, it's still level five!

Okay, the above was just speculation. According to Steve, Baiana's weakness in close combat is that she's not well-rounded. Although she has a variety of fancy special moves, her close-quarters combat skills are quite limited, only at the level of mastering basic fighting techniques.

This is to be expected. Although Bai Aina learned various martial arts through her clones, they were mostly low-level martial arts techniques. They were far inferior to the Liang Shanbo martial arts or the Fourteen Great Martial Arts of the Protectorate that Steve learned, not to mention Jiro's tranquilizer technique.

Despite Zola's strong opposition, Steve, recalling Baina's life-saving grace and her act of rescuing the city from peril, still taught her some of Jiro's anesthesia techniques and the essentials of the Fourteen Great Protectors of the Nation, enriching her foundation.