I'm in another world, and I start out transformed into Lancelot.

Wow! Even Lyme says it's a great deal!

Pei-Chia held up a rainbow star-shaped candy and proudly offered it to Xiao-Lu, whose complexion had improved slightly after drinking some jelly: "Xiao-Lu, try this! It's so sweet and gives you a great feeling of energy!"

Xiao Lu took the candy, took a small bite, and the sweetness melted on her tongue. "This is...a huge help..."

“Test results updated,” Lyme’s calm electronic voice announced. “In addition to the medical and maintenance items that have been analyzed, the Pedanium energy tank reserve test is complete, the Nebula Space Jump Core readings are stable, and all navigation systems are in good standby condition.”

"Logical deduction: Based on the current abundance of supplies and assessment of the aircraft's condition (it is estimated that it can be restored to the full combat threshold in 1.5 Earth days), the risk controllability of the subsequent long-range flight plan has been increased to above the expected value."

Remembering his mission, Xiao Lu's voice suddenly lowered, "Although Greiza has been dealt with, the fragments left by my father... are still scattered in other universes."

The heavy responsibility that came from his blood weighed on his shoulders more heavily than any physical injury.

Chapter 129 Props Discussion Night and Expiration Anxiety

The postwar clamor of the armory settled into a muffled background noise several blocks away. Rose sank barefoot into the cloud-shaped sofa, the temperature-controlled floor dispelling the coolness of the Tokyo Bay night breeze through her soles.

The semi-transparent light screen floating in front of me is playing the final episode of "Ultraman Zeta" at 16x speed.

The moment the Zestiem Ray, wielding its life-or-death power, pierced through Cerebro's ultimate fusion beast, she lightly flicked her finger, and the scene abruptly ended.

"Playback complete." Huang Douqiu popped half of a sugar-coated simulated donut out of the snack basket. "Boss, all video data has been archived in the cosmic-level emergency response database."

“Well done.” Rose sat up from the back of the sofa, her icy blue eyes reflecting the fading ending credits on the screen. “But that’s not the point.”

She flicked her finger through the air, and the icon of the [Water Mirror Magic Morgan Edition], which displayed a chaotic star map, hummed and enlarged into a holographic projection. The time limit below had turned red; it would mercilessly disappear as soon as the two finished their journey in this world.

The soybean ball immediately flung the donut and rolled it to the bottom of the projection, its beady eyes nervously scanning the subtle energy decay ripples around the icon's edge: "Boss, are we really going to just watch it become expired junk?!"

“Of course not.” Rose’s fingertips traced the fairy wing patterns in the center of the water mirror, and the phantom of Queen Morgan appeared and disappeared in the ripples. “The Boss allowed me to scrape together some scraps to prove that it would make way for the plot’s plausibility under special circumstances.”

The screen instantly filled with a storm of emoticons resembling soybean balls: "Boss, you wouldn't be thinking—" "—Testing the boundaries." Rose cut off its scream, pulled up a real-time satellite image of Tokyo Bay, and swiftly tapped the coordinates of an abandoned shipyard in Yokohama Port. The phantom image of Morgan's Water Mirror instantly covered the map!

"Splash—" The void seemed to be torn apart by an invisible hand! Seawater poured into the suddenly opened dark blue vortex, and returned to calm a few seconds later, leaving only a few fresh, stardust-scented corrosion marks on the dock's metal supports.

"It's...it's a success?!" The soybean-shaped sphere vibrated rapidly. "But...no space monsters came out! The energy feedback is only 0.3 Zeta Ray units!"

“Of course it won’t succeed.” Rose turned off the water mirror projection, a sly glint in her eyes. “This is just a space displacement test—pre-emptively throwing potential future battlefields into the trash can. The system didn’t issue any warnings, which means the Boss has tacitly approved this kind of harmless pre-processing.”

“But what does this have to do with our Water Mirror!” “Duh.” She tapped the heat dissipation vent of the soybean ball, “It proves that we can legally develop additional functions for props without changing the main storyline.”

Huang Douqiu's beady eyes suddenly lit up with a lightbulb symbol: "For example, throwing the Peddane scraps piled up by the maintenance team to Morgan as building materials?"

"Do you want to be enforced across time and space by her holy lance?"

Rose shuddered as she recalled the cross-lostness attack she had seen in Melsin's memories.

She pulled up the armory maintenance list, “What’s even more valuable is this—” She swiped her finger across an ultra-high-definition spectral record of Greza being destroyed by Beria’s Twilight.

"The negative-mass dust that escaped after the complete annihilation of the Void Core can theoretically stabilize the spacetime curvature of the Water Mirror. This is an extremely rare material, the still-warm remnant of the battlefield that was just processed."

The projected image then changed: dark purple stardust, enveloped in the light of the water mirror, wriggled like living things and merged into the chaotic background, while a line of small text appeared next to the item's countdown timer—[Spacetime Stability +12%]

“Look, even expired items can be used as enhancement materials.” Rose leaned back on the sofa, her long hair flowing like a golden river. “As long as we find more plot scraps.”

"For example, the Greza phase dust that wasn't fully recovered from the last battlefield!" Huang Douqiu excitedly slammed open the holographic keyboard. "The report says there might still be some hidden in the crevices of certain special buildings! Boss, we'll use the probe wave—"

“Sampling discreetly,” Rose emphasized. “The boss allows sampling, but large-scale disturbances are prohibited. Remember to disguise it as residual energy pollution detection and purification.”

With a light tap of her finger, the screen instantly switched to a data map of the war-torn post-war streets, marking several abnormal points of residual energy.

“The armory’s cleanup report needs this data.” Morgan’s water mirror icon was embedded in an application document labeled “High-Risk Residual Energy Purification Auxiliary Program.” “The harmless samples collected during the treatment process naturally fall within the scope of reasonable research consumables.”

Huang Douqiu's emoticon suddenly twisted into a cold laugh like Jugglus Juggler's: "The captain will cry when he sees the extra special air purifier usage fee and consumable surcharge suddenly appearing on the expense report, right?"

“He’ll just be glad he saved on potential cleanup costs and risks.” Rose turned off the screen, pulled a strawberry energy bar from her snack basket, and took a bite. “Now, it’s time to address the real problem—”

The air seemed to freeze for a moment, with only the water mirror icon in mid-air spinning eerily, and the small print below, representing the expiration date, stained blood red.

Rose suddenly slammed the energy bar on the coffee table: "In the end, it's still not reconciliation!" She grabbed a cushion and pressed it against her face, her muffled roar buzzing through the cotton: "She could be a cross-universe cleaner! But all she can do is pick up trash! Even opening a time-travel café and having the Mefilas aliens pay with their family heirlooms as admission is against the rules!"

"Boss, calm down! At least we've collected Lu's blood sample! The data from the Belial factor mixed with the light life form is enough to publish three cosmic-level papers—"

"And then the Land of Light's security forces come knocking on our door to check our water meter?" Rose sneered, pulling off a cushion. "Hikari will definitely dismantle our lab and install his light particle converter inside."

She deeply regrets registering an account on the Cosmic Forum; now she can't even deceive herself.

The two, one human and one ball, stared at each other in the darkness. The yellow bean ball silently floated toward the beverage counter, extending its small straw to hook onto the collector's edition cherry blossom matcha powder jar.

As the crisp aroma of tea mingled with the delicate petals unfurled in the cup, Rose suddenly spoke up: "Perhaps... it's time to change our approach."

Since we can't throw it away, let's leave it. The water mirror projection unfolded again, and Morgan's phantom slowly raised his hand in front of the chaotic star map.

"Disassemble the main body of the item into basic runes and reverse-encode them into the backup firewall of the soybean ball—" The light screen exploded with a waterfall of data, "That way, even if the main body expires, it can at least inherit the [Immune to Spacetime Pollution] characteristic, so that next time we encounter an existence of the level of Greiza."

"That way, you can filter out its Cero like bathwater!"

In the laboratory late at night, there was only the faint glow of the screen and the warm glow of the emergency light strip in the corner.

Rose was almost completely enveloped in the cloud-shaped sofa, her long hair spread out casually like a frozen golden waterfall.

A holographic projection screen floated in front of her, displaying a densely packed array of basic rune models deconstructed by Morgan's Water Mirror, alongside a firewall compatibility test report that was running synchronously from the soybean ball.

The progress bar in the center of the screen, showing 94.7%, moved slowly like a snail climbing a hill.

"Aaaaaah—!" Soybean Ball suddenly emitted an extremely anthropomorphic, frantic electronic sound, its round body making small-angle circular motions above the energy drink cup.

"How come the last 5.3% of phase calibration is so stubborn, boss? It's like mochi stuck to a dorayaki, you just can't peel it off!"

It simulates an emoticon that has been forcefully pulled and deformed.

Rose rested her chin on one hand, while the fingers of her other hand unconsciously tapped lightly in the air: "What's the rush? In this kind of precision engineering, the last 5% is the key dividing line between what is usable and what can withstand the Grizza bathwater filtration level."

As she spoke, she gave a small yawn, her thick eyelashes drooping down like tiny fans. The long hours of intense concentration required for rune inscription were indeed mentally taxing.

"But... Boss!" Soybean Ball slowed down, and an emoticon appeared on the screen saying "Staying up late is bad for your skin..."

"Your Perfect Mechanic skin radiance index is trending downwards! Zero recommends entering an efficient hibernation program!" It simulates a considerate wavy line symbol.

Rose glanced at it, a faint smile playing on her lips: "Are you implying that I've been staying up late? Or that your visual sensors need to be calibrated by King Joe?"

"Uh..." The soybean ball froze instantly, garbled characters flashing across the screen, pretending to scan the nano-light strip on the ceiling. "Report, boss! Sensor precision has reached the nanometer level! Error is less than, um, the volume of a quark!"

"Beep beep!" The multi-functional environmental detector in the corner of the laboratory, used for "reasonable collection of harmless samples," suddenly vibrated slightly, and the indicator light on the sampling container at the top changed from blue to green.

Huang Douqiu's bean-like eyes immediately locked onto a target like an activated radar: "Boss! The analysis report on the Greza residue sample is out!"

It swiftly slid to the side of the instrument and projected the report: [Sample Name: Battlefield Dust Residue (Number: Gz-Ph-0027) Analysis Results: Negative mass properties are stable! Spatial entropy decay rate is below the expected threshold!]

"Conclusion!" Rose interrupted the data stream abruptly.

"Conclusion: Ultra-pure! It can totally be used as mochi—no, I mean, it can be used as a high-level consumable as a spacetime stabilizer in the water mirror!" Soybean Ball excitedly spun around.

Before the Morgan Water Mirror completely expires, make the most of time and space, turning "trash" into "treasure"—that's the attitude a genius mechanic should have.

Chapter 130 (4K) Who dumped Bemstein on my doorstep?

"Done~" After sending the leave request to Commander Kuriyama's email, Lori, with a lazy expression, slumped into the cloud-shaped sofa in the center of the temperature-controlled floor.

Huang Douqiu eagerly pushed over a cup of energy drink with a straw: "Boss, the equipment self-check program has started! Ready to go!"

The "closed experiment" of one person, one ball, thus began.

The laboratory lighting was adjusted to the most comfortable warm orange hue, and a huge holographic screen occupied half of the wall.

On one side is a dynamic model of the "negative mass dust" left by Greza, magnified to the molecular level. The dark purple particles, like ghosts in the deep universe, are lazily floating in a special force field.

On the other side are several strands of black and red light particles sealed in high-dimensional crystals—Geed's light particle samples, which occasionally burst out with a heart-pounding, restless light under the stimulation of a simulated strong gravitational field.

"Boss! The phase stability of the negative mass dust is acting up again! 137th attempt to link to the water mirror's fundamental spacetime anchor point... failed! Is it a version incompatibility?!"

Rose yawned slightly, but her sharp eyes caught an unusual jump in the light particle simulation area: "Zero, record. When the Geed particle sample came into contact with the simulated Beria factor magnetic field spectrum, the activity increased by 15.8%, and the synchronization rate fluctuation peak exceeded the threshold line... Interesting, the legacy of the father is still lingering."

Research is the main thing, but "slacking off" is the soul of it all.

Several key experiments were uploaded to the backstage, and Rose comfortably clicked on the live stream of the Interstellar Food Channel, watching with great interest as the gourmets used gravitational wave traction techniques to create the largest tiramisu in the galaxy.

Meanwhile, in another corner, Huang Douqiu opened the "Ultimate Dorayaki Filling Ratio Simulator," and his little paws were busy having a great time.

Various emoticons such as "Delicious!" and "What a disaster!" flashed across the screen, and the laboratory was filled with the virtual aroma of baked pancakes.

Just as Rose was pondering over the Supernova Lava Cake in the live stream, Huang Douqiu was attempting for the nth time to stuff the brown sugar mochi filling into the red bean paste version—

"Whoosh—!!!"

The energy pulse signal, carrying boundless madness and a metallic, abrasive quality, shattered the tranquility of the laboratory like a thunderclap exploding out of nowhere.

On the central alarm screen, a ferocious crimson demon sword head icon flashed wildly: [Extremely high-risk non-disorder chaotic energy burst detected! Coordinates locked: Airspace surrounding Ultraman Zeta! Signal signature comparison: 100% Belial Twilight!]

"Tsk, is that broken sword acting up again?" Rose sat up straight instantly, her languid expression vanishing. "Zero! Highest-level sampling protocol activated!"

"Target: Residual energy from the uncontrolled release of Belial Twilight! Time window... estimated to be only 2.7 seconds, during the bickering between it and Zeta! Hurry!"

"Understood, boss!" Three slender, hair-like sampling probes, shimmering with a deep blue light, instantly popped out from the surface of the soybean ball.

"Acquisition unit preheating complete! Position pre-locking algorithm in operation! Energy camouflage force field activated!!"

The holographic screen instantly split into dozens of monitoring screens, accurately tracking the real-time situation on the battlefield: Zeta was desperately trying to grab the hilt of his sword, while Belial Twilight arrogantly floated in the air, laughing maniacally.

Dark red lightning and turbulent purple-black energy burst forth around the sword, tearing through space! The rampant energy was the perfect opportunity for sampling!

"Now!" Rose shouted, her fingertips drawing complex rune trails in the air.

The three probes of the soybean ball silently blended into the folds of space, like the most skillful thief, appearing silently on the edge of the storm erupting with Belial's twilight energy.

Pop... Sizzle... Whoosh! Three barely perceptible ripples flashed by.

The probe accurately and efficiently captured several strands of highly concentrated "Beria factor twilight chaotic composite energy reverberation" that were the most fundamental characteristics of that violent energy.

The entire process was lightning fast, perfectly concealed beneath the brilliance of the energy burst.

Just as the data collection was completed and the probe was about to be withdrawn, Belial's head at the core of the demonic sword suddenly turned sharply in the distant direction where Rose's laboratory was located.

Those scarlet metallic eyes seemed to pierce through space, staring straight at us!

Rose turned her head away slightly, her fingertips swiftly sweeping across the air, forcibly severing all sampling and transmission links.

After all, this demonic sword has always been capricious and reckless, and she was really afraid that the other party would strike at her in the next second.

"Boss... the activity level of this energy sample is ridiculously high, 300% more dangerous than Xiao Lu's milder version. It feels like it might bite us at any moment..."

"First, place it in deep hibernation and seal it, then label it as [Extremely dangerous, flammable, and explosive (mental pollution attribute)]."

Rose decisively gave the order, but her eyes were fixed on the few strands of dark red and purplish-black energy that had been collected and were twisting wildly in the special container, as if they were alive.

"Fortune favors the bold~ The original Belial factor mixed with the independent will of the Demon Sword... even Hikari would be envious."

When the last sample of the runaway energy from the Belial Twilight was successfully sealed deep within a specially designed container, the nerve-wracking red alarm light in the laboratory finally went out.

The exhaustion from intense scientific research, mixed with the stinging sensation of being "glared" at by that broken sword, surged up like a tide.

Rose sank into the sofa, her long hair spreading out like melting gold leaf, her consciousness gradually sinking into a chaotic warm orange hue.

However, this hard-won tranquility did not last long.

"Buzz—Buzz—!!" A short, sharp buzzing sound abruptly shattered the silence!

"Whoaaaaaah!!!" Huang Douqiu jumped up in fright, knocking his drink over. "Boss! It's an emergency contact from the armory!"

Rose opened her eyes abruptly, her icy blue pupils sharpening like blades after a moment of confusion, the lingering sleepiness completely dispelled by the jarring noise.

She reflexively turned on the terminal, projecting Yuka's face, which was almost touching the screen and filled with immense terror.

"Doctor! Emergency!" Yuka's voice was shrill, almost splitting into two. "The cosmic monster codenamed Bemstar has suddenly re-entered the atmosphere from outer space! Its...its trajectory...it's been precisely calculated..."

Yuka took a deep breath: "Its final destination! Is your high-rise apartment building! Please evacuate immediately!"

On the 3D city map that pops up on the screen, a huge, ferocious bird-shaped monster dot, like the red pointer of death, is pointing at the cursor representing Rose's apartment building on the map with terrifying speed and precision!

My heart sank heavily into my chest.

Bemstar! A colossal cosmic monster, infamous for its energy-devouring ferocity and greed! Even more troublesome is its light-absorbing belly, which is practically the bane of Ultra Warriors!

Why would it head straight for her lair? Was it attracted by the energy particles emitted from the experiment?

"Understood." Rose's voice was unusually calm as she abruptly ended the communication, not having time to listen to Yuuka's anxious calls.

"Zero!" She jumped up from the sofa, her bare feet touching the cool floor. "Activate all outer automatic defenses! Deploy all physical barriers! Focus on reinforcing the upper shield array!"

"Received!! Iron Wall Defense Protocol Activated at Maximum Load!!" The soybean ball instantly entered combat mode, its surface radiating light, and countless tiny command streams shot towards the core of the building's security system like a meteor shower.