The other side.
The residence of the Stellaron Hunters.
Firefly looked at the five small packages of Oak Cake Rolls that were sent through the portal.
She was quite curious about what this cake roll would taste like.
Lin Shuang said the taste was strange, which made people want to try it.
Thinking of this, Firefly temporarily removed Sam's armor, exposing her real body to the outside world for a short period of time.
Although the symptoms of Entropy Loss Syndrome would become more serious over time if she didn't lie in the medical cabin, she could still squeeze out enough time to eat a small pastry.
Firefly chuckled and tore open the packaging bag.
She picked up this cake roll of unknown brand and stuffed it into her mouth.
"Hmm... it's so hard; is this considered a cake?"
After taking a bite, the cake roll with a strange flavor quickly filled Firefly's mouth.
Even Firefly knew the texture and taste that normal food and normal cakes should have.
Apparently there is nothing normal about this Oak Cake Roll.
It really tastes weird.
But...
"Hmm, it tastes surprisingly good. And it seems to be very filling."
Firefly covered her bulging little mouth with one hand and looked down at the packaging bag. She found that the bag didn't even have a clear list of ingredients.
Quite a three-no product.
Could it be that this is a local tourist product that Lin Shuang saw somewhere?
While Firefly was savoring the cake roll with a unique flavor, she was trying to imagine its origin.
A cake roll itself is not big, and Firefly didn't plan to stay in the outside world for too long.
So after eating only half of it, Firefly summoned the Sam Armor again.
The armor is completely closed.
The self-test and body scan procedures are automatically started, and the power-on test is completed.
However, the next second, Sam popped up a voice prompt that surprised Firefly:
"Scan results show that vital signs are normal, and the symptoms of entropy have subsided by 95%. Unknown substances and energy residues have been detected in the stomach and mouth. Please apply for sampling and testing."
"...Wha?!"
Firefly looked at the system report in disbelief, and her breathing suddenly became rapid.
After taking a few deep breaths and calming down her voice, Firefly chose to take samples for testing.
However, the testing took longer than she expected.
After about an hour, the machine gave the analysis results.
"Power and matter from unknown sources. Preliminary judgment shows that its effect can suppress Entropy Loss Syndrome, and the duration of the effect is considerable. No side effects have been found yet."
"Conclusion: It can be used as a specific drug for Entropy Loss Syndrome and can be used for daily activities, but the pharmacology is unknown, and it is not recommended to be put into mass production immediately."
Sam did not find any similar substance in her database and could only classify it as 'unknown.'.
However, in the cake roll sampled from Firefly's mouth, it was possible to detect some extremely inert force hidden within it.
The combination of this energy and matter can suppress the entropy loss in Firefly to more than 90%.
The symptoms of entropy loss were also greatly suppressed.
Even if the armor is taken off now, the speed at which Firefly gradually loses entropy will almost come to a standstill.
According to calculations, only four hours of dressing treatment are required each day.
Firefly is expected to be able to live without armor during the day for at least a month.
And it will not aggravate her own entropy loss.
Of course, this is just a preliminary calculation result.
As for the passage of time, this data will definitely fluctuate, and the efficacy of the drug may decrease over time.
It may rebound after stopping the medication, or it may be consumed more due to life activities, etc.
But anyway.
This result still made Firefly burst into tears.
Entropy Loss Syndrome.
For Firefly, it is a nightmare that has been haunting her. Because of this disease, Firefly has to stay inside the mecha almost all the time to receive treatment and survive.
Once the armor is removed, the loss of entropy will begin to eat away at her body.
The mecha can suppress the symptoms, but it also almost eliminates the possibility for Firefly to establish herself in the world.
Only during some infiltration missions will Firefly take off her armor briefly and face the world as Firefly.
And now.
Because Lin Shuang handed over a piece of cake roll so easily.
She gained the freedom to move around freely as Firefly.
Firefly stared blankly at the test results for a long while.
Then she suddenly woke up and quickly opened Lin Shuang's chat box.
[Firefly: Lin Shuang, where did you get these cake rolls?]
[Firefly: Do you know the effect of this cake roll?]
At the same time, on the Xianzhou—
Lin Shuang was covered in sweat, her thin pajamas soaked with sweat and stuck tightly to her skin. With her heavy breathing, the plump part of her chest kept trembling, outlining her extremely seductive figure.
At this moment, Lin Shuang was completely exhausted, her face flushed, and she stared at Acheron, whose aura had not changed, with some resentment:
"Ha...ha...you're too harsh!! You weren't like this last time."
Acheron picked up the phone and took a picture. She then didn't care that Lin Shuang was sweating profusely and touched her head.
"When you stick to a system, you progress very quickly, and today's limit is much higher than last time."
The power of her Path had not changed significantly, but Lin Shuang could withstand the erosion of more powerful Nihility.
According to this status quo, the power of the Path of Permanence would be greatly improved in a short period of time.
Acheron could only attribute this to the fact that the ritual with Silver Wolf was quite effective.
In this way, Acheron also roughly understood how Lin Shuang became stronger.
Although it was very strange and completely incomprehensible, it was what it was now.
After performing rituals with different people, Lin Shuang was not only able to gain unique abilities but also enhance her own qualities.
Although it was not the first time Acheron had known this, after seeing Lin Shuang's speed of progress, Acheron couldn't help but sigh in her heart that Lin Shuang's talent was really a bit cheating.
"…Just a reminder. I was almost scared by you."
Lin Shuang weakly raised her hand and patted Acheron's arm a few times.
But it was obvious that Lin Shuang had no strength at all at this moment.
This person increased the dosage without saying a word, and Lin Shuang was caught off guard and suffered a lot.
Although the Path of Permanence had indeed made obvious progress, Lin Shuang still couldn't help but want to complain.
Acheron looked at the sweat stains on her arm, then looked at Lin Shuang, who was smiling, and realized that she did it on purpose.
So Acheron reached out and picked up Lin Shuang, holding her in her arms like a princess.
"Wha—what are you doing?!"
"Taking you to take a shower; you're dirty."
"…You're the one who did all this! And you think it's dirty?!"
Lin Shuang collapsed powerlessly on Acheron. Apart from being able to remain stubborn, she was completely unable to resist any of Acheron's actions.
Although it was not the first time Acheron had seen this, she still found it very interesting to see Lin Shuang being so stubborn.
While Liu Shuang's body was slack, she mumbled complaints, leaning on Acheron's chest, and Acheron could feel Lin Shuang's hot breath on her breasts through her thin nightgown as she led her to the bathroom.
It felt… nice?
Acheron laid down Lin Shuang on the floor next to the bathtub, and Lin Shuang shivered from the cold tiles lining the ground.
"Okay, you can just leave me here, and I'll do the rest—"
"No."
"Wha?"
Lin Shuang looked disbelievingly at Acheron, who looked away from Lin Shuang's accusatory gaze.
As Lin Shuang lay on the floor of the bathroom defenseless, her pajamas basically see-through from her sweat, looking pitiful, Acheron naturally couldn't help but gulp in anticipation.
"Hey! I heard that!"
At Lin Shuang's complaint, Acheron leaned over Lin Shuang before reaching for the top buttons of her pajama. Lin Shuang looked away in embarrassment, her face getting hotter, her neck fully vulnerable.
Ignoring her reaction, Acheron slowly unbuttoned Lin Shuang's top, revealing her bare skin, and she shivered as her sensitive nipples felt the cold air. Lin Shuang gulped as Acheron finished and started on her lower half.
Acheron put one hand on Lin Shuang's abdomen, her hand spreading warmth across Lin Shuang's lower half, causing her to feel strange.
Her other hand grasped the end of Lin Shuang's pants, Acheron's thumb slowly entering the crevice from her lower abdomen and circling over to her hips, lowering her pants in a swift and clean motion, circling her thumb to her left hip, lowering her pants even further, revealing her clean pubic mound.
Finishing taking off all of Lin Shuang's clothing, Acheron put her arms under Lin Shuang's knees and her shoulders, lifting her before lowering her into the showering cubicle.
She held Lin Shuang in a sitting position by holding up her back with one hand and held the shower head with the other. After checking the temperature, she started watering Lin Shuang, making sure all of her sweat and other fluids were washed off.
When Acheron raised her arms to reach for the soap, Lin Shuang used all of her willpower and remaining strength to move her arms, trying to push Acheron away.
"Wait—I can do that myself…"
Lin Shuang grunted with effort, her arm trying to muster up more strength to get her meaning across.
When she looked up into Acheron's eyes, what returned was an amused look and… a happy expression?
What is she happy about?!
Even if Lin Shuang was at full strength, she couldn't even reach the strength of Acheron's pinkie. Her efforts were unrewarded, as Acheron ignored the water getting on her, having a firm hold on Lin Shuang's naked waist to prevent her from backing away.
Acheron rubbed her fingers together until foam arose, starting to scrub Lin Shuang's naked, pale body, her hands gliding across the entirety of Lin Shuang, rubbing across her breasts, her inner thighs, and her butt.
"Mmngah…mmgh…"
When Acheron was finished, she looked up at Lin Shuang's expression, which had turned red in both embarrassment and arousal, and a feeling of satisfaction arose in Acheron.
Lin Shuang's mouth was covered with her hands, trying to prevent any weird noise from coming out of her mouth from Acheron's touch, but her hands were spread apart, as Lin Shuang's hands were slack, only playing the part of covering the mouth; her tongue was half out, and she was breathing heavily.
"Hah~Hah~"
Acheron thought that Lin Shuang looked catastrophically adorable and seductive.
T/N: By the way, this is just my interpretation cause in the next chapter they write the conclusion of this scene I made up, so I just took the creative liberty to add in a spicy scene.