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Chapter 547 The Magical Liquid

"Yes, yes, you did a really good job."

Lin Xiyue forced a smile that looked more like a grimace, and weakly praised him.

She wasn't actually very satisfied with the system's performance. Although the system had helped her a lot this time, it had also made her hair look like a bird's nest.

Although Lin Xiyue isn't the type of person who particularly cares about her image, she's not shameless either! QAQ

[Of course! This system is two for the take!]

However, the system seemed unaware of Lin Xiyue's true thoughts, and after hearing her praise, it said smugly.

"This is really making things worse than helping..."

Seeing this, Lin Xiyue felt even more helpless. She sighed inwardly, then touched her already frizzy hair and said with a wry smile.

[Tsk, not sincere at all.]

Upon hearing Lin Xiyue's words, the system rolled its eyes and muttered in dissatisfaction.

"Cough cough cough... Um, is this thing ready yet?"

Lin Xiyue was startled by the system's sudden remark. She coughed a few times to try to cover her embarrassment and then quickly changed the subject.

The system didn't respond immediately; it seemed to be thinking about something.

After a while, its two simple, line-drawn hands began to flash a series of 0 and 1 characters, presumably performing some kind of complex scanning operation.

[Hmm... I just scanned it and found that the energy inside has stabilized, and the flower has completely dissolved into it. It looks like it should be fine.]

The system's voice came quickly, and at the same time, it displayed the energy fluctuations in the form of a chart in front of Lin Xiyue.

This is a line graph that clearly shows the fluctuations in energy.

The horizontal axis of the chart represents time, from shortly before Lin Xiyue placed the flower in the liquid until the present. The vertical axis represents the intensity of energy.

Lin Xiyue carefully observed the line graph and found that the energy fluctuations were very obvious.

Before the flower was placed in the liquid, the energy fluctuations were like popping candy that had just been put into the mouth, jumping very violently.

This also makes the lines on the line chart appear to undulate, vary in size, and have no discernible pattern.

However, this is clearly shown on the line chart.

Just after Lin Xiyue carefully placed the flower into it, the previously volatile line graph suddenly dropped rapidly at an astonishing speed, as if it were being suppressed by an invisible force.

In the blink of an eye, the fluctuations stabilized and eventually stopped completely, turning the line graph into a flat straight line, as if all the energy had vanished without a trace in an instant.

Lin Xiyue stared wide-eyed at the vast array of icons before her, her eyes wide with disbelief.

"So, is this why I was so confused at first glance?"

Pointing to the volatile line graph, she asked the system with a look of utter suspicion:

The system remained silent for a moment, seemingly examining something carefully.

[That's certainly one reason. But another important factor is that the liquid itself possesses a unique attractive force.]

[When you put the flower in, it reacted with the liquid in a strange way, neutralizing the attraction.]

[It could be said that the addition of this flower completely altered the liquid, transforming it into something else entirely. However, this 'alteration' does not mean the liquid became bad, but rather that its internal structure and energy underwent a fundamental change.]

After a while, it slowly opened its mouth and explained in detail.

"Hmm... alright, alright, you don't need to explain to me like you're explaining to a kindergartener why one plus one equals one."

Lin Xiyue covered her face somewhat embarrassedly and said to the system.

The system sensed her embarrassment and stopped explaining, quietly waiting for her next move.

Lin Xiyue took a deep breath, calmed herself down, and decided to stop dwelling on the issue.

She decisively reached out to take the glass of liquid, which had turned completely deep red with a hint of orange.

"hiss--"

The moment her fingers touched the cup, a strong heat traveled through the glove to her hand, causing her to gasp.

"Ugh! Good thing I brought these gloves. This drink is so hot, I can feel how hot it is even through the gloves."

Lin Xiyue exclaimed in surprise.

[You're only feeling a little heat right now, but if you weren't wearing these gloves, your hands would be cooked the moment you touched this cup.]

However, the system mercilessly pointed out the oddities of the glove.

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiyue felt a wave of fear. She was secretly glad that Moros had prepared gloves for her beforehand, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable.

"Tsk, I got it, I got it! I'll go add it in now."

Lin Xiyue muttered something under her breath, but nodded repeatedly like she was pounding garlic, and hurried towards the chair-like instrument where Molos was lying.

From the moment the chair was activated, it acted like a giant egg, enveloping Meros entirely.

And now, a tube-like opening slowly protrudes from its lower part, as if it were the throat of this giant beast, waiting to be fed.

Lin Xiyue carefully walked to the opening, holding the cup.

She looked down at the liquid in the glass. The liquid had a slightly viscous texture, like honey that had been diluted.

Lin Xiyue took a deep breath, then slowly tilted the cup, letting the liquid flow into the instrument through the tube.

The liquid made a "glug-glug" sound the moment it touched the tube opening, as if it was being eagerly swallowed by this giant beast.

As the liquid flows downstream, it exhibits an unusually viscous consistency, as if it were composed of countless tiny particles tightly bound together.

When Lin Xiyue began to pour, it seemed to be adhered to the cup wall by some powerful attraction, slowly flowing down the cup wall.

However, when the liquid came into contact with the nozzle, the situation changed dramatically.

It seemed to have suddenly gained freedom, flowing quickly and smoothly into the pipe opening without any stagnation or residue.

It's as if the opening was a specially designed passage for it, allowing it to pass through without any obstruction.

As the last drop of liquid was poured into the nozzle, the whole process went exceptionally smoothly, with not a single drop left in the cup.

This makes the cup look cleaner than if it had been washed, because even after washing, there are usually some water droplets left inside the cup.

Lin Xiyue stared at the empty cup, her heart filled with doubt and uncertainty.

Is this alright now?

She wasn't sure if this meant she had completed the task, so she instinctively asked the system.

Hmm... I guess so...

The system's response was somewhat vague.

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