After its life had been completely extinguished, a new Qiu Bi suddenly sprang out from the shadow of Qiu Bi's remaining corpse.
This was the new ability Qiu Bi had gained after returning to the main world and modifying itself.
When the original Qiu Bi died, other stand-ins would come to retrieve its corpse.
But that would not work in the main world, because there was only one Qiu Bi there.
So after receiving the mission to travel on business, Qiu Bi modified itself.
Resurrection was not something Qiu Bi was incapable of doing. Especially for technology that merely copied a body, it could accomplish it with ease. Its consciousness was bound to Chen Luo's shadow through a compulsory contract.
The reason Qiu Bi in the world of Puella Magi Madoka Magica used countless duplicate stand-ins working together across the globe instead of this convenient method of reviving at any time was simply so it could have more bodies to trick people around the world into contracting with it and becoming Magical Girls.
Now, after Qiu Bi died, it would revive from the shadow beneath its own body. If its body was blown to pieces, it would revive from Chen Luo's shadow instead.
And all Chen Luo had to pay was a tiny amount of energy, whether spiritual power or magical power.
"Too wasteful," Qiu Bi said.
Regarding Chen Luo smashing both it and the ice block encasing it to pieces, Qiu Bi did not complain that Chen Luo had killed it. Instead, it complained about Chen Luo's wastefulness.
"But don't you think using your ability to heal this dying body would be even more wasteful? You should know that destruction is always easier than creation."
"That makes sense." Qiu Bi nodded, then lowered its head and began gnawing on