Waking Up

Kaslana...

Su and Mobius looked at Durandal when they heard that. They had been too focused on her injuries just now. Though the blood had turned her beautiful silver-white hair crimson, strands of silver still showed through. Mobius gently lifted Durandal's eyelids, revealing a pair of azure eyes. People with those traits did exist, but they were rare.

"So... this White Mouse, Durandal, is the little sidekick's descendant?"

"Normal reproduction would have been impossible. She was a test-tube baby. Mei might be more rational, but her love for the little sidekick was no less than anyone's!" Mobius sighed.

Kevin could control his body temperature now, but back then, his temperature had always been below freezing. Mei was not a Fusion Warrior—she would suffer frostbite just from touching him, let alone doing that sort of thing.

"I'm interested in this White Mouse now!" Mobius licked her lips, her eyes gleaming as she stared at Durandal.

"Kevin, I never expected her to be your descendant. How does that feel?" Elysia looked at Kevin, who was leaning against the doorframe, and smiled. With Zhang Wei keeping Durandal alive for now, there was no need to worry about her failing to hold on.

"Great talent."

Kevin glanced at her and offered that four-word assessment before falling silent again, like a block of ice.

"That's it?" Elysia blinked. Her expectations had been for nothing. Even though Kevin had warmed up somewhat, he was still a man of few words. Even someone as lively as her did not know what to say.

In truth, receiving such an evaluation was enough to prove that Durandal's talent was indeed exceptional.

"Captain, is she my counterpart in this world?" Kiana examined Durandal carefully. Her features felt very familiar.

"She was before, but now she's Durandal. There's also a clone, K423, who will be given the name Kiana," Zhang Wei said.

Kiana nodded thoughtfully. Durandal truly did resemble her when she was little.

"The Kaslana stigmata, along with another powerful bloodline... What an interesting White Mouse. Hurry and move her to the laboratory!" Mobius's urge to hibernate had been completely replaced by burning enthusiasm.

Although Kevin had initially just been a high school student with somewhat better physical fitness, he had far surpassed ordinary people, and he improved rapidly. After joining Fire Moth and receiving formal training, it had not taken him long to rival an experienced veteran. Especially after becoming a Fusion Warrior, his growth had been explosive. The Kaslana family had become powerful because of Kevin, but Kevin was powerful because he had always possessed that strength.

Durandal, who had inherited Kaslana blood, also possessed another powerful bloodline. In Mobius's eyes, she was undoubtedly even more interesting than a Herrscher.

After suffering such severe injuries, she was still alive. Such tenacious vitality seemed unsurprising when it appeared in a Kaslana.

"Mobius, I should mention a treatment method—use Soulium..."

Zhang Wei understood Mobius. In her eyes, Durandal was undoubtedly an enormous treasure, but he could not neglect the important matter at hand.

"Encasing her in Soulium, stimulating the body... An interesting attempt. I'm somewhat interested as well. Let's do it that way, though it would be best to have some theoretical basis. You need to keep the little one's vital signs stable!" Mobius's superhuman mind rapidly analyzed its feasibility, and she nodded with great interest.

"The theory is simple enough!"

Zhang Wei closed his eyes and manifested the Power of Corrosion. Silently, he slipped through the network into Schicksal's database, bypassed the firewall without leaving a trace, and began browsing knowledge related to Soulium. In the end, he "borrowed" the information on Soulium treatment. There were not many experimental records of it, but Schicksal's confidential archives did contain a relatively brief account.

"This is the method for Soulium treatment. It should be enough, right?" Zhang Wei tapped Mobius between the brows and used the Power of Knowledge to transmit that portion of the data to her.

"It's enough. An inventive idea, though it isn't suitable for everyone. This little one happens to be perfect for it!" Mobius was slightly surprised. Only someone with a deep understanding of Soulium could have developed such a method.

"Su, come give me a hand. Captain, make some Soulium for me!"

Even if Mobius wanted to study Durandal, now was not the time. It was better to get her out of danger first.

"Okay!"

The treatment went smoothly. During the process, even Mobius could not help but marvel. Though Durandal was not yet ten years old, her body was truly outrageous, and her self-healing ability was practically monstrous. As expected of Kaslana blood. Moreover, her talent surpassed even Kevin's from back then. Her future was limitless.

After the treatment, there were still some changes. For instance, her snow-white hair had now turned golden, with soft waves curling through it. Other than her eyes, none of the Kaslana traits could be seen anymore.

"It hurts... Where is this...?"

Two months later, the blonde girl slowly woke up. Even the gentle light stung her blue eyes, which had remained closed for so long. After adjusting, she gradually opened them. This was a completely unfamiliar place, and the oxygen mask on her face made her very uncomfortable.

"Who am I? Where is this?"

Confusion filled the girl's eyes. She tried to search for memories in her mind, but found nothing. Instead, whenever she tried to recall something, unbearable pain flared in her head, forcing her to stop. She could not remember anything—not even her own name.

This was normal. Her head had first suffered a devastating blow from the debris, then sustained a second injury when she hit the ground. The fact that she had not become mentally disabled was already enough to prove how absurdly powerful her body was. After several days of continuous treatment, being able to finish the treatment at all was considered fortunate.

"She's awake? No wonder an alarm went off here!" Zhang Wei and Mobius entered the makeshift hospital room and looked in surprise at the bewildered girl. Her recovery ability was truly heaven-defying. She had been expected to wake up in half a year, yet the time had been forcibly cut in half.

"Her potential has been stimulated. I have to say, she truly is a perfect creation!"

Mobius watched the real-time physical data recorded by the instruments and smiled with fascination. Once Durandal grew up, there was no telling where her limits might lie.

"Who am I?"

The girl looked at red-haired Zhang Wei and asked the question she most wanted answered. She felt a sense of closeness from him. Perhaps that was the Captain's special quality.

"Durandal. That will be your name from now on. What do you think? Do you like it?"