Chapter 211

"Shouldn't we at least ask about the success rate first?"

Cosmo said again, and you could tell from his reaction that he was getting a little anxious, "My success rate back then was very low!"

"I am 98 percent certain."

Ai Yue simply stated, "The remaining two percent is the probability of failing to awaken the Stigmata, but having enhanced mental strength. There is no possibility of personal danger after failure."

"Look, even Doctor Ai Yue said so,"

Desdrobia reassured Cosmo, "Besides, when Dr. Mobius approached you, you didn't refuse, did you?"

"Alright, stop being so wishy-washy,"

Seeing Cosmo's hesitant expression, Ai Yue couldn't help but roll his eyes. "How could I choose Desdrobia as my experiment if I wasn't absolutely certain?"

He would never conduct experiments on living people without being certain of their success.

So Cosmo released his grip and stopped objecting.

The process of the Stigmata experiment was not complicated; compared to the Brahma Project that Kevin undertook, it was quite simple.

Ai Yue first injected Desdrobia with a Fused Warrior Enhancement Potion to further strengthen her own power and prepare her for fusion. Then he had Desdrobia wear a special helmet and guided Desdrobia duality to fuse by intervening in her mental power.

Cosmo paced back and forth outside the lab, his unease and anxiety palpable. He couldn't help but retort to Pardofelis, "Isn't there any need to worry so much? Don't you trust Brother Yue's abilities?"

"Of course I believe it."

Cosmo glanced at Pardofelis, then continued pacing back and forth. "But I still can't help feeling worried."

This time it was Pardofelis's turn to show a thoughtful expression.

The experiment was quick, but for Cosmo, it felt like an eternity, even longer than the research he had been conducting over the past three days. As soon as Ai Yue opened the lab door, Cosmo rushed in without a second thought.

However, Desdrobia was nowhere to be seen in the room—the operating table was empty.

Cosmo's eyes immediately turned red.

But just then, a familiar voice reached his ears. "Mobius, why are you so impatient?"

"Daisy?"

Cosmo looked around, "Where... where are you?"

"Close your eyes and feel it carefully,"

"I am right in your heart," Desdrobia said.

Pardofelis looked curiously at Cosmo, who was standing motionless in the laboratory. "What's going on?"

"Shh, let them figure it out themselves."

Ai Yue pulled Pardofelis out of the laboratory and closed the door behind him.

Before long, Cosmo and Desdrobia came out and saw Ai Yue waiting outside the door. The boy bowed his head to thank them.

"Have you figured it out?"

Ai Yue raised an eyebrow. "Then let's try somewhere else?"

Cosmo and Desdrobia exchanged a glance, both seeing eagerness in each other's eyes.

So the group quickly arrived at the outdoor training ground. At Ai Yue's signal, Cosmo was the first to transform, turning into a creature that resembled a giant dragon.

This is his most commonly used look, which can handle most combat scenarios.

Desdrobia vanished from the spot, and even though Pardofelis kept staring at her, she couldn't figure out where she had gone.

"What happened to Daisy?"

Pardofelis couldn't help but look at Ai Yue in the end, "Could her ability be invisibility?"

"Of course not,"

Ai Yue shook his head and focused his gaze on Cosmo. "She's there now."

Pardofelis followed Ai Yue's gaze, and after a moment she understood what he meant. "You mean, Daisy is currently on Cosmo?"

Ai Yue nodded.

A pair of lovers who are deeply in love, one with great physical strength and the other with great mental strength, together they complement each other perfectly.

After obtaining the Stigmata, Desdrobia's telekinetic abilities did not undergo any fundamental change, but they were greatly enhanced. Moreover, in her spiritual form, she could also imbue others with her spiritual power, achieving a kind of possession-like effect.

Cosmo already struggled to control his over-evolved physical power due to insufficient mental strength. However, after the two of them "fused," Desdrobia could help Cosmo share some of the mental pressure, and she would no longer have to worry about her fragile body being vulnerable to being targeted.

Before Cosmo was defeated, his body was Desdrobia's best shield.

Before Desdrobia's power is exhausted, Cosmo doesn't need to worry about going berserk.

Ai Yue also obtained more research data from Desdrobia's experiments.

Watching Cosmo, with the help of Desdrobia, tried to expand his body to its limit and had grown to almost forty meters tall, Ai Yue couldn't help but reveal a subtle smile.

The Giant of Light is not yet fully mature, but the monster is already in place.

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A dragon-shaped monster over forty meters tall would be enough even for a tokusatsu (special effects) film set.

But for Cosmo, this is far from the limit of his growth.

With Desdrobia's assistance, he was able to amplify to this extent immediately. But aside from the fact that Desdrobia had only just acquired the Stigmata, even Cosmo had only been familiar with this power for a short time.

Given time, perhaps what Vill-V said in the original story, "to grow into some kind of ultimate life form," will actually become a reality.

However, just as Ai Yue, the earth trembled once again.

At that moment, Pardofelis hid behind Ai Yue and said in a somewhat frightened tone, "What, why is it still getting bigger, meow!?"

She was so scared that she even started using her usual verbal tics.

Ai Yue looked up and saw that Cosmo, whom he thought had temporarily reached its limit, had expanded its size again, finally stopping at a height of sixty meters. The originally spacious training ground became cramped, barely able to contain this enormous body.

"Okay, stop for a second!"

Ai Yue quickly stopped the other person from continuing to try, "You can change back now!"

It wasn't that she was afraid that if it continued to expand, it would completely destroy the surrounding area. Rather, it was because Desdrobia had only just mastered this power, and if she used it carelessly or even overdrawn it, it would be detrimental to her future growth.

Moreover, as Cosmo's body expands, the Honkai Energy around him is converging on this side. If this continues, it's feared that a long-awaited Honkai will occur on Australia soil.

Soon, Cosmo's enormous body gradually shrank amidst a series of somewhat unsettling sound effects, eventually transforming back into a human form. His face was flushed, his breathing was rapid, and his entire body was soaked in sweat, clearly indicating that the transformation he had just undergone was also a very difficult task for him.

Desdrobia's figure also re-formed; she was in slightly better condition Cosmo, but not by much.

Halfway through the process, Desdrobia hid behind Cosmo, using his body to block Ai Yue and the other's view. Clearly, Desdrobia did not have the ability to materialize clothes out of thin air like Mobius and Kevin, which is probably a weakness of Mental Perception Fused Warrior.

However, Cosmo was clearly more familiar with this. He reached out and grabbed Desdrobia's hand, and a black shadow spread along their arms to each other's bodies, transforming into a long black dress that enveloped the blonde girl.

And so the two of them held hands and wouldn't let go.

However, according to Ai Yue's research, even if Cosmo let go, the dress would not simply disappear.

How are you feeling?

Ai Yue raised an eyebrow, deciding to temporarily ignore the playful antics of the young couple and focus on his work. "You two seem to be working together quite well."

According to the research records provided by Mobius, Cosmo's previous maximum height was barely 25 meters, but this time it could easily reach 40 meters, and even grow to 60 meters at the end. Obviously, Desdrobia played a significant role in this.

Although Ai Yue had anticipated this, he hadn't expected the effect to be so obvious. In his original calculations, Cosmo's limit was already 40 meters, so breaking through to 60 meters was indeed a bit of a surprise to him.

Even if this state can only be maintained for a very short time, breaking through the original calculation limit is meaningful in itself.

"Very good."

Cosmo smiled slightly. "Now it seems that I was the one who limited the potential of this body."

Just as the Herrscher's weakness is the Herrscher himself, Cosmo, despite possessing the potential for infinite evolution, is limited by his relatively mediocre mental strength. Perhaps this situation will be resolved after the complete fusion of the three phases, but for the time being, he still needs someone else to help him make up for it.

Desdrobia is perfectly suited to play this role.

"But what happened in the end?"

Ai Yue steered the conversation back to the part he was most concerned about, "I think I already reminded you that this was just an experiment. You didn't do anything dangerous, did you?"

The most common type of dangerous operation is pushing oneself to the limit for extreme tests. The world is no longer in imminent danger, and Ai Yue naturally hopes that these people can take better care of their bodies.

"Of course not, that was just an accident,"

Cosmo and Desdrobia exchanged a glance, then looked somewhat confused. "Actually, I don't quite understand what happened either..."

"I have a feeling, but only a little,"

Desdrobia said cautiously, "How should I describe it? It's like our two Stigmata Space have connected..."

The Stigmata Space have been connected?

Ai Yue blinked, then looked somewhat surprised.

What? Is that even possible?

After the initial shock, a strong sense of curiosity emerged.

How exactly is this achieved? Are the interconnected Stigmata Space due to the special circumstances of these two individuals, or is it something everyone can do? What is the fundamental reason for this phenomenon? Is it possible to link the Stigmata Space of more people together?

If the Stigmata Space of two people are connected, Cosmo's power can increase by fifty percent. What about ten people? Or a hundred people?

Seeing Ai Yue approaching her step by step with shining eyes, Desdrobia instinctively grabbed Cosmo's arm, and Cosmo also braced himself to stand in front of Desdrobia: "Doctor Ai Yue, is there anything I can do to help?"

Although he knew such words would probably have little effect, he still emphasized the word "I" in an attempt to extricate Desdrobia from the matter.

To be honest, Ai Yue's current demeanor is infinitely more normal than Mobius's when he's scheming against others, but in Cosmo's eyes, Ai Yue is far more terrifying than Mobius at this moment.

"What are you thinking? Neither of you can escape."

Ai Yue placed one hand on each of their shoulders, his smile as bright as the sun, "Come on, follow me into the lab!"

Cosmo could easily break free from Ai Yue's control, but he didn't, after all, this was a realization he had had since the beginning of participating in Mobius's experiment.

Of course, Ai Yue was neither a demon nor a mad scientist, and he had no intention of tying the young couple to the operating table and dissecting them directly—after all, he knew very well that a simple dissection would hardly reveal anything of value.

Since the goal is to study the connection of the Stigmata Space, the best approach is naturally to have two people repeatedly try this behavior and find patterns that can be exploited.

With that in mind, Ai Yue immediately called Mobius over, and the four of them spent two days and two nights in the laboratory, finally reaching a conclusion.

First, the interconnectedness of the Stigmata Space is essentially a manifestation of the resonance of Stigmata power. When Stigmata power resonates, it can unleash even greater power.

Secondly, not everyone can resonate with each other—at least Mobius and Cosmo are completely unable to resonate. Currently, it seems that resonance only occurs when the holders of the Stigmata have enough trust and reliance on each other.

It's perfectly reasonable that Cosmo and Desdrobia, partners who share life and death, could resonate with each other.

Finally, theoretically, there are indeed ways to resonate with more people, but Ai Yue has not yet figured them out.

"That's really unexpected."

After the young couple, who were no longer of any research value, left, Mobius sighed with a subtle expression, "It's quite surprising that the Stigmata can produce such a peculiar phenomenon."

"Emotions are a great power that humankind has mastered."

Ai Yue processed the data in his hands, "I thought you already understood this when you awakened your Stigmata."

Without the will to survive, Mobius would probably have died long ago in that brutal experiment.

"Of course I understand, but... including this kind of thing in the scope of calculation is a bit too unstable and lacks research value."

Mobius shook his head slightly, his expression somewhat strange. "However, the power of the Stigmata has increased the value of emotions. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing."

"Of course it's a good thing. Didn't you see how they both performed?"

Ai Yue turned around. "I know what you're worried about. Negative emotions might lower your combat effectiveness, right?"

Human emotions are very unstable, and when faced with the same danger, everyone may react differently. Some people can unleash a tenacious will in desperate situations, while others may become completely weak-kneed due to fear, or even give up all resistance.

For the former, the boiling of the power of the Stigmata might be able to turn the danger into safety, but for the latter, would the power of the Stigmata become the last straw that breaks the camel's back?

"There are indeed concerns in this regard, but this is not the main issue. After all, people who develop negative emotions when facing difficulties are not qualified to be warriors."

Mobius shook his head. "I'm thinking about something else entirely."

"If the power of the Stigmata is affected by emotions, then can emotions also be affected by the power of the Stigmata?"

Ai Yue understood Mobius's meaning almost immediately. "Are you worried that the power of the Stigmata will cause people's personalities to become extreme?"

"After all, based on current research results, this effect should be bidirectional."

Mobius nodded. "Since high emotions can make the power of the Stigmata boil, then powerful Stigmata power can naturally make emotions high as well."