Compendium of Anime: My Five Senses Linked with the Top Daughters of All Worlds Chapter 25

Its right front claw twisted unnaturally, digging into the frozen soil, its nails elongating into hook-like structures of a grayish-blue hue, somewhere between keratin and metal.

A roar of cracking ice echoed from the depths of the frozen tundra.

The corpse fragments, covered in dark red frost, suddenly began to writhe, each frozen blood droplet reflecting tiny, swirling yellow marks.

The wolves that had gnawed on the corpse fragments found their abdomens swelling strangely. Through their increasingly translucent bellies, one could see oval objects, coated in slime, pulsing.

The alpha wolf's eyes were filled with incomprehensible madness. It dug its broken claw deep into its own bulging eye socket, but instead of blood, large clumps of fluorescent spores, entwined with nerve endings, flowed out.

Just then, the aurora tore through the overcast sky, casting its light upon the pack of tundra wolves.

However, the usually emerald curtain churned with a turbid, dark yellow, like asphalt. The sky seemed to have been ripped open, revealing a festering wound.

All the tundra wolves suddenly tilted their heads in unison, emitting a non-wolfish roar—their tracheas were splitting into three lobes, and the frequency of their vocal cords vibrating caused the ice of the entire abandoned whaling station to crack in a spiderweb pattern.

Thick, black liquid seeped from the depths of the cracks.

Under the moonlight, the liquid possessed a bizarre texture, a fusion of metal and flesh, coiling around the mutated wolves' limbs like living tentacles.

Gradually, the wolves' howls mingled with human sobs and manic laughter.

On each tundra wolf's face, a subtly humanized, distorted expression began to appear.

These were the eyes of the believers who had been holding a frenzied ritual here just moments ago.

Hummm—

A faint, fleeting hum of some flowing energy.

A band of deep blue light materialized in the void, quickly outlining a luminous array on the ground composed of complex mathematical set patterns.

From the luminous array, solidifying rapidly from nothingness, emerged a squad of combat mecha servants clad in battle armor.

A team of thirty, led by a general, appeared and quickly established a defensive formation around them.

Each mecha servant deployed their tactical space, unfolding defensive barriers for positional warfare. Their bodies, indistinguishable from humans, transformed in their arms and certain parts into mechanical and energy structures, integrating with the deployed defensive barriers.

In less than the time it takes to draw a breath, they had deeply integrated their bodies with this impregnable defense, establishing a circular defensive line.

Once everything was complete, from the center of the circular defense formation, four figures finally emerged from the unfolding spacetime gate.

Hans, the first figure, as imposing as a tower, was no longer in his "suit-wearing thug" guise. He had resumed his general's attire and stood respectfully to the side after confirming their safety.

Following him out were Jiang Lianqiu, and behind him, Belfast, and Von Noymiau.

The bone-chilling wind caused Belfast to frown. She casually brushed her right hand along the hem of her skirt, and a thick, pure white fox fur cloak appeared in her hand.

"Commander, the climate here is harsh. Please take care of yourself."

After draping the fox fur cloak over Jiang Lianqiu and tying the fastenings for him, Belfast nodded with satisfaction and took a step back.

Jiang Lianqiu felt as if he were wrapped in a duvet by Belfast.

"You know, my current body can withstand this low temperature. Besides, don't I still have the bracelet you gave me?"

That was a mecha servant technological product that combined functions like defense and temperature regulation.

"However, it is a maid's duty to always pay attention to the Master's needs," Belfast said with a gentle smile, holding her ground and unwilling to back down on this matter.

Jiang Lianqiu accepted her concern calmly, his gaze shifting to the strange creatures outside the circular defense, not far away... which were suspected to be tundra wolves.

They completely ignored the suddenly appearing group of people, still frantically gnawing on the remaining bloody corpse fragments.

"So disgusting!" Jiang Lianqiu frowned. "Good thing I didn't bring Eriri and the others, nor let them see what's happening here."

Of course, while Eriri and Utaha Kasumigaoka hadn't seen it, someone had.

Ugh—!!!

In his mind, Big Pillow Li's retching sound echoed.

"Qiu Zi! It stinks so much!"

Through the shared five senses with Jiang Lianqiu, the girl smelled the extremely foul, nauseating stench that made her stomach churn.