Jiang Xiaofeng's initially inquisitive expression gradually turned into astonishment.
Jiang Xiaofeng the Big Eye at the purple-haired girl in front of him, who had shed her massive armor.
Unfortunately, the decorations on his helmet blocked his eyes, so no matter how hard he stared, he couldn't see anything.
But he could see everything in front of him; the dark shadow blocking his eyes was more like a part of the King's body.
The Greatsword Woman watched this scene with a wicked grin.
The Little Girl tightened her clothes as soon as she landed.
The enormous armor had closed itself up and was kneeling on one knee.
Jiang Xiaofeng suddenly remembered something and wanted to find some clothes in his backpack.
Then, Jiang Xiaofeng awkwardly realized that he didn't seem to have any clothes to change into...
"You should go back..."
Jiang Xiaofeng said he had a headache.
Who would have thought that the one in the Hand of the King was a woman?
She's such a tiny Little Girl!
Oh, now that I think about it, the Hand of the King really is a huge mech.
No wonder they can throw weapons even better than the Beheaded.
Jiang Xiaofeng looked at the Greatsword Woman was struggling to suppress her laughter and asked, "You knew she was a woman?"
The Greatsword Woman finally couldn't hold back anymore and burst into laughter, clutching her stomach.
While laughing, he said, "So it really is just the King who doesn't know that the Hand of the King is a woman!"
"..."
Jiang Xiaofeng gave him the middle finger. "I'll deal with you another time."
Jiang Xiaofeng opened the door of the Astrolab and gestured for the two to come over.
The little girl had returned to the Hand of the King armor and stood up.
Come with me.
Jiang Xiaofeng entered the room as he spoke.
The Greatsword Woman followed closely behind.
The Hand of the King simply kicked open the small door and went inside.
The three arrived at the rest room of the Astrolab.
Jiang Xiaofeng grabbed the smaller the Collector by the back of the neck and lifted him up.
" The Collector is on top, right?"
Yes, he is...
Jiang Xiaofeng put down the Little Collector and smashed through the ceiling.
" The Hand of the King, crawl slowly, I can't carry you."
" Greatsword Woman, come here."
Jiang Xiaofeng grabbed the Greatsword Woman's shoulder and flew up to her.
The Hand of the King: "..."
There was no other way; he had to climb up himself...
Jiang Xiaofeng carried the Greatsword Woman and flew to the bottom of the Observatory.
Has anyone ever told you that you are beautiful?
The Greatsword Woman paused for a moment, then shook her head.
"Those who said that were all death row inmates, and they're all corpses now."
Upon receiving this answer, Jiang Xiaofeng couldn't help but wonder, could it be that the scoundrel the King was once a pure-hearted person?
Does he only love the Empress?
Jiang Xiaofeng thought about it and realized it was indeed possible.
After all, that scoundrel the King might have been, perhaps, indeed was, a wise and virtuous ruler, but unfortunately, he encountered a plague just as he was about to die of old age and still fantasized about immortality...
Wait a minute, even the best the King of the past weren't exactly known for their pure hearts, were they?
Cough cough...
Jiang Xiaofeng stopped his random thoughts, released the Ruin Hunter, and used its flying head to control it, blasting open the door of the building below the Observatory.
Jiang Xiaofeng regained his human form and, using the shell of the Anemo Hypostasis, carried the Hand of the King to the foot of the Observatory.
"You're going to meet the Collector. What are your thoughts?"
Jiang Xiaofeng looked at the two of them with a smile.
"Give him a beating."
This is the Hand of the King, which hates the Collector.
I don't have any thoughts on this.
This is the Greatsword Woman whose cause of the plague remains unknown.
Jiang Xiaofeng waved his hand.
"Come with me."
Jiang Xiaofeng kicked open the door of the Observatory, ignoring the group of monsters below who couldn't get up no matter how much they howled, and walked in.
The Greatsword Woman followed closely behind.
The Hand of the King threw a bunch of grenades downwards before smashing open the door and going inside.
Jiang Xiaofeng quickly entered the Observatory.
The two people behind him hadn't come up yet, but Jiang Xiaofeng decided to go up first.
Jiang Xiaofeng released the outer shell of the Geo Hypostasis to block the exit, and wrote a few lines of text on the blocked wall.
"It might be a bit bloody up there, we'll let you come up later."
Jiang Xiaofeng flew straight up.
When the Greatsword Woman and the Hand of the King arrived, they were completely baffled by that statement...
Jiang Xiaofeng flew to the front of the Observatory, sprinted, and kicked the Collector who was researching the Panacea.
"Go to hell!"
"Aren't all my cells here with you?!"
"Do you also have a share in the system?"
"Was it you who sent me away?"
You seem to have a lot of cells here!
Jiang Xiaofeng kicked the Collector to the ground and kept kicking him.
"Stop hitting me! Stop hitting me, you hopeless bastard!" The Collector cried out, his face bruised and swollen.
"Shut up, let me finish hitting him first!"
Jiang Xiaofeng used his fists and kept hitting him.
The Collector had no choice but to keep drinking Panacea to heal his injuries.
After a while, Jiang Xiaofeng had finished hitting him and stood up.
"Have you had enough? You're done?"
The Collector continued his defiant mockery.
"If you hit me again, you'll die. You can't use up Panacea like this."
The Collector, trembling, leaned on the syringe behind him to his feet and said, "So you've gone back to your old body..."
I have no interest in Panacea.
The Collector was taken aback by Jiang Xiaofeng's response and instinctively asked, "Then what do you want?"
Jiang Xiaofeng smiled, "I want you."
The Collector took a half step back and covered his face.
"You still won't let me go... Ah!"
Jiang Xiaofeng leaped forward and kicked the Collector to the ground. "If you say that again, I'll twist your head off right now."
Jiang Xiaofeng sat to the side.
"You know I have no memory of being the King now, right?"
The Collector stopped being eccentric and nodded.
"You should know how much of a jerk I used to be."
"But if I drink the Panacea, although I will achieve immortality, I will also regain the King's memories."
"As far as I know, I don't seem to be qualified to be the King."
"Therefore, unless I face a life-or-death crisis and need to prolong my life, I will not drink the Panacea."
"Of course, I haven't seen anything that could put me in a life-or-death situation yet."
Jiang Xiaofeng looked at the Collector.
"Hmm... do you think there's anyone in the entire kingdom who hasn't contributed to the treatment of the plague?"
The Collector pointed to himself, then to Jiang Xiaofeng.
Why are you here?
Jiang Xiaofeng didn't understand.
"I did not develop Panacea through legitimate means."
"These Panacea you see are all extracted from cells; you should know that."
"I am the biggest sinner."
"You're just unaware of it."
"Oh, I meant you now, not you in the past."
Jiang Xiaofeng shrugged.
"It seems you have your own set of principles."
"So, should we leave this island?"
"Go back to the world I used to live in?"
"It's much more fun there than here."
The Collector wanted to refuse.
He wanted to develop Panacea for healing the kingdom here in a normal way.
Anyway, having a bottle of Panacea for research will speed up the experimental process accordingly.
But seeing Jiang Xiaofeng gently remove the Cursed Blade from the table, the Collector was enraged.
"Are you not going to save this little island?!"
Jiang Xiaofeng stared into the Collector's eyes and slowly said, "Don't tell me you haven't noticed that there's no one living on the island anymore."
The Collector fell silent upon hearing this.
Yes, even if the epidemic is cured, can the island return to its former prosperous state?
It's impossible.
The Collector have long conducted experiments, and no matter how much they study, the Collector arrive at an incredibly sobering truth.
The civilians, ravaged by the plague and turned into monsters and madmen, can never return to their former selves...
Thinking of this, the Collector's originally upright posture slowly hunched over.
"Good."
I'll go with you.
Jiang Xiaofeng smiled, a very happy smile.
Meanwhile...
The Greatsword Woman and the Little Girl sat on the raised hands of the Hand of the King.
" Yima, when do you think the King will return?"
The Little Girl said.
The Greatsword Woman, also known as Yima, shook her head.
"What difference does it make whether he comes back or not?"
"If he doesn't want to understand, he'll always be a crazy person chasing after things."
"Anyway, I'm just a prison guard, it has nothing to do with me."
Upon hearing this answer, the Little Girl hesitated for a moment before slowly saying, "I'm talking about... the guy who stole the King's body..."
Yima: "..."
"You'd better explain yourself clearly."
"And Nuoma, why are you calling that guy 'King'?"
Yima was somewhat surprised.
Nuoma lowered her head. "Of course I guessed he really was the King with amnesia, but it's still unbelievable, yet undeniable..."
" Yima, you must know that when I put on this armor and swore allegiance to the king, I wanted to follow the great king who led his people to defeat the colonists, not a king who lost his mind in pursuit of immortality."
Yima patted Nuoma's head.
"This king is quite presentable now, isn't he? Although he seems a bit unreliable."
"But it's still much better than that king who went mad in his pursuit of immortality."
"We can't just follow a madman, can we?"
Nuoma remained silent.
At this moment, the outer shell of the Geo Hypostasis disappeared.
"You two have been waiting for a long time."
"We can head to the cave to find the next one now."
Let's go.
Jiang Xiaofeng walked down the corridor of the Observatory, followed by the Collector carrying a huge syringe.