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Chapter 77 Why do I feel more and more like you're the villain the more I listen?

"Try it."

Shen Yi carried a small spoonful of grayish-white powder and walked up to Sheng Zhen, who was reading.

"What is this?"

Shengzhen looked up in bewilderment, leaned closer to smell it, and found no particular scent.

"Stone powder, pure."

Sheng Zhen:......

This thing shouldn't be eaten.

"If sugar can be eaten, why can't you?"

Shen Yi looked completely justified.

Ah this...

Shengzhen blinked, met Shen Yi's expectant gaze, and finally obediently opened her mouth and swallowed the spoonful of stone powder whole.

Shen Yi carefully observed his reaction and had the Red Queen monitor the energy fluctuations in his body in real time. Half an hour passed, and nothing happened.

So he took out his notebook and wrote down the conclusion in his experimental record: Mineral intake alone cannot stimulate the formation of dependents.

Then he handed over a piece of soft candy mixed with stone powder.

Again?

Fortunately, the taste was still palatable this time. Just as the gummy slid down my throat, a faint light suddenly appeared on the real red belly of the gummy bear—a brand new, bright red Amazing Gummy Bear jumped out of the belly, fell onto the table, and bounced twice with great elasticity.

"It actually works!"

Shen Yi's eyes widened. "I haven't even finished my experiment yet, and you've already given me results?"

"Uh, Brother Shen Yi, you didn't know?"

Shengzhen was completely taken aback. So you were really using me as an experiment?

"Ahem, well, let me treat you to some spicy blood curd."

Although he had obtained the treasure trove of wonders, Shen Yi still planned to continue the experiment. Of course, directly injecting blood would be too bloody, so he considerately changed it to Mao Xue Wang (a spicy Sichuan dish).

Nothing happened in the end, except that Shengzhen was a little too full.

It seems that blood is not necessary; the blood that amazed Gabu when he was born in the original story was mostly just for the sake of the plot.

The actual mechanism was as he deduced: the hybrid sugar people could only awaken their amazing forms by consuming both minerals and human food.

As for why eating stones alone cannot create familiars, the reason is quite simple—Seijin is not a pure sugar person at all. His abdomen was born with a defect, and he only gained the ability to create familiars after being modified by his uncle.

"Great, let me draw another vial of blood, then you can continue your studies."

After Shen Yili finished drawing blood, he returned to the laboratory, pulled up the design drawings of the Sugar Man implant system, and began to modify them.

The principle is not complicated: during transformation, additional sugar and minerals are ingested, triggering a mixed energy reaction—after all, in his armored form, this version of Kamen Rider is essentially a hybrid sugar man.

Tripto volunteered to become the first test subject. After transforming into Amazing Valen form, dark red energy patterns appeared on the surface of his chocolate-colored armor, and intense heat rose from his body.

The strength test results were even more impressive: punching power 8.0 tons, kicking power 6.0 tons, jumping power 6.3 meters, and 100-meter speed 8.0 seconds, far surpassing the previous levels.

Shen Yi was very satisfied. Although it was still a bit inferior to Amazing Gabu's punching power of 8.8 tons, kicking power of 9.0 tons, jumping power of 7.3 meters, and 100-meter speed of 6.0 seconds, it was only slightly inferior. Moreover, with him, Trip Fighting, Sea Moon 9, and Life True—four Amazing forms on the same side—even the President would be pinned to the ground and hammered.

"Brother Shen Yi."

Just as everyone was immersed in the excitement brought by the new power, Shengzhen suddenly scratched his head, looking a little depressed. It wasn't because his companions had all gotten new forms that he was disappointed, but mainly because he had been going to school for a while and felt like he was becoming an outsider.

"Um?"

Shengzhen said something that surprised Shen Yi: "Could you... help me modify my treasure chests? I want them to be like the Sea Moon 9—like the Double Pudding treasure chests, reusable and not disappearing after use. I don't want them to... become disposable items anymore. They are my partners, not consumables."

His expression was serious, and his usually innocent eyes revealed a rare solemnity.

Looking at Shengzhen's face, which was filled with a pure yet firm determination, Shen Yi suddenly felt that his efforts in studying during this period of time had not been in vain.

In the original storyline, Saki's attitude towards Hozo was twisted. He was the "father" who created them and treated them as cute children, yet he would "eat" them without hesitation every time he transformed—of course, Hozo did it voluntarily, but it still felt strange.

Now, Shengzhen has taken the initiative to propose a change; he wants to transform Baozang from a consumable into a true partner.

This simple thought meant that he was finally beginning to understand what it meant to cherish.

In the original story, even after his uncle died, Seima could still eat without a care in the world and even produce new Hōzō. In the original setting, Hōzō is only produced when Seima is happy eating, so saying he is heartless is actually a compliment.

"Well, you'll have to ask your great-uncle about that."

Shen Yi looked at Dent. If anyone knew the most about Shengzhen's stomach, it would naturally be the modifier of Red Gavv.

"It should be possible to do that."

At this moment, Dent had already transformed into an old man using a mimicry key. It was the Sugar Man that Bantou had caught earlier, which resembled a macaque monkey—by the way, Bantou's Sugar Man suit was made from it.

"In that case, let's take a closer look. Haiyue 9, may I borrow your Double Pudding Treasure Trove for further study?"

Shen Yi nodded; he was equally interested in the reusable Baocang.

"No problem, take it."

Haiyue 9 was in an unusually good mood. Grotta was the enemy who killed his brother, and now that he had avenged his great enemy, he even spoke a few more words than usual.

Shen Yi and Dent immediately began research and development, and soon discovered that the core technology of reusable storage was not complicated: as long as the energy transmission was forcibly terminated before the storage energy was exhausted, its life could be preserved, and then they could be made to replenish their energy by eating stones, just like sugar people.

However, the real challenge is how to get the raw red belly to adapt to this completely new production model.

Dent immediately suggested adding an energy storage accessory to Red Gavv, which would be equivalent to attaching a battery to the belt. This would not only store the energy that was originally used to produce the full-capacity energy, but also serve as a reserve energy source, greatly extending the transformation time of the living being.

Isn't this the Hundred-Satisfaction Bottle?

Shen Yi raised an eyebrow. The difference was that one was to convert the stored energy into energy before it was born, while the other was to collect it again after it was born.

"The materials are a huge problem in creating a container that can store and store a lot of energy. If I use my teeth—"

Dent touched his belly thoughtfully, where the Sugar Man's abdomen was located, where a row of sharp teeth were embedded.

"No need for that."

Shen Yi waved his hand, interrupting him, "We've hunted so many Sugar Men during this time, and I've collected some of their corpses."

Dent: ...

Why do I feel like you're the villain the more I listen to you?

However, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, having all his teeth pulled out was not a pleasant experience.