Chapter 376: Chapter 375: The Metallic Ball with Changes

“Boom boom boom…”

In the Magic Test Field, explosion sounds were incessantly ringing out, and the whole Inner Box World was trembling. Pandora sat outside the Magic Test Field, watching, when a voice rose beside her–the Golden Mask.

The Golden Mask said, “Cough cough, listen to that noise, sounds pretty significant. Seems like that kid is researching something complex…”

Pandora remained silent: “…”

The Golden Mask continued, “Anyway, that kid has been so busy these days, he shouldn’t overwork himself. As his… hmm, little maid? Sister? Daughter? Pet? Cough… Whatever it is, you should go over and urge him to rest. I know young people are strong, but they still need to be careful. Otherwise, they’ll regret it when they’re old–I’m telling you…”

Pandora kept silent: “…” She just sat there watching.

The Golden Mask couldn’t stand it anymore and burst out, “Hey! You little demon, get up! Is it proper to sit on me? Do you not understand respect at all? If the ground is uncomfortable, you could find a rock, a piece of wood, or at the very least bring over a chair to sit on, you… why are you always sitting on top of me?! Hey, are you listening? Are you listening! I’m talking to you!”

“Whoosh!”

As the Golden Mask was ranting loudly, Pandora suddenly stood up as if she realized her mistake and was ready to reflect deeply.

“Uh–”

The Golden Mask breathed a sigh of relief, about to compliment her with an “I can teach this child” attitude, but the next moment, “bang,” Pandora sat down again.

“Ahh!”

The Golden Mask cried out in pain.

“My body! It hurts, it hurts! It’s going to break, it’s going to shatter, get up, get up!”

Pandora stood up.

The Golden Mask was surprised, suddenly having a bad premonition.

“Hey, you’re not planning to sit down again… Ah!”

“Bang!”

Pandora sat down again.

“Ah, it’s really going to shatter, I… it hurts, it hurts!”

Pandora stood up for the third time and sat down again.

“Bang!”

“Ah–” The words of the Golden Mask seemed to be stuck in its throat, and after a long while, it groaned in a struggling tone, “You… you’re too much, you… this is abuse of the elderly, you… just wait, you’ll regret it, you…”

Pandora didn’t know what “too much” was, nor what “regret” was. She stood up, picked up the somewhat flattened Golden Mask, and walked away.

In the Magic Testing Field, Richard had lost count of how many tests had finished when he subconsciously glanced and saw Pandora walking expressionlessly towards the main laboratory, holding something in her hand that looked like… hmm, where did this junk come from? When did Pandora learn to be so thrifty?

…

“Bang!”

As soon as she entered the main laboratory, Pandora tossed the Golden Mask into a corner. At that moment, the Golden Mask seemed to regain some vitality, its voice growing louder as it babbled, “You little girl, little rascal, little demon, just you wait, I’m not done with you! You dare to abuse me, let me tell you, if I weren’t trapped in this mask, I would’ve taught you a lesson! I surely would’ve…”

“Whoosh,” the Golden Mask’s voice was interrupted. Pandora, who was cleaning the glass tubes out of annoyance with the Golden Mask’s voice, casually grabbed a tube and hurled it toward the Golden Mask in the corner.

“Crash!”

The glass test tube smashed against the golden mask, shattering into pieces, while the golden mask, in despair, threw in the towel altogether and completely abandoned any attempt at self-repair.

After being hit by a long-range throwing attack, the golden mask said in a sharp tone, “Go ahead, smash them, you might as well break all the glass tubes, that’d be great. Let’s see what I’ll tell that kid when he comes back. I’ll say you did it on purpose, that you’re deliberately causing destruction. Hmph, now you know I’m not to be trifled with!”

Pandora, who was cleaning test tubes, frowned deeply. She grabbed a test tube, ready to throw it again, but stopped herself, recalling the words of the golden mask. She looked at the test tube, carefully set it down, and the next moment, she casually picked up some other useless thing from the table and threw it at the golden mask.

As the object flew out, the golden mask screamed, crying out in terror, “You… I… damn, what in the world did you throw… aaah!”

The metallic ball, abandoned by Richard in his research, flew through the air and suddenly emitted a terrifyingly destructive aura. It was like a cannonball, no, more accurately, like a world-destroying meteorite heading straight for the golden mask.

“Bang!”

Direct hit!

The entire main laboratory shook with the impact, and the golden mask uttered an “ah” before falling silent.

The metallic ball rolled off the golden mask and onto the ground, where it slowly moved and continued to emit a destructive aura, its shape changing–the surface developed cracks and split into sections resembling plates, making it look like a turtle shell…

Pandora stared, dumbfounded, then curiosity got the better of her, and she stepped closer to pick up the metallic ball. She gently twisted it, and a part of the ball rotated. Another twist, and another part of the ball also moved.

During the rotation, the ball made a “click-click-click” sound, as if it had some gear mechanism inside.

“What is this?” Pandora wondered.

The golden mask slowly came to, thoroughly demoralized by now. It glanced at the metallic ball with curiosity and whimpered, “What on earth is this thing, what’s it for, and how come it hurts so much when it hits me?!”

Pandora didn’t know, nor did the golden mask, and they stared at each other, wide-eyed. Time ticked away, and after a while, with a “click,” the transformed metallic ball shrank back to its original spherical form.

This…

Pandora blinked, still holding the metallic ball, and looked at the golden mask with a burning gaze, saying, “Shall we try again?”

“Hey! Young lady, I… I admit my mistake, is that not enough? Please don’t be rash, I…hey hey hey, I…”

“Bang! Ah!”

…

In the magic testing field, Richard turned his head to look at the main laboratory, feeling a mysterious tremor, and not long after, another one.

Hmm?

What’s this?

…

Moments later.

Richard appeared in the main laboratory, quickly getting to the bottom of the situation. He took the transformed metallic ball from Pandora, raising an eyebrow in genuine surprise. He had not expected that the metallic ball needed a good smashing to change into its true form.

During his previous research, he had taken care not to conduct any destructive tests to preserve the ball’s integrity, fearing damage. Little did he know that his caution was actually what caused the research on the metallic ball to stagnate.

“Huh–”

Richard let out a deflated sigh, quickly adjusted his mood, and began to operate the metallic ball.

“Click-click-click…”

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