Chapter 184 I'll Give You My Heart

The Land of Snow.

Snowflakes fluttered down from the dark sky, and it seemed as if a white curtain was hanging between the sky and the earth. Mountains, fields, and villages were all shrouded in white snow.

And on a mountain that looked ordinary and covered with ice and snow.

Many bright searchlights kept sweeping everything around, and groups of figures kept patrolling back and forth nearby.

They were covered with heavy silver-white armor, and every part was perfectly connected together, and they also carried a special and strange gun behind them.

Although their facial expressions were covered by silver-white masks, even if they stood there upright, they could give people a cold and oppressive feeling.

With such a thorough and strict surveillance, even flies would not want to fly in.

But at this moment.

A black figure slowly walked out of the vast snowstorm.

And after seeing the man who suddenly appeared, the patrol soldiers who were originally on guard stopped instantly.

Bang! Bang bang!

They all lowered their heads, clenched their left fists and placed them at their waists behind them.

The right fists were clenched and lightly hit against the heart, making a series of dull thumping sounds.

Seeing this, Menma's steps suddenly stopped.

Under the mask, he showed a helpless smile, and secretly complained in his heart: "Izumi will not teach the soldiers to salute me. It is probably Yakumo and Koyuki who are messing around again."

Although it feels a bit strange, but...

Military salutes are also part of military discipline. They are an important guarantee for maintaining the centralization and unity of the army, consolidating and improving combat effectiveness, and completing various tasks.

And even Menma, who is calm in mind, can't help but be moved when facing the salutes of these soldiers.

"Hehe, this solemn sense of honor and responsibility is really a bit familiar."

The smile on Menma's mouth became wanton, and he took another step to go deeper.

He did not choose to return the salute or say hello to these soldiers.

As a leader, what he has to do is to lead the soldiers to taste the fruits of victory.

This is the best reward for their loyalty.

And wait until Menma's figure disappeared from sight.

The soldiers put down their arms at the same time and continued to perform their tasks.

Menma walked to a black round platform in the center of the mountain top, and the black round platform began to slowly move into the snow mountain below.

Click, click, click.

As the black round platform continued to descend, the buildings inside the snow mountain appeared in front of Menma.

The walls here are made of a special translucent material, and there is no gap between the materials at all, just like a complete wall.

The thickness and material of this wall are difficult to break even with powerful ninjutsu.

To some extent, it is enough to withstand a spiral wheel.

This is the first high-end research institute in the field of science and technology established by the Snow Country, so Menma named it "Dawn Research Institute".

The height from the entrance to the internal passage is about 17 or 18 meters.

When Menma walked out of the passage, a tall figure in a white coat walked over step by step.

It was Shennong who was beaten up by Jiu Maha not long ago.

However, he has now become the second person in charge of the Dawn Research Institute.

Killing such a rare scientific talent directly would be a waste of talent.

So Menma asked Jiu Maha to spare his life.

Although Shennong is now the second person in charge of the Dawn Research Institute in name, he is still a criminal in semi-imprisonment.

Menma has planted a "seed" in his body, and he will need to see his performance in the future to decide whether to lift the restrictions.

"Sir, please follow me."

Shennong leaned forward slightly with a respectful and kind attitude, and then walked towards the inside of the institute.

Menma nodded and followed him without saying a word.

The two walked to a fully enclosed laboratory and looked inside through the transparent glass wall.

Some fully armed researchers were discussing something around a giant glass cylinder.

The container of the glass cylinder was the Zero Tail transferred back from the mobile fortress.

The green liquid contained in it was a medicine specially made by Menma for Zero Tail, which could prevent it from suddenly rising and causing unnecessary casualties.

It seemed that he sensed the familiar chakra on Menma.

The pale mask on Zero Tail's face suddenly revealed a scarlet gap.

But after seeing Menma's figure.

Zero Tail's huge black snake-like body instantly shrank into a ball and did not move, just like a carefully prepared biological specimen, afraid that he would be noticed by Menma.

"Heh."

Menma sneered at this and said, "It seems that this beast has a high IQ, and he knows how to pretend to be weak."

Although Zero Tail was controlled by the former Sky Country and became the core energy engine of the fortress.

But Zero Tail feeds on negative emotions such as human despair and sadness, and transforms human negative emotions into its own power and transforms them into extremely evil dark chakra.

Zero Tail's current cowardly look is just a temporary hibernation.

Its current power is not enough to compete with the tailed beasts, but as long as it grows smoothly, it is only a matter of time.

However, Menma does not intend to let Zero Tail grow indefinitely.

Menma looked at Zero Tail and said calmly, "Shennong, have you found a way to keep Zero Tail's energy circulating for a long time?"

"...I'm very sorry, sir."

Shennong was silent for a moment, his eyes flickered as he said, "If you want to recycle the chakra of Zero Tail, it is not possible with current technology."

Then the Kingdom of Sky spent decades to build a flying fortress with the 'Zero Tail' and the core.

The Kingdom of Sky once used the whole country's strength to secretly capture and imprison humans, and guide out their negative emotions such as sadness and despair, so that the flying fortress was built with Zero Tail as the core energy.

However, once the chakra of Zero Tail is consumed, it cannot be recycled for a second time.

Menma frowned and said with a sigh, "This large battery cannot be wasted."

The energy required for the mobile fortress is really too huge.

You can't catch a tailed beast as a "battery", that would be too wasteful.

And the Box of Bliss can purify the chakra with negative emotions into normal chakra.

But Zero Tail needs negative chakra to nourish it, and the Box of Bliss cannot meet this condition.

"If I remember correctly."

Menma touched his chin and thought to himself: "In the original plot, is there another character who can use dark chakra?"

"It seems to be in Loulan..."

Just when Menma's thoughts were flying.

His body suddenly stiffened, and he subconsciously looked up.

"This feeling of being spied on..."