The land of snow.
Snowflakes fell from the dark sky one after another, like a white curtain hanging between the sky and the earth. The mountains, rivers, fields, and villages were all shrouded in the heavy white snow.
And on top of a seemingly unremarkable mountain covered in ice and snow.
Many bright searchlights kept scanning everything around, and there were groups of figures patrolling back and forth nearby.
Their whole bodies were covered by thick silver-white armor, and every part was perfectly connected with a tight seam. They also carried a special and weird firearm behind them.
Although his facial expression is covered by a silver-white mask, even standing there upright can give people a cold and chilling sense of oppression.
With such careful and strict surveillance, even a fly can't even think of flying in.
But that's it.
A black figure slowly walked out of the vast snow.
After seeing the sudden appearance of the man, the originally alert patrol soldiers stopped instantly.
Peng! Peng Peng!
They lowered their heads one after another, clenching their left hands and placing them on their waists.
With his right hand, he made a fist and lightly hit his heart, making a dull impact sound.
Seeing this, Menma's steps suddenly stopped.
A helpless smile appeared under the mask, and he secretly cursed in his heart: "Izumi doesn't know how to teach soldiers to salute me. It's probably Yakumo and Xiaoyue who are messing around again."
Although it feels a bit strange, but...
Military etiquette is also a part of military discipline and 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 was in a stable mood, couldn't help but feel moved when facing the salutes of these soldiers.
"Oh, this solemn sense of honor and responsibility really feels a bit familiar."
The smile on Menma's lips became wanton, and he took another step and walked deeper.
He did not choose to greet these soldiers in return.
What he has to do as a leader is to lead the soldiers to taste the fruits of victory.
This is the best reward for their loyalty.
And waited until Menma's figure disappeared from sight.
The soldiers lowered their arms in unison 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-capped mountains below.
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Card, card, card.
As the black round platform continued to descend, the buildings inside the snow-capped mountains appeared in front of Menma.
The walls here are cast from a translucent special material, with no visible gaps between the materials, just like a complete wall.
The thickness and material of this kind of wall make it difficult to break through, even with powerful destructive ninjutsu.
To a certain extent, it is enough to withstand a spiral wheel hazard.
This is the first high-end research institute in the field of science and technology established in the Land of Snow, so Menma named it "Dawn Research Institute".
The descent from the entrance to the inner passage is approximately 17 or 18 meters.
When Menma walked out of the passage, a tall figure wearing a white coat walked over.
It was Shen Nong who had been beaten up by Jiu Maha not long ago.
However, he has now become the second person in charge of Dawn Research Institute.
It would be a waste of resources to directly kill such a very rare scientific research talent.
So Menma asked Kumaha to spare him half his life.
Although Shen Nong is now nominally the second person in charge of the Dawn Research Institute, he is actually still a semi-imprisoned person.
The "seed" has been planted in his body by Menma, and he will need to see the performance in the future before deciding whether to lift the restriction.
"Sir, please come with me."
Shennong bowed slightly in a respectful and kind manner, and immediately walked towards the interior of the research institute.
Menma nodded and followed without saying a word.
The two of them walked to a completely sealed laboratory and looked inside through the transparent glass wall.
I saw some well-armed researchers discussing something around a giant glass cylinder.
The glass cylinder container contained the Zero Tail that had been transferred back from the mobile fortress.
This green liquid is easily contained in it, but Menma specially made a potion for Zero Tail to prevent it from suddenly erupting and causing unnecessary casualties.
He seemed to be aware of the familiar chakra on Menma's body.
The tightly closed pale mask on Zero Wei's face suddenly revealed a scarlet slit.
But after seeing Menma's figure.
Zero Tails' huge black snake-shaped body instantly shrank into a ball and remained motionless, just like a carefully prepared biological specimen for fear that it would be noticed by Menma.
"Ah."
Menma saw this and sneered: "It seems that this beast's IQ is not low, and he also knows how to pretend to be weak."
Although Zero-Tail was controlled by the past Sky Country, it became the core energy engine of the fortress.
But Zero-Tail takes human's negative emotions such as despair and sadness as food, and turns human's negative emotions into its own power into extremely evil dark chakra.
Zero-Tail's current cowardly look is just a temporary hibernation.
Its current power is not comparable to the tailed beasts, but as long as it grows smoothly, it will only be a matter of time.
However, Menma didn't intend to let Zero-Tail grow without limit.
Menma looked at Zero-Tail and said in a calm tone: "Shen Nong, have you found a way to supply Zero-Tail's energy in a stable and long-term manner?"
"...I'm very sorry, my lord."
Shennong was silent for a moment, his eyes flashed and he said: "If you want to recycle Zero-Tail's chakra, there is no way to do it with today's technology."
The Kingdom of the Sky then used decades of time to build a miraculous flying fortress using the 'Zero Tail' and the core.
The Kingdom of Sky once mobilized the entire country to secretly capture and imprison humans, channeling their negative emotions such as sadness and despair, and then built the flying fortress with Zero Tail as the core energy.
However, once the zero-tail chakra is consumed, it cannot be recycled again.
Menma frowned and said softly: "This large battery cannot be wasted."
The energy required by that mobile fortress is too huge.
You can't catch a tailed beast and use it as a "battery". That would be too much of a waste of natural resources.
The Box of Bliss can purify chakra with negative emotions into normal chakra.
But Zero-Tail requires negative chakra support, and the Box of Bliss cannot meet this condition.
"If i remember correctly."
Menma touched his chin and thought secretly: "In the original plot, was there another character who could use dark chakra?"
"It seems to be in Loulan..."
Just when Menma's thoughts were racing.
His body suddenly stiffened and he subconsciously looked up.
"This feeling of being spied on..."
