I will eventually become a divine being through accumulating constantly

For Xue Jing's unscathed return, Ning Yuantai was the least surprised.

He immediately raised his hand — still holding a half-eaten crab claw — and greeted,

"Xue, you're back. Did you encounter a Furnace Noble Species in there?"

Xue Jing, holding his right wrist with his left hand, rotated his palm to relieve the strain from using the Forgotten Greatsword a bit too forcefully just now and casually asked,

"Furnace Noble Species? What is that?"

He actually had a faint recollection of the name.

Previously, during a visit to Youqing A Dream, he seemed to recall that the cover of the book she was holding read "Furnace Noble Species."

That must refer to the Black Crystal Giant he just encountered.

"That's a special creature from a unique Intersecting Boundaries."

Ning Yuantai explained.

After a pause, he added uncertainly, "Or perhaps it should be called a special... 'person'?"

"Person?" Xue Jing was slightly puzzled, thought for a moment, and then asked,

"Do you mean that thing is a Primate? That can't be right."

Softly, Otogirusu Suzuka interjected, "No, Xue Jun."

"The Furnace Noble Species is not a member of the Primates, and it doesn't even share the most fundamental and basic classification with us... it is a silicon-based life form."

Xue Jing nodded, "I see, just like the 'Living Crystal Species,' the raw material of ISE."

No wonder he couldn't absorb its Life Force with Dragon Cherry.

It seems that this silicon-based life form either does not possess this thing called Life Force or the Life Force is fundamentally different from that of carbon-based life forms, thereby making it unabsorbable.

"It is referred to as 'person' because in its native world, it holds a position in nature similar to humans and also possesses cognitive abilities like humans, even developing its own racial heritage and civilization..."

"Therefore, we regard it as a higher species compared to the typical creatures of Intersecting Boundaries, calling it 'Furnace Noble Species.'"

Otogirusu Suzuka asked curiously, "Xue Jun, did you encounter a Furnace Noble Species in there? And you defeated it?"

Xue Jing nodded and said, "It was quite difficult. I expended a lot of effort and finally managed to kill it... "

Upon hearing this, Ning Yuantai proudly slurped his crab claw and said, "I knew it, just a Furnace Noble Species is nothing but a punchbag in Xue's hands..."

"Wait a minute."

He felt he might have misunderstood a word, so he continued to ask, "Xue, you said you killed it?"

Xue Jing glanced at him, "What about it?"

Ning Yuantai scratched his head, "Ah? You really killed it?"

Xue Jing hummed, "It was quite difficult. I had to smash it several times, and it still wouldn't die. In the end, I used a special method..."

Upon these words, not only Ning Yuantai, but even Sofia showed surprise.

"Xue, as expected of you..."

Ning Yuantai gave a thumbs-up.

"A Furnace Noble Species can control and transform its own body, treating any silicon-containing material as its parts to smelt and install onto itself."

"Each Furnace Noble Species has different preferences, smelting different silicon-containing materials onto their bodies, hence the significant difference in strength."

Sofia looked at Xue Jing and said slowly.

"For instance, the Lava Noble Species in there likes magma... That's also why this museum can't restrain it, yet it still chooses to stay here."

"As long as there is silicon-containing material around, these creatures can continuously replenish their bodies, even if they are destroyed, they will recover, and not die even if only a fingernail-sized piece is left."

"With your current martial realm strength, you should not be able to kill it... So you must be a Blessed One with a special attack-type God-Given Secret Art."

Sofia fanned herself with her folding fan, glanced towards Otogirusu Suzuka, and sighed,

"Your intuition was more accurate... It's a miscalculation, had I known, I would have directly gone in to grab it."

"Never mind, the main goal was to eat crab, and having done that is good enough."

At this moment, a group of security officers clad in wide special explosion-proof suits, holding various weapons, quickly approached from the end of the hallway.

Seeing this, Sofia waved her hand, "Let's slip away, Little Suzuka, please take care of the aftermath."

Otogirusu Suzuka bowed slightly to her and said in Russian, "It would be my honor, Sofia Alexandra Yevna."

As soon as she finished speaking, the woman from the Arctic Federation named Sofia disappeared on the spot.

Xue Jing, who had been mostly focused on her, hadn't even noticed how she had left.

"Xue Jun, leave the rest to me. Could you please wait for me at the museum entrance for a bit? I have a few more things I would like to talk with you about."

Otogirusu Suzuka turned to Xue Jing and spoke softly, her tone as gentle as if whispering sweet nothings to a lover.

Although Xue Jing was slightly put off by her, since she could help him avoid the trouble of explaining himself to the museum, he saw no harm in agreeing to her small request of 'a few more words,' so he nodded in agreement.

And so, Otogirusu Suzuka stayed to 'explain' what happened and handle related matters with the museum staff, while Xue Jing and Ning Yuantai left the museum and came to the main entrance.

"I didn't expect this kind of trouble. Who exactly is that Sofia woman? I don't know why, but I didn't even dare to speak too loudly in front of her."

Ning Yuantai commented reflectively.

Xue Jing thought for a moment with a somewhat odd expression, "...I think she might have quite a history with you."