After a long while, Xiao composed himself and condensed another Mini-Mini Fruit. This Devil Fruit, entirely manufactured by Xiao, differed from genuine Devil Fruits in one major aspect: it lacked a source.
To elaborate, it didn't possess a Devil Fruit core, and thus couldn't regenerate after the ability user's death.
This was a one-time-use Devil Fruit, but it was also no longer limited by a source, nor cursed by the sea. It could even allow someone to eat multiple different Devil Fruits at once.
One could say that, for an individual, it was the perfect Devil Fruit, fearless of any curses while possessing all the characteristics of a Devil Fruit.
Xiao returned to the One Piece world with this self-forged Devil Fruit, ready to hand it back to Lili.
Although a long time had passed in the Cyber Dimension, in the real world, Lili only felt as if Xiao had been gone for about ten minutes.
"It's already been used up?!"
Lili looked at the Mini-Mini Fruit back in her hand, astonished by Xiao's speed.
"Yes, it's yours again!"
Xiao returned the Mini-Mini Fruit to Lili's hand, and she eagerly ate it again.
There was no other way; the sense of incompleteness from her soul was unbearable, and the instinctive urge from her body made it almost impossible for her to control herself.
A sweet taste filled her taste buds, completely devoid of that disgusting flavor. Her Devil Fruit seemed to have become strange.
Lili didn't have time to think much, immersing herself in the joy of her abilities returning, constantly growing larger and smaller.
She even discovered that her Devil Fruit ability seemed to have evolved; she could now transform into human size.
Originally, Lili could only have three forms: her own giant form, a mini thirty-centimeter form, and a super-mini five-millimeter form.
However, Lili now found that she could control her body size more precisely, no longer limited by fixed forms.
As long as she wished, she could adjust her body size at will, whether growing larger or smaller.
Even more astonishingly, Lili discovered that her Devil Fruit seemed to have awakened; she could even control the size of other objects.
Whether it was abstract concepts like space or wounds, or tiny things like dust and sand, she could freely manipulate their dimensions.
Lili excitedly experimented with these extraordinary changes, reveling in the power and freedom they brought.
She had finally regained her complete self and had become even stronger, all thanks to Xiao's gift.
This was the Mini-Mini Fruit after absorbing the abilities of termites and then undergoing ten thousand regenerations, finally achieving a perfect evolution of its own abilities.
One could say that, apart from not yet absorbing faith to ascend to godhood, this Mini-Mini Fruit was already almost on par with the legendary Devil Fruits.
"You're amazing! Thank you, Blackbeard-sama!" Lili said gratefully.
Although she didn't know exactly how Xiao had helped her break through her limits, she deeply remembered this kindness.
"You're welcome. Just call me Xiao from now on. Blackbeard is just one of my aliases," Xiao replied with a smile.
"Yes, Xiao-sama, thank you very much for your help!"
Lili thanked Xiao even more, feeling honored that she now knew the adult's true name.
"Well, until we meet again, beautiful Miss Giant!"
Xiao waved his hand, and under Lili's expectant gaze, he unhesitatingly turned and returned to the Cyber Dimension.
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Upon returning to the Cyber Dimension, Xiao extracted the original nanomechanical mother worm from his body.
This nanomechanical mother worm could be said to be the mother of all Cyber Aura; all Cyber Aura originated from its division.
In Xiao's power system, its existence was like the first wisp of spiritual energy between heaven and earth; it was Cyber Mother Qi, its status akin to the supreme Three Pure Ones of the Primordial World.
Therefore, for the first qualitative change of Cyber Aura, Xiao still chose this Cyber Mother Qi to complete it.
However, regarding the metamorphosis of Cyber Aura, Xiao obviously wouldn't directly operate on the Cyber Mother Qi itself.
Under Xiao's precise manipulation, the Mini Law successfully integrated into a strand of Cyber Aura that had just been divided from the Cyber Mother Qi.
The Cyber Aura, infused with the Mini Law, continuously trembled. Its atomic-sized body began to shrink rapidly, occasionally expanding and rebounding several times, perhaps due to not adapting to its own power.
Finally, after ninety-one expansions and contractions, the size of this Cyber Aura ultimately settled at nuclear size.
In particle physics, protons and neutrons are collectively called nucleons, meaning they are the basic particles that constitute atomic nuclei. Thus, the purpose of Xiao's trip was not in vain.
Through the perspective of Cyber Aura, Xiao saw a more microscopic world, experiencing a dreamlike scene completely different from the atomic world.
At the same time, he also saw the flawed and dented steel-like body of the Cyber Mother Qi beside him. For the first time, Xiao realized that the Cyber Aura he designed had such huge flaws and loopholes.
So, Xiao immediately controlled the nuclear-level Cyber Aura to massively devour and divide, then collectively surged into the Cyber Mother Qi's body, performing a full-range transformation and recasting on it.
Each repair caused subtle changes in the body of the Cyber Mother Qi, but these subtle changes accumulated to produce a huge impact.
All the flaws on the Cyber Mother Qi's body were compensated one by one under the repair of the nuclear-level Cyber Aura, making its entire body more perfect.
The Cyber Mother Qi's body became more compact and resilient, while also possessing stronger power and energy storage capabilities, and all its functions also doubled.
Finally, these Cyber Aura, possessing the Mini Law, all dissolved into the Cyber Mother Qi's body, integrating with it and becoming a part of its body.
Then, its body trembled imperceptibly, and the power of the Mini Law was transferred into the Cyber Mother Qi's body.
The Cyber Mother Qi also rapidly shrank to nuclear size under the power of the Law.
After the evolved Cyber Mother Qi returned to Xiao's body, it began to frantically devour the original Cyber Aura within Xiao's body and began to divide and reproduce the evolved Cyber Aura.
For Xiao, the most direct feeling during this process was that the energy in his body began to drop rapidly.
But at the same time, his physical strength was growing at an astonishing speed.
The Cyber Aura, which could originally only accommodate one atomic unit, can now accommodate thousands of nuclear-level Cyber Aura.
However, while the total amount of power contained in the Cyber Aura remains unchanged, the number of Cyber Aura that Xiao's body can carry will increase by tens of thousands of times.
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