After receiving the Admin's information, she decisively parted ways with Acacia, whom she had just met.
Then.
Traveling the world, perhaps by fate, she adopted Ichiryu, Jirou, and Toriko one by one.
She was determined to raise these three children well.
These children would all possess abilities capable of changing the world's situation in the future!
Froese was a person with great love in her heart; she had traveled the earth, witnessing countless people dying from war, hunger, illness...
Among them, most were children who couldn't fend for themselves!
How sorrowful was her heart when she watched these children die one by one before her eyes?
Therefore, she would treat these three children as family.
Then.
She would impart all her knowledge, cultivate their values, and strive to transform this war-torn era into her ideal culinary paradise!
And this was something difficult for her to achieve alone.
It wasn't that her strength was insufficient.
After joining the Chat Group, she was confident that her strength would surely far exceed its original height.
But in this world, not everything can be solved by sheer strength.
However, the three children she adopted possessed the potential to change the era!
So, she was very grateful to the Admin for telling her this important information.
As for her original future of death?
Compared to the future of the entire world, its weight in her heart was insignificant!
The Trailblaze of Wisdom: "Excellent cuisine. I've calculated the ingredients, and substitutes can largely be found throughout the universe."
The Trailblaze of Wisdom: "But the data tells me that even a one-to-one replication of this dish would still fall far short of Froese's [Seven-Colored Rainbow Brew]. Truly worthy of a Culinary God capable of pioneering an era!"
Female protagonist in crossover anime: "..."
As expected of a genius, she can even find substitute ingredients from different worlds. She's incredibly powerful.
Watching the group still discussing Froese's cuisine, Hermes took another small taste, then stored it in a special collection room on his starship.
This collection room had been specially adjusted with technology, possessing a time-freezing effect. Whatever was put in came out the same, with no need to worry about expiration... He then closed the Chat Group and began to research the devil fruit.
He brought the devil fruit to a relatively secluded laboratory on the starship.
Although he specialized in energy studies, it didn't mean he was completely ignorant of other fields.
Therefore, when he designed this starship, he also conveniently set up this bioengineering laboratory.
Inside the circular laboratory, holographic projections disassembled the devil fruit's three-dimensional structure into flowing data streams.
Watching the alpha's calculations, Hermes frowned and sighed: "It seems I need to research and design a more advanced computer. A simple high-level artificial intelligence can no longer fully meet my research needs!"
A celestial computer?
A quantum computer?
Or a biological computer?
Hermes was somewhat indecisive.
Frankly speaking, all three types of computers were excellent.
First, the celestial computer; even Nous ascended to godhood through a celestial computer, so the strength of its computing power is imaginable.
Then there's the quantum computer; the essence of this world is the world of imaginary numbers and quanta, so the prospects of quantum computers are naturally self-evident.
Finally, the biological computer; Ruan Mei also demonstrated its possibilities to Hermes in this regard.
In a previous exchange, Ruan Mei had mentioned that she personally vitalized 9 planets and, referencing the network of the Propagation insectoids, constructed a biological computer composed of the stellar souls of nine vitalized planets!
That computing power even astonished Screwllum!
Now, Hermes also had to consider building his own exclusive supercomputer; this was something every genius inevitably needed to experience.
After all, although every genius possesses supercomputing abilities, only with an exclusive computer that perfectly matches them can a genius be considered complete!
While quickly calculating in his mind, Hermes's hands didn't stop, and he began the next step: "alpha, extract the ancient beast gene from collection warehouse number 3, code-named [Phoenix], and begin manufacturing a new devil fruit!"
"Experimental materials have been extracted, beginning energy injection."
In a cultivation pod, alpha placed the [Phoenix] gene, and then a light blue nutrient solution filled it to provide nourishment.
Soon, a phantom of a fruit covered in spiral patterns gradually took shape.
Finally, after rigorous calculations, energy was injected, and the fruit phantom finally materialized.
The devil fruit: Phoenix form, was born!
Succeeding in the first research attempt did not surprise Hermes; it was a matter of course.
Subsequently, he and alpha quickly reverse-engineered the entire experimental process, preparing to fully understand the principles of the entire experiment.
This way, he would be able to build a devil fruit production machine, achieving devil fruit freedom.
In the future, manufacturing any devil fruit would no longer be so troublesome.
Of course, currently limited to Zoan types.
To this day, he still couldn't quite grasp how to refine everything in nature, such as lightning, light, lava, and even more abstract concepts, into a small fruit.
This was not his area of expertise.
"However, this is good. With difficulty, there will naturally be rewards!"
Hermes's lips curved slightly upwards, and he happily summarized this experiment: "The Zoan types are one thing; at most, they've added a little to my knowledge of life structure. But if I can figure out the Logia and Paramecia types, I have a premonition that there will be great gains!"
Just then.
Hermes suddenly felt something and cast his gaze towards the unknown distance.
"This feeling..."
An irrepressible smile unconsciously appeared on the man's face, making his already peerlessly handsome appearance even more approachable.
"Has Pom-Pom awakened from her slumber?"
"It seems Himeko is about to become the navigator of the Astral Express, leading the Trailblaze Faction to Trailblaze the stars once again!"
After all, as a self-crowned former Trailblazer, his authority on the Trailblaze Path, apart from the fallen Trailblaze Aeon Akivili, was almost second to none.
"Let's calculate their current location. Pom-Pom has awakened, and I still need to provide a little help to the Trailblazer of the new era!"
Although he had disembarked, he had, after all, spent long years on the Astral Express.
Those were times he still cherished.
After all, exploring the stars was a romantic pursuit that spanned both his lives.