Chapter 56 Ling Tong’s Ideal

After a pleasant dinner, night had fallen at the campsite.

Wang Jixuan leaned against the small window, gazing at the starry sky, extravagantly wasting his time on things other than meditation.

His spiritual senses were always outstretched, and he could immediately detect if the psychic got close.

In just two or three hours, Ling Tong and Uncle Tai had upgraded the defensive firepower of this supply station, installing two automatic machine guns, and the defense forces stationed in Area C had also set up two sentry posts nearby.

My sense of security has increased dramatically.

Buzz, buzz!

Wang Jixuan picked up the text exchange switch next to him.

It was Zhou Zhengde who received the news from here.

【01: What happened? There was a riot as soon as you arrived, and they’ve already targeted you?】

【02: Not bad. Captain Zhou, be careful on your side too. The newcomer Qin Qin may have a great figure, but she’s a tough one to deal with.】

【01: Was she testing you?】

【02: I ran into them on the way here yesterday. The culprit who caused the riot at the camp was the C-rank psychic next to her. Could you get me a list of these psychics? Send it directly to Ling Tong.】

Wang Jixuan thought for a moment and then gave special instructions.

【02: Captain Zhou, I don’t mean to interfere in your love life, but that new biology minister is a bit cunning; you should be careful.】

【01: I noticed that too. She claims to be semi-conservative, but… wow, when she came to the 13th-floor police station to meet me today, she was wearing very sexy lace lingerie and deliberately showed it off to me.】

【01: Tsk, what does she take me for? Is the Psionic Capital really this chaotic? If I wanted a more open-minded girl, wouldn’t it have been better to just accept Viagra?】

【02: So how did you handle it?】

【01: Simple, I asked Wei Na to come and pretend to be my girlfriend, and that got rid of her. What a difficult woman. But Wei Na is very good at dealing with these kinds of manipulative women.】

【02: Green tea bitch?】

【01: Don’t learn to use foul language. Your soul is pure, Wang Zheng (〃’▽’〃).】

【02: Any news from Ye Zi?】

【01: No, the wanderer’s camp is constantly shifting. I will keep an eye on it. She has most likely been swallowed up by the desert.】

【02: I’ll try to eliminate that psionicist who infiltrated the outer C area. I’m letting you know in advance so you don’t have to panic.】

【01: Huh? Are you going to do it yourself?】

【02: I have Lingtong; my job is just to oil her robotic arm. Talk to you later.】

【01: Don’t worry about me, I’ve seen all sorts of women… Do you need contraceptives? Combat Girls can’t get pregnant, but the military encourages them and Combat Base members to form their own families, which will help extend their service life.】

Wang Jixuan: ……

These guys are really something!

Do you all understand the importance of Yuan Yang to Foundation Establishment cultivators?

It seems they really don’t understand.

Wang Jixuan stretched, pondered briefly by the window, then sat in meditation, performed hand seals, and carefully deduced the movements. Soon, he raised his sword fingers, tapped them a few times on his body, and then pointed his hands towards the sky.

Before long, strands of extremely faint starlight gathered.

It really does emit radiation!

Cough, no, it really has the power of starlight!

Wang Jixuan’s spirits lifted slightly.

However, he soon discovered that this amount of starlight power was not much, and the essence of stars and moon was not much either.

All things considered, if one absorbs six hours of star and moon essence and meditates for sixteen hours daily, the cultivation efficiency is slightly higher than that of the fortress city.

Now that we’re outside the fortress and under Ling Tong’s protection, could we perhaps obtain some formulated soil?

“That won’t work either. The Wanlijin Gang’s greenhouse area is very large, and they use a lot of formulated soil to achieve a relatively high concentration of spiritual energy.”

‘The crystal core is the most important thing; if all else fails, we can study the flesh and blood of the Blade Beast.’

‘I wonder if the new Minister of Biology will discover that six crystal cores are missing. In their eyes, this resource should be the most precious thing.’

Master Wang was also somewhat worried.

And so, the night passed without further incident.

Wang Jixuan was awakened from his cultivation early the next morning by Sister Wan’s call to eat.

He made a point of changing his clothes, messing up his hair, and yawning a few times to moisten his eyes before opening the door and going out.

Ling Tong and Uncle Tai’s family were already gathered around a square table in the corner, with a seat deliberately left empty next to Ling Tong.

Uncle Tai is rather thin, with deep wrinkles on his forehead, and he is 59 years old this year.

They had already chatted warmly at the welcome dinner last night, and Wang Jixuan also learned about Uncle Tai and Sister Wan’s love story.

Wan Jie was originally a non-marriage advocate, but she applied for genetic matching, in vitro fertilization, and had a child on her own. The child was given to the Fortress Nursery, where her original fortress raised Wan Xiaoqi until she was six years old.

—Completely free maintenance.

Ironically, the person who anonymously provided the male reproductive cells was none other than Tai-shu.

It seems that the Archon’s Auxiliary System of their birth fortress determined that the two of them could produce an excellent mechanic offspring.

Later, Sister Wan and Uncle Tai met, fell in love, and got married in the previous batch of battle maidens’ team. When they returned to the original fortress to register, the fortress auxiliary system provided the genetic map of their child.

It’s quite a coincidence.

At this moment, Uncle Tai, sporting dark circles under his eyes, was laughing heartily:

“Young Wang is so healthy! He didn’t even get up last night! He must be taking good care of his kidneys!”

Wan Xiaoqi chuckled: “Hehehe, last night we made a bet on whether we would hear any noise, but nothing happened. What a disappointment.”

“This child is always talking nonsense.”

Sister Wan hurriedly said:

“Don’t listen to their nonsense… What courses will Xiao Wang take next? If he needs textbooks, you can contact me.”

Ling Tong ate her breakfast slowly and deliberately, completely ignoring these topics.

Wang Jixuan sat beside her, looking at the two large plates of fried dough sticks and seven or eight fried eggs in front of her, and exclaimed, “Is the food here always this good?”

“Of course!”

Wan Xiaoqi said with a grin:

“My parents are both senior mechanics with over thirty years of experience! They’re already at the maximum level of Level 5 citizen! Plus, they have military rank bonuses! They have plenty of supplies!”

Wang Jixuan clicked his tongue: “Then I’ll have to take advantage of the perks here.”

Uncle Tai, who was standing next to Wang Jixuan, placed a fried dough stick on the plate in front of him and said, “Eat more. Look how thin you are. Being a mechanic is hard work.”

“Uncle Xie Tai.”

Ling Tong simply said, “Team Leader Zhou sent over some information, including a list of newly added psionic users. The person who tried to attack us yesterday is named Lü Dongjie. He followed us here and should be in the camp now.”

Wang Jixuan glanced at Uncle Tai and the others, and waited quietly for more than ten seconds.

Ling Tong spoke up directly, proving that these matters could be discussed in front of their family.

Ling Tong asked, “What do you want to do?”

Wang Jixuan asked, “Is it possible to get one of those shields that automatically activate when a bullet hits you?”

Uncle Tai immediately said, “We have them here. I’ll get them for you later. In addition to the individual trigger-type plasma shield, we also have large shields for mechs. These are defensive weapons that are not part of Ling Tong’s equipment. Our team can use them legally.”

“Give me two single ones, that’ll do,” Wang Jixuan said, taking a bite of a fried dough stick.

Crispy and sweet with a pleasant aftertaste, it’s a delicious treat I’ve never experienced in the fortress.

He asked, “Any results have been released from the investigation of those four people from yesterday?”

“They all looked somewhat dazed when they woke up, as if their brains had been affected.”

Sister Wan spoke quickly:

“It has been determined that a psionicist or a mimicry blade beast attacked them. Further observation is needed. If they do not exhibit manic behavior after 24 hours, it can be concluded that the psionicist is behind it.”

Wang Jixuan was a little puzzled: “Can’t this kind of control by psychics last forever?”

“They can only control individuals of humans or animals within a certain range around them; they can’t control them outside that range.”

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Uncle Tai’s answer was more professional:

“Based on the information we currently have, if they are C-level psychics, then the only human individuals they can control are those who are weak-willed, distracted, or completely unprepared.”

“Most military soldiers have relevant combat training.”

“If it is a Mimic Blade Beast… there are records showing that Mimic Blade Beasts can disguise themselves as humans to proselytize and bewitch them, which is used in conjunction with their mind control skills.”

“These mimicry blade beasts are the most troublesome; the psionicists who cause trouble are usually just trash.”

Wang Jixuan nodded slowly, then lowered his head in thought.

Ling Tong said, “Don’t worry, I’ll take care of that Lü Dongjie later.”

“That’s not what I’m worried about.”

Wang Jixuan didn’t say much, and changed the subject with a smile:

“Why do they all call you Battle Princess? It doesn’t sound like a very nice name.”

“It’s just a nickname,” Ling Tong shrugged. “It doesn’t matter.”

Wan Xiaoqi volunteered to explain, “I know, I know! The name ‘Battle Girl’ is actually a nickname! It’s to reduce ordinary people’s fear of the boss! It’s an experiment that originated more than eighty years ago!”

“Shut up! Just eat! Let me explain.”

Sister Wan glared at Wan Xiaoqi, then spoke in a gentle tone:

“More than eighty years ago was the most dangerous time for mankind. At that time, the battle lines were constantly collapsing. Although human military technology was developing by leaps and bounds, the Blade Beasts were also making targeted evolutions.”

“At that time, many plans that would have a significant impact on the future were proposed, including the formal recognition of psionicists and the plan for combat cyborgs, which combined humans and machines and was then called mechanical evolution.”

“Then, large-scale experiments began. We paid a heavy price, but also achieved brilliant results.”

“Our D5 Integrated Theater Commander-in-Chief was among the first batch of humanoid mechs.”

Ling Tong sipped the rice porridge slowly; this was a food she enjoyed all to herself.

Sister Wan continued her story:

“The humanoid mechs turned the tide of the battle to some extent. The giant mechs developed around the humanoid mechs became super equipment for fighting against the King-level Blade Beasts, and humanity was finally able to catch its breath.”

“Then this plan kept iterating.”

“By the time it came to Ling Tong’s generation, her official codename had become ‘Half-human Mech AR600 Improved Type II’. There were 150 people in the same batch, 95 of whom have been killed in battle or died from organ failure. Now, 25 of them are in the D5 war zone, becoming candidates for the next generation of terrifying mechs.”

“The current situation is very dangerous. In this region, the Commander-in-Chief is the one struggling to hold on.”

“The Commander-in-Chief is the only long-lived half-human mech. The secret to his longevity is not that his organs have not failed, but that after his whole body was modified, his brain was miraculously stable in an environment that simulated the body’s hormones, and his consciousness did not collapse.”

“The humanoid mechs are inherently inhumane and unfair to the modified individuals. Moreover, their powerful combat capabilities always inspire fear that they might go out of control.”

“Over time, the official stance has become tacitly accepted the use of nicknames such as Mechanical Girl, Battle Girl, Mecha Girl, and Pilot Girl.”

Wan Xiaoqi chirped on, “Male cyborg mechs are usually called ‘combat bases,’ the ‘base’ being deliberately chosen to downplay the soldiers’ fear of them. Of course, such a title can never be used on our Commander-in-Chief… or you’ll be blasted into the sky!”

Uncle Tai exclaimed in admiration: “The Commander-in-Chief is truly admirable. That’s willpower, willpower that surpasses the limits of human capability!”

Ling Tong looked at Wang Jixuan and whispered, “This is also my life goal: to become someone like the Commander-in-Chief, to pilot a terrifying mech, and ultimately defeat the Blade Beast.”

“To you,” Wang Jixuan said, tapping the fried dough stick against the rim of her bowl.

Ling Tong pursed her lips, seemingly smiling, and lowered her head to drink her porridge.

Uncle Tai glanced around, took out a text exchange device, quickly wrote a line of text, and secretly handed it to Wang Jixuan under the table.

It was clearly written above:

【D5 Second Mechanic: Ling Tong can only enjoy sweet love for three to five years. Her organs will not be able to withstand the strain, and she must gradually evolve into a fully mechanical life form, eventually retaining only her brain. Please try your best to give her as many beautiful memories as possible; this will greatly help her endure for many more years to come.】

Ling Tong: “Don’t pass notes in front of me.”

“No way!”

Uncle Tai immediately grabbed the text exchange and took it back, giving Wang Jixuan a simple and honest smile.

Master Wang:…

What he actually wanted to say was that if he could successfully reach the Golden Core Realm and continue to use spiritual energy to massage and passively temper Ling Tong’s body, Ling Tong should, possibly, probably… not need to have her organs removed and could even improve her combat power.

No joke.

Many children of senior figures in the cultivation world, even without any talent for cultivation, can receive enlightenment and have their lifespan extended by these seniors, not to mention simply improving their physical strength.

For the Battle Maiden, the level of physical cultivation at the third stage of Foundation Establishment, the Returning to Truth Realm, is probably enough for her to maintain her current state indefinitely.

However, that’s all for the future.

Master Wang is certainly not going to make any boasts now, as he hasn’t even fully resolved his own cultivation issues.

“I’d like to go for a walk after dinner. Would you like to come with me, sir?”

“oh.”

Ling Tong responded without looking up.

Uncle Tai, Sister Wan, and Wan Xiaoqi immediately showed expressions of “this kid is teachable”.

However, half an hour later.

The three of them simultaneously raised their hands to their foreheads.

Wang Jixuan put on a bulletproof vest, installed protective shield patches and positioning devices, and put on a large-caliber pistol and two magazines before leaving the supply station.

Ling Tong stood in front of the makeshift launch pad, holding the mechanical arm, ready for battle and at any moment to rush out and provide support.

Uncle Tai: “So, they’re not going on a date?”

“What’s going on here?” Wan Xiaoqi muttered, tilting her head.

“Fishing,” Ling Tong said softly, “Prepare to open the exit above, load the flight backpack, activate single-soldier kill equipment, and try to avoid affecting civilians.”

“yes!”