Their gazes met, and they did not speak for a long time.
"I really have to go," Lu Siya said.
"The accounts for the reconstruction of the lair and the progress of the projects we're working on are all in the computer. You know the password, so take a look at it yourself!"
Once she finished speaking, she opened the door to her office and let the cold wind in early autumn start to stimulate her sleepy brain.
She sucked in a deep breath and walked out without turning her head around.
"Wait!" Meng Chao called out from behind her.
"Hmm?" Lu Siya turned her head around.
"You forgot about this." Meng Chao brought the nutritional fluid over.
"… Thank you!" Lu Siya said in annoyance.
She did not take the nutritional fluid. She turned her head around and continued walking. When she was about to reach the stairs, she turned her head around and waved at Meng Chao.
"Are you still training with Battle God Lei Zongchao?" When Meng Chao jogged over, she asked out of the blue.
"Yeah. What's wrong?"
The ancient ruins were top secrets and could not be easily revealed, but there was nothing he could hide from the Battle God. His family and Lu Siya knew about it a long time ago.
"It's nothing. Being able to train with the Battle God is something many superhumans dream about. Of course it's not a problem."
Lu Siya thought about it for a while, but she could not help but say, "But if you want to train, then train. Don't get too close to those people from Battle God Palace, and don't get involved in their matters, understand?"
"I don't understand."
Meng Chao was confused. "What's wrong with Battle God Palace? They're all poor children from old residential areas and slums, basic officers from the Red Dragon Army, and war orphans. They're all gathered together to talk about how they can contribute to Dragon City. What do you mean by getting too close to them and getting involved in their matters?"
"… Forget it. Pretend that I didn't say anything."
Lu Siya waved her hand in annoyance. "He's really leaving?!"
"Wait, Big Sis Ya, what's the special mission tonight?"
When he saw her like this, Meng Chao could not help but break his rule. "Can I join?"
"You?"
Lu Siya sized up Meng Chao and snickered. "Usually, I'd welcome you with open arms, and I'd be more than happy to join you. But you look even more haggard than me today. Are you sure that you can complete the mission at 100% and not drag others down?"
That was true.
From the moment he lost control of his spirit energy because he had been anxious when his sister went up the stairs, he noticed that he had been adding too many burdens to his shoulders.
There was a limit to fighting while injured. Staying at 30% health for a long period of time consumed too much of his body. Only a monstrous physique like his could endure it, but it was too much for him.
The current him was not suited to carry out strange and dangerous missions with Lu Siya.
If he forced himself into battle, he might not be able to help but cause trouble and distract Lu Siya.
"Are we leaving tonight?"
Meng Chao thought that if Lu Siya left the next day, he would have time to look for Su Mulian to heal him. Then, he would spend tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of contribution points to exchange for Healing Skills and use them on himself. Then, he would drink around one hundred gene medicine in one go and cultivate for an entire night. He should be able to recover by around eighty percent.
Then, he would be able to fight alongside Lu Siya.
"Yes, the personnel, equipment, and vehicles are all ready. I'll set off as soon as I return to the station."
But Lu Siya did not give him the chance.
"Then be careful."
That was all Meng Chao could say. He paused for a moment before he added, "Don't work too hard!"
Lu Siya smiled.
"We haven't taken revenge for Lin Chuan yet, and we haven't figured out the White Spirit's secret either. We still don't know who drilled a hole in the White Spirit's spine and caused it to grow new nerves and expand organs, which turned it from a low-grade superbeast into an intelligent abnormal beast. How can I not work hard?"
She asked airily.
When she mentioned Lin Chuan, the atmosphere between them became solemn again.
Over the past half a year, even though Dragon Citizens had been winning in the foggy wilderness and Monster Mountain Range, achieving glorious results and killing countless monsters, Dragon Citizens were still fighting for their lives.
The Apocalyptic Beasts that had wreaked havoc in Dragon City in the past and swaggered around in countless people's nightmares had practically submitted to humans.
But …
Dragon Citizens still had not figured out the mystery behind the monsters' evolution. They did not manage to find and destroy the mysterious power that turned monsters into a monster civilization. They also did not find any traces of Underground Emperor Jin Wanhao's sister, Jin Qianxi, who was said to be even more talented than Battle God Lei Zongchao in the past.
If they imagined the monster civilization as a huge super monster that could blot out the sky, then …
Now, humans had only plucked out its claws and teeth, cut off its limbs, and cut off its tail.
But they still did not know the secrets hidden in the depths of its brain.
And there was a high possibility that this was a monster that had the ability to divide and multiply endlessly.
If they did not dig out its brain, even if they cut open its stomach and cut it into pieces, they would not be able to feel at ease.
"I'll go with you!"
For some reason, Meng Chao suddenly asked.
Lu Siya cast him a deep glance and could not help but laugh.
"Meng Chao, did the series of victories in the past make you arrogant? Do you think that you're the only one who can save Dragon City and that you're the only one who can do all the missions?"
Lu Siya snatched the nutritional fluid from Meng Chao's hands and continued smiling coldly. "Over the past half a year, you were in isolated training in the Supernatural Tower, and I led Group 9 alone. Didn't I still manage to get out of this dangerous place? Enough with the nonsense. I'm leaving. Hurry up and look for Ms. Mulian. You might even be able to make it in time to eat with her! "
"Alright."
Meng Chao also thought that his suggestion was very unprofessional.
By the looks of it, the training and tests over this period of time had been too hard, which was why he had lost his basic judgment.
"Big Sis Ya, take good care of yourself. I'll go and look for Ms. Mulian now."
…
If anyone had to ask which lair citizen had changed the most over the past half a year since the lair was rebuilt, it would definitely be Su Mulian.
Over the past half a year, she had first toured the city with the Broken Star Club and Blue Home's great support to give lectures and tell all the citizens the story of the lair and Leprosy Village.
She let everyone know that there was actually such a dark place in the depths of Dragon City under the same sky. So many unjust things happened there, and so many humans who also had hot blood coursing through their veins had such unbearable fates.
It could be said that Su Mulian's story had awakened the simplest sense of justice in the hearts of tens of millions of citizens, which was why the plan to rebuild the lair could be carried out so smoothly. It also allowed them to gather more money than they expected.
Su Mulian was someone who knew how to repay kindness.
Once she solved the problem of where the villagers could live and how to make a living, she used her unbelievable healing abilities to serve all Dragon Citizens wholeheartedly.
It did not matter whether it was the people at the bottom of the food chain who were tortured by the zombie virus and Blood Flower spores.
It was also the normal soldiers who fought bloody battles at the frontlines and were covered in wounds because of the acid and poison from the monsters.
It was also the superhumans who trained madly and went through spirit energy deviation.
She treated all of them equally and treated them like her own siblings. She did everything she could to take care of them.
Su Mulian's healing method was to transfer other people's injuries to her body, then use her unlimited self-healing ability to digest and absorb them quietly. She would recover without using medicine.
Even though it was effective, it was incredibly painful.
It was difficult for Meng Chao to imagine how such a thin and tender body could absorb so much suffering like a bottomless pit.
Just what sort of power was it that allowed her to act like an ascetic and dedicate herself to him day after day without wavering?
In any case, Su Mulian's words and actions touched all Dragon Citizens.
In the hearts of tens of millions of citizens, she had long since risen from Leprosy Village's Holy Lady to Dragon City's Holy Lady. She was the spiritual symbol of the kind side of Dragon City's civilization.
Due to Su Mulian's encouragement, many of the Dragon Citizens who lived outside Leprosy Village bravely stepped forward and revealed the deformities in their bodies.
Over the past half a century, the zombie virus had infected practically all Dragon Citizens. Compared to the people on Earth, everyone's bodies were more or less different.
Strictly speaking, superhumans were also some sort of mutated body. As long as they reached two-star superhumans and their spirit energy stimulated their cells, they could grow fangs, claws, scales, spikes, fur, and other strengthened organs. However, because they were controlled by humans, they did not look as deformed.
In the past, Dragon Citizens kept the mutation in their bodies a secret.
But now, they thought that it was no big deal. As long as they were like Su Mulian and had a human heart that was filled with boundless love, it did not matter what their bodies turned into.
The people smiled. They understood and accepted the imperfections of themselves and their comrades.
Tolerance was the privilege of the strong.
In the past, Dragon Citizens had limited space, lacked resources, and lived precariously, so they did not have the right to enjoy this privilege.
But after they won against the monster civilization, most of the Dragon Citizens gradually became mentally strong.
Now, Su Mulian worked together with the hospitals in Dragon City and joined the traveling medical team. Every day, she rushed to various residential areas in Dragon City and the frontlines outside the city. She was also incredibly busy.
However, she still had a different attitude toward Meng Chao.
When she heard that Meng Chao had come out of isolated training, she ran back from the medical station at the frontlines and waited for him respectfully in the lair.
When Su Mulian saw the nutritional fluid in Meng Chao's hands, her reaction was completely different from Lu Siya's.
Once she repeatedly confirmed that it was a gift for her, she was so excited that her voice changed. She felt … a little overwhelmed by the favor.
"Thank … Thank you, Mr. Meng Chao! Thank you so much!"
Su Mulian hugged the nutritional fluid tightly. She looked like she was dreaming. "I didn't expect that I would be able to receive your gift!"
Meng Chao thought that Su Mulian was quite interesting.
Her attitude toward him had always been moving between two extremes.
In the beginning, when she learned of his identity, she was so scared that she looked as if she had seen a demon that could destroy the world.
But when she gradually got used to it, she became very attentive, and in fact, overly so.
Meng Chao had a lot of supporters.
He had also used Superstar's public relations department to organize a few meet-and-greet events to give small gifts to his supporters.
But there was no supporter who would be so excited when they received a gift. They would tremble nonstop as if they had been electrocuted.
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