"All in all, Uncle Zhao Lie believed that my father was too softhearted and that he would have to wait to be killed sooner or later. For the long-term future of the Village of Peace, he had to attack actively and wipe out all the villages in the hundreds of square kilometers nearby."
Coloured Glaze sighed and said, "My father believed that Uncle Zhao Lie was a bandit who could not change his nature. He was too brutal and merciless, and he would only bring disaster to the village!"
"Zhao Lie had settled down in the village for twenty years. As the captain of the exploration team who risked his life, he made great contributions to the village many times. Naturally, a bunch of disobedient, ambitious guys followed his lead and yelled that they would wipe out all the villages in the hundreds of square kilometers nearby and build a great army to march toward the Bloody Worlds!"
Han Te sniffed. "Many young people in the village were bewildered by Zhao Lie and agreed with his ideology. His son, Zhao Chong, established a group called 'Iron and Blood Youths' in the village. They caused a lot of trouble every day.
"Before, they were awed by my master's strength and only dared to instigate him in secret instead of jumping out blatantly. However, ever since my master was diagnosed with an uncanny disease and his strength plummeted, rumors were spreading out of the village nonstop. Zhao Lie and his son were even more arrogant than before. Today, they are provoking him blatantly. Perhaps, just like what Grandpa Yao said, they are planning to kick my master aside and do their own thing, aren't they?"
Li Yao was silent. In such a man-made abnormal laboratory as the Land of Sins, it was hard to tell which was right and which was wrong, whether to expand the armaments and embark on the path of plunder and expansion, or to simply stay in a corner and keep to the old ways.
The two little fellows led Li Yao to the bottom of an iron-shelled warship. They zigzagged for a long time in the pitch-black pathways before they found themselves in a broad clearing. Above them was a transparent dome embedded with glass, and below their feet was the soft soil. It turned out to be a greenhouse of a rather large scale.
Li Yao's tracks slowly rolled over the soil. He could clearly sense the abundant water and nutrition in the soil.
The soil in the greenhouse was completely different from the dry land outside that had been exposed to radiation and pollution. It was full of vitality.
As far as the eye could see, it was an expanse of lush green and golden crops that Li Yao couldn't name. Numerous ears that were plump to the point they were on the verge of exploding hung down like strings of wind chimes, and they emanated waves of refreshing fragrance.
In the depths of the greenhouse, a man with a thin body but thick bones, extremely long arms and legs, but dry and sallow skin was carefully but slightly clumsily tending to the crops.
Looking at his meticulous watering, it seemed that he cherished every drop of water to the extreme.
"Master!"
"Daddy!"
Han Te and Coloured Glaze hurried to greet him.
The middle-aged man, whose skin was sallow and sickly but whose eyes were still clear and sharp, was Gu Zhengyang, the leader of the Village of Peace and known as' Sky Breaking Hammer '.
"You went to the A3 district?"
Gu Zhengyang's eyes were as sharp as lightning. He eyed them up and down for a long time. Seeing that the two little fellows were fine, he was more or less relieved. After coughing softly for a moment, he finally said in a slightly reproachful tone, "Didn't I tell you that I was just overworked? Even if — even if something did happen to me, would a trip to the A3 district be enough to save you? The future of the Village of Peace depends on you. Don't joke about your own life! "
The two little fellows lowered their heads after hearing his words.
Gu Zhengyang sighed and said, "Are you alright?"
"We are not. Great news!"
Han Te rolled his eyes and released a tiny ball of lightning from his palm, making the blue electric arcs outside revolve quickly. He said in delight, "Master, look. My Cultivation is gradually recovering!"
"What?"
Gu Zhengyang was greatly surprised. He grabbed Han Te's wrist and sensed the flow of spiritual energy inside his veins carefully with his eyes half closed. He was even more confused. "As I expected, your veins have all been cleared. They are even wider than before. What — what is going on exactly?"
Han Te and the Coloured Glaze looked at each other. After a cough, he began to tell the story that Li Yao had taught him on their way. "We discovered a Thunder Lizard King that we had never seen before in the underground city of the A3 district. The stripes on its skin were like stars, and there were also circles of spreading stripes. What was growing on its head was not a tumor but a bunch of blossoming flowers. There were also dozens of blue tentacles inside the stamen. All in all, it couldn't have looked weirder!
"With nowhere to run, I had no choice but to fight this' mutated Raging Thunder Lizard King '. Of course, I was no match for it. My strength was getting weaker and weaker, and I was about to be killed in its bloody mouth. Therefore, I made up my mind and thought that I might as well die together with it. So, in a flash, I grabbed the' stamen 'on its head and pulled it hard!
"Then, I heard a deafening roar and sensed an overwhelming torrent of lightning flooding into my body, electrifying my limbs, bones, and veins into charcoal. I couldn't hold it any longer and passed out!"
Gu Zhengyang was fascinated. Naturally, he did not expect that his disciple would make up such a groundless' fierce battle '.
"Exactly. I was quite worried when I watched it from the side!"
Coloured Glaze helped him, too. "I saw an enormous ball of lightning enshrouding my senior brother and flooding into his body. Even his veins, bones, and internal organs were vaguely visible! Perhaps, it was the ultimate skill of the 'mutated Thunder Lizard King'. After all, it ran away after releasing the high-intensity electric currents.
"I didn't know how long I was in a coma before I woke up under the call of my junior sister. After I woke up, I felt excruciating pain all over my body, but my Cultivation was greatly recovered for some reason. Also, the circulation of spiritual energy inside my body was more and more agile and active!"
Beaming with joy, Han Te said vividly, "Master, please take a look at it for me. What's going on?"
Gu Zhengyang groped for Han Te's bones and acupoints carefully for a while. With intense confusion on his face, he shook his head and said, "A Thunder Lizard King with star stripes and a flower on its head without a tumor? I've never heard of such a species before. Perhaps, it's another new mutated species?
"As for the mutation of your body, it is rather puzzling, too. The powerful electric arcs released by the mutated Thunder Lizard King should've killed you directly. Perhaps … it was a blessing in disguise because of the conflicts with the strength accumulated inside your body, allowing you to break open the blocked acupoints?
"As for the specific reason, I need to think about it carefully. All in all, it was wrong of the two of you to sneak out. As it turned out, you were truly caught in a deadly situation. Of course, it was a blessing in disguise this time, but will you be so lucky next time? Cough, cough, cough, cough … "
"Master, we both know that we were wrong."
Han Te secretly winked. Coloured Glaze immediately stepped forward and massaged her father's back. Han Te took the opportunity to change the topic and pushed Li Yao forward. "Right. Master, we also found a treasure below the ground of District A3. Look!"
"A … cleaning and maintainer puppet for civil use?"
Gu Zhengyang eyed it up and down. "It's a very old model, but it's still well-preserved. At the very least, it can still function normally. If it's sold on the black market, it can be sold for some money. If it can be slightly modified, it can even help us maintain the village. You've done a good job."
"No, Dad. It's very awesome."
Coloured Glaze repeated the lies that Li Yao had taught her without changing her expression. "It is not a common maintainer or cleaning puppet. We suspect that somebody has injected tremendous databases of war puppets into its crystal processor, allowing it to enter a very powerful 'war mode'. However, its body is too weak to carry out the functions."
"Like this —"
Han Te tossed a piece of rotten wood in Li Yao's direction casually. After a cold flash, Li Yao manipulated the chainsaw of the 'Universal Janitor' and cut the rotten wood into almost a hundred pieces of equal size.
"Look, Master. This is not something that can be done by a common maintainer puppet. We believe that a lot of mysterious stuff must be hidden deep inside its crystal processor. After all, it's been hundreds of years since 'Judgment Day'. Who knows what people did to it hundreds of years ago?"
Han Te rubbed his fists and said, "Coloured Glaze and I were planning to dismantle its crystal processor to see if there was anything wrong with it, but the research level of the crystal processors in the 'Desolate World' is practically garbage. It's possible that we can't put it back after dismantling it! All in all, I feel that as long as we upgrade it with certain military components, chances are that there will be unexpected surprises! "
"A maintainer puppet that stores a military database?"
Gu Zhengyang was slightly dazed. Not bothered that Li Yao had dissected the piece of wood instantly, he smiled and said, "I can't believe that you came up with something like that. It does make sense. The ancient people liked to come up with weird and uncanny things hundreds of years ago. There are too many inexplicable things in the Land of Sins nowadays. A maintainer puppet with a military model is nothing special.
"It's an unimportant trifle. Since the thing was discovered by you in the high-risk area outside of the village, it will belong to the two of you. Whatever components you want to upgrade it with, you can take them out from the warehouse. But remember, even if you take a screw, it will be recorded in your account and redeemed with your contributions in the 'Bliss Ceremony'."
"Excellent!"
The two little fellows exclaimed at the same time.
As a result, Li Yao would have enough low-level components to perform the first phase of modification on the ragged body.
In the battles that followed, if he performed any shocking feats, he would have a somewhat reasonable excuse, too.
"Does this thing have a name? “
Gu Zhengyang was rather delighted to see that the problem that had troubled his disciple for three years had been resolved and his daughter was so excited. He asked with a smile.
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