Living in the Doomsday and Becoming an Immortal Alone
Chapter 511 - 235: The Missing Material_2

Chapter 511: Chapter 235: The Missing Material_2

Wang Jixuan chuckled, "Later, I’ll teach you how to get inside; no need to hustle... What are you thinking?"

"Thinking about what?" Shen Qionglin was somewhat puzzled.

"Here, what use did you think of?"

"Look around some more, maybe we can find some little secrets of the Spirit Cultivation Civilization... Are there other uses?"

"Transport troops,"

Wang Jixuan said simply:

"Although Mechas can’t get in, Mechanical Bodies and Spiritual Ability Users can, and we can completely use the Stone Plate walls as portals. Wherever support is needed, just throw the Stone Plate walls over."

"Huh?" Shen Qionglin wasn’t interested but still made an effort to show a bit of surprise, "That’s a good idea!"

Wang Jixuan couldn’t help but retort, "You’re really phoning it in."

"I’m not too interested in these things, and fighting and killing don’t suit me."

Shen Qionglin shrugged and honestly put away her recorder, taking the initiative to suggest:

"The scenery here is not bad. Would you like to take a walk with me?

"Mr. Wang, you schedule yourself too tightly, not giving yourself a chance to rest."

Wang Jixuan replied indignantly, "A professor who sleeps only two or three hours a day has no right to say that... Let’s walk, I was just about to look around."

With that, the two of them strolled along the edge of the island.

There were some discontinuous handrails and stone paths constructed here, and occasionally on the island, one could see some stone houses that had been abandoned for who knows how long. The washing waves accompanied by a little breeze indeed made one feel refreshed and cheerful.

Shen Qionglin was trying hard to find some topics of conversation as she had some favors to ask today as well.

Wang Jixuan wasn’t paying close attention to her. She had actually dressed up carefully — under her white coat, she wore a figure-hugging set of clothes and had even applied some sunscreen on her face — that was already her limit.

Thanks to the nourishment of Spiritual Energy, her skin was fair and luminous without a single blemish, and those bright, large eyes seemed capable of speaking, clear, cute, and devoid of any seductiveness or vulgarity. The troubles of the world were yet to taint these gems.

The two walked side by side in this manner.

Wang Jixuan had already found many empty Crystal Cores, densely arranged all over the seabed, with neither Spiritual Energy nor Residual Souls within them.

He also discovered that the base of the spire was embedded in the island’s strata; No.4 Spirit Cultivator had left in such a hurry that the entire base was left behind, covered with dense Tadpole script, some of which had been deliberately damaged.

Below the base...

There were so many Crystal Cores!

The underground of that area was paved with Crystal Cores!

Although most of the Crystal Cores were not full of Spiritual Energy, the sheer number meant that the total amount of Spiritual Energy contained within was substantial!

Wang Jixuan suddenly realized.

That base must be some sort of escape device that could enable the spire to teleport away through spatial transfer.

Subspace is attached to the main space;

The channels connecting subspace and main space are portals like this one.

With Wang Jixuan’s understanding of the universe, he could definitely conclude that No.4 Spirit Cultivator was unlikely to have moved directly from this subspace to another. No.4 had definitely gone to somewhere in the main space.

But where would he go?

He would definitely not dare to go to the Blade Beasts’ territory; they would fancy crushing a Spirit Cultivator’s bones to dust.

Finally, Shen Qionglin found the courage to say, "Um, there’s something I’d like to ask for your help with, if it’s not possible, then never mind, it’s just a thought that occurred to me."

Wang Jixuan couldn’t help but laugh, "I’ve noticed you’ve had something on your mind for a while. Go ahead, I’ll help if I can, considering you’re also working with me now."

"It’s just," Shen Qionglin glanced aside, "I wanted to ask... have you and Lingtong Major become intimate?"

"What?"

Wang Jixuan was a bit stunned.

Shen Qionglin hastily explained, "Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a pervert, and I don’t have any of those fantasies about you. It’s just the premise for asking my question."

"Why would you suddenly ask that," Wang Jixuan muttered, "I suppose so, yeah."

Kissing had happened;

That would certainly count as intimate!

Shen Qionglin continued to ask, "But I’ve noticed that you almost never meet. You’re permanently based at this Fortress, while she flits from the front lines to various Fortresses. How do you maintain your relationship?"

"This... ahem."

Wang Jixuan realized he couldn’t show weakness in front of Xiao Shen.

He said, "Even though everyone is busy, we still send messages and greet each other. Besides, it might be precisely because we rarely see each other that when we do meet... we’re... more passionate."

"So you’re planning to start a family with Lingtong Major like this? Have you thought about how to raise children after you’ve started a family?"

Shen Qionglin asked softly.

Wang Jixuan raised his hand to touch his nose.

Shen Qionglin immediately said, "Please try to speak what’s in your heart, this is very important."

"Why do you ask these questions? Do you also want to start a family?"

"Yes," Shen Qionglin nodded earnestly in agreement, "according to the plan I made, I would probably fall in love at about twenty-five, get married before twenty-seven, and have one or two children to continue my genes... trying to live like a normal person as much as possible."

A hint of helplessness appeared in the depths of her eyes as she said in a low voice:

"I am an anomaly, and so are you, that’s why I want to see how you walk this path.

"I can sense that you actually don’t care about family either, but for some reasons, you’re trying to start one, which is very similar to my plan.

"I actually... can’t normally express emotions and don’t understand what ’like’ is. The confusion of adolescence is very foreign to me, probably a price of excessive brain development.

"I can’t secrete special hormones for a specific individual, thus I can’t produce the emotion of liking someone whether they are the same sex or the opposite sex. I’ve tried to imitate this emotion, but without endocrine support, the brain easily forgets that feeling."

"Using rationale to analyze sentimental issues will certainly not yield the correct results."

Wang Jixuan said warmly:

"You’re not wrong about one thing, I had never thought about starting a family, and for this relationship, I’m just going with the flow."

"Going with the flow?"

"Yes, in simple terms, follow the impulses of the heart."

Wang Jixuan walked with his hands behind his back, taking Shen Qionglin towards the base of the spire, speaking slowly:

"My situation is quite special. Before I met Lingtong, I had met several nice women and felt a ripple in my heart when our eyes met, but at that time, I was restrained.

"Utmost restraint.

"In pursuit of power, to keep my heart free of distractions, concentrated on the path, but later it turned out, what I considered purity was actually a form of deficiency.

"Heavenly Dao is heartless, but I am not the Heavenly Dao.

"The Supreme forget emotion because they must look at all living beings equally."

"So now I no longer restrain myself. From the initial sighting of that extraordinary woman with a pair of mechanical arms, I was somewhat attracted, and it evolved into this impulse to spend more time with her, talk to her. In my heart, I would envision a future for us together – a rural idyll, companions in life.

"That’s about it."

"Hmm, you’d have visions about a future with another person, which is quite important."

Shen Qionglin nodded, as if she slightly comprehended.

"Then next time, Mr. Wang, can you wear a hidden camera when you go on a date? I’d like to learn up close."

"No."

"Eh, that’s stingy."

"Don’t you think such behavior is very perverted! Have you been led astray by Zheng Shiduo!"

Wang Jixuan grumbled and took several brisk steps towards the base of the spire:

"Come here for research! Speaking with you makes me miss my girlfriend, I should go see her later."

Shen Qionglin replied, a green talisman symbol shining behind her, and she floated over with a bowed head.

Having visions about a future with someone?

This standard is actually quite good.

...

Meanwhile.

In Spiritual Ability City, the Silent Ball.

Meng Jin changed into a gray suit, standing upright in the elevator with several other middle-aged men and women who wielded real power within the Spirit Management Committee.

The elevator doors opened, and they stepped out in unison.

Meng Jin slightly furrowed his brows, and the two beside him instinctively halted, stepping aside to let him through.

"Hmm," Meng Jin walked out.

In the meeting room ahead, Tai Chenggang of the Six Elders sat in the center, meditating with closed eyes. Among the sixteen chairs, most were already filled except for a few.

A female assistant who had been waiting at the side quickly came forward and said softly, "We’ve just received feedback that our people broke through the collapsed area of the Snow Mountain secret base, but... they didn’t unearth that S-class material."

"Didn’t unearth it?" Meng Jin frowned deeply.

"Yes, Team Leader, there are many strange poisons inside, and several A-class members have been infected. They are in a bad state, losing control frequently."

Tai Chenggang opened his eyes and said in a deep voice:

"Sit down.

"The situation is serious, otherwise we wouldn’t have summoned you to meet next to a nuclear bomb."

"The Black Storm has become our main challenge at the moment, two spirit cultivator stone plates have fallen into his hands, and this problem must be resolved quickly."