Living in the Doomsday and Becoming an Immortal Alone
Chapter 72 - 55 Simple Probe [Seeking Collection and Follow-up Reading]

Chapter 72: Chapter 55 Simple Probe [Seeking Collection and Follow-up Reading]

Daoist Wang had just entered the house when he heard a cheer from an unfamiliar female voice.

"Haha! The boss is back!"

"Dad! Mom! Boss has brought back a newcomer!"

Wang Jixuan turned the corner and saw the spacious workshop.

A ’surgical table’ was placed in the center, surrounded by a dozen various precision instruments.

Everything here was for Lingtong’s service.

The second floor was probably the living area, behind the railing, a skinny girl in blue overalls and wearing repair gloves was chattering excitedly.

The only door to the second floor’s living area opened and an elderly couple with gray hair peeked out, waving eagerly at Wang Jixuan.

Wang Jixuan waved back.

Lingtong walked to the right side of the surgical table with two boxes, pushed open a simple iron door, revealing a simple room.

"Can you live here?"

Lingtong said softly,

"My room is next door where I usually rest."

Wang Jixuan immediately nodded, took his suitcase, and began to organize the room simply.

By the time he had spread out the bed sheet, a family of three mechanics had already come down from the second floor and stood with Lingtong, curiously sizing him up.

"Hello! Newcomer!"

The girl in the overalls shouted happily, took off her repair gloves, and extended her right hand.

She was a cute girl, slim with a hint of poverty, plain features, a face with a few freckles, and very expressive eyes.

"I’m Wan Xiaoqi! I’m the future No. 1 mechanic for Major Lingtong!"

Wang Jixuan shook hands with her lightly and smiled, "What about now?"

"Uh, currently No. 6... I just graduated two years ago, but I’ll work hard to improve!"

Lingtong said, "She’s very capable, skilled in networking technologies."

Wan Xiaoqi pouted and muttered, "Then boss, why does he get to live in a single dormitory as soon as he arrives while I have to stay with my parents? I need privacy too!"

Lingtong calmly said, "To facilitate private meetings between him and me."

Wan Xiaoqi’s eyes widened.

Lingtong looked at Wang Jixuan and said, "Let me introduce them. This is Uncle Tai, responsible for the maintenance of conventional weapon units, this is his wife Ms. Wan, and Xiao Qi’s mother, my main maintenance engineer for mechanical arms."

Then, pointing at Wang Jixuan, Lingtong thought of a precise way to describe him:

"Wang Zheng, my newly recruited mechanic, mainly responsible for... um, the daily maintenance of my organic parts."

Silence.

The workshop fell silent enough to hear a pin drop.

Wang Jixuan’s facial muscles twitched slightly.

Lingtong’s description was actually quite accurate; he was responsible for massage, exactly as Lingtong had said.

Uncle Tai suddenly clenched his fists and stamped his feet, excitedly yelling "Finally", while Ms. Wan was teary-eyed, looking at Lingtong with relief.

Wan Xiaoqi was even more exaggerated, with both hands on her cheeks, her eyes popping with pink exclamation marks.

"Boss is finally in love!"

Ms. Wan turned and ran to the corner, "I’m going to make something tasty! Let’s have a welcoming dinner for Xiao Wang tonight!"

"Let’s drink!"

Uncle Tai shouted as he ran upstairs, "We must drink today! I’ll bring out my treasured liquor!"

"Dad! Your liquors are all expired and sour!"

"What do you know! Those are rare goods!"

Wang Jixuan smiled and suggested, "I think, let me explain."

"No matter how you explain, they’ll get carried away with their thoughts."

Lingtong slightly turned to the side:

"Let me help you set up your place first, then could you press down my head? I haven’t done it today."

"Sure, you’re my boss now."

Daoist Wang didn’t take it too much to heart, and swiftly changed the subject with a reminder:

"Still, be careful about that new Biological Minister, she doesn’t feel quite right to me.

"The four Spirit Ability Users that appeared today are all C-level. That muscular guy is a Telekinesis Spirit Ability User, and he indeed had a tendency to make a move on you."

Lingtong thought for a moment, "I’ll report this to my superiors, and you try to minimize your outings later."

"Alright, by the way."

Wang Jixuan asked:

"How often do Blade Beast attacks occur?"

"It’s unpredictable, we usually encounter one or two wandering low-level Blade Beasts every half month here."

Lingtong explained:

"The attacks mainly occur in the mine area below, I’ve dealt with it once already."

"Good, then I’ll tidy up first, come over for the massage whenever you’re ready."

Wang Jixuan pointed to his room.

Lingtong acknowledged with a slight wave of her right mechanical arm.

Daoist Wang closed the door very gently.

...

When you’re out and about, your identity is what you make of it.

When Wang Jixuan was massaging Lingtong’s head, he specifically asked Wan Xiaoqi and Uncle Tai to observe closely.

He actually disliked being misunderstood.

After Lingtong fell into a deep sleep in her own bed, Wang Jixuan quietly left with the two, giving them a demonstration of Spiritual Energy massage.

The two new colleagues were amazed.

Uncle Tai exclaimed, "Amazing, Xiao Wang! Did you specifically study this? Suddenly I feel so relaxed, my back doesn’t hurt anymore, could you do the same for my wife later?"

"Sure," Wang Jixuan smiled, "I might have a knack for this, I figured it out after some research, but I still need to learn mechanical skills from you."

"No problem!"

Uncle Tai sighed:

"Both my wife and I are pretty old now, and Lingtong is still young, and there are many young people in the team, but they are on the frontlines and couldn’t come.

"Our only wish now is to hold on for a few more years, use our skills to help Lingtong live past forty."

Wang Jixuan was puzzled, "Hmm? Why do you say that?"

Wan Xiaoqi glanced at Lingtong’s room, sighed softly, and said quietly:

"The modifications for the Battle Girl are too hard on the body, it’s necessary to gradually replace internal organs, we have to monitor her organ data every day.

"When the boss is about thirty-five, she will become a real Mechanical Body, but typically, the human brain in a Mechanical Body collapses within five years."

Uncle Tai whispered, "This is also the first lesson our team must learn. Battle Girls have dedicated everything to human civilization and are constantly suffering great pain. We must alleviate this pain for her."

"No wonder the leader’s physical data has been getting better recently!"

Wan Xiaoqi exclaimed in admiration:

"So it was you who did her organism maintenance!"

Wang Jixuan smiled and shook his head, then asked proactively, "Is the front line fighting with Blade Beasts frequently? What’s the death rate for our profession like?"

Wan Xiaoqi: "Uh... this... well..."

"The front line is definitely much more dangerous than the rear."

Uncle Tai said with a smile:

"We are in a struggle for survival with the Blade Beasts. Either we eliminate the Blade Beast invaders, or the Blade Beasts eradicate human civilization.

"The turnover rate in our team is about two to three people per year, with zero retirements so far."

Wang Jixuan made a shocked expression.

Uncle Tai said, "So, neither my wife nor I will keep secrets, and we will teach all of the mechanic’s knowledge to every young person in the team."

Wan Xiaoqi said with a giggle, "Dad! Don’t scare him!"

Wang Jixuan said seriously, "I can also contribute to humanity."

—After he could deal with Class SS Spirit Ability Users and the strongest Blade Beasts.

Wang Jixuan also wanted to take the opportunity to inquire about the occurrences of Blade Beast attacks.

He was only half a step away from reaching the Gathering Spirit Realm, and with ordinary cultivation, it would take about a month and a half. If he could get hold of three low-level Blade Beast Crystal Cores, he could easily step into the Gathering Spirit Realm.

With Spiritual Sense, he could create some relatively complicated Magic Artifacts, and his combat power would ascend another level.

Before he could speak, his Spiritual Sense lightly twitched, detecting a few figures approaching this way.

The surface camp in the expanded C area was always bustling, especially in the evening when people were coming and going.

But the four individuals Wang Jixuan detected were rapidly approaching ’Lingtong’s supply station’ from three directions, and they all had a strange fluctuation about them.

Beep—Beep—

An alarm sounded outside the workshop.

"What’s going on!"

Wan Xiaoqi rushed toward a few lit screens nearby, and Uncle Tai also jumped up from his chair.

Wang Jixuan looked at the surveillance screen; the images of two men and two women approaching flashed before his eyes.

Before Wan Xiaoqi could operate it, the automatically activated weapons had already locked onto these four people.

The synthetic female voice clearly broadcasted:

"This area is a military secret facility. In accordance with military management regulation number 2230, deliberately approaching this location will provoke a defensive counterattack from our side."

"This area is a military secret facility, in accordance with military management regulation..."

The four individuals did not react at all and kept moving closer step by step.

Wan Xiaoqi, who had never been on the battlefield, was somewhat panicky: "Dad! What do we do?"

"Prepare the electric shock capture net!"

Uncle Tai’s voice was very decisive. Wan Xiaoqi promptly pressed two buttons.

Wang Jixuan stood by with his hands behind him... he was actually somewhat confused about what these two were nervous about.

The four were about to make contact with the container.

"Release!"

With a soft shout from Uncle Tai, Wan Xiaoqi immediately pressed the button, and a snapping sound came from outside.

In the surveillance screen, the four figures were simultaneously enveloped by a net dropping from above and shuddered as they collapsed to the ground.

Wan Xiaoqi took a long sigh of relief.

"Dad, what do we do now?"

Wan Xiaoqi asked in a low voice:

"The operation manual doesn’t have any procedures for dealing with humans."

"You’re still too green."

Uncle Tai muttered:

"The most harrowing experience I had was when a front-line supply station was surrounded by Blade Beasts. Hundreds of Blade Beasts attacked us, and we held out for three minutes and forty-two seconds using all our self-defense ammunition before the Mecha troops finally came to support us at the last moment... Why don’t we bring them in for questioning?"

"We don’t have law enforcement authority."

Wang Jixuan reminded:

"If the camp has a Law Enforcement Team, contact the Law Enforcement Team; if there’s no Law Enforcement Team, ask the military stationed here to help.

"Moreover, the state of these four is a bit peculiar; it’s possible they are controlled by Mimic Blade Beasts. I suggest running a mental check on them and meanwhile, we can upgrade our defense firepower here.

"This was probably just a probing attempt."

"Oh! Okay!"

Wan Xiaoqi immediately started contacting the Defense Army stationed in area C.

Uncle Tai turned his head, looking somewhat astonished at Wang Jixuan, and praised, "Not bad, young man. Calm in the face of danger."

Wang Jixuan shrugged and spread his hands, "In our fortress, we have firefights every three days. Although I haven’t seen Blade Beasts, I often deal with people."

Uncle Tai believed him.

A few minutes later, more than a dozen panting soldiers quickly arrived near the supply station.

Uncle Tai went up to talk with them briefly, and handed them a recording of the surveillance video.

The leading captain repeatedly apologized and promised that they would enhance patrols in this area later.

About fifty meters from the supply station, a burly Spirit Ability User in dark gray work clothes, hiding in the corner of a metal shed, coldly watched the scene unfold.

The corners of the Spirit Ability User’s mouth curled into a sneer.

’They don’t dare to shoot directly? Just using electric nets? I’ve really overestimated these guys.’

He pulled down the brim of his hat and quickly walked away.

The Spirit Ability User was unaware.

His hiding in the corner faintly appeared in Wang Jixuan’s mind.

Wang Jixuan opened his eyes in his room, and the Dharma Seal he was holding with his hands slowly dissipated. He looked down, deep in thought.

This guy was indeed targeting this place.

’Class C, Telekinesis Spirit Ability User. Without a sniper rifle, I probably can’t handle such an opponent.’

’Moreover, the opponent is just a scout. Acting against him would draw the attention of the Thirteenth Institute, who must suspect Wang Zheng is Mu Liang.’

’I need to find a way to reasonably eliminate this Spirit Ability User, use the military’s warning to alert the Thirteenth Institute, and at the same time, not draw fire to myself.’

Wang Jixuan contemplated briefly, then looked up towards the next room, which was starting to get slightly noisy.

Lingtong had woken up.

Master Wang pushed his black framed glasses, eyes twinkling uncertainly, quickly formulating a rough plan.

With backup available, I might just snag a chance.