Living in the Doomsday and Becoming an Immortal Alone
Chapter 74 - 56 Lingtong’s Ideal_2

Chapter 74: Chapter 56 Lingtong’s Ideal_2

"This child, always talking nonsense."

Ms. Wan hurriedly said,

"Don’t listen to their teasing... Xiao Wang, what courses are you going to take next? If you need any textbooks, you can find me."

Lingtong was eating her breakfast slowly and methodically, paying no attention to these topics.

Wang Jixuan was sitting beside her, looking at the two large plates of fried dough sticks and seven or eight pan-fried eggs, and exclaimed, "Is the food always this good here?"

"Of course!"

Wan Xiaoqi said cheerfully,

"Both my parents are Senior Mechanics, with over thirty years of service! They’ve long been maxed out Level 5 Citizens! They even have military rank bonuses! We have plenty of supplies!"

Wang Jixuan clicked his tongue, "Then I’ve got to take advantage of the welfare here."

Uncle Tai, sitting next to him, put a fried dough stick on the plate in front of Wang Jixuan, "Eat more. Look how thin you are; us mechanics also need physical strength, you know."

"Thanks, Uncle Tai."

Lingtong said succinctly, "Captain Zhou sent some information, including a list of newly added Spiritual Ability Users. That guy who tried to attack us yesterday is named Lv Dongjie. He followed us and should be in the camp now."

Wang Jixuan glanced at Uncle Tai and the others and quietly waited for ten seconds or so.

Lingtong began to talk, proving that these matters could be discussed in front of her family.

Lingtong asked, "What do you want to do?"

Wang Jixuan asked, "Can we get one of those shields that are automatically triggered when a bullet hits them?"

Uncle Tai immediately said, "We have them here. I’ll get one for you later. Apart from the soldiers’ trigger-activated Plasma Protection Shields, we also have large shields for mechas. All of these are defensive weapons that can be legally used by our team, besides Lingtong’s equipment."

"Give me two of those personal ones," Wang Jixuan said, biting into a fried dough stick.

Crispy and sweet, with a pleasant aftertaste, it truly was a delicacy he hadn’t enjoyed within the fortress.

He asked, "Has there been any investigation into those four people from yesterday?"

"After they woke up, they all seemed a bit sluggish; their brains seem to have been affected," quickly spoken by Ms. Wan.

"It has been determined that either a Spiritual Ability User or a Mimic Blade Beast tampered with them. Further observation is required; if they don’t show any signs of agitation after twenty-four hours, it can be confirmed that a Spiritual Ability User is causing trouble."

Wang Jixuan was a bit puzzled, "Can a Spiritual Ability User’s control not last indefinitely?"

"They can only control individuals, whether human or animal, within a certain range around them; they can’t do it if you leave that range."

Uncle Tai answered more professionally,

"According to our current data, if it’s a Level C Spiritual Ability User, then they can only control human individuals who are unfocused, daydreaming, or completely unguarded."

"Most military soldiers have undergone relevant counter-training."

"If it’s a Mimic Blade Beast... records show that Mimic Blade Beasts can disguise themselves as humans, evangelize, and lure humans, using their Spiritual Control skills in combination."

"These Mimic Blade Beasts are the most troublesome, and the Spiritual Ability Users who cause trouble are usually just trash."

Wang Jixuan slowly nodded and thought for a moment.

Lingtong said, "Don’t worry, I’ll take care of that Lv Dongjie later."

"It’s not that I’m worried about that."

Wang Jixuan didn’t elaborate further, smiling as he changed the subject,

"Why do they all call you Battle Girl? That name doesn’t seem too flattering."

"It’s just a nickname," Lingtong shrugged, "It doesn’t really matter."

Wan Xiaoqi volunteered eagerly from the side, "I know, I know! The name Battle Girl is actually a kind of joke! It’s to diminish the ordinary people’s sense of fear towards the boss! It originates from an experiment more than eighty years ago!"

"You talk too much! Eat your food! I’ll explain," Ms. Wan chided Wan Xiaoqi, then continued in a softer tone,

"More than eighty years ago, it was the most dangerous time for humanity; the battle lines kept collapsing. Although human military technology was making leaps and bounds in development, the Blade Beasts were also evolving countermeasures."

"Many plans with significant implications for the future were proposed at that time, including officially recognizing Spiritual Ability Users and the human-mecha half-human Mecha program, which integrated humans and machinery—formerly known as mechanical evolution."

"Then, the large-scale experiments began, and we paid a heavy price but also achieved brilliant results."

"The Commander of our D5 Combined Combat Zone was one of the first half-human mechas."

Lingtong sipped her rice porridge in small bites, a food she enjoyed alone.

Ms. Wan continued to narrate:

"To some extent, the half-human mechas turned the tide of war. The giant mechas developed around them became the super equipment for combating King-level Blade Beasts, and humanity could finally take a breath."

"Then the project just kept iterating."

"By the time it got to Lingtong’s generation, her official designation had become ’Half-human Mecha AR600 Improved Model Type II’. There were one hundred and fifty in her batch, ninety-five have been lost in battle or died due to organ failure, twenty-five are now in the D5 Combat Zone, becoming candidates for the next generation of Horror Mechas."

"The current situation is very dangerous. In this area, it’s the Commander who’s desperately holding on."

"The Commander is the only long-lived half-human mecha. The secret to his longevity isn’t that his organs haven’t failed, but rather his brain has miraculously stabilized under the simulated hormonal environment of the body, and his consciousness hasn’t collapsed."

"Fundamentally, half-human mechas are inhumane, unfair to those modified, and their immense combat power always elicits fear, the fear that they’ll lose control."

"Over time, the authorities tacitly allowed them to be jokingly referred to as Mechanical Girls, Battle Girls, Mechanical Bride, Drivers."

Wan Xiaoqi chirped up, "Male half-human mechas are usually called Combat Base, with ’base’ as in foundation, intentionally weakening the soldiers’ sense of fear towards them. Of course, such a nickname should never be used for our Commander... otherwise, you’d be blasted to the skies!"

Uncle Tai expressed his deep admiration, "The Commander is truly admirable, that’s willpower, willpower beyond human limits!"

Lingtong looked at Wang Jixuan and murmured, "That’s my life goal, to become an existence like the Commander, piloting terrifying mechas and ultimately defeating the Blade Beasts."

"To your pursuit," Wang Jixuan said, tapping his dough stick against the rim of her bowl.

Lingtong pursed her lips, as if smiling, and lowered her head to drink her porridge.

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

It read:

[D5 Senior Mechanic: Lingtong has only three to five years to enjoy sweet love before her organs can’t bear the load anymore. She must progressively transition towards being a fully mechanical lifeform, ultimately keeping only her brain. Please try to create more beautiful memories for her, as they will help her endure for a few more years.]

Lingtong: "Don’t pass notes about me right in front of me."

"What? No!"

Uncle Tai instantly retracted the text communicator and smiled naively at Wang Jixuan.

Master Wang: ...

He actually wanted to say, if he could reach the Golden Core Realm smoothly and kept giving Lingtong Spiritual Energy massages and passive body tempering, Lingtong should, might, probably... not need to remove her organs and could even increase her combat power.

No joke.

Many seniors in the Cultivation World who had children with no talent for cultivation could still impart their revelations to prolong their children’s lives, let alone just enhance the strength of the body.

For a Battle Girl at the Foundation Establishment Stage, Third Realm, Returning to Truth Realm of body cultivation, that might be enough for her to maintain her current state.

But, that’s all for the future.

Master Wang couldn’t possibly boast now as he hadn’t even completely resolved his own cultivation issues.

"After we finish eating, I’ll go out for a walk. Commander, will you join me?"

"Oh."

Lingtong responded without raising her head.

Uncle Tai, Ms. Wan, and Wan Xiaoqi immediately showed an expression of having a promising student.

However, half an hour later.

All three of them, as one, raised their hands to their foreheads.

Wang Jixuan donned a Bullet-Proof Vest, installed a Plasma Protection Shield patch and positioning device, and armed himself with a large-caliber handgun and two magazines, stepping out of the supply station first.

Lingtong, with her mechanical arm, stood in front of a makeshift launcher, battle-ready to rush out in support at any moment.

Uncle Tai: "So they’re not actually going on a date?"

"Then what’s this for?" Wan Xiaoqi wondered, tilting her head.

"Fishing," Lingtong said softly, "Prepare to open the upper exit, load the flight pack, activate single-target kill equipment, and try not to affect the civilians."

"Yes!"