Living in the Doomsday and Becoming an Immortal Alone
Chapter 89 - 67: Heartfelt Scheme [Request for First Subscription]

Chapter 89: Chapter 67: Heartfelt Scheme [Request for First Subscription]

Under the blazing sun,

Daoist Wang, slightly panting and drenched in sweat, carried two huge terrain detectors on his back and stood with his hands on his waist atop a sand dune in the Sari Desert, watching Lingtong, who was leisurely riding a beach motorbike ahead of him...

Alright, alright, alright!

The little Battle Girl sure has a strong vengeful streak!

Daoist Wang only wanted to start a rebellion right now!

Since there were other military detection teams in the vicinity, Jixuan did not waste the qi within his body and didn’t use talismans; his muscles were already starting to feel sore and swollen.

Luckily, he had been consciously practicing body tempering. He wanted to follow the path of Half Body Cultivation this lifetime; otherwise, he would have collapsed on the first few dunes.

Wooh—

Lingtong, astride her sand motorbike, coolly stopped in front of him. She had changed into a camo t-shirt and long pants for the beach, looking valiant and in high spirits, with her ponytail lightly bouncing.

"Mr. Wang, why aren’t you moving? Are your shoes refusing to walk?"

Resentment immediately filled Jixuan’s eyes.

He grumbled, "Can’t we put the devices on the motorbike?"

"It could get the vehicle stuck."

"What about that, then!"

Jixuan pointed at a helicopter flying by not far away.

The pilot of the aircraft shivered inexplicably.

Lingtong slightly lifted her chin, "They are surveying terrain data; we are verifying geological data. This is an important task to prevent sneak attacks from Blade Beasts underground."

"Then what about them!"

Jixuan turned and pointed at the two large mechanical dogs that automatically followed a few hundred meters away.

They were nowhere near full capacity!

Lingtong glanced at his sweat-soaked collar, looked up at the somewhat poisonous sun, and calmly said, "Will you trick me into guarding the door again next time?"

"I must emphasize again, it really wasn’t a trick!"

She twisted the throttle, and the four-wheel motorbike kicked up sand as it surged forward.

Daoist Wang gritted his teeth and shouted, "I’ll give you an extra two hours of massage later!"

The Mechanical Girl returned from afar on her four-wheel motorbike and also summoned her loyal mechanical dogs.

"Get on."

Lingtong tilted her chin up, indicating for Jixuan to sit behind her.

Daoist Wang hesitated slightly.

It wasn’t that he was prudish; in the present world, caring about whether men and women can make physical contact was wholly unnecessary.

It’s just that... Lingtong was wearing jeans and a short-sleeved shirt, her fit waist with visible abs lines exposed to the air, and him sitting just a few centimeters behind her would be a bit too...

"Hmm?" Lingtong enjoyed his expression.

"How about I drive?"

"Sure," Lingtong, with a push of her long legs, calmly moved to the back seat and rested her hands on the rear handlebars, still with a hint of amusement in her eyes.

Daoist Wang let out a sigh of relief, straddled the bike, briefly learned the operating principle of the vehicle, pulled up his legs, and twisted the accelerator; the four-wheel motorbike’s tires kicked up a cloud of dust.

He adapted quickly and mastered the driving before it could flip over.

Following the blinking markers on the projection panel in front, he headed to the next survey point.

While Jixuan was driving, a mechanical arm reached over from behind... and slipped into the pocket of Jixuan’s jacket, snatching a few talismans.

"What’s the principle of this thing?"

"Alien technology," Jixuan insisted firmly.

"Did you really, as Zhou Zhengde said, see the stars twinkling at the brink of death?"

"Yes, I swear it," Jixuan added to himself—with the loyalty that a Spiritual Ability User has for humanity.

Lingtong gave an "Oh" sound, stuffed the talismans back into his pocket, but did not withdraw her hand, leaving it there.

Jixuan asked, "Your mood seems to be fluctuating."

"I was just wondering, why is there someone as strange as you."

Lingtong softly said, gazing at the vast land:

"Many people claim they are conservative, but in reality, it’s just a way to drive up their own value. They do not control their desires, but you seem different.

"You’re a bit too self-disciplined, which makes me feel like you have stepped out of a storybook, like an old professor who has been devoted to academia and remained single for dozens of years.

"You get enthusiastic when it comes to topics in your field, but stay quiet when it’s an area you’re unfamiliar with, and you’re tentative when dealing with the opposite sex."

Jixuan smacked his lips: "That’s my camouflage, designed to make more girls like me."

Lingtong: "There are not even extra tissues used in your room."

"Wait, what exactly are you observing about me on a regular basis?"

"Only by collecting details can I give a report that’s persuasive enough."

Lingtong’s voice carried a hint of pride, but then she sighed and muttered:

"Another war is about to start."

Jixuan was surprised: "You’re afraid of war too?"

"Not fear, but the unknown. The unknown is uncertainty, something beyond our control."

Lingtong withdrew her mechanical arm and leaned back against the rear seat of the motorbike, looking up at the clear blue sky.

Her loosely tied long hair fluttered in the wind.

"In my vague memory, my father used to carry me like this, racing in a similar environment.

"He was a Senior Mechanic.

"But when I came to my senses, both of them had died under the Blade Beasts’ blade limbs. It was a different combat zone, a fortress had been breached by the Blade Beasts, and sixty percent of the refugees didn’t have time to evacuate. My parents were among them—I was just eight years old, temporarily away from the fortress to participate in Battle Girl selection tests..."

"I have never been afraid of Blade Beasts.

"Every additional day I live is for the purpose of slaying Blade Beasts or preparing to kill even more Blade Beasts.

"The only thing that can make me feel fear is if I can’t kill enough King-level or General-level Blade Beasts before the end of my life."

Wang Jixuan said solemnly, "Don’t put too much pressure on yourself, you can also enjoy life appropriately."

"The Commander told me the same thing, saying I’m too extreme."

Lingtong shrugged her shoulders:

"Who knows.

"The Commander said that only when I appreciate the beauty of life and the worth of being alive will I have enough will to protect this beauty.

"But as you see, in the age of the Fortress, it’s difficult to find such beauty.

"Fortress 76 is like a microcosm of the era, with the Lower City, Middle City, Upper City, self-proclaimed superior Spiritual Ability Users, the corrupt nature of mankind, the Middle City like a cage, the high and mighty Upper City nobility class... Where is the beauty?"

Wang Jixuan slightly raised his eyebrows.

Lingtong spoke calmly, "That’s why when I’m not on a mission, I like to read novels, especially those cheesy romance novels. The emotions described in them seem to me just fluctuations of individual-specific hormones, but the environments reflected in the stories fill me with longing."

"What kind of environments?" he asked, puzzled.

"Couples cooking together, brewing tea together, watching the rain in the misty tea mountains, having a telepathic moment when passing by each other on the streets of the Golden Age cities, and also... the train that’s supposed to take one’s lover away suddenly leaves, but after the train departs, the lover miraculously appears on the opposite platform..."

Lingtong asked, "Aren’t these things beautiful?"

Wang Jixuan laughed casually, "They are quite beautiful."

"Can I try it with you?"

"How would you try it?"

"Like, pretend we’re a couple," Lingtong said with interest, "I want to search for that feeling."

Wang Jixuan focused on driving the motorcycle, "Sure, what do you need me to do?"

"Try not to speak."

"Mmm-hmm!" Wang Jixuan pursed his lips and made several sounds, which meant he agreed.

Lingtong’s eyes twinkled slightly as she moved closer to Wang Jixuan from the back. Her mechanical arms hesitated for a moment, then circled around his waist.

They touched, yet didn’t fully connect.

Wang Jixuan’s mouth quirked, then he ’accidentally’ pressed the brake and twisted the throttle to the maximum.

Lingtong, following the inertia, collided with his back and subconsciously wrapped her arms around his waist.

She paused, then rested her forehead on Wang Jixuan’s back, quietly experiencing the moment, like meditating on enlightenment, or as if her mind was empty.

Wang Jixuan looked at the map in front of him. They were almost at the next survey point.

He wouldn’t be too disappointed. He slowed down the bike, enjoying the desert surroundings, observing the helicopters and drones flying about.

About half an hour ago, the periphery of the Middle Ages Basin defensive line had already commenced battle, with more than twenty Blade Beast Clans erupting simultaneously, threatening to breach the human defensive line.

There are over sixteen million people living inside the Middle Ages Basin—some agricultural Fortresses support a relatively larger population—making this an important human stronghold. The D5 Combined Combat Zone is also continuously mobilizing support.

In recent years, the frontline between humans and Blade Beasts had been dynamically balanced. Now, the Blade Beasts had actively disrupted this balance, which could create additional opportunities for the human side.

Now it would be seen which Blade Beast group could breach the defenses and come to Fortress 76.

On the Fortress side, the military had made ample preparations, the whole Fortress working like a giant machine in full swing.

The population of the outer expansion zone had been temporarily moved to the Upper City of the Fortress, which was on full lockdown, with plans to open three battlefields on the surface.

The first battlefield would use Lingtong as bait to set a trap;

The second battlefield would focus on defending the Fortress, preventing Blade Beasts from killing humans.

The third battlefield was ’variable,’ the location would be improvised as needed, and humans would maintain enough reinforcements and firepower.

All this information was gathered by Wang Jixuan using his Spiritual Sense on the way.

Several Commanders were discussing battle arrangements.

The desert they were in was not far from the Outer Expansion Zone C, and a fake military camp would soon be set up here, with Lingtong acting as bait.

Lingtong would also be piloting a special Firepower Annihilation Mecha, something Wang Jixuan was looking forward to.

He was curious to see just how terrifying the Blade Beast Group was; even more curious about how humans were going to fight them.

Up ahead, a helicopter approached, and a figure jumped off, unfolding a pair of steel wings on their back. Wang Jixuan recognized who it was with a sweep of his Spiritual Sense...

Hadn’t Lingtong reacted yet?

Was it because her biological radar wasn’t turned on or something?

Just as Wang Jixuan was about to speak up, he felt Lingtong nudge her forehead against his back.

In a soft murmur, she said, "Thank you, this is nice... Have you had any romantic experiences?"

"No," Wang Jixuan spoke softly.

"Then, if you ever want to try this kind of thing," Lingtong glanced aside, "if... just saying... hypothetically... would you consider... a Battle Girl like this..."

"Yoohoo! Lingtong Tong! Your charming and cute Brother Zheng is back! Hahaha!"

A loud shout suddenly came from one side.

Lingtong paused, quickly looked towards the left front, the corners of her mouth twitching slightly, then she resumed her indifferent face and raised her left mechanical arm.

Whoosh!

A purple beam shot into the sky, grazing the person’s scalp and causing them to lose control of their wing, plummeting from a height of about ten meters.

"What were you saying just now?" Wang Jixuan asked softly.

"Nothing," Lingtong looked up at the sky, "We have a problem now, he knows your details, I’ll go and talk to him later."

Wang Jixuan spoke as if it were a trivial matter, "Don’t be in a hurry to undergo mechanical transformation; I have a way to improve your physical fitness beyond that of other Battle Girls, but if you undergo too many mechanical changes, I might not be able to help you afterwards."

Lingtong paused, nodded slightly, jumped down, and walked toward Zheng Shiduo with a dark face.

By her posture, it looked like she was about to silence him.