When Lin Muci walked in, Lan Po didn't even look up. He lowered his head, his voice faint.
"I really don't know what this virus you're talking about is."
"You've got the wrong person."
Lin Muci coughed, then raised her eyes and met Lan Po's gaze.
Lan Po heard Lin Muci, who had just entered, say.
"That's a problem for those guys in the military."
"I've come to you for something else."
Only then did Lan Po look up. When he clearly saw Lin Muci's face, he was even a little surprised. His lips trembled slightly, and his voice carried a hint of hesitation.
"It's you?"
Previously, there was an accident at the Central Military Academy, and most students were forced to leave. Some students also had problems... it was even heard that there were casualties.
That's why he was taken as a suspect and detained by the military for investigation.
And the girl in front of him was not present at the time.
So she had managed to escape.
Why had she returned? How had she gotten in... The military had said that his detention level was extremely high, and unless he obtained authorization from a Nine-Star General.
Otherwise, it would be absolutely impossible to open the door to his detention room!
Lan Po stared at the girl in front of him with confusion, then he saw her raise her eyebrows and speak.
"They say you're a genius mecha master, and I want to collaborate with you to design a new mecha."
Lan Po was even more shocked by what the girl had said.
A new—a new mecha?
He became confused all of a sudden.
"I'm still a suspect..."
Lin Muci, however, appeared very confident.
"I can handle everything else."
"You just need to tell me whether you agree or not."
Lan Po stared blankly into her eyes.
Then Lin Muci seemed to suddenly remember something.
"Right."
"Can you replicate a divine-level mecha?"
This request was too audacious!
But Lan Po surprisingly didn't hesitate at all. He pondered for a moment and then quietly asked Lin Muci.
"Which one?"
Lin Muci thought for a moment and told him.
"Destiny or Heart Burning."
Lan Po immediately replied.
"Destiny is unlikely. The reason this mecha is special is because the power of destiny carried by the mecha is unique—the power of destiny is unfathomable and cannot be replicated, because destiny itself is unpredictable and cannot be directly observed."
"No one knows what will happen tomorrow. The power of destiny is immeasurable; everyone can only bear it by force."
But Lin Muci showed no surprise at Lan Po's words.
"Then, since you say Destiny won't work, does that mean Heart Burning can be replicated?"
Lan Po didn't quite mean that.
However, the girl in front of him stared into his eyes with a knowing look. He hesitated for a few seconds before slowly nodding.
"If there were blueprints... maybe I could try."
"Heart Burning has very high technological content... but I believe its manufacturing difficulty is below that of Destiny."
"Destiny can no longer be replicated."
"But the reason Heart Burning became a divine-level mecha wasn't primarily about the mecha itself..."
Lin Muci then clapped her hands.
"It's good if it can be done."
"Then it's settled. I'll find a way to get you out of the military, and then after you're out, you'll work for me."
...
When Lin Muci came out, Altesius had already woken up. Of course, this was thanks to Ling Kuang who had suddenly splashed a basin of ice water on his head.
Even a Nine-Star General with a super-strong physique like the red-haired Altesius couldn't help but tremble uncontrollably from that basin of ice water.
While sneezing furiously, he looked at Lin Muci, his cheeks twitching as he tried to stop her crazy idea.
"You can't release Lan Po from the military's confinement!"
"Lan Po is still a suspect! Do you know what a suspect is? He's currently the most suspected person—if you release him like this, no one can account for it, and if the military investigates, both Ling Kuang and I will face a military court!"
And facing the enraged Altesius.
Ling Kuang let out a light laugh.
He then reached out and lazily pointed at Altesius.
"That's you."
"The one who has to go to military court is you."
"I won't be going to military court. You need to clarify this matter."
"It's using your authorization pass. Besides, I'm different from you. You still want to stay in the military and achieve great things, but I've wanted to run away for a long time."
"I'll take my little beast, and where can't we go in this vast world?"
He said this extremely casually, as if he had no burdens.
Because this was exactly what Ling Kuang truly thought, his inner truth was precisely this.
Altesius's face was still extremely grim. He kept a cold expression but had to admit that he was different from this scoundrel Ling Kuang. Ling Kuang could just pack up and leave, but he couldn't!
Altesius took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down from his rage.
"What exactly do you want to do?"
"Do you have any sense of reason?"
"The Zerg crisis is imminent, and the Zerg Mother Nest is about to make a comeback..."
He had only spoken halfway.
Lin Muci, however, started to laugh. She immediately followed up his words.
"You still know—the Zerg crisis is imminent?"
"Let me ask you, excluding the central planet, what chance of victory do people on other planets have against the main Zerg forces?"
Altesius was from the military, so he also knew many secret data that others didn't. His face turned pale, and after a long time, he said with a grim expression.
"Zero chance of victory."
"If the Zerg's strength is equivalent to before, then people on other planets would not last three months against the main Zerg forces."
"It would require the sacrifice of hundreds of millions of lives to barely establish a defensive line."
"But even so, this defensive line—"
Altesius took another deep breath, and he said coldly.
"Even so, this defensive line has the possibility of collapsing at any time."
"We built ten defensive lines when we faced the Zerg army before, but even so, those ten defensive lines couldn't hold for more than a hundred years."
He had memorized these figures.
He was exceptionally familiar with them.
And Lin Muci said.
"Now the military is lax, unlike the past when the entire nation fought the Zerg's planet-devouring war with iron will."
"But—if the Mother Nest awakens, without top-tier mechas and strictly trained soldiers, then the most tragic losses will be the innocent civilians."
"Are you still worried about whether you'll go to military court?"
Altesius's face turned bright red.
"You don't understand... I have to obey orders!"
Lin Muci said.
"But I don't have to obey."
She said.
"If I knock you out—will I be arrested?"
Altesius took a deep breath, and after a long while, he said softly.
"You've already knocked me out before..."
"You haven't been polite."
Ling Kuang laughed and knocked Altesius out with a single blow.
"This guy has implicitly agreed to us proceeding."
"Are you going back to take Lan Po now?"
"But doing this would be a blatant provocation to the military."
Lin Muci, however, said.
"The military will soon have bigger problems to worry about."
"I can guarantee it with 100% certainty."
"The Mother Nest should—have awakened."