"How is your training going lately?"

Qiancheng Xue walked over and sat down, softly inquiring.

"It's going well, I guess."

Su Mo replied with a wry smile, not wanting Qiancheng Xue to worry too much.

Unfortunately, Qiancheng Xue knew Su Mo better than anyone. One look at his expression told her that he was being insincere and things were definitely not going well.

"You've worked hard. Let me massage your shoulders."

Qiancheng Xue said to Su Mo.

"Okay!"

Su Mo didn't refuse.

Qiancheng Xue raised her hands and gently placed them on Su Mo's shoulders, massaging them softly and saying with concern, "Actually, you don't need to push yourself too hard. Just take things slowly, and tell me if anything happens."

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

Su Mo raised his hand and held Qiancheng Xue's hand, feeling even more touched in his heart.

"Well, I believe you'll succeed no matter what you do."

Qiancheng Xue gently leaned against Su Mo's back.

"Okay!"

Su Mo was deeply moved.

The two leaned on each other quietly, enjoying this rare moment of tranquility.

......

The next day, Su Mo arrived at the old man's training ground early again.

The old man was already there as usual.

Su Mo walked up to the old man and said to him solemnly, "Don't worry, I will definitely today..."

The old man glanced at Su Mo indifferently, then raised his hand and interrupted him.

"The training pool is open. You stay here and train yourself. I have something to take care of."

"Uh? You're leaving? Isn't that a little inappropriate? What if I get torn to pieces by the creatures in there? There'll be no one to save me."

Su Mo said a little nervously.

"That's your own problem."

The old man didn't bother to talk nonsense with Su Mo and left with his hands behind his back.

Su Mo watched the old man's departing figure and smiled wryly. Now the instructor was gone too.

The Fabricator·Devourer asked in a low voice, "What are you going to do?"

Su Mo didn't answer the Fabricator·Devourer, but quietly looked at the training pool, at those dark masses of creatures.

His expression changed constantly, and the scene of Qiancheng Xue gently comforting him yesterday involuntarily appeared in his mind.

He took a deep breath, his eyes becoming unusually firm, and walked step by step towards the training pool.

The black pool water slowly submerged Su Mo's body.

At this moment, Su Mo went all out. This wasn't just for himself, but for all the people who cared about him.

......

In the evening, the old man walked expressionlessly towards his residence.

When he entered the gate of his residence, he suddenly stopped.

The entire residence was in chaos, with subordinates waving light swords and slashing at the ground.

The ground was covered with pools of red-black blood.

The old man's face twitched, and he strode towards the training ground.

He saw Su Mo lunge forward, grabbing at the ground with both hands, making full contact with the ground.

"Got it."

Su Mo happily put the Mangula he caught into a bucket. A closer look would reveal that the black Mangula in the bucket had all turned red-black.

Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, his expression immediately froze. His eyes inadvertently met the old man's.

"Uh, you're back. Let me explain...."

Su Mo squeezed out an awkward smile and was a little at a loss, like a child caught doing something wrong.

The old man's old face twitched non-stop. Then his eyes suddenly narrowed, and he squinted into the distance.

At this time, soldiers wearing IV generation mechanical armor rushed into the residence.

The subordinates in the residence were taken down one by one. Soon, the soldiers rushed to the training ground and surrounded Su Mo and the old man.

A general wearing gray V generation combat armor said with a livid face, "Surround them."

"Surround them, General Tespu."

The adjutant replied without hesitation.

"Arrest them all!"

General Tespu gave the order without saying a word.

"Uh? Why are you arresting us?"

Su Mo asked with a puzzled look.

"You have the nerve to ask why we're arresting you? You released a large number of contaminated creatures, biting people everywhere, and triggering the Star Ring City's defense alert system. Wait to go to jail."

General Tespu said angrily.

"No, it's a misunderstanding!"

Su Mo didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Misunderstanding my ass. What you're holding in your hand is the evidence."

General Tespu wanted to chop these guys in front of him into pieces. They had caused such a big thing at this critical moment.

The old man didn't resist and cooperated by putting on the electronic handcuffs.

Su Mo's heart turned cold at this scene. It was all over.

......

Soon after, Su Mo and the old man were locked up in a temporary prison in Star Ring City.

The detention room wasn't big, only about seven or eight square meters.

It was empty, with only two single beds.

The surroundings were solid metal walls.

The old man sat there coldly, not moving, his face extremely ugly.

Su Mo didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said to the old man with a forced smile, "Old man, listen to me. I really didn't do it on purpose, and I didn't mess around. I was just doing regular training. I lay down in there, and it was fine at first. But then those creatures inexplicably went crazy and ran out. I really tried my best to catch them. I didn't expect them to run out..."

The old man raised his head, his eyes staring at Su Mo like a wild beast about to eat him.

He said in a low voice, "Take off your clothes."

"Ah? Isn't that a little inappropriate?"

Su Mo was also stunned.

"I'm talking about your upper body. Take it off!"

The old man said coldly.

"Oh, okay, okay...."

Su Mo quickly took off his shirt, after all, he was in the wrong.

He was well aware that he had really caused a disaster this time. Not to mention that the billions of Mangula in the training pool were valuable in themselves.

Now that those Mangula were going crazy and biting people everywhere, the compensation and aftermath alone were enough to make his head spin.

Not to mention that he had dragged this old man into jail.

This time, he had really stirred up a hornet's nest.

The old man looked at the contaminated bloodstains on Su Mo's body, and a trace of surprise appeared in his turbid eyes.

He felt even more incredible.

The Mangula were normally very stable. The outbreak was obviously caused by negative energy contamination. Under normal circumstances, this shouldn't have happened.

The matter itself was strange enough, but now the negative energy contamination on Su Mo's body had actually subsided a lot.

This was even more incredible. Negative energy contamination was like a chronic disease. Normally, it could only be suppressed, not eliminated.

But Su Mo's condition had obviously improved a lot.

He himself had trained a lot in this kind of training pool, so he knew best what the effects were.

"What's wrong?"

Su Mo asked, seeing that the old man hadn't reacted for a long time.

The old man closed his eyes and ignored Su Mo.

Seeing that the old man was silent, Su Mo's heart was in his throat. He slowly put on his clothes and whispered to the Fabricator·Devourer, "Is the old man really angry?"