Chapter 13

You named your spear Disaster Breath and asked the old man what compensation he needed.

The old man refused your request for compensation and said that having you in Prosperous Nation was the greatest compensation for him; you then expressed your gratitude to the old man.

Granddaughter, Grandpa is leaving; you must stay here obediently.

Before the old master left, he gently tugged at the spear's tiny tentacles and stroked them, wearing a loving expression, as if reluctant to send off a relative.

"You've eaten so much of Grandpa's materials, you gotta work hard~"

The spear extended its tiny tentacles and waved them, as if bidding farewell, and the old master left, reluctant.

He truly deserves to be Yongguo's finest biological weapons craftsman, pouring his most genuine feelings into every biological weapon.

"Seeing off the old master, you watch Lin Ran holding her head high, begging for a pat, and you increasingly think the nickname 'dimwitted donkey' suits her."

"You know, Lin Ran only acts this childish in front of you; outside, she now bears many honors, and the titles she once lost have all been bestowed upon her again. She is now a genius of the new generation most likely to become a ninth-level gene warrior, also the aloof goddess dreamed of by countless youths, and also, here with you, a silly dimwitted donkey."

"So what? You yourself are the Yama who makes the company talk turn pale, Yongguo's absolute leader, the ultimate big shot in the gene field, and only Lin Ran dares to be so reckless in front of you."

"Age 23: With Disaster Breath helping suppress your disaster blood disease, your strength grew day by day, you became a fourth-level gene warrior, which is the limit ordinary people can reach in a lifetime, but your talent clearly lies elsewhere; your achievements in gene equations far surpass the realm."

"Following the development of the four gene equations before, you actually developed an ability equation; in past Yongguo, possessors of gene abilities were one in ten thousand, and the strength of abilities varied wildly, yet your ability equation can actually directly grant abilities."

"The perfection of the equation system gave Yongguo an unprecedented increase in strength; now, after five years of full recovery, Yongguo's highest combat power has reached sixth-level gene warriors; fifth and sixth levels are a huge watershed, and only gene warriors above fifth level can truly be called high-level combat power."

"There are over ten sixth-level gene warriors, and Lin Ran also broke through to sixth level a few months ago; you think the time is ripe and decide to launch a total assault on the world's disasters."

"You launched a speech!"

"You named this operation the Purge Plan, meaning to purge the world's disasters; in humanity's struggle against disasters, other nations on this planet have already been devoured by disasters, and what you must do is, while disasters have not yet recovered to their peak, thoroughly purge them."

"You formed an expeditionary force, personally led the campaign, and set out westward from Yongguo, where the strongest disaster mother body once existed."

"You led the expeditionary force in a lightning strike against the disasters! With the support of the disaster equation, the expeditionary force's casualty rate reached an extremely low level."

"That same year, the human expeditionary force was unstoppable, having already eradicated nearly fifty percent of the disasters on the Western Continent; if this trend continues, next year's New Year will be just the day to recover the Western Continent."

"Age 24: Thanks to your and the expeditionary force's efforts, the day of recovering the Western Continent came half a month early, and you and the expeditionary force's soldiers returned to Yongguo to celebrate a good New Year."

At night, on the rooftop terrace of a building in Haidu, Zhang Jie leaned on the railing, as if waiting for something.

From here you can see all of Haidu: the endless traffic on the roads, the crowded night market, and the commercial street that remains bright even at night.

"How is it? The view here is nice, right?"

"I searched for a long time; this is the best place in the whole city to watch fireworks!"

Behind him, Lin Ran walked over holding two cups of drinks, leaned next to Zhang Jie on the railing, and handed him the drink in her hand.

"Here, Lin Ran's specially crafted non-alcoholic specialty drink~"

Upon receiving that cup of drink, red like a gemstone, Zhang Jie suddenly remembered the time as a child when drinking Lin Ran's specialty drink landed him in the hospital for half a month, and he couldn't help but laugh.

Lin Ran, seeing this, seemed to know what Zhang Jie was laughing about, and angrily punched him.

"Big idiot, what are you laughing at!"

"Nothing, I just remembered some happy things."

"Liar! There's nothing happy about it!"

"Actually, my wife gave birth to a child."

"When did you get a wife?! I had no idea!"

"Confess and be lenient, resist and be strict!!!"

The two were horsing around on the rooftop when the New Year's bell rang; above Haidu, clusters of splendid fireworks burst continuously, lighting up the night sky, the rooftop, and also Lin Ran's face.

She turned her head to gaze at the fireworks in the sky; Zhang Jie, looking at that face so close, inexplicably reached out, gently stroking the tear mole at the corner of her eye, and tidied the hair at her temples.

She did not resist; instead, she reached out and lightly grasped Zhang Jie's hand, fingers interlaced, turned her head to look at him, their eyes meeting.

"Zhang Jie."

"Huh?"

"After all this is over, let's be together..."

"Aren't we already together?"

"No! I mean... is..."

Zhang Jie laughed, teasing her; Lin Ran felt embarrassed to say it out loud, her cheeks blushing.

"Oh no! Idiot! I'm ignoring you!"

Seeing Lin Ran's blushing cheeks, Zhang Jie embraced her from behind, gently placing his chin on her little head.

He certainly knew what Lin Ran wanted to say, but he didn't want to raise a flag.

On the plaza beneath the building, people were celebrating, the era was cheering, everyone could find their own dreams in the future, everything was full of hope.

On the rooftop above the building, the two embraced, jointly gazing at the night sky, harboring expectations for the future in their hearts; the future is promising.

"After recovering the Western Continent, Yongguo's various industries began to shift there continuously; vast tracts of land have given this place infinite possibilities."

"At the same time, many people chose to follow your footsteps, devoting themselves to scientific research, and a large amount of biotechnology has kept emerging like bamboo shoots after rain."

"In the field of gene editing, you may be unmatched in Yongguo, but in other aspects you lag far behind; yet you have finally come to understand the true wonder of biotechnology."

"What interests you most is biological machinery, a 'machine' completely made of biology, containing no steel."

"Such biological machinery includes biological firearms, biological vehicles, biological workshops, etc.; they can completely replace machines made of steel!"

"Although this technology holds promise for the future, biological weapons remain the mainstream weapons in use today; high-end combat power must use biological weapons to exert true strength, but biological firearms still give low-end combat power a considerable boost."