Chapter 84: Can you touch me again?

I haven't eaten!

Zhang Jie said irritably, Weiniya rubbed her fingers together and lowered her head.

Then... then would you like something to eat?

Zhang Jie laughed in anger, truly speechless at Weiniya's way of speaking.

Finally, he helplessly shook his head and decided to bring up the topic himself, otherwise he'd have to wait till the year of the monkey and horse for Weiniya to speak up.

Weiniya, after all these years... how have you been?

Faced with the teacher's concern, Weiniya was like a child who had barely held back her grievances; she was fine on her own, but as soon as someone asked, she couldn't hold back her tears..

The sound of a twitching nose rang out, Weiniya lowered her head, and tears fell drop by drop.

Teacher.. I... I'm fine...

She reached out with both hands to wipe her tears, but she just couldn't wipe them clean...

First with the back of her hand, then her arm, left then right, she dampened the sleeves of her newly changed clothes.

I really miss you... Teacher... I really miss you...

A voice choked with sobs rang out; the weeping Weiniya finally decided to lift her head, and crystal tears swirled in her eye sockets.

Her eyes curved as she smiled, her gaze toward Zhang Jie holding an indescribable sense of relief and joy; tears streamed down her cheeks, both crying and smiling.

Crystal tears intertwined in the just-right sunlight, accompanied by her soft silver hair, forming a beautiful picture.

Being able to see you again... is really nice...

On the other side, Lin Ran had already removed her disguise and returned to the alliance flagship docked near Flourishing Star.

All that could be seen was her grim face, eyes filled with rage, and several high-ranking officials before her trembling, cold sweat pouring.

"Who provoked this woman?"

"Who knows!"

Two closely related alliance officials exchanged glances, unable to figure out what had happened to Lin Ran's current state.

"Leader... Leader..."

A bald high-ranking official spoke tremblingly, but the next moment a red long spear suddenly blasted out his bald head.

White viscous liquid splattered on the faces of these officials, their faces instantly turned pale, and they couldn't help but retreat.

"Stand straight!"

Lin Ran shouted angrily, and the officials instinctively stood at attention.

The next moment, stacks of documents were slammed hard onto their faces; the officials shuddered in fright, seeing the documents in their hands, their hearts leapt to their throats, fearing they'd see something incriminating about themselves.

"Look at them carefully!"

Lin Ran had no use for formalities, trials, arrests, or evidence—none of it was needed!

Authority? Unlike those officials who climbed step by step through various means, Lin Ran's authority rests solely on that supreme power; as for authority, it's merely a byproduct of that supreme power.

For nearly three thousand years, no one has been able to match Lin Ran's strength in the Alliance's unshakeable dominance.

After seeing the documents Lin Ran threw at them, all those officials breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, fortunately it wasn't a problem with themselves.

What the documents showed was that a junior researcher had accepted payments from other factions, using private authority to alter the facial data of Zhang Jie and Lin Ran's disguise technology, changing their original disguises into the face models demanded by those factions.

The so-called insider within the Alliance was merely an assistant who didn't even qualify as a formal researcher!

As for that deceased bald high-ranking official, he was the chief overseeing the Alliance's major gene research institutes and technical department; he had no direct involvement in this matter, but his past deeds were too dirty, so Lin Ran simply eliminated him in passing.

The research institute chief—what a coveted position, what a person many needed to curry favor with—died obscurity at Lin Ran's hands.

Seeing those officials all sighing in relief, Lin Ran curled her lips in a mocking smile.

"How so? You think you're safe?"

"You think I don't know about the dirty deeds you've done?"

Lin Ran's sharp gaze swept over the crowd; the hearts of the senior officials, just lowered, leapt up again instantly.

"As long as you don't betray the Alliance or go too far, I can turn a blind eye."

Bang bang bang!

Again, three officials' heads exploded, headless corpses collapsing.

"If there's blame to assign, blame your colleagues for doing what they shouldn't have!"

Those gathered here, making up one-quarter of the Alliance's various senior officials, were all people who had used underhanded means.

Their stains varied in severity, but none of them were innocent.

"As for the rest of you, since you haven't gone too far, within one week! Clean up your own and your subordinates' dirty work!"

"Straighten out the internal affairs, choose a successor, and I'll allow you to return home alive to spend your twilight years."

"Yes... yes..."

Facing Lin Ran's sharp gaze, these officials knew their careers were over; retiring to their hometowns would be their best outcome.

That day, the news of a major internal purge in the Alliance spread far and wide, countless people trembled with fear, all speculating what had happened.

Meanwhile, some rumors claimed that a senior official dissatisfied with the Alliance's newly appointed vice leader had hired someone to assassinate him, and the truth of this rumor remains unknown.

Anyway, at least the rarely angered Alliance Leader flew into a rage, which is enough to show the gravity of the situation.

Unlike the turmoil and unrest within the Alliance, Zhang Jie now listened to Weiniya's narration.

After Weiniya's emotions stabilized, she began to tell Zhang Jie what had happened afterward.

Lin Ran?

After hearing what Weiniya said, Zhang Jie also felt a bit dazed.

He never expected that it was Lin Ran who saved Weiniya, and it's very likely that his own sword drew her over.

"Fate is truly wonderful..."

Zhang Jie couldn't help but sigh.

"Hmm, after that I worked and studied in the Alliance."

"After I save up money to complete my body, I'll be able to properly cultivate martial arts."

Weiniya stretched out her fair little claw toward Zhang Jie, with strands of golden blood qi continuously flowing over it.

"So, what realm of divine abilities have you reached now?"

Zhang Jie asked curiously, but Weiniya thought for a moment and then shook her head.

"I don't know either... the few books you left behind that record martial arts don't describe the path after divine abilities."

"I can only keep accumulating the golden blood qi within my body and learn more divine abilities."

"Like that..."

Zhang Jie nodded, feeling somewhat moved, and said.

"After that, it's just about saving money to buy a starship, bringing my sister back, then contacting various forces, and searching everywhere in the Star Sea for a way to revive you..."

"Revive me?"

Zhang Jie chuckled helplessly, amazed that this little thing could persevere.

"That really is hard on you..."

"For your sake, it's not hardship..."

Weiniya's earlier awkwardness toward Zhang Jie had mostly faded; all that could be seen was her gaze fixed on him, a flicker of unease flashing in her eyes.

"What's wrong?"

Weiniya pressed her lips, thought for a moment, and looked at Zhang Jie with reddened eye corners.

"You... you can touch me again, can't you?"

"As long as I have this... it's enough..."