Chapter 149: with translation of chapter title

Father, which direction should we go?

After storing the pyramid inside God Light Gundam, Ling Er raised her arm toward the cockpit and softly asked.

"Um, just keep going this way."

Su Hao pulled out the map of the Dark Dungeon, checked his position, then pointed to the northeastern entrance and said.

Although the Sea of Skeletons, Shadow Village, and Giant Dragon Skeletons—three major locations within the Dark Dungeon—have not been explored yet.

However, with Ling Er, this powerful unknown factor, by his side, Su Hao really had no desire to continue exploring those places.

Moreover, the danger level of these places is not inferior at all to that of the T235 Experiment Base.

According to Su Hao's memories from his past life, in the Dark Forest, only after one or two months following the apocalypse will there be any signs of activity from second- or third-tier supernaturals.

Even if Su Hao doesn't explore these three places now, within one or two months no one will be able to enter them, so nothing there will be lost.

So, the plan is to first head back to the Sanctuary to deal with Ling Er.

If we could get her to sign a contract with me, that would be perfect.

If that's not possible, we'll leave her in the Sanctuary and have Snow Woman look after her.

Snow Woman is an innate fifth-tier supernatural, and she can also influence a worldwide natural disaster; her strength among fifth-tier supernaturals is surely top-notch.

Even if Ling Er pilots God Light Gundam and has the strength of a fifth-tier supernatural, she probably isn't a match for Snow Woman.

"Father, hold on tight."

After Ling Er gave a reminder, the flight pack on God Light Gundam's back and the jet nozzles on its feet spewed scorching flames, propelling the Gundam into the air about five to six hundred meters above the ground.

After hovering in the air for a moment, Ling Er piloted God Light Gundam in the direction Su Hao indicated, flying forward at great speed.

In the blink of an eye, they flew tens of kilometers away, leaving only a huge pit behind.

「……」 - No.

Piloted by Ling Er, God Light Gundam is equivalent to a fifth-tier supernatural; although its flight speed isn't nearly as fast as Snow Woman's, it's still much faster than a giant panda.

In just over two hours, God Light Gundam arrived at the entrance of the Dark Dungeon.

Boom! Looking at the passageway ahead, which was over ten meters high, God Light Gundam raised its left hand and fired a blue laser, expanding the passage to a height of over a hundred meters.

After exiting the passageway, God Light came onto the surface.

"Wow!"

"Is this the sky? It's beautiful!"

Gazing at the blood-red moon and the specks of starlight in the sky, Ling Er couldn't help but sigh.

To be honest, this starry sky isn't really beautiful; it's more dim and eerie, but for Ling Er, it's the most beautiful scenery she's seen in years.

Ling Er was born in the T235 Experiment Base; after Lars created her, the Corrupt Church set its sights on her, and he ultimately died at their hands.

As a result, Ling Er has spent her entire life in the experiment base, most of the time sleeping in the nutrition chamber.

She has never left the experiment base, so naturally she has never seen the sky.

So, even though this night sky isn't much to look at for others, Ling Er can't help but stop and stare.

After a while, Ling Er lowered her head, gathered her gaze, looked at Su Hao held in God Light Gundam's hand, and softly asked.

"Father, how should we proceed from here?"

"Just keep flying in this direction; when you reach a withered tree over a hundred meters tall, you'll arrive at my territory." Su Hao glanced at the cockpit, fell silent for a moment, then pointed toward the Sanctuary.

After Ling Er mentioned the God-making Plan, Su Hao already knew she was an artificial human and guessed that after her birth she had remained in the T235 Experiment Base.

At that time, Su Hao merely thought that Ling Er, as the first and most successful subject of the God-making Plan, still possessed a trace of growable divinity within her.

He felt Ling Er was a powerful expert with limitless potential.

Now, after hearing Ling Er's lament, Su Hao suddenly felt that, from a certain perspective, she was also a pitiful person.

Even though Ling Er is an artificial human, she also possesses a sound sense of self-awareness, and her behavior and habits are close to those of a human.

But such a person, since birth, has been alone in the experiment base for who knows how many years, never even seeing the sky—this truly counts as a sorrow.

"If she's willing to sign a contract with me, then when we have free time, let her stay in the Sanctuary to bask in the sun."

Su Hao nodded silently; as long as they don't encounter a fourth-tier supernatural, it's fine.

The remaining enemies Su Hao can handle himself, so there's no need to keep such a big guy as God Light Gundam nearby.

Moreover, God Light Gundam was designed and manufactured by Lars; if it's too flashy, it might attract the attention of the Corrupt Church.

A church that possesses sixth-tier supernaturals is not something Su Hao can currently handle.

So, letting Ling Er stay in the Sanctuary to experience life isn't a big deal.

「……」 - No.

God Light Gundam continued in the direction Su Hao indicated, flying for about another hour, until it reached the area where the Withered Ancient Tree could be faintly seen, then it suddenly stopped and landed on the ground.

Ling Er climbed out of God Light Gundam's cockpit, rubbed her head, and looked a bit embarrassed.

"Father, God Light Gundam's energy is depleted; I don't know where the energy crystal in the basement level went, so..."

Ling Er also felt helpless about this; back when she was in the T235 Experiment Base, she had two purposes for taking the elevator back underground.

One was to pilot God Light Gundam out; the other was to collect the energy crystal from basement level one to power God Light Gundam.

Upon checking, they found not a single energy crystal left.

No need to think; it's definitely been taken by Su Hao.

Thinking of this, Ling Er's gaze toward Su Hao became somewhat resentful.

"Cough cough, roughly how many energy crystals are needed to keep God Light Gundam flying normally for one hour?"

Su Hao rubbed his nose, his expression also a bit awkward.

If I had known earlier that the whole experiment base could be retracted, I wouldn't have bothered to go through all that trouble.

"If it's just for flying, God Light Gundam consumes about ten thousand energy crystals per hour."

Su Hao:??? Good thing I'm clever, I collected all the energy crystals; if I had taken out ten thousand energy crystals to travel, that would have been a huge loss! "Can the God Light Gundam be stored? We're not far from the territory; if it can be stored, let's walk back, and by the way let you see the scenery along the way."

"The God Light Gundam cannot be stored by any storage device, but now its internal energy can still maintain basic levitation ability; I can pull it along like flying a kite."

Ling'er looked at the dense trees around them, a smile involuntarily appearing on their face, their heart warm.

Father, as expected, still loves me; to let me properly see the outside world, he actually came up with such a clumsy excuse.

(End of chapter)