Chapter 226: 232. Chapter 232: Want to Fire a Shot?

232. Chapter 232: Want to Fire a Shot?

"Poor?"

Mo Li was somewhat puzzled.

Afterwards, she asked suspiciously: "I know you're poor; that's not what I was asking."

That hit home, old friend.

Lin Ke had just wanted to take a sip of green tea, but his hand holding the glass froze in mid-air, unable to recover for a long time.

What words are the most hurtful?

The truth is the most hurtful, because there is no way to refute it.

Pfft.

Mo Li laughed out loud.

She said it on purpose, just to vent a little.

He had been gone for several days without a single word.

He could have at least sent a message to say he was safe.

Even if cross-boundary communication was expensive, it wasn't as if he couldn't afford that little bit of Magic Stone.

Even if he was stingy and reluctant to spend the money, I could have paid for it!

Moreover, he didn't even give a heads-up when he returned; I only found out because the butler, Hamid, notified me.

How many times has this been? Every single time it's like this.

It's truly infuriating!

Now I'll let you taste what it's like to be infuriated, see if it feels good.

I just want to annoy you, hmph!

Mo Li raised her head, wrinkled her pretty nose at the back of Lin Ke's head, and made a face.

"Stop messing around."

Lin Ke said faintly, continuing to lift his cup to take a sip of tea.

Hearing this, Mo Li composed herself, remembered the serious business, gently patted Lin Ke on the chest, and chided: "You're the one who should stop messing around! I was talking to you about serious business, why are you randomly interrupting?"

"What did you ask just now? Thoughts on the mission?"

Lin Ke took another sip of tea and sighed: "The only thought is that it started very seriously and ended inexplicably. Even now, there are still many suspicious points I haven't figured out."

"What suspicious points?"

Mo Li asked curiously, "How did it start seriously and end inexplicably?"

Lin Ke said: "Normal conscription, normal assembly, normal meeting, unified thinking, clear division of labor, setting goals. Went to the destination, started reconnaissance, started the investigation, and then, a sudden mutation occurred."

"Mutation? What mutation?"

"A Level 3 Zerg World suddenly popping out a Level 5 Mother Nest, and even hiding a mutation of even higher-level Zerg!"

"Level 5? Then how did you all escape safely?"

"I'm not too clear on the specific process, I guess it was calling for backup."

"Calling for backup?"

"Two Great Sages' precious great-granddaughter going out on an adventure, would there be no one following to protect her?"

"Oh, you mean that. I thought you meant calling for backup from the Academy."

"It's not that we couldn't call for people that way, it's just that there wouldn't be enough time, probably wouldn't have made it."

"Hmm. Continue, didn't you say there were still suspicious points you hadn't figured out? What are they?"

"First is, Sandra Diomand, the one who conscripted me, the two Great Sages' great-granddaughter, what exactly were the contents of the mission briefing she received;

Why was the situation in the mission world so different from the mission details she sent me;

Secondly, why did she need a Mother Nest, a plan to strengthen Zerg, and a method to enslave Zerg;

Then there's what exactly happened to the Zerg in the mission world;

Where did that Level 5 Mother Nest come from, and what was its purpose;

Were the ones issuing the curse and the howling attack the same Zerg;

As the medium for the curse, the little spots, were they biochemical pheromones or a mystical connection;

What is the principle behind the parasites' remote parasitism;

How were the insect eggs spread;

What were the test results of the parasites;

Finally, what exactly was that behemoth hidden behind the Level 5 Mother Nest;

And after we left, how was it dealt with."

Lin Ke briefly told Mo Li the suspicious points he hadn't figured out and very much wanted to figure out.

Unfortunately, most of these suspicious points were destined to never be figured out.

After a slight pause, Lin Ke shook his head and said: "Forget it, the matter has passed, thinking about these is useless."

"Then don't think about it, you should get some good rest."

Mo Li straightened up, pulled over a stool to sit down, and then lowered the upper part of Lin Ke's chair.

Her fair, tender hands rested near the corners of Lin Ke's eyes, gently massaging to relieve his fatigue.

She also gave the butler, Hamid, a look, directing Hamid to set up a transparent sunshade.

This way, the two of them could enjoy the sunlight without being made uncomfortable by the wind.

She also lit a stick of Lixuancao aromatherapy to make the air fresher and more calming.

Having experienced a mission that wasn't very long but had many twists and turns, he had maintained high vigilance throughout.

Even when resting at the rear camp, he was worried about encountering accidents at any time, his mind tense.

Lin Ke was indeed somewhat exhausted and craved stability.

Listening to the thumping sounds, feeling the slight undulations, under Mo Li's massage, Lin Ke gradually relaxed his heartstrings and fell into a deep sleep.

Hearing Lin Ke's slight snoring in his ears, and seeing his gradually unfurrowed brows, Mo Li massaged Lin Ke for a while longer before stopping.

She gently raised the upper part of the chair a bit, letting Lin Ke's upper body and head have support while maintaining a comfortable reclining posture.

Kissing Lin Ke on the forehead, Mo Li got up and walked around to the front, lying down on her side as well.

Squeezing onto the chair with Lin Ke, she closed her eyes and fell into a peaceful sleep.

Lin Ke had been out for a few days, and Mo Li had been terrified and worried for a few days, so there was no quality to her rest at all.

During this time, her own studies, presiding over the affairs of the Grande Potion Shop, and remotely controlling "Do Whatever Is Free" were all done by forcing herself to keep her spirits up.

Now that Lin Ke had returned safely, all worries and anxieties dissipated, and once her mind relaxed, she naturally felt sleepy.

This sleep lasted from the morning until the sun set behind the mountains, with evening glow filling the sky.

The first to wake up was Lin Ke.

He opened his eyes and looked at Mo Li, who was coiled around him like an octopus, sleeping soundly. He didn't rush to move, so as not to wake the girl.

Seeing the girl lying on his chest, with only the tips of her ears showing from her hair, he couldn't help but find her exceptionally cute.

He really wanted to pinch them.

Watching her, Lin Ke became dazed and started to daydream.

How did the relationship between the two of them develop to this point?

Lin Ke asked himself in his heart, and then began to recall the bits and pieces of his contact with Mo Li.

The first time they met was at Viscount Holiday's castle.

Mo Li demonstrated how to conduct a Wizard aptitude test in front of many little brats.

At that moment, Mo Li displayed a calmness and poise that didn't quite match her age.

It was completely different from the childish behavior of the vast majority of twelve or thirteen-year-old "peers" in Viscount Holiday's territory.

The next deep impression was when they got off the boat, the drastic change in attitude before and after making her choice.

From the normal mode of interacting with a stranger companion, she suddenly became intimate, the methods quite immature.

Then there was after enrollment, showing both ambition and still being somewhat playful.

It wasn't until the picnic on the lakeside lawn with the "Newblood Mutual Aid Society," where something unpleasant happened, that she put away her playful thoughts and focused on studying.

The transformation started from that time.

It was as if Mo Li originally just wanted to "cling" to Lin Ke to obtain some guidance and convenience in her studies;

Lin Ke originally just treated Mo Li as a "canary" in a cage to spice up his boring daily life.

Who knew, a young girl's heart is always like poetry.

Mo Li, who had entered puberty, had her first taste of love, whether she was aware of it or not.

At that time, she was always following by Lin Ke's side, sticking together all day long.

And Lin Ke was indeed more outstanding than other peers.

Naturally, Mo Li's mindset towards Lin Ke changed.

From "utilization" to "dependence," from pretending to be "seductive" to gradually becoming shy.

The originally fake, feigned admiration turned into real, irrepressible liking.

All those clumsy techniques she had learned from childhood were thrown to the back of her mind.

As long as she was by his side, she was very happy; where would she have the heart to say any tea-talk? This was also the reason why Mo Li always liked to sigh and fold herself.

And Lin Ke?

When did Lin Ke change his psychology and stop following the "Three-No Scumbag" strategy?

It was probably when he went to the Apprentice Cultivation Secret Realm for deep cultivation, and returned a month later to find that Mo Li, in order not to fall too far behind, had risked accepting Wizard Celine's immature "Bone-Chattering Insect Plan" to forcibly improve her Wizard aptitude.

Just as he was thinking of this, Mo Li woke up with a soft moan, disrupting Lin Ke's thoughts.

Opening her arms, she stretched beautifully, twisting and rubbing against him forcefully.

Once her muscles and bones were relaxed, Mo Li began the next movement of getting up.

"Oops."

With her hands supporting Lin Ke's chest, Mo Li wanted to use the leverage to get up, but her "hand went numb," and she fell back down.

Coincidentally, just to get up, she had shifted her body slightly upward.

Now it was perfect; when she fell onto Lin Ke, it was lip to lip.

Mua, she kissed him.

"Hateful! Hmph!"

A moment later, Mo Li once again supported herself on Lin Ke's chest to get up, gave a coquettish snort, and walked out of the transparent sunshade with her head held high.

Without even a hint of shyness, she looked just like a little fox that had stolen a chicken.

"Is this the legendary tsundere?"

Lin Ke sighed, then got up and returned to the restaurant, preparing to reward his stomach.

He hadn't eaten a good meal in the few days he was out, he had been wronged.

The next day, early morning.

Lin Ke drove the "Phantom Coupe" to send Mo Li back to the Advanced Academy first, then returned to the North District and drove toward Wizard Celine's villa.

Since he was back, he had to go and report.

It was still early, and Wizard Celine hadn't left yet to work at the pharmacy.

"Back already? How does it feel?"

In the living room, Wizard Celine received Lin Ke, and the first sentence after sitting down was to ask this.

Lin Ke thought for a moment and said earnestly:

"It's hard to describe in a few words!

The biggest feeling is that there is a huge disparity between people.

What I cherish, in the eyes of some people, might just be a toy that can be discarded at will.

To me, it was a life-and-death exploration and reclamation, but to some people, it was just an exercise."

Wizard Celine smiled slightly upon hearing this: "Isn't this a principle you already knew? Why the sudden surge of so many emotions?"

Lin Ke replied: "Perhaps because before I only knew it, but now I've experienced it personally."

"Hehe..."

Wizard Celine laughed a few times, then asked, "Then what are your plans for the future? Accept her invitation?"

Clearly, Wizard Celine had some understanding of how people of Sandra Diomand's status would go about recruiting "subordinates."

Perhaps she had encountered a similar situation before?

Lin Ke said solemnly: "Taking advantage of an opportunity, I expressed my stance, so she didn't extend an invitation to me."

"Hmm..."

Wizard Celine pondered for a while, and after thinking it over, said, "That's quite normal, this decision. Whenever she thinks of you in the future and needs to use you, she'll just issue another conscription. As long as you have free time, could you not respond? So, whether she issues an invitation or you sign an agreement doesn't make much difference."

After a pause, the old Silk started the car, the wheels rolling directly over Lin Ke's face: "In this way, you'll have to be taken for a free ride again and again, not to mention not getting a benefit fee, even your body will be ridden to collapse, it's not worth the loss! It would be better to just submit to her from the beginning, at least you could mix in a little bit of bed space."

Lin Ke chose to ignore these words, acting as if he hadn't heard them.

Compete in racing with the old Silk?

He'd have to be crazy to do that.

Seeing Lin Ke put on the appearance of a serious person, Wizard Celine curled her lips, very disdainful of men who were inconsistent in appearance and reality.

Already playing with cultivation, and still serious?

Serious my ass!

Suppressing the urge to complain, Wizard Celine returned to the serious business and asked: "You must have something to do coming to find me, speak. Hurry up, I have to go to the pharmacy later."

Lin Ke then asked: "Someone warned me to be careful of Lucia. I want to ask, in the few days I was gone, did something happen again?"

"Be careful of Lucia?"

Wizard Celine frowned slightly, "Ever since Lucia reached a reconciliation with you, she has been completely low-key, with no special actions. If you want to talk about changes, there is only one, and that is Solon has started to impact the Transformation Period."

"Hmm..."

Lin Ke pondered intently.

A moment later, with no progress, he simply put it aside for now and didn't worry about it.

With the serious business finished and not wanting to delay Wizard Celine's time, Lin Ke got up to say goodbye.

Leaving Wizard Celine's villa, Lin Ke drove to the Grande Potion Shop.

It had just opened and was not yet doing business.

Greeting the shop assistants who came to work part-time or full-time through the "Do Whatever Is Free" channel one by one, he revealed his presence as the shop owner.

Lin Ke went straight to the underground laboratory.

For Sandra, the mission had already ended completely the moment she called her mother, Lady Lisandra.

However, for Lin Ke, there was still some work that hadn't been wrapped up.

Relying on the memories in his Mind Palace, as well as the materials, results, and samples stored in the "Small World," Lin Ke began to write the report.

There were three reports in total.

The first was the ecological structure of the mission world, mainly based on microscopic data, such as test results of soil, water, and humus, to make a model hypothesis.

Because of the lack of data support, especially macroscopic data, the gold content of this report would not be very high.

But it could barely correspond to one of the three original goals of the mission: investigating the ecological structure.

The second was the abnormal changes of the Zerg, mainly based on a series of observations, autopsies, live studies, and tests of dead insect eggs next to the incubation pool, giving the inference of an external source, and that the external source was "light radiation."

Because of the lack of anatomical, physiological, and biochemical data of the evolved individuals for comparison, the gold content of this report was fuller than the first, but not very solid.

It could only barely correspond to the second and third of the three original goals of the mission: investigating abnormal changes and the causes of mutations.

The third perhaps shouldn't be a report; the main content was a discussion on the connection between sound wave attacks and parasites.

No data, no direct evidence, the whole thing was Lin Ke's assumptions, conjectures, and analysis based on his existing knowledge system.

After writing these three reports, he checked them carefully again.

Lin Ke sent the three reports to Lanny Taylor, asking Lanny to submit them to Sandra on his behalf.

This could be considered as officially drawing a period belonging to Lin Ke Grande for this mission.

Coming out of the underground laboratory and just arriving on the first floor, Lin Ke saw Wizard Cody walk in.

"Come over here, and go somewhere with me."

Wizard Cody waved at Lin Ke and said politely.

"Where to? Is there something up?"

Lin Ke asked suspiciously.

"You'll know when you get there, anyway, I won't pit you."

Wizard Cody had entered the Transformation Period, and his speech and actions were starting to become emotional; he was actually playing coy.

Lin Ke had no choice but to walk out of the pharmacy, drive behind Wizard Cody, and head toward the West District.

Two cars, one after the other, drove into an airport terminal.

"A gift for you, open it and take a look, do you like it?"

Wizard Cody got out of the car, looking quite expectant, and pointed to a container, saying to Lin Ke.

"Okay."

Lin Ke was also quite expectant and unscrewed the container door.

Opening it, he was instantly pleasantly surprised.

What was packed in the container was actually a naval gun.

The main gun of an interstellar warship capable of firing an Annihilation Cannon.

Wizard Cody actually gave a gun as a gift.

Worthy of being a real man who used to have the nickname "Rentou."

Hardcore enough! ===== CHAPTER 227 =====