Ling Cage: I am a spiritual master, devouring source matter to become a god.

Jing Yuan chuckled and said, "We're just going to talk here, and you want us to make a trip? Do you think your city defense army can do whatever they want?"

The soldiers, however, were unimpressed. "We're just doing our job. If anyone is suspected of violating the Three Laws, we take them back for questioning."

Penny, not wanting to cause trouble, stepped forward and said, "I don't know him well; we just bumped into each other by chance. Don't misunderstand!"

"You're not familiar with each other, so why are you sitting here chatting?" the soldier laughed. "Let's go! Whether we're familiar or not, we'll find out once we take him back and ask him."

Jing Yuan stood in front, his eyes fixed on the soldier.

"What do you want to do?" The soldier sensed a threat.

"what happened?"

Another city defense soldier walked over.

“Vice Captain! These two are acting suspiciously here. I was just about to take them back for questioning.”

“Oh…” The vice-captain walked over and saw Jing Yuan, his eyes widened in surprise.

"It's you!"

Jing Yuan looked at the other person with suspicion, "You know me?"

The deputy captain's face was grim, and he looked like he was gritting his teeth. "He's Jing Yuan, who killed one of our city defense soldiers because he resisted arrest, making our city defense army lose all face."

"It's him?" The soldier didn't recognize Jing Yuan, but he had heard of him.

Jing Yuan smiled and said, "Don't talk nonsense. You clearly killed your own people by mistake, don't blame me."

"Hmph, if it weren't for the city lord's deliberate favoritism, would you still be alive today!"

Jing Yuan's eyes flashed with anger as he stepped forward. "Since you know the city lord is biased towards me, why are you deliberately picking a fight with me? Why don't you take me to the city lord and point out my crimes? I want to see whether Victor and Sengge will lose face, or I will be punished!"

The soldier whispered in the vice-captain's ear, "Vice-captain, I think we should let it go! He's the kind of person who dares to offend even the head of the society, Charles!"

"Hmph!" The vice-captain turned and left, leaving behind the words, "Let's see how long you can keep up your arrogance!"

Seeing the two city guards leave dejectedly, Penny said, "You've really offended quite a few people."

Jing Yuan said speechlessly, "Big sister, you saw it with your own eyes this time. We were standing here doing nothing! They came looking for trouble on their own! And you're still blaming me?"

Penny looked away for a moment, then said softly, "That's not what I meant. It's just that on the lighthouse, your personality is too flamboyant, too easy to offend people. I know you're just as capable as Captain Mark, but even Mark didn't offend people like you do."

“Yes.” Jing Yuan nodded. “But you have to understand that the Lighthouse establishes its status through all sorts of bullying. The more insane a person is, the higher their status. The more cautious a person is, the less likely they are to die.”

Jingyuan understood perfectly well that he had always had to live cautiously in the past.

“I’m leaving!” Penny said, turning and walking away.

"Goodbye!" Jingyuan watched Penny's departing figure, feeling a pang of emotion.

Penny was probably the first victim in "Ling Cage"! She was killed by the person she loved.

"Hopefully she'll stop being so love-struck; maybe things will turn around," Jing Yuan muttered to himself, then turned and left to find another place to practice his throwing knife skills.

……

The next day, 4277 arrived at the workshop early. She was studying a blueprint and quietly waiting for Jingyuan to come over.

A moment later, Jingyuan opened the workshop door and came in. He immediately saw 4277 inside and said with a smile, "You're here so early!"

4277 saw Jingyuan and skipped over, "Didn't you say you'd give me feedback today? How was it? Were those two knives any good?"

"It works well!" Jing Yuan nodded and said, "Let's do it this way!"

4277 was overjoyed to learn that her work had been recognized. She picked up the drawings and said, "I have some ideas..."

"Don't talk about that yet!" Jingyuan interrupted her. "I brought you something new today, eat it while it's hot!"

After saying that, Jingyuan took out a lunchbox, opened it, and inside was a steak.

A fragrant aroma filled the air, and 4277 asked in confusion, "What is this?"

"This is steak!"

"Beef...chops..." 4277's eyes widened. "I've never even heard of this. Is this food for you upper-class people?"

"This is a special supply for the city lord!"

4277 was even more puzzled, "Since it's food specially supplied to the city lord, how do you have it?"

Jingyuan smiled helplessly and said, "Hurry up and eat! It won't taste good if it gets cold."

"Really for me?"

Jing Yuan smiled wryly and nodded heavily.

The steak was already cut, and 4277 just picked up a knife and fork and ate it directly.

As the steak entered her mouth, its rich aroma lingered. With food still in her mouth, she stammered, "How am I supposed to eat insect cakes after this?!"

Jingyuan waited quietly for 4277 to finish eating.

4277 looked at Jing Yuan with gratitude and asked, "Why are you so good to me?"

Jingyuan laughed and said, "I hired you to do the work, of course I hope you can do it well!"

After finishing his meal, 4277, without even wiping his mouth, picked up the blueprints beside him and said, "I had some new ideas yesterday, take a look!"

Jingyuan took the blueprint, which depicted a different type of throwing knife.

The new design features an additional groove compared to the old one.

There are two drawings. The other drawing shows a cone with spiral patterns on its surface, which is clearly a drill bit.

Jingyuan glanced at the blueprints, then looked at 4277 and asked, "What's different about the throwing knives you designed?"

4277 looked quite pleased with herself and said, "It can be combined with the blade structure, and the effect is better than magnetic coating, without affecting the strength of the material."

"Then the magnetic coating I found is useless!"

“No!” 4277 said with a smile, “It is precisely because of the magnetic coating that we do not need to make a bayonet design. This can ensure the strength of the blade and also allow the blades to be assembled together.”

Jingyuan glanced at the blueprints again and understood. "So this is essentially a combination of your two previous plans."

"That's right!"

"What about the other blueprint? Why did you design a drill bit?"

4277 came to his side and gestured, "The throwing knives you're making are half a meter long! Given your identity as a Hunter of the Wasteland, I'm guessing you're using these throwing knives to deal with the Devouring Beasts!"

Jingyuan nodded. 4277 was indeed clever; it had actually thought of this.

"This drill bit is the warhead of an armor-piercing projectile. I suddenly thought of this and drew it to show you. Consider whether you need it based on your usage."

Looking at the two pictures, Jingyuan felt that the drill was unnecessary, as it was too bulky, and he decided to use a throwing knife instead.

But suddenly, a new idea struck Jingyuan.

"Why not combine these two styles?"

Chapter 24 Reconnoitering the Ground Situation

4277 originally thought that Jingyuan wanted to launch flying knives to attack the Devouring Beast through some kind of device, so he proposed the plan of using an armor-piercing drill.

But when she saw Jingyuan drawing his idea of ​​using throwing knives to make a drill bit on the blueprint, she was a little confused.

Then, Jingyuan found a 3D printer and printed out the design directly.

Each throwing knife is assembled together using a locking mechanism, and ten throwing knives can be combined to form a drill bit.

After two printing tests, Jingyuan finally finalized the design of the throwing knife.

Once the plan was finalized, Jingyuan instructed 4277 to begin production according to it.

Once production officially begins, the throwing knife will reach half a meter in length, increasing its size and extending the production cycle.

Besides his daily training, Jingyuan would often come to help 4277 and bring her some food as a reward.

A day passed before a throwing knife began to take shape.

Although Jingyuan has 3D printed models that can be used for training.

However, right now he can only control the throwing knives, not the knives forming a drill bit.

According to Jingyuan's plan, attacking the Devouring Beast with a rotating drill would be very effective.

However, to reach this point right now, training alone is not enough; it will probably be necessary to kill Devouring Beasts to improve one's mental power.

Therefore, Jingyuan still needs to rely on the gravity body.

Research Department.

Jingnan sent someone to find Jingyuan, saying that the modified gravity body was ready and asking him to come and try it out.

When Jingyuan saw the gravity vehicle that had been assigned to him again, it had been painted white.

The Gravity Body is equipped with a special pistol on its legs and a large knife on its back, but has no other equipment.

Jing Nan explained to Jing Yuan, "As per your request, the machine's performance has been adjusted to its maximum. The thermal weapon system is unusable, so it wasn't equipped. The effect is even better than I expected, with a performance improvement of about 24%."

"Thank you, Sister Jingnan!"

"Don't be shy, give it a try!" Jingnan smiled gently.

"Okay!" Jing Yuan opened the gravity chamber door and easily jumped inside.