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

In the original novel, Charles used the Hall of Dawn to deal with Mark, which Jingyuan found extremely shameless and hateful.

It was just casual talk at the time.

But to his surprise, Charles actually arranged for him to be in the Hall of Dawn, not one of the Vatican, Vatican City, or Mirror South, but Penny!

But why Penny?

As they walked, Penny suddenly headed towards the outer ring road.

Although it was already night, the moonlight in the night sky illuminated the sea of ​​clouds.

Penny couldn't help but walk over to admire the sea of ​​clouds at night.

Jingyuan smiled; he knew Penny liked to watch the sea of ​​clouds.

Speaking of which, I got to know Penny after we met the city defense troops on the outer ring road.

City defense troops?

Jingyuan suddenly remembered this matter. Could it be that Charles arranged for Penny to go to the Dawn Hall with him for this reason?

Chapter 51 Crossing the Thunderstorm Zone

When the city garrison saw Jingyuan and Penny admiring the scenery, they assumed they were having an affair and wanted to take them back for questioning.

But when faced with Jing Yuan, a troublemaker, the deputy captain thought it was better to avoid trouble and ultimately didn't take him away.

But did this news reach Charles' ears?

If Charles knew this news, in order to win Jingyuan over, he sent Jingyuan and Penny to the Dawn Hall.

This explains why Penny went to the Hall of Dawn three times in a row, and why the third time there was no priest supervising her.

"I see."

It was only at this moment that Jingyuan realized that with Charles's shrewdness, how could he not have left a backup plan?

With Penny as his weakness, Charles wasn't afraid of losing control of Jingyuan.

This is in line with Charles's style of doing things.

In the original work, she used Ran Bing to provoke Mark, used 4277 to control 4068, and used the death of 1225 to incite her husband, a commoner, to reveal Mark's identity.

Charles is adept at manipulating interpersonal emotions to cause trouble.

Looking at Penny's retreating figure, Jingyuan realized that he had unintentionally put her in a dangerous situation.

Whenever Jingyuan wanted to displease Charles, he would target Penny.

Whether out of colleagueship or because feelings had developed over time, Jingyuan didn't want anything to happen to Penny.

Standing at the edge of the lighthouse, Jingyuan looked at Penny's back and thought to himself that he must not let anything happen to her.

Jingyuan stood there with her for a while, but she didn't say anything, and it was unclear what she was thinking.

"Let's go! It's getting late, we should go back and rest," Jingyuan said softly from behind.

“Mmm!” Penny turned her head, her eyes filled with tenderness.

Just as the two were about to leave, a flash of light suddenly appeared in the sky, followed by a rumble of thunder.

Penny looked at the distant clouds and said, "It's probably a thunderstorm cloud. Judging by its size, the lighthouse might not be able to get around it." She turned to Jingyuan and said, "Go back to your room and stay there."

Jingyuan nodded. "Let's go!"

The two hurried back to their accommodation area, but before they could even enter the house, they heard the alarm sounding from the lighthouse.

"Attention Lighthouse Residents! The lighthouse is about to enter a thunderstorm area! Please immediately cease all outdoor operations! All personnel on duty, please proceed to your respective units, secure production equipment, and ensure the lighthouse safely navigates the thunderstorm area!"

Listening to the radio, Penny said, "The lighthouse may experience turbulence as it enters a thunderstorm area. We need to head to the armory to secure the equipment."

Jingyuan waved his hand and said, "You go back to your residence first! I'll go take a look. There are so many hunters, there's no need for a girl like you to rush to the front."

"But……"

"No buts." Jingyuan pushed Penny back, "It's okay, you should go back now!"

At Jingyuan's urging, Penny returned to her residence.

Jing Yuan then went to the armory. When he arrived, the staff on duty had already begun securing the weapons and equipment.

All firearms were stored away and put into storage, ammunition was packed into boxes and secured, and gravity was used to fix them in place.

Jingyuan quickly went over to help.

Encountering thunderstorms is relatively rare because lighthouses fly in the air, and if they encounter thunderstorms, they can adjust their flight path. Even if they occasionally cannot avoid them, it is not a big problem.

Everyone was experienced and quickly got the equipment in place.

At that moment, the lighthouse platform experienced a tremor.

The lighthouse has entered the thunderstorm area.

The violent jolts made Jingyuan almost lose his balance.

What they needed to do at that moment was find a stable place to hold on and wait for the lighthouse to pass through the thunderstorm zone.

It took the lighthouse a full hour to cross the thunderstorm zone, and various areas of the lighthouse suffered varying degrees of damage.

One of the ammunition boxes belonging to the hunters was not properly secured and slid out during a violent jolt, resulting in a significant loss of ammunition.

However, relatively speaking, this is not a big problem.

After the lighthouse was stabilized, Jingyuan returned to his residence to rest. When dawn broke, someone sent him a message asking him to attend today's court meeting.

Jing Yuan is now the deputy captain of the Hunters, which is a high-ranking position, and he can participate in court meetings.

Lighthouse Central Command Center.

Morgan sat in his high seat, listening to reports from below.

As the commander of the navigation control room, Jingnan was responsible for setting the lighthouse's route, and she was the first to report on yesterday's situation.

“Yesterday, the lighthouse navigation entered a thunderstorm area. The staff member responsible for monitoring the weather neglected his duties and failed to detect it in time. I have already punished him by confiscating his contribution points.”

"Such a big incident, and you're just going to punish me with a small donation?" Charles asked with a half-smile.

Jingnan replied seriously, "The negligence of the monitoring personnel is only a small part of the reason. The main reason is that extreme weather is hard to predict. This thunderstorm cloud was on our flight path. Forcibly avoiding it would consume a lot of energy, which is unnecessary. The responsibility of the monitoring personnel lies in not giving advance warning so that various departments could prepare in advance."

"That's also dereliction of duty."

"Alright." Morgan raised his hand to stop Charles's unfounded accusations. "Jingnan's handling was fine, but what about the losses in other departments?"

Hearing Morgan speak up for Jingnan, Charles gave Jingnan a displeased look.

But Jingnan didn't care at all; she was already used to it.

"The other departments suffered some losses, but the problem is not serious. The only serious problem is that the medical department lost some medicines."

"How much was lost?"

“Nearly half were lost, and of them…” Jingnan didn’t finish his sentence.

"What's wrong?" Morgan noticed that Jingnan seemed a little troubled.

"Among the lost medicines was your emergency medication, Lord City Lord..."

Upon hearing Jing Nan's words, everyone in the audience changed their expressions, except for Morgan, who remained calm.

Upon hearing this, Mark immediately said, "Jingnan, where is the nearest medical supply collection point? I'll lead a team to collect some medical supplies."

Jingnan immediately picked up his tablet and started searching, then replied: "In the T50 area."

"Okay, I'll go back and prepare right away!"

Jingyuan watched the show from the sidelines, thinking to himself: Mark is really good to Morgan, knowing that Morgan is out of medicine, he immediately went to get it.

Later, Morgan passed the torch to Mark, and the two were essentially going their separate ways.

But Charles couldn't bear to watch this scene of "filial piety between father and son." He quickly said, "Lord City Lord, I heard that the food production department has also lost several food manufacturing machines. Right now, the lighthouse has no spare parts to repair them. If we don't send hunters down to the ground to find repair materials, I'm afraid the food supply will also be in trouble."

After hearing Charles's words, Morgan looked at Jingnan for confirmation, "Is that so?"

Jingnan nodded. "Yes. However, our current food reserves can last for another half a month, but medicine is more urgent."

Morgan waved his hand and said, "A stable food supply is essential for the stability of the lighthouse. Mark, prioritize collecting repair materials and equipment. Jingnan, adjust your course to coordinate with Mark's actions."

"Lord City Lord..."

Mark and Jingnan spoke up at the same time, expressing their concern for Morgan's health.

At this moment, Charles smiled and walked ahead, saying, "Lord City Lord, things don't have to be a choice between two options. We just selected Vice Captain Jingyuan, so he can collect medicine while Captain Mark collects materials, allowing us to attack on two fronts."

Jing Yuan was taken aback, not expecting that he would be involved.

However, as the vice-captain, this is also his duty.

Jing Yuan stepped forward and said, "Then I'll lead the team to find the medicine!"

Chapter 52 Emergency Ground Deployment Mission

Mark looked at Jingnan and asked, "Which collection point has materials for repairing food manufacturing equipment?"

Jingnan glanced at the tablet and said, "The nearest collection point is area T48."