Douluo: The Dragon King - I Planted the Divine Tree in Douluo.

"You're overthinking it. I'm just curious about how you planned to help me with my depleted life force back then."

Su Mo spoke calmly, without mentioning that the issue of his life force depletion had already been resolved.

"So you still want my help, don't you?"

Ling Zichen put his hands on his hips, striking a pose that seemed to say, "I knew it."

"Think what you want?"

Seeing that Ling Zichen didn't believe him, Su Mo was too lazy to argue with her anymore. "If you don't tell me, then I'll have to take matters into my own hands."

As she spoke, Su Mo walked step by step toward Ling Zichen.

Su Mo had plenty of ways to get the information he wanted from Ling Zichen, an ordinary person who was powerless.

Seeing Su Mo approaching her step by step, Ling Zichen's face flashed with panic, thinking that Su Mo was going to force himself on her. She quickly admitted defeat, "I'll talk, I'll talk, okay..."

"Actually, I've been conducting research in private on how to completely integrate the human body and mecha."

"Once my research succeeds, humanity will be able to break free from the constraints of lifespan and achieve immortality."

Su Mo: "..."

Ling Zichen's answer greatly disappointed Su Mo, who had thought that Ling Zichen would come up with some groundbreaking and unprecedented solution.

Is that all?

He had been hoping for nothing.

"Hey! Kid, what kind of look is that?"

Seeing Su Mo's disappointed expression, Ling Zichen narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling very displeased, believing that Su Mo had underestimated his research.

"Since you said it's research, you haven't succeeded in your research yet, have you?"

"When you invited me to join the Tang Clan as your assistant, you weren't just trying to make me your guinea pig, were you?"

Su Mo fired two fatal questions at Ling Zichen, which suppressed Ling Zichen's newly raised momentum once again.

"I'm doing this for your own good, aren't I?"

"To cultivate to the level of a Title Douluo at the age of eighteen is, as you can imagine, an almost impossible feat."

"If you'd be willing to be my little..."

"Pshaw, as for an assistant, I'm 80% confident I can finish the research before you turn eighteen."

Ling Zichen's eyes flickered, and he made a guilty excuse.

Su Mo glared at Ling Zichen and said with a look of disgust, "Combining a human body with a mecha, isn't that something you can do with your hands? You don't need to do any research."

Su Mo wasn't exaggerating. Back when he made a deal with Sasori in the ninja world, he obtained Sasori's complete modification plan from him.

Furthermore, Orochimaru, a scientific genius, also has in-depth research on human modification.

Following behind them, it would be difficult not to understand human body modification.

"hehe!"

Ling Zichen completely ignored Su Mo's sarcastic remarks, thinking that Su Mo was just bragging.

If modifying humans and mechs were as simple as Su Mo said, it would have been commonplace long ago.

She wasn't the first person to study the fusion of human and mecha; countless people had been researching this topic before her.

However, to date, no one has been able to achieve a perfect combination of human body and mecha.

Having failed to gain anything useful from Ling Zichen, Su Mo had lost her initial patience with him. "Think what you want!"

"You should just go back to where you came from!"

To Su Mo's surprise, Ling Zichen misunderstood and thought that he was going to send her back to the Tang Clan.

She immediately patted her ample chest and said nonchalantly, "Kid, this time I owe you a favor."

"If you encounter any problems you can't handle in the future... wait, what did you do to my body? Why can't I feel anything anymore?"

To confirm that he hadn't just been hallucinating, Ling Zichen pinched his arm hard, but still couldn't feel anything.

Ling Zichen refused to believe it and opened her mouth to bite down on her own hand.

As Ling Zichen increased the pressure on his mouth, with a "crack," a huge gash appeared on Ling Zichen's palm.

However, the gap was empty, as if she were made of paper.

Looking at the gash on her palm, Ling Zichen hadn't even had time to figure out what had happened when what followed was something she would never forget.

Suddenly, the piece of flesh she bit off turned into countless scraps of paper and flew back to the wound on her palm.

In just a moment, the hand she had bitten open was completely healed.

"What exactly is going on?"

Ling Zichen, somewhat frantic, grabbed Su Mo's shoulders and shook him violently.

However, Ling Zichen's action quickly displeased Leng Yulai.

With a single gesture, Leng Yulai caused Ling Zichen to explode into a shower of paper scraps.

But soon these scraps of paper quickly reformed and reassembled, restoring Ling Zichen to her original state in no time.

Ling Zichen, who had been "resurrected" again, ignored Leng Yulai and stared straight at Su Mo, his eyes filled with curiosity and a hint of fanaticism.

Ling Zichen suppressed his shock and tried to keep his tone calm as he asked, "How did you do that?"

Su Mo, who had originally wanted Ling Zichen to leave, became interested in Ling Zichen's attitude and tentatively asked, "Don't you find yourself disgusted by this inhuman, ghost-like appearance?"

Why should I complain?

Ling Zichen asked back with a puzzled look.

"Just by giving up my sense of touch, I, an ordinary person, can gain this regenerative ability that is practically immortal. How can it be considered a good deal?"

Looking at Ling Zichen, who was extremely satisfied with his current state, Su Mo was momentarily speechless.

If Su Mo used the Impure World Reincarnation technique in the ninja world, he would have been cursed for eighteen generations. There's no one as happy as Ling Zichen.

Ling Zichen ignored the shocked Su Mo and continued talking to himself, "With this body now, I can boldly do many experiments that I didn't dare to try before."

As a notorious mad scientist in the Federation, Ling Zichen often has many outlandish ideas popping into his head.

However, those ideas were too horrifying and extremely dangerous, making it impossible for her to do them herself.

But now that she has this body that can quickly recover from any injury, she can finally try it boldly and with peace of mind.

Hearing that Ling Zichen still wanted to continue the experiment, Su Mo's eyes lit up.

The most important thing in scientific research is unwavering patience.

And right now, Ling Zichen perfectly fits this description. Even in his current state, he still wants to do experiments. He's practically born with an innate superhuman physique.

"Big Butt, I'm starting to get a little interested in you. How about becoming my subordinate?"

Su Mo crossed her arms and extended an invitation to Ling Zichen.

"I'm sorry, I am the chief scientist of the Tang Sect, and I have no plans to switch jobs before my contract with the Tang Sect expires."

Ling Zichen rejected Su Mo without even thinking.

Su Mo wasn't surprised by Ling Zichen's rejection; he simply stated calmly, "Unlimited research funding!"

As someone who is half a colleague, Su Mo understands better than anyone how devastating those seven words are to someone like Ling Zichen who loves scientific research.

Ling Zichen, who had been calm and composed, froze upon hearing those seven words. He couldn't help but lower his head to scrutinize Su Mo, a hint of wavering appearing in his eyes.

Seeing Ling Zichen's interested look, Su Mo pressed on, "As long as you're willing to join me, I can guarantee that you won't have to worry about trivial matters like funding, manpower, and materials when you do research."

"You just need to come up with ideas and then test them as much as you want, no matter how many times you fail."

"Besides, you died in the line of duty this time, so even if the Tang Clan has done you a great favor, you should repay it by now."

Su Mo's seductive voice, like a devil's whisper, rang in Ling Zichen's ear, constantly tempting her.