From the Soul Motion Machine onwards, the Mechanized Douluo

Chapter 40 Life Always Finds a Way Out. [Please read on! Please vote!]

"Sorry, the 'Sage Level' has been increased."

Chen Hong scratched his head somewhat awkwardly, then took back his Sage's Ring from Ning Lu.

Ning Lu had just looked like she'd seen a ghost, and when she saw Chen Hong, it was as if he'd been possessed by some old bald monk. She was so frightened that she immediately snatched the Philosopher's Ring off Chen Hong's head.

Chen Hong took the pale gold Sage's Ring from his mother's hand, then pushed the small, movable device on the outside of the ring all the way down, and put it back on his head, fixing it to his forehead like a golden headband. A faint coolness came over him, causing Chen Hong to shiver involuntarily.

"What's wrong?" Ning Lu asked with a worried expression. She was ready to step in and save her mentally challenged son, Yu Fuhai, once again.

"I'm fine, in good condition, and it doesn't affect my mental state." Master Chen Hong, who had a light gold headband around his head, shook his head at Ning Lu and Chen Lin to indicate that he was alright.

With this second Sage's Ring, Chen Hong optimized a "Sage Level" function that allows for adjustable "dosage". When the Sage Level is set to the highest level, it becomes the effect of Chen Hong's [Sage Time] soul skill, suppressing all distracting thoughts and achieving self-deification? Or Buddhahood? In short, he is free from worldly desires and is a terrifyingly strong man who can navigate through a sea of ​​women without getting entangled.

However, operating the Sage's Ring at its highest power will produce the same negative effect as "Sage Time": the distracting thoughts in one's mind cannot be released, and eventually they accumulate and pile up like a mountain, becoming a raging flood that overwhelms one's mind when the effect of the Sage's Ring ends.

"I set up an active pressure valve. When the chaotic mental flow from the outside reaches a certain level, the Sage's Ring will compensate by becoming a mental shield in its physical form, reducing the chaotic mental flow caused by the gathering of people."

Chen Hong designed the Sage's Ring to add a heatsink to his weak CPU, so that he wouldn't have his sensitive, brilliant mind overwhelmed by the mental turbulence caused by the noise of crowds like last time.

"That's good." Ning Lu breathed a sigh of relief, reached out to tidy Chen Hong's hair, and the worry in her eyes finally dissipated a little.

She had always known that her good-for-nothing son had this problem. Perhaps because of his spiritual martial spirit, her son was unable to live normally in places where people gathered. The longer he stayed, the more abnormal his mental state became. Therefore, he had been fostered in Baiyun Village.

Later, as his son's soul power level gradually increased, his mental resistance improved, allowing him to survive briefly in crowded places.

Ning Lu used her connections to seek medical help, but because spiritual martial souls are extremely rare, the treatment ultimately came to nothing and yielded no results.

Seeing that Chen Hong had finally solved his "Martial Soul problem," Ning Lu was naturally overjoyed.

As cool yet warm fingers traced across his forehead, Chen Hong watched his mother, so close to him, carefully tidying his hair, and a gentle smile involuntarily appeared on his lips.

Life always finds its own way, doesn't it?

Whether it was Ning Lu's own martial soul problem or Chen Hong's own martial soul problem, they both ultimately found a solution through the soul tool, the Sage's Ring.

"Dad, Mom, this is the true meaning of soul tools: to restore the integrity of life for the disabled and to find a new way out for living beings, isn't it?"

"Yes, yes, Hong'er is doing well now, hehe." Ning Lu reached out and pinched Chen Hong's handsome little face despite his resistant expression, and said with a smile, "Lingling is going to have a holiday again soon, and she has already written to me saying that she wants to come to the clinic to study for a few days."

Huh? Who is Lingling?

Chen Hong was taken aback, realizing that he had been too busy for the past six months and had not had any time to deal with the affairs of Tiandou City.

"Once your tech business is stable, I'll take you back to your maternal home to meet your grandfather."

"Huh? Mom, you finally agreed to let me go loot Grandpa's gold coins?"

Chen Hong's eyes lit up, and he immediately became interested. Since his orphan father, Chen Lin, could no longer generate gold coins for him, Chen Hong's gaze naturally turned to his maternal grandfather, whom he had never met.

If we're talking about who loves collecting all sorts of precious natural treasures the most in this world, then the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile School is undoubtedly number one.

Chen Hong only needs to ask his maternal grandfather to give him a little gold coin, and his personal savings will be greatly increased!

"??? You little brat, are you asking for a beating again?"

Ning Lu angrily kneaded Chen Hong's head like dough, making Chen Hong cry out in pain for his mother.

Chen Lin, standing nearby, watched the interaction between the mother and son, a warm feeling in his eyes, but then, as if thinking of something, a hint of worry and anticipation for the unknown appeared in his eyes.

"Your father won't go yet. My mother and I will go first to sound him out, so that he won't get his legs broken by that furious old man as soon as he goes up there."

Ning Lu's somewhat disdainful voice reached Chen Lin's ears, causing him to freeze instantly, as if struck by lightning.

Is this how orphans are treated?

woohoo

A week later, Chen Hong, now 11 years old and at level 14 in soul power, was crafting a uniquely shaped soul-powered machine in the small workshop inside the Technology Chamber of Commerce when a sweet little girl's voice suddenly came from outside: "Brother Hong!"

"Huh?" Chen Hong, who was standing in front of a Soul-Moving Mechanism with only two tires, suddenly froze. Then he looked up and saw that a cute little girl with short blue-silver hair, light purple eyes, and a white and blue dress had appeared in the courtyard outside the workshop. She was timidly peeking her head out.

"Didn't you say you were going to the clinic?" Sage's Ring Chen Hong poked his bewildered little head out from a pile of parts and scratched his head.

"." Ye Lingling stared at Chen Hong in the room for a long time with her big, watery, light purple eyes, then sniffed, snorted coldly, and turned to leave.

"Hmph! Then I'm going to Aunt Ning's!"

"Wait!" Chen Hong's eyes cleared instantly after triggering the keyword. Ignoring his filthy clothes, he rushed out and called out to Ye Lingling.

"Just kidding, Lingling. You've come at the perfect time! Let me show you my latest invention!"

Chen Hong vigorously wiped his dirty little hands on his pants, then took Ye Lingling's soft and tender little hand and led her into his small workshop, which was littered with metal parts, amidst her exclamation.

Chen Hong pointed to a nearly completed mechanical contraption in the middle of the room, consisting of only two large rubber tires, and said to Ye Lingling, whose little hand he was holding and whose face was flushed, "Look, the Soul Motorcycle! Currently the most suitable ground-hugging flying vehicle for Soul Masters!"

"Wait a minute, I'll be done in a minute, then I'll take you for a drive!"

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