I was transported to a broken world, yet my dreams are connected to Star Iron?

　Lingmo covered her face with one hand.

　She never expected that Rakshasa, whom she thought would be the easiest to expose her disguise, had been doing her best to cover for her all the way, but it turned out that it was Xueyi, the straightforward and clever girl, who caused her to be exposed.

　Glancing at Danheng, who seemed to be saying "you figure it out," Lingmo raised her hand in a defiant manner: "Alright, alright, I am the general's honored guest... What do you need us to help you with now?"

　"Um……"

　Xueyi thought about it seriously and wrapped herself up.

　“Since you are a guest of the general, I have no right to conscript you. You may leave. I only need to conscript this Cloud Rider and two civilians.”

　"Uh……"

　Lingmo looked helplessly at Luocha, who had been suppressing a laugh for a long time: "I say, you didn't just damage her brain, did you...?"

　"Perhaps it's just because this young lady is naturally straightforward."

　Luosha cleared her throat and said, "Miss Yanou, Miss Lingmo is traveling with us and should not mind helping you. If there is anything you need, please just tell us."

　"Just call me Xueyi. Since you all agree, then come with me."

　Xueyi glanced at the group, then led the way.

　"My original mission was to capture the wanted criminal from the Immortal Ship, the Star Core Hunter—Blade. But on the way, I discovered something strange about the Jianmu tree..."

　"Strange?"

　Following Xueyi all the way to the territory of the Bureau of Works, Su Chang looked around curiously: "Where is something strange?"

　"The Jianmu tree itself is an anomaly..."

　Dan Heng frowned: "Miss Xueyi, when did the Jianmu tree... resume its growth?"

　"I don't know. I just discovered it myself. Based on what I observed on the road, it seems that the Dan Ding Division, which was in charge of Jianmu, was the first to suffer, and then the impact of Jianmu's revival quickly spread to the neighboring Gongzao Division."

　"As for the reason... it's most likely that some villains put the star core into the Jianmu tree, stimulating its regrowth."

　"So the star core is here..."

　Lingmo looked as if she had just realized something: "No wonder Jingyuan didn't let us handle matters related to the star core."

　"The general is probably doing this for your own good. Jianmu is no benevolent creature. Although these plague-causing pests are mindless and act only on instinct, even their instincts can have a significant impact on ordinary short-lived species. Common symptoms include Jianmu attacking anyone who gets close, or... um?"

　Xueyi noticed that the footsteps behind her seemed to have stopped, so she turned around to look.

　This was a shock; Xueyi felt like the sky had fallen after seeing it.

　Walking at the back of the group, Lingmo seemed to have a golden branch wrapped around her hand. The soft branch spiraled up from the girl's snow-white arm and intimately brushed against Lingmo's body.

　"!"

　For the first time, Xueyi experienced what it meant for her pupils to tremble.

　You mean, the Jianmu that almost kicked the grove of wires through my puppet body just now is now as docile as a domesticated tentacle monster when it comes to this pink-haired girl? These days, even Jianmu are racist!

　However, at that moment, the branches wrapped around Lingmo's hand seemed to have noticed something. The originally loose branches tightened instantly, trying to pull Lingmo towards the Jianmu tree.

　"careful!"

　Rakshasa, who was next to Lingmo, reacted immediately and reached out to grab Lingmo's other hand. At the same time, phantom images of black thorns and white flowers seemed to swirl around her, ready to strike.

　However... Jianmu and Luosha both missed their targets.

　To be precise, it was the branches and the hand that passed through Suzumo's body in an instant.

　"Don't be nervous, don't be nervous..."

　Lingmo reassured everyone, "I roughly know what Jianmu wants to do..."

　"It may have discovered my physical problems when it came into contact with me, and thought that I had some kind of defect, so it wanted to pull me over and transform me into a living being to cure the defect."

　"Health problems? Oh right, Luocha just mentioned that Lingmo's health is currently inconvenient..."

　Su Chang immediately tensed up. Although they had only traveled together for a little over half a day, she had already considered them friends: "Ling Mo, are you alright?"

　"You've misunderstood... just like you've misunderstood Jianmu."

　Lingmo was both amused and exasperated: "It's not that there's something wrong with my body, it's just that my current state is just a... well, let's just explain it this way."

　As she spoke, Lingmo reached into her own stomach in Su Chang's horrified gaze. After touching it for a while, she pulled out Dan Heng's terminal and threw it to Dan Heng. Her own figure then instantly became illusory.

　"Really... First, my identity was stolen by Xueyi Box, and then my abilities were stolen by Jianmu Box. This journey on the Immortal Ship has been full of unexpected events."

　Lingmo sighed and said helplessly, "Well, that's how it is. I am actually just a data projection. I only have a physical form because I used Danheng's terminal computing power to simulate reality... Because of certain abilities, my simulated body data is too realistic, so Jianmu misjudged me as 'ill.' After all, from its perspective, I only have an outer shell moving around, which is even more bizarre than the Abundant Beast."

　"As for why Jianmu is so fond of me... it's probably related to what Rakshasa said before, right?"

　"As a high-level blessing of abundance, Jianmu will have an instinctive affinity for travelers on the path of abundance. However, this affinity is generally not strong. For example, it doesn't react much to me."

　Rakshasa laughed: "Someone like Miss Lingmo is indeed rare. I'm quite curious about what qualities Miss Lingmo possesses that make her so highly regarded by the Abundance."

　Nonsense, you're carrying the remains of a breeding colony in your coffin, it's already a miracle that Jianmu didn't punish you...

　Lingmo silently complained to herself.

　"By the way, Miss Suzuma, are you really not bringing your true form along? Maybe I can..."

　"Forget it."

　Lingmo shook her head: "I've actually been operating on two fronts. On my main side... I have other important matters to attend to."

　Chapter 165 Lingmo: Wow, you even have a Golden Man of Fate to play with... Let me check your DPS!

　After leaving the location where the Jianmu "manifested," Lingmo and the others quickly resumed their journey.

　Perhaps because Jianmu had been revived, the group was much more relaxed this time. After all, they didn't have to register with the various Cloud Cavalry squads that had been assigned there. At this point, apart from Lingmo and her group, there were basically no other people in the entire Engineering Bureau.

　Of course, this is just the basics. In fact, after walking for a short while, the group encountered an old master craftsman who stayed behind at the workshop.

　Although when the group first met Master Gongshu, he was reluctant to leave and insisted on protecting the Bureau of Works with his old body, after Su Chang threatened him with a weapon and tried to dissuade him, the stubborn old master finally followed the group to the entrance of the Bureau of Works.

　Of course, this only applied to the entrance; once he got there, the old man refused to leave no matter what.

　"In times of crisis, everyone has their own mission."

　Xueyi sighed softly, "You should stop trying to persuade him. Let this master stay here."

　"But... well, fine."

　Su Chang wanted to say something more, but considering that they also had their own missions to complete, she ultimately remained silent, looking frustrated.

　"What's there to worry about? I'll just stay here with him."

　At this moment, Suzumo spoke up.

　"Lingmo, are you going to stay here?"

　Dan Heng's expression was somewhat conflicted: "But, Miss Xueyi just said that she came to this area to track down the whereabouts of that Star Core Hunter Blade. If you stay here alone, I'm afraid..."

　"First of all, I'm not a person, I'm just a projection right now."

　Lingmo put her hands on her hips: "After I return the terminal to you, it's impossible for me to encounter any danger even if I want to. After all, whether it's the Star Core Hunter or the Medicine King's Secret Technique, they would have to be able to touch me first before they could put me in danger, right?"

　"If you're only talking about the safety of my projector, the biggest danger is probably a poor signal..."

　"But……"

　"No buts, please."

　Lingmo's illusory figure patted Danheng: "You have to trust my judgment. Don't forget, although I haven't told you, I know the whereabouts of everyone on the train crew. I must have my reasons for staying."

　Lingmo wasn't lying about that statement, but she couldn't possibly explain her reasons to Danheng in detail, given the current complicated situation.

　Because, in the main storyline of the Immortal Ship on Xingtie's side, the entire timeline is actually very compact.

　In chronological order, in the morning, the train crew arrived at the Immortal Ship and, after meeting Jing Yuan, received the mission to capture Kafka. At the same time, Dan Heng left the train, starting the second storyline.

　While the train crew captured Kafka, Danheng was running around with Sushang on the Star Chariot Sea. Meanwhile, Xing, taking a break from her busy schedule, started the third storyline—the Secret Transmission of the Medicine King—while acting alone.

　You thought that was the end? Actually, no. The real big medley begins at night. After the storyline of the Medicine King's Secret Transmission ends, Xing is summoned to the Qiong Guan Formation to participate in the interrogation of Kafka. Meanwhile, Dan Heng, Xue Yi, and the others arrive at the Gongzao Division, which is the time when Ling Mo is currently at.

　As the story unfolds, just as Xueyi boards the Starship, Xing has just finished interrogating Kafka and experienced Kafka's escape, officially reaching a cooperation agreement with Jingyuan. This results in Xing arriving at the Workshop just as Danheng leaves, following Jingyuan's instructions, creating a perfect time difference between the two groups.

　Even as these two groups were moving, a fourth storyline was unfolding on the other side of the Immortal Ship... but that will have to wait until later.

　Therefore, when Lingmo told Danheng that she would wait at the Construction Bureau for a while, it was actually to wait for Xing, who was going to come to the Construction Bureau soon, to confirm whether there were any differences in their storyline.

　As for why he didn't continue following Dan Heng... you should know that although Dan Heng was about to board the Starship and head to the next stop in the plot, in fact, although Dan Heng came to the Construction Bureau first, he was delayed until the morning of the next day for unknown reasons before he successfully went to the Pill Cauldron Bureau.

　During this time, Xingbao first dealt with the troubles of the Engineering and Manufacturing Department, and then witnessed the scene of Tingyun "tilting her head". Everyone had already left when Danheng arrived.

　Considering that Danheng would soon be pierced through the heart by Ren in order to obtain the power of the Dragon Lord... Lingmo couldn't help but suspect that Jingyuan's big hand had been controlling the progress of the two groups all along the way—after all, if Danheng had acted together with the train crew, Ren would never have been able to find such an opportunity.

　“Oh dear, you’re just as stubborn as me… Leave the work of the Construction Bureau to me. I’ve been in the Construction Bureau for so many years, there won’t be any safety issues.”

　"No, I'm not worried about you."

　Suzumo has her own methods for dealing with these stubborn old folks.

　“I am General Jingyuan’s guest. Go find a terminal now. You should be able to find the official documents regarding General Jingyuan’s cooperation with the Starry Sky Train on the Shence Prefecture’s official website. As for me, I have important business to attend to here.”

　Lingmo tugged at the train ticket she had pinned to her chest.

　"So, Master Gongshu, you are now under my command."

　"Ah? This..."

　"Stop with this and that."

　Lingmo smiled slightly: "Where do you usually store the Golden Man Machines of the Industrial Construction Department? Mark a location for me, and I'll get some over to serve as security for you, since I don't really have any combat capabilities right now."

　"Uh... probably here, here, and this underground warehouse."

　With Jingyuan as his title, the stubborn old master became cooperative, projecting a map onto his terminal and marking Lingmo's location.

　“However, Miss Lingmo, it’s not that I’m reluctant to part with these possessions, but the plague is out of control. The Jin people are either controlled by these vines or locked in warehouses, requiring verification at every level. Right now, I’m all alone. Even if I were willing to go with you, we wouldn’t be able to unlock those devices.”

　"Don't worry, I don't plan to go myself, nor do I plan to let you go."

　Lingmo shook her head with a mysterious smile.

　"Now tell me, which of these golden figures is the extra-large cup?"

　"Extra-large?"

　"Simply put, the most durable, the most enduring, the highest DPS, the highest burst damage... According to your understanding of these golden artifacts and their ingenuity, Master Gongshu, please rank them for me. I don't have much energy left in this projection, so I need to use it wisely."

　"Don't bother with any DPS 799, slow startup, or short range that only allows you to hit what's in front of you."

　"Uh……"

　To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that Master Gongshu himself was usually engrossed in some ingenious cricket-teasing games, he really wouldn't have understood what Lingmo was saying.

　After gently clicking on a few familiar golden figures on the list, he saw Lingmo close her eyes.

　After a while...

　[Warning! Warning! The Industrial Development Bureau has been subjected to a cyber intrusion from an unknown source, and the Gold Vault has been attacked!]

　"Oops, I accidentally made a bit too loud."

　Lingmo tilted her head cutely.

　"Anyway, I've already seen a long line of alarms, so adding another one shouldn't be a problem, right?"

　"As for the golden statue you just checked..."

　Lingmo pointed to a spot not far away.

　“Look, I let them come over by themselves.”

　Chapter 166 Lingmo was plotting, Huanlong was eavesdropping, and only Xingbao was kept in the dark.

　"Wow, is this really the same craftsmanship bureau that Fu Xuan Tai Bu showed us in videos before?"

　In March, holding a camera, his expression was somewhat strange.

　"Where's the promised high-tech atmosphere? I feel like I've stepped back into some primeval forest?"

　"My benefactors, please don't assume they are researchers just because you hear the name 'Industrial Construction Division'."

　Following behind the group, Tingyun looked troubled: "Although they are indeed the department in charge of research and development in Luofu, they are also the most troublesome department in the entire Luofu."

　"During dangerous times, the Engineering and Construction Division is Luofu's strongest support, with a constant stream of various weapons and techniques. However, in peacetime... the Engineering and Construction Division is Luofu's greatest danger. Eighty percent of the explosions at the Earth Balance Division are caused by the Engineering and Construction Division."