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

　"Huh? So scary?"

　Xing asked with some surprise, "But the trainees outside the Engineering Department just now... seemed pretty normal?"

　"Are you saying that it's normal for a student to want to slide under a Jianmu tree, cut off a piece, and run away to use it as his graduation thesis?"

　Walter shook his head helplessly: "Oh, no, I almost forgot, your and March's personalities are already a bit... unconventional."

　"Hey, Uncle Yang, don't drag me along!"

　March protested in dissatisfaction, but soon the lively girl's attention was drawn to other voices.

　"Hey? Listen, what's that noise coming from the Construction Department?"

　[Put down your weapons?]

　[Outrageous and immoral!]

　Disobedience will be punished.

　"Wow, what a powerful electronic music track! But... does this golden man's punishment mode never stop?"

　Upon hearing this voice, Xing instinctively shrank her neck. She had encountered a golden man like this before when she was dealing with the secrets of the Medicine King. All I can say is that because she didn't understand the mechanism of the golden man when she first met him, she almost got her leftovers kicked by the golden man.

　"In the Construction Division, nothing is surprising..."

　"Hahaha! How could a mere plague be a match for the cunning of the Jurchens?"

　"Uh……"

　Tingyun's lips twitched slightly.

　"This... isn't this Master Gongshu from the Bureau of Works? Well, I must admit, this is indeed quite strange..."

　"I'll go and negotiate with him, and also, control the purple patterns on these golden figures..."

　Walter adjusted his glasses and didn't continue speaking.

　However, he probably already knows who was behind this.

　"Well……"

　Xing, walking at the back of the group, looked around boredly. It's understandable that she felt bored; after all, she had figured out the source of these golden figures' enhancements as soon as she entered. She had seen similar situations almost every day back in the mechanical settlement.

　But at that moment, Xing's gaze suddenly stopped.

　She saw something that made her almost unable to move.

　A trash can! And a brand new trash can!

　Looking back, I saw Uncle Yang negotiating with the craftsman from the workshop, Sanyue taking pictures of Jianmu, and the suspicious Miss Tingyun not looking this way at all, but instead looking at Jianmu with great interest.

　Okay, nobody's paying attention, let's flip it!

　With the song "Dechie" playing automatically in her mind, Xing quickly slipped to the trash can and lifted the lid.

　"What is this... a red-quality, exclusive photobook by Suzumo?"

　Xing's eyes lit up immediately. Although she didn't know why there was this in the trash can, she figured it was probably related to Lingmo.

　However, since it was Suzumo who placed it...

　What else is there to say? Just take it out and look at it!

　Almost without hesitation, Xing immediately inserted the memory card she had found in the trash can into the terminal.

　[Memory card detected, reading information...]

　[Loading complete. Playing for you the popular song "Never Give Up" by pop superstar Eislick from the Apserolon XII galaxy.]

　【THEY Will Never Give You Up～Never Make YouSad! 】

　Looking at the dancing man on the screen, Xing expressionlessly pulled out the memory card. Without a doubt, she had been fooled again.

　Although she had been tricked by Lingmo many times before, Lingmo always managed to cleverly seize the most tempting things, causing her to be in a state of constantly falling for her tricks again and again...

　[Idiot, do you really need to look at my exclusive photo album? It's like you haven't seen any part of my body before...]

　Just then, Suzumo's voice suddenly rang in Hoshi's mind.

　"?"

　Xing blinked, looking completely bewildered. At the same time, Tingyun, who was walking not far ahead, twitched her fox ears slightly.

　[Don't make a sound. I'm currently communicating with you mentally in your mind, and also reviewing your memories from this period... I've used most of the energy of this clone to help Master Gongshu control the golden man. You should be able to tell that the old rascal is quite excited. He should have almost finished clearing away the tentacles of the Jianmu tree by now. In that case, you should be able to quickly pass through the Construction Bureau.]

　As for the remaining energy... it's just the amount I just infiltrated into your body. Its purpose is to synchronize memories and see what happened on your side during this time.

　Xing's expression instantly became wary, and then her gaze began to sweep around, casually glancing at Tingyun several times.

　Don't be so obvious, you idiot. She won't notice me. Just walk normally.

　Tingyun, who was walking ahead, twitched her ears even more excitedly, and when the two of them couldn't see her, she slightly curled the corners of her mouth.

　Alright, memory synchronization complete...

　A moment later, Suzumo's voice rang in Hoshi's mind again.

　I still have a little energy left, enough for me to chat with you a bit longer... Oh, right, there's something important I forgot to tell you.

　Lingmo paused for a moment, then said somewhat awkwardly.

　Now that you've arrived at the Construction Bureau, you should be able to tell... I've already been here once before, but when I arrived, I discovered a very serious problem, or more precisely, a flaw within myself.

　"How serious is it?"

　Xing was startled.

　This could potentially affect the course of the battle.

　Lingmo's voice turned serious.

　[I've discovered... my body seems to have an extremely severe rejection reaction to the power of abundance. This might be related to my self-contained regeneration constitution, since, as you know, my constitution has absolutely nothing to do with abundance.]

　[I came into contact with Jianmu at the Construction Bureau, and as a result, Jianmu immediately began attacking me and attempted to assimilate me with its abundant power.]

　Fortunately, my body has an automatic defense mechanism. After my body enters a state of stress-induced exhalation, it starts uncontrollably and indiscriminately absorbing all the energy around it, which has given me a stomachache... At the Industrial Construction Department's warehouse, there are still alarm records of the storage facility being attacked, as well as a large number of Golden Machines whose energy I have "drained." You should be able to see them.

　So, from now on, you'd better protect me with your Flame Spear, okay? Don't let Jianmu target me again.

　Chapter 167 Mirror Flow: If you don't understand, just ask. You've talked about the rewards for the transaction, but what about the cost? Me?

　"Hmm... if that's the case, then it's good that you didn't come with us, Suzumo..."

　After hearing Lingmo's description, Xing couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

　"You don't know... oh no, I think you do know, I ran into a lot of secret medicine masters before! They even tricked me into eating strange pills, trying to turn me into a monstrous creature, but luckily I'm a sports student, and I digested the pill after a little exercise..."

　That's truly terrifying. If it were me, it might have caused a mass killing on the street. My body would have unhesitatingly drained all the surrounding energy to expel the foreign substance.

　"Don't worry, Suzumo."

　Xing revealed a confident smile: "With me here, I won't let the power of abundance get close to you!"

　"Ha ha……"

　At this moment, Tingyun, who was walking in front, couldn't help but take out her fan and gently cover the corner of her mouth.

　After all, if he laughed too loudly, it might arouse suspicion. Although the plan had already been finalized at this stage, Huanlong was still happy to continue acting as Tingyun and watch Xianzhou and the others make fools of themselves if he could act a little longer.

　As one of the few Destruction Lords who relies purely on mental power among the Destruction Commanders, Lingmo's half-baked mental communication skills could not escape her ears in the slightest.

　Huanlong herself didn't expect that she would hear such a big scoop when she just wanted to hear some gossip and find out from which side she was going to hate Lingmo.

　If Lingmo has this kind of "abundance intolerance" constitution... hehe, then Huanlong has already figured out how to fill Lingmo's entire body with the power of destruction and turn her into a cream puff.

　In her new plan, she abandoned the idea of ​​making Suzuma fall into evil. After all, Suzuma's own fall would only allow her to experience Suzuma's emotions alone. But with this new method, she could experience an emotional feast that would break all of Suzuma's companions.

　As a seasoned connoisseur of emotions, Huanlong would naturally choose the latter without hesitation. After all, Lingmo would most likely be taken back by Nanuk afterward, and even if he trained her well, he would probably be doing all the work for someone else.

　Hee, hee hee…

　Just thinking about that scene made Huanlong tremble with excitement. She couldn't wait to see the expressions on these people's faces when they broke down!

　……

　"that……"

　Meanwhile, on the other side of the fairy boat, Yanqing looked at Lingmo, who had suddenly become happy, with a strange expression.

　"Sister Lingmo, what... what's wrong?"

　"Cough cough..."

　Lingmo quickly tried to suppress her expression, but no matter what she did, she couldn't stop the upturned corners of her mouth.

　After all, successfully outmaneuvering a messenger, especially one who had been spying on you all along, is incredibly satisfying.

　Moreover, the thought that Huanlong would later successfully verify the false information she had overheard twice more in the Golden Man Storage Vault and on the Jianmu body made Lingmo even more unable to hold back.

　Although the power of erosion is no match for Huanlong in terms of mental strength, Huanlong would never have imagined that a "Rupert III" was plotting against her when it comes to the ability of erosion to "implant" and "erode".

　It's important to know that the power of erosion can affect not only machines, but also living things, silently and without warning. It just takes longer. As for Jianmu, a creature with only instincts and an unusually close relationship with her, the erosion is so powerful that even Lingmo herself might not be able to find any flaws.

　After implanting a series of instructions into Jianmu, Lingmo could declare that, let alone Huanlong, even if Nanuk came, he would only be able to see that Jianmu was rejecting Lingmo.

　As for what happens after Jianmu actually touches his body... hehe.

　"It's nothing, Yanqing, I was just thinking about something happy."

　"Then let's hurry up. If we're too slow... we won't be able to keep up with that Jingliu, and that would be too embarrassing."

　Yanqing sighed and quickened her pace.

　Ever since he left home at noon today, he felt that his luck was not good.

　First, while on a mission, he inexplicably encountered Lingmo, a member of the train crew who had just arrived in Luofu that day. Then, Lingmo forcibly joined his mission under the pretext that "capturing the Star Core Hunter is a mission given to us by the general."

　What's most infuriating is that after he informed Jing Yuan about this, Jing Yuan actually told him to take good care of himself, showing no intention of letting him go alone.

　It's just a Star Core Hunter. I, Invincible Swordsman 123, have conquered the entire Immortal Ship. The number of people I can't beat is probably less than 0.01%. How could I possibly be in danger!

　However, there was no way to refuse since it was the general's request. So Yanqing could only address Lingmo as "Sister Lingmo" and spend the afternoon with the girl. Of course, during this time, he couldn't resist the temptation and secretly tested Lingmo's strength. Then... he discovered that he was indeed no match for Lingmo.

　Alright, after all, he's the general's guest, so it's normal that I can't beat him—good upbringing made Yanqing quickly put aside her previous arrogance and start learning from Lingmo.

　But that wasn't the end of it. By evening, he encountered another mysterious older woman, and this suspicious woman turned out to be someone who was hiding her true abilities!

　Thus, things have turned out this way... Since the older sister named Jingliu had no intention of fighting him, and for some reason, Lingmo next to him had a tense expression the whole time and did not intend to make a move, Yanqing could only patiently accept Jingliu's bet. The two decided to decide the winner by hunting abundant monsters.

　"Well... actually, it's normal that the two of us can't compare to the other."

　Lingmo sighed and pointed into the distance: "Look, Jingliu has already reached that position."

　"?!"

　Yanqing looked closely and saw that in the short time it took for him to say two words, Jingliu had already left the two of them dozens of meters behind. As far as the eye could see, most of the abundant creatures were lying on the ground, killed with a single blow.

　"You'd better work hard, little brother, otherwise, even if I gave you a starship, you still wouldn't be able to catch up with me."

　Seemingly sensing Yanqing's gaze, Jingliu turned around under the moonlight, his voice gradually taking on a hint of... loss of control as he drew his sword.

　"hateful!"

　Yanqing, whose blood was boiling, naturally didn't notice Jingliu's strange behavior at all and rushed towards Jingliu's direction. Lingmo sighed and began to search in her system space.

　After all, she didn't actually run into Yanqing while strolling around. The reason why Lingmo was operating on two fronts was actually for a very simple reason.

　Jingliu's storyline is progressing simultaneously with Xing's. If she follows Xing and Danheng, she probably won't even get to see Jingliu by the time the main storyline of Immortal Boat ends. Therefore, if she wants to add Jingliu's character card to the card pool, she naturally has to come here in person.

　It's worth noting that the former Sword Master of Luofu was quite valuable, and even among Lingmo's character cards, he would be considered one of the most powerful.

　Of course, Lingmo wouldn't "touch" the Mirror Stream for nothing. As payment, she prepared a perfectly commensurate reward for the other party—the very thing she was currently searching for.

　"Ha, finally found it... I've had this for so long and I didn't know where I could use it. Today I finally have a chance..."

　"Let me see how far things have progressed on Yanqing's side... Oh, this part."

　Looking at the large pile of abundant scum that had already fallen in the distance, and at Jingliu whose tone was gradually becoming out of control, Lingmo, holding the thing she had just extracted, immediately understood the situation.

　Next, it should be the scene where Professor Yanqing of Jingliu delivers that sword strike, right? Oh, Jingliu is already jumping into the sky... wait a minute?

　If I'm not mistaken, isn't the direction her howling sword is pointing a little off?

　What the hell!

　Seeing the crescent-shaped sword energy split in two, Lingmo's hair stood on end, and she almost instantly conjured a pink longbow in her hand.