Chapter 40 T.E.R.
The next day, early morning in the fortress.
Wang Jixuan heard the noise coming from the bed, stopped meditating, returned to his normal sitting posture, turned on the desk lamp, and picked up the thick book beside him.
"Machinery: An Introduction".
On the spacious bed, Zhou Zhengde opened his eyes blankly, feeling the cool touch of direct contact between his skin and the quilt, and tremblingly touched the bulge of the quilt beside him with his left hand.
Ah, skin…
He jumped up, wearing only a pair of briefs, and stared at the figure on the other side of the bed.
Zhou Zhengde breathed a sigh of relief at first.
Lying next to him was Lin Bo, who was lying there sleeping soundly at the moment, also shirtless.
Ah this!
Two intersecting lightning bolts appeared behind Zhou Zhengde. His legs went weak and he almost knelt down. He held on to the edge of the bed to barely stand still.
He knew that he would get drunk easily when he drank, and various situations would easily occur when he was drunk, but this, this... was this related to workplace bullying? Lin Bo was also a conservative, could it be because of his request as the captain?
…
Fortunately, Daochang Wang’s voice sounded from the side in time:
"Don't worry, I've been watching. Nothing out of your control happened. I washed your clothes because they were dirty."
Zhou Zhengde breathed a long sigh of relief and sat down on the edge of the bed.
He looked at Wang Jixuan and smiled gratefully:
"Thank you. What did I do when I was drunk last night?"
Wang Jixuan's expression was a bit difficult to explain, and some pictures emerged in his heart that he couldn't bear to look at. For the sake of friendship, he quietly tore these pictures into pieces.
Wang Jixuan closed the thick book in his hand, cleared his throat, and said seriously:
"You were drunk last night. You held Wei Na's hand and talked a lot."
"I'm holding Wei Na's hand. Is it true? Don't make such a joke. We used to be lovers, but we have already drawn a clear line."
Zhou Zhengde frowned and looked at Wang Jixuan.
Wang Jixuan curled his lips and shrugged, nodding slightly.
Zhou Zhengde hissed: "Did I really say that?"
"Said."
"What did you say?"
"Are you sure you want to know?"
"Sure," Zhou Zhengde's expression was a little more sincere and uneasy.
Wang Jixuan suppressed a smile: "You said you like her and asked her if she could marry you. A marriage where each other abide by the terms of chastity. You can apply for in vitro fertilization. You can keep her physically active until she reaches menopause, fifty times a day.
Squat up… I just learned yesterday what menopause means.”
"She, what's her reaction?"
Two flames appeared in Zhou Zhengde's eyes.
"She was very moved," Wang Jixuan showed sympathy, "then shook her head and refused without a trace of hesitation. She said she liked to be free and did not want to reproduce."
Zhou Zhengde cleared his throat: "Hahaha! I knew it would be like this, haha, ha... ugh."
He wanted to hold on.
But Wang Jixuan had already thrown over a box of tissues.
Zhou Zhengde sniffed and raised his head forty-five degrees, trying to be as free and easy as possible:
"It's all over, I know. In fact, it's all over a long time ago. I shouldn't restrain her... Okay, I'm leaving first... Keep your spirits up and work hard. When I am free in a few days, I will help you make arrangements.
A few conservative girls meet and it’s settled. You need emotional healing..."
Just as Wang Jixuan was about to refuse, he suddenly thought of something and nodded slowly.
Wang Daochang said softly: "I can try to contact them, but I have no plans to start a family for the time being."
Zhou Zhengde sighed, feeling a little at a loss as to what to do: "Okay, I'll get dressed first, sorry to disturb you... No, this should be my home?"
Wang Jixuan closed the page and stood up, smiling and saying: "Then I will go back and wait for news from the investigation team."
"Go and have a good rest. I'm going to supervise the war zone investigation team... Didn't you sleep last night?"
"After sleeping for a while, on the chair," Wang Jixuan said seriously, "I have to guarantee that nothing will really happen between you and Lin Bo."
Zhou Zhengde gave a firm thumbs up: "I will work hard to find a pure soul for you."
Wang Jixuan straightened the corners of his uniform, put the book under his arm, put his hands in his pockets, lowered his head and walked out of the security captain's dormitory.
…
Inside his new dormitory.
Wang Jixuan sorted out various objects slowly.
Mu Liang's original work clothes had been placed in the innermost corner. He used the general credit accumulated some time ago to buy a few new loose cotton and linen shirts and cropped trousers.
He quite likes this casual look.
'If I had not practiced spiritual practice, how would I have lived in the ordinary world?'
This is something Daochang Wang has been thinking about recently.
In the wooden house in the Wanlijin greenhouse area, his cultivation progress was relatively rapid. Although it was still very slow compared to his previous life, it was much better than in Central City.
Why does Wanlijin’s territory have relatively strong aura?
Wang Jixuan naturally investigated it before.
It's not because there are more plants in the greenhouse area, but because of their formula soil.
Wang Jixuan had studied this before, and the formula soil contained some spiritual power, but he did not know the specific source of these spiritual powers, so he asked Lin Bo to help get some, and then asked Dr. Wei Na to help him analyze the ingredients.
He suspected that this soil formula was still related to the Blade Beast.
Some kind of seasoning in the formula soil is most likely...
The flesh and blood of the Blade Beast.
Now, apart from practicing, there is actually only one problem that Wang Jixuan needs to worry about most.
Kong Nu wants to slice him into pieces.
Wang Jixuan is also waiting for the investigation team sent from the war zone to see how strong these 'masters' are.
This investigation team is purely a sharp blade summoned by Zhou Zhengde based on his excellent background. Zhou Zhengde already wants to use this team to deal with Kong Nu.
Taoist Wang finally figured it out.
He uses the resources he can use as much as possible. He does not have the hard power to ignore the rules of the world for the time being.
Since Zhou Zhengde had a grandfather who was a general and could control all kinds of young people, he would hide here temporarily, practice with peace of mind, increase his strength, and find more escape routes.
Now I am afraid that the tree will be quiet but the wind will not stop.
'Pindao had a lot of contempt for this world before.'
'At the moment, we should accumulate more, focus on cultivation, increase our knowledge, and temporarily commit ourselves to a certain force. As long as we don't fall deeply into it and don't do evil things for it, that's enough.'
'You should have reverence for heaven and earth.'
Wang Daochang stretched his waist and looked at the full wardrobe, feeling a little sense of accomplishment.
Then he looked at the clutter that had been sorted out.
T.E.R.
I saw these three letters again.
Wang Jixuan already roughly understood the meaning of these three letters—the name of an underground virtual singer in Fortress 76.
Because the fortress prohibits excessive entertainment, T.E.R can only be active on some old-fashioned radios. She has only been out for two or three years and has already accumulated a large number of fans in downtown and midtown.
Wang Jixuan took the holographic music player and studied it for a while, then plugged it in.
A thin projection screen appeared on the trapezoidal player box, with a series of selection lists on it. Wang Jixuan tried to click on the song "Radio Live·Little River", and the 'Album Cover' appeared in the center of the projection screen.
The cover shows a comic girl wearing a suspender skirt and smiling with her hands behind her back.
A female voice chanted from the player, and the solo guitar melody unfolded smoothly.
Wang Jixuan felt inexplicably relieved.
'Oh, a different kind of playing the piano.'
A clear and gentle female voice began to sing in a low voice, and the notes were like flowing water in a small river, flowing back and forth in this small and medium-sized house.
Wang Jixuan sat on the bed, holding a book and lowering his head to read. He opened his left hand slightly, released a wisp of breath around the water glass, brought the stainless steel cup in front of him, and took a few sips.
This thick basic science book doesn't seem that difficult to read.
[I always thought you would accompany me to see the small river/I didn’t expect that we only took two steps/I just said there would be no results in the future/I was just afraid that my love for you would fade away/But I don’t know how to treat you...
…]
[After leaving you/I began to like to show off my sincerity/guessing your unpredictable heart/want to be sure again/can we walk to the river/maybe I am just afraid that my sincerity will be ruined/not
I really want you to accompany me all the way...]
Wang Jixuan squinted and smiled, letting the years pass by on the characters in his eyes.
The Qi in his body became lazy and gentle, no longer moving forward impatiently, but began to slowly penetrate the Tao body that was originally unable to penetrate.
When a piece of music ended, the singer spoke, and it was that clear female voice:
"That's it for today's song. I hope you can relax your body and mind after tiring study and work, and work hard to live your life! We have made an appointment to meet at a concert in the surface city!"
Wang Jixuan looked at the holographic player and happened to see the album cover that had been turned to the front. The comic girl was smiling and making scissor hands.
He put down the water glass, looked at his palms, raised his sword fingers, and spread them slightly.
He laughed dumbly, shook his head, and continued to read with his head down, thinking about whether the machinery of this world and the method of refining weapons could be combined.
The music player automatically entered the next song, which was the radio recording of this virtual singer.
Soon, Wang Jixuan discovered that relaxing and enjoying music in this way was obviously helpful to the cultivation of Taoism.
'magic.'
The clear female voice once again sang a soothing ballad. She seemed to know that her gentle voice could soothe people's hearts, and she was working hard to use this talent.
in singing;
Wang Jixuan put down his book and sat cross-legged to meditate. A picture scroll appeared in his mind. In the picture, there were mountains and flowing water, birds singing and flowers fragrant. There was also a wooden house and a dark area, and little bits of light slowly converged towards him.
In the office of the captain of the security team, Zhou Zhengde squeezed the communicator with his shoulders and cheeks, kept saying something, and quickly wrote down some information he had just received on the white paper in front of him with a ballpoint pen.
In the simple gym next to the central medical room, Wei Na was wearing yoga pants and a sports vest, taking advantage of the free time in the medical room to do body shaping exercises.
Several young men and women passing by outside the door were talking and laughing as they walked to their respective jobs.
In the psyker station office on the third floor of the upper city of the fortress, Kong Nu was yelling at several researchers in white coats standing in front of him. The girl in a white dress sitting in the corner of the office hugged the stuffed bear tightly.
, there is a bit of confusion and emptiness in the big eyes...
The machines of the fortress are constantly running, and the lights in the middle and lower city are bright and dim.
"Team leader! Team leader Mu Liang!"
Lin Bo's shout caused Wang Jixuan to come out of his trance and take off the newly purchased headphones that were plugged in his ears.
He was fishing at his station at the police station.
Wang Jixuan asked: "What happened? The investigation team is here?"
"Team leader, you must have forgotten that you are going to meet a cute girl today, right?"
Lin Bo whispered:
"The girl has arrived, opposite the police station, on the park bench behind the central elevator shaft.
"Just give our captain face and go chat with someone! People saw your photo and wanted to meet you. Her name is Wen Tongtong, a standard conservative, and Dr. Wei Na highly recommends her with five stars.
"Hehe, as long as you go there wearing our uniform, the matter will be half done! Our temperament and appearance are all killer!"
Wang Jixuan smiled and nodded, closed the "Machine: Advanced" and asked again:
"Hasn't the investigation team arrived yet?"
"It is said that all the real front-line combatants who arrived at the fortress tonight are taking a break from the front line! It is said that there is also a powerful front-line psyker!"
"Okay," Wang Jixuan responded, raising his hand to straighten his collar. The light blue security uniform he wore was meticulous.
To be honest, he doesn't have any expectations for a sweet relationship, and Yuanyang can't afford to lose anything at this stage.
Firstly, this is the kindness of a good friend, and secondly, he can take the opportunity to have a little experience communicating with others, so as to refine his heart in the world of mortals.
According to the rules here, it is enough to politely say "You are very good, but we are not suitable" later.
He straightened the collar of his uniform, picked up the gun bag, buttoned it up, and walked out of the security station.
Chapter completed!