84: Section 84

"Your angle is quite tricky!"

However, in the spirit of pragmatic materialism, Zhixin still diverted a sliver of her attention to calculate it specifically.

The result...

"No, Sister Moyi, according to the calculations, in another month you won't be able to beat him! A few months later, the most conservative data models show that he will have at least planet-busting combat power by then!"

*Pfft!*—

It felt like her heart had been stabbed by a knife!

*Sob sob sob!*—

"I don't want to be beaten to a pulp, and I definitely don't want to be a slacker... but I can't find a way to become stronger, ahhh!"

Zhixin saw Moyi's melancholy.

Her gaze shifted slightly, and for the first time, Zhixin began to examine the genetic modification technology that the Angels relied on to grow stronger.

"Don't compare yourself to Su Ming, Sister Moyi, we are different!"

Sighing deeply, Zhixin said wistfully:

"We rely on the civilization's development, day after day for tens of thousands of years, and through genetic modification, we can grow to the level of a god almost instantly!"

"But because of that, our power ceiling was limited from the very beginning."

"We learn, we train, we grow rapidly through war, but... ultimately, that is still within an existing framework, trying to dig out even a sliver of possibility that had never been discovered before."

"Thinking from this perspective, it's not hard to see that if we want to truly become stronger, there is only one possibility!"

After a moment of silence, Moyi ruffled her beautiful hair into a mess.

Seeing that she really couldn't find any other possibilities, she shrugged helplessly:

"You're right, Zhixin, unless it's an iteration of our gene model or equipping a divine body, it's impossible for us to become stronger in leaps and bounds like Su Ming!"

Zhixin continued:

"But that requires civilization upgrades, further technological breakthroughs, and even more resources!"

Moyi's eyes lit up, she clapped her small hands, and her face was full of the excitement of 'I finally understand':

"No wonder! I was wondering why the Queen's emphasis on Su Ming keeps increasing!"

"The Astral Wanderer God Gene just left Melo Heavenly City with Sister Yan."

"Right after, the follow-up projects for the Star God Project began seamlessly!"

"I even heard that the Heavenly Base King is using her spare time to specifically build a latest-model celestial supercomputer for Su Ming... so that was the reason!"

Endless heavens equal endless possibilities!

Endless possibilities can nurture even more unimaginable black technology!

Even without physical references, as long as there is a hint, a determined direction, the future of the Angel Civilization will surely be brilliant!

By the same token!

Endless worlds also symbolize endless resources!

And Su Ming happens to be an expert at handling resources... civilization heritage, technological strength, resource allocation... in every aspect, which one is unrelated to Su Ming?

*Tsk tsk!*

As expected of Queen Keisha!

However, the more important Su Ming is, the more the Angels cannot do without him.

If that's the case, a simple cooperative relationship... might not be very secure, right?

No way!

I must make Zhixin more proactive.

Otherwise... with Su Ming's dense 'straight man' thinking, I'm afraid he won't be able to perceive Zhixin's feelings until he dies.

*Hehe!*

What a coincidence.

I am the best at handling this kind of thing.

Moyi was bubbling with mischievous ideas, while Zhixin was completely unaware of it.

Seeing Moyi return to normal, Zhixin said innocently:

"That's not all, Teacher already has many results. One of them can even allow us to synthesize mana within our bodies, and while doing so, pry open the Sea of Consciousness to truly master Psychic Power!"

"In other words, in the future, we can even achieve a balance between materialism and idealism!"

Hearing this,

Moyi didn't even care about the just-formed 'Night Raid Plan No. 2.23'.

She hurriedly asked:

"Really? That's too fast! You only just proposed synthesizing our own unique natural magic energy not long ago, I didn't expect the Heavenly Base King to have already developed the technology to synthesize mana within the body!"

"By the way, Zhixin, have you opened up your Sea of Consciousness?"

The answer to Moyi was a cup wobbling and floating up from the table, as well as the soul-stirring azure glow in the depths of Zhixin's eyes!

Chapter 95: mysterious fishing rod! Ghost Leviathan

The next day.

Holding a parasol overhead and sitting on a small stool.

Beside the railing at the bow of the ship, a weary-looking Su Ming was boredly passing the time by fishing.

The bobber wobbled, then was violently dragged into the sea.

"Oh, a fish."

With an expressionless face, he lifted the mysterious fishing rod, and with 18 points of physique, he gave a light cast, and a four-meter-long sea fish flew onto the deck in despair.

Glancing at it.

Trash!—

He used Gathering on it.

The sea fish disappeared, leaving only half a piece of meat on the fishhook, swinging in the wind.

He cast the line into the sea again.

Su Ming returned to his half-dead posture.

There was no other way. He didn't know if Zhixin had been driven crazy by her period last night, but during the virtual reality training session in the evening, she caught Su Ming and beat him to a pulp.

It was a literal beating.

She didn't even use a sword!

Zhixin relied solely on an enhanced version of Rokushiki, and instead, beat Su Ming, who had mastered the Six Paths of Number Theory, until he couldn't find north.

Su Ming's Soru was fast enough, right?

But when encountering the Soru that Zhixin augmented with her wings,

He became a punching bag hanging in the sky, only capable of being beaten!

Su Ming thought about fighting back, but was caught single-handedly by Zhixin, whose Tekkai mastery had reached its peak. She drew her blade and slashed furiously, while her dance-like, magnificent Kami-e taught him a lesson in return.

Su Ming was beaten until he had no temper left and conceded, but...

Zhixin used the excuse that actual combat is the best teacher, and dragged Su Ming to fight for another two hours!

With what happened last night,

Su Ming felt like vomiting just hearing the word 'combat' now.

He couldn't even farm mobs at all.

Besides sea fishing to pass the time, what else could he do?

Yellow Spring Coating needs nearly five thousand shipwrecks?

After the trip to Water 7, plus what he accumulated along the way, 4,800 shipwrecks had been collected long ago! Of course, this also includes hundreds of pieces of deep-sea sunken wood buried deep in the seabed.

120,000 skeletons?

With the help of the Banshee Legion, he didn't need to lend a hand.

Giant sea beast skeletons?

When passing through the Alabasta sea area, because they encountered a naval encirclement, the midnight rose deviated from its course during the subsequent dive and accidentally broke into the Calm Belt.

But because of that,

Su Ming managed to collect enough sea beast skeletons needed for the Yellow Spring Coating.

Even the achievement 'Wild Hunt' reached stage four!

Let's put it this way.

The Yellow Spring Coating will be available in the next two days.

Hand-crafting various black technology Creations?

Don't even mention it!

He had already saved up two sets of satellite arrays in his inventory; if these were released, the Gorosei would be trembling in fear.

It's melancholic... why did cute little Zhixin suddenly become so irritable?

Su Ming, who couldn't figure it out, suddenly felt a heaviness in his hand.

The bobber didn't move, and the fishing line didn't move either.

But...

What is the meaning of this sensation of something being hooked?

Could it be...

The effect of the mysterious fishing rod has finally been triggered?

With this thought, Su Ming immediately perked up, staring intently at the sea surface.

The heaviness in his hand became more and more obvious.

Finally.

*Pop!*—

It was as if some barrier had been broken.

The next instant.

The bobber swayed violently, and a tremendous force was pulling frantically on the seabed.

"Holy crap!"

Su Ming's face flushed red.

He planted his feet on the ground, gripped the fishing rod tightly with both hands, and leaned back with all his might!

This feeling... I'm definitely hooking a big one this time!

The stalemate continued.

Worried that the fishing rod would snap, Su Ming used his Creation Skill to reinforce it in real-time; energy consumption and such didn't matter at all!

With a thought, he conjured a mana recovery potion out of thin air; with another thought, the potion bottle instantly evaporated, leaving only a pool of liquid floating in the air.

With another thought,

He enveloped himself in the Creation Skill; this move... this is called manual mana recovery!

They stalemated like this for over half an hour.

The behemoth on the seabed finally exhausted its strength, and he tentatively reeled in the line, tentatively exercising his Psychic Power.