136: Chapter 136 The Night of Flipping Cards!

Night in the Magnetic Storm Floating Forest came without warning.

The sky switched from dusk to pitch black in a single minute.

The temperature plummeted from twelve degrees to forty below zero.

The Ghost Fortress's climate control system activated automatically, locking the internal temperature at twenty-four degrees.

The "Domain Sanctuary" module deployed, enveloping all forty-four vehicles within a spherical energy shield with a three-kilometer radius.

Inside the shield, it was a constant twenty-four degrees.

Outside the shield—

A Tier 3 exotic beast over five meters tall poked its head out from behind a floating metal tree, stared at the shield with its six compound eyes for three seconds, and then turned to flee.

It could sense the dark energy fluctuations radiating from the S-rank weapon inside the shield.

Instinct told it that approaching meant death.

Inside Iron Wall's armored vehicle, warm air blew from the vents, carrying the faint aroma of meat—it was the high-tier Aberration steaks Chen Chen had distributed from the expansion bay.

The soldiers crouched in the cabin, gnawing on sizzling, oily roasted meat, while the forty-below-zero chill outside was firmly blocked by the shield.

A young soldier took a large bite of meat and mumbled unclearly,

"Sir, I think following Boss Chen is the best decision I've ever made in my life."

Iron Wall didn't say a word.

He was also gnawing on meat.

First-floor cabin of the Ghost Fortress.

The folding table was covered with hot food.

The automatic cooking equipment of the A-rank Ecological Kitchen Module had seared the Mammoth tenderloin to a charred crust, slicing it into thick pieces arranged on metal plates.

High-tier Aberration bone marrow soup bubbled with steam, its thick white broth shimmering with a faint golden light.

Su Xiaoqi was already on her third plate.

"Brother Chen Chen, this soup is so delicious, is there more?"

"There's still half a pot left."

Su Xiaoqi's twin tails swayed twice as she took her bowl to get more soup.

Chen Chen glanced at the system time.

23:17.

He put down his chopsticks and stood up from the folding table.

Seven pairs of eyes focused on him simultaneously.

"Who's upgrading today?"

The cabin went silent for a second.

Jiang Yanxue was the first to move.

She tossed the Shadow Instant-Kill Blade onto the sofa; the curves of her waist and hips, outlined by her black skin-tight combat suit, were particularly eye-catching under the cool LED lights.

Unconcealed wildness flickered in her dark red pupils as she strode toward Chen Chen.

"Me."

Before the word could settle, a cloyingly sweet aphrodisiac fragrance wafted in from another direction.

Blood Rose stood up from the corner of the sofa.

Her 182cm frame was perched on long boots, the zipper of her black deep-V leather outfit pulled as low as it could go, her burgundy curls tossing in an arc.

"Master, I only reached Lv.4 last night. If we do it again today, I might reach Lv.5."

She tilted her head, her dark brown pupils sweeping over Jiang Yanxue with an enchanting red light.

"Besides, I've recovered. I won't run out of strength so quickly this time."

Jiang Yanxue's dark red pupils and Blood Rose's dark brown pupils clashed in the air.

Sparks flew.

Shen Wanxing buried her face in her blanket, the tips of her ears turning bright red.

Su Xiaoqi poked half her head out from the kitchen module, holding her soup bowl.

"Whose turn is it to fight today?"

Qin Hongye had her back to everyone as she cleaned her gun, her ears flushed crimson, but her hands never stopped moving.

Shen Wanbing pushed up her glasses; the concentration ice heart necklace flashed blue twice, and her lips were pressed into a tight line.

Jiang Jiuyou leaned against the staircase railing, the collar of her military overcoat turned up, her arms crossed over her chest.

Her ice-blue pupils swept back and forth between Jiang Yanxue and Blood Rose, her expression showing no ripples of emotion.

However, she was lightly biting down on a corner of her lower lip.

Chen Chen looked at the two women before him.

One was 173cm, in a black skin-tight combat suit, with dark red pupils and a body full of killing intent.

The other was 182cm, in a deep-V black leather outfit, with burgundy curls and a body full of seductive energy.

He reached out both hands.

Jiang Yanxue froze for half a second, while Blood Rose's pupils suddenly dilated.

"...Are you two going to?" Shen Wanbing's voice drifted over from the Command Console.

"Five quotas; it's a waste of time to do them separately."

As Jiang Yanxue was pulled up the stairs, she looked back at Blood Rose.

Blood Rose was also looking at her.

The door to the second-floor floating cabin closed behind them.

The pale blue micro-soothing field glow of the B-rank Concentration Soothing Bed seeped from the edge of the bed.

The indicator light for the acoustic isolation layer flipped to green—theoretically, the soundproofing was forty percent stronger than before.

Theoretically.

First-floor cabin.

Shen Wanxing pulled her blanket over her head, curling into a ball.

Su Xiaoqi sat on the sofa with her soup bowl, her head tilted as she stared at the ceiling.

Qin Hongye polished the gun barrel until it shone, her hand speed doubling.

Shen Wanbing typed at the Command Console, her frequency noticeably increasing, and the blue flashes of her concentration ice heart necklace shortened from three seconds to one and a half.

Jiang Jiuyou stood at the stairs, unmoving.

Her ice-blue pupils stared at the closed cabin door for five full seconds.

Then she turned and walked back to the fourth-floor Pilot Tower.

She sat down at the co-pilot console.

Fastened her seatbelt.

Opened the holographic panel.

She stared at the data stream.

She couldn't process a single word.

System time: 23:41.

The acoustic isolation layer on the second floor—

It failed.

The memory foam's pressure resistance after the B-rank Concentration Soothing Bed's upgrade was indeed enhanced, but the problem was that on the bed...

Dull thuds were conducted down through the metal structure.

Shen Wanxing covered her ears with the blanket.

Su Xiaoqi finished her last sip of soup: "Sounds intense."

Shen Wanbing's fingers stopped typing.

She closed her eyes for two seconds, the blue light of her concentration ice heart necklace surging to maximum brightness before being forcibly suppressed.

She stood up, walked to the B-rank Medical Pod on the first floor, opened the door, and then closed it again.

She stood there for three seconds.

Then she walked back to the Command Console and sat down.

She continued typing.

Fourth-floor Pilot Tower.

Jiang Jiuyou's fingers gripped the shoulder strap of her seatbelt, her knuckles turning white.

She could hear it.

The upgraded cabin soundproofing was sufficient for ordinary people, but she was wearing the A-rank lingxi ring.

Bio-sign perspective within fifteen meters—heart rate, breathing, muscle micro-currents were all clearly projected into her mind.

Jiang Jiuyou removed the lingxi ring from her middle finger and stuffed it into the pocket of her military overcoat.

She wouldn't listen anymore.

The system time jumped to midnight.

[Ding! It is midnight; daily settlement triggered!]

[Core Talent · Physical Overlimit settling...]

[constitution +10! Current constitution: 147!]

[agility +5! Current agility: 68!]

Inside the second-floor floating cabin, a heat wave exploded from Chen Chen's spine.

His body temperature rose sharply.

Jiang Yanxue lay on the bed, her black skin-tight combat suit already violently torn open from the collar down to the waist, exposing a large expanse of wheat-colored, taut skin in the blue glow.

Tactical straps were scattered across the edge of the bed.

Her dark red pupils became even more crimson, sweat rolling from her temples and dripping into the indentations of the memory foam.

At the moment of the midnight settlement, the temperature of Chen Chen's palms suddenly spiked.

Jiang Yanxue's waist arched up.

"Hot—!"

The sound was squeezed through her teeth, carrying a raspy breath.

[Forbidden Domain Dual Cultivation: Qi and Blood Mutual Nourishment triggered!]

[Chen Chen constitution 147 → Jiang Yanxue constitution 41, difference of 106 points. One-way transfer activated.]

[Jiang Yanxue constitution +3, agility +3, current constitution: 44, agility: 53.]

Energy poured into Jiang Yanxue's body from the points of contact.

Her muscle fibers were restructuring, her bone density was climbing, and a very faint dark red glow surfaced on her skin, matching the color of her pupils.

On the other side—

The zipper of Blood Rose's deep-V leather outfit had been completely torn open at some point, the black fabric slumped to the sides, and a large expanse of snow-white skin looked blindingly white against the blue light.

The high-slit leather skirt was pushed up above her waist, and her 182cm extreme long legs were folded at an almost exaggerated angle.

Burgundy curls covered half the pillow.

The concentration of the aphrodisiac fragrance reached its limit in the airtight floating cabin, with pink toxic mist faintly appearing in the air—but to Chen Chen with 147 points of constitution, this stuff was no different from air freshener.

Blood Rose's dark brown pupils had turned completely red, her SS-rank Succubus Poison Body operating at full capacity, yet her state was even worse than Jiang Yanxue's.

Bruises were scattered across her snow-white skin, and she no longer had the strength to lift her arms, only able to clutch the edges of the bedsheet.

"Mas... Master... too—"

[Forbidden Domain Dual Cultivation: Qi and Blood Mutual Nourishment second trigger!]

[Chen Chen constitution 147 → Blood Rose constitution 59, difference of 88 points. One-way transfer activated.]

[Blood Rose constitution +3, charm +2, current constitution: 62, charm: 127.]

Blood Rose's back suddenly arched, a shattered soft moan escaping her throat, muffled into a vague trailing sound by the pillow.