137: Chapter 137 Jiang Yanxue, Blood Rose entry gets a double upgrade!!

First carriage level.

Shen Wanxing was curled up entirely in a blanket, only her two beet-red ears showing.

Su Xiaoqi chewed on her fourth steak, looking up at the ceiling innocently:

"Today's fighting was much more intense than yesterday's..."

"Shut up and eat your food." Qin Hongye's voice drifted down from the fifth-level dome, two tones sharper than usual.

The sound of Shen Wanbing's typing suddenly stopped.

She stood up.

Walked to the kitchen module.

Poured a glass of ice water.

Downed it in one gulp.

The blue light of the concentration ice heart necklace flickered four or five times on her chest before finally being suppressed back to a stable low frequency.

She walked back to the command console and sat down.

Tapped on the keyboard.

Her expression was frighteningly calm.

But her thumb pressing against the necklace changed positions for the ninth time.

Second level.

The third time. The fourth time.

System pop-ups filled more than half the screen.

[Jiang Yanxue: constitution +3, agility +3. Current constitution: 47, agility: 56.]

[Blood Rose: constitution +3, charm +2. Current constitution: 65, charm: 129.]

The fifth time—

The moment the last dual cultivation quota was exhausted, two system notifications exploded simultaneously.

[Drastic change in beauty karmic relationship detected!]

[Target: Jiang Yanxue. Bond progress increased to Lv.6 (1%)!]

[Exclusive affix "Abyssal Plunderer" synchronized evolution! New effect—When Chen Chen kills any target within Jiang Yanxue's field of vision, the killing intent paralysis effect automatically spreads to all hostile units within a 30-meter radius, and loot drops are increased by +1!]

[Target: Blood Rose. Bond progress broke through to Lv.5 (22%)!]

[Exclusive golden affix "Forbidden Domain Dual Cultivation: Qi and Blood Mutual Nourishment" evolved again to Lv.5!]

[Lv.5 effect update: Daily dual cultivation limit increased to 7 times! During one-way transfer, 2% of the host's charm attribute can be added as an extra bonus. When a beauty's attribute is higher than the host's, the feedback ratio is increased from 3% to 4%!]

Seven times a day.

4% feedback.

Chen Chen stared at these two numbers.

Shen Wanxing's luck is 70; 4% is 2.8, rounded to 3.

Seven times would be 21 points.

In one day.

His luck could rise from 26 to 47.

Chen Chen leaned against the headboard, flipping through the numbers on the panel.

Beside him, Jiang Yanxue lay prone, motionless.

Fragments of her black combat uniform were scattered around her waist. Her wheat-colored back was covered in crisscrossing red marks, and her sweat-soaked high ponytail had partially come undone, hanging between her shoulder blades.

Her dark red pupils were half-open, and her breathing was heavy.

"...Are you... even fucking... human..."

Her voice was hoarse.

On the other side, Blood Rose was completely motionless.

Her wine-red curly hair was a tangled mess plastered to her face, and not a single inch of intact skin could be found on her body.

Her deep-V leather top and high-slit leather skirt were crumpled into two piles of fabric at the corner of the bed.

She was slumped in the memory foam, her breathing light and shallow.

The concentration of the aphrodisiac fragrance was actually weaker than at the start—the SS-rank Succubus Poison Body's toxin reserves had been utterly exhausted by the carbon-based monster with 147 points of constitution.

"Seven times..." Blood Rose's lips moved, her voice so broken it was almost inaudible,

"Master... tomorrow... can I really move..."

"Your constitution is 65 now; you can move."

"What does 65 even mean..."

"It means you won't die from taking one of my punches."

Blood Rose gave a soft hum, and her eyelids closed.

...

The green light of the acoustic isolation layer had been off for nearly three seconds.

It was finally quiet.

When Chen Chen came down from the second level, his combat boots stepped on the metal stairs with an excessively steady pace.

His hair was slightly messy, but his Spirit hadn't diminished in the slightest. As a carbon-based monster supported by 147 points of constitution, his breathing rate after five consecutive high-intensity outputs was even steadier than before he went upstairs.

Shen Wanxing was huddled in a blanket in the corner of the sofa, revealing half of a beet-red ear.

As Chen Chen passed her, he casually patted the top of the blanket: "Tomorrow is your turn."

A muffled wail came from inside the blanket.

Qin Hongye stood by the weapon rack, gulping down water.

The angle of the cup's rim against her lips was off by two degrees. Her dark brown pupils glanced at Chen Chen's bare forearms—muscle fibers hugging the bone, lines clean and sharp, not even a drop of sweat.

She turned the cup around and continued drinking.

The tips of her ears were burning hot.

Chen Chen walked all the way up the stairs, passing through the third-level expansion bay and reaching the fourth-level Pilot Tower.

Jiang Jiuyou sat at the sub-command console.

The collar of her military coat was turned up, and the three-point seatbelt buckled around her hadn't been unfastened all night.

The data stream from the holographic panel cast cold blue shadows on her face.

She didn't look back.

"Finished?"

"Yeah."

Chen Chen walked to the side of the main pilot's seat, but instead of sitting down, he circled around to the back of the sub-command console.

Jiang Jiuyou's shoulders tensed slightly.

Chen Chen's hands braced against both sides of her chair back as he leaned his body forward.

His bioelectric field slapped against her at close range—that overwhelming heat, along with the male hormones brought fresh from the second level mixed with the body heat of Jiang Yanxue and Blood Rose, poured into Jiang Jiuyou's breath without any obstruction.

His nose was pressed against her cheek, less than two centimeters away.

"Didn't sleep all night?"

Jiang Jiuyou gripped the armrests, her knuckles turning white.

Her icy blue pupils stared at the fleet dispatch map on the panel; she couldn't register a single word of the data.

"I'm working."

"Did you take off the lingxi ring?"

"...I did."

"Then how did you know it was over?"

Jiang Jiuyou ground her molars.

She turned her head.

The distance between their faces was compressed to within a few centimeters.

Chen Chen's breath sprayed directly onto her cheekbones.

"Chen Chen."

"Hm?"

"You have the scent of two women on you."

"Three. Yours included."

"I—"

Jiang Jiuyou's words got stuck in her throat.

Chen Chen had already straightened up and stepped away.

"Thanks for your hard work. Go to the first level and get something to eat."

His tone was flat as he turned and left.

Jiang Jiuyou stared at his back for three seconds.

She gripped the seatbelt buckle so hard it creaked.

Her heart rate was still at 120.

...

6:17 AM.

Shen Wanbing adjusted the blue light of her concentration ice heart necklace to a low frequency, and her Mental Power tentacles spread out in a fan shape ahead.

After absorbing twenty ability crystals last night, her Spirit attribute broke through the 90-point mark—reaching 92 points.

The penetration and coverage range of her Radar Talent underwent a qualitative change.

"One hundred and three kilometers ahead, in the core area of the floating giant tree cluster, I scanned a natural strong magnetic field stabilization zone."

She pushed the 3D terrain holographic projection to the main pilot's panel on the fourth level.

Chen Chen looked at the matrix of blue-green light dots suspended in mid-air.

"Explain in detail."

"The stabilization zone is about six hundred meters in diameter and between four hundred and fifty to five hundred and fifty meters in height. It's surrounded by natural barriers formed by floating giant trees. At this altitude, the corrosive mist from the acid marsh has attenuated to a negligible level. Most importantly—"

Shen Wanbing swiped her finger across the panel three times.

"The magnetic field frequency here is highly compatible with the Ghost Fortress's A-rank maglev engine. Parking the vehicle within the stabilization zone consumes almost no power."

"Suitable for stationing."

"More than just suitable." Shen Wanbing adjusted her glasses. "If we deploy the space-folding building module in this location—it will automatically absorb the natural magnetic field, saving seventy percent of energy consumption."

Chen Chen slapped the joystick.

"All troops, full speed ahead."