Chapter 19: Let me hold you always.
"He really changed!"
Cheng JinXue complained to Ge LuEn bitterly and sorrowfully: "He
is no longer the man who only had mecha in his heart! Love is
really fcking terrifying."
Ge LuEn, however, was very understanding: "This is quite
ordinary. Wen XiaoYun is not that young anymore. A while ago, I
saw Madam Wen declaring everyday that she was going to
arrange marriage interviews for him. Right now he already has
someone he liked, isn't this even better?"
"Not to mention." Ge LuEn continued to say: "You're also getting
on in age. It should be your turn soon as well."
"No! Don't even go there." Cheng JinXue looked like he got quite
the scare: "I like sweet, soft girls."
Ge LuEn cursed with a laugh: "It's not like you need to find a man
like Wen XiaoYun. And plus, what's wrong with men? Men are
also pretty good. They can be your best friend while being your
wife. On the battlefield, they can go through toil and hardship
with you together. When there's no war, they can bring you joy in
bed. What's not good?"
Cheng JinXue had a complicated expression: "Oh great master,
so you're a man with a history. Come, tell your story."
Ge LuEn: "...….."
He gave Cheng JinXue an eye roll: "The robot you're talking
about just now, is it really that impressive?"
Cheng JinXue said; "Of course. Definitely exceeding your
imagination."
Ge LuEn said: "Let's not talk about digging holes and such. You
said it can be controlled with psychic powers?"
Cheng JinXue said: "That's what the little friend said. However,
the one he made is different from the one that Boss made. The
one boss made is... uh... like a mischievous fairy."
Ge LuEn became interested: "It's that intelligent?"
Cheng JinXue said modestly: "Probably smarter than me."
Clearly, he was very self aware of his own IQ.
Ge LuEn was one the most famous mecha creators in the Empire.
Some random words from Cheng JinXue were not enough to
convince this grand master.
Even Wen XiaoYun's mecha, Wo Si, was created by him. He was
too aware of his own abilities. Therefore, Cheng JinXue stopped
wasting his breath and beckoned towards Xiao PoLan, who was
sitting there watching cartoons.
"Hey, Xiao PoLan, come over here. Show our grandpa Ge LuEn
just how impressive you are."
Sitting with one leg over the other, Xiao PoLan stared
unblinkingly at the cartoon projected onto the wall with its
mechanical blue eyes, completely ignoring Cheng JinXue.
Cheng JinXue gave a soft cough: "Xiao PoLan, give big bro some
face here!"
Xiao PoLan slowly turned its head around and scanned him with
its mechanical blue eyes before slowly turning its gaze back onto
the wall.
At this moment, Cheng JinXue saw a human-like ridicule in its
eyes, at least lvl10 in strength.
Cheng JinXue grinded his teeth: "I'll call you big bro instead,
alright?! PoLan-ge!"
Xiao PoLan put down its leg and changed into another position.
Ge LuEn was utterly confused by what he was hearing: "What are
you self-performing over there?"
Cheng JinXue threw the pot: "Grandpa! PoLan-daye! Just look at
your pitiful grandson here?"
Xiao PoLan finally stood up leisurely and rolled over with its
mechanical wheels. It used its eye expression to indicate to
Cheng JinXue: Good grandson, what do you need from grandpa?
Cheng JinXue carefully lifted PoLan-daye up and placed it in front
of the monitor so that it can see Ge LuEn face to face.
"You two fellow grandpas, feel free to chat leisurely."
Through the screen, Ge LuEn stared into a pair of mechanical
blue eyes.
One man and one robot crossed gazes for a few seconds.
Xiao PoLan blinked its eyes: You need something?
Ge LuEn said: "Xiao-Cheng, I can't tell what's so special about
this robot, other than looking a bit worn down."
Xiao PoLan froze for a split second.
Then it reached out a hand and opened a little storage
compartment on its chest. Wen XiaoYun had designed this so it
could scan and find spare components.
It pulled out a speaker from the storage compartment and nimbly
dismantled its original speaker, swapping the new one in.
A male mechanical voice sounded.
Xiao PoLan: "Human, I advise you to speak better."
Ge LuEn: "...…"
Cheng JinXue received a bigger shock: "Xiao PoLan, you can
actually talk? How come you never talked before?!"
There wasn't really anything strange with a robot that can speak.
But what astonished Cheng JinXue was that he didn't know Xiao
PoLan could install a speaker for itself!
Xiao PoLan: "You trying to teach me how to live?"
"......no, I wasn't, I was just...….making a suggestion."
Ge LuEn's eyes beamed brightly: "Is a pre-installed program?
Right now, there are indeed many robots that can reach this kind
of intelligence on the market."
Xiao PoLan: "My creator only installed one program for me."
Ge LuEn: "What program?"
Xiao PoLan: "Pick up trash."
Ge LuEn: "????"
Ge LuEn lamented bitterly: "What a waste of natural resources!
Who's the idiot that did this!"
Xiao PoLan: "I didn't say it."
Ge LuEn: "What?"
Xiao PoLan: "Wen XiaoYun is an idiot."
For a second, Ge LuEn couldn't turn his train of thought around.
Cheng JinXue reminded him quietly: "Boss was the one who
made Xiao PoLan."
Ge LuGe fell silent for a moment: "Did I say something just now?"
Xiao PoLan: "Wen XiaoYun is an idiot."
Ge LuEn: "......"
Ge LuEn almost hopped in anger because of Xiao PoLan.
However, despite being angry, his eyes shined.
The layman can only understand enough to say awesome. An
expert only needed one glance to understand that this wasn't
only awesome. Ge LuEn didn't even feel bothered about Wen
XiaoYun breaking Wo Si anymore. Immediately he asked Cheng
JinXue for B-324's coordinates, planning to fly over to speak with
Zhuang Zhou in person.
That's right. Although Cheng JinXue said this robot was made by
Wen XiaoYun, Ge LuEn can tell. He knew Wen XiaoYun all too
well. How could he not know what kind of skills the other man
had?
Therefore Ge LuEn felt, this must have been made by the little
friend called 'Zhuang Zhou".
Wen XiaoYun must have been worried that his outstanding skill
would be noticed by others and subsequently attract danger.
That's why he said he made it himself.
As one of the most famous Mecha creators in the Empire, Ge
LuEn had countless influential officials requesting him to make
mechas for them. Naturally, he had a very broad network.
He finalized his trip to B-324 very quickly.
He didn't go with great fanfare, but many of the influential
officials, who were all waiting for him to make a mecha, naturally
paid special attention to his whereabouts.
After learning that Ge LuEn was going to the abandoned planet
B-324, the various influential officials and higher class all had
different speculations regarding this.
Why would Ge LuEn go to B-324? Did Wen XiaoYun's condition
turn for the worse?
Even if something did happen, it shouldn't be Ge LuEn who goes,
right?
Did something happen to Wen XiaoYun's mecha, Wo Si, instead?
The mecha, Wo Si, was publicly known as the one of the most
powerful mechas in the universe.
Then adding Wen XiaoYun's SSS psychic power and physical
strength , Wen XiaoYun managed to sweep away all issues and,
in a few short years, become the youngest admiral.
Now that Wen XiaoYun's psychic power has been contaminated by
energy radiation and is declining nonstop.
If an issue occurred to his mecha as well, he might be unable to
hold his leadership position in the 3rd legion for much longer.
Some people felt worried because of this. Some people started to
scheme because of this. Wen XiaoYun himself didn’t seem to
care. After finishing his work, he accompanied Zhuang Zhou in
picking up spare components, building mechas, and sleeping
together at night.
Spending half a month like this, Wen XiaoYun discovered
something.
Everyone on the entire battleship Wyvern were all extremely
friendly with Zhuang Zhou.
This kind of friendliness wasn’t the flattery kind of friendly.
Instead it was a kind of…… indescribable eccentricity.
Just like right now.
Wen XiaoYun and Zhuang Zhou returned carrying a pile of
components inside. In the past, all of the 3rd legion’s crew would
avoid him on sight out of fear. Now, after greeting him
respectfully, not only did they not leave, they’d even start
enthusiastically chatting with Zhuang Zhou.
“Zhou Zhou! Thank you for your incense. Did you know? After I
worshipped the Wealth God yesterday, my mom sent a message
to tell me that she had won the big lottery of 30 million galactic
dollars!”
Zhuang Zhou: “Wah! Congratulations! You have such good luck!”
“Me too, Zhou Zhou. Let me tell you, when squad leader Zhang
Feng told me about this before, I didn’t even believe it! Who
would have imagined, immediately after I finished worshipping, I
won a raffle on the interweb and received a mecha as the prize!”
Zhuang Zhou’s brows curved: “Really? That’s awesome!”
Wen XiaoYun: “.......”
Very good. The little friend has practically turned the entire 3rd
legion into the Wealth God’s fanatic followers.
“Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou, me me me me, do you still remember
me? At first I didn’t believe it either. But I don’t know what
happened yesterday night…… I suddenly dreamt of you…… I think
it was you? I can’t really remember very well. The next day, I
followed your words and experimentally made an offering. Later
in the morning, my dad gave me a phone call saying that he
finally found my long lost little brother! QQ, I’m really too happy.
Thank you for your incense!”
Wen XiaoYun: “......?”
While you were in my dreams yesterday night, you can also visit
other people’s dreams at the same time?!
Zhuang Zhou was somewhat embarrassed: “No need to thank
me. It’s because of your sincere hearts. Devotion makes your
wishes come true.”
Encountering a difficulty that involved fulfilling unrelated wishes,
Zhuang Zhou needed to utilize his own ability…...
For those who wished to become rich, he just blew some air on
said person so good luck can attach to them. This counted as a
blessing.
With increased luck, those who wished for other unrelated things,
would pretty much get their desires fulfilled as well.
“No! I have to thank you. I heard that making wishes using pure
incense would make it more likely to come true! Thank you for
giving me incense!”
Zhuang Zhou’s face turned red. Aiya. He was too embarrassed to
say… that all of these incense were for him to inhale……
Clearly, under the elite little squad’s recommendations, the news
passed quickly from mouth to mouth on the battleship Wyvern,
one to ten, ten to one hundred.
People started at first with the mentality of just giving it a try. In
the end, they completely became the Wealth God’s devoted
followers.
Zhuang Zhou’s Divine Powers also advanced.
With his current Divine Power, he can even extend his blessing to
his follower’s family!
In addition, he didn’t need to return to the Divine Image to sleep
anymore to recover his strength. As long as the Divine Image
was by his side, he was able to recover his divine powers.
Zhuang Zhou was happy. However, Wen XiaoYun wasn’t happy.
Especially when sleeping at night.
Wen XiaoYun asked seriously: “Do you have to hug your dad’s
statue while sleeping?”
Zhuang Zhou lowered his head: “...... En.”
If he didn’t go into the Divine Image to sleep, hugging the Divine
Image like this would help him recover faster.
Wen XiaoYun said with a serene tone: “But what to do?”
Zhuang Zhou didn’t understand: “What do you mean what to
do?”
Wen XiaoYun said: “I don’t want to wake up the next day and find
your dad moving from your arms into mine.”
Zhuang Zhou’s face turned red: “Has, has this happened before?”
Wen XiaoYun said: “Actually, I have a plan.”
Zhuang Zhou asked: “What plan?”
Wen XiaoYun reached out and slowly turned Zhuang Zhou
around. Letting Zhuang Zhou turn, back facing him, Wen
XiaoYun pulled the other into his embrace, saying: “Let me hold
you always.”
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The author has something to say: PS--
Cheng JinXue: Ha ha, old men are really smooth.