Chapter 549
To understand, just moments ago, the smiling Tang Lingwu had her gaze grow heavy after seeing those few asterisks. It was clear she felt the immense pressure of Zheng Fa's off-the-charts numbers... She was far worse off.
That’s why Zheng Fa had been reluctant to take the test.
"Is there... a beauty-enhancing, face-slimming... no, a bone-shaving elixir with no side effects?"
Zhou Miaomiao asked eagerly, her round little face tilted up.
Of course, there were beauty-enhancing elixirs...
But bone-shaving?
Zheng Fa felt a bit speechless. Turning his head, he saw Tang Lingwu looking at him with anticipation—her expression was no longer so heavy.
It was evident how captivating this topic was for women.
"I'll keep an eye out for you!"
Zheng Fa took a deep breath and nodded at Zhou Miaomiao.
Then he turned to Tang Lingwu and couldn't help but scold, "What are you looking at? Do you need this stuff? Just stay put!"
Tang Lingwu blinked, and although Zheng Fa had snapped at her, she couldn't help but smile.
Old Bai watched from the side, feeling hurt. His heart ached even more; after all his efforts to cheer up little Lingwu over the past few days, Zheng Fa's single scolding had worked better.
Meanwhile, Zhou Miaomiao's eyes widened as she stared at Zheng Fa, her mouth agape, her expression clearly saying—
"You can flirt with girls, but why kick me? Is it easy to bully a single dog?"
...
Zheng Fa found it hard to understand girls' thoughts—though Zhou Miaomiao's face was a bit round, she wasn't really fat; she was quite cute.
Yet she was thinking about bone-shaving.
Even more absurd was Tang Lingwu. With her face and figure, what was she thinking?
But then he realized... he seemed to be struggling to understand the thoughts of young people.
"Are you saying... this is our test machine?"
Zheng Fa looked at the towering steel giant before him, his expression filled with absurdity.
"Yep!"
"Is it for mining?"
"Yep!"
"Professor Tang, are you a frog?"
"…The young people in the group just wanted to have some fun," Tang Muda said, a bit embarrassed. "Mainly, there are too many plans, and we wanted to finish the tests all at once."
Zheng Fa stared at the nearly forty-meter-tall, six-legged, three-headed, six-armed steel giant, his tone filled with disbelief:
"This is the first time I’ve learned that Nezha doesn’t need lotus roots..."
"…"
Tang Muda seemed a bit guilty, muttering, "Nezha doesn’t use an excavator bucket either!"
"…"
"But this excavator bucket can transform. With this one test machine, each arm has two forms, so we can test a total of twelve of the most feasible plans!"
Got it...
Transformers version of Nezha.
(End of this chapter)
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Chapter 411: Trust You? Not a Chance, Personality Shift
Another ten days passed, and suddenly the evening news broke in with a message:
"Due to testing needs, approved for July 16th, from midnight to midnight, airspace control and traffic diversion will be implemented on Tongtian Avenue in Tonghua District, Beijing."
"Residents in the controlled area need not panic; life will continue as normal."
"After the control period, residents can collect twenty kilograms of Jiu Shan No. 2 rice or cash of equivalent value with their local ID."
...
This news was brief but sparked a lot of discussion online.
Because the announcement was rather strange.
First, this area was considered the outskirts of Beijing.
Although it was somewhat remote and had few residents, it was still under the emperor's feet.
Such airspace control had a greater impact than usual.
But most importantly...
There was a compensation measure—people could get rice!
Jiu Shan No. 2!
Netizens, always bored yet sharp, loved to speculate, and suddenly, a comment on the news shot to the top.
"Tonghua District is right next to Hongshan, right? And with Jiu Shan No. 2, that’s twenty kilograms per person—how much is that in total? This test must be related to Hongshan?"
Someone replied, "I wonder what Zheng Fa is testing?"
"Looking at your IP, are you from Beijing? You’re so close; why not just go see for yourself?"
At this point, netizens discovered a blind spot—
The announcement only mentioned airspace control; it didn’t say they couldn’t watch.
Hongshan was off-limits, but Tongtian Avenue was long!
...
"The Nezha No. 1 test machine is in position!"
Tang Lingwu stood behind the "Nezha."
It was a steel platform standing upright, equipped with an operation panel and a communication system with the ground.
The young people from the nursing home had put together this contraption, and Zheng Fa decided to name the test machine "Nezha."
The Nezha No. 1 test machine stood forty-two meters tall, and it couldn’t be tested in Hongshan—after all, it was meant for digging and mining, and Hongshan had the Turtle and Snake veins, so random digging was a no-go.
Thus, it had to be tested outside the mountain.
Tongtian Avenue was nearby, with plenty of open space, and there was even an abandoned coal mine on a nearby hill, making it quite suitable for testing.
Airspace control was naturally to prevent accidents.
As for prohibiting photography and visits, Zheng Fa wasn’t that domineering, nor was he that insecure.
A crowd stood on the ground, gazing up at Tang Lingwu.
Old Bai stood beside Zheng Fa, feeling envious.
For days now, he had been dreaming of piloting this big toy and showing it off.
But Zheng Fa chose Tang Lingwu as the pilot.
First, of course, he wanted her to have some fun...
To prevent her from getting cooped up in the nursing home.
Of course, that wasn’t the main reason; the key was that among the people in Hongshan, Tang Lingwu was the only one with foundational cultivation.
The "Nezha" had a topknot, with a purple-gold jewel hanging from it—this was naturally the Shenxiao Waidan (external elixir).
This test machine was powered by the Shenxiao Waidan, essentially a treasure of external elixir level.
Controlling an external elixir required a certain level of cultivation; at least foundational cultivation was necessary.
If one’s cultivation was too high, like Zheng Fa’s, it could actually be a disadvantage—his strength could lead him to overlook certain issues. Tang Lingwu, with her moderate cultivation, was just right.
Among the crowd, there were also a few cameras.
Two belonged to the nursing home, set up to record for analysis after the experiment.
The other two were mounted on vehicles.
These were brought by a TV station. Curious netizens were naturally curious too, and after applying to Team Leader Yang, Zheng Fa thought it was a minor issue and approved it.
Tang Muda looked at Zheng Fa, saw him nod, and called out, "Nezha No. 1 test machine, first test run... start!"
Tang Lingwu pressed a red button.
The previously dark eyes of "Nezha" lit up with red light, clearly powered on.
Tang Lingwu then pushed up a control stick, recording, "First item, flight test."
Everyone saw six circular rings suddenly appear beneath Nezha's feet, glowing with a ghostly blue light. The steel giant shot silently into the sky, leaving a white wake in the air.
The nursing home group found it normal—
These "Wind Fire Wheels" weren’t anything new; they were just magnetic levitation, consistent with the technology of the Shenxiao battleship, but much cooler.
Zheng Fa pointed, and a light screen appeared before everyone.
On the screen was the image of Nezha flying rapidly in the sky.
This figure gradually flew toward the mountain.
From the light screen, it could be seen that many pedestrians and vehicles were gathering on Tongtian Avenue, right next to Hongshan. Upon seeing the test machine emerge, they couldn’t help but exclaim, and even from Hongshan, the distant commotion could be heard.
Especially the men, who were going crazy with binoculars.
Zheng Fa could understand these people...
Transformers, excavators, Nezha, and Tang Lingwu.
This combination was irresistible to men of all ages.
Tang Lingwu on the light screen ignored them and pressed a black button, saying, "Second item, mining test."
The test machine's eyes changed from red to blue as it looked down at the mountain.
On the black screen in front of Tang Lingwu, there was a straight line, which now showed some fluctuations.
She had anticipated this, controlling the test machine to turn toward Hongshan.
The screen immediately displayed a small wave peak.
"Success!"
Zhou Miaomiao beside her pumped her fist.
The mining function of this test machine utilized a spiritual energy scanner. In simple terms, a wave peak signal represented a gathering place of spiritual energy.
The external spiritual energy was low, so the line on the screen only trembled slightly.
As the spiritual energy concentration in Hongshan increased, the value rose, forming a wave peak.
And the spiritual mines in the Xuanwei Realm were the most concentrated in spiritual energy, even considered a solidified form of spiritual energy, so their concentration was naturally different from other substances.
Thus, with the help of the spiritual energy scanner, it could detect abnormal spiritual energy accumulations and locate spiritual mines.
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