152: Chapter 152 Okay, you're a money-devouring beast, I can afford to raise you.

"Hiccup—"

As the last piece of tungsten-titanium alloy went down, Hill patted her small, flat stomach contentedly and let out a long, satisfied burp.

In those amethyst-like eyes, the restless green light finally faded, returning to that clear, innocent, and even slightly naive look.

She licked the remaining metal shavings from the corner of her mouth, looked up, and gave Jiang Chen a smile so sweet it was lethal.

"Daddy."

"Full."

Jiang Chen looked at this "humanoid weapon" before him, who had just swallowed a piece of special alloy and possessed a bite force sufficient to crush a tank, and then looked at her harmless little face; his mood was as complicated as riding a roller coaster.

Is this the legendary... gap moe?

"As long as you're full, that's good, that's good."

Jiang Chen sighed helplessly and reached out to tidy her long silver hair; as his fingertips touched her cool yet delicate skin, the last bit of hesitation in his heart vanished.

Although this girl was a bona fide "gold-swallowing beast" who could eat the equivalent of an average person's apartment in a single meal.

However.

Looking at those eyes full of reliance, and thinking back to her terrifying combat power of "crushing alloy with bare hands" just now.

Jiang Chen felt that this deal didn't seem like a loss, right?

In the future, if anyone dared to cause trouble, he would just put this girl at the door, point at the tank opposite, and say, "Daughter, that's chocolate-flavored, go ahead."

Just thinking about that scene felt exciting.

"Fine, since you called me Dad, I'll take care of your meal tickets to the end."

Jiang Chen stood up, walked to the experimental table that had a corner bitten off, put his hands on his hips, and struck a pose characteristic of a nouveau riche toward the desolate Far Side of the Moon:

"Daughter, remember this."

"Whatever you want to eat in the future, just tell Dad."

"Whether it's titanium alloy, or tungsten steel, or gold and silver."

"Our family has plenty of it!"

He pointed to the resource planet S-778 in the sky, which was invisible but whose coordinates were already engraved in his mind, his tone wildly arrogant:

"See that starry sky?"

"Your future stepmother... ahem, your Aunt Jiang, gave us an entire planet as a dowry!"

"There are fifty billion tons of gold on it! And countless rare mineral veins!"

"Fifty billion tons! Even if you eat one ton a day, you can eat until the universe is destroyed!"

Jiang Chen lowered his head, pinched Hill's little cheek, and smiled like a doting, silly father:

"So, don't save money for Dad."

"Eat to your heart's content! Keep your teeth in good shape; we have harder bones to chew on in the future!"

Although Hill didn't understand what "fifty billion tons" meant, nor did she understand what kind of creature a "stepmother" was.

But she understood "all-you-can-eat."

"Long live Daddy!"

The little loli cheered, hugged Jiang Chen's thigh again, and rubbed her head against it like an electric motor.

"Alright, alright, stop rubbing."

Jiang Chen peeled her off his leg, "Since you're going to hang out with me from now on, this hospital gown won't do. We're a respectable family, so you need to dress decently."

He raised his wrist and tapped his spatial watch a few times.

"Clatter."

A big pile of colorful clothes appeared out of thin air and piled up on the floor.

These were the children's clothes he had specifically asked Supervisor Li Guoqiang to buy wholesale on Pinduoduo before he came, originally intended as gifts for the children in the Wasteland, but he didn't expect them to come in handy here first.

"Come on, try this."

Jiang Chen picked out a pink, pure cotton dress printed with Peppa Pig and held it up against Hill.

"9.9 yuan with free shipping, pure cotton and breathable, honest pricing."

"This is the most popular style on Earth. Put it on, and you'll be the coolest kid on this street... no, on this moon."

Hill curiously touched the soft fabric.

In her memory bank, there were only cold armor and tight combat suits; she had never seen such soft, pink, and tender things.

"Wear... this?"

She took the dress somewhat clumsily and, under Jiang Chen's guidance, finally managed to put it on.

A few minutes later.

A gorgeous little loli wearing a Peppa Pig dress, white sandals, and shoulder-length silver hair was freshly baked.

The mix of top-tier technological vibes and cheap street-stall style actually created an extremely strange yet harmonious sense of cuteness.

"Perfect!"

Jiang Chen snapped his fingers and conveniently tied her hair into two pigtails, "From today on, your name is... Hill."

"Hill?"

The little loli tilted her head, seemingly savoring the name.

A moment later, she nodded vigorously, a brilliant smile blooming on her face:

"Hill! Like!"

"As long as you like it."

Jiang Chen looked at this bargain daughter in front of him who finally looked a bit "human," and felt a great sense of accomplishment.

Raising a kid, it's not that hard.

As long as the money is right, anything is possible.

Just when the fatherly love and filial piety were at their peak, and the atmosphere was incredibly warm.

"Beep—! Beep—!"

A sudden, sharp alarm sounded in the command center without any warning.

The originally soft lights instantly turned into glaring red, rotating and flashing, casting the entire base into a state of emergency.

"What's going on?!"

Jiang Chen's expression changed; the "old fatherly" kindness instantly vanished, replaced by a hunter's alertness.

Zhao Gang scrambled to the radar screen, his fingers operating rapidly.

"Boss! We have a situation!"

Zhao Gang's voice was tense as he pointed at the red dot rapidly approaching on the radar:

"The perimeter warning radar has detected an unidentified flying object!"

"It's moving extremely fast! It's performing orbital maneuvers!"

"It bypassed our frontal defense network and is attempting a low-altitude penetration from the shadow zone on the Far Side of the Moon!"

"Penetration?"

Jiang Chen strode to the screen and narrowed his eyes.

The red dot's trajectory was extremely tricky, clearly carefully calculated to avoid the fire-control radar of the luan niao starship.

"Can you identify it?"

"Comparing signal characteristics..."

Zhao Gang tapped the keyboard a few times, and then a slightly blurry optical capture image popped up.

It was a black spaceship shaped like a large coffin.

Although there were no markings, Jiang Chen was all too familiar with that unique paint style and that self-deceptive stealth design.

"Heh."

Jiang Chen sneered, a mocking arc curling at the corner of his mouth:

"I knew it."

"With such a big commotion, how could those flies not smell it?"

"This is... Eagle Sauce's secret lunar lander."

"They saw us eating meat, couldn't stand the craving, and wanted to sneak up here to steal a sip of soup?"

"Boss, what should we do?"

Zhao Gang pulled the bolt of his gun, his eyes fierce, "Should we charge the main gun of the luan niao starship? Give it a direct hit? Anyway, this is the Far Side of the Moon, no one will see it if we blow it up!"

"Don't rush."

Jiang Chen waved his hand, his gaze sweeping over Hill, who was curiously watching the alarm light, and then at Pikachu, who was fast asleep on the sofa.

Use a warship's main gun to hit such a small spaceship?

Too wasteful.

Besides, since they are "guests" who delivered themselves to our doorstep, how could we not prepare some "surprises" for them to make their long fuel trip worth it?

"Close the door."

Jiang Chen straightened his collar, his eyes flashing with a mischievous sense of humor called "making trouble":

"Don't use heavy weapons; it's easy to break our new home."

"Old Zhao, close the base's gate."

"Let's... release Pikachu."