269: Chapter 269 I'll be very good...

"Foolish woman."

With this whisper that sounded like a scolding but actually held a trace of helplessness, Lin Yuan strode into the training room.

The temperature here was ridiculously high.

The surrounding air was distorting, and the alloy training dummies had already melted into pools of molten iron, sizzling and smoking on the floor.

At the center of the heat source was Qin Ziyan.

At this moment, she had long lost the appearance of the heroic Valkyrie she usually was.

Her entire body was as red as a shrimp, and every inch of her skin was spewing violent fire elements, causing even the surrounding space to crackle and pop from the heat.

"Alert! Alert! High-energy reaction detected!"

"Warning: Target is about to detonate!"

The base's AI issued a harsh, red-light alarm.

"What the hell? Exploded? Who exploded?"

A figure in a white lab coat rushed in frantically, holding a half-eaten apple.

It was Xia Muqing.

She was initially terrified, but when she saw Qin Ziyan's current state, her highly nearsighted eyes instantly lit up like two searchlights.

"Wow—"

Xia Muqing threw the apple away, instantly pulled out a portable energy detector, and frantically scanned Qin Ziyan.

"Beep, beep, beep—"

The detector went off the charts and puffed out a cloud of black smoke.

"My God!"

Not only was Xia Muqing not afraid, she excitedly jumped on the spot, grabbing Lin Yuan's sleeve and shaking it wildly.

"Boss! Boss, look! What a miracle of the world this is!"

"Human nuclear fusion! To think someone could actually train themselves into a walking nuclear reactor!"

"This energy density! This thermal efficiency!"

"Quick! Don't save her! Hurry up and plug her into the base's power supply interface! Just connect two wires, and our base's electricity bill for the next ten years will be saved!"

Lin Yuan: "..."

He looked expressionlessly at this mad woman who had fallen into scientific fanaticism.

"Xia Muqing."

"Yes!"

"Do you want her to be a generator, or do you want me to stuff you into a launch silo and set you off like a firework?"

Xia Muqing instantly felt a chill on her neck.

Her survival instinct made her immediately switch from fanatic mode back to coward mode.

"Ahem... well, Boss, I was joking."

"However..."

She pushed up her glasses, looked at Qin Ziyan, and her tone became serious.

"To be honest, the situation is very bad."

"The Titan Crystal she swallowed has energy that is too violent, and on top of that, her cultivation went off the rails... I mean, she suffered from qi deviation."

"Right now, she is like a pressure cooker with the pressure gauge maxed out."

"If we don't release the pressure immediately..."

Xia Muqing made a "poof" gesture.

"Not only will she turn into a magnificent mushroom cloud, but our entire base... except for you, Boss, will probably all go meet our ancestors."

Lin Yuan frowned.

He naturally saw how dangerous Qin Ziyan's current state was.

It was not just a physical collapse, but a mental self-destruction.

In Lin Yuan's perception, Qin Ziyan's mental fluctuations were extremely chaotic, filled with inferiority, fear, and despair.

"Inner demons, huh..."

Lin Yuan whispered.

This foolish woman, who usually looked as proud as a peacock, unexpectedly hid so many negative emotions deep within her heart.

"Is there a way to lower the temperature?" Lin Yuan asked.

"Lower the temperature?"

Xia Muqing scratched her messy hair.

"Physical cooling definitely won't work.

Forget about splashing water; even if you threw her into liquid nitrogen, the liquid nitrogen would instantly boil."

"Unless..."

Xia Muqing rolled her eyes and revealed a meaningful, lewd smile.

"Unless we use 'that' method."

"Which one?"

"Yin-Yang harmony!"

Xia Muqing held up a finger with a straight face.

"According to the law of conservation of energy and the principle of biological complementarity..."

"She is currently being burned by extreme Yang fire, with an excess of Yang energy in her body."

"To neutralize this energy, we need an equally powerful energy that is Yin in attribute or has extremely high compatibility to guide and dredge it."

"Looking at the entire base, or even the entire Earth..."

Xia Muqing looked Lin Yuan up and down, her gaze finally resting below his waist.

"The only one who can withstand the energy of the Titan Crystal explosion and, in turn, suppress her..."

"Is only your... ahem, that divine spear of yours, Boss."

"So-called 'dual cultivation' is actually scientifically sound! This is called the interaction and circulation of biological energy!"

By the end, this female hooligan actually puffed out her chest righteously.

Lin Yuan: "..."

Although this woman was usually unreliable, this time... she was right.

Alright.

Lin Yuan sighed.

He looked at the woman on the ground who was curled up in pain even in her coma, unconsciously crying out "Don't leave me."

The softest string in his heart was gently plucked.

To be honest.

For Qin Ziyan, it was less about love and more about appreciation and possessiveness.

But at this moment, looking at this foolish woman who had pushed herself into a dead end just to catch up with his pace.

He admitted, he felt a bit of heartache.

"Alright, get out."

Lin Yuan interrupted Xia Muqing's incessant "biological energy interaction theory."

"Close the door and guard outside.

No one is allowed in."

"Got it!"

Xia Muqing instantly understood, a "motherly smile" appearing on her face.

"Don't worry, Boss! I'll go cut the surveillance right now! I guarantee not even a fly will be able to fly in!"

"Um... do you need me to prepare some Viagra... ah, ptooey, prepare some glucose to replenish your energy? After all, the Titan energy is quite fierce, and I'm afraid you..."

"Get lost."

"Alright!"

Xia Muqing greased the soles of her feet and slipped away faster than a rabbit.

Before leaving, she thoughtfully picked up the door panel that Lin Yuan had kicked off... and propped it up to cover the opening.

She even hung a sign on the door—

"High pressure danger, keep out"

In the training room, it finally quieted down.

Only the crackling sound of electricity and Qin Ziyan's heavy breathing remained.

Lin Yuan squatted down.

At this time, Qin Ziyan's clothes had long turned to ash, presenting a heart-stopping beauty.

Her flushed skin was like red jade, and her perfect curves were faintly visible in the firelight.

Only the bulging veins and painful expression made one's heart ache to look at.

"Hot... so hot..."

Qin Ziyan twisted her body unconsciously, her hands grabbing wildly in the air, as if a drowning person were searching for driftwood.

When her hand touched Lin Yuan's cool palm.

It was like a traveler in the desert encountering a clear spring.

She grabbed Lin Yuan's hand tightly, clutched it to her chest, and let out a satisfied whimper.

"Lin Yuan... don't go..."

"I am not... trash..."

"I will be very good..."

Listening to these intermittent mutterings, Lin Yuan's eyes softened.

"I know."

He said softly.

"You were never good, like a stubborn donkey."

"However..."

Lin Yuan leaned down and easily lifted her searing body.

Even through clothes, one could feel the high temperature that seemed to melt a person.

If it were an ordinary person, they would have been burned by now.

But for Lin Yuan, this was just a slightly hotter hand warmer.

"Since you want to be my sword so much..."

"Then let me properly temper you, this piece of scrap iron."

Lin Yuan carried her and strode toward the special lounge next to the training room.

(Ten thousand words omitted here...)

This night.

It was destined to be a restless night.

In the lounge, fire soared to the sky.

The violent Titan energy surged crazily within both their bodies.

At first, it was the destruction and impact of a flood beast.

But after the intervention of Lin Yuan's incredibly domineering SSS-level power, this torrent was gradually tamed.

It turned into a docile fire dragon.

It swam through Qin Ziyan's shattered meridians, repairing every injury and widening every channel.

And in this process.

Qin Ziyan had a very, very long dream.

In the dream, she was trapped in an endless sea of fire, lonely and waiting for death.

Surrounded by mockery and cold eyes.

Her parents' accusations, her younger brother's sarcasm, and that back she could never catch up with no matter how hard she tried...

Just when she was about to be swallowed by the flames.

That back stopped.

He turned around and reached out his hand to her.

At that moment, the sea of fire turned into a warm hot spring.

All fear and inferiority vanished in that embrace.

"Husband..."

In reality.

A crystal-clear teardrop slid from the corner of Qin Ziyan's tightly closed eyes.

But before this teardrop could hit the ground, it was instantly evaporated by the surrounding high temperature.

Replacing it.

Was a surge of incredibly pure golden flames rising to the sky!

That was the sign of a phoenix nirvana!

Outside the door.

Xia Muqing was squatting on the ground, holding a stethoscope against the wall.

Beside her squatted Ye Qingyue, who had been forcibly dragged there.

"Hey, mad woman, are you sure Brother Lin Yuan is okay?"

Ye Qingyue looked worried.

"That is the violent energy of the Titan, what if the boss gets sucked dry?"

"Tch, you underestimate the boss too much."

Xia Muqing curled her lips.

"The boss is a monster with a heaven-defying constitution, what is a mere crystal?"

"I'm more worried..."

Xia Muqing glanced at the alloy door that was trembling slightly and even starting to turn red.

"Whether the load-bearing pillars of our lounge can withstand the tossing of these two humanoid tyrannosaurs..."

As soon as she finished speaking.

Boom!!!

A loud noise.

The wall of the lounge... cracked open.

A golden-red column of fire shot up into the sky, burning directly through the ceiling and straight into the clouds!

"Holy crap!"

Xia Muqing and Ye Qingyue were knocked over by the airwave and scrambled up, covered in dust.

Looking at the column of fire that was as brilliant as fireworks in the night sky.

Xia Muqing pushed up her crooked glasses, dumbfounded:

"It's over..."

"Now we don't have to worry about electricity bills."

"We have to worry about... where to sleep tonight."

"The boss's blast... blew the roof off!"