132: Chapter 00132 Drones

When she looked up, her pale purple eyes shone like stars.

"I want to bring her here, teach her basic sorcery... Also, she's very smart and interested in mechanics. Could you guide her studies in the field of Mechanical Alchemy?

She will definitely be a great help. In the future, you won't have to stay up late every night working on the lathe..."

Li Size froze for a few seconds, then pulled her tightly into his embrace, resting his chin on her golden curls:

"Silly, this is a good thing! Of course I'm willing! When Violet comes, I'll teach her Mechanical Alchemy, you teach her sorcery, we..."

He suddenly stopped, his cheeks flushing slightly as he corrected himself, "We'll work hard together. Then I'll be able to spend more time with you."

Felina leaned against his warm chest, listening to his strong heartbeat, her fingertips lightly clutching the hem of his work clothes, her voice choked with emotion:

"Mmm... Thank you, husband."

When she looked up, her eyes glistened with tears, yet her smile was brighter than sunshine.

Li Size gently wiped the tear from the corner of her eye with his thumb, his palm covering her warm cheek.

Felina nestled further into his embrace, her arms encircling his waist, her fingertips tracing the fabric texture of his work pants.

Silence spoke louder than words. The Laboratory slowly filled with soft rustling sounds and murmurs...

Much later, the Demonic Energy lamp cast a soft light on Felina's slightly furrowed brow.

She gently placed the intelligence scroll in her hand on the coffee table, turned to look at Li Size who was flipping through a sorcery book, her voice laced with a coquettish tone:

"Husband, this mission to acquire plantations and grain bases is still a logistics-type task, relatively easy to complete.

Plantations are the main industry of Gele City. There are many transactions involving plantations and grain bases every year.

When the time comes, we can ask Lilith from the Ge Le City Business Gazette for help. Completing it should be quite straightforward."

As she spoke, she suddenly pouted, her fingertip lightly tracing a line on the back of Li Size's hand.

"But I'm not familiar with her. Only you can handle this personally.

Hmph, you'll get to see that pretty editor-in-chief who admires you again!"

Felina emphasized the word "admires" heavily, her coral-colored lips slightly pouted, a faint layer of jealousy floating in her jade-green eyes.

She hadn't forgotten how, during their last meeting, that lady editor-in-chief in the deep V-neck dress practically tried to press her whole body against her Li Size.

Hearing this, Li Size chuckled softly, put down the newspaper, and drew Felina into his arms.

He habitually rubbed the mithril ring on his index finger while thinking, his gilded pupils shimmering with a profound luster under the light.

"My wife is right," he said, lowering his head to inhale the faint scent of Violets in Felina's hair.

"Perhaps this is also why The Lurkers assigned this mission to us.

I've noticed the Feiting Federation Lurker organization's benefits are quite good, proactively giving us rewards."

His fingertip lightly traced Felina's slightly warm earlobe, his voice carrying a sly smile.

"We'll 'properly' complete this mission, earn The Lurkers' merit points. Maybe we'll get another reward soon, haha."

Felina pretended to be angry and shot him a glare, her slender finger poking Li Size's solid chest.

Those people in Feiting probably thought Li Size was truly serving them diligently and conscientiously. In reality, it was a meticulously designed plan of 'using another's hen to lay one's own eggs.'

But as she understood Li Size more deeply, she faintly felt that if the Crimson Soul Duchy truly developed irreconcilable conflicts with Li Size, perhaps one day those 'eggs' might genuinely become Feiting's.

She sighed softly and buried her face in the crook of Li Size's neck. 'Marry a chicken, follow the chicken; marry a dog, follow the dog.' Since she had chosen this man, she should trust his judgment.

Besides, he was indeed thriving in the Crimson Soul Duchy now. It probably wouldn't come to that.

When the topic shifted to the second mission, both of them frowned simultaneously.

Felina unconsciously twirled a golden lock of hair that had fallen over her shoulder, breaking the silence first:

"The Crimson Soul Duchy has extremely strict control over maps. Everyone only knows the locations of the cities. Getting such a detailed map specifying every building and road probably won't be easy in a short time, right?

Should we apply to Sven from the Internal Affairs Department and ask them to provide one directly?"

Li Size tapped his fingertips lightly on the armrest of the sofa.

He suddenly remembered seeing detailed district maps at the home of Slav, the Land Bureau Director in Gray Mist Mountain Town. His father-in-law, Payne, must surely have a complete map of the entire Monte Province.

But this matter involved the Feiting Federation Lurkers and the counter-espionage plan. It really wasn't suitable to drag them into it.

Just then, a flash of inspiration crossed his eyes:

"Perhaps not necessarily."

He smiled mysteriously, pale blue Demonic Energy particles gathering at his fingertips. "We can survey and draw it ourselves."

Felina opened her eyes wide in surprise. "How much time would that take?"

Li Size just smiled without answering...

Deep within his consciousness, the [Pay-to-Win] ability had already activated. 15,000 points of energy transformed into streams of light and submerged into his Sea of Consciousness.

[Consumed 15,000 energy points. Deducting reconnaissance drone design blueprints.]

The moment the Pay-to-Win Analysis function activated:

Memories from his past life—rotor Systems, flight control chip structures—began colliding at high speed with knowledge from this world: Mechanical Alchemy's sorcery-steel frame design, Demonic Energy crystal power core principles.

Rotor blades were replaced with lightweight sorcery-steel blades embedded with stabilization runes.

The battery module was upgraded to a miniature sorcery crystal capable of sustained Demonic Energy output.

The flight control System fused reconnaissance rune arrays with alchemical feedback mechanisms.

During the deduction process, the mysterious Pay-to-Win Analysis function automatically filled in gaps in the blueprint. Originally conflicting technical points gradually meshed together.

For example, using sorcery shielding runes to solve signal interference issues, using alchemical elastic Materials to buffer vibrations from high-speed flight.

Finally, a complete blueprint fusing the mobility of drones from his past life with the sorcerous reconnaissance capabilities of this world fully materialized in his mind:

The fuselage was engraved with Demonic Energy conduction runes. The bottom was equipped with a miniature Sorcery Recording device, capable of high-altitude covert reconnaissance and real-time communication.

Countless gears and magic arrays spun and reassembled in his mind, ultimately condensing into a three-dimensional blueprint shimmering with blue light.

However, the parts concerning Sorcery Recording and Communication Spell remained somewhat vague—these modules exceeded his current knowledge base and could only be annotated with functional requirements for later refinement.

"Watch closely."

Following his gaze to the table, Felina saw Li Size's fingertips suspended in mid-air, pale blue Demonic Energy particles flowing between his fingers—

A phenomenon that only appeared when Mental Energy was highly concentrated.

He suddenly stood up and fetched a rune pen. As the parchment unfurled on the coffee table, subtle energy ripples spread.

His wrist flicked rapidly. Intricate gear patterns quickly appeared on the parchment, each line drawn with precise curvature, the runes faintly glowing on the paper surface.

She watched as his sweat-dampened bangs clung to his brow, the pads of his fingers turning white from gripping the pen too tightly, yet he seamlessly embedded Hurricane Runes into the drone's rotor design, completely unaware.

The focus in his eyes made her heart skip a beat.

She quietly stepped closer, her fingertips brushing dust from his shoulder. When her golden curls brushed against his ear, he finally snapped back to reality, a smile curling at the corner of his mouth:

"Look, this is our reconnaissance drone..."

Felina held her breath, watching the motes of Demonic Energy light swirling at Li Size's fingertips. Those precise gear structures and Hurricane Runes spread across the paper at an astonishing speed.

By the time he completed the design for over a dozen sets of hollow-pipe-attached fan blade rotors, fine beads of sweat had appeared at his temples.

"The main framework and power module are fine,"

Li Size took a breath and pulled Felina over to sit beside him.

"But the Sorcery Recording and communication modules need to be custom-made by a professional workshop."

He pointed to the vaguely marked areas on the blueprint.

"Just like the core module of the little sorcerer donkey back then."

Felina's fingertips gently traced over the drone sketch, the intricate rune lines reflected in her pale purple eyes:

"The Miners Brotherhood is indeed familiar with the terrain...

If we use the drone to conduct Sorcery Recording from high altitude..."

Her eyes suddenly lit up. "We could complete the mapping of the entire province in at most half a month!"

She immediately stood up and straightened her skirt, her efficient demeanor making her seem like the capable knight instructor once more:

"I'll contact my old workshop friends tomorrow.

But before that—"

She suddenly leaned down and pinched Li Size's cheek.

"We must first apply for an intellectual property invention right for this design. Can't let anyone copy it!"