121: Chapter 122 Gods Clash in the Jewelry Zone! On one side, a colossal star beast crystal core; on the other, a single soldier's energy shield!

To escape the canteen, which had been ravaged beyond recognition by "molecular cuisine" and "Nine-Turn Vitality Soup," and to prevent these two from tearing the base apart, Jiang Chen proposed a highly constructive, yet extremely risky suggestion—going shopping.

The reasoning was sound: Ji Linglong had just arrived on Earth and needed to observe the customs (shop). Ling, although she had taken over the internet, had yet to experience the joy of the physical economy (swiping cards).

Thus, the trio (or rather, one human, one holographic projection, and one clone) took a private plane, flying at full speed to the most prosperous fashion capital in China—the Magic City—and headed straight for the top-tier mall known as the "money pit," SKP.

...

At the entrance of SKP.

Jiang Chen stood before the revolving door, looking at the two great deities on his left and right. He didn't feel like he was shopping; he felt like he was escorting two nuclear warheads that could detonate at any moment.

"Um... my two wives."

Jiang Chen rubbed his hands together and suggested cautiously, "Since we're out on an undercover inspection, shouldn't we be a bit more low-key?"

He pointed at Ji Linglong's moon-white, celestial-looking, ethereal palace dress that even came with its own soft-focus filter.

"Linglong, this outfit is too... too retro. If we walk in like this, we'll attract a crowd. People will think we're filming a period drama."

He then pointed to Ling, who was wearing a liquid metal combat suit (a projection) that was full of futuristic vibes and flickered with lines of code from time to time.

"And Ling, your outfit is too cyberpunk. It's easy to make people think aliens have invaded Earth."

"How about changing? When in Rome, do as the Romans do?"

Ji Linglong arched her willow-leaf eyebrows, her phoenix eyes sweeping over the passersby wearing short skirts and hot pants, a trace of disdain flashing in her eyes.

"When in Rome, do as the Romans do? Dress like those people with clothes that don't even weigh two taels? How scandalous!"

[Feudal thinking.]

Ling added coldly from the side.

[That is for heat dissipation and ease of movement. However, Husband is right. To avoid unnecessary waste of computing power (referring to processing the onlookers), a disguise is necessary.]

[Retrieving current Earth fashion trends...]

[Loading skin library...]

"Whoosh!"

The light and shadow on Ling shifted.

In the next second, the murderous combat suit disappeared.

Replacing it was a tailored, professional black silk OL outfit that was both capable and sexy!

Two buttons of the white shirt were undone, the black hip-hugging skirt outlined perfect data curves, and she added a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and those slender black-silk-clad legs (although they were light and shadow, the texture was extremely realistic).

[How is it, Husband?]

Ling pushed up her glasses, a smile full of "executive woman" vibes curling at the corners of her mouth.

[According to big data analysis, this is one of the outfits that human males on Earth find most irresistible, with a 98.7% approval rating.]

Jiang Chen swallowed hard, feeling like a nosebleed was about to come out.

This big data is damn accurate!

"You vixen!"

Ji Linglong, seeing Jiang Chen's embarrassing reaction, was furious.

Although she didn't understand what "OL" meant, a woman's intuition told her that this outfit had high lethality.

"Hmph! It's just changing clothes, right? This Palace can do that too!"

Ji Linglong pinched a seal with one hand, and a flash of spiritual light appeared on her body.

The originally cumbersome palace dress instantly tightened, transforming into a modified new Chinese-style Qipao.

On the moon-white silk, cloud patterns faintly flowed (those were real magic arrays), and the slit was perfectly placed, retaining classical charm while revealing her long legs that could put supermodels out of work.

She even turned that wooden hairpin into a stylish wide-brimmed hat and added an exquisite Suzhou embroidery round fan in her hand.

Standing there, she looked like an peerless diva who had walked out of a Republic of China painting—noble, cold, and possessing an inviolable celestial aura.

"Husband."

Ji Linglong gently waved her round fan, her eyes flowing with emotion, her voice sweet and bone-melting.

"How does this look compared to that insurance salesperson's outfit?"

Jiang Chen: "..."

On the left was the black-silk executive AI, on the right was the stunning Qipao saintess.

The passersby were already stunned, several people bumping into the glass doors.

Jiang Chen took a deep breath and stood tall.

"Both look great! Both look great!"

"Let's go! Let's go in! Today, all consumption will be paid for by Young Master Jiang... Oh no, let's pay for it together!"

...

Entering the mall, the war had just begun.

First stop, the jewelry section.

In front of the counter, the young sales associate looked at the combination of one man and two women, her hands shaking with nervousness.

The aura was too strong; it didn't feel like they were here to shop, but rather to buy the mall.

"Sir, ladies, what would you like to see? This is our newly arrived Heart of the Ocean blue diamond necklace..."

The sales associate tremblingly brought out a necklace.

"Diamonds?"

Ji Linglong glanced at it, her eyes full of disdain.

"Such dead stones without any spiritual energy, worthy of being called gems?"

She reached out her finger and tapped the diamond lightly.

"Crack."

The diamond, touted as the hardest in nature, shattered directly into powder.

Sales associate: "!!!"

"Too brittle." Ji Linglong shook her head, "Husband, this kind of trash isn't worthy of you."

As she spoke, she flipped her wrist and took out a fist-sized crystal from her storage ring, glowing with a deep blue halo throughout, with what seemed to be a galaxy flowing inside.

"Slap," she slammed it onto the counter.

"This is a [Primordial Star Core Crystal]. I dug it out when I killed a Star Beast back in the day. Wearing it not only extends life but can also withstand a full-force blow from anyone below the Soul Transformation Stage."

"Even if you use it to smash people, it's better than that broken stone."

The entire jewelry section was instantly illuminated by the blue light, and the surrounding customers felt the air become several times fresher (spiritual energy overflowing).

The sales associate looked at the crystal that could buy the entire Jinghua City, her jaw dropping to the floor.

[Vulgar.]

Ling's voice rang out coldly.

[Hanging high-radiation energy ore around your neck? Do you want to make Husband mutate?]

Ling stepped forward and extended her finger (light beam), issuing a command to the 3D custom printer in the counter.

[Infiltrating device...]

[Modifying design blueprints...]

[Optimizing molecular structure...]

"Buzz, buzz, buzz—"

The printer suddenly started running crazily, so fast it was smoking.

In less than ten seconds.

A necklace with an extremely sci-fi design, appearing to be made of flowing liquid silver, appeared before everyone.

It didn't have any gems embedded, but it glowed on its own and pulsed with the surrounding sounds.

[This is the [Mobius Loop · Gravitational Wave Necklace].]

Ling picked up the necklace. Although she was a phantom, she used a magnetic field to control the necklace to float in front of Jiang Chen.

[I modified its atomic arrangement to form a miniature gravitational field.]

[Wearing it, within a three-meter radius around Husband, no dust will settle, no insects will approach, and it will be cool in summer and warm in winter.]

[Moreover, it is connected to my core database. If you encounter danger, it can instantly expand into a personal energy shield.]

[This is the combination of technology and aesthetics.]

The sales associate was already kneeling.