157: Chapter 157 "This is a notification, not an inquiry."

Early morning.

The master bedroom on the second floor was a mess.

The bedside lamp was shattered on the carpet, documents from the drawer were scattered everywhere, and half a glass was stuck in a wall crevice.

The first thing Su Xiaonuan said when she opened her eyes wasn't about herself.

"Mr. Lin..."

Her voice was hoarse.

"Did I hurt you yesterday?"

"What about the child?"

"Is Miss Jiang alright?"

Jiang Xiaowan was standing at the doorway, holding warm water, her expression frozen.

She had intended to put on some airs as the young lady of the house.

But this sentence completely deflated her.

Lin Yuan sat by the bed, looking at Su Xiaonuan, his fingertips twining through her hair.

"Everyone is fine."

Su Xiaonuan let out a sigh of relief.

Only then did she close her eyes, feeling the new things in her mind.

Su Muxue pushed the door open, wearing her gloves.

"Body temperature normal, heart rate slightly high, mental fluctuations not yet completely stable."

She looked at Lin Yuan.

"Just as you said, she has also awakened a Spatial Ability, but the mental fluctuations are much weaker than yours."

Lin Yuan didn't answer; he raised his hand.

A box of compressed biscuits was taken out of his Dimensional Space and placed on the floor.

"Try it."

Su Xiaonuan looked at the box of biscuits and said softly, "Mr. Lin, I don't know how."

"Want it to come over."

Su Xiaonuan closed her eyes.

Three seconds later.

The compressed biscuits on the floor didn't move.

In Lin Yuan's space, a box of the same compressed biscuits suddenly vanished.

Bang.

The box of biscuits slammed down beside Su Xiaonuan's feet.

Lin Yuan looked at the box of biscuits.

Su Xiaonuan's favorability: 100%.

He could feel that next to his own vast space, there was now a slightly smaller space.

And the box of biscuits that had vanished from his space had been moved to that smaller space first, before appearing in front of her.

This meant that Tiangong No. 1 now had a logistics transfer station.

Even if Lin Yuan were far away, Su Xiaonuan could supply Tiangong No. 1 through the connection between their two spaces.

After Su Xiaonuan understood this, her first reaction wasn't happiness.

She sat up straight immediately.

"Mr. Lin, I will reorganize the material numbering."

"Secondary storage permissions must be classified."

"Emergency medical supplies, combat supplies, crystal cores, and daily food must be separated."

"I cannot take your things indiscriminately."

Tang Qiqi muttered at the doorway.

"Other people awaken a Superpower: 'I want to destroy the world.'"

"Housekeeper Su awakens a Superpower: 'I want to make a warehouse spreadsheet.'"

No one laughed.

Because this was very Su Xiaonuan.

Jiang Xiaowan walked over and handed her the warm water.

"Drink some."

Su Xiaonuan looked up.

Jiang Xiaowan looked away, her voice lower.

"I apologize."

The room went quiet again.

[Ding! Target Jiang Xiaowan (Appearance 92), favorability +2%, current favorability: 38%.]

Lin Yuan looked at her.

It wasn't an act.

At least, not right now.

Su Xiaonuan took the water without sarcasm.

"Finish the prenatal meal first."

"The young master's safety records cannot have issues because of your emotions."

Jiang Xiaowan: "..."

This was sharper than an insult.

But she nodded.

"Understood, Housekeeper Su."

Liu Qing suddenly accessed the channel.

"Master, the remaining channels in the South Suburbs have exploded."

The master bedroom screen projected the feed simultaneously.

On the screen, three channels popped up at once.

"Tiangong No. 1! We are the remnants of the First Battalion of the South Suburbs, willing to accept reorganization by Mr. Lin!"

"Don't believe them! They looted the grain depot last night, and Director Li Wenhui's confidants are inside!"

"We have video of Director Li Wenhui executing survivors! Please take us in, Mr. Lin!"

The three factions were reporting each other.

The dog-eat-dog fight had developed into tactical coordination.

Lin Yuan picked up the communicator.

"Whoever kills Director Li Wenhui has the qualification to kneel at my door."

Liu Qing adjusted her glasses.

"Broadcast to the whole city?"

"Broadcast it."

Ten seconds later.

This sentence appeared on all remaining broadcasts in the South Suburbs.

South Suburb Military District.

Director Li Wenhui smashed the teacup on the table.

"Lin Yuan!"

"He wants to incite my men to rebel!"

The two newly promoted officers beside him changed expressions.

Director Li Wenhui turned his head abruptly.

"Why did you two look at each other just now?"

"Drag them out!"

Gunshots rang out shortly after.

But this time, no one lowered their heads to shout submission.

The soldiers outside the door shifted the direction of their guns.

Outside the perimeter of Cloud Top Palace.

Survivors from the South Suburbs lined up in a long queue.

Captain Han Xue stood in front of the registration point.

Black tactical gear, holster at her waist, Little Li behind her holding a registration board.

"First, hand over weapons."

"Second, hand over crystal cores."

"Third, register your skills; those who can work may stay."

"Refuse to comply, and go back where you came from."

A man wearing an old military uniform squeezed out.

His epaulets were crooked, and his face still bore an air of officialdom.

"I am a company commander from the South Suburb Military District!"

"You, a little police officer, have the authority to judge me?"

"Before the apocalypse, even your bureau chief had to be respectful when seeing me!"

Captain Han Xue looked up.

"What does that mean?"

The man sneered.

"I want to see Lin Yuan."

"I brought over thirty people to defect; the terms must be negotiated separately."

People around looked over.

Captain Han Xue drew her gun.

Bang!

The bullet went through the man's shoulder.

He screamed and fell to his knees.

The thirty or so people who followed him immediately drew their guns.

But the muzzles of the drones in the air and the guards behind Captain Han Xue were already aiming rifles at them.

Little Li even used his metalized arm as a shield, blocking in front of Captain Han Xue.

Captain Han Xue was not flustered at all; she pushed Little Li aside, walked forward slowly, and pressed the muzzle of her gun against the "company commander's" forehead.

"Tiangong No. 1 has no old military ranks."

"There are only rules here."

"If you still want to bring up any bureau chief, I can send you down to ask him if he agrees."

The queue went silent instantly.

Little Li flipped the registration board to the next page.

"Next."

On the other side of the training ground.

Tang Qiqi was wearing combat gear, lying in the mud, vomiting.

Sister Long beside her laughed softly.

"Princess Qiqi also wants to play in the mud?"

"Don't cry later."

Tang Qiqi looked up, her face deathly pale.

She didn't curse.

Nor did she act spoiled.

She scrambled up and continued running.

Sister Long laughed halfway, then suddenly stopped.

This little girl's stride was messy, her lung capacity poor, and her arms lacked strength.

But every time she fell, the speed at which she scrambled back up was faster than the last.

Sister Long narrowed her eyes.

"Interesting."

At the end of the fifth lap, Tang Qiqi leaned against the wire fence, her legs shaking.

A staff member stepped forward and hung the lowest-level training completion badge on her chest.

Grey.

The lowest rank.

Tang Qiqi looked down at it and suddenly smiled.

"Grey is fine too."

"At least it was something I ran for myself."

Second-floor study.

Lin Yuan stood by the window, watching the new order settle over the outer perimeter.

Su Muxue pushed the door open.

"You were looking for me?"

Lin Yuan turned around.

"Before the second Red Moon, you will inevitably awaken."

Su Muxue paused.

Lin Yuan continued, "From today on, you will stay by my side."

"Never leave my side."

Su Muxue clenched her fists, then relaxed them.

She looked up at Lin Yuan.

"What if I refuse?"

Lin Yuan walked closer.

"This is a notification, not a request."

"Besides, you won't refuse."

Su Muxue's breathing hitched for a second.

She really wouldn't.

From the day Lin Yuan took her out of the Su Family, she knew she couldn't go back.

She had been avoiding it.

Because Lin Yuan was Su Xiaonuan's man.

Because she was a doctor.

Because she told herself it was just a rational judgment.

But the apocalypse didn't care about those excuses.

Lin Yuan didn't give her a chance to think further; he reached out and pulled her into his arms.

Su Muxue struggled symbolically.

Lin Yuan kissed her cold lips directly.

Su Muxue's body stiffened.

She didn't push him away.

Lin Yuan looked down at her.

"Su Muxue, you can only be mine."

Her eyelashes fluttered.

"Lin Yuan, you are very overbearing."

"Mm."

"And very unreasonable."

"Mm."

Su Muxue looked up.

"But I don't seem to hate it that much."

[Ding! Target Su Muxue (Appearance 90), favorability +3%, current favorability: 23%.]