290: Chapter 290's result is correct, but a fine of three hundred is still warranted.

"Housekeeper Su, I've conned a Grandmaster into joining the Lin family!"

The tablet was slapped onto the desk.

Three lines of text were written on the home page.

Grandmaster Recruitment Plan.

Eternal Light Martial Maiden Emotional Issue Handling Record.

Test Field Maintenance Costs Pending Calculation.

Tang Qiqi dragged over a chair and sat down, pressing her hands onto the contribution value settlement bar, the sweetness of a lollipop drifting across the desk.

"The Life-Pledging Seal has already been handed over."

"Issue the contribution points, three hundred."

Su Xiaonuan moved Grandmaster Ling Suzhen's core member approval to the left and opened the test field operation log.

"Starting from when you faked the loss of control over Qi."

"Explain every single item clearly."

Tang Qiqi straightened her back.

"Step one, adjust the Eternal Light Martial Maiden parameters to make the Qi curves collide."

"Step two, drag Sister Qin Yumo into the field for a sparring session to create a scene of loss of control."

"Step three, turn off the perimeter surveillance, trigger an emergency call, and invite the Great Demon King into the test field."

After counting off three fingers, she tapped on Grandmaster Ling Suzhen's file.

"Grandmaster Ling Suzhen said herself that she wants to stay."

"Tiangong has recruited a Grandmaster, the Great Demon King didn't pursue the matter, and we even got the Life-Pledging Seal."

"The plan's completion rate is one hundred percent."

The contribution value settlement bar was pushed half a foot closer.

"Three hundred isn't too much, is it?"

Su Xiaonuan pulled up the background records.

The first line of red text dominated the screen.

[Violation: Faked A-grade warrior medical alert.]

The corresponding resource dispatch records unfolded.

Two medical pods were frozen.

Su Muxue's duty team stopped the Small World root cause detection.

Three emergency medicine doses were unsealed.

The B2 corridor entered medical priority status.

Tang Qiqi bit down on her lollipop stick.

"It only took thirty seconds."

Su Xiaonuan zoomed in on the medicine unsealing time.

"If a real casualty had come in during those thirty seconds, who would be responsible?"

The lollipop stick froze at the corner of Tang Qiqi's mouth.

Su Xiaonuan continued scrolling down.

[Violation: Unauthorized modification of Eternal Light Martial Maiden test parameters.]

The load curve for the right leg enhancement ring crossed the warning line for eleven seconds.

The maintenance System had automatically generated a disassembly and inspection task.

"You modified the enhancement circuit to make the Qi conflict look more realistic."

"If Grandmaster Ling Suzhen had taken a wrong step during the sparring, her right leg joint would have been snapped by the armor."

Tang Qiqi hugged the tablet.

"She is a Grandmaster, she can handle it."

"The equipment can't."

The third item entered the screen.

[Violation: Unauthorized shutdown of test field surveillance.]

The total blackout period was forty-seven seconds.

Two guard teams stopped outside the door, unable to confirm Grandmaster Ling Suzhen's status or determine if Qin Yumo was involved in an A-grade battle.

The emergency response plan listed both of them as high-risk targets.

Tang Qiqi lowered her head.

"Sister Qin Yumo knew about the plan."

Su Xiaonuan looked up.

"The fourth item."

[Violation: Involving core combat members in a private plan without approval.]

Tang Qiqi raised the tablet to cover half her face.

"But Tiangong didn't suffer any losses."

"And we even gained an Ancient Martial Arts Grandmaster."

Su Xiaonuan picked up the authorization terminal.

The four records were merged into a single disciplinary file.

[Contribution points deducted: Three hundred.]

[Suspension of independent test field access: One day.]

[Emergency call permission change: Secondary confirmation required.]

[Mandatory task: Complete maintenance and re-inspection of the space anchoring equipment.]

Tang Qiqi lunged onto the edge of the desk.

"I came to claim three hundred, why am I now in debt for three hundred!"

Outside the command room, several duty personnel looked up.

Su Xiaonuan swept her gaze across the doorway.

Everyone immediately turned back to their terminals.

The disciplinary file was synchronized with the research level, security department, and test field access Systems.

Tang Qiqi opened her account.

Three hundred contribution points had already been deducted.

She pointed to the other side of the screen.

"Grandmaster Ling Suzhen is already on the core roster."

"The result is clearly good, why can't it offset the process?"

Su Xiaonuan projected the emergency medical access and combat dispatch access side-by-side on the wall.

"A good result cannot offset an erroneous process."

"Today you used a fake alert to trick Mr. Lin."

"Tomorrow, if someone follows your example, they could trick the medical team away, or even lure the combat team away from the defense line."

She closed Tang Qiqi's individual call port.

"The more useful your skills are, the less you should treat your access privileges as toys."

Tang Qiqi's mouth opened, then closed.

The medical resource freezing record was still hanging on the wall.

Two medical pods, three doses of medicine, and one duty team had all been halted for thirty seconds because of her plan.

Su Xiaonuan didn't scroll down any further.

The maintenance checklist for the space anchoring equipment landed on the tablet.

"The equipment was dragged by vines during the Small World contamination event, and all four positioning columns are misaligned."

"Disassemble, calibrate, re-inspect."

"Once completed, your contribution points will be settled as normal work."

"The penalty will not affect your earnings from your labor."

Tang Qiqi took the list and shouldered her toolbox.

Walking to the door, she turned back and crunched on the candy.

"Housekeeper Su is really not cute when she's using her brain."

"If the maintenance report is one minute late, I'll deduct more."

Tang Qiqi ran off.

Before the door had even closed, Grandmaster Ling Suzhen walked into the command room.

A long blade was strapped to her back, and she carried the Eternal Light Martial Maiden maintenance case in her hand.

She placed the test field cost list on the desk.

Energy consumption.

Right leg enhancement ring damage.

Maintenance bench deformation.

Floor replacement.

Every item was marked with an amount.

"I accepted the deception, and I participated in it."

"Deduct the costs from my contribution quota."

Su Xiaonuan verified the list and deducted the corresponding resource fees.

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen then pointed to Tang Qiqi's three-hundred-point penalty.

"The rest should also come from me—"

"No."

Su Xiaonuan locked the transfer bar.

"Your costs are your responsibility."

"Her overstepping of authority is hers."

"Even core members cannot pay off someone else's punishment."

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen paused for two seconds, then picked up the confirmation pen.

"Proceed according to the rules."

Her name landed on the Tiangong Regulations confirmation bar.

The core member approval was entered into the terminal.

[Grandmaster Ling Suzhen's core status is officially in effect.]

[Residential area: B1 independent room.]

[Combat sequence: Directly under Lin Yuan.]

Zhao Ya was waiting outside the door, pushing two transport carts.

Half an hour later, she stood in Grandmaster Ling Suzhen's former room, looking at the empty cabinets.

One long blade.

Two sets of washed-out training clothes.

The Eternal Light Martial Maiden maintenance case.

Twenty-seven training logs arranged by date.

The two carts weren't even half full.

Zhao Ya opened the top notebook.

Inside were written the blade angles, Qi loss, time ability backlash cycles, and data from every armor test.

No jewelry.

No souvenirs.

Even the spare shoes were only one pair.

"Sister Ling, did you really live in such a... space-saving way before?"

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen closed the storage locker.

"Enough to practice the blade, enough to sleep."

In the B1 room, she placed the long blade by the bed and arranged the training logs on the bookshelf.

The Tiangong Regulations were posted next to the logbooks.

"The core seat is for getting things done."

"The status is put out there to block blades."

Zhao Ya immediately stuffed the ready-to-use decoration application form back into her pocket.

"Understood, I'll save contribution points for you."

B2 Test Area.

Tang Qiqi dismantled the space anchoring equipment into six groups.

The energy ring was removed.

The coordinate motherboard was taken out.

Four positioning columns were laid horizontally on the inspection rack.

She corrected the eight-yard landing deviation, scraped off the scorched earth and plant sap from the equipment crevices, and replaced two sets of damaged connectors.

The first three positioning columns passed the re-inspection.

When the casing of the fourth one was opened, a black mark was stuck to the inner wall.

It pressed against the spatial scale and moved forward one notch.

Tang Qiqi put down the wrench.

The main equipment switch was turned off.

The black mark crawled another half notch.

The backup battery was cut off.

All detection lights went out.

The mark was still moving.

She pulled out the energy bus, isolating the positioning column from the entire test bench.

The surroundings lost power.

Yet the spatial capacity on the coordinate motherboard had decreased by 0.7 cubic meters.

The complaint on Tang Qiqi's face faded.

She locked down the test area and connected to Su Xiaonuan.

"Housekeeper Su."

The black mark crossed the next scale.

"This thing isn't consuming electricity."

The spatial capacity decreased again.

"It's eating space."