In the end of the world, I become an immortal alone

Chapter 40 T.E.R

The next day, the fortress's morning.

Wang Jixuan heard movement from the bed, stopped his meditation, resumed a normal sitting posture, turned on the desk lamp, and picked up the thick book beside him.

《Mechanics: An Introduction》.

On the spacious bed, Zhou Zhengde opened his eyes blankly, feeling the cool sensation of his skin directly touching the blanket, his left hand trembling as he reached for the bulge in the blanket beside him.

Ah, skin…

He jumped up, wearing only a pair of briefs, staring at the figure on the other half of the bed.

Zhou Zhengde first breathed a sigh of relief.

Lying next to him was Lin Bo, who was currently sleeping on his stomach, also shirtless.

Ah, this!

Two intersecting lightning bolts appeared behind Zhou Zhengde, his legs weakened, and he almost knelt down, holding onto the bedside to barely steady himself.

He knew that he easily got drunk after drinking, and once drunk, all sorts of situations were likely to occur, but this, this… doesn't this involve workplace bullying? Lin Bo is also a conservative, could it be because of his requirements as the captain…

Fortunately, Wang Daochang's voice sounded in time:

"Don't worry, I've been watching, nothing uncontrollable happened between you, I helped you wash your clothes because they got dirty."

Zhou Zhengde breathed a long sigh of relief and slumped down on the bedside.

He looked at Wang Jixuan, smiling gratefully:

"Thank you, what did I do last night after I got drunk?"

Wang Jixuan's expression was a bit complicated, and some, some unbearable scenes floated in his mind. Out of consideration for friendship, he quietly tore these scenes apart.

Wang Jixuan closed the thick book in his hand, cleared his throat, and said seriously:

"Last night you got drunk, took Wei Na's hand, and said a lot of things."

"I took Wei Na's hand, really? Don't joke like that, we used to be lovers, but we've already drawn a clear line."

Zhou Zhengde frowned at Wang Jixuan.

Wang Jixuan curled his lips, shrugged, and nodded lightly.

Zhou Zhengde hissed: "I really said it?"

"Said it."

"What did I say?"

"Are you sure you want to know?"

"Sure," Zhou Zhengde's expression became more sincere and apprehensive.

Wang Jixuan suppressed a smile: "You said you liked her, asked her if she could marry you, the kind of marriage where you both observe chastity clauses, you can apply for in vitro fertilization, you can keep your body in shape for her until she reaches menopause, fifty squats every day… I just learned what menopause means yesterday."

"Her, her reaction?"

Two flames appeared in Zhou Zhengde's eyes.

"Very touched," Wang Jixuan said with sympathy, "Then she shook her head and refused, without the slightest hesitation, she said she likes freedom and doesn't want to reproduce."

Zhou Zhengde cleared his throat: "Hahaha! I knew it would be like this, haha, ha… alas."

He wanted to persevere a bit.

But Wang Jixuan had already thrown over a box of tissues.

Zhou Zhengde sniffed, raised his head forty-five degrees, trying to appear unrestrained:

"It's all in the past, I know, it's actually been in the past for a long time, I shouldn't restrain her… Okay, I'll go first… Cheer up, work hard, when I have time in a few days, I'll arrange for you to meet a few conservative girls, it's settled, you need emotional healing…"

Wang Jixuan was about to refuse, but he suddenly thought of something again and nodded slowly.

Wang Daochang said softly: "I can try to contact them, but I don't have any plans to start a family for the time being."

Zhou Zhengde sighed, feeling a little lost: "Okay, I'll get dressed first, sorry to bother you… No, shouldn't this, be my home?"

Wang Jixuan closed the book, stood up, smiled, and said: "Then I'll go back and wait for news from that investigation team."

"Go ahead, get some rest, I'll go supervise the war zone investigation team's affairs… Didn't you sleep last night?"

"Slept for a while, in the chair," Wang Jixuan said seriously, "I have to make sure that nothing really happens between you and Lin Bo."

Zhou Zhengde firmly gave a thumbs up: "I will work hard to find a pure soul for you."

Wang Jixuan straightened the corners of his uniform, tucked the book under his arm, put his hands in his pockets, and walked out of the security captain's dormitory with his head down.

… …

Inside his new dormitory.

Wang Jixuan slowly tidied up various items.

Mu Liang's original work clothes had been placed in the innermost corner, and he had used the universal credit he had accumulated some time ago to buy several new loose linen shirts and capri pants.

He quite liked this casual dress.

'If I hadn't cultivated, how would I have lived in the mortal world?'

This was what Wang Daochang had been thinking about recently.

Previously, in the wooden house in the Wanlijin greenhouse area, his cultivation progress was relatively rapid. Although it was still very slow compared to his previous life, it was much better than in Zhongcheng.

Why was the spiritual energy in Wanlijin's territory relatively rich?

Wang Jixuan had naturally investigated it before.

It was not because there were more plants in the greenhouse area, but because of their formula soil.

Wang Jixuan had studied this before. The formula soil contained some spiritual power, but he didn't know the specific source of this spiritual power, so he asked Lin Bo to help him get some, and then asked Doctor Wei Na to help him analyze the ingredients.

He suspected that this formula soil was still related to the Blade Beast.

A certain ingredient in the formula soil was very likely to be…

The flesh and blood of the Blade Beast.

Now, besides cultivation, the only issue Wang Jixuan needed to worry about most was actually one thing.

Kong Nu wanted to slice him up.

Wang Jixuan was also waiting for the investigation team sent by the war zone to see how strong these 'experts' were.

This investigation team was purely a sharp blade that Zhou Zhengde had summoned relying on his strong background. Zhou Zhengde had already thought about using this team to deal with Kong Nu.

Wang Daochang had also figured it out.

Use as many resources as possible. He didn't have the hard power to ignore the rules of the mortal world for the time being.

Since Zhou Zhengde had a grandfather who was a general who could suppress all kinds of villains, then he would temporarily hide here, practice with peace of mind, increase his strength, and find more ways out.

Now he was just afraid that the tree wanted to be quiet, but the wind wouldn't stop.

'This poor Daoist previously looked down on this mortal world.'

'Now, he should accumulate strength and develop slowly, focus on cultivation, increase his knowledge, and temporarily commit himself to a force. As long as he doesn't get too deeply involved and doesn't do evil for it, that's enough.'

'He should have a sense of awe for the world.'

Wang Daochang stretched lazily, looking at the full wardrobe, and actually felt a little sense of accomplishment.

Then he looked at the sundries that had been sorted out.

T.E.R.

He saw these three letters again.

Wang Jixuan probably understood the meaning of these three letters—the name of a certain underground virtual diva in Fortress 76.

Because the fortress prohibited excessive entertainment, T.E.R. could only be active in some old-fashioned radios. Having debuted just two or three years ago, she had already accumulated a large number of fans in the lower and middle cities.

Wang Jixuan slightly studied the holographic music player in his hand and plugged it in.

A thin projection screen appeared on the trapezoidal player box, with a series of selection lists on it. Wang Jixuan tried to click on a song called "Radio LIVE · Small River", and the 'album cover' appeared in the center of the projection screen.

The cover was a cartoon girl wearing a suspender skirt, smiling and putting her hands behind her back.

The player emitted a female voice's soft moan, and the solo guitar melody unfolded smoothly.

Wang Jixuan's mind inexplicably relaxed.

'Oh, a different kind of zither playing.'

The clear and gentle female voice began to whisper and sing softly, the notes like the water in a small river, flowing back and forth in this not-so-large room.

Wang Jixuan sat on the bed, reading the book with his head down, his left hand slightly open, a wisp of breath released, surrounding the water cup, bringing the stainless steel cup to his mouth, and gently taking two sips.

This thick basic science book didn't seem so difficult to chew on anymore.

[I always thought you would accompany me to see that small river / I didn't expect that we only took two steps / and said that there would be no results in the future / I'm just afraid that my love for you will fade away like this / but I don't know how to tell you… ]

[After leaving you / I started to like showing off my true heart / guessing your elusive heart / wanting to confirm again / whether we can go to that river / maybe I'm just afraid that my true heart will be buried / and not really want you to accompany me all the way… ]

Wang Jixuan smiled, letting the years flow over the characters in his eyes.

The Qi in his body became lazy and slow, no longer rushing forward, but began to slowly soak into the places where the Dao body could not originally soak.

A song ended, and the singer spoke, it was that clear female voice:

"That's it for today's song, I hope you can relax your body and mind after a tiring study and work, cheer up and work hard to live! We've agreed to meet at the concert in the surface city!"

Wang Jixuan looked at the holographic player and happened to see the album cover turned to the front, the cartoon girl smiling and making a scissor-hand gesture.

He put down the water cup, looked at his palm, put his sword fingers together, and gently forked them.

He smiled dumbly, shook his head, continued to look down at the book, thinking about whether the mechanics and alchemy of this world could be combined.

The music player automatically entered the next song, all of which were radio recordings of this virtual diva.

Soon, Wang Jixuan discovered that relaxing and enjoying music like this actually had a clear benefit to Dao heart cultivation.

'Amazing.'

The clear female voice sang a soothing ballad again. She seemed to know that her gentle voice could soothe people's hearts, and she was trying hard to exert this talent.

In the singing;

Wang Jixuan put down his book and sat cross-legged in meditation. Images flashed through his mind: towering mountains and flowing rivers, the songs of birds and the fragrance of flowers, interspersed with a wooden house and a shadowy area. Glimmers of light slowly converged toward him.

In the office of the Security Team Captain, Zhou Zhengde was using his shoulder and cheek to hold a communicator, constantly agreeing to something, while rapidly scribbling newly acquired information on a piece of white paper in front of him.

In the makeshift gym next to the central medical room, Wei Na, dressed in yoga pants and a sports bra, was taking advantage of the medical room's downtime to do some shaping exercises.

Several young men and women passed by outside the door, chatting and laughing as they headed to their respective workstations.

Inside the Esper outpost office on the third level of the fortress's upper city, Kong Nu was berating several white-coated researchers standing before him. In the corner of the office, a white-skirted girl hugged a plush bear tightly, her large eyes filled with a hint of bewilderment and emptiness…

The fortress's machinery continued to operate ceaselessly, while the lights in the lower and middle city flickered on and off.

"Team Leader! Team Leader Mu Liang!"

Lin Bo's shout pulled Wang Jixuan back from his reverie, and he removed the newly bought earphones from his ears.

He had been slacking off at his workstation in the security office.

Wang Jixuan asked, "What's up? Has that investigation team arrived?"

"Team Leader, you haven't forgotten about meeting a cute girl today, have you?"

Lin Bo muttered softly:

"The girl has already arrived, on the park bench across from the security office, behind the central elevator shaft."

"Just give our captain some face and go chat with her for a bit! She took the initiative to want to meet you after seeing your picture. Her name is Wen Tongtong, a standard conservative type, Wei Na the doctor gave her a five-star recommendation."

"Hehe, as long as you go over there in our uniform, half the battle is won! Our temperament and looks are absolutely lethal!"

Wang Jixuan smiled and nodded, closed the book "Mechanics: Advanced", and asked again:

"Has that investigation team arrived yet?"

"It's said they'll arrive at the fortress tonight. They're all genuine front-line combat personnel rotating for rest! Rumor has it there's even a powerful front-line esper!"

"Okay," Wang Jixuan responded, raising his hand to straighten his collar. His light blue security uniform was immaculate.

To be honest, he didn't have much expectation for a sweet romance. At this stage, his pure Yang energy was too important to lose.

Firstly, it was a kindness from a friend, and secondly, he could take the opportunity to experience interacting with people, so as to temper his heart in the mortal world.

According to the rules here, a polite 'You're very good, but we're not suitable' would be enough later.

He straightened the collar of his uniform, casually picked up the gun holster and fastened it, and strode out of the security office.