Chapter 191: Chapter 174: The Situation Escalates, Infinite Resurrection

"What do you mean by ’don’t bring it into the open,’ Sister Ning’Er?" Fang Tangtang asked again, confused.

"Heh... it’s complicated. To put it simply, there’s infighting among the alien races, and the Human Alliance isn’t a single, solid bloc either. Anyway, we’re at the military academy." Shen Ning’Er chuckled.

"Sister Ning’Er, don’t go back tonight, okay? Have a sleepover with me?" Fang Tangtang looked at Shen Ning’Er reluctantly, her face full of anticipation.

"Not today. I still have things to take care of at the Military Department." Shen Ning’Er shook her head.

"Okay..." Fang Tangtang pouted.

Gao Neng and Fang Tangtang got out of the car together at the military academy’s entrance.

But Shen Ning’Er didn’t drive off immediately. Instead, she gave Gao Neng a thoughtful look. "Tangtang said you built a Number 4 Electromagnetic Cannon at the Celestial King Group?"

"Mhm, yeah. Just standard procedure," Gao Neng didn’t deny it.

"Oh, so it’s just ’standard procedure,’ is it? My strength has recently broken through to the next level, so my old alloy spear isn’t suitable anymore. You can make me a new one. I’ll have Chen Bai send over the materials and the blueprint." After speaking, Shen Ning’Er didn’t wait for a reply and just drove away.

"Wait, aren’t we going to discuss the manufacturing fee? Ten million! I’ll give you a twenty percent discount... fifty percent! Fifty percent is fine too!" Gao Neng shouted at the departing military jeep.

But Shen Ning’Er’s jeep was already getting farther and farther away.

Gao Neng was a little speechless.

Shen Ning’Er must be jealous, right?

Otherwise, with the Shen Family’s power, would she really need to go out of her way to ask *him* to make an alloy spear?

Women... They really are that simple.

"Gao Neng, I’m telling you something very seriously. The Celestial King Group owns 49% of the shares in your workshop. If you don’t get paid for making Sister Ning’Er’s alloy spear, then based on the ten million manufacturing fee you just quoted, you’ll have to put in 4.9 million of your own money!" Fang Tangtang said with a straight face.

"If I recall correctly, didn’t you smack me on the head while I was sleeping earlier?" Gao Neng ignored her and raised his palm.

"Ah, are you trying to get revenge? Don’t hit me! I have a reputation to uphold, you know?! This is the entrance to the military academy... Wuwu, please, Gao Neng, spare me..."

...

By the time he got back to his dorm, it was already eleven at night.

Gao Neng was completely exhausted. The moment he entered the room, he flopped onto his bed and fell fast asleep, snoring softly.

He slept quite comfortably.

In his dream, he felt someone help him take off his clothes, and he even dreamed that someone had crawled into his blankets.

"..."

He slept until broad daylight. When Gao Neng opened his eyes, the sun was already high in the sky. He was about to get up to wash up when he discovered that his clothes had really been taken off.

He was completely bare.

"Huh? Did I take off my clothes before sleeping last night?" Gao Neng was surprised. Then, his hand felt something.

Ah!

There’s someone in my bed!

It’s Fang Tangtang!

What the hell! That loli Fang Tangtang actually climbed into my bed in the middle of the night? What is she trying to do? Did she see my incredible talent for crafting and now she wants to claim me for her own?

No way. I absolutely cannot let Fang Tangtang’s wicked scheme succeed.

I didn’t do anything!

"Fang Tangtang, why did you climb into my bed?!" Gao Neng suddenly shouted, and in one motion, ripped the covers off the bed.

"Meow..." A cat’s cry sounded.

Gao Neng’s expression froze.

He was indeed stark naked, but there was no girl in his bed, no Fang Tangtang—only a cat with silver-white fur.

Its fur was smooth and fine, its eyes a deep color.

"Gao Xiaomeng?!" Gao Neng was absolutely stunned.

Gao Xiaomeng came to his bed?

I’m not dreaming, am I?

He rubbed his eyes again and saw that it was indeed Gao Xiaomeng sleeping on the bed. There was no mistaking it, because Gao Xiaomeng’s appearance was just too distinct.

"Meow, meow, meow..." Gao Xiaomeng continued to meow, rubbing her eyes with her two paws as well.

"Use your words!" Gao Neng was speechless. Was she trying to act cute in front of him?

"I’m hungry. I want breakfast. Pancakes... I want five, and milk!" Gao Xiaomeng said. Then, she stretched out a paw and pulled the covers back over herself.

"Such high demands, huh? How did you get to the City of Hope? Didn’t you say you were staying in the Forgotten Land? And how did you even find me?" Gao Neng had a string of questions he wanted to ask.

And more importantly, he had clearly felt a girl sleeping in his bed just now...

It made no sense.

Could it really be that spring is here, and what a person thinks by day, they dream by night?

Ten minutes later.

Gao Neng had changed, washed up, and started making breakfast for himself and Gao Xiaomeng.

According to Gao Xiaomeng, she had run into a girl—an incredibly cute girl—who had taken an immediate liking to her and brought her to the City of Hope.

However, they got separated after getting off the plane.

So Gao Xiaomeng had wandered around, asking the local stray cats for information, and eventually made her way to the Eastern Capital and found Gao Neng’s place.

Gao Neng didn’t quite believe her story, but he didn’t press for details.

He finished making breakfast.

Gao Xiaomeng began to wolf down her food. After devouring five large pancakes, her belly was bulging, but she still stared at the pancake in Gao Neng’s hand, blinking.

"So, are you going to live here from now on?" Gao Neng swallowed the pancake in his hand in one bite, wiped his mouth, and asked casually.

"I’ll stay once in a while," Gao Xiaomeng replied noncommittally.

"Heh, aren’t you going to recruit stray cats as your underlings anymore?" Gao Neng smiled. He knew Gao Xiaomeng’s personality; she loved being the Cat King.

And she actually had been one.

In the Forgotten Land, Gao Xiaomeng had three thousand stray cats as her underlings. The sight was even more epic than something out of a movie.

"I’m currently forming an army. I plan to divide it into a Warrior Group, a Logistics Group, and an Intelligence Group. The Warrior Group has over 200 members now, and each one can basically take on ten opponents, no problem. The Logistics Group is a bit weaker, but they’re fine for gathering food and whatnot. The Intelligence Group is made up of the faster ones..." Gao Xiaomeng replied leisurely.

"Wait, what did you say? An army?!"

"Yeah, there are about five thousand of them now. I’m planning to expand to fifty thousand. Then I’ll divide them into five divisions, and those five divisions will form a corps. What do you think?"

"You think I’d believe that?" Gao Neng slapped her flat, turning Gao Xiaomeng into a pancake.

"Believe it or not," Gao Xiaomeng said, unfazed.

She rolled over a couple of times, and the pancake-cat returned to her silver cat form.

It had to be said, Gao Xiaomeng’s ability was pretty incredible. She could be round or flat, just like a ball of water, changing her shape at will.

After breakfast.

Gao Neng called Gui Zian to ask about the day’s classes, but Gui Zian said he was still at the military district, so it seemed the matter was still under discussion.

If they found the ’Source’ of resurrection, could people really be revived indefinitely?

Thinking about what Shen Ning’Er had said yesterday...

Gao Neng was lost in thought. For some reason, he found the whole thing rather incredible.

In the past, he definitely wouldn’t have believed such a thing.

But Ye Ying really had been resurrected.

Besides that, there was Gao Xiaomeng, right here in front of him.

Even now, he could still remember the liquid lifeform that had emerged from the magnetic core, the civilization hidden within the magnetic pile, and the secret of the aliens’ resurrection. Could there be a connection between them?