In front of the Earth traversal crowd, the Black Tassel Long Spear in Wu Di’s hand emitted a faint black flame, naturally floating up and suspending in the air, gradually transforming into the form of a humanoid being.

A spear is an imposing weapon, yet when Wu Di’s lifebound magical treasure took on human form, its stature seemed somewhat petite.

The black light flame didn’t entirely dissipate for a moment, and the Earth traversal crowd stared intently at it, unable to discern its true appearance.

"Huh? It’s not the [Demon Child]?"

After [Martial God] and [Prophet] returned to the team, Cheng Lixing resumed his previous optimistic and cheerful demeanor, speaking much more.

As he spoke, Cheng Lixing sighed regretfully, "Just looking at this figure, it’s obvious it can’t be Lord Demon Child..."

After speaking, he glanced at Sikong Si beside him, feeling guilty as if he was tattling.

Because...

After Ma Ran and Su Qiangwei returned, Cheng Lixing found Ma Ran and confided all his suspicions about Sikong Si to him.

After the Second Generation God of Slaughter, Ti Sheng, was jointly defeated, the projection screen of the bloody live stream was turned off, so the people hiding in the cellar hadn’t seen the end, unaware of much important information.

Cheng Lixing personally suspected that his friend might have been possessed by some alien or reborn from the future.

His reading volume was nowhere near that of the late-stage otaku writer, Dong Huaiming, so these were the only two possibilities he could think of at the time.

If it was the former, then reporting the situation to Ma Ran was good for everyone.

If it was the latter...

Then Cheng Lixing’s actions might seem like betraying his friend.

This was also the origin of his guilt.

However...

No matter how many personal emotions there were, it wouldn’t affect Cheng Lixing’s judgment and decision!

He was well aware that the current Earth was in deep trouble.

The future Earth might face more terrifying enemies!

Therefore, it was necessary to fully mobilize all available combat power, unite everyone’s strength, rally those with talent and potential, and perhaps those with cheats, to forge ahead fearlessly, overcome all obstacles, defeat all enemies, and win back peace for Earth!

After the [Chuanke Trial], [Space Academy Battle], and [God of Slaughter Event], Earth seemed to have calmed down a lot, but in reality, undercurrents were still surging, with someone dying every hour somewhere in the world because of alien colonizers, invaders, and alien creatures.

Though statistically, the number of these unlucky individuals wasn’t high, with ten, even dozens of times more people dying in car accidents and from cancer, but... 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

To die from a car accident or cancer and to be killed by an alien life form are completely different concepts!

Cheng Lixing’s will was very firm, with his own principles and ideas, which was why he reached the superpower awakening standard before joining the Mechanician training camp.

In fact, in the first training camp, only Cheng Lixing and Sikong Si had awakened superpowers before training even began!

Thus, the two had many common topics and became good friends.

Cheng Lixing, through rational analysis, believed he wasn’t wrong in his actions, but emotionally he felt like the kind of guy who would secretly tattle to the teacher during school days.

He was very conflicted.

Cheng Lixing secretly glanced at Sikong Si, only to find that he was being watched meaningfully, so he quickly shifted his gaze and pointed at the humanoid form of the Black Tassel Long Spear, exclaiming, "Wow! It’s a girl!"

Next to him, Zhu Hanyi frowned slightly and remarked, "Why are you so noisy today? Haven’t seen a girl before?"

A woman would only slow down his sword drawing speed!

If the [Rain Boiling Sword] were also to take a humanoid form one day, it certainly wouldn’t be a girl, Zhu Hanyi could guarantee that!

"Let’s call her [Fearless]!"

Wu Di looked passionately at his Gun Spirit, even though its appearance and gender were completely different from his own, he still felt he should inherit the fine tradition of the Demon Child.

Therefore, he wanted to name the Gun Spirit [Fearless], directly inheriting his own codename.

Although Wu Di was headstrong and his emotional intelligence was notoriously low, he was a good disciple who didn’t express it but always exhibited the fine quality of respecting his master.

Even if the Demon Child had not clearly stated his intention to take Wu Di as a disciple, Wu Di would still seek to uphold the image of Demon Child Zhang Kuang at any time and any place.

Otherwise, given his current status within the Academic Society, he wouldn’t need to train so hard, seizing every opportunity for progress.

Why work so hard?

To become stronger and show off?

No, no, no!

That was never Wu Di’s pursuit or goal.

From the beginning, his goal was merely to make more friends, nothing more.

The sole reason for his intense training was that he didn’t want to hear others say that [Demon’s Direct Disciple] was inferior to [Sword Master’s Direct Disciple], implying that [Demon Child] was inferior to [Sword Master].

Although this logic doesn’t hold water, Wu Di felt he should eliminate any such possibilities.

Beyond the "master and disciple" identity, Wu Di had already regarded Demon Child Zhang Kuang as his friend, despite the age gap.

The amicable conversations in the VIP room of the Grass Hut, traveling together in China to "seek the gun," drinking and singing together in the Academic Society’s karaoke room...

Such seemingly ordinary moments always lingered in his mind, especially during late-night recollections.

It’s strange to say, reminiscing should be an elder’s activity, yet Wu Di, still a boy, seemed to have embraced this phase ahead of time.

"So unpleasant! No way!"

The one who spoke was the humanoid form of the Black Tassel Long Spear.

More precisely, it was a girl with black hair and red eyes, about 1.5 meters tall, with a loli figure and a soft voice, exuding a mature woman’s demeanor: "I determine my own destiny, not the heavens! Even though you gave me life, my name should be decided by myself!"

After speaking, the Spear Lolita went offline directly, standing dazedly in place as if lost in thought.

After a long pause, she finally spoke up, "Black Tassel! That’s my name!"

A dazzling golden Little Walnut flew over to the Lolita, wiggling its round body and speaking cheerfully: "Hello, Sister Black Tassel! I’m 98725!"

The Spear Lolita stared at the Little Walnut for a while like a confused goose, then nodded her small head: "Hello, Senior 98725!"

Wu Di’s expression changed slightly.

What does it mean to treat people differently?

This brat wasn’t talking to me like that just now!

Ma Ran, Su Qiangwei, Zhu Hanyi, Cheng Lixing, Sikong Si, Zhang Qianren, and others all focused their attention over.

The lifebound divine soldier with a metallic body transforming into a sentient life form, an unscientific phenomenon, piqued the interest of those living in the 21st-century Earth.

However...

With the precedent of [Demon Child] Zhang Kuang and Little Daoist [Wudang], everyone found it surprising but not shocking.

It just felt like a strong contrast.

A spear, an dominating weapon, taking human form should either be a muscular guy like Demon Child or a strong mature woman, but a loli form...

Emmm...

For some reason, everyone felt it was acceptable.

While people say the sword is a gentleman’s weapon, able to bend but not break, there are soft swords and Wu Gou among swords! A spear taking a loli form is... sort of acceptable?

Others remained relatively reserved, only asking some questions on the side.

Su Qiangwei, however, was not the least bit polite, directly pinching Black Tassel’s little face, touching the gun girl’s arms, full of amazement: "Not a trace of metallic feel, amazing!"

The Spear Lolita stared blankly for a moment, then looked earnestly at Su Qiangwei, declaring seriously: "Sister Qiangwei, you’re even more amazing! Not only are you beautiful, but your strength is tremendous, not any less oppressive than Brother Prophet!"

As soon as the words fell, the atmosphere at the scene immediately turned peculiar.

Everyone’s eyes converged on Wu Di.

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