To prevent Qi Youyou from falling into a trap over living expenses, Chi Wan simply went ahead and sent her fifty thousand.

Qi Youyou was naturally startled by Chi Wan’s grand gesture. "Why so much? I still have money left over from what I earned last semester. This is enough for two years of my living expenses..."

But no matter what she said, Chi Wan just kept insisting it was an "investment, investment."

Helpless, Qi Youyou could only earnestly write Chi Wan an IOU.

Having stabilized the situation with Qi Youyou, Chi Wan could finally relax a little.

She only had two classes in the afternoon and planned to head back to her place first.

But just as Qi Youyou left, Li Xingye’s somewhat chilling voice rang out, "Wanwan, I can just kill He Lingfeng for you."

Chi Wan was startled. "Brother Xingye... when did you start listening?"

"From the moment that girl named Qin Shi came looking for you." You could tell Li Xingye’s killing intent toward He Lingfeng was practically overflowing. "This kind of person doesn’t even deserve to live."

In the apocalypse, Li Xingye had actually seen—and killed—many people like He Lingfeng. They used their strength to bully those weaker than them, but when faced with someone stronger, they were the first to kneel.

And that was in the apocalypse, where order had collapsed. But He Lingfeng lived in an era of peace, yet the things he did were worse than an animal’s.

Especially when Li Xingye heard Qi Youyou say that Qin Shi and Chi Wan looked similar from certain angles, he wanted to kill someone just thinking about He Lingfeng’s filthy intentions.

He didn’t even stop to worry if Chi Wan would be frightened by his violent words.

Chi Wan reassured him, "It’s okay, Brother Xingye. I already know what he’s planning, don’t I? Besides, I’ll have to report the existence of the apocalypse, Crystal Cores, and superpowers to the country sooner or later."

"If He Lingfeng really dies by your hand, I’m worried it’ll raise suspicions. I don’t want you guys to be inexplicably labeled as ’dangerous’ by the state just because of him. So, let me handle this for now."

"Don’t worry, even if I can’t solve it, I still have you, don’t I? After all, the reason I have so much confidence to face and resist He Lingfeng is because I know that no matter what, you’re behind me as my safety net. I have nothing to fear."

The rage and ferocity that had filled Li Xingye were miraculously soothed by Chi Wan’s few short sentences.

Especially when he heard Chi Wan say she was fearless because of him, he felt the anger in his chest melt into a warm current, making his heart soften so much he didn’t know what to do.

At the same time, for the umpteenth time, he was frustrated that he couldn’t cross the gap of space and time to be by Chi Wan’s side in a moment like this.

After a long moment, Li Xingye sighed softly. "I can never win an argument with you. But Wanwan, promise me you won’t put yourself in danger just to deal with He Lingfeng."

Chi Wan beamed. "Don’t worry, my life is far more precious than He Lingfeng’s."

Her eyes darted around, and she chuckled mischievously. "But Brother Xingye, you looked so cool just now when you said you’d take care of He Lingfeng for me~"

Li Xingye said helplessly, "Wanwan, we’re talking about serious business. Don’t change the subject."

Chi Wan said with a straight face, "How is this not serious business? It just proves my boyfriend is amazing and makes me feel super secure~"

Li Xingye: ...

The word "boyfriend" alone was enough to make the corners of his mouth turn up uncontrollably.

Seeing that she had rendered Li Xingye speechless, Chi Wan chuckled and stepped into her home. "By the way, Brother Xingye, can you get me a batch of lethal weapons that have obvious superpower characteristics?"

Although Li Xingye was a little curious why the conversation jumped from Crystal Core Energy to weapons, he figured Chi Wan must have her reasons and replied, "How many do you need?"

Chi Wan thought for a moment. "Let’s start with a hundred. I plan to go sound out Professor Zhang, and I’ll need something as proof."

After speaking, she entered the space, but Li Xingye wasn’t inside it.

She looked at the environment around Li Xingye; it looked like a large factory.

"Brother Xingye, what are you doing?"

Li Xingye knew Chi Wan was watching him, so he smiled and said, "Building an arsenal."

’An arsenal?’

Li Xingye guided Chi Wan’s line of sight deeper into the factory.

In such a short time, they had actually restarted the production lines. She saw many strangely shaped parts flowing like water through a series of gates before finally being assembled by hand into a finished weapon.

Chi Wan was a little surprised. "At this speed, couldn’t all ordinary people be fully armed?"

For ordinary people, as long as their physical fitness could keep up, if they had weapons that could fire superpower-based attacks, they might not be a match for High-level Superpower Users, but they wouldn’t be much different from regular superpower users, right?

Then... if these weapons were contributed to the motherland and paired with the already elite special forces, wouldn’t that mean...

A fire instantly ignited in Chi Wan’s heart.

Li Xingye couldn’t see Chi Wan’s expression, so he naturally didn’t know what she was thinking. He just continued along her line of thought, "That’s right. With these weapons, even those without superpowers can go out and fight zombies. And... for certain people, these weapons will be put to even better use."

Chi Wan continued her "inspection" with Li Xingye. In addition to weapons, there was indeed armor as well.

Interestingly, the superpowers imbued in some of the armor came from Li Xingye himself.

When activated, vines would instantly wrap around the wearer’s entire body, allowing even an ordinary person to withstand a zombie’s attack.

Unfortunately, Li Xingye’s superpower was too domineering; activating it required an exceptionally powerful Crystal Core.

Therefore, the production volume couldn’t compare to the protective gear made by those with the Metal Ability.

But the more Chi Wan watched, the brighter her eyes became.

’As expected, no matter how amazing something is, it needs to be mass-produced to bring about a qualitative change.’

She dared not imagine the kind of stir that even the Metal Ability-made protective gear—which Li Xingye considered not strong enough—would cause in her current world.

But the people of Hua Country had always preferred to make a fortune quietly. Chi Wan only wanted to secretly hand these things over through certain special channels.

That way, at a critical moment, this batch of equipment that should not exist in the present era would yield the greatest benefit.

Besides, after moving to the new base, with factories available, they wouldn’t have to worry about production capacity falling behind. With Li Xingye’s foresight, he would never limit his sights to a single factory.

’No wonder he was so determined to move back then.’

As if sensing Chi Wan’s excitement, Li Xingye remarked with a sigh, "It’s all thanks to Qianyu. After we moved here, she barely took a moment’s rest, leading the other superpower users to transform the factories into what they are today."

Before Chi Wan could say anything, an arm suddenly appeared on Li Xingye’s side and clapped onto his shoulder. "Boss, who are you muttering to? I heard Qianyu’s name. What’s up, reporting your battle results to the Space God?"