CHAPTER 61: CHAPTER 61: WITH ME HERE, RUAN RUAN CAN REST ASSURED

Half an hour later, at the training center square, Lu Shinian stood still, holding Su Ruan.

Then he released his Mecha, "Legend," from the Space Button.

Black and mighty, it stood in the middle of the square, tall and cold, exuding a machine-like hardness mixed with a hint of murderous aura.

At a glance, it felt like being on a bloody battlefield, making the body involuntarily tremble.

This was Su Ruan’s first time being so close to a Mecha. Unlike the videos she had seen on the Star Network, this face-to-face encounter was more imposing, making her instinctively feel a sense of submission.

Lu Shinian stood beside it, seemingly fused with the Mecha, cold and indifferent, as if smoke and blood mingled on him, looking down on everything with a god-like aloofness.

For a moment, Su Ruan was in a daze. This Lu Shinian was completely different from the one in front of her.

The world seemed to split apart. She watched as he entered the Mecha.

The Mecha, which was standing still just now, suddenly seemed to come to life.

Su Ruan strained her neck to look at the massive Mecha in front of her, feeling small for a moment.

The Mecha slowly extended its mechanical hand, bringing it to her and spreading its fingers open.

Su Ruan tilted her head and asked, "Do you want me to get on?"

"Ruan Ruan, trust me, step on it," Lu Shinian’s voice came from inside the Mecha.

Su Ruan grasped the fingertips of the Mecha and climbed aboard.

The delicate and gentle girl and the tall, cold Mecha seemed like two worlds colliding in this moment.

The fragility and hardness created an extreme sense of contrast.

The cold Mecha seemed to gain warmth from this trace of fragility.

The cold large hand carefully held the delicate girl in its palm, moving her cautiously to the chest area.

The hatch at the chest slowly opened, revealing Lu Shinian in his uniform.

"Ruan Ruan," his eyes seemed to ripple, "Get into the vice-seat."

As he spoke, the Mecha’s large hand delivered her to the hatch.

Su Ruan held onto the fingertips and stepped inside.

This was her first time in a Mecha cockpit. Before Lu Shinian, there was an extremely complex control panel, and on the right was a small position, the vice-seat of the Mecha.

Su Ruan bypassed Lu Shinian and sat in the vice-seat, her legs slightly curling, and she exclaimed, "There’s actually a vice-seat in a Mecha."

She thought Mechas could only be piloted by one person.

"Yes, it was added by the Mecha Manufacturing Department," Lu Shinian closed the hatch, making the space tight.

A faint blue light flowed above, barely lighting the entire cockpit.

Su Ruan curiously examined the cockpit. Apart from the complex control panel, there was nothing else.

She couldn’t understand the control panel and didn’t dare to touch anything. If she accidentally triggered something, it would be a big problem.

Compared to her tension, Lu Shinian seemed much more casual.

His slender fingers tapped on the control panel a few times, and he said casually, "Ruan Ruan, do you want to try?"

Su Ruan’s eyes brightened, "Can I?"

"Isn’t it said that below A-level can’t pilot a Mecha?"

"Yes, you can," Lu Shinian took Su Ruan’s small hand. "With me here, Ruan Ruan can play for a bit."

"Moreover, the Mecha is not in combat mode, so the requirements for spiritual power are not high."

He rubbed Su Ruan’s hair and said in a deep voice, "With me here, Ruan Ruan, don’t worry."

Su Ruan obediently responded, "Mm," and asked, "Which one is the control key?"

Seeing her interest in Mechas, Lu Shinian chuckled lowly and began to teach hand over hand.

I must say, Lu Shinian was a very good teacher.

He explained each control button clearly and also taught some basic operational methods.

Su Ruan listened intently, occasionally asking some questions.

The two, one willing to teach, the other willing to learn, created a harmonious atmosphere.

It’s unclear how much time passed before an unsatisfied Su Ruan smacked her lips and couldn’t help but praise, "Really amazing."

To remember so many things and to perform extreme operations during battles.

No wonder he’s the interstellar First Commander.

Lu Shinian tousled her hair, his gaze momentarily complicated.

Su Ruan looked down at the control panel still glowing blue and couldn’t help but think, if cleansing the impurities in the Energy Stone could enhance her spiritual power, would she one day surpass A-level in spiritual power?

By then, perhaps she could pilot a Mecha too.

Thinking of this possibility, Su Ruan felt more determined internally.

Her eyes flashed, but she didn’t reveal her thoughts immediately.

Maybe one day she would tell Lu Shinian, but not now.

As it grew late, Su Ruan and Lu Shinian descended from the Mecha.

Lu Shinian retracted the Mecha into the Space Button, handled a few simple matters, and then took Su Ruan home.

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Time flew by, and the next day came.

Early in the morning, Lu Shinian left, while Su Ruan entered the Second World.

Lu Shinian probably had something important to do. This time when she logged in, "Little Sweet" didn’t follow her online.

She waited a few minutes, and seeing he wasn’t online, she headed out to a small shop that sold Energy Stones.

Since it’s the Second World, the Energy Stones that serve as energy sources are also faithfully recreated in it.

However, Energy Stones in the Second World are much cheaper than in reality. A Level 2 Energy Stone only costs a thousand Virtual Coins.

After buying a Level 2 Energy Stone, Su Ruan returned to her rented little room.

She set the room to Do Not Disturb mode, so no one could bother her.

Then she looked at the Level 2 Energy Stone in her hand, holding her breath and slightly closing her eyes.

In the void, she "saw" a mass of black mist.

The black mist hovered inside the Energy Stone, looking extremely menacing.

Truly the Second World, even the black mist is simulated.

Or maybe even the main brain can’t detect or clear the black mist in the Energy Stone.

Su Ruan slowly opened her eyes, realizing once more how powerful her "golden finger" was.

Before she grows stronger, she mustn’t let others find out.

With this thought, Su Ruan instinctively tried to clear the black mist in the Level 2 Energy Stone.

When she came back to herself, the black mist in the Energy Stone had already been completely cleared.

Su Ruan: ...

"Strange," she murmured.

Previously, clearing the black mist from a Level 2 Energy Stone in reality felt difficult, but in the Second World, she did it in a daze.

But after thinking about it, this is not reality, so certain differences indeed exist in the clearing process.

Su Ruan played with the pure Energy Stone in her hand, lost in thought.