Chapter 372
Chapter 372 Getting Used to It
Xia Xinyan had no idea what strange thoughts were running through Ling Mo’s mind after just escaping death.
After finishing her healing, she gently released Ling Mo and stood up to walk outside. “Let’s go, we need to save the others…”
Then, she noticed that the Mecha, which had been on high alert mode, was now in spectator mode.
The two exchanged a glance for two seconds.
The Mecha silently turned its head away.
Xia Xinyan took a deep breath but said nothing.
Sometimes, having an overly intelligent AI… wasn’t necessarily a good thing.
At this moment, Ling Mo had also walked out. Though he had recovered considerably under her treatment, the lingering effects after the outburst still needed some time to wear off—like a forced cooldown period.
He shook his head and looked around. “Are the others… all okay?”
“They should be fine,” Xia Xinyan nodded. “We’re just preparing to rescue them.”
Upon hearing this, Ling Mo couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. “That’s good.”
“Let you control the Mecha,” Xia Xinyan tilted her head and smiled. “You’re more familiar with it than I am.”
She wasn’t in the mood to deal with that thing right now.
Perhaps it was because of the Mecha’s superior artificial intelligence; Xia Xinyan had treated Tianji as if he were almost human, which made her feel somewhat embarrassed since he had just seen her like this.
Although she kept saying she was used to it, honestly, acting like this in public would still inevitably feel awkward, after all, she valued her pride. If no one was watching, it would be fine, but with Tianji present, it made her feel a bit ashamed, as if she were being publicly executed.
Well, that added another reason to dislike Tianji.
…Speaking of which, was her mindset starting to resemble that of a girl? Shy and hesitant, sometimes even making her feel a bit conflicted.
Realizing this, Xia Xinyan felt a bit odd.
But it didn’t remain odd for long—because Ling Mo picked her up again.
Then he brought her into the cockpit together.
Xia Xinyan immediately yelled, “Just let me stay below this time! There are no enemies left!”
“You don’t need to,” Ling Mo directly closed the cockpit, locking them inside, and said seriously, “It’s safer this way. No one can be sure those guys won’t suddenly come back to attack. It’s better to be cautious.”
Xia Xinyan: “…”
She thought about arguing but figured it’d be pointless. Ling Mo definitely wouldn’t let her down.
It was just like taking care of a child.
Although it made her a bit helpless, after all, the guy was coming from a good place… if she continued to refuse, it would make her seem a bit unreasonable.
It seemed… she had unknowingly started to care about Ling Mo’s feelings, whether it was the situation outside or how she responded to him. She would think about what he might think first.
At first, she was worried that some of her actions would ruin Ling Mo’s impression of her, making him leave. But now… clearly, Ling Mo’s fondness for her was almost overflowing; even if she acted up a bit, it probably wouldn’t matter. So why did she still care so much about his feelings?
Xia Xinyan pondered for a while but found no answers.
Maybe it was because she had gotten used to it, just like healing Ling Mo.
Getting used to… truly was a terrifying thing…
But since this guy meant well, she would just go along with it once, while still remaining in charge of this matter.
Yep, that’s right.
Ling Mo, of course, had no idea what was on her mind. Although having warm and soft person in his arms was wonderful, there were still important tasks to handle; he couldn’t afford to be too engrossed in the gentle atmosphere.
After taking control of the Mecha, he activated the full scan function, partly to rescue people better and partly to prevent a surprise attack.
However, from the scanning results, those guys had indeed all run away, including the group he had trapped earlier, who had also disappeared in the previous explosion.
Now he understood what had happened earlier; the suited bald man probably realized he couldn’t win, so he abandoned the position and chose to retreat. The words exchanged during the standoff had only been a stall tactic—thinking back, it was quite coincidental; he was waiting for a cooldown, and so was the suited bald man.
In simple terms, he had let his guard down.
This battle served to wake Ling Mo up; he couldn’t afford to be complacent just because of his strength advantage when facing enemies. In these times, you never knew how many tricks they might have left up their sleeves.
Perhaps all the previous situations had been too smooth, causing him to become a bit overconfident. Fortunately, it wasn’t too late for him to realize this, and the cost of that realization wasn’t too high.
This was probably the best news to come out of this whole event.
With the assistance of the Mecha, rescuing others trapped under the falling rocks wasn’t too difficult. Though the protective fortress he conjured at a critical moment had saved everyone’s lives, it couldn’t completely withstand the impact of so many falling rocks, so there were many injured villagers and crew members when rescuing them.
Fortunately, Ling Mo had some healing potions stored in his space watch. While they weren’t high-grade potions, they could temporarily stabilize their injuries.
On the other side, Morning Light was also quick to act. They brought reinforcements with them not long after, a whole bunch of high-strength fighters, who came in and immediately turned into medics without doing anything else.
The Ability Bureau members and Chicks who had been prioritized for care were in bad shape. Lin Nan had recovered quickly, but his entire left leg was broken. Although there were healing potions, the recovery process was slow.
The situation for the Fatty and Bai Yu was not too bad, but the Fatty seemed to have suffered a significant emotional blow. After listening to Ling Mo explain what had happened, he unleashed a tirade of curses that lasted for over ten minutes without any sign of stopping.
And he had no intention of slowing down at all.
Bai Yu chuckled resignedly beside him and said to Ling Mo and the others, “Just let him vent.”
To be fair, he was pretty freaked out earlier. Mainly, they had come here only to be knocked out at the start and spent the entire time tied up waiting for someone to save them, which had even been live-streamed! It was easy to imagine how stifled he felt, and cursing was only a normal reaction.
This was often the Fatty’s way of expressing his emotions.
Morning Light let out a breath, looking at Xia Xinyan and Ling Mo. “Thanks to you both… thank you.”
He initially just wanted the two to buy some time, but he hadn’t expected them to flip the tables on the enemy so directly.
Ling Mo shook his head. “No need to thank us; it’s what we should do. It’s just a pity that those guys got away…”
“It’s fine, just leave the next part to us,” Lin Nan, lying nearby, forced a smile. “We can’t let you do everything; that would make the Ability Bureau look useless.”
Xia Xinyan said nothing.
Leave it to them, huh…
It really wasn’t certain if they could handle it.
She remembered that in her past life, she never heard any news of the Evil Sect being flipped until she died.
