"Lights! Turn on the lights! Stop the music first!"
Zhou Zhengde waved excitedly, and the flashing lights in the private room immediately stopped. The others gathered nearby and watched curiously.
Wang Jixuan ended the call and quickly replied to Ling Tong: [In a meeting, will call back later.]
—Daoist Wang was mainly worried that Ling Tong would see his current surroundings and revise her impression of him as a Righteous Person.
Then Wang Jixuan looked curiously toward Zhou Zhengde.
Before pressing the button to accept the call, Zhou Zhengde had genuinely thought he had gotten up too suddenly.
His great-grandmother—his father's biological grandmother—had died of illness when he was young... How could this be...
The Projection Screen extending from Zhou Zhengde's wristwatch flickered faintly, revealing the face of an elderly woman.
Dense instrument wires filled the space behind the old woman's head, and obvious mechanical cracks showed where her neck connected to her chest.
A Half-Human Mech.
And a relatively primitive model at that.
Understanding dawned on Wang Jixuan's face.
He had seen this old Half-Human Mech many times in Fu Jian's memories. She seemed to be the first-generation Half-Human Mech, named Zhang Huanying—Fu Jian's steadfast classmate, comrade-in-arms, and supporter, as well as one of the founders of the D5 Comprehensive War Zone.
Fu Jian had used the Crane Origin Pill to save his old comrade?
Little Fu was quite loyal after all.
Zhou Zhengde stammered, "G-Great-Grandma?"
"Mmm..."
The old woman revealed a kind smile.
She did not open her mouth, yet a gentle voice came through, carrying a faint electronic synthesized quality as she slowly said:
"In the blink of an eye, you have grown so much. I have heard of your father's death. As a senior technician, he made the contributions expected of him toward humanity's survival. I