Innate Resonator

Luo Yan was dazed.

He still hadn't recovered.

After an unknown length of time, he vaguely heard someone questioning him.

"Hey, kid. What's your name? I'm asking you a question."

Luo Yan raised his head blankly and saw several people standing nearby.

Several soldiers wore dark armor, while another man wore something resembling a diving suit covered in sensors.

He was a middle-aged man with stern features and a tough bearing.

He spoke up. "This child probably hasn't recovered from the empathy connection yet. Take him to the medical vehicle and have the doctor examine him."

"Yes, Commander Di."

Several soldiers walked over. Two of them lifted Luo Yan up and carried him away.

Compared to before, their movements were clearly much gentler.

The man called "Commander Di" turned and glanced at the silver mecha beside him, then quickly climbed into an armored vehicle.

All the soldiers inside stood and saluted. "Good day, Commander Di!"

Commander Di made a gesture and said, "Replay the scene of White Dragon's battle just now."

Soon, he saw the following scene on the screen: Luo Yan performed various movements on the ground, and the silver mecha code-named White Dragon performed the same movements in sync.

"Captain Di Zheng, he should be an Innate Resonator just like you," a soldier beside him said quietly.

The captain, whose full name was Di Zheng, nodded. "He connected to the Empathy System without any training. He really is an Innate Resonator. It seems he's more suited to White Dragon than Yang Rong."

"After he recovers, I'll ask for his opinion. If he agrees, we'll take him back to the Undercity."

"No!"

A voice suddenly rang out.

Di Zheng turned around, and someone climbed into the armored vehicle.

It was the black-haired, brown-eyed Pilot Yang Rong.

He had just emerged from the mecha and arrived at the command vehicle when he heard Di Zheng's words.

Without time to think, he immediately spoke up to stop him.

Di Zheng looked at him indifferently.

Yang Rong said excitedly, "Commander, we can't let some unidentified kid go to the Undercity."

"Besides, he has Red Poison. His eyes are completely red, and he's not far from death."

"In short, he has no value!"

Di Zheng said flatly, "Are you finished? If so, please leave. This isn't a place you can come."

A powerful unwillingness surged in Yang Rong's eyes. He was about to speak again when Di Zheng asked indifferently,

"Do I have to say it a second time?"

Yang Rong no longer dared to argue. He lowered his head and left the armored vehicle.

As he made his way toward his own rest vehicle, he felt as if people were pointing at him.

But what concerned him most was Di Zheng's remark: "He's more suited to White Dragon than Yang Rong!"

No!

Absolutely not!

I refuse!

A murderous glint flashed through Yang Rong's eyes.

Inside the medical vehicle, Luo Yan finally recovered after a series of examinations.

But he was still very weak.

However, when he saw the nurse preparing to inject him,

he suddenly jumped up.

He instinctively resisted.

At that moment, a voice rang out. "Sit down obediently. You have Red Poison, so your constitution is already weak. You just connected with White Dragon, and your vital energy, essence, and spirit are all depleted."

"This injection will restore your vitality and ease the Red Poison."

"Don't worry. It won't cost you your life."

Luo Yan then saw the man called "Commander Di" walk in.

He said, "My name is Di Zheng, commander of the Ground Exploration Corps."

"What's your name?"

Luo Yan hesitated before speaking hoarsely.

"My name is Luo Yan."

The nurse injected him with the medicine, then temporarily left the vehicle at the doctor's instruction.

Only Luo Yan and Di Zheng remained inside.

Di Zheng pulled over a chair and sat down. "We come from an Underground City. It was built before the Giant Beast Calamity. It has complete living facilities, and fifty thousand humans work and live there."

"You're an Innate Resonator. Without the aid of instruments, you can share a mecha's senses."

"You're a natural mecha pilot. Therefore, I'd like to invite you to the Undercity."

"Of course, you haven't received any training and lack common knowledge."

"After going to the Undercity, you'll have to study for three years."

"As a mecha pilot, you'll receive many benefits. One of them is treatment for your Red Poison."

"Well? Are you willing?"

Luo Yan's heartbeat quickened.

Just as he had guessed before,

these people really could treat Red Poison.

That alone was enough to make Luo Yan unable to refuse.

Besides, he also wanted to search for his family.

But because he carried Red Poison and had no weapons,

he had been forced to eke out a living in this city.

He could barely take a step.

Now, he finally saw hope!

But before he could respond, Di Zheng spoke again.

"However, I have to warn you about something."

"Although my recommendation will allow you to enter the Undercity and study at the Mecha Training Academy,"

"once you do, you and I will be on the same side."

"Whether you're willing or not, others will see you that way."

"And for certain reasons, I have quite a few enemies in the Undercity."

"If you agree, you'll gain an opportunity, but you'll also gain some enemies."

After hearing Di Zheng say this, Luo Yan no longer hesitated.

"I'm willing."

"I want to live."

"Besides, I'm not afraid of making enemies."

During his three years on the surface, he had faced and killed quite a few enemies.

Besides,

there was no such thing as a free lunch.

Luo Yan understood that principle.

If he wanted a chance to survive,

he naturally had to pay a certain price!

The way this commander made everything clear instead gave Luo Yan the feeling that he could be trusted.

Di Zheng's face was cold as he nodded. "Good. Rest for now. We'll return tomorrow."

That afternoon, the third mecha finally returned.

A truck came back along with the mecha.

No one knew what was inside the truck's cargo compartment. It was tightly wrapped in waterproof cloth.

It seemed to have been hauled back from the Giant Beast Taotie's lair at Galaxy Stadium.

This made Luo Yan, who was sitting on a low stone beside the vehicle, curious.

Night fell in the blink of an eye.

A beautiful woman in uniform approached Luo Yan with a beaming smile.

She put down several food cans and said to Luo Yan,

"Kid, these are for you."

Luo Yan glanced at her without speaking.

Over the past few years, he had learned one thing.

Never casually eat food from strangers.

Besides, the more beautiful a woman was, the more dangerous she was.

When the woman saw that Luo Yan did not move at all, she snorted and sat down.

She moved closer to Luo Yan.

A faint, Ethereal Fragrance immediately drifted into his nose.

"What's wrong, kid? Are you afraid I'll hurt you?"

"I shouldn't have come personally."

"By the way, tell me, how did you operate White Dragon?"

Luo Yan raised his head and looked at her questioningly. "White Dragon?"

"The mecha Pilot Yang Rong was driving."

"Oh."

After that, Luo Yan fell silent again.

He also had no idea how he had managed to operate it.

He thought it was probably related to the Innate Resonator Di Zheng had mentioned.

Seeing Luo Yan's cold, heartless attitude, the woman snorted and got up to leave.

After she was gone, Luo Yan opened the can.

The fragrance of meat immediately stirred his appetite.

But he restrained himself and casually scattered the meat from the can nearby.

At that moment, several stray dogs poked their heads out cautiously.

Luo Yan pretended not to notice.

The stray dogs boldly ran over and scrambled to eat the meat on the ground.

Luo Yan took out the bread he had brought and ate silently.

Suddenly, the stray dogs beside him let out mournful cries.

Luo Yan turned his head and saw the dogs collapse, foaming at the mouth and convulsing all over.

His eyes narrowed slightly.

"Damn brat, you don't understand women at all. You deserve to die."

"Heh heh, after pulling this off, I'll obtain the basic Visualization Technique promised by Pilot Yang Rong. If I can achieve Aperture Opening, I'll have a chance to enter the Mecha Academy and become a pilot."

"Then I'll never have to look at anyone's expression again!"

The beautiful woman imagined the scene and secretly congratulated herself.

Finally, she slipped into her own single-person tent.

It was deep into the night.

While the woman slept groggily, her throat suddenly tightened, nearly suffocating her.

She abruptly opened her eyes and saw a dark figure beside her.

Then she heard the figure say, "If you dare shout, I'll kill you immediately."

Next, her face turned cold, followed by the sting of skin being cut.

The woman hurriedly nodded, not daring to argue.

The dark figure then asked, "Why did you give me poisoned meat cans?"

The woman immediately realized who the other party was.

Luo Yan!

That seemingly young child had actually dared to sneak into her tent?

He wasn't dead?

He hadn't eaten the meat?

How was that possible?

Weren't the surface survivors the sort who would stuff anything into their mouths the moment they found something to eat, without thinking?

After a moment of panic, the woman's eyes shifted.

She didn't dare expose Yang Rong, so she whispered, "Poisoned? You must be mistaken."

Luo Yan took one of the meat cans, opened it, forced the woman's mouth open, and prepared to pour its contents inside.

The woman hadn't expected him to be so ruthless. She hurriedly said, "I'll tell you, I'll tell you. It was Yang Rong."

"Pilot Yang told me to do it!"

Yang Rong...

That gloomy pilot's figure immediately flashed through Luo Yan's mind.

"Fine."

Luo Yan released his grip.

The woman had narrowly escaped with her life and finally relaxed.

Then all sorts of vicious methods surged through her mind, including countless ways to torment Luo Yan to death.

But at that moment, fragrant artificial meat and a large amount of gravy suddenly slid into her mouth!

Luo Yan poured everything from the can into the woman's mouth, then pressed down hard on her lips.

The woman struggled desperately, her eyes bulging as if they were about to fall out.

But in the end, she still foamed at the mouth.

She was dead.

Luo Yan took out a sharpened piece of iron, sliced open the woman's artery, filled the empty can with her fresh blood, and then quietly left.

He left the convoy.

All along the way, he sprinkled the woman's blood.

It wasn't long before some Wolf Ticks came sniffing after the scent of blood.

They charged into the convoy.

They charged into the woman's tent.

This alarmed the soldiers, and a brief battle soon broke out.

The Wolf Ticks were all killed.

But the woman was also "unfortunately" torn to pieces by the Wolf Ticks.

Seeing this scene, Luo Yan inhaled deeply, drawing in the cold night air, then returned to the tent assigned to him.

The next day, the convoy set out.

It soon left Flower City.

They headed north.

At dusk, they stopped beneath a large bridge to rest.

The three trucks carrying mechas opened their cargo compartments, and maintenance workers began performing routine upkeep on the mechas.

Every pilot treasured their own mecha like a priceless possession. They had to stand nearby during maintenance before they could feel at ease.

Yang Rong was no exception.

Moreover, he was in a foul mood and treated the maintenance workers harshly.

"Be careful. If you damage it, you'll regret it."

"Are you idiots? Who taught you to use lubricant like that?"

Luo Yan sat nearby, watching as the floor of the cargo compartment rose and lifted the mecha's upper body.

Yang Rong stood beneath the mecha, pointing here and there.

From time to time, he glanced at Luo Yan with a gloomy expression.

Luo Yan ignored him, closed his eyes, and sought the sensation from the previous day.

Soon, he heard that powerful heartbeat again.

It was as if the mecha were a living creature rather than a construct of metal.

Luo Yan instantly established a connection with the mecha and achieved resonance.

Beneath the corner of his "eye," Yang Rong's figure appeared.

Luo Yan swiftly shook his body.

On the heavy truck, White Dragon suddenly tilted, snapped several securing cables, and toppled toward the ground.

Yang Rong happened to be turning to leave and failed to notice it in time.

But then he heard the maintenance workers cry out in alarm.

A huge shadow fell over him.

Bang!

The mecha crashed heavily to the ground.

Blood snaked out from beneath its silver-white armor.

The camp fell silent at first.

Then cries of alarm erupted from every direction.

Another pilot even drove over in a completely pitch-black mecha to help.

But when White Dragon was lifted up, all anyone saw was that Yang Rong had already become a pool of Blood Plasma.

Luo Yan took out the last piece of bread he had brought from Doghouse.

He took a bite.

Mmm, delicious!

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