"You're overthinking it. I was just curious how you planned to help me solve my life-force overdraft back then."
Su Mo spoke calmly, not mentioning that his life-force overdraft had already been resolved.
"Then aren't you still asking me to help you?"
Ling Zichen planted her hands on her hips, looking as though she had known it all along.
"Think whatever you want."
Seeing that Ling Zichen did not believe him, Su Mo could not be bothered to waste more words explaining. "If you won't tell me, I'll have to do it myself."
As he spoke, Su Mo walked toward Ling Zichen step by step.
Against an ordinary person like Ling Zichen, who could not even truss a chicken, Su Mo had plenty of ways to get the information he wanted out of her.
Watching Su Mo approach her step by step, Ling Zichen's face flashed with panic. Thinking he was going to force himself on her, she hurriedly surrendered. "I'll talk! I'll talk, okay..."
"I've actually been conducting a private research project."
"I'm researching how to perfectly integrate the human body with mechas."
"Once my research succeeds, humanity will be able to break free from the shackles of lifespan and gain eternal life."
Su Mo: "..."
Ling Zichen's answer left Su Mo deeply disappointed. He had thought she would come up with some earth-shattering plan unlike anything before or since.
And this was it?
He had gotten his hopes up for nothing.
"Hey! Brat, what kind of look is that?"
Seeing Su Mo's disappointed expression, Ling Zichen narrowed her eyes slightly. She was extremely displeased, believing that Su Mo was looking down on her research.
"Since you called it research, don't tell me you haven't succeeded yet?"
"When you invited me to join the Tang Sect as your assistant,