The Essence of Immortal Cultivation Treasures

As Liu Chang'an experienced the body's reactions to the suit of armor, which used bioelectric currents to control muscles and nerves, he watched Su Nanxiu was showing a look of pure pleasure.

"I suddenly realized that it's not suitable for men to wear this armor naked." Su Nanxiu circled around Liu Chang'an and came to this conclusion.

Even in this wintery weather, Liu Chang'an was only wearing a thin shirt and a light autumn jacket, which made it easy for the scales of his armor to effectively stimulate his skin. Otherwise, if he wore layers of sweaters and thermal underwear like an ordinary person, it would hinder the armor's function and control over his muscles.

It seems that the design concept of this suit of armor has been initially validated. Facing Liu Chang'an's super vitality and physical strength, it is difficult to overcome strength with brute force alone. We still need to use this method of strategy.

For example, lightning from the sky may be powerless against him, but he cannot resist the bioelectricity that acts on nerve cells, because stimuli that act directly at the cellular level cannot be resisted by willpower.

A very simple example... normal, healthy men cannot control their bodily reactions at certain times.

It was based on this inspiration that the design scheme for the armor's ability to restrain enemies was formed.

In reality, everyone knows that human consciousness can only exert control over the body very often. Therefore, many depictions of human modification in movies and TV shows often involve damaging some brain tissue to prevent the body from making instinctive reactions without conscious control.

"So should I be glad I wore clothes to see you today?" Liu Chang'an said happily, while refuting Su Nanxiu's point of view, "You're discriminating against men, I object, I protest... Why do you women think that designs that cover up your body curves are acceptable, beautiful, or should be accepted by the Volkswagen, while it's inappropriate for us men to cover up our body parts? This is a sign of 'straight woman cancer,' it's really too much, what are you women thinking?"

"I'm surprised you still have the mood to satirize feminists' remarks." Su Nanxiu had no interest in taking his bait. A truly outstanding woman like her wouldn't bother responding to those feminist fighters, and she didn't even think that her being a "woman" had anything to do with them, nor did she need them to stand up for her female identity.

"If you had as many experiences as I have, you would also be in a good mood at any time, just like me." As the music for the eighth set of broadcast gymnastics ended, Liu Chang'an felt that he hadn't warmed up enough, so he continued doing the exercises.

"I didn't tell you to continue..."

As soon as she finished speaking, Su Nanxiu realized what was happening. Before she could pick up the long knife from the ground, she retreated rapidly, her body clad in a bodysuit resembling a starlight being knocked away by a train engine.

Liu Chang'an chuckled and continued to complete the second set of "Eighth Set of Broadcast Gymnastics" in the same spot.

After the armor completes a command, emitting bioelectricity to control Liu Chang'an's body and complete a set of actions, it should then go into standby mode, allowing Liu Chang'an to remain quiet as well.

But he didn't. He was still lively and energetic, and his movements were completely unaffected by the armor.

It seems that he wasn't affected by the armor at all from the beginning; he just sensed its true function and pretended to cooperate in the performance.

Su Nanxiu was furious. She glared at Liu Chang'an as he finished the second set of "Eighth Set of Broadcast Gymnastics". Just as she was about to try to activate her battle armor again, Liu Chang'an rushed over and punched her in the chest without saying a word.

"Can't you try somewhere else?" Su Nanxiu dodged away, somewhat exasperated. She had used the same method back then, and she was using the same method now, but these were two completely different things. This damned man, so heartless and ruthless!

"Good."

Liu Chang'an agreed, and as soon as he finished speaking, he moved his body behind Su Nanxiu, locking Su Nanxiu body tightly and making her unable to move.

Su Nanxiu struggled for a moment and then gave up. It seemed that nothing had changed from back then; she was still helpless against him.

Unlike back then, she no longer harbored any murderous intent towards him, so there was no need for her to actually use her trump card and fight to the death.

She at least knew that this suit of armor was designed to restrain physical abilities that surpassed those of S-class cyborgs by a hundredfold, but its bioelectric neural control system was completely ineffective against Liu Chang'an.

"Let it return to you," Liu Chang'an whispered in her ear.

Su Nanxiu nodded, and the snake-scale-like armor on Liu Chang'an's body seemed to flow away from him like black liquid, quickly covering Su Nanxiu's delicate body.

Liu Chang'an pushed Su Nanxiu away and looked at her with great interest.

Su Nanxiu knew his "interest" was in her armor, so she turned away and snorted coldly; she wasn't in a good mood.

"Your temper is still the same as before, too competitive. You always want to be a winner, even in front of me, you have to have the upper hand." Liu Chang'an smiled nonchalantly, "No one in this world is always a winner?"

"If a person doesn't have this mindset, what's the difference between them and a salted fish?" Su Nanxiu was equally unconcerned. She was also a person of strong will and was inherently difficult to persuade or have her resolve shaken.

Such people can be adorable at times, and terrifying at others.

"Many of the things you possess far exceed the capabilities of current scientific understanding." Liu Chang'an looked at Su Nanxiu's armor, a hint of bewildered confusion in his eyes. "It's like the early 20th century, when a corner of the true nature of the physical world was revealed, creating a shock for those still reciting classical Chinese essays... The old scholars might not have fully grasped it, so it didn't quite feel like their worldview was overturned. This analogy might not be entirely accurate, but it's roughly the feeling of someone from the first half of this century arriving in the present—the Lu Li and fantastical technologies, even science fiction wouldn't design so many details to depict the future..."

"The beginning of this century?"

"Oh, the beginning of the last century, sorry, my impression of time is always a bit outdated or inaccurate." Liu Chang'an looked at Su Nanxiu; his inaccurate impression of time wasn't the main point.

"Is there a problem?" Su Nanxiu didn't want to explain, or rather, now wasn't the time to explain. "Every truly great era produces great figures who lead humanity ahead of all others. Why can't it be me?"

"Could it be you...? You mean, another truly great era is about to begin?" Liu Chang'an asked with some anticipation. He wasn't a prophet, and he couldn't fathom the trajectory of human development... Sometimes he would wonder why a nation or race that seemed to consist of nothing more than clothing-clad beasts could suddenly sprout the seeds of technology and grow into a towering tree of technological civilization.

"Perhaps it's an era of spiritual energy revival." Su Nanxiu's lips curled slightly. "When you're not close to Shangguan Dandan, you can sometimes find her rather adorable."

Liu Chang'an knew she was referring to the wild boar that had charged out that day. Shangguan Dandan pointed at the boar and said, "Such a big wild boar must mean the spiritual energy has revived."

Seeing that Su Nanxiu was unwilling to elaborate, Liu Chang'an didn't press further. After all, they were just acquaintances, not people he could confide in. So he nodded to indicate that the topic was over.

"You seem a little afraid of Shangguan Dandan?" Liu Chang'an was somewhat concerned about this, because apart from Su Nanxiu, Shangguan Dandan appeared harmless to everyone else.

She couldn't be described as completely harmless; she always had designs on Liu Chang'an's household appliances, which annoyed Liu Chang'an quite a bit.

"A little scared? Heh, I hope to seal her in that coffin and sink her into the South China Sea trench or eye of the ocean, so that something like Aowuwa can suppress her." Su Nanxiu really regretted that the information she had at the time was not accurate enough. If she had known that there was a little girl like Shangguan Dandan inside who was hostile and terrifying to her, she should have disposed of that coffin at all costs.

Liu Chang'an nodded. From now on, whenever Shangguan Dandan called Su Nanxiu a "wicked woman," Liu Chang'an would touch Shangguan Dandan's thermos to express his sympathy.

"People who Longevity are afraid of death. When they feel that their lives can continue for a long time, and then something suddenly jumps out and threatens them, the psychological fear is much stronger than when ordinary people feel their lives are threatened. You should understand this feeling, right?" Su Nanxiu recalled how Shangguan Dandan locked onto the life force and blood energy in Su Nanxiu's body, making Su Nanxiu feel for the first time in nearly a hundred years that she might die like a little hen whose throat was cut and bled out.

"I don't know." Liu Chang'an shook his head. "When the sun explodes, I might die... but before that, humanity should have no problem developing into a Type II civilization on the Kardashev scale... However, it's hard to say. After all, humanity is a self-destructive race, and the Earth's civilization system might restart before long..."

"You..." Su Nanxiu knew Liu Chang'an was rambling on again, so she didn't continue the conversation. "Instead of focusing on the technological power I possess, you should focus on Shangguan Dandan's coffin. Taking things from there is what I consider truly amazing technological products."

"Technology products? Aren't they more like magical treasures from fantasy novels?"

"Aren't magical treasures just modern humans' imagination of future technology?"

That makes sense.

"Go back and cook. If you get more detailed information about that coffin, you can discuss it with me. Maybe we can inspire each other."

That makes sense.

So Liu Chang'an left Su Nanxiu's base and went home to cook, making sure he ate three meals a day.

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Thanks to the great Mud White Buddha for the recommendation, I highly recommend the masterpiece <I'm Really Not Interested in Money>.