Obviously.
Ling Zichen had been fooled by appearances.
Gu Yuena had already stayed at the Elf Branch Academy for six years, and Shrek had sent teachers to instruct there, so Ling Zichen naturally knew about Gu Yuena's situation.
She had also recognized her true identity.
Just like in the original timeline, Ling Zichen did not want Gu Yuena to regain her memories.
She had also learned that Gu Yuena had always clung to Di Tian, and even after six years without seeing him, she had still taken the initiative to stick to him again.
Ling Zichen was absolutely delighted.
If Gu Yuena kept staying in this state, then didn't she and Tang Wulin have a chance!
Thus, she had said the blessing of "may you soon have a child" to Di Tian.
However.
If she knew Di Tian's true thoughts about "pouring his heart out" to Gu Yuena, she probably would not have said any blessing about "having children soon."
Di Tian replied with a blessing that sounded like a curse: "I also wish you many children soon."
Ling Zichen had already transformed herself into a mechanical person, and her ability to bear children had been gone for thousands of years.
Di Tian's words were no different from cursing at her.
Any normal infertile person would have started cursing his mother by now.
But Ling Zichen was clearly not any normal person.
Yi Zichen had loved her for ten thousand years, and she had also loved Tang Wulin for ten thousand years.
Both were likewise fifty times worse than Chen Xinjie, the "King of Simps" of the previous generation. Chen Xinjie had only simped for two hundred years, while these two had both simped for ten thousand.
She was worthy of the title: "Had heaven not given birth to you, Ling Zichen, the Dao of simping would have remained a long night through the ages."
Sure enough.
The moment she heard Di Tian's blessing of "may you soon have a child," she did not feel offended in the slightest, nor did she think it was some filthy, insulting curse.
Instead, it was as if she had eaten honey.
"I'll take your kind words."
"I hope that day comes."
The muscles beneath Di Tian's face twitched as he listened.
Inwardly, he quietly mocked: That day will come, but it won't be for you.
With the killing power of a white moonlight on the Douluo Continent, by the time you discover Tang Wulin, his child will already be old enough to run errands.
Yes.
It was exactly the same as in the original timeline.
Even though Tang Wulin had become a superstar singer popular throughout the entire Federation, Ling Zichen still had not discovered any trace of Tang Wulin.
She had actually investigated through Gu Yuena's trail, and had even personally made a trip to the War God Temple, but unfortunately, Gu Yuena and Tang Wulin had not drifted out of the Far North together at all.
As a result, she had found nothing.
She did not chase celebrities either.
Nor could she believe that a true god-level powerhouse would go become a singer, so naturally she would not think in that direction or investigate it.
On top of that, there was also a big shot secretly keeping her from discovering Tang Wulin.
The Dou Tian Department's minister, Qiangu Qingfeng.
He had been the Holy Spirit Cult's cult master for nearly ten thousand years, and had arranged for large numbers of evil soul masters to enter the Dou Tian Department, yet Ling Zichen, this part-time deputy minister of the Dou Tian Department and ninth-rank Dou Tian agent, had not discovered even the slightest trace of an evil soul master.
It was honestly absurd.
Qiangu Qingfeng's ability to hide things was simply ridiculously strong.
All of this had created one situation.
Tang Wulin had become the singer Tang Le, and he was clearly extremely famous, yet Ling Zichen had somehow failed to discover him.
As for Di Tian and Le Qingling using Tang Le to start an entertainment company, in the eyes of the outside world, that was also just a channel for earning Federation Coins. After all, Di Tian had once even resold antiques he had used for thousands or tens of thousands of years.
No one would dig too deeply into it at all.
If no one dug deeply, then naturally it would also be difficult to trace Tang Le, who looked exactly like Tang Wulin, through this line.
Even if someone did dig deeper, trivial money matters would not reach Ling Zichen, this tech-obsessed homebody.
If Ling Zichen wanted to see Tang Wulin...
She would probably have to wait until Tang Wulin took the initiative to run to Shrek Academy, just like in the original timeline.
"Pavilion Master Ling."
"Why don't you first show me the holographic model of the Ecological Warship hive-cluster combat system?"
"Oh, right." Ling Zichen had been so busy thinking about the wonderful future between herself and Tang Wulin that she had almost forgotten the proper reason she had asked Di Tian to come over.
"Up ahead."
They walked past the giant mecha, Universe Pioneer, and entered another broad experimental field.
An Ecological Warship cluster was far larger than a single giant mecha, so there was no way to transport it to the Elf Branch Academy's experimental base.
It could only be displayed through holographic projection.
The technical side was under Ling Zichen's control, and further experiments could also be conducted through the holographic projection.
"Look."
"An Ecological Warship cluster."
"The crystallization of cutting-edge bionics technology, a perfect fusion of machinery and biology. It can allow a life-form to maintain biological reactions even after death, then amplify and strengthen them."
"The only technological difficulty we've yet to overcome is the neural-thought connection between each Ecological Warship."
"Neural-thought sharing is also the foundation for an Ecological Warship cluster to achieve hive combat. Directed by a single will, it realizes the perfect concept of one person commanding an entire fleet."
"..."
The more Ling Zichen spoke, the more excited she became, her expression growing increasingly exhilarated.
"You have to understand!"
"Among the Federation's Seven Great Fleets, each fleet requires at least a hundred thousand people just to maintain normal operations!"
"One person supporting an entire fleet—that would be an epoch-making technological revolution!"
"Di Tian."
"That Twin Dragon Kings self-body Martial Soul Fusion Skill of yours, with its neural-thought sharing, has displayed a perfect model of success. It makes overcoming the technological barrier of thought sharing possible."
"What do you think?"
"Interested?"
"If we can develop neural-thought-sharing hive combat technology, then in the future, the Ecological Warship fleet will be under your command."
The bait could hardly be called small.
The Ecological Warship cluster was the warship power Shrek and the Tang Sect had accumulated over thousands of years.
Of course.
Ling Zichen had also kept a backup plan.
Every Ecological Warship was equipped with a backup control device carrying the highest command authority, and control lay in her hands.
If Di Tian ever used the Ecological Warship fleet inappropriately, she could seize control at any time.
At this moment.
Sparks of thought leaped through Di Tian's mind. First, he stared at the holographic projection of the Ecological Warship cluster for quite a while, then he looked toward the giant mecha Universe Pioneer in the other experimental field.
Before he could think it through, another displeased voice rang out.
"Pavilion Master Ling."
"You couldn't even wait for me to arrive before rushing to pull someone over."
"That's not very decent of you, is it?"
The newcomer was none other than the true god stationed by the Federation at the Elf Branch Academy, Yu Muchen.
He had no choice but to come.
Couldn't he see?
The Elf Branch Academy's dean, Wang Tianyu, and the divine-sword youth, Ye Moyong, had joined forces to block the Federation researchers who wanted to introduce the giant mecha to Di Tian.
So Yu Muchen had no choice but to personally take the stage.
He took the initiative to pull Di Tian away from Ling Zichen's side and headed once more toward the field where the giant mecha Universe Pioneer was located.
Ling Zichen watched this scene with a face full of displeasure.
If it were only the War God Temple, she really would not have tolerated it.
What level were they, daring to snatch someone from her?
But now, it wasn't just the War God Temple challenging her. It was the entire Federation—and even the minister of the Dou Tian Department, who had stayed out of worldly affairs for many years, had stepped forward to challenge her.
She had no solution either.
She couldn't really blow herself up together with the Federation and drag everyone down with her, could she? She still hadn't gotten together with Tang Wulin. She still hadn't had children with Tang Wulin.
She absolutely could not die just like this.
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