Mature Beautiful Woman

Mu Xiao returned alone to the mechanical research room. Besides the S-class small mech, several sets of "A-Class King Kong—Mechanical Inner Armor" were stored there as research equipment.

A-Class King Kong—Mechanical Inner Armor could withstand the energy impact of A-class weapons, much like bulletproof vests in the past.

In the past, firearms using gunpowder had protective clothing. In this age of advanced technology, firearms had evolved into "energy" weapons, so protective clothing naturally had to be reinforced as well. Mechanical inner armor was one such type of protective gear, and it performed even better than ordinary defensive clothing.

The most basic mechanical inner armor was A-class, though there were also S-class and higher mechanical inner armors.

However, with Mu Xiao's current Mechanical Mastery ability, he could only temporarily activate the basic defense system of this "A-Class King Kong" armor. He could not fully activate its energy shield for defense.

If the complete system of the A-Class King Kong—Mechanical Inner Armor could be repaired, it could form a golden steel block of energy to resist certain energy attacks. In close combat, it could also condense energy within the armor. If an opponent launched a physical attack, it could offset their force. Moreover, the inner armor had a miniature optical brain with an automatic detection system and automatic defense system to assist its wearer in battle.

For now, Mu Xiao could only activate its close-combat system, condensing energy within the inner armor to increase his body's defense.

Aside from the A-Class King Kong—Mechanical Inner Armor, Mu Xiao took two "B-Class High-Vibration Electromagnetic Combat Sabers." Along with the two "B-Class Laser Pistols" and "A-Class Thunderbolt Cannon" he already carried, as well as a backpack of "C-Class High-Explosive Grenades" and several ultra-high-capacity S-class energy blocks, he had enough power to charge his weapons and equipment.

"Repairs are hard work too." Carrying a pile of weapons and equipment, Mu Xiao released fine, spiderweb-like rays of light from his hands. Like connecting wires, they spread over the mechanical inner armor. His brain domain seemed to transform into software carrying a scanning virus. Using his mechanical ability as its core, he transmitted streams of data into the inner armor and cleared away the ion viruses within.

His Mechanical Mastery was only at the first level of the beginner realm. He could not yet optimize or modify equipment and weapons, only perform simple ion-clearing work. Even then, he could only remove ion viruses on the surface. To clear the internal components, he would have to deepen his knowledge of machinery.

Before long, Mu Xiao had cleared part of the mechanical inner armor's ion viruses and could activate its basic defense. Moreover, throughout the virus-clearing process, the proficiency of his Mechanical Mastery had noticeably increased, enhancing his understanding of mechanical abilities.

In the early stages, every source ability had only nine levels. After reaching the ninth level, one had to comprehend a cultivation method.

Among them, repair and modification both helped deepen one's understanding of machinery.

Mu Xiao naturally understood this well. He was not overly surprised and simply continued repairing his other essential weapons.

Thirty minutes passed before Mu Xiao finished repairing all his weapons and equipment.

The faintly golden King Kong inner armor resembled a thick vest. Worn by Mu Xiao, it made him look noticeably more brawny. But, afraid of dying, he added a fresh set of "Black Armor" protective clothing over it. After all, his previous set had been torn apart by the mutated woman, so changing into a new defensive outfit was only reasonable.

Mu Xiao picked up the two high-vibration electromagnetic combat sabers and placed them in the holsters on his thighs. He put the two laser pistols into the holsters at his left and right waist, retightened the strap of the Thunderbolt Cannon, and carried it on his back. As for the C-class scorching combat saber from before, he still kept it in his backpack as a spare.

He then slung on the food pack and grenade pack. Fully armed from head to toe, he looked ready to march into battle.

"About time. I hope my little lamb is still outside. After all, I can't repair a high-end maglev car for the time being..." Mu Xiao carried a mountain of equipment without seeming burdened in the slightest, moving as freely as ever while considering what transportation he should use to return.

However, with this set of equipment, his combat power had risen sharply. Even if he encountered mutated humans again, he would be able to fight them calmly.

Mu Xiao returned to the corridor outside the law firm. His mental detection range had originally been ten meters, but after his evolution level rose and his physique broke through, his Mind Force had increased significantly. Naturally, his mental power had improved as well, including both his detection range and sensitivity. He would no longer be like before—unable to fully sense what something was before being ambushed, injured, and losing the initiative—even against mutated humans at the same level or three to four evolution levels higher.

Mental detection, perception, and sensing existed to seize the initiative in dangerous places, unknown circumstances, battle, sudden incidents, and other unfavorable situations.

Mu Xiao now had a detection range of around twenty meters. That meant the moment anything entered that range, he would sense it immediately.

There were no signs of zombies along the way, nor did he detect any mutated humans with powerful life force and extreme auras.

After descending to the third floor, Mu Xiao spread out his mental power like ripples across water, probing the rooms along the corridor one by one to see whether there was anything inside.

"Eh?"

Mu Xiao suddenly froze. He had discovered something interesting in a room ahead. He walked over and pulled at the handle, only to find that the door had been secured from inside. He could have used telekinesis to open the lock directly, but he did not. Instead, he kicked the door hard.

With a loud bang, he broke in with simple, brutal directness.

An Rongru hid beneath the large bed and quietly switched off her optical-brain phone. She did not dare make a sound. Judging by her hunger, she guessed that around two days had passed.

She had only come to the law firm to handle some business. She had never expected to encounter such a horrifying scene.

If her bodyguard had not shut the door tightly before going out to seek help and told her to lock the security latch, she would have died in the mouths of those crazed monsters that no longer looked human. She had never seen such frenzied, bloodthirsty scenes in her life. She feared she would never be able to forget them.

This sudden, unheralded upheaval made An Rongru involuntarily think of scenes from movies. She prayed that it was not what she thought, or the entire world would become hell, and her status and position would be useless. More than anything, she hoped her bodyguard would quickly find someone to save her. Otherwise, she would starve to death.

Several times, An Rongru had wanted to turn on her phone. But every time she heard the screams outside, the hoarse cries for help, and the mournful sobbing, she shuddered. An icy terror enveloped her body and mind, and she feared that making even the slightest sound would bring death upon her.

In a daze, An Rongru slept whenever hunger overcame her, then woke again, her stomach empty, not a drop of water having passed her lips, her throat painfully dry.

Even as fear consumed her, she worried even more about her daughter at home. Crushed by anxiety and terror, she was physically and mentally exhausted, unsure whether she could hold on.

The surroundings had remained silent, filled with a terrifying dead stillness. Then, movement suddenly came from the fourth floor, stirring unease within her while giving her hope that someone had come to save her.

The complicated emotions of unease and hope continuously filled her heart.

Until the sounds from the fourth floor slowly faded away, she relaxed, only to be filled with disappointment once more.

About an hour later, An Rongru heard the faint sound of a door opening outside. The hope that had faded within her was reignited.

Then came a thunderous crash as someone forcefully slammed into the door!

An Rongru's expression changed drastically. A chill rose up her spine, as though she had fallen into an ice cellar, and her heart went completely cold. If someone had come in, her bodyguard would surely have given their code phrase instead of making such a commotion by smashing through the door. It immediately reminded her of those terrifying mutated monsters.

At the thought of that, her already pale face from days of starvation turned even whiter, like paper.

Yet she did not experience the terrifying scene she had expected, of a monster overturning the bed, lunging at her, and tearing into her flesh. Instead, she heard a calm, cold voice filled with threat.

"Sorry, ma'am under the bed, this place is occupied by me now. If you don't come out, I'll lure those monsters outside in here and ask them to properly drive out a guest like you." Mu Xiao's released mental power had already sensed a living presence inside from outside the room.

From that weak yet steady life signal, he had guessed there was a survivor. Before entering, he confirmed it again and learned that it was a woman. He had not expected this woman to survive amid the chaos, much less remain undiscovered by the zombies for two or three days without having them break in and devour her flesh.

Especially since there had been at least two mutated humans in this building—one evolving in the secret room and the mutated woman Mu Xiao had just killed. To survive within the range of activity of two mutated humans, this survivor truly had an extraordinary stroke of luck.

An Rongru beneath the bed did not come out immediately. Instead, she asked somewhat nervously, "Excuse me... are you human?"

"Do you think monsters would talk to you?" Mu Xiao countered. He could understand that an ordinary person's emotions might become somewhat abnormal after suddenly suffering such a terrifying blow.

As a woman, it was already quite good that she had not suffered a nervous breakdown.

"I'm coming out now." An Rongru's soft, frail voice rang out, carrying a slight hint of urgency and delight.

Mu Xiao calmly watched as a woman in a black-and-white dress crawled out from under the bed, but he showed no intention of offering her a hand.

Only after An Rongru stood before him did he carefully examine this beautiful mature woman, who looked to be somewhere between twenty-six or twenty-seven and around thirty.

She had the gentle, elegant face of a well-bred woman and a dignified temperament. However, after going without food for so long, her complexion was poor, and her originally moist, soft skin had become dry. Yet there was not the slightest sign of aging, showing that she must have regularly cared for her skin. Her figure was also exceptionally good—maturely alluring and voluptuous, with breasts as grand as mountains. She possessed a grace and noble bearing that ordinary people lacked; one could tell at a glance that she was no ordinary woman, but a wealthy madam.

"What a pair of huge breasts. What broad, plump hips." Mu Xiao very immorally used his psychic power to sweep over An Rongru's entire body, arriving at data that made a man's blood surge and his heart pound.

An Rongru wore a conservative yet elegant black-and-white long-sleeved dress, revealing a small section of rounded, fair **. She wore an even sexier pair of white high heels. What made Mu Xiao marvel most was the incomparably full, round swell of her chest, like two enormous peaks thrusting upward. Especially the lush, full, plump, firm curve of her buttocks behind her—it made one want to grab it hard.

A standard huge-breasted, plump-hipped, mature beauty as ripe as a peach.

Using psychic power this way was an utterly shameless act. Back in the great era of evolution, the vast majority of female New Human warriors would have been furious, even fighting to the death over it.

But as a normal man, Mu Xiao naturally had normal instincts.

However, this beginning era was different from the future era, so Mu Xiao used it with even greater peace of mind.

In fact, as long as one became a New Human and possessed a certain degree of psychic power, if someone conducted such a blatantly ** probe, the person involved could defend against the other party's psychic detection—unless the other party's psychic power was several times stronger. Moreover, conducting such an open probe was already a provocative act, and one could completely attack the other party.

After all, sometimes probing was not for such shameless, lecherous purposes, but to uncover another person's 'abilities' before launching some malicious ambush or assassination.

"Hello, I'm An Rongru from Jian An Real Estate. May I ask how I should address you?" A faint blush appeared on An Rongru's pale face, adding several shades of alluring fragility and charm. She had no psychic power, but with a woman's keen instincts, she knew very clearly where Mu Xiao's attention was focused. Moreover, in that instant just now, she had felt as though this strange man had seen her through, inside and out. A flush of embarrassment and annoyance involuntarily rose to her face.