Why did you provoke me?

Three days later, the two arrived at Jingchuan Hall at around 5 a.m.

They waited quietly in the room. After Yu Meng finished breakfast, the group of five entered the room. Two of them stood up nervously and instinctively gave a salute.

"Don't be nervous. Please sit down." Yu Meng sat down in the nearest chair. "Was the alien you were parasitizing the Little Flower Alien? How long has it been since then?"

"Yes. Mine is six months old."

"It's a small flower alien, mine is nine months old."

Both of them answered honestly. They didn't go back to their seats, but stood straight in front of Yu Meng.

Huang Yan was writing down their information in a notebook. "Teacher Yu, should we write down their names?"

Yu Meng shook her head. "Memorize the code. None of that matters. Memorize the year they were parasitized and their characteristics, and the special abilities they exhibit."

Huang Yan nodded; she understood Yu Meng's meaning. Keeping the code a little vague was best so that if problems arose, it would be easier to find someone to help. Therefore, she used a small trick when recording the code.

"I'm going to extract the lines that the little flower aliens in your minds are attached to. There's no danger, relax." As Yu Meng spoke, the lines had already entered one person's mind, and the alien lines were easily extracted.

Yu Meng placed the lines on the table. "Because Xiao Hua has been removed, the remaining lines will no longer parasitize others. Everyone is safe now."

Qingyuan and Teacher Sun were both surprised to see that the lines on the table were even more vibrant than their own.

"My method for taming such lines is simple: beat them into submission," Yu Meng said.

Everyone listened attentively, knowing that this was what Yu Meng was going to teach them.

Yu Meng lashed out with her own lines. Strike after strike, the alien line tried to dodge, so Yu Meng used a second line to wrap around it, continuing to lash violently. After a dozen or so strikes, the alien line stopped moving, and Yu Meng withdrew her lines.

The three girls from Qingyuan's eyes changed; they had never known that Yu Meng had such a violent side.

Yu Meng ignored their strange looks. She said to one of the soldiers, "Say to it, 'You're being good now, I'm allowing you to go home.'" Yu Meng pointed to the lines on the table.

The expressions on the faces of the Qingyuan group became even more interesting.

The soldier spoke to the lines on the table as Yu Meng had instructed. The lines on the table then disappeared.

Yu Meng looked at Qingyuan, "This is my method. If you can find your own methods later, that's fine too. As long as you can tame it, any method will do. Now, who wants to try first?"

Teacher Sun stepped forward and said, "I'll do it."

Unexpectedly, they encountered resistance when trying to remove the alien-shaped wire; Teacher Sun couldn't pull it out. The soldier's face was ashen, and his teeth were grinding together. Clearly, he was in great pain. But he didn't move an inch.

Yu Meng stopped Teacher Sun from trying again. "Your lines lack strength. Trying again will only yield the same result."

Yu Meng looked at the soldier and asked, "How are you? Can you try again?" It wasn't that Yu Meng lacked compassion; Secretary Wu must have told them when they arrived that this was just an experiment and there was a possibility of failure. Since they were standing here, it meant they agreed.

The soldier nodded. "Okay."

Yu Meng looked at Qing Yuan, "Aunt Qing, you try it, use all your strength."

Qingyuan nodded, and after a while, she finally pulled out the alien-shaped lines, her face covered in sweat.

"Aunt Qing, do you still have the strength?"

Qingyuan shook her head, "I can't do it anymore, this is the most I can muster."

Yu Meng looked at Huang Yan and said, "You tame it." It wasn't a suggestion.

"I'll give it a try, but it might not work," Huang Yan said uncertainly.

"It's alright. At this point, no matter what you do with this alien line, it won't affect the warrior. You can do whatever you want."

Huang Yan lashed her own line hard against that line, and as a result, her line was knocked away.

Yu Meng was stunned, and Huang Yan was dumbfounded. Nian Nian covered her open mouth. This was too weak!

Several people looked at Yu Meng, "What should we do?"

Yu Meng smiled wryly, "My method might not be suitable for you. Niannian, why don't you try?"

Niannian nodded, and the little gray line emerged. Without hesitation, it poked a small hole in the alien line, then crawled half its body inside. After a few seconds, the alien line stopped moving.

The three looked at Niannian, completely bewildered. Yu Meng, seeing their state, was helpless.

Yu Meng looked at the soldier and said, "Just like before, you should retract this line as well."

The soldier repeated what he had just said, and sure enough, the lines disappeared again.

"Go find Secretary Wu, he will tell you what to do," Yu Meng instructed.

Two soldiers went out.

Qingyuan looked at Yumeng and said, "I never expected that we wouldn't even be able to extract the alien wires." Her tone was filled with indescribable frustration.

Yu Meng didn't know what to say. She hadn't expected that they couldn't do something so simple.

"I thought I could finally do something, but it turns out to be a joke." Teacher Sun shook his head with a wry smile.

"So what? If you don't have the strength, just practice. My fourth sister and I trained our way up. Nobody is born that way." Niannian looked at them, a little puzzled.

"Practice? How do we practice?" Teacher Sun asked mechanically.

"Ah, anything is fine. At first, I used a string to pull a water cup, and later I used it to pull fish along the riverbank," Niannian said, describing her method.

"Would that give the lines strength?" Huang Yan asked.

"Don't you guys practice the resilience of your lines?" Yu Meng was also confused.

"Isn't the resilience of lines innate? Can it be developed through training?" Qingyuan asked.

"We've all practiced, haven't you ever practiced?" Niannian asked curiously.

"No wonder we couldn't even extract the complete Xenomorph back then." Qingyuan smiled bitterly. "These people are all caused by our incompetence. We are the culprits, the unforgivable sinners."

Qingyuan looked at Yu Meng, "I want to atone for my sins, Yu Meng, please teach us!"

"You can practice with whatever you want, there's no need to teach you," Niannian said from the side.

Looking at the bewildered expressions on the faces of the students in Qingyuan, Yu Meng felt a pang of helplessness. She couldn't teach them.

Huang Yan realized what was happening and said, "Niannian, why don't you demonstrate?"

"Okay." Niannian used a string to lift the teacup on the table. "Just like that, lift it every day, and when you feel it's too light, replace it with a heavier one."

Looking at the teacup suspended in mid-air, everyone pursed their lips.

"I'll give it a try." Teacher Sun didn't care about losing face; learning was the right path.

As a result, the teacup could only slide on the table, and not very far. Even when the line was lifted upwards, the teacup didn't move an inch. This happened several times.

Teacher Sun blushed and muttered to herself, "I couldn't pull it at first either, but you'll get used to it with practice."

"You really can master it. Aunt Sun is too old to withstand failure."

"Your failure has nothing to do with me. I've told you my method; whether you practice it or not is your business." Upon hearing this, Nian Nian's attitude immediately changed.

"Fourth Sister, you promised me we'd go have fun, shall we?"

Yu Meng nodded and went out with Niannian.

The three people inside stared at each other, bewildered. "I didn't say anything, so why did they all leave?"

Qingyuan sighed, "This is a secret of the Yu Meng lineage. We're all this age and we still don't know these things. How can you expect them to teach you? Besides, you're too old to learn it, so it's not Niannian's fault. Now that you've said that, how can she take responsibility for you? I guess she won't say anything more about it in the future. Sigh! Getting old makes you lose confidence in yourself."

Huang Yan looked at Qingyuan and asked, "Shall we practice like this for now?"

Qingyuan closed her eyes briefly and nodded.