Why did you provoke me?

Niannian followed Yu Meng excitedly, "Fourth Sister, what will they become in the future?"

"It will be amazing."

How amazing is it?

"They have the physique of warriors and the skills of mask revealers. Isn't that amazing?"

"Will our lineage become famous throughout the world in the future?"

"I don't know. That's not a good question. Do you want to be famous?" Yu Meng asked back.

"Why not? That would make us famous, and many people would worship us. If we wanted to do something, we could just give the order, and countless people would serve us faithfully." Niannian imagined the future, "At that time, our words would be like the imperial edicts of ancient times."

Yu Meng looked at Niannian walking backwards beside her. She crossed her arms and rested them on her chin, her eyes slightly narrowed, looking completely absorbed.

What drawing books have you been looking at lately?

"The Embroidered Uniform Guard!" Niannian answered quickly.

"Have you changed your style again?"

"I thought that I had read too many erotic picture books before, which made me too emotional. Now I'm looking for some ruthless and dark picture books to harden my heart."

"And the result?"

"Hehe, that feeling of having power in your hands and doing whatever you want is so great."

Yu Meng glanced at her. "You have a lot of ideas, but are you really willing to live a life of scheming and being on guard every day?"

"Isn't it because of you? I'm just that spoiled brat hiding behind some big shot."

Yu Meng scoffed, "If I had to live like this, why would I give it to you? Or do you think I'm stupid?"

"You're the backbone of our lineage, so you absolutely can't give up. We're not that powerful yet. So what I'm saying is all about the future. Whether it will happen or not depends on your performance now," Nian Nian earnestly advised.

"Go back, wash up, and go to sleep. You can dream about anything."

"Okay, I promise I'll complete the mission." Nian Nian ran off with a grin.

Yu Meng returned to her room, lay on her bed, and thought again about the two fused lines.

Increasing evidence suggests that the alien battlefield is indeed slowly escalating.

None of these phenomena were recorded in the archives of Jingchuan Base.

Yu Meng cleared her mind and quickly fell asleep.

The next morning, when Meng arrived at the treatment room, Qingyuan and the others were already there.

"Why so early?"

"I can't sleep! The more I think about it, the more excited I get, and I just can't sleep." A hint of fanaticism appeared in Qingyuan's eyes.

"I want to collect data and then develop a device that will allow them to match automatically. In this way, we will create many powerful individuals."

"With so many strong individuals now, can we really keep them in line with our current strength?"

Qingyuan slowed down her movements. "What did you say?"

Yu Meng took a deep breath. "Aunt Qing, have you ever heard of using force to break taboos? If their energy is too high, it will breed many ideas. With our current strength, we can't control them. Even if we try to play the emotional card, we have to see if they will cooperate."

Teacher Sun, standing to the side, seemed to be deep in thought as well, saying, "If we don't have the means to restrain them, they might blackmail us in the future."

"Is it really that serious?" Qingyuan was still skeptical. "They signed a contract, after all."

"Between a piece of paper and your own strength, which would you choose?" Yu Meng asked a thought-provoking question.

"Fourth Sister, you weren't like this last night," Niannian muttered softly.

"Maybe it's my problem; I don't want to test human nature because I really don't dare."

"What do we do now?" Huang Yan asked timidly from the side.

Everyone remained silent. Although they were capable and resourceful, they were not truly rulers.

Qingyuan put down what she was holding. "Should we improve ourselves instead?" she said, her tone helpless and somewhat regretful.

"But if we refuse outright, won't it backfire?"

"I definitely will. If anyone stands in my way to becoming stronger, I'll fight them to the death." Nian Nian rested her chin on one hand and slammed the other hand on the table.

"They want to become stronger, so why should we stop them? We should actively provide opportunities for them to become stronger." Yu Meng's words confused them all.

The group exchanged glances, none of them understanding Yu Meng's meaning.

"The fusion of lines is inherently very dangerous. It's no exaggeration to say that if I hadn't been there yesterday, Jing Er wouldn't have had any chance of survival. And doing this has also greatly harmed me. I don't want to fall into a coma again, as that would shorten my lifespan."

Yu Meng sighed, "They came to us, and of course we fully support them, but I won't bring this up on my own initiative."

Qingyuan stood up. "I'm leaving now. Call me if you need anything."

"Aunt Qing, wait for me!" Huang Yan hurriedly chased after her.

Teacher Sun patted Yu Meng's arm and said, "Do whatever you want, I support you." Then she left.

Niannian watched the three people leave. "Fourth Sister?"

"Why don't you go and improve yourself too? I'll handle things here."

"If they spread what you said today, I don't even want to think what will happen. Fourth Sister, you shouldn't have said that." Niannian frowned, she didn't understand why her fourth sister, who was so smart, shouldn't have made such a basic mistake.

"Niannian, you need to improve your strength quickly, the battlefield upgrade has already begun." Yu Meng pushed Niannian out, "You are my sister, and you will be the one to hold up the sky in the future. A single tree cannot make a forest, I need your help. But your ability is not enough right now."

Niannian blinked. "Your intention was for us to focus on improving our abilities, so why did you say that and make them misunderstand you?"

"I'm saying this so that Aunt Qing won't misunderstand. I can't exactly say that you guys aren't good enough and will hold me back in the future, so you should improve yourselves now. That would be looking down on them, and that's when they would really feel alienated from me."

Niannian didn't quite understand. When she returned to the experimental garden, Qingyuan was already sitting in a chair, seemingly waiting for her.

"We must keep everything Yu Meng just said to ourselves. Not a single word can leak out. Understand?"

Teacher Sun and Huang Yan both nodded. "I've got it, Aunt Qing."

Qingyuan looked out the window. "After Yu Meng fell into a coma last time, she abandoned the base. I don't want her to abandon the Cangshan lineage again because of a coma. She pulled us back from the brink of death; she gave us a second chance to live."

"We know all that. So what do we do now?" Teacher Sun nodded from the side.

"We need to improve ourselves. Only when we become stronger can we better help Fourth Sister," Niannian chimed in at the opportune moment.

In the treatment room, Yu Meng sat in a chair as Jing Er and another person walked in.

"Teacher Yu, it was too late yesterday, so I didn't ask. Can they all turn into someone like me?"

Want to hear the truth?

"Yes."

Yu Meng shook her head. "The chances aren't very high. It's like winning the lottery; the odds of winning are very small, it depends on luck."

After a moment of silence, Jing Er took out several boxes from her backpack. "These are what Captain Xiao and Captain Du asked us to bring back."

Yu Meng opened the box and stared at its contents for a long time without saying a word.