Ironclad: How can hand-crafted knight belts not be considered genius?

"What's the casualty situation?"

"Zero deaths, three seriously injured, and six slightly injured."

Xiao Er reported the facts truthfully.

Jiang Ning nodded upon hearing this.

The fact that the casualty rate on the massive Black Tower space station was kept within an acceptable range in the face of the antimatter legion's attack proves that Xiao Er's upgrade was undoubtedly a success.

Based on the combat data from this battle, Xiao Er's armor and configuration may be further optimized and upgraded in future research and development.

This might also have an unexpected benefit in completing his "Ride Maker" achievement.

Listening to the conversations of the surviving staff members around him, Alan breathed a sigh of relief and then looked at Jiang Ning with gratitude.

Thanks to Jiang Ning, the attack on the space station was resolved so smoothly.

I can't even imagine how devastating the casualties would have been if Jiangning's Chuangqi and the upgraded Xiao Er hadn't helped.

Thinking of this, Alan walked up to Jiang Ning and volunteered:

"Mr. Jiang Ning, let me take these survivors to the safe house to meet them. Miss and the other survivors are there."

Jiang Ning nodded, agreeing with Alan's suggestion.

"Okay, thank you for your help. I'll take care of the remaining pawns."

Everything seemed to have settled down. Jiang Ning leaned against the alloy wall, watching the orderly evacuation of the crowd, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

This mission has been successfully completed!

I wonder if Ms. Black Tower would praise me if she found out, and then casually grant me more privileges or something...hehe~

He's been eyeing Lady Black Tower's collection of oddities for a long time; he wonders if he'll be able to...

Speaking of which, where did Ms. Black Tower go this time? It's been so long and we still haven't heard from her...

…………

On an unknown planet countless light-years away from the Black Tower Space Station, a woman dressed in a modified blue-green Chinese-style short cheongsam, with bare shoulders and a light white shawl, is intently watching the chemical reagent she has just prepared.

Plum blossom embroidery covered the entire garment, and a pearl necklace adorned her neck.

Her dark blue long gloves and the DNA spiral-shaped plum blossom leg ring on her thigh gave her an overall elegant and gentle appearance, blending ancient charm with scientific research imagery.

Genius Club #81, a genius specializing in life creation and biological science, who once created a "living" planet by hand - Nguyen Mai.

Nguyen Mai slowly placed the reagent tube back into the test tube rack and turned her head to look behind her.

"How long are you planning to stay here with me?"

The "you" mentioned by this genius is none other than the Genius Club #83, the prototype behind the Black Tower puppets—the Great Black Tower.

The big black tower was currently lounging lazily on the lab table.

She wore her signature wide-brimmed, pointed purple-black witch's hat with purple flowers, and a black and purple Gothic Lolita dress.

The off-shoulder puff sleeves are paired with a cinched waist, a lock pattern design on the chest, and gold hand-shaped patterns all over the neck ring, leg ring, and skirt. Paired with black stockings and high leather boots, the overall look is mysterious and luxurious, combining the temperament of a witch and a top scholar.

"What's the rush? This genius isn't bothering you. What? You can get impatient too?"

Black Tower replied casually, with a hint of teasing in his tone.

"Besides, didn't I bring you a book of desserts made by a genius?"

"Isn't the value of this enough to make me stay here a little longer?"

Faced with the "shameless" Black Tower, a hint of helplessness appeared on Nguyen Mai's usually calm and composed face.

She silently turned her head back and spoke calmly:

"Rationally speaking, using 'strange objects' to make desserts is not a good solution."

Not to mention you even burned the cookies…

Before she could finish speaking, a square, pillow-shaped unidentified creature whistled and flew toward Ruan Mei’s head.

Ruan Mei slightly turned her head to dodge, and the strong wind lifted a strand of hair from her forehead, which fluttered in the air. The pillow hit the wall with a "smack" sound.

The Great Black Tower spoke with annoyance:

"Even if other envoys knelt down and begged this genius, I wouldn't bother with such a pointless thing. And you're complaining?!"

Ruan Mei remained expressionless, offering no words to appease the agitated Black Tower, and continued to focus on her experiment.

"By the way, why didn't you bring that visitor from another world you mentioned before?"

Upon hearing this, Black Tower's handsome brows gradually relaxed from their initial slight furrow.

"You mean Jiang Ning? I've assigned him to guard the Black Tower Space Station."

The "destruction" coordinates on the star's core haven't been cleared, which will attract an antimatter legion. You know that even if I don't tell you, right?

Nguyen Mai remained noncommittal.

"It seems you have a lot of confidence in him."

That's rare; you seldom inspire such trust in anyone. What is it about him that attracts you?

The Great Black Tower did not refute, but raised its hand and summoned the "Fourth Mirror". The reflection on the mirror gradually distorted and began to project images.

"He's a very interesting 'toy,' at least he has the value of bringing me joy when I haven't found a more interesting subject."

"...Ah, interesting."

Black Tower's violet eyes gazed intently at the mirror.

Ruan Mei slowly took off her lab coat, walked slowly behind the Black Tower, and leaned forward to look at the "Fourth Mirror".

"It seems... your space station is in some trouble? Was it caused by the 'destruction' of a large number of Void Soldiers?"

"Does Jiangning, the place you mentioned, have the ability to solve this?"

"What's the panic?"

The Black Tower remained calm and composed, showing no sign of worry.

"Did you anticipate this would happen?"

Nguyen Mai asked.

"Isn't this the perfect opportunity to test his 'worth'?"

Daheita patted the empty space on the sofa beside him, gesturing to Ruan Mei.

"Come, sit down. You can watch the show with me."

Ruan Mei pondered for a moment, then slowly spoke:

"I'll go get some snacks."

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"Warning! Warning! Extremely high-risk imaginary energy fluctuations detected!"

The alarm lights, which had just calmed down, suddenly went off again, flashing red lights that filled the entire compartment.

"What happened? What's going on?!"

Jiang Ning stared at the alarm lights flashing overhead like leaping flames, a look of confusion on his face.

Alan was equally puzzled, and just then, the earpiece clipped to his ear suddenly flashed with a signal-receiving light.

As soon as Alan raised his hand to answer the headset, Estella's anxious voice immediately came through.

"Alan! It's an emergency!"

According to the newly captured footage outside the space station, a doomsday monster is approaching the station!

"Miss, what did you say?!"

Alan was stunned when he heard this, and then his expression broke down uncontrollably.

"Apocalypse Beast?!"

Upon hearing this, the members of the Defense Section, who had just repelled the invasion of the antimatter legion, turned grim, and their joyful atmosphere plummeted to freezing point.

"Where is Lady Black Tower?! We must call Lady Black Tower for help immediately! This is far beyond our ability to handle!"

Alan spoke urgently.

"I've already sent a distress signal to Lady Black Tower, but she... hasn't replied yet..."

A somber voice came from the other end of the communication line.

Having received a reply, Alan's arm fell limply to his side.

The Doomsday Beast, a creation of the "Destruction" destiny, possesses individual combat capabilities comparable to a fully armed large cruiser and is widely recognized as a weapon of war for the antimatter legion.

"It's over, completely over! There's... no hope left..."

The disaster caused by a single doomsday beast is enough to give any small or medium-sized force in the universe a major headache, not to mention that most of the people on the space station are weaklings.

The fate of the people on the Black Tower space station is already obvious.

Upon hearing this, many staff members collapsed to the ground, their faces drained of color, like condemned prisoners being led to the execution ground, utterly losing all hope of survival.

"How could this happen... Everyone tried so hard to survive..."

Leila bit her lip, her eyes filled with resentment.

Jiang Ning remained silent for a moment before speaking.

"Laira".

"Um?"

Suddenly being called by Jiang Ning, Laiira snapped out of her despair.

"I remember the Black Tower Space Station is equipped with a high-powered energy railgun, right? Could that be used to deal with the Doomsday Beasts?"

Upon hearing this, Leira's previously dim eyes regained their light.

"Yes!! We also have..."

In an instant, Laira seemed to remember something, and the excitement in her voice came to an abrupt halt.

A moment later, Laira's shoulders slumped again.

"...It's useless, railguns require a long charging time to fully charge before firing..."

To effectively kill the Doomsday Beast, it would conservatively take at least fifteen minutes to charge up...

Jiang Ning closed his eyes and slowly opened his mouth.

"So that means if we can stop them for even fifteen minutes, everything will turn around, right?"