In the end of the world, I become an immortal alone.

Chapter 40 TER
The next day, early morning at the fort.

Wang Jixuan heard the noise coming from the bed, stopped meditating, returned to his normal sitting position, turned on the desk lamp, and picked up a thick book beside him.

Mechanics: An Introduction.

Lying on the spacious bed, Zhou Zhengde opened his eyes blankly, feeling the cool touch of the direct contact between his skin and the quilt. His left hand tremblingly touched the bulge on the quilt beside him.

Ah, skin...

He jumped up, wearing only a pair of briefs, and stared at the figure on the other half of the bed.

Zhou Zhengde first breathed a sigh of relief.

Lying next to him was Lin Bo, who was sleeping soundly on the ground, also shirtless.

Ah this!

Two intersecting lightning bolts appeared behind Zhou Zhengde. His legs went weak and he almost fell to his knees. He had to hold on to the edge of the bed to keep himself standing.

He knew that he would get drunk easily and various situations would occur easily when he was drunk, but, this... was this suspected of workplace bullying? Lin Bo was also a conservative, could it be because of his request as the captain...

Fortunately, Master Wang's voice sounded in time:
"Don't worry, I've been watching you. Nothing uncontrollable happened to you. I washed your clothes for you because they got dirty."

Zhou Zhengde let out a long sigh of relief and slumped down on the edge of the bed.

He looked at Wang Jixuan and smiled gratefully:

"Thank you. What did I do last night when I got drunk?"

Wang Jixuan's expression was hard to describe. Some unbearable images emerged in his mind. Out of friendship, he quietly tore these images into pieces.

Wang Jixuan closed the thick book in his hand, cleared his throat, and said seriously:
"You were drunk last night, holding Wei Na's hand and talking a lot."

"I'm holding Wei Na's hand, is that true? Don't make such a joke. We were a couple before, but we've already drawn a clear line between us."

Zhou Zhengde frowned and looked at Wang Jixuan.

Wang Jixuan curled his lips, shrugged, and nodded slightly.

Zhou Zhengde hissed, "Did I really say that?"

"said."

"What did you say?"

"Are you sure you want to know?"

"Sure," Zhou Zhengde's expression showed a bit more sincerity and nervousness.

Wang Jixuan suppressed his laughter. "You said you liked her and asked her if she could marry you, the kind of marriage that requires mutual chastity. You can apply for IVF, and you can keep exercising for her until she reaches menopause, doing fifty squats every day... I just learned what menopause means yesterday."

"H-What's her reaction?"

Two flames appeared in Zhou Zhengde's eyes.

"I was very touched," Wang Jixuan showed sympathy, "then she shook her head and refused without hesitation. She said she liked to be free and didn't want to reproduce."

Zhou Zhengde cleared his throat: "Hahaha! I knew it would be like this, haha, ha...ah."

He wanted to hold on.

But Wang Jixuan had already thrown over a box of tissues.

Zhou Zhengde sniffed, tilted his head 45 degrees, and tried to act casual:
"It's all in the past. I know. In fact, it's all in the past. I shouldn't have constrained her...Okay, I'm leaving first...Cheer up and work hard. When I'm free in a few days, I'll help you arrange a meeting with some conservative girls. This is it. You need emotional healing..."

Wang Jixuan was about to refuse, but he suddenly thought of something and nodded slowly.

Taoist Wang said softly: "I can try to get in touch with them, but I have no plans to start a family for the time being."

Zhou Zhengde sighed, feeling a little at a loss: "Okay, I'll get dressed first. Sorry to bother you... No, this should be my home?"

Wang Jixuan closed the book and stood up, smiling and saying, "Then I'll go back and wait for the news from the investigation team."

"Go ahead and get some rest. I'll go over to oversee the war zone investigation team... You didn't sleep last night?"

"I slept for a while, on a chair," Wang Jixuan said seriously, "I have to make sure nothing really happens between you and Lin Bo."

Zhou Zhengde gave a thumbs up firmly: "I will try my best to find a pure soul for you."

Wang Jixuan straightened the corners of his uniform, tucked the book under his armpit, put his hands in his pockets, lowered his head and walked out of the security captain's dormitory.

……

In his new dormitory.

Wang Jixuan sorted out various items slowly and methodically.

Mu Liang had put his original work clothes into the innermost corner. He used the general credit he had accumulated some time ago to buy a few loose cotton and linen shirts and cropped trousers.

He quite likes this casual look.

'If I hadn't practiced cultivation, how would I have lived in the secular world?'

This is what Master Wang has been thinking about recently.

Previously, in the wooden house in the Wanlijin greenhouse area, his cultivation progress was relatively fast. Although it was still very slow compared to his previous life, it was much better than in Central City.

Why is the spiritual energy in Wanlijin's territory relatively rich?
Wang Jixuan had naturally investigated this before.

It’s not because there are more plants in the greenhouse area, but because of their formulated soil.

Wang Jixuan had studied this before. The formula soil contained some spiritual power, but he didn't know the specific source of this spiritual power, so he asked Lin Bo to help get some, and then asked Dr. Wei Na to help him analyze the ingredients.

He suspected that this formula of soil was still related to the blade beast.

Some kind of seasoning in the formula soil is most likely...

The flesh and blood of the blade beast.

Now, apart from practicing, there is actually only one problem that Wang Jixuan needs to worry about most.

Kong was angry and wanted to slice him into slices.

Wang Jixuan was also waiting for the investigation team sent by that war zone to see the strength of this group of "experts".

This investigation team was a sharp blade summoned by Zhou Zhengde with his strong background. Zhou Zhengde wanted to use this team to deal with Kong Nu. Taoist Wang also figured it out.

He will make use of all available resources as much as possible. For the time being, he does not have the hard power to ignore the rules of the mortal world.

Since Zhou Zhengde has a grandfather who is a general and can suppress all kinds of villains, he will hide here temporarily, practice with peace of mind, improve his strength, and find more escape routes.

Now I am afraid that the tree wants to be still but the wind will not stop.

"I used to look down on this world."

'You should accumulate your knowledge and practice now, improve your knowledge, and temporarily commit yourself to a certain force. It is enough to not get too deeply involved and not do evil for it.'

'We should have a reverent heart towards heaven and earth.'

Master Wang stretched lazily and looked at his full closet, feeling a sense of accomplishment.

Then he looked at the sorted out miscellaneous items.

TER.

I saw these three letters again.

Wang Jixuan already roughly understood the meaning of these three letters—the name of a certain underground virtual singer in Fortress 76.

Because the fortress prohibits excessive entertainment, TER can only be active on some old-fashioned radios. Although she debuted only two or three years ago, she has accumulated a large number of fans in downtown and midtown.

Wang Jixuan took the holographic music player and studied it briefly, then plugged it in.

A thin projection screen appeared on the trapezoidal player box, with a series of selection lists on it. Wang Jixuan tried to click on a song called "Radio LIVE · Xiaohe", and the "album cover" appeared in the center of the projection screen.

The cover shows a cartoon girl wearing a halter dress and smiling with her hands behind her back.

A female voice sang softly from the player, and a solo guitar melody unfolded.

Wang Jixuan's mind inexplicably relaxed.

'Oh, a different kind of piano playing.'

A clear and gentle female voice began to sing softly, and the notes flowed back and forth in this not-too-big house like water in a stream.

Wang Jixuan sat on the bed, holding the book and reading it with his head down. He opened his left hand slightly, and a breath of air was released, surrounding the water cup. He brought the stainless steel cup in front of him and took two sips.

This thick basic science book doesn't seem so difficult to read.

[I always thought you would accompany me to see the river/I didn’t expect that we only took two steps/and you said there would be no future/I was just afraid that my love for you would fade away/but I don’t know how to say it to you…]

[After leaving you/I started to like showing off my sincerity/guessing your unpredictable heart/wanting to confirm again/whether we can walk to that river/maybe I am just afraid that my sincerity will be buried/rather than really wanting you to accompany me all the way...]

Wang Jixuan squinted his eyes and smiled, letting the years flow through the characters in his eyes.

The Qi in his body became lazy and slow, no longer rushing forward, but instead began to slowly penetrate the parts of his Taoist body that were originally unable to penetrate.

When the song ended, the singer began to speak, with that clear female voice:
"That's today's song. I hope you can relax after a hard day of studying and working. Keep working hard! We have agreed to meet at a concert in a surface city!"

Wang Jixuan looked at the holographic player and happened to see the album cover that had turned to the front. The cartoon girl was smiling and making a scissors hand gesture.

He put down the water cup, looked at his palms, raised his sword-like fingers, and gently spread them apart.

He laughed in silence, shook his head, and continued to read, wondering whether the machinery and refining methods of this world could be combined.

The music player automatically switched to the next song, which was a radio recording of this virtual singer.

Soon, Wang Jixuan discovered that enjoying music in this relaxed manner was actually of great help to his Taoist practice.

'magic.'

The clear female voice sang the soothing ballad again. She seemed to know that her gentle voice could soothe people's hearts, and she was trying hard to display this talent.

In the singing;
Wang Jixuan put down the book, crossed his legs and meditated, a series of pictures passed through his mind. In the pictures there were mountains, flowing water, birds singing, and flowers blooming. There was also a wooden house and a dark area, and dots of light slowly gathered towards him.

In the office of the captain of the security team, Zhou Zhengde pressed the communicator with his shoulder and cheek, kept saying something, and quickly wrote down some information he had just received on the white paper in front of him with a ballpoint pen.

In the simple gym next to the center's medical room, Wei Na, wearing yoga pants and a sports vest, is doing body shaping exercises when she is not working in the medical room.

Several young men and women passing by the door were chatting and laughing as they walked towards their respective jobs.

In the psychic station office on the third floor of the fortress, Kong Nu was cursing at the white-coated researchers standing in front of him. The girl in a white dress sitting in the corner of the office hugged the stuffed bear in her hands tightly, with a bit of confusion and emptiness in her big eyes...

The fort's machinery was constantly running, and the lights in the middle and lower cities flickered.

"Team Leader! Team Leader Mu Liang!"

Lin Bo's shouting brought Wang Jixuan back from his trance and he took off the newly bought earphones.

He was slacking off at his workstation at the police station.

Wang Jixuan asked: "What's wrong? Is the investigation team here?"

"Team leader, you didn't forget that you were going to meet a cute girl today, right?"

Lin Bo whispered:
"The girl is already there, on a park bench behind the central elevator shaft, across from the police station.

"Just give our captain some face and go chat with her! She saw your photo and wanted to meet you. Her name is Wen Tongtong, a standard conservative. Doctor Wei Na highly recommends her with five stars.

"Hey, as long as you wear our uniform, half the job will be done! Our temperament and looks are a sure win!"

Wang Jixuan smiled and nodded, closed the book "Mechanics: Advanced", and asked again:

"Hasn't that investigation team arrived yet?"

"It is said that those who will arrive at the fortress tonight are all real frontline combatants who are taking a break from the front line! It is said that there is also a powerful frontline psychic!"

"Okay," Wang Jixuan responded, raising his hand to adjust his collar, his light blue security uniform meticulously maintained.

To be honest, he didn't have much expectation for a sweet love, and Yuan Yang couldn't afford to lose at this stage.

Firstly, this is the good intention of his good friend, and secondly, he can take this opportunity to experience a little bit of communication and interaction with others, so as to temper his mind in this worldly world.

According to the rules here, it is enough to politely say 'You are nice, but we are not suitable' later.

He adjusted the collar of his uniform, picked up the gun bag and buttoned it, then walked out of the police station.

(End of this chapter)