Further ahead was the location of the magnesium-peptide crystals.
Ling Kuang brought a storage bracelet for collecting them, which utilized spatial folding technology to hold an immense quantity of crystals. The crystals required manual mining, but Ling Kuang naturally wouldn't do it himself; those who had descended before had already mined a significant amount.
So, he simply collected them directly.
After putting away the magnesium-peptide crystal ore, he turned his gaze to the young woman before him.
"You will come with me."
"I will take you back."
"On the battlefield, I will protect you too."
The young woman opposite him clearly froze for a moment.
"Huh?"
"Protect... protect me?"
A hint of confusion flickered in the young woman's eyes. She nervously looked left and right, hesitated for a long while, then mumbled softly.
"Protect... protect me?"
"Do you want me to go with you?"
The man opposite her looked at her, seemingly not understanding her reaction.
"Of course, you will naturally follow me. Otherwise, where do you plan to go?"
"You are already my female beast, you cannot leave me."
The man spoke with absolute certainty. His eyes burned as he gazed into the young woman's eyes. As the young woman heard his deep, compelling voice, he drew closer and grabbed her wrist.
"Protecting a female beast is our duty. Moreover, my female beast, I must protect her."
His gaze dropped downwards.
"And, perhaps—you might already be carrying my offspring..."
He could think so far ahead. Hearing him say this, the young woman's cheeks instantly flushed crimson.
"How... how could that be."
"But if I follow you, I'll only be a burden, won't I..."
"And besides..."
She thought for a moment, her voice gaining a bit more confidence.
"And besides, this isn't the Eighth Prison anymore, and you are no longer my guardian. What right do you have to stop me from leaving?"
The man opposite her looked at her vibrant eyes, suddenly leaned closer, and then asked.
"You want to leave?"
"Where do you want to go?"
He raised an eyebrow. His gaze held a sharp edge, and the young woman opposite him nervously swallowed. Her voice became very soft.
"I..."
Her voice grew hoarse. After a pause, she softly said.
"Can't I go find my father..."
The man opposite her let out a cold laugh. He was displeased, as he heard another man's name from the young woman's mouth. This made him uncomfortable and put him in a bad mood. His brows furrowed, and his voice turned extremely cold, almost like a thin layer of ice floating on water.
"Find your father?"
"You mean Ji Feng? But if he could protect you, you wouldn't be here. What, you still have hopes that Ji Feng can protect you?"
"Can he really protect you?"
His words seemed laced with mockery. Hearing the man speak this way, the young woman bit her tongue, and her voice slowly uttered broken syllables.
"Of course, he can!"
She believed it.
"Why not?"
She looked up, her gaze stubborn.
"Besides, I can survive on my own."
The man opposite her seemed to scoff. He leaned closer to her, scrutinizing her. His gaze, however, grew more ardent, like magma about to erupt!
"You are a female beast."
"On the battlefield, if you appear and your scent is detected by others, do you know the terrible things that await you?"
"If no one stands by to protect you—you will be very miserable."
"And, the person who can protect you cannot be just any strong individual; it must be an extremely, extremely powerful one."
The man spoke with immense pride. He continued.
"And on the entire battlefield, the only person with this capability is me."
He paused, then confidently told Lin Muci.
"Only I can protect you."
"Let's go, I've got the magnesium-peptide crystals. We need to head to another place next."
Lin Muci looked at him and asked hesitantly.
"What place?"
He said.
"The Milky Way Battlefield has a miraculous place called the Three Lives Canyon. It is said that cosmic phenomena have a chance to appear there, and if one can comprehend them, their strength can be greatly increased. I have now broken through the Three S level and am a stellar-level powerhouse. I hope to comprehend higher-level cosmic laws."
What he pursued was always greater power.
As for this little female beast...
She was an accident.
Since she was his female beast, he would reluctantly accept her, protect her, and allow her to be his follower.
...
Lin Muci hugged her rabbit and got into her mecha. She originally wanted to invite Ling Kuang to come along, but the man glanced at her and said.
"Do you know how to operate a mecha?"
"Keep up."
Then, he flickered and was already a thousand miles away, leaving Lin Muci dumbfounded.
She quietly looked at the rabbit in her arms.
"That powerful?"
Yue Xiao sighed.
"He said he is strong, the strongest powerhouse on the entire Milky Way Battlefield, and that only he can protect you. That statement is likely not an exaggeration. Host, don't you know?"
"And your mecha, I suspect it won't be able to catch up to him at all."
"He'll probably have to slow down..."
"Let's follow him first."
Lin Muci still didn't understand.
"What kind of place is the Three Lives Canyon then?"
Upon hearing this, the little system's spirits lifted.
"Three Lives Canyon, this is an important mission location."
"Three Lives Canyon is a good place! Many, many powerhouses will gather there later."
"Because it can indeed provide great opportunities... and a very important person will appear there!"
Lin Muci glanced at the little system.
"A very important person... I really can't imagine who is important to you."
"The Main System?"
The little rabbit was so anxious it was about to jump.
"How could it be the Main System!"
"Of course, it's not the Main System!"
"It's the number one ace of the Council, and Ling Kuang's destined rival. That guy is the grandson of the current Council President, extremely powerful, and recognized as a child of destiny..."
"This guy was brilliant when fighting the insectoids, and he knows about the Main System. He's an ambitious and intelligent fellow."
"He always wishes to find a way to control the Main System."
"Host, didn't I tell you before that the Main System is actually an artificial intelligence created by a genius female scientist from Earth, who then developed her own consciousness? This guy wants to find the core code left behind by this genius female scientist..."
"The reason he's rushing here, I guess, is that the core code might be in the Three Lives Canyon!"
The little system, Yue Xiao, was very serious.
"Host, you must stand by your man!"
And stand by the Main System!
What kind of existence was the Main System in its eyes? It was supreme. How could it be reduced to a tool to be manipulated?