Chapter 27: Whoever Says Mechanics are Useless, I'll Take Them On First!

Looking down, Leng Bingyue tilted her head, her eyes full of curiosity.

Zheng Mu simply smiled.

"Guess?"

Leng Bingyue: "..."

No wonder she had always disliked this guy since they were kids.

The woman with a love-stricken brain in their home had always been partial to this guy, giving him more attention than her, the adopted daughter.

And she had actually worried about that woman's sadness after finding out about this guy's self-awareness. She had been so concerned about him, her kindness should have been fed to dogs!

Zheng Mu was unaware that this proud girl had already started grumbling in her heart.

Seeing her frustrated expression, his smile grew even brighter as he took out boxes of steaming, fragrant takeaway from his storage bag.

"Is it time for dinner? Shall we continue after eating?"

In the carriage, they looked at the eerie, decaying buildings of the Zombie Town outside the window, then back at the delicious feast laid out before them.

This absurd feeling left Leng Bingyue and Cai Shengkun both bewildered.

"Brother... is it a bit disrespectful to the zombies to eat hot pot here?" Cai Shengkun awkwardly asked. Even he, who came from a wealthy background, seemed at a loss in this situation.

They were inside Zombie Town, after all!

Any monster that charged out would be at least level 15.

Even those above level 20 were not few.

Zheng Mu laughed at the suddenly restrained duo, gesturing to the continuous gunfire outside.

"Bodyguards are guarding outside; you two can eat at ease. It's better to continue leveling up after being well-fed, right? Don't you both want to go to Saint Qing University?"

"Of course we want to!" Cai Shengkun immediately shouted.

However, he quickly realized something, looking at Zheng Mu with a mix of surprise and joy.

"Poker, do you mean you're taking us to Saint Qing University?!"

Zheng Mu raised an eyebrow, smiling, "What? You don't want to go?"

"How could we not?! That's the top professional university in the entire Dragon Kingdom! Those who graduate from there are at least city lord-level, and even half of the top ten guardians of our Dragon Kingdom are from Saint Qing University, we..."

Cai Shengkun excitedly rambled about the greatness of Saint Qing University, spittle flying.

Suddenly, Leng Bingyue coldly interrupted.

"I can get into Saint Qing University without your help!"

Zheng Mu glanced at her, thinking she was indeed beautiful. Perhaps among the opposite sex he had met, only the Red Queen from the "Nest of Machines" could compare to her.

It was just her personality.

"Humph..."

Zheng Mu let out a teasing chuckle, turning to Cai Shengkun.

"How many monsters did you kill this afternoon?"

Without much thought, he replied, "Around twenty or so. Your mechanical creatures are truly fierce. Some didn't even control their strength and killed the monsters with a single shot."

Zheng Mu looked at the stubborn Leng Bingyue with a strange expression.

"Heh, yet someone who silently killed at least thirty zombies now acts like they don't know us."

"They say they don't want to, but their actions tell a different story."

Snap!

Cai Shengkun was startled, feeling the coldness from the side, and quickly lowered his head to adjust his condiments.

From the corner of his eye, he saw Leng Bingyue's icy expression turn a mix of red and green.

The young girl's pride seemed to be at stake, as she was visibly embarrassed and angered by Zheng Mu's teasing. She clenched her chopsticks so tightly that they snapped in her hand. However, faced with the undeniable evidence of her own actions, Leng Bingyue couldn't refute him.

Zheng Mu, with a gentle and teasing smile, placed a piece of freshly cooked lamb on her plate. "Don't worry, Bingyue, Aunt Qing has always taken good care of me, and I'll definitely take care of you too. Come on, eat up, be good."

Cai Shengkun: "…"

Cai Shengkun lowered his head even further, his face an array of complex emotions. Under the table, one of his hands silently gave Zheng Mu a thumbs-up.

Only Zheng, the top student, would dare to tease the Ice Queen of Yun High School like this.

Cai Shengkun didn't even know how he managed to finish the meal. The food was all gone, but he couldn't really recall the experience of eating it. Throughout the meal, Leng Bingyue kept glaring at Zheng Mu with resentment, even when she chewed her food, it seemed like she was grinding her teeth.

After the meal, the two resumed their leveling journey. This time, however, Leng Bingyue was especially fierce, as if she'd been injected with adrenaline. She pummeled every zombie she encountered with an onslaught of skills.

Zheng Mu reclined on a lounge chair atop Optimus Prime's vehicle mode, watching the scene and shaking his head. "Still too young, lacking the composure. Tsk tsk."

Muttering to himself, he activated his Midas Touch once more. In the next moment, materials sufficient for assembling a T-800 were converted and instantly combined without hesitation.

"Go, clear all the monsters in Corpse Town. If you encounter something you can't handle, call your comrades for support."

The next moment, a fully armed T-800, indistinguishable from a human, walked straight into the pitch-black depths of Corpse Town, disappearing from Zheng Mu's sight.

Nights in Corpse Town were undoubtedly terrifying. Ordinary adventurers who came to level up would choose to leave before nightfall. However, Zheng Mu's party was an exception.

With the support of two fully-armed T-800s and a roaming Licker, the trio turned Corpse Town into their own experience-harvesting ground.

However, at the edge of Corpse Town, not far from their location, another team was also fighting and struggling. Xiao Gu moved swiftly through the shadows, and in the blink of an eye, a leaping zombie had a deep hole in the back of its head.

"Everyone, move faster! That secret realm might appear again today, and we must seize the opportunity this time!"

Just then, a faint sound of gunfire caught their attention.