CHAPTER 1127: SECTION 700: THE OATH (PART 4)

Many guests attended the Meng family dinner party; not to mention City Lord in charge of this region and various other families, even Sage Fang from the Southeast Region came.

He is a sage who looks quite old, with long eyebrows and white beard; his body modification only left a head, but thanks to artificial skin, he still appears human. As for why Malin knows this, it’s obviously due to Jason’s scan result.

Reportedly human, but he doesn’t look the age a human should—Bei Luo says he’s almost a hundred and fifty.

He also finds it odd, but the Sage Tower and their Machine Intelligence City are merely partners. Sage Fang took the position when he was young, and beyond that, Bei Luo knows nothing about him.

However, according to everyone, it should be due to the longevity medicine from before the great destruction; Bei Luo believes this, as there are indeed records of some unusually long-lived individuals having such experiences.

Of course, to Malin, all this should only be nonsense—whose longevity medicine lasts eight millennia, pharmaceutical company’s brains must have flooded.

It should be a special genetic adjustment or mutations over a long time. To explain their longevity, these guys made up such a reason, and afterward, everyone thought this method was good and naturally copied it.

Tonight’s dinner, besides Sage Fang, most prominent families from New Hangzhou attended, even the parents of the kid who ran off at noon came. The old man surnamed Li seemed to know Madam Meng, being higher in rank than her. Although he couldn’t see Malin’s real strength, he could see Malin’s minimum value at first glance; calling Malin "little brother" endearingly so much that his grandson turned green with the look of someone sold out by their ancestors, making anyone feel compassionate.

This old man Li even introduced his silly grandson to Malin, saying if he doesn’t mind, his grandson could be Malin’s guide, familiar with the vicinity of New Hangzhou.

He didn’t mention Meng Quyi, which gave Malin a deeper understanding of the old folks’ adaptability—whether Eastern Land or Westland, the elders operated similarly.

Malin of course said he didn’t need it, then called out Bei Luo.

As soon as the elders saw Bei Luo, they immediately revealed an understanding smile, afterward no one introduced their grandson, but Malin found it more troublesome—the elders started introducing their granddaughters.

See, whether it’s Eastern Land or Westland, these cunning old things operate similarly, and when one trick fails, they think of another identical one, causing headaches.

So, Malin could only call in Meng Quyi and Lulu. With them behind him, breaking up lovebirds and guarding fiercely, the introductions slowed down, but there are still those powerful and shameless old rogues, like Sage Fang, who brought out a domestic fairy little granddaughter, just like Meng Quyi, with red skin, small and especially cute.

This made Lulu doubt whether her close friend was considered a domestic fairy—after all, Meng Quyi looks 1.6 meters tall.

Malin certainly couldn’t take her, only letting these girls play with their Quyi sister.

Malin had his own business to attend to—after discussing the power plant issue with Sage Fang, he mentioned organizing a resource investigation team to the southwest ruins to find necessary repair parts, and Malin, being such a strong character, joining would be best.

Malin said that wouldn’t work; he’s strong but not a kindergarten teacher. No need to follow him; he already formed a five-four person group’s prototype.

Malin as the leader, touches the loneliest fish, fights the wildest battles, dealing with all sorts of troublesome beings.

Konen as the assault specialist, with Jason bullying little demons—this kid recently developed a knack for shotguns, already using shotguns with the butt removed and the barrel sawed short; no need to aim, increasing his hit rate drastically. Plus, Malin let him use Blood Roar recently, although he’s a biochemical human, Blood Roar doesn’t mind as long as he can slash Chaos.

The remaining recon team is Jason and Bei Luo, these two implant users almost invisible in front of anyone using infrared vision.

And Ails leads the spellcasting squad, usually accompanying Malin, going all out against Chaos if necessary; Malin swears to hammer out all Chaos brain matter.

Hearing Malin mention him, Ails ’floated’ over, lifting his Positive Energy Drink to salute Sage Fang.

Sage Fang apparently heard Ails’ story, curious about this Positive Energy Drink that could be drunk as tea, watching him truly drink two sips (Ails used shapeshifting, as a skeleton frame can’t eat or drink, and as for levitation, modern High-Order Mage tricks only have a few kinds, the best one involves wearing accessories made of Arcane Crystal, usually smuggled from Mark City into this world, Ails doesn’t have them.) afterward, Sage Fang acknowledged Malin’s arrangement.