The girl's bedroom.

Liz leaned on Lian Han's shoulder and wouldn't leave no matter how hard she tried to shoo her away; she was more like a child than she was.

"Liz, are you really not going to take a shower?" Lian Han asked, still unwilling to give up.

Such close contact made her feel uncomfortable.

"Your hands were just washed. There's not a drop of blood anywhere else. Xiaohan smells so good."

Lian Han was speechless. "Liar. I don't smell at all."

"Yes. Only I and the insects can smell it, it smells incredibly sweet." So sweet it almost wants to devour you whole, just like when she first met her original owner, baring her teeth and claws.

Lian Han: ...What kind of description is this?

[As I said, the Zerg recognize people by their aura, which is similar to mental energy. Girl, your mental energy—it has a certain attraction to both the Zerg and the alien beasts.]

[So that's how it is.] Judging from the situation, Liz wouldn't be letting her off the hook today, so even Han could only compromise and let her lean on him, while he activated his AI.

The Zerg were mostly disguised as members of the Wen family.

There are several possibilities why the Zerg were able to obtain the Wen family's invitation and ensure that the Wen family wouldn't expose them. One possibility is that several members of the Wen family who were supposed to attend the birthday banquet were switched out midway through. Another possibility is that the Wen family was already preoccupied with their own problems and had no energy to deal with anything else. The third possibility is—treason.

Hopefully, the Wen family isn't that stupid.

Liz was clearly restless, blinking her eyes repeatedly as she curiously looked at her AI. "What are you looking at?"

"Liz can read?"

"Unable to read human writing." As one of the few illiterate characters on the character card, Liz immediately deflated.

"Xing—didn't your teacher teach you that?"

Liz said shyly, "Master wants to teach me, but I just can't concentrate."

[So her intelligence really lies in her martial arts skills.] Old Xing said earnestly.

Lian Han: ...

A knock suddenly sounded at the door, and 003 spoke up at the right moment, "Master, it's Young Master Ling Ze who wants to come in."

Ling Ze? Thinking of the lively and cheerful young man he had just met, Lian Han said, "Let him in."

The door opened, and Ling Ze was about to ask about his sister when he saw the ruthless killer, Kapai, nestled in his sister's arms, looking very affectionate.

"...Sister, what's this?"

"Sit down. Liz is very well-behaved; just pretend she doesn't exist, cousin."

003, who controls the room's intelligent system, moved the wooden board next to him, and a chair quickly appeared in front of Lian Han.

"Good girl?" Ling Ze's lips twitched. He closed the door and sat down. "It was our oversight that the birthday party turned out like this. Don't be sad, little sister. We'll definitely make it up to you later."

Lian Han blinked. "Isn't the most important thing right now to find out how these Zerg came to be?"

"This is my responsibility as the eldest brother. Oh, right, the birthday present! I must be the first to give my little sister a present." Ling Ze suddenly became excited and took out a gift box.

Lian Han opened the palm-sized box under the expectant gaze of the young man. Inside was a pendant with a dark blue chain that resembled both stone and jade, making the teardrop-shaped red gemstone even more dazzling.

003: "Space equipment detected. Do you acknowledge ownership?"

Lian Han looked at Ling Ze, then nodded, "Accept as master."

"View space?"

"yes."

As soon as the voice fell, a screen popped up on the AI, displaying more than a dozen energy guns of various sizes.

"I made this myself. My little sister can take it out and play with it." Ling Ze said cheerfully, with a hint of pride.

Lian Han silently glanced at the detailed descriptions of each energy gun beside him and had to admit that Ling Ze did indeed have reason to be proud. He had actually managed to make an SS-class Federation-restricted energy gun. Although his background might have made it easy for him to find the blueprints, it was still quite remarkable.

After all, the explosion rate during the creation of the energy gun is almost no lower than that of a card.

"But there are a few that aren't allowed to be taken out, right?"

"That's for my sister to save her life in a crisis. The Scarlet Night can block energy detection and can be worn as an ordinary necklace. Even if you put something forbidden inside, it won't be detected."

[Tsk tsk! Illegal possession of a gun! Your cousin is really something.]

"Let me put it on you." Ling Ze picked up the necklace and was about to put it on her, but Liz reached out and took it from him, immediately annoyed, "What are you doing?"

"Don't touch my master!" Liz picked up the necklace, looked at it, and then put it on Lian Han.

After saying that, Liz put her arm around Lian Han's shoulder and snuggled into her arms.

Ling Ze, sensing that intense possessiveness: ...

The young man's gaze was tinged with resentment, so Lian Han changed the subject, "Are the older brothers all busy?"

"Yes. My eldest brother is investigating, my second brother went to entertain those righteous guests, and Mother should be in the living room."

"So, who are you here for?"

"I came to see you. The scene was too bloody, and your mother was worried about you." Ling Ze scratched his head. "Is your sister going to school in Diluo?"

"yes."

"Then I'll be your senior! I'll protect you at school from now on!" Ling Ze patted Lian Han's shoulder, but Li Zi slapped his hand away the next moment.

"Don't go too far with this card," Ling Ze said, displeased.

Liz turned to look at him, her vertical pupils narrowed, and a murderous intent spontaneously emanated from her, as if to say, "If you touch your master again, you're dead."

Overwhelmed by the murderous intent and recalling the ferocity of the creature just now, Ling Ze curled his lip, unwilling to give up.

"What year is my cousin in? What department is he in?"

"The Department of Armor Making is a sophomore this year."

Lian Han smiled and said, "What a coincidence, I'm also in the Armor Making Department." Although she would be transferring departments after entering the university.

"That would be great. Freshmen live right downstairs from us, so call me anytime if you need anything. There's nothing at school I can't handle!" Ling Ze said.

"What's the holiday homework?"

Ling Ze's lips twitched, and he looked down at the ground. "I was just too lazy to do it before. Give me two days and I'll have it done."

Two days should be enough, right?

When Lian Han heard that he could finish in two days, he continued, "Then take me out for some fun in two days. I haven't gone out much since I came to the capital star."

"Great!" Perfect, let those guys see he has a little sister too!

Before he could say anything more, Ling Ze's AI suddenly lit up. The young man's eyes lit up, and he looked at Lian Han, "Let's go, I'll take you somewhere."

"Where?"

"You'll find out soon."

Why do they all like to play mysterious? Lian Han rolled his eyes, then nudged Liz on top of him, "Let's go, let's go out and take a look."

"Mmm." Liz nodded obediently.

The garden was pitch black at night, with only a few specks of moonlight filtering through the clouds. Even Han blinked, wondering if the garden was always this dark at night.

However, after thinking about it, she realized that she had absolutely no recollection of it.

For the past few days, Lian Han had been busy researching how to draw intermediate-level illusion cards, and then busy unsealing Liz. He hadn't paid any attention to this small matter.

So when the pitch-black garden suddenly became as bright as day, Lian Han was genuinely a little surprised.

"Happy birthday!" Everyone looked at them with smiles.

There were the Ling brothers, aunt, Ruan Muxue, the fat man from the Ruan family, Amber Lance, Ming Yu, and others. Besides family members, there were also people who had helped out in the living room before.