"I have killed the extraterrestrial demons and burned their bodies."
“An animal ate his body and blood. I’m afraid his blood will cause a mutation and burn down the entire forest.”
“His blood was soaked into the soil and could not be separated, so I burned the soil layer as well.”
"All I can say is that I have done everything I can to reduce the potential impact of the extraterrestrial demons on this world."
Kang Xiyang nodded slightly, "You've done a very thorough job. I can't think of a more reliable solution."
"Oh, right, I have some bad news for you." Jiang Qingwan chose to tell the good news first, and then the bad news.
"What bad news?" Kang Xiyang frowned, tapping the table absently with his hand.
“I burned away the soil layer, it needs to be filled in,” Jiang Qingwan said, spreading her hands and shrugging.
Kangxi Yang relaxed the wrinkles between his brows, leaned back in his chair with a relaxed expression, and waved his hand, saying:
"That's alright, it's a piece of cake. There aren't many attack-type ability users as powerful as you, but there are quite a few ability users who do infrastructure work."
"I'll go to the base lobby later to issue a mission, find some earth-type ability users, and fill the land back in."
Ye Qi tugged at Jiang Qingwan's sleeve and they exchanged a knowing glance.
Kang Xiyang continued, "Sister Jiang, you can't take advantage of my youth and always speak in such a breathless manner! I can't handle mood swings either."
Jiang Qingwan pursed her lips and forced a smile, her small dimples appearing on her face. "It is indeed bad news. We'll have to trouble the base to clean up the mess."
Kangxi Yangteng stood up abruptly from his chair. "Absolutely not! If it weren't for you, we would have become playthings of the extraterrestrial demons under Han Qianfan's leadership long ago."
"Now it's just the easiest part of cleaning up the battlefield, and we are very grateful and honored."
Gu Ningyue didn't give Kang Xiyang any face and said bluntly, "Let's skip the pleasantries. We're all seasoned veterans, why are we playing these ghost stories?"
Gu Ningyue conjured a small metal star with her hands, tossing it back and forth between her left and right hands, finally catching it in her left hand and rubbing it with her right index finger.
Gu Ningyue stretched her right hand forward a few inches and repeatedly rubbed her fingers together, hinting to Kang Xiyang, "Do you understand this?"
As a shrewd and intelligent person, Kangxi Yang certainly understood it.
He gently pushed Gu Ningyue's finger back and turned a plain, unremarkable ring on his thumb.
A huge red crystal core appeared in the air and rolled onto the table.
Kang Xiyang picked up the red crystal core and introduced it, saying, "This is a fourth-order fire-type crystal core, I'm giving it to you."
"What do you mean 'gifted'? Isn't this what I deserve? Don't act innocent after getting a good deal." Jiang Qingwan stared coldly at the fourth-tier fire-element crystal core in Kang Xiyang's hand.
She was not interested in fourth-order crystal nuclei.
It did not help her strength at all, but repairing the space did require a crystal core, but unfortunately there was only one, which was not enough for anything.
Gu Ningyue slammed her hand on the table and stood up. "How dare you! Is this how you try to get rid of us? One crystal core?! Gifts should always be given in even numbers!"
"Besides, does our Sister Jiang deserve only a fourth-tier fire-type crystal core after all the trouble she went through to resolve the base's crisis?"
Despite being at the center of the controversy, Kang Xiyang remained calm and composed, speaking slowly and deliberately:
"I said this fourth-order fire-element crystal core is a gift, a personal token of my appreciation."
"As for the settlement and reward for Miss Jiang Qingwan's mission to save the base, it needs to be discussed at a base meeting."
"With me here, this reward will definitely not be small."
Gu Ningyue sat back down in her chair and apologized, "Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you were deliberately trying to humiliate our Sister Jiang."
"I was thinking that if this base doesn't approve of Sister Jiang, we can switch to any other base. Which base wouldn't welcome us?"
Jiang Qingwan had remained silent the whole time, but upon hearing this, she nodded quietly.
When Kang Xiyang saw Jiang Qingwan's statement, his calm and composed expression vanished. He hurriedly forced a smile and placed the red crystal core in his hand in front of Jiang Qingwan.
"What are you saying? Our Youlong Base is absolutely the best place for you, Sister Jiang! You absolutely mustn't leave."
Jiang Qingwan absolutely cannot leave; he still needs her to do something for him.
Ye Qi yawned and suddenly spoke up from the side: "Kang Xiyang, stop pretending. They don't know because they don't have much contact with you, but I can tell there's something more to your words just by looking at you like this."
"Stop talking nonsense and disturbing Captain Jiang's rest."
Kang Xiyang looked at Gu Ningyue, then at Ye Qi, looking embarrassed to speak.
Kang Xiyang hinted to Jiang Qingwan, "Look at this..."
"Hey. Is there anything we can't know?" Gu Ningyue's fiery temper was easily ignited. She had no sense of propriety and knew to avoid Kang Xiyang and Sister Jiang's conversation.
She turned the table while the boss was picking up food!
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been fired from his company and would have switched careers to become a stay-at-home cartoonist.
Ye Qi didn't care about these things and sat silently to the side.
If he hadn't felt sorry for Jiang Qingwan for not going home and coming to the base's conference room to deal with outsiders, he wouldn't have bothered to say a word.
He doesn't need to know everything; he only cares about whether Jiang Qingwan is happy.
“Okay.” Jiang Qingwan immediately understood Kang Xiyang’s meaning. She stood up, patted Gu Ningyue’s shoulder reassuringly, and said to her, “Be good, you and Ye Qi go home first. I’ll go back later.”
Upon hearing the word "well-behaved," Ye Qi looked up and glanced at Gu Ningyue.
Gu Ningyue happened to catch him and launched a direct, indiscriminate attack: "What are you looking at? You don't care about Sister Jiang at all. You came into this conference room and acted like nothing happened."
Ye Qi ignored Gu Ningyue and instead moved closer to Jiang Qingwan, his eyes seemingly covered with misty tears, and said to Jiang Qingwan with a wronged expression, "You know. I do care about you."
Jiang Qingwan was momentarily lost in thought, which Ye Qi noticed.
Taking advantage of the situation, Ye Qi intensified his offensive, being extremely considerate: "You can leave anything to me."
"Green tea." Gu Ningyue pouted and muttered softly.
Jiang Qingwan regained her senses and gently pushed Ye Qi away.
Ye Qi clenched his fist, his fingers interlocked, his knuckles turning white, and he couldn't help but curse inwardly: What a third wheel.
He then vented his resentment on Kang Xiyang, giving him a warning look.
Looking into Ye Qi's eyes, Kang Xiyang understood that even the researchers at their base were experiencing a rare moment of happiness, and were about to switch to "wife-protecting mode."
Ignoring Ye Qi's gaze, Kang Xiyang got up, opened the door, stood beside it, and bowed as if to see the guest out: "Please."
Gu Ningyue and Ye Qi did not linger, but as they left, Kang Xiyang received two more sinister glances.
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Sister Jiang, you really know how to train people.
What loyal lackeys they are!
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