"However, there are indeed far too many places where gene warriors are needed now."
Moreover, the work they do is far more dangerous than what ordinary people do; they're always protecting the people on the periphery. I think it's only right that they receive some special treatment.
"My brother just mentioned it casually, saying that gene warriors work differently from ordinary people, which I can understand."
However, we should also make full use of their abilities. For example, this time, when planting rice, we need to dig ditches. If I don't provide machines, will we have to dig them all by hand?
The soil outside is still frozen, and that's when the gene warriors' abilities come into play. If we send a fire-type warrior to start a fire and melt the frozen soil, wouldn't it be much easier to dig?
Then the water system used to fill the ditches with water. There's always a place where they can be used.
When mutated monsters attack, they are at the forefront; even when there's no real fighting, they can't just sit idle—it's all training.
"Honey, you're trying to squeeze every last drop of value out of the gene warriors. Okay, I get it. I'll report to the commander later and see what he thinks."
Xiao Lingfeng stood up and helped clear the dishes and chopsticks into the kitchen. He originally wanted to wash the dishes, but his mother insisted on pushing him out.
"No need for you. There's not much work to do in the kitchen; I can wash it myself. Go and keep Xiaoning company."
He's never home. You've been married for a while now, when are you going to give me a grandson or granddaughter? That way I'll have something to do.
"Mom, what kind of world is this? It's all natural disasters and man-made calamities. This isn't the right time. Please don't ask Xiaoning in front of her. It's me who doesn't want it."
Xiao Lingfeng knew that Jian Ning didn't want children right now, so he shut the door on her.
“That makes sense, but you’re getting older every year, and Mom is getting old too. I’m worried that when you need me in the future, I won’t be able to help you.”
"Mom, what nonsense are you talking about? Just keep drinking the herbal medicine I gave you, and I guarantee you'll live to be a hundred. You'll be in great health."
"My son knows how to make me happy. I'll be content if I can live peacefully for another 10 or 20 years. If I live to such an old age, people will think I'm some kind of old monster."
Aunt Wang smiled and pushed Xiao Lingfeng out of the kitchen, then sighed.
The child is older now, has his own ideas, and doesn't listen to her anymore, so she can't control him. Although she knows in her heart that the current world is not a good time to have children, the past two years have been quite peaceful.
She held old-fashioned views and always felt that if she didn't have children, it would be as if life had no continuation.
It's like the family line has been broken. Especially when she sees Jian Anping's two chubby boys, who are getting cuter every day, she longs for the day when she can hold a chubby grandson.
People live for the sake of the next generation, but young people today just don't understand her feelings.
In fact, Jian Ning had already overheard the mother and daughter's conversation outside; with her hearing, there was no way to hide it from her. So when she saw Xiao Lingfeng come out, she smiled slightly at him.
She walked over and hugged his strong, lean waist, then tiptoed to his ear and asked, "Honey, how about we have a baby for fun?"
"Okay! No take-backs!" Xiao Lingfeng simply bent down and picked her up, striding upstairs.
"I was just kidding. Look how impatient you are," Jian Ning quickly struggled to jump down. She wasn't free enough yet and didn't want to be tied down by a child.
"I knew you were just saying one thing and meaning another." Xiao Lingfeng pinched her cheek lightly, but didn't pinch hard.
But he didn't put her down; instead, he went straight back to his room.
He placed Jian Ning on the bed and leaned over to kiss her.
Suddenly it stopped. A strong wind had picked up outside the window, howling and whipping up something that was hitting the second-floor window with a clattering sound.
"Why is the wind picking up? Is the weather about to change again?"
Xiao Lingfeng walked to the window and looked outside. The sky had darkened, and the clouds were very low. Moreover, the temperature had clearly begun to drop.
"Is it going to be freezing cold again after just two days of warm weather?" Jian Ning got out of bed and looked outside with some concern.
"Probably not, judging by the weather, it might snow."
No sooner had they finished speaking than the windowpane was smashed with a loud crash. Only then did the two realize that it was a hailstone the size of a ping-pong ball!
"Ling Feng, could there be Gu worms in these hailstones?" This was Jian Ning's first thought.
"It's hard to say, there's a high probability. You take care of the house, I'm going out for a bit."
Xiao Lingfeng didn't even bother with the door; he used a wall-penetrating technique to fly out from the second floor, erected a spiritual energy shield, and flew up the mountain on his sword. It was dark now, and there weren't many people around, so he wasn't worried about being seen.
Jian Ning went downstairs and saw Tian Tian looking out the living room window.
"Auntie, did it rain eggs from the sky? White ones?"
"That's hail. It hurts when it hits you. Stay away from the window. It's better to go back inside with Grandma to play. That's safer."
"Okay, Auntie, I'll go back to my room now." Sweetie was a very sensible and obedient child. She left the window and ran back to her bedroom.
Jian Ning picked up the walkie-talkie and called Jian Anping.
"Brother, it's hailing outside. I suspect there are still Gu worms inside. You should stay home and not go out."
"I know, we were even thinking of digging ditches tomorrow, and then the weather suddenly changed again. Thank goodness we didn't plant anything first, otherwise everything we planted would have been crushed. When will we ever have a good harvest?"
Jian Anping knew what was important, so he hung up the walkie-talkie and closed all the doors and windows. He wasn't going to leave the house today, no matter what; even hail wouldn't be able to break through such thick brick walls.
Jian Ning didn't stay inside. She grabbed an umbrella, opened the door, and went outside. In just a few minutes, a layer of hail the size of eggs had accumulated on the ground, showing no signs of melting.
Jian Ning casually picked up a hailstone, but instead of touching it directly, she used her spiritual energy to shield it and examined it in her palm. The surface was entirely ice, so it was impossible to see with the naked eye whether it contained any Gu worms.
He simply tossed the hailstones upwards, and invisible flames erupted from his fingertips, catching the falling hailstones and instantly burning a hollow hole in them.
The surrounding air seemed to drop a few degrees. As the flames continued to burn,
Jian Ning could see countless tiny insects writhing and struggling inside the hailstones.
But this invisible fire, though lacking heat, is extremely destructive when it burns.
These Gu worms were no match for it. Wherever they came into contact with the invisible flames, they silently burst into flames. The hail melted rapidly, and the intense heat of the invisible flames left them nowhere to escape.
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