"What's up? Why aren't you saying anything?" Ling Zichen asked with a smile.

"Zichen, you've sacrificed too much," Tang Wulin sighed.

Ling Zichen's smile suddenly vanished upon hearing this. Tang Wulin couldn't see her face behind her mecha's visor, but he could sense the shift in her emotions.

"You must think I'm a monster, right? Some kind of madwoman?" Ling Zichen said in a cold voice.

Tang Wulin shook his head in response. "Not at all; I've never thought of you that way. In my heart, you're a scientist who's worthy of respect. You've given so much for your pursuit, and you're the pride of the entire Tang Sect."

"But I'm also a woman, and I also desire what normal women want! Even though I only think of those desires very occasionally, I'm still a woman!"

She suddenly began...