Over the past forty years, he has won the Coastal City's Mechanical Spirit Cup twice, and has enlightened two mechanical Spirit Beasts unique to him.

If he can win the championship this year, he'll be a three-time champion.

And the words spoken by a True Master of such significance naturally have a massive influence.

The predicament of Senran Studio originated from this.

After that interview, the remaining orders are scant few.

Were it not for Lin Guang's timely support and his keen investment... it's likely that this brand, and even Zumama herself, wouldn't have been able to maintain.

Why would he harbor such malice towards Zumama?

Lin Guang could roughly feel it when watching the video.

Perhaps partly due to the conflict of interests between championship competitors.

But more so, it could be because the other party's True Intent greatly opposes mechanical creations like the Angry Iron Plate.

This thought is understandable, much like Lin Guang's "Greed Monarchy" would certainly dislike anyone trying to take things from his hands.

However, to fundamentally deny a technician's efforts based on one's influence and status, using public opinion and trends, and even attempting to ruin their future...

It made Lin Guang almost uncontrollably averse to the extreme.

A passage from Kaelis's left-behind materials quietly floated to his mind, plunging him into silence.

[Senior Researcher: Lin Zian]

[Intermediate Researcher: Ning Xinru]

[Related Facilities: Zhen Sheng City Coastal Research Institute]

[Related Species: Circular Blue Octopus]

"..."

It seemed Lin Guang's sudden silence led Liko to misunderstand something. She was dazed for a moment and then forced a smile: "Ah, boss, you don't need to worry, he probably wouldn't dare to offend a great talent like you..."

"...right?"

Speaking as she went, she gradually lowered her head, feeling more and more uncertain inside.

—Could it be that the boss regrets not understanding clearly from the beginning, taking over their studio, and signing a contract with them?

After all, they are indeed disliked by a Six-Star Peak True Master, which might be quite a burden...

Zumama also quietly turned her gaze to Lin Guang.

But Lin Guang just shook his head and slightly raised his head, likewise looking at the Angry Iron Plate—its chest's central Core Crystal still pulsing rhythmically.

That was a Tier Five Perfect Level Spiritual Artifact.

The processor of the Angry Iron Plate, the central core of the Spirit Rune Array.

Its heart, too.

Lin Guang said softly, "Its heart is still beating."

"Like you all, it hasn't admitted defeat yet."

He walked to Senran's side and once again extended that slender hand.

Golden shadows, and the Black Crown that seemed almost tangible, appeared once more, with crystal fragments gathering in his hand, coalescing into the vague shape of a brush.

Then...

He began drawing something over the Angry Iron Plate, one stroke at a time in the air.

Zumama and Liko were stunned.

—Bone Construction.

Under Lin Guang's brush, the dismantled parts of the Steel Giant seemed to rewind in time, beginning to re-cover piece by piece.

—Coloring.

The Spirit Rune Arrays, various modules also began reappearing, as if flesh excised was being reborn, and removed organs were restoring.

—Spirit Infusion.

Though it all appeared somewhat illusory, merely a temporary projection formed by Source Stone, the Angry Iron Plate almost seemed to be returning to its prime.

The unexplainable power and beauty conveyed by its mechanical construction were once again manifested, brimming with wildness and strength.

Zumama's indigo pupils even suddenly quivered intensely.

Because...

The internal paths of the Spirit Rune Array and the shape of the exterior appeared somewhat different from the original Angry Iron Plate.

These were the modifications she had simulated on the blueprints using Lin Guang's power over the past few days, and just now.

She could even feel that, as the new structure covered the mech body's surface, the Core Crystal she had personally forged, containing Source Stone components, suddenly seemed awakened, its flickering speed increasing, even attempting to reclaim the newborn Spirit Rune Array circuit.

Yet in the next moment.

Liko regretfully exclaimed, "Ah! It's gone!"

Because the projection, linked to the core, twisted several times and dissipated in mere seconds.

The rejection of Blue Star, the loss of the mysterious Secret Realm's support, without the brush, and with Lin Guang's strength still insufficient.

Moreover, Lin Guang was ultimately unfamiliar with the Angry Iron Plate.

Transformation, unsurprisingly, failed, and even the illusion couldn't be maintained.

But Zumama simply sat there blankly, watching Lin Guang.

Her face was full of excitement, murmuring, "You can understand? You really can understand?"

"Barely a little bit, maybe."

Lin Guang neither nodded nor shook his head.

In just three hours, he had comprehended quite a bit of data through Zumama and the Source Stone within the Angry Iron Plate.

He had actually been silently understanding Zumama's thought process, unable to follow her real-time thinking, but at least he could gradually comprehend the Angry Iron Plate through this.

—And if this drawing ability were used while reforging the Angry Iron Plate?

How much assistance would it add?

Moreover...

For the past ten years, Zumama had almost never thought.

That there could be someone in this world who understood her.

She was long accustomed to her own identity as an outcast, a Terran Demon, afflicted with Ore Disease, without anyone willing to contract with her, and was also used to her perceptions being vastly different from ordinary people.

Thus she became nearly isolated from the world, rarely venturing out, having no human friends, almost solely interacting online to chat with mechanical Spirit Beasts ordering mechanical components.

He seriously stated, "The contract stated, I would help you complete this Mechanical Spirit Cup."

"And I find that guy very annoying too."

"So about this revenge... let me be part of it too."

At this moment, watching Lin Guang's youthful face, her heart began to pound wildly.

Zumama's words were somewhat dry: "Boss, I..."

However, at this moment...

Lin Guang's phone suddenly rang, interrupting her words.

He glanced at the message and smiled, "I have to go home for dinner, so let's call it a day."

After saying this, he didn't linger any longer, leaping off the platform and walking out of the factory gates.

Watching Lin Guang's departing figure fading away from the factory, the short Liko came to Zumama's side, wrapped an arm around her shoulder, and couldn't help but speak.

"Master."

"Hmm."

"The boss is amazing."

"Hmm."

"Are you in love?"

"Hmm."

Liko: "Hmm... Huh?!"