Sofia, Lucy, and Steve did not understand why Vivien was crying.

"Vivien, did Steve bully you and make you unhappy?" Sofia asked.

"Dear, have you done anything to Vivien?" Even Lucy raised her eyebrows at Steve, then questioned him in an angry tone.

"I didn't do anything to her..." Steve felt wronged.

"No... It has nothing to do with Steve... I'm actually very happy..." Vivien tried to smile in order to show them that she had happy tears in her eyes. "I have never felt as happy as I do today. Steve was very kind to me, and he helped me... I'm just so happy..."

Seeing Vivien smiling, with happy tears in her eyes, Steve sighed. Although he was unaware of the specifics of Vivien's past, he could clearly tell that her life must have been terrible. Otherwise, she would not feel so inferior or behave so cowardly.

Steve suddenly felt that it was the right decision to bring her back. "Ok, don't cry anymore. As long as you like it here, you can stay here with us." Steve reached out and wiped the tears from Vivien's eyes.

Vivien's little face suddenly blushed. What does he mean by that? Does he want me to be his girlfriend?

"Are you still claiming that she is not your woman?" Lucy stared at Steve in disbelief.

"Vivien is so cute! Of course we will accept her." Sofia looked at Steve. "You seem to have an eye for beauty! In the future, you must only find women of the same calibre and type as Vivien, or else we will not share you with them!"

Steve was stunned, as they had clearly misunderstood the situation. "Vivien and I are not what you think..." Steve laughed bitterly before slowly explaining the real situation.

Meanwhile, Vivien interrupted him intermittently to explain too. After listening to their explanations, Sofia and Lucy reluctantly believed them.

"So, Vivien is not your new woman?" Sofia asked.

Steve nodded.

Lucy laughed and said, "Well, If you ask her now, I'm sure Vivien won't refuse you, will she?"

Lucy then looked at Vivien, who immediately tensed up, bowed her head, and blushed. Steve had already observed that Vivien was a very shy girl, which was probably due to her past life experiences, as she had no friends and did not have any prior contact with any man. Hence, she easily got nervous and shy.

"You think too much. Besides, Vivien has the freedom of choice." Steve looked at Sofia and Lucy. "It's getting late, so it's for us all to rest. There are classes to attend tomorrow."

All three of them were armored robot soldiers, and the next day would be their first lesson. So, now it was time to rest.

"I almost forgot.. My sister and I both have 99% cell activation, and we have just reached a bottleneck," Lucy said hurriedly.

"Honey, how did you break through 100%?" Sofia asked Steve.

"It's getting late. Arrange a place for Vivien to rest, then I'll teach you." Steve said.

Vivien was given the room next to theirs. Vivien watched as Steve, Lucy, and Sofia walked into the next room, suddenly feeling a little envious. But soon, Vivien buried that envious thought in her heart.

After all, she never dared to dream of being Steve's woman like Sofia and Lucy. This was because she felt that she did not deserve that honor.

...

Inside the room, Steve, Lucy, and Sofia faced each other, while Steve explained the cell activation bottleneck.

"For cell activation to reach 100%, you must constantly challenge the limits of your cells. Under constant impact, you will be able to break through the bottleneck," Steve explained.

During his time on the Apollo Battleship, Steve fought with Kungfu Judy, constantly stimulating his limits and challenging the limits of his endurance. In the end, he managed to break through the bottleneck and reach 100%!

"From now on, I am your training target. You must do your best to attack me, and you can't stop, not even to rest!" Steve became their harshest teacher.

"Will this work?" Lucy asked doubtfully.

"Watch it!" Steve punched Lucy in her face, not showing any mercy.

Lucy was shocked and hurriedly rushed to defend herself.

Bam!

Lucy flew backwards after taking the hard punch from Steve. Just then, Steve suddenly headed towards Sofia, whipping across her waist. Sofia did not expect that Steve would suddenly attack them, but she quickly reacted and backed away.

Thump thump...

Bang bang...

The three of them fought, the sound of fists and feet clashing continuing on. Sofia and Lucy were completely suppressed by Steve. Even after Sofia and Lucy teamed up during the fight, they were still no match for Steve!

Steve had progressed and improved faster than they could have imagined! However, in this extreme battle, Sofia and Lucy did feel that they were close to a breakthrough in their 99% cell activation bottleneck. Yet, they were still unable to achieve a breakthrough.

An hour later, both women fell to the ground, exhausted and gasping. They were also swollen in many places.

Although they fought with their fists and feet, Steve had no mercy on them, leaving them injured all over. Luckily, a bottle of ordinary Recovery Serum could easily heal their injuries.

Steve frowned after observing that the two women were much slower in reaching a breakthrough in the bottleneck. Considering their potential, they were far better than Steve. However, it seemed harder for them to achieve a breakthrough as compared to him.

"What is happening?" Steve talked spoke to the Heart of the Universe.

"Master, this is due to their spiritual training," the Heart of the Universe suddenly answered him.

Spiritual training? Steve wondered.