When she saw this late guest, Sakura felt like she was in another world for a moment.
Scenes of the past passed quickly before her eyes, and Sakura thought she would never see this person again... But she didn't expect that not only would he come back, but he would also stand in front of her alive.
It's just that Yingzi didn't quite believe her eyes... She kept looking at him in concentration until he said, "I didn't expect you to be here too."
After Yingzi heard the voice, she was sure that it was him. He was indeed back, and he was still so annoying.
So Sakurako immediately turned her head and stopped looking at him.
Lulu was a little surprised. She had heard some past stories about Yingzi before, but she didn't expect that Yingzi would react like this when she saw her close relatives.
The other party was also a little embarrassed.
Xue Ming gave up his seat and let him sit down.
Aaliya smiled first and said: "You, please learn how to speak more...it's been so many years...you still haven't made any progress at all."
He smiled, looking a little lonely, but didn't explain anything.
When everyone arrived, Lin Xue stopped talking nonsense. She went straight to the topic and said: "My brother told me before he left that year, no matter what changes happen within human society and the Shenqi tribe, it will not matter to me.
There is no need to interfere, I just need to take care of my own people... But... if there is a problem that threatens the existence of the entire world, I have to come forward, and please remember the reason why you are sitting here."
Everyone nodded silently, but Yingzi was still a little confused, so she asked softly: "Your Majesty... I didn't understand..."
Lin Xue glanced at Yingzi and said: "Actually, I didn't plan to come over to you today, but it was such a coincidence that I met you, so... let me put it bluntly... your father decided to use his existing
Everything is passed on to you as an inheritance, but there is one condition."
heritage?
Yingzi was shocked when she heard this, and she hurriedly looked at the late guest.
But the guest just lowered his head and drank tea with a smile on his face, seemingly not caring about how Lin Xue organized his words.
Seeing this, Lulu quietly shook Yingzi's hand, and then whispered: "Don't be impatient now, I'll ask you later."
Yingzi's hands trembled slightly, and she fell silent.
"Want to hear what the conditions are?" Lin Xue asked.
Yingzi glanced at him secretly again. He had indeed become much older... What had he experienced in the past ten years...
"Well..." Sakura nodded.
Lin Xue smiled: "It's very simple. If you inherit everything from him, it is equivalent to assuming his responsibility, and this responsibility may make you make choices you don't want to make at some point.
"
Yingzi trembled when she heard this. She had actually guessed it... But the reason why she chose to leave that home back then was because of his decision, which made Yingzi lose her mother...
Now he asked her to step forward to take over his responsibility... This...
Yingzi smiled coldly and shook her head: "I'm sorry...I refuse."
Lin Xue raised her eyebrows and looked at the man sitting opposite.
He was still drinking tea. After hearing Yingzi's reply, he said softly: "If the child does not agree, these matters... should be handled by me."
Yingzi didn't feel the slightest gratitude when she heard such words, she just felt chilled.
Lin Xue asked coldly: "You? You have less than a week left, can you really do it?"
A week!?…A week…
Yes... Sakurako remembered it... He was already very old... and he always hated those things... Now that he appears like this, he must be in a very respectable state.
He smiled bitterly, but said calmly: "That's enough. I've got important clues. I believe I can handle the matter in the next two days."
"Oh?" Xue Ming, who had been silent all the time, suddenly asked: "Can you explain it in detail?"
But he shook his head and explained: "It's not that I doubt you, but the matter is a bit complicated. I hope you can be more patient before sorting it out."
Lin Xue didn't care much about these details. She said, "I have patience, but I'm worried that my body won't be able to hold on."
He smiled: "I can hold on."
"You can't hold it..." Sakura said calmly.
Everyone was stunned, and his smile also stiffened.
After a while, he said again: "Don't worry, you can hold on."
"You can't hold it!!!" Yingzi suddenly stood up, with tears in her eyes, looking at this man who she loved and hated at the same time, who gave her life, but was as cold as if he had nothing to do with her.
Relevant outsider man.
Lulu panicked. She stood up and said, "Aunt Yingzi, don't worry! We will take good care of him."
Yingzi sneered and said: "Fifteen years ago, you exterminated your relatives and asked the arbiter to take away your mother and younger brother from home, but you just watched...for what? For me? Or for what you insist on?
justice?"
Aaliya frowned: "Yingzi!"
When Yingzi heard the sound, she turned to look at Aaliya and Lin Xuehou beside her and said: "I'm sorry everyone, I know that for everyone, such a thing is not worth mentioning at all, so... I will leave first.
.”
Saying that, Yingzi was about to walk out.
But Lin Xue suddenly said: "Wait a minute, this story of yours... I really don't think I've ever heard him tell it before... Can you sit down and tell it slowly?"
Yingzi stood for a moment, but did not look back. After being silent for a while, she continued to walk out. This time, no one stopped her.
After leaving that room and losing sight of that person, Sakurako suddenly felt as if she was relieved.
The proprietress Xuan'er was sitting outside the house. When she saw Yingzi coming out, she waved and said, "Yingzi, let's have a cup of tea together."
Tea... Yingzi has been drinking boring tea all afternoon, and she is really not in the mood now, so she smiled slightly and said: "I have something to do, so I will leave first. Thank you for the hospitality." After saying that, Yingzi left the snack shop.
Xuan'er stared blankly at Yingzi's retreating back, then sighed deeply, feeling a little uncomfortable in her heart.
…
The remaining people were a little embarrassed, especially Lulu. She came today purely at Aria's invitation. In fact, she didn't know anything about what they were going to do, and she didn't want to know too much.
So as soon as Yingzi left, Lulu also said goodbye.
Soon all the younger ones left, and the remaining ones didn't look too old, but in fact they were all over fifty years old.
When you think about it, it's really a gathering for the elderly.
Aaliya's face straightened and she said: "It's not convenient for us to ask about your family's private affairs, but if you don't have a successor now, we have to consider finding someone else to take over. Do you have any objections to this?"
He said lightly: "No, but... I'm still alive now, so I'd better not talk about this for now, okay?"
Aaliya frowned, slightly unhappy.
Lin Xue knew that the two of them were not quite on the right track, so she said: "The few things that have happened recently seem to be 'little things', but in fact, if these problems further expand, or if we still cannot find the source, then it is very likely that in the future
It will expand into a disaster that threatens the entire existence of reality... So I also ask you to be more clear-headed and serious, and don't think that the central curtain is gone and the disciples have been cleaned up, and the world will be a better place, okay?"
Xue Ming was convinced of this, and he said something that seemed to have nothing to do with it.
"Recently, there is a personnel review within the management level. It is probably because some people cannot be allowed to feel that they can sit back and relax all the time... But doing so will inevitably affect us and the entire Holy Ark Council. If the major families do not express their stance, then
There will be no chance to discuss these issues on the table in the future."
Aaliya understood clearly. She frowned and said: "We, the Steven family and the Han family, don't need to ask. The main problem now is the Pingyu Group! When we kicked him out, it was out of necessity during the war.
, I thought he would die, but I didn't expect that he was not only alive and well, but also pulled the other three major families into a boat... Now these people are equivalent to the 'disciples' sect. If they can't be handled properly, they will continue to do this.
If the review continues, things will really get serious."
Lin Xue didn't know much about the recent situation, but she still had a general idea.
In fact, these are not secrets.
The seven major families split into two factions after the dissolution of the New Union Government and the coming to power of the Glorious Republic.
One of the factions is the maintenance faction headed by the Rusteven family and the Han family, which supports the top management, and the other side is the "opposition" headed by the Bai family and the Constantine family, with the Pingyu Group as their spokesperson.
The reason why I put the quotation marks is not to say that what they did has not reached that level, but that the leaders at the highest management level knew what they were doing, but because their roots were too deep, they had to consider the overall issue.
Talk about selective neglect.
What's more, in recent years, the Arbiter has been "stained" in the process of purging disciples around the world, and many innocent people have been implicated. This itself has damaged the governing image of the highest management level. In addition, there have been protests from some civil society groups and some
With the support behind the scenes of a large financial group, the human society on Gaia seems to be a whole, but in fact it has been divided into two.
Of course, Han Kongwen and other top management-level governors are not worried at all that they will really divide the world, because that will completely expose their intentions, and as long as they lose their "name", things will be easier to handle...
But the problem is that they are very "well-behaved". Not only did they contribute at the beginning of the reconstruction of civilization, but they also penetrated their power everywhere over the years. Now they are so intricate that it can be said that they have reached the point where if they want to be completely eliminated,
It's the point of committing suicide.
Such a distorted development state is not what Xiao Qing and others are happy to see, but the devastation caused by the Central Curtain to the human world is too deep... The only way now is to maintain and wait.
In the words of Xiao Qing and others, time can smooth out everything. When all the disciples die due to the shortcomings of their own body structures, the remaining humans can naturally complete the transformation and purification of the entire society, and what they can do
It is to maintain this delicate balance as much as possible.
but……
Recent problems have thrown this delicate balance off balance.
"The complete investigation report has more than 100,000 words. I will probably read it to you tomorrow until tomorrow. I will briefly explain it." Xue Ming picked up a cup and two pairs of chopsticks.
"First of all, this cup is regarded as our current management-level balance point." He turned the cup upside down on the table and put the chopsticks on it.
"The two ends of this chopstick are the top managers on both sides." Everyone present understood what Xue Ming meant.
"Judging from the past, everyone has their own advancements and retreats. Generally speaking, the 'disciples' now don't think much about subversion and annihilation, because that violates basic values and is unpopular. This unpopularity is not just
On our side, they themselves feel that there is no need to make such a big fuss! And it is precisely by taking advantage of this that our concessions have meaning, so the mutual friction between the arbiter and the disciples is used to sway this delicate balance for the time being.
Keep it up." Xue Ming said and gently moved the chopsticks, but the chopsticks just shook and had no intention of tilting to one side.
"But now, a third force has emerged in the middle of these delicate balances. Although it is not clear whether this force really exists, judging from the current situation, it has indeed destroyed the existing balance... This is the most important force among them.
The key thing is the 'Mysterious Cube' that almost exploded." Xue Ming said as he picked up a piece of dim sum from the plate on the side and placed it in the middle of the chopsticks.
"According to the investigation results, Zhang Yu and Jin Yuan originally planned to clean up a 'disciple' force led by extremists, and made corresponding preparations, including personnel deployment and subsequent evacuation... However, after they entered
Behind the target's private manor, we encountered three strange alien species. Everyone should have read the detailed information about these alien species... It is basically certain that they are neither alien spirits nor omnics of the Shenqi tribe, nor are they ordinary.
It is a living organism, but something with a macro wave field as its basic structure that has never appeared in records. We temporarily call it ''!" Said Xue Ming, who also looked at the man next to him specifically and said
Said: "When Cerberus was occupied by the Golden Birdcage, something similar seemed to appear in the electromagnetic storm it created, and Lin Sen also mentioned an invisible form in his personal file records.
Do you have any impression of the mysterious 'creature' that actually exists?"
After thinking for a while, he shook his head: "It shouldn't be the same thing."
"Oh?" Xue Ming was a little surprised. He thought he would find some clues from this man.
"That's not the focus of our attention now. Let's talk about the things that really threaten us."
"Well..." Xue Ming nodded, and then continued: "Yes, the mysterious '' only appeared once, and according to the combat data records at the time, they were all destroyed by the firepower of the star rail cannon, but then
, the ‘Mysterious Cube’ appeared.”
Xue Ming picked up the snack and put it in front of his eyes and said: "Because the firepower of the star rail cannon was too powerful, not only was the manor razed to the ground, but even the psionic energy waveform traces left by those who existed in the manor's underground fortress at that time were also destroyed.
It was completely blown up, so there was no way to determine whether this thing was the gift prepared by this independent 'disciple', but one thing that was further promoted was that three hours after the incident, the 'Mysterious Cube' was transported
After arriving in Alub, and immediately following the Supreme Academy of Sciences, they received an order from the highest management level to launch an investigation into the 'Mysterious Cube' as soon as possible. Among them... the true identities of many individuals were exposed at once... and the balance began.
Tilt toward imbalance."
This point basically makes the problem clear.
Alia added: "Let me add, in fact, the top management did not issue an order requiring the disposal team to move the 'Mysterious Cube' to Elub as soon as possible. This order was issued by the Supreme Defense Department of Elub
I made it myself, which means...the problem lies with Alub's management level, not the top management level, and the difference is still very big."
Xue Ming nodded: "Yes, you have added this point very well, but the subsequent research work on the 'Mysterious Cube' is indeed an order issued by the top management. According to Yu Chigong's special research report, if at that time
If he presses that button, at least one-third of the Elubos will be blown to pieces by the spilled superstring particles, and everyone present will definitely die!"
"Well... Later, after Manny took over the research work, she tried to use the relatively safer strong-attack gamma wave to penetrate the mysterious cube, but all failed. The gamma rays used to penetrate the cube almost destroyed the entire experimental site." Ai
When Liya said this, she sighed softly: "Thinking about it this way...we really walked away from the gate of hell..."
Xue Ming: "No, this does not include you and Lin Xue, but me, Han Kongwen and other top managers who were almost wiped out."
Aaliya curled her lips, a little dissatisfied with Xue Ming's nitpicking.
Lin Xue understood, and she said: "The news that I am here today should be no secret now, but... in my current capacity, I am here just to convey a message to remind them that the state of balance still exists.
You are still responsible for the key investigation work. At the same time...this matter must have a result as soon as possible, otherwise it will change later."
Aaliya was startled: "What? Is there anything else?"
Lin Xue nodded solemnly and said: "I didn't know that until I came here... Now the 'disciple' leader who advocated balance has passed away, and the new one is a woman named Chu Yunlan, and this woman...
As far as I know, she is a pure annihilator!"
"Chu Yunlan?" Aaliya is still a little unfamiliar with this name, but she seems to have heard of it before.
The man sitting opposite him reminded: "The Chu family is a tycoon in the tourism industry. Mr. Chu invited us to visit his home. At that time, his daughter had just grown up and was just two years younger than us."
Aria's eyes slowly grew bigger, and she let out a long sigh: "Oh!!! I remembered it! There is such a person! But... Didn't Mr. Chu's daughter say she was bitten by a different species in the wild?
Injured, and later killed someone...and then..."
He shook his head: "Chu Rongchuan only has such a daughter, how could he be willing to really ask her to die..."