Ah Da replied, “I haven’t considered that yet as undergoing my stellular tribulation at this time was just an accident. I will first help Mr. Lu return to the Outerverse before making plans for the future.”
Lu Yin nodded. “Alright. I know the Chief Justice quite well, so I’m happy to help.”
Ah Da felt that this sounded quite strange. As far as everyone in the Interstellar Supreme Court was concerned, the Chief Justice was mysterious, majestic, and inviolable. He embodied the concepts of justice, judgment, and faith. Given all of that, why did Lu Yin’s comment make the Chief Justice sound like a middle-aged neighbor? When Ah Da remembered the Chief Justice’s emblem that Lu Yin was carrying, an odd thought popped into his head: was it really possible that this youth was the Chief Justice’s illegitimate child?
Ah Da had always maintained a rather indifferent attitude towards Lu Yin, but after surviving his tribulation, the new Envoy’s attitude had completely changed. Lu Yin had saved Ah Da’s life, and he looked at Lu Yin with true respect.
Lu Yin was also someone who was a part of the Hall of Honor. He had never lost this status, and Ah Da suddenly took a closer look at Lu Yin after hearing his latest comment.
An Enlighter becoming an Envoy was a big event, and it became a popular topic at Aurora Fortress.
That night, Wan Lao’er was scolded once again. In his anger, he wanted to find Young Master Zhi’s race car and challenge Lu Yin, but unfortunately, Lu Yin no longer had any interest in racing cars. He was far more interested in Wan Lao’er’s father.
After Wan Lao’er stomped out of the house, his father, Wan Gong, let out a sigh. “Useless child.”
He shook his head and returned to his room. Suddenly, the hall lights in the downstairs of the house turned on, and he glanced at the living room in an odd expression.
“Wan Gong, let’s talk!” a voice called out. Wan Gong’s expression instantly changed, and he instinctively wanted to call someone.
Many people had always wanted to steal Aurora Enterprises’ technology, so all of the engineers had powerful bodyguards.
“Don’t bother. I only came after preparing myself.” The voice spoke again.
Wan Gong felt that this voice sounded familiar, so he slowly walked downstairs to see Lu Yin lounging on a sofa while looking at some sketches.
They were blueprints of just regular pieces of a spacecraft, so Wan Gong was unconcerned. He stared at Lu Yin. “Alliance Leader Lu, is there something important enough for you to visit me so late at night? If you’re curious about your bodysuit armor, you don’t need to worry. You’ll have it in just two more days. We’re doing an excellent job.”
Lu Yin set the sketch back down on the table. Next to the drawing were some raggedy old clothes.
Wan Gong’s face fell when he saw the clothes.
Lu Yin picked up the shirt and flipped up the collar to clearly show the mark that looked like bloodstains hidden beneath a fold. “Can Senior Wan Gong tell me what this symbol means?”
Wan Gong stepped forward and asked, “What symbol? That’s just a bloodstain.”
Lu Yin stared at Wan Gong. “You, or your ancestors, should have come from Earth.”
Wan Gong’s fingers trembled, but his eyes were focused. “What’s ‘Earth?’ I’ve never heard of it before.”
A smile spread across Lu Yin’s face. “In that case, there shouldn’t be any issue with Director Zhi seeing this symbol. I’ve already spoken with Aurora Enterprises’ senior management, so you should start thinking about how you can explain this to them.”
Wan Gong’s expression instantly changed. “Alliance Leader Lu, what are you saying?”
“Nothing much. I just want us to speak openly.”
“There’s really nothing to say. So what if my ancestors came from the Hidden Earth Society? Aurora Fortress won’t care.”
“I never mentioned the Hidden Earth Society. I just said ‘Earth,’” Lu Yin said lightly.
Wan Gong grew solemn. “Aurora Fortress doesn’t care about the Hidden Earth Society. To them, it’s just a small and unimportant organization.”
“That may be, but what if others find out that I, Lu Yin, have some connection to the Hidden Earth Society? After all, I’m from Earth, so if someone sees us talking late at night, just how will you explain that to Director Zhi?”
Wan Gong frowned. “Lu Yin, what do you want?”
Lu Yin stared at Wan Gong. “You betrayed the Hidden Earth Society.”
“I didn’t! I’ll admit that my ancestors did come from Earth, but that was a long time ago. Those clothes aren’t even mine, and they belonged to my ancestors. We never betrayed the Hidden Earth Society. But after settling down here at Aurora Fortress, we don’t want to get involved with anything to do with the Hidden Earth Society anymore.”
“Why?”
“This is my home,” Wan Gong declared.
Lu Yin understood. “I get it.”
He then stood to leave. There was no reason to continue speaking with Wan Gong. Lu Yin had sought the man out because he wanted to learn more about the Hidden Earth Society, but Wan Gong’s family had left the society, and the man himself had never been part of it. Thus, there was no need to drag him into things that his ancestors had been part of. Wan Gong had nothing to do with the Hidden Earth Society.
Wan Gong did not seem to believe that Lu Yin would really just leave. “Lu Yin, what is that you want?”
Lu Yin’s voice grew casual as he replied, “There’s nothing to worry about. Since you’re not a part of the Hidden Earth Society, then just have a good life.”
“You didn’t tell me about what will happen to me!” Wan Gong said nervously.
Lu Yin waved a hand. “Don’t worry.”
With that, he simply left.
Wan Gong stared at his empty living room and the clothes, complicated emotions surging within his eyes.
He had not heard this name for many years, but it had suddenly appeared in his life again. Long ago, his ancestors had been regarded highly by Aurora Fortress for their technical skills, and his ancestors had also wanted the comfort of a life in Aurora Fortress and not suffer like those in the Hidden Earth Society. The price to seek out people with ancient surnames was extremely high. However, they had not merely left the Hidden Earth Society, and they had truly betrayed it.
As a part of the betrayal, everyone who knew that Wan Gong’s ancestor had been a member of the Hidden Earth Society had been silenced, and no fewer than ten members of the Hidden Earth Society had been eliminated. A blood debt had been formed.
The Hidden Earth Society was therefore ignorant that Wan Gong’s ancestors had betrayed them, and that ignorance had allowed his family to live in peace for many years. Wan Gong had no desire to get involved with the Hidden Earth Society, but what was Lu Yin’s motivation behind finding Wan Gong at this time? How had Lu Yin learned the truth of the past?
Wan Gong stared at the clothes still on the table and at the blood stains. Blood debt, bloodstains. Blood debt. Blood debt. Wan Gong’s heart dropped, and his face grew pale. Lu Yin must have appeared to get revenge for those people from back then!
How could Wan Gong possibly enjoy a good life like Lu Yin had mentioned when all that awaited him was terrible vengeance?
Wan Gong had no fear of death, but he did not want his son to die as well. When Wan Gong’s oldest son had died, the man had been pushed into despair for a period of time. His second child could not suffer any accident.
Wan Gong did not doubt Lu Yin’s ability to uncover the truth of the past. The youth had been personally greeted and shown about Aurora Fortress by Director Zhi. It would be all too easy for such a person to go after Wan Gong.
No, no revenge could be exacted! If the ancestors had formed a debt, then that debt needed to be repaid.
At this thought, Wan Gong instantly left his home. He could not allow a tragedy to strike.
Shortly after Lu Yin left Wan Gong’s home, the engineer found Lu Yin.
The man’s arrival surprised Lu Yin, especially since Wan Gong looked as though his son had died.
Wan Gong dropped to his knees as soon as he approached Lu Yin. “Alliance Leader Lu, I beg you to let my son go! You can do with me as you wish, but please, allow me to repay my ancestors’ debt.”
Lu Yin was startled for a moment, but then his eyes flickered. He let out a sigh and casually took a seat. “Why?”
When Wan Gong heard Lu Yin’s reply, the engineer became fully confident that Lu Yin had visited him to exact revenge. “I will repay the blood debt that my ancestors owe the Hidden Earth Society! My family has stayed here in Aurora Fortress for many years, and we have gained great trust. I am actually one of the core engineers and am involved in some of Aurora Enterprises’ most secretive research. I can only offer to tell Alliance Leader Lu of the technologies that I have developed and learned, and I can also tell Alliance Leader Lu everything that I know about Aurora Fortress.”
Lu Yin’s eyes lit up. “Technological research? Regarding what?”
Wan Gong instantly grew hesitant.
Lu Yin snorted derisively.
Wan Gong despaired, but then his determination firmed. “Microarray technology.”
Lu Yin did not understand the term. “Explain it to me.”
Wan Gong sighed. After mentioning microarray technology, there was nothing left to hide. “Ever since Aurora Enterprises was first founded, a tenth of the company’s profits have disappeared every single year without any exception. This is an incredible expenditure, and while many people are curious about where the funds go, the truth is that no one knows. I was also unaware. That is, not until one day, when my skills and background were both acknowledged as meeting the requirements. At that time, I was brought in to a research project studying something called microarray technology.”
Lu Yin was startled at this news, as Aurora Enterprises’ annual profits made for an astronomical sum. The company earned no less than the entire Great Eastern Alliance. A tenth of those funds, from the time that the company had first been established, just what sort of funding was that? It was a truly unimaginable amount of wealth.
“The goal of microarray technology is to incorporate everything that can be observed in the visible universe together: items, living creatures, and even attacks. It aims to gather everything that is both visible and not into a small device that can be activated by anyone. This is the central goal of microarray technology. While it sounds similar to a cosmic ring, a cosmic ring can only store nonlivng items; they can’t store living creatures, let alone attacks. A microarray would be capable of doing both.
“No matter how crazy the idea sounds, Aurora Enterprises has always believed that such a thing is theoretically feasible, and thus, they have invested a great amount of money into the research. At the moment, the entire project has reached a bottleneck, and yet money is still being invested despite not a single bit of progress. In fact, the funds may have even increased.”
Lu Yin leaned forward. There was something tickling his memory, but he could not quite remember what it was. “Keep talking.”
Wan Gong continued, “Microarray technology is Aurora Enterprises’ primary goal. If this research is successful, it will change things for the entire human race, as the technology would be applicable to every single aspect of life, even warfare! Think about it—if a person’s attack could be stored away to be used at another moment, what would that allow?”
Lightning flashed through Lu Yin’s mind as he suddenly remembered the sourcebox array that had held four Void Rip attacks.
That sourcebox array had managed to store a battle technique, allowing it to be used at any time! There were power vessels that could do the same thing, but those could only be made by people with special abilities whereas microarray technology could be used by absolutely anyone, even ordinary people.
If an ordinary person could have used the sourcebox array to release a Void Rip that could destroy an entire planet in an instant, then what sort of scene would that be?
Lu Yin shook his head. “Such a technology sounds unrealistic.”
“I know, but Aurora Enterprises is completely confident that it can be developed. The bodysuit armor and the components of Auroras that decomposes materials to upgrade the ships were both developed while researching this technology. Aurora Enterprises makes its money through manufacturing spaceships. Thus, they invest heavily into research. Countless geniuses have been brought to Aurora Fortress for countless years to continue this research. Those researchers continue to pursue this research until the day they die of old age, as will I,” Wan Gong stated.
Lu Yin took out the Void Rip sourcebox array and tossed it over to Wan Gong. “Look at this.”
Even after Lu Yin had used up all four of the Void Rip attacks stored in the sourcebox array, he had not gotten rid of the array itself.
Wan Gong took the Void Rip sourcebox array and started carefully examining it. Suddenly, his expression changed completely, and he stared at Lu Yin in utter disbelief. “A- Alliance Leader Lu, where did this thing come from?”
“Is it useful?” Lu Yin was growing interested.
Wan Gong’s excitement only grew. “It’s useful! Very useful! This is nothing less than a model of working microarray technology! This could lead to incredible breakthroughs regarding microarray technology!”
OMA’s Thoughts
Translated By: OMA
Edited By: Neshi/Nyxnox
TLC’ed By: OMA
