“I don’t want to stay in Venom King City any longer,” Yuan Miaomiao said as she stared at the river in a bit of a trance.
Lu Yin stared at the side of her face and softly said, “Then I’ll take you away.”
Yuan Miaomiao dropped her head and blushed. “Thank you.”
“Me? I should be thanking you! The Neohuman Alliance is mankind’s greatest enemy, and yet Yuan Taishi worked with them to study that poison. If you hadn’t uncovered this, I have no idea how much the Neohuman Alliance would have gained from this place or how many people they would have harmed. You’re a hero of humanity, and the Hall of Honor will not forget what you’ve done,” Lu Yin said with clear admiration.
Yuan Miaomiao shook her head. “I don’t want the Hall of Honor’s acknowledgement. I-“
She hesitated before simply falling silent and not saying anything more.
Boats slowly rowed by out on the river, accompanied by beautiful songs and playing children.
Lu Yin and Yuan Miaomiao stayed by the river for a long time that day.
A few more days passed, and yet Qing Sheng still had not returned. When Qing Li met with Lu Yin, he reluctantly said, “Qing Sheng clearly doesn’t want to come back. He must have gone to the Neoverse.”
“Is he going to try to speak to the Interstellar Supreme Court?” Lu Yin was surprised at this. He remembered shortly after he had returned from the Perennial World he had met with the Innerverse’s Distinguished Five in the Lockbreakers World. That hidden world was not far from Arbitration World.
“That’s most likely the case.” Qing Li felt bitter about it.
“He doesn’t want to come back to lead the Divine Venom Dynasty?” Lu Yin felt quite curious.
Qing Li shook his head. “If he had wanted to, he wouldn’t have left in the first place. He hasn’t been back here for many years.”
“In that case, who has the final say for the Divine Venom Dynasty right now? You or Qing Longlong?” Lu Yin asked.
Qing Li’s face twitched. “It should be me.”
Lu Yin smiled. “Alright, in that case, it’s time for us to talk about the Divine Venom Dynasty joining the Great Eastern Alliance.”
Qing Li let out a long breath. There was no way to escape this matter, and the Divine Venom Dynasty did not possess the strength to fight against the Great Eastern Alliance. Even though Venom Flowzone was a unique place and it would be difficult for any outside force to invade, Lu Yin alone could easily wipe out all the Divine Venom Dynasty’s experts.
Even the emperor had feared Lu Yin when he had been present, so there was no need to even mention how Qing Li felt in his brother’s absence.
Qing Sheng refused to return, so the king could only temporarily agree to join the Great Eastern Alliance.
…
The Great Eastern Alliance had united the Innerverse, and Lu Yin had decided to hand over the affairs regarding negotiations with the major Innerverse powers to En Ya and the others. Lu Yin had no need to deal with anything at all, and he was also too busy.
After everything was settled in Venom Flowzone, he intended to lead Yuan Miaomiao towards Blazing Mist Flowzone.
But first, he needed to visit the Infernal Zone.
“Infernal Zone?” Yuan Miaomiao was surprised. “That’s one of Venom Flowzone’s forbidden regions that even Envoys are wary of. Why do you want to go there?”
Lu Yin answered in a solemn tone, “The Yuan family controlled a secret auction house, and I coincidentally participated one time. There was a person in attendance who tried to sell information related to what happened in the Horned Galaxy, but Yuan Taishi eventually took the man away. However, not even Yuan Taishi was able to understand the information. I learned the information as well, and it indicated that there are things in the Infernal Zone just like in the Horned Galaxy.”
Yuan Miaomiao was taken aback. “What is it?”
Lu Yin shook his head. “I don’t actually know, but I’ll find out after looking.”
“If you already had the information, why didn’t you just tell the Chief Justice?” Yuan Miaomiao wondered.
Lu Yin showed a bitter smile. “Because I don’t even know if it’s true or not. I want to go to the Infernal Zone to verify the truth, and after that, then I can make a report to the Chief Justice and whatever is there can be used as bait to trap the Neohuman Alliance.”
At this moment, Lu Yin looked at Yuan Miaomiao and grew incredibly solemn. “Don’t tell anyone at all what I just told you, or else you’ll definitely be killed.”
Yuan Miaomiao grunted, “I know.”
She then stared off into the distance where a strange light flashed away.
Given the speed of Lu Yin’s spaceship, it would not take him long to reach the Infernal Zone. Even though Venom Flowzone was full of poisonous gasses and creatures, they were not able to pose any threat to Lu Yin.