Chapter 255: The Liaison Group and the Protected Zone

Watching the black sedan gradually drive away from Goddess Hongshan, Tang Lingwu beside him said:

"You talked for half an hour, and that's enough?"

Zheng Fa smiled, turned his head, and said to Tang Lingwu: "She is merely a representative of some people and can make no decisions. Our demands are also very simple; what else is there to say?"

"Keeping them cool is good for us, and it puts them at ease too."

Tang Lingwu did not quite understand this remark.

But the other few people with some experience nodded.

The old man Bai Lao beside them scratched his head and said jokingly: "I've made something of myself... In the past, when people of this level came to Jingcheng University, I would have to stand aside in formation and clap, clap, clap."

Not two days after Director Yang left, Zheng Fa keenly sensed the changes below the mountain—

In the village below the mountain, many well-trained strangers had arrived; they had relocated the nearby villagers and seemed to have taken over the entire village.

Vaguely, vehicles from the outside could no longer enter.

It seemed the nursing home and the outside world had been deliberately isolated from each other.

"This is a bit troublesome," Bai Lao Tou said with a frown. "Are they monitoring us?"

Zheng Fa thought for a moment and shook his head: "I think they bear no ill will; it seems they are simply isolating us from the outside world."

He could still see that much.

When Zheng Fa and Tang Lingwu went down the mountain to the school, this group allowed them to come and go freely.

It was just that if outsiders tried to enter the Goddess Hongshan area, this group would intercept them.

"..." Bai Lao Tou's expression remained somewhat gloomy; he was a lively person who had made many friends in the village, and now they were all gone.

Zheng Fa also felt somewhat displeased in his heart; the next moment, Tang Lingwu's phone rang.

"My dad is calling!"

Tang Lingwu was startled; her face showed a hint of panic, a fear of dragging her family into trouble.

Zheng Fa frowned slightly.

"Hello? Dad? I'm fine?"

As Tang Lingwu spoke, the fear on her face gradually dissipated, slowly turning into confusion.

"What did you say? Someone sent you a project? A big shot?"

"They said it was because of me?"

"What, what? I'm not in a relationship! Yes, I know, I'll ask!"

After hanging up the phone, the expression on Tang Lingwu's face was hard to describe.

"What's wrong?"

"My dad said he suddenly got several major projects... He said he met several high-level officials he could never meet before, and they were very enthusiastic."

"This is... because they're afraid of offending us?"

Bai Lao Tou was stunned and looked at Zheng Fa.

Zheng Fa felt the same way.

"My dad also asked, saying whether I had attached myself to some big shot in Jingcheng..." Tang Lingwu continued speaking, and her expression while talking was even a bit angry, "Something about generations and generations..."

Bai Lao Tou grinned: "Generations? Immortal Generation One, of course!"

Tang Lingwu thought for a moment and then said somewhat embarrassedly: "My father said he wants to come to Jingcheng to visit us... This time, he's probably truly frightened."

Bai Lao Tou smiled and said: "No, is your father only coming now? How could he have been so calm before?"

"My mom stopped him..." Tang Lingwu said somewhat embarrassedly, "I asked my mom to do it."

Bai Lao Tou shook his head and said: "Your father is quite obedient."

"... My mom said that if he didn't listen, she could pretend to be sick for him to see..."

Tang Lingwu said, then suddenly looked at Zheng Fa and asked: "My dad this time... I guess my mom won't be able to stop him."

Zheng Fa was stunned; had Tang Lingwu been keeping his secret before?

"Welcome, Uncle Tang," he said with a smile toward Tang Lingwu. "There's no reason why outsiders should know what we're doing, but your father shouldn't."

A while later, Bai Lao Tou's phone also rang.

Zheng Fa and the others exchanged glances, all realizing something.

Indeed, after hanging up the phone, Bai Lao Tou remained silent for a long time before speaking: "My daughter said she's being transferred to Jingcheng... They said both husband and wife's jobs would be resolved, and the other party said she could choose whatever she wanted... All good positions."

Zheng Fa did some calculations.

As for himself, he had no need to speak; he had no close relatives, only distant ones, and those ties had been severed after his parents passed away.

Tang Mudao remained unmarried his whole life.

Tian Laoshi had only one mother, who was far too old.

Therefore... if they wanted to express goodwill, they really had to start with the relatives of Bai Lao Tou and Tang Lingwu.

"We haven't even become immortals yet," Bai Lao Tou continued speaking. "And already the chickens and dogs are ascending to heaven?"

Tian Laoshi smiled and said: "This is truly making something of oneself..."

Another week passed before Director Yang came up to the nursing home again.

This time, the smile on her face was much more sincere.

"Mr. Zheng! I must thank you properly!" Zheng Fa was stunned, then heard Director Yang continue: "The peas you gave me, we conducted animal experiments on them as soon as we returned..."

Zheng Fa listened as she continued speaking.

"The effect is extremely miraculous! According to our observations, these peas can maintain an organism's vital signs for a long time; they are extremely useful for some high-intensity surgeries, especially extracorporeal surgeries!"

She paused and said:

"There is an elder whose name you have likely heard." She whispered a name.

Zheng Fa nodded; he had seen it in the textbook...

"The elder's heart had already been failing for some time, requiring external surgery, and at his age, no one dared to perform it..." Director Yang's tone carried a hint of admiration. "Originally, we weren't keen on finding others for this pea project, but he himself made the final decision, saying that since he was near death anyway, he might as well be a volunteer..."

"The results were excellent!"

That pea was not actually a very powerful spiritual plant—after all, the spiritual energy environment Zheng Fa could create was limited.

But to modern people, it was yet too miraculous.

"Then what was the commotion at the foot of the mountain?"

Bai Lao asked.

He still held this matter in his heart.

"This matter mainly requires relative secrecy," Director Yang explained with an apologetic expression on his face. "After all, this mountain is located here... recently, more and more tourists have been coming, and it is possible that some news might leak out."

"I came this time also to discuss the cooperation mentioned earlier with you, Mr. Zheng."

Zheng Fa nodded calmly.

"To speak frankly, this matter... has too great an impact." A bitter smile appeared on Director Yang's face as he spoke. "Mr. Zheng, you may be our greatest opportunity in a thousand years, but on the other hand, we must be extremely cautious."

"First, my coming this time is equivalent to submitting a formal request... some people wish to visit you, of course, if you are unwilling to see them, we will respect that."

"Second, I am here to inform you, Mr. Zheng, of my new identity. We have now established an internal liaison group within our ranks, and I currently serve as the group leader—if you have other candidates, we will also consider them."

"This liaison group can actually be called a service group—whatever your needs, as long as they do not endanger national livelihood and people's welfare, we can satisfy them. Whatever you wish to research, we can mobilize all resources to satisfy you."

"Third, this matter also requires your opinion—the authorities intend to designate the area surrounding Goddess Hongshan as a nature reserve to prevent miscellaneous people from disturbing the nursing home. But in reality..."

Director Yang handed over a document.

Zheng Fa took the document and looked at it, feeling somewhat surprised—the document designated a very large area near Goddess Hongshan as belonging to the nursing home.

It was somewhat like a private territory.

"What is this?"

"The people at the foot of the mountain are actually just there to reduce some troubles for you. Now this is all your territory, which means—if you feel uncomfortable, you can ask them to leave."

"Mr. Zheng, we have only one principle—maintain communication, express friendliness, and eliminate misunderstandings."

Zheng Fa thought for a moment and said:

"These things do not matter to me; I have only one question."

"Please speak, Mr. Zheng."

"What do you want?"

Director Yang was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly: "Mr. Zheng, do you not understand yet? There is only one thing we care about—"

"Hmm?"

"What you want."

Zheng Fa flipped through some materials given to him by Director Yang, no, Group Leader Yang.

Among them, the materials regarding the Spirit Wood Thunder were the ones he valued most—sure enough, after cooperating with the government, research on the Spirit Wood Thunder faced no further obstacles.

Additionally, the special electromagnetic waves for the eighteen solar terms were listed, each with three or four alternative waveforms.

As for the project of using circuits to construct high-level artificial intelligence, the results so far were few—mainly because the calculation methods for high-level artificial intelligence themselves were very diverse.

There were simply too many plans.

According to Group Leader Yang, they were cooperating with major university research institutes to select the most complete plans possible.

Tian Laoshi flipped through the materials in her hand and smiled: "This plan is actually quite interesting."

"Hmm?"

Zheng Fa looked up at Tian Laoshi and saw her say: "It seems they have seen the benefits of spiritual plants and are now more urgent than us. They propose to cooperate with us... mainly, they provide the seeds, we try to cultivate the spiritual plants, and then they conduct various research."

Zheng Fa was indifferent.

If the essence of spiritual plants was as he suspected—then he, who controlled the source of modern spiritual energy, essentially controlled the production of spiritual plants.

Such cooperation would bring him only benefits, no harm.

Tian Laoshi also knew this point; she flipped through the pages and said again: "However, this part is interesting... because we can use the Evergreen Talisman to make ordinary crops mature quickly, they hope we can assist in agricultural breeding experiments..."

Zheng Fa thought for a moment and nodded:

"Cooperation benefits both sides, so it is naturally acceptable, but we require all experimental data and research reports."

For him, since he had cooperated with the government, there was no need to hide anything—

He simply had to understand all corresponding technologies and materials, to subsequently serve the Heavenly Stele Realm and even the Xuanwei Realm.

In the end, they crave spiritual energy.

He, in turn, craves those great experts.

One cannot say who is at a loss.

In the Heavenly Stele Realm.

This time, it was still Junior Uncle Huang and Senior Sister Yuan accompanying him to collect Heavenly Merit Points.

The group worked for a month and managed to gather over twenty thousand points.

If one follows the idea that ten thousand points would allow the Golden Seal to level up once more, then their Heavenly Merit Points should be sufficient for now.

"There is still no news from Zhang Shijie and the others..."

On the way to the Hundred Treasures Hall, Senior Sister Yuan suddenly sighed.

Zheng Fa and Junior Uncle Huang also had solemn expressions—if Zhang Shijie had succeeded, the emergence of a new Soul Transformation cultivator could not have happened without any news...

(End of this chapter.)