Chapter 367: Guessed Wrong?

Of course, there was another possibility: The Reformers weren't clear about the truth of the matter. Their coming to rescue Sixteen was just the High Echelon going crazy and issuing a random order.

Anthony remained silent. He didn't expect his Boss to have such a legendary experience.

Sixteen looked at the pondering Li Yu and couldn't help asking, "What did you experience, why have you become so strong?

"Or is it that the experiment really succeeded on you?"

Both of them escaped from the same Laboratory. He was trapped here by Gust as a Guinea Pig, while Li Yu already had the ability to breach this Laboratory.

"It has absolutely nothing to do with the experiment." Li Yu's face didn't flush, nor did his heart beat faster. "My Strength today is entirely the result of my own hard work."

Hmm... the Avatar was also his own Avatar, so saying it was the result of his own hard work was absolutely no problem.

Sixteen Hesitated to Speak. Although they were both Test Subjects, they had occasionally conversed in some special occasions.

However, he now felt that One was completely different from before, as if he had broken free from the influence of growing up in the Laboratory since childhood.

Perhaps for people like them, this was a Good Thing instead.

Looking into Li Yu's eyes, Sixteen felt a kind of envy in his heart.

Li Yu's reception of his Former Self's memories was incomplete. The further back he recalled, the blurrier the memories became.

Only until now did he vaguely deduce the general outline of his Former Self.

Perhaps he was an orphan on some unknown planet in the Star Glory Empire. After becoming a Guinea Pig in a Laboratory affiliated with the Loren Family, he lived a muddled life for more than ten years.

Then the Laboratory was inexplicably breached, and he was also rescued. After wandering to the Heavenly Desolation Star, he became a scavenger.

Then, Li Yu transmigrated over and took over everything, following which came an Earth-Shaking Upheaval.

This answer, for Li Yu... well... was still within expectations.

Occasionally, when bored, he had also speculated whether he was an illegitimate child of the Loren Family left outside, or something similar.

However, looking at it now, being a Test Subject seemed more logical. In the Laboratory, all the utensils were extremely clean, which also fostered his Former Self's mysophobia-like personality.

"Go and bring Gust and that group of Reformers over." Li Yu ordered.

"Yes!"

Anthony and Stanley each took their orders and left.

The general outline of his Former Self had been sorted out. He now just wanted to know what The Reformers meant. Tearing up the agreement?

"I am a man who keeps his promises..." Li Yu's eyes flickered, not knowing what he was thinking about.

Li Yu never regarded The Reformers as a great organization liberating the entire Universe.

Perhaps the middle and lower-tier Reformers did have their own Faith. Whether it was those people encountered during the snatching of the Gene Optimization Device, or Mia and her group, they had the quality of not fearing sacrifice.

But Li Yu didn't believe those High Echelon figures would be so simple to the point of genuinely intending to liberate anything as Reformers.

Where there is oppression, there is resistance; the emergence of The Reformers fit sociology.

Even without The Reformers, there would be other messy organizations.

.........

The Boss seems to have quite a few secrets, truly a mysterious Man. Only such a figure is worthy of my following.

Anthony thought to himself as he arrived before Dego and the others. The Aura he gave off was extremely gloomy and dangerous, making the crowd of Reformers unable to help but become vigilant.

Anthony didn't pay attention to the crowd at the first moment, but instead spoke to Peter in the crowd, "Little Peter, why aren't you coming over quickly."

"Coming." No matter how unwilling Peter was, he could only force a smile, dart out from the crowd, and stand before Anthony with a chuckle.

"Thanks for your news." Anthony genially patted Little Peter's head, revealing what he thought was a kind smile.

It was exactly because of Little Peter's news that he could find Sixteen and bring him before Li Yu.

Feeling the cold Scale Armor rubbing against his hair, Little Peter couldn't help but shiver, forcing himself to say: "As long as I can be of help to Your Excellency Anthony."

Feeling Anthony's naked disregard, the crowd of Reformers felt somewhat displeased, but couldn't show it.

After chatting with Little Peter for a couple of sentences, Anthony then looked at the crowd: "Everyone, My Lord invites you."

That person...

The crowd's complexions changed slightly, evidently recalling the appearance of Li Yu displaying his divine might earlier.

"No problem." Dego agreed immediately, following Anthony to the experimental Base.

...

When Gust followed Stanley to Li Yu, the first thing he saw was Sixteen, who had already been freed. His complexion changed slightly, but he didn't speak.

When Sixteen looked at Gust, anger surfaced in his eyes. He had been treated as a Guinea Pig since childhood, and managed to escape with great difficulty.

Only to be caught by Gust and treated as a Guinea Pig once again.

Thinking of the experiments Gust had done on him, he wished he could swallow the other party alive and skin him.

"Do you know his origins?" Li Yu looked at Gust and asked.

"Your Excellency..." Gust looked at Li Yu. His completely different appearance from before made him slightly startled, and then somewhat confused: "I seem to have seen you somewhere before..."

"Answer My Lord's question!" Stanley scolded.

Gust frowned, slightly displeased, and looked at Li Yu: "You want me to work for you, this attitude lacks sincerity."

"I originated from the Black Blood Institute, I need an independent large Laboratory, and at the same time, the annual experimental funding cannot be less than five hundred billion Star Coins..."

"Except for the projects you request me to research, you cannot dictate the other experimental projects."

"..."

Gust laid out quite a few conditions. These were the treatments Amethyst gave him. To be honest, they were not excessive.

Gust was not someone Fishing for Praise; he had genuine talent and practical skills, otherwise he wouldn't have been absorbed into the Black Blood Institute.

The demands he made to the Borg Civilization were even harsher. He believed he had already made enough concessions now.

"Ha..." Li Yu couldn't help but laugh out loud, shaking his head, too lazy to say more to this guy.

Just as he was about to use methods, Dego's group also followed Anthony here.

"You are... Li Yu!?" Dego recognized Li Yu at a glance.

Because of the siblings Cree and Keri, Li Yu was now illustriously famous within The Reformers, and very few people didn't recognize his face.

"Li Yu?"

Hearing this name, Gust finally remembered who the person in front of him was.

He immediately looked sharply at Sixteen, his face suddenly becoming very pale.

His impression of this name was not because of Li Yu's luxurious resume, but because this guy, like the Sixteen before him, was someone specifically named and wanted by the Loren Family.

It was just that Sixteen was secretly detained by the Amethyst Civilization and handed over to him for research, while Li Yu was still shining brightly in Interstellar space.

It's over!

Fine cold sweat broke out on his forehead. All his previous deductions were wrong. This guy wasn't here to recruit him at all, but for Sixteen, and the secrets behind him.

These two people being pursued simultaneously by the Loren Family definitely had similarities, or even knew each other.

Looking at Sixteen's eyes that wished to swallow him alive, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart, his face pale.

"Since you know me, then things are easy to handle." Li Yu shrugged: "Contact the commander behind you, I want to chat with him."

"Your Excellency Li Yu, our value cannot compare to Cree and Keri." Dego still thought Li Yu wanted to use them to exchange benefits with The Reformers.

"Forget it, I'll do it myself." Li Yu couldn't be bothered to explain to them either, directly taking out a Smart Terminal and dialing a communication.

After a long wait, a familiar figure was projected. It was exactly the guy who traded with Li Yu last time—Husband.

"Your Excellency Husband, it's been a long time since we contacted each other." Li Yu greeted with a smile.

Husband was unsmiling, nodding: "Long time no see, Your Excellency Li Yu. Your reputation has been very resounding recently, several well-known Research Institutes are looking for you."

"Perhaps they want to invite me to dinner." Li Yu casually gave a few perfunctory remarks, and Get Straight to the Point: "It seems a long time has passed since our agreement, do you have any gains?"

Husband's brow twitched, slowly shaking his head: "The secrets involving Your Excellency run far deeper than we imagined, for the time being we have no gains."

"Is that so?" Li Yu's tone was enigmatic, turning the camera towards Dego and the others: "Then these few people, do you know them?"

"And this one..." He then turned the camera towards Sixteen.

Seeing the dejected Dego and Sixteen, Husband's pupils shrank slightly, appearing unusually shocked. He remained silent for a long time before speaking: "These are all core strength members of The Reformers."

Li Yu didn't answer, but looked at Husband with a fake smile.

Husband was extremely thick-skinned, and said calmly: "The information we found out has not been verified, therefore we didn't tell you."

Since things had reached this point, he stopped pretending.

Li Yu didn't believe his bullshit, shaking his head: "Whether to believe it lies with me, whether to tell me lies with you."

Looking at Li Yu, Husband felt a bit of a Headache. He never expected that the squad sent to execute a secret mission would run into Li Yu.

They had indeed found out some things, and those things they found out made them extremely shocked.

In order to find out those secrets, The Reformers' strength within the borders of the Star Glory Empire was heavily damaged, and many people were exposed.

At the same time, this also made him decide not to tell these news to Li Yu, because regarding those secrets, the value of the siblings Cree and Keri was far from enough.

Husband remained silent for a moment. He knew Li Yu had already learned quite a bit of information from Sixteen, so he could only sigh:

"We didn't find out much, only that after you were rescued from that Laboratory by the Loren Family, you were arranged on the Heavenly Desolation Star."

"Your existence should hold a special significance, which is why the Loren Family pursued you relentlessly. They didn't want to kill you, just wanted to bring you back under their control."

What the heck?

Li Yu was stunned. Rescued by the Loren Family?

He Guessed Wrong?

The behind-the-scenes Controller of the Laboratory was not the Loren Family.

On the contrary, it was the Loren Family who rescued him.

Wait... Li Yu suddenly thought of some things.

The former Archon of Heavenly Desolation Star who inexplicably disappeared... the killer sent by the Loren Family to Heavenly Desolation Star to destroy traces...

These things he didn't know the reason for seemed to also have an explanation at this moment.

He was arranged on Heavenly Desolation Star by the Loren Family, and the one who handled and arranged all this was exactly the former Archon, who was a person of the Loren Family.

Yes, the Loren Family knew from the very beginning that he was One.

If they were the Controllers of the behind-the-scenes Laboratory, it was impossible they would let him stay on Heavenly Desolation Star.

And the Loren Family indeed didn't want to kill him, explicitly stating they wanted him alive; Donovan's behavior could corroborate this point.

Husband looked at the somewhat astonished Li Yu, very satisfied with the lethality of this news.

In fact, they had found out even more, such as the Laboratory's purpose, the secrets he held, and why the Loren Family wanted him.

Even regarding the behind-the-scenes Controller of the Laboratory, they had several directions to trace, it's just that he couldn't possibly tell Li Yu these things.

He only told him the most superficial news, yet it was exactly this news he deemed insignificant that allowed Li Yu to correct his erroneous guess and almost restore the truth of the whole matter.

After a brief moment of astonishment, Li Yu spoke again: "What was the Laboratory researching? What exactly did the Loren Family want me to do? Who is the behind-the-scenes Overlord of the Laboratory?"

"These..." Husband smiled bitterly and shook his head: "We don't know either, you overestimate us too much."

Li Yu sneered inwardly. Didn't know? If you didn't know, why send people to secretly rescue Sixteen?

Even if Husband didn't say it, Li Yu could roughly guess.

I'm afraid it was something related to Titans.

Husband thought he didn't know anything, but in fact he had already guessed the rough idea.

"Our previous agreement is considered canceled." Li Yu said coldly: "I wonder if the Star Glory Empire is interested in Cree and Keri."

Husband was Speechless for a moment. Li Yu turning his face was truly faster than turning the pages of a book, but he wasn't nervous, and said mildly:

"This time it was our fault, we are willing to provide reasonable compensation."

"Alright, help me transport a few people..." Li Yu immediately nodded. He didn't expect to scrape much meat off The Reformers anyway; any bit he could get was good.

The corners of Husband's mouth twitched slightly; evidently Li Yu was waiting here for him.

"How many people, and where to?" he asked.

"3,752 people, to the Return Star Central Star System." Li Yu replied.

"This is a few people!?" Husband stared wide-eyed, somewhat breaking his defense.

"Just say whether you will transport them or not?"

The number of people in Gust's Laboratory was not a small number. As Husband had said, he currently attracted too many people's attention.

Carrying so many people, it was really inconvenient to act.

"We will transport them, let Dego and the others go." Husband also proposed a condition.

"Deal..." Li Yu pondered for a moment and agreed. Anyway, Dego and the others were of no use either.

Gust, whose mind was full of panic, was somewhat astonished.

3,752 people? Wasn't this the total number of people in the Laboratory?

This guy isn't preparing to kill me?

If he killed him, then the total number of people wouldn't reach 3,752.

Or could it be that after finishing him off, someone else would fill the spot?

Just as Gust's imagination was running wild, Li Yu also rested his gaze upon him, and said genially: "Your Excellency Gust, I want to know, what have you researched from his body?"

(End of this chapter)