Chapter 563: Kill Two Birds With One Stone (Thanks to the patron "If I tip, it just means I'm bored"!)

The black warship departed carrying the Shuttle Ship, and soon synchronized into the Warp Lane and disappeared here, secretly returning to the temporary Stronghold.

"...Anyway, after experiencing this battle, the Abyss Institute will somewhat be more Simple-minded. It will probably take some time before they Make a comeback."

The crowd sat around the conference Table, their tones relaxed. After these two collaborations, Yasini felt that their relationship with the Other-Dimensional Camp had made considerable progress.

It was time to raise some "excessive" demands to further advance the relationship between the two.

"Right, does Your Excellency Li Yu still remember the Xinhe Virus?" Yasini's method of changing the topic was somewhat stiff.

"Xinhe Virus?" Li Yu was slightly stunned, then remembered, wasn't that the T-Virus he had spread in the No Man's Land back then?

Later, it was collected by the Star Glory Empire and dropped into Returning Star's Xinhe Galaxy, causing quite a lot of trouble.

However, he also secured some benefits for himself through the T-Virus antidote.

According to post-event analysis by some intelligence organizations, although Li Yu pointed out that Dark Star was the source of the virus.

Only, as Li Yu's Status rose day by day, no one took the initiative to bring up this topic, and it didn't bring him any substantial losses.

"I remember, what about it?" Li Yu nodded.

"At that time, we carried out some research projects based on the Xinhe Virus, and the evolutionary nature of that special virus is indeed staggering..." Yasini chose his words carefully:

"Only later, along with the birth of the antidote, we found that that antidote could lock down the Xinhe Virus, and even mutant viruses, from the root..."

"...According to our experimental personnel, even if it is diluted thousands of times, its effect still won't be diminished at all..."

"...We are truly somewhat curious about the Technology applied within it. Because of this, we had some misunderstandings back then."

Hearing this, a slight smile couldn't help but appear on Li Yu's face. So the Salvation Ark had never given up hope on this.

Back then, it was for this reason that the other party sought him out, attempting to communicate with the organization behind him.

At that time, Li Yu lacked Strength and simply had no room to maneuver, so he could only refuse, which led to some conflicts.

He hadn't expected that they would now be sitting at the same table chatting merrily; the affairs of the world were truly unpredictable.

Later, the relationship between the two eased, and the Salvation Ark didn't immediately bring up this demand again until now.

"Since the relationship between us is so good, I won't hide it from you." Li Yu pretended to sigh: "Actually back then, I accidentally spread that virus out."

Hearing this, the crowd cooperatively showed expressions of shock, but inwardly complained.

Probably only you people could develop such an evil virus.

Li Yu said in a troubled manner: "That virus actually originated from a special Dimension world. As for the miraculous properties of the antidote, it involves one of our core technologies, so it is truly inconvenient to disclose."

"This..." Yasini frowned slightly, not expecting Li Yu to still disagree to conducting technological exchanges.

He didn't even state a price.

This kind of technological exchange between organizations was not rare and often occurred to fill mid-level technological gaps.

Could it be that that is indeed their core Technology?

Yasini pondered in his heart. If that was the case, then it was indeed impossible to conduct exchanges with them.

Just at this moment, Li Yu glanced at his Smart Terminal, his eyes lit up slightly, and he stood up saying: "Everyone, I'm sorry, I have some urgent matters to attend to. The matter here has concluded, please make yourselves at home."

"Alright..." Yasini nodded, inwardly saying what a pity. The Salvation Ark had coveted it for so long, yet still hadn't obtained it in the end.

Li Yu left in a hurry and arrived at a heavily guarded Transport Ship.

That Dimension Shuttle was right here, along with Sagura, and the researchers from the Light Dimension's core Laboratory.

"You are the Primordial Celestial Sovereign?" Seeing Li Yu, Sagura immediately questioned: "You are also the one who controlled Boriel?"

"That's right..." Li Yu frankly admitted: "You can call me Li Yu..."

Sagura wasn't too surprised. She had always been obsessed with the Dimension Fusion Project and didn't care much about matters of the outside world.

Although she occasionally heard of Li Yu, she didn't know what he looked like.

"Celestial Sovereign..." Yuding stretched out his hand, and the Small Mechanical Body in the shape of a spider crawled in front of Li Yu, carrying the diamond-shaped Space Compression Device.

Li Yu picked up the diamond-shaped device, revealing a satisfied smile.

"All of this was within your plans, including sabotaging the Dimension Shuttle's Propulsion Engine?" Sagura couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, how could I possibly sit by and watch the Abyss Institute obtain the experimental data they most desire?"

Faint golden Runes surfaced on Li Yu's fingers and surged into the diamond-shaped device, as he said at the same time:

"Only I didn't expect that the aftermath of the Light-Shadow Dimension's collapse had already damaged the Dimension Shuttle. I completely did something unnecessary."

Sagura couldn't help but say: "But I clearly imprisoned Boriel according to the standard for an A-Tier Lifeform, and there was even a mental shielding force field. Exactly how did you do it?"

"You have too many questions, Doctor..." Li Yu shook his head, lacking much desire to explain.

How did he do it?

The shielding force field couldn't be said to be completely useless against him, but his Strength was enough to allow The Force to break through this kind of force field.

In short, his Strength was too great, allowing him to forcefully break through.

When the battle situation was settled, he possessed Boriel to sabotage the Dimension Shuttle's Propulsion Engine, predicted their landing location, and simultaneously hid the Space Compression Device on Sagura.

It was all to be absolutely foolproof.

Sagura's expression turned cold. Just as she was about to speak, she suddenly found that her Space Compression Device began to transform.

Splitting open from the middle, various precise mechanical parts flipped, and soon it became a Small Mechanical Body.

"This... were they created by you?" Sagura was somewhat shocked.

The Small Mechanical Body that finished transforming pulled out the USB Drive carrying the experimental data from its body and respectfully presented it to Li Yu.

Li Yu took the USB Drive, inserted it into his Smart Terminal, and a massive amount of data refreshed. After he made a backup, he finally spoke: "Are you interested in working for me?"

"I've seen your file. You weren't cultivated by the Abyss Institute, but merely hired by them."

"Not interested." Sagura shook her head: "I only want to research projects I'm interested in."

"Moreover, my employment agreement with the Abyss Institute hasn't expired yet, so I can't work for anyone else."

These top-tier scholars still had their own arrogance; it was impossible for them to bow down to Li Yu immediately.

"That's a pity then..." Li Yu shrugged and turned to leave. "The Dimensional Ship can only be shelved."

"Wait..." Sagura's eyes narrowed, and she spoke: "The Dimensional Ship is in your hands?"

"You didn't know?" Li Yu turned back and asked rhetorically.

"I generally don't pay attention to outside affairs." Sagura explained, her eyes seeming to contain a certain desire, "According to records, the Dimensional Ship is the highest crystallization of the Titan Civilization in terms of Dimensional Technology, possessing various unimaginable abilities."

"Yes..." Li Yu sighed and said: "However, mine is only a half-finished product..."

"A half-finished product!" Matchless light burst from Sagura's eyes, and she couldn't help but step forward.

A half-finished product was better! If it were a finished product, she wouldn't even know where to start researching.

But with a half-finished product placed before her, she could conduct careful research and even turn it into a finished product!

The Dimensional Ship, the rumored highest crystallization of Dimensional Technology, a perfect half-finished product; combining this information together made her tremble uncontrollably.

Clang!

A Laser shot to her feet, and the surrounding Transformers in defensive postures warned: "Stop!"

"No matter..." Li Yu waved his hand, raising his eyebrows: "Changed your mind?"

"Changed it!" Sagura nodded heavily, saying without hesitation.

"Then what about your employment agreement with the Abyss Institute?" Li Yu asked intentionally.

"To hell with the Abyss Institute!" Sagura still had no hesitation.

She and the Abyss Institute only had an employment relationship and didn't have much emotional attachment. All her previous actions were due to the stipulations of the employment agreement.

"Then welcome, Your Excellency..." Li Yu extended his hand. Sagura hesitated for a moment, then also extended her hand and shook Li Yu's heavily.

The Jade Void Palace can finally be perfected...

Li Yu also let out a breath of relief. As soon as he obtained the Dimensional Ship, he knew it was a half-finished product.

It was just that he didn't know how to go about perfecting it.

According to the management intelligence's explanation, a perfected Dimensional Ship doesn't just remotely project lifeforms, but is also a super War Fortress hidden in the Spatial Interlayer.

It was just that Li Yu lacked high-level Talented persons in this area, and he couldn't understand much of the data either.

Peyton was also not proficient in Dimensional Technology, and when he controlled Boriel to infiltrate the core Laboratory, he set his sights on this Dr. Sagura.

Being able to lead the Abyss Institute's Dimension Fusion Project and truly succeed, her talent was beyond doubt.

"Your USB Drive..." Li Yu returned the USB Drive to Sagura. After taking it, Sagura looked at Li Yu and said: "The Abyss Institute busied themselves for so long, yet it became your nourishment."

"With this experimental data, it will be much easier for the Dimensional Ship to devour other Dimension worlds."

"Devour... other Dimension worlds?" Li Yu keenly grasped the word the other party used—devour, not fuse.

"Yes..." Sagura nodded: "The concept behind building the Dimensional Ship uses a primordial Dimension as the core, and then devours other Dimension worlds as parts to continuously strengthen it."

"However, devouring a Dimension world isn't simple, but it will be much simpler with this experimental data."

Originally, Li Yu intercepted Sagura, on one hand, wanting to make the other party work for him.

On the other hand, it was to prevent the experimental data from returning to the hands of the Abyss, intending to Kill Two Birds With One Stone.

But he hadn't expected that this experimental data would also be helpful to himself.

Tsk tsk, now it's not just killing two birds with one stone, it's simply killing three birds with one stone.

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In a certain special Dimension of the Abyss Institute, the black Earth extended all the way to the end of the line of sight without any curves.

Endless clusters of bases sat here, like a forest forged of steel, also stretching as far as the eye could see.

There were no stars in the sky, only gradient spatial layers. Beautiful Flowing Lights flowed through the sky curtain and scattered into mist-like scenes, forming different shapes.

On the distant horizon, it seemed as if some invisible light source hung there, yet never extinguishing.

Abyssal Head and the others stood here. The expressions of the several high-level lifeforms weren't too good, looking as if they were constipated.

Abyssal Head said nothing, four of his six eyes closed, unaware of what he was thinking about.

A purple light fell from beyond the sky and rapidly arrived in front of the crowd.

"Leader, when I arrived at the signal location, there was nothing there." Queto said in a low voice. Although he had already reported through the Smart Terminal, he still roughly described the specific situation.

"There was no trace of the Dimension Shuttle or Dr. Sagura. I suspect they have already been..."

He only spoke halfway, but everyone understood what he wanted to say.

"It must be him!"

The giant bone beast beside Abyssal Head said angrily: "That damned guy actually intercepted Dr. Sagura, he's simply courting death!"

Another tall mixed-blood lifeform sneered: "What's the use of roaring so loudly? Let alone Li Yu, you couldn't even deal with Yasini and were almost hacked to death."

"Shut up, both of you!" Abyssal Head said in a deep voice, and the argument between the two immediately stopped.

"Initiate the dormant program and retract all lower-level Dimensions. We are going to disappear for a while."

"Dormant program!?" The rest of the high-level lifeforms were somewhat astonished, looking at Each Other in Dismay.

"Leader, we only failed temporarily, we haven't reached the point of being At the End of One's Rope. Why is there a need to initiate the dormant program?"

"That's right, the losses brought by initiating the dormant program will be far more than the losses inflicted by Li Yu."

"..."

Everyone was Chattering Away, all trying to persuade him.

The so-called dormant program meant reducing the Abyss Institute's activity traces to the minimum.

It also meant that their external Strongholds and the Dimension worlds currently under development all had to be abandoned.

The losses... would be immense.

"No, we've taken the wrong path recently, falling into the quagmire of struggling against Li Yu. Our battle line is too long. If we don't do this, we will continue to be entangled with him in the coming period."

"It may even expand the battlefield, leading to meaningless wars, wasting time, which is disadvantageous to our subsequent actions."

"This time it's not a complete dormancy, we're only retracting the lower-level Dimensions. Moreover... it happens to be a good time to gather our strength, letting the outside world think we have already been crippled, shifting their focus onto the Titan Sanctuary..."

Abyssal Head turned around, his heavy Aura overwhelming the few people.

"I'm not discussing this matter with you, but rather... commanding!"

Truly sorry to the big boss Wu Liao, didn't check the Backstage yesterday morning and didn't notice it immediately, my deepest apologies, my deepest apologies.

(End of Chapter)