Chapter 116: Ye Heng accepted the exploration team's invitation

Ye Chenjing could no longer sit still, he directly cancelled the meeting afterward and personally drove to the island villa.

The company staff had never seen General Manager so flustered, and each of them was frightened.

"Could something major have happened?"

"Could it be that the old chairman is no longer capable?"

"Ah, pah pah pah, how dare you curse the old chairman? He's such a good old man, he mustn't come to any harm."

For a moment, everyone in the company began to gossip about General Manager's abnormal behavior.

Ye Chenjing's few assistants beside him also didn't know what was going on; only Sun Yao had a vague guess……

After returning to her villa, Lin Meng found herself with nothing to do, so she simply drove out for a big shopping spree.

The villa's furniture and appliances were all complete, and she had brought over some daily necessities, but the large fridge was empty.

After sweeping through the nearby supermarket and coming back, the sky had already turned dark.

When Lin Meng slowly parked her car into the garage and got ready to go home, she saw a Cullinan aggressively driving toward her.

The car stopped, and a pair of long legs stepped out immediately; the person getting out was none other than Ye Chenjing.

Lin Meng already knew that the neighbor was Ye Chenjing, so seeing him now came as no surprise.

Ye Chenjing took off the sunglasses perched on his nose bridge, and in his deep, mysterious eyes a flicker of guilt and nervousness seemed to flash.

He didn't even know why he felt guilty—what was there to hide about wanting to be Lin Meng's neighbor?

But at that moment, when his gaze met Lin Meng's displeased look, his heart still skipped a beat.

Lin Meng pursed her lips and half-jokingly greeted Ye Chenjing.

"Yo, isn't that General Manager? You also live here? Being rich is great—you can buy a house and settle anywhere you want, right, General Manager?"

Ye Chenjing couldn't miss the sarcasm in Lin Meng's words; he could only smile helplessly, took out a bottle of red wine he had treasured for years from the back seat, carefully wrapped it, and it looked especially exquisite.

"Congratulations, you've acquired your own villa so quickly; at your age to achieve this is impressive—I admire you, you're more capable than I am."

Lin Meng listened to Ye Chenjing's sincere compliments, saw him extend a hand offering the red wine as a gift, and the sarcastic remark on the tip of her tongue was swallowed back.

If those words had come from the mouth of some other rich second‑generation heir, they would surely seem like a deliberate show‑off.

People like them, born with a silver spoon in their mouth, can have everything without effort; their ingrained arrogance makes it hard for them to sincerely admire anyone.

But Ye Chenjing's tone and demeanor when saying those words made it impossible for Lin Meng to dislike him.

He genuinely thought Lin Meng was outstanding and held her in deep admiration and respect.

This instead left Lin Meng feeling a bit puzzled in her heart.

She was just a bit luckier—her grandfather, who had struggled desperately and still worked hard, sent her a heaven‑defying magic treasure, granting her a cheat for spacetime trading.

Otherwise, she would still be worrying about that three‑million debt right now.

Thus Lin Meng accepted the gift and said somewhat embarrassedly:

"Just now I spoke a bit sarcastically, sorry."

"Originally I was indeed angry because Sun Yao lied to me, telling me the neighboring villa was empty; only when I saw your brother this afternoon did I learn you were moving in, so I took my anger out on you."

"But upon reflection, I also got a bargain—you only charged me fifty million for this house."

Ye Chenjing spoke up to correct him, "No, you promised to give three Jade Marrow Pills."

Lin Meng: "……"

"Fine, you do remember the details."

Seeing Lin Meng no longer hold any objection, Ye Chenjing's nervous heart finally settled back into his stomach at that moment.

He glanced at the door behind Lin Meng and ventured:

"Are the renovations done? May I come take a look?"

Lin Meng raised her eyebrows, then realized she had forgotten—when the renovation crew came to inspect the site earlier, Ye Chenjing was there too, and he knew she was planning to remodel the training room.

But knowing is one thing; she wouldn't just bring anyone over for a tour.

"Let's skip the tour—although society has progressed and talking about male‑female boundaries may be exaggerated, I am, after all, a lovely single woman, so I won't bring a man alone into my home."

"If General Manager has nothing else, please head back."

Ye Chenjing raised his brows, didn't press further, and left knowing his bounds.

Lin Meng watched him enter the neighboring villa's door, then turned and went back to her own house.

At that time, Ye Fan was already in seclusion, Lin Meng had nothing to do, so she contacted Ye Heng to see if there was anything she could help with.

Ye Heng quickly replied to her, apparently the Bi Hu Suo renovation had made new progress.

"Lin Meng, do you still remember the exploration team I mentioned to you before?"

Lin Meng thought back a moment—Ye Heng had indeed mentioned it to her before; when they went to Special District 13 to find the captain of the defense team, Luo Song, they had encountered that same exploration team more than once.

The exploration team's captain seemed to still be an awakened one.

Lin Meng replied: "I remember, what happened to them?"

Ye Heng told Lin Meng:

"The other side's captain, Song Zhi, somehow found out our Bi Hu Suo's exact location and wants to invite me to form a team to explore the dangerous zone."

Upon hearing this, Lin Meng immediately sensed danger and warned Ye Heng.

"Regardless of whether this person is reliable, just how dangerous is the dangerous area you mentioned?"

Ye Heng dared not conceal anything and gave a frank account:

"In the Fe Tu Shi Jie, nine deaths out of ten, some special areas after a catastrophe develop special magnetic fields, causing the organisms there to undergo highly mutated evolution, making the danger level far exceed that of other regions."

"However, those creatures also seem to be affected by the special magnetic field, unable to ever leave that place, so the outside world faces no threat."

Lin Meng frowned and asked: "Do you have confidence? If I'm not mistaken, your awakened ability is merely spatial, right? How's your combat strength?"

"You can rest assured on that point—I've been continuously improving my ability, and I've already mastered some deeper aspects of spatial ability; self‑defense is no problem."

Lin Meng was stunned by these words—originally she thought Ye Heng's spatial ability was just for storage, but it turns out it has other uses as well.

Before Lin Meng could ask in detail, Ye Heng shared all the information he had grasped with Lin Meng.

After listening, Lin Meng pondered and realized that the spatial power Ye Heng mentioned might be like her spatial spiritual root; cultivating to a certain degree could allow control of spatial laws.

"So, the new skill you've learned now can cut out an independent space to temporarily shelter you from danger?"

"Isn't this pretty much the same as Lin Meng being able to enter space herself?"

Ye Heng nodded; he hadn't expected that after continually absorbing crystal cores, his ability could still continue to develop.

"That's right, so I'm still confident this time, and I plan to set out for the Tenth Special Zone tomorrow; I've heard that a batch of high-quality weapons is being sold there, and before embarking on the expedition, I intend to first upgrade the team's equipment and weapons."

Upon hearing this, Lin Meng no longer objected.

"As long as you're confident, just tell me what you need."