Chapter 289

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Protagonist:

Xuan Ge

The one who came looking for the Erudition Aeon was indeed Hei Ta.

But the Erudition Aeon did not see only her.

Ruan Mei silently watched the massive single eye glowing with blue light before her.

She did not understand why she had appeared here.

Did the Audience System bind to the wrong person?

How did it become her turn to see the Erudition Aeon?

"The Chosen of Wisdom is vacant."

"Hm?" Ruan Mei's eyelashes fluttered lightly.

What did this sentence mean?

Wasn't Xuan Yao the Chosen of Wisdom?

The Erudition Aeon's blue eye dimmed for an instant, then lit up again.

"It could have been."

"Erudition Aeon, are you giving me an assignment?" Ruan Mei spoke up to ask.

She had better questions she could ask the Wisdom Aeon to solve, but this one... she could not refuse.

If nothing unexpected happens, "The Chosen of Wisdom is vacant" translates to:

Have a child with Xuan Ge.

The Erudition Aeon's blue eye flickered once more.

"Strive a little."

"So it's telling me to strive a little." Ruan Mei rested her chin on one hand, lips pressing slightly tight, "Looks like effort will be needed."

She had already wanted to have a child with Xuan Ge, but because of Hei Ta, she had delayed.

But since the Erudition Aeon proactively gave an assignment, she might as well take the opportunity to satisfy her own curiosity.

Ruan Mei was sent back to the real world by the Erudition Aeon.

The low-frequency hum of laboratory instruments rang in her ears again; she stood in place, eyes still fixed on a certain point in the Void.

Screwllum turned his head to look at her: "Ruan Mei, I saw you spacing out. Is something the matter?"

"Sorry. I was distracted just now." Ruan Mei shook her head slightly, but her mind was still repeatedly deducing the permutations and combinations of the Erudition Aeon's few sentences.

Does this matter need to be made known to Hei Ta?

Screwllum lowered his head to glance at the data pad in his hand; all parameters had already returned to baseline.

"Hei Ta has likely returned. Let's go take a look."

"Mm."

When Hei Ta returned to the space station, her mind was still dazed.

The Erudition Aeon gave her a quota — have a baby with Xuan Ge.

"Hehe."

Laughter leaked from the corner of her mouth; she immediately covered her mouth.

Since her return, the space station's data streams had all returned to normal.

Ruan Mei and Screwllum had not yet returned.

So she put her hand down from her mouth, planting both hands on her waist.

"Hahaha — as expected of this genius."

The higher-ups gave an order; she has to go complete it.

Can't let the machine head's painstaking efforts go to waste.

The laboratory door slid open automatically.

Ruan Mei and Screwllum walked in one after another.

Hei Ta instantly swapped her victorious smile for that standard confident face, chin tilted up slightly.

"What's wrong? Were you worrying about this genius?"

Ruan Mei and Screwllum exchanged a glance.

Both could tell — Hei Ta was currently so happy she could barely contain it.

"Hehe~~ What happened, so happy?"

Ruan Mei walked to the side and sat down, hiding her amusement.

"Naturally. I am very satisfied with this answer." Hei Ta sat down next to her, picking up her coffee and taking a sip.

"The current me, ah, is thoroughly clear-headed."

Screwllum ran several analysis models in the background but still could not simulate the source of Hei Ta's mood, so he had to ask directly.

"I wonder how this answer process went; would it be convenient to share?"

"Naturally it's... uh." Hei Ta almost agreed in one breath.

But she couldn't just brush off Screwllum; she thought for a moment and changed her phrasing.

"The Erudition Aeon gave me an assignment. Once I solve it, you'll know too."

Ruan Mei looked at Hei Ta deeply.

Did Hei Ta also receive a topic from the God-Selected Position?

"It was actually a given topic?"

Screwllum's tone rose slightly, his interest index pulled to the max.

Everyone in the world goes to seek answers from the Erudition, yet He actually proactively issued a topic — this made him incomparably curious.

"Since it's inconvenient to reveal the topic's content, do you need my help during the process?"

Hei Ta smiled and shook her head: "No need. This matter, I alone am enough. Trust me."

This won't do.

Ruan Mei silently bit into a plum blossom cake, letting it slowly dissolve on the tip of her tongue.

Now she truly confirmed it — Hei Ta had also accepted the God-Selected Position's topic.

So this card of hers, she'd better keep it hidden for now.

Hei Ta this idiot had already revealed her own hole card, so she would keep hers concealed.

But she couldn't hide it for long — with Hei Ta's brain, she'd realize it eventually.

If discovered, just treat it as a small academic competition.

"Congratulations, Hei Ta." Ruan Mei hid the meaningful curve at the corner of her mouth behind her teacup.

"One thinks this topic won't go very smoothly."

"This topic... indeed has difficulty." Hei Ta also speared a piece of plum blossom cake and stuffed it into her mouth.

She Hei Ta never lies.

This indeed has difficulty.

She has to carve a path out from among that group of concubines by Xuan Ge's side.

And not just once.

Even if Xuan Ge fills her up, her lower abdomen pushed up visibly protruding, it still might not result in pregnancy.

Because Xuan Ge has long exceeded the realm of common sense.

The power of the Abundance God-Selected seeps out from every inch of his flesh and blood, making his whole body, inside and out, a walking great tonic.

In the true sense, eating one bite of Xuan Ge's flesh grants immortality — even the Demon Yin Body becomes a mere ornament.

The benefit is Abundance, the drawback is also Abundance.

Everything he pours in automatically converts into Abundance power to nourish the woman.

Whether it hits the mark depends entirely on luck.

Plus Xuan Ge's attitude of leaving whether there's offspring entirely to luck, she can't control it either.

Ruan Mei also nodded in agreement.

She of course knows what Hei Ta means by "difficult."

It's truly difficult.

Hei Ta suddenly put down her fork, sensing something, and raised her eyes.

"Ruan Mei, you have worries on your mind?"

She reached out, using her thumb to lightly wipe away a bit of cake crumb remaining at the corner of Ruan Mei's lips.

"Caught by you, huh."

Ruan Mei didn't dodge, meeting her gaze and smiling openly.

"Ah~ Xuan Ge this bastard really is something."

Hei Ta's thumb lightly poked Ruan Mei's lip corner twice, her tone suddenly softening a few degrees.

"Next time don't spoil him so much. If there's anything, call me."

Back then she disdained that Xuan Ge's fingers were full of her own taste, said "Who would use their lips to wash for you," then Ruan Mei suddenly called out to her.

At that time she didn't react in time.

Now it's all reacted to.

Ruan Mei actually used her lips to wash Xuan Ge's fingers.

That "Hei Ta" was an admission.

Ruan Mei almost got tricked by her.

Her lip corner curved slightly: "Fine. Next time, I'll call you."

Hei Ta is playing a little clever trick.

She knows she secretly snuck food before, so she uses this line to point it out.

At the same time it's also saying next time she sneaks food, to call her along.

One, it can easily avoid that group of women circling Xuan Ge all day; two, it can incidentally advance the topic progress.

"Mhm mhm~~ Although the two of us lack martial force compared to that group of monsters, in terms of brains, the two of us throw them ten star systems."

Hei Ta speared another piece of plum blossom cake and passed it to Ruan Mei's lips.

Ruan Mei lowered her head and took a bite, slowly swallowing before speaking.

"But the Emperor is about to set off for Weng Fa Luo Si. Recently, there might not be much free time."

"I don't believe it."

Hei Ta directly pulled up the real-time surveillance feed of the Imperial Palace Rear Garden, finger tapping on the light screen.

"Look look~~ this group is still gathered here dining. Without Xuan Ge and Ji Zi, hard to guess."

In the feed Yin Lang is sitting at the table burying her head eating, Ren is there too.

"Hmm~~ how did Little Yin Lang come back?" Hei Ta frowned slightly.

She clearly remembered these two left after the competition ended.

"Kafka is back." Ruan Mei picked up the conversation.

"Bastard Xuan Ge~! You actually ate Eggplant Tomato Rice."

Hei Ta poked at the image on the light screen in anger.

She and Ruan Mei had spent time together before, but Xuan Ge was especially interested in combinations that originally had hostile relationships.

For example, Ji Zi and Kafka.

Xuan Ge just liked that sort of thing.

Screwllum saw that the two's discussion had completely entered the realm of Xuan family affairs, quietly withdrew his gaze, and did not participate in this topic.

But his processing core was still evaluating the path of Zhi Neng.

Zhen Zhu was the best candidate for Zhi Neng.

Mm. Do it once you think of it.

Geniuses never lack the process of failure.