Chapter 714: No way?

「Yunxiao? 」

Zhang Jie looked at the other party somewhat surprised; he didn't expect that the Lantern Festival could actually find him so quickly.

As for why Yunxiao calls him by his given name, it's just that kids want to save face outside, like Lin Ran's blockheaded donkey, putting on a proper and solemn act outside, completely different from in private.

After all, Yunxiao's current status is not ordinary; she is now the head of countless intelligent machines.

Um, right, not an ordinary person anymore.

「You are.... 」

That knight seemed not to have recognized Yunxiao's identity, and then Zhang Jie gave him a rough introduction.

「In short, don't worry, we'll take care of this. 」

The Intelligent Machine Empress walked out from behind her, smiling.

「Please give us a meeting room. 」

「Okay. 」

「Have you found them? 」

Lin Ran frowned, her aura pressing the Alliance's high-ranking officials so they could barely breathe; they had searched earnestly, but still got no results.

Logically speaking, this shouldn't be the case; it doesn't conform to the laws of physics, right?

The researchers under them have been replaced batch after batch, but matters involving spatial coordinates and various anomalies are ultimately not the Alliance's forte.

All the high-ranking officials feel bitter inside; first the deep-space knight of the Alliance lost contact, now one of the Alliance's two leaders has also disappeared.

Given the value and importance of these people, once they go missing, the Alliance can be said to have outright wasted away in place, with one move back to before liberation.

Yuan wore a white lab coat, standing beside Lin Ran, constantly flipping through various data records.

「Strange, logically speaking, this kind of situation shouldn't happen. 」

「Xiao Jiu, where did this girl go? 」

Yuan wondered, Lin Ran shook her head, helplessly said.

「She was let out by Zhang Jie to go on a vacation to relax; she can't come back for now. 」

Yuan nodded thoughtfully, then continued to ask.

「What about Yunxiao? Can't get in touch either? 」

「Didn't you say you saw her then? 」

Lin Ran pondered for a moment, nodded.

「Yes, I saw her; I don't know why she suddenly took the fleet and turned away, and there's been no news until now. 」

「No movement? 」

Yuan only felt the situation becoming more and more bewildering, but she still had quite a few guesses.

「What we can be sure of is that Zhang Jie is not in danger yet. 」

「Why? 」

Yuan was somewhat doubtful, while Lin Ran, in front of him, took out that cherished small rose.

The flame was burning but had no temperature, and when Yuan saw this, her eyes suddenly lit up.

「Is this the Alliance's latest technological means? 」

「The energy inside is created from nothing, but I can sense that something is supplying it. 」

Yuan was about to curiously reach out to touch it, but Lin Ran suddenly pulled her hand back, obviously not wanting Yuan to touch it.

It definitely can't be touched—what if it gets damaged? Lin Ran only has this one, and she treasures it greatly.

「Um... there are two options: either you go find Xiao Jiu to have him sense Zhang Jie's location. 」

「or you give this thing to me to study; I should also be able to locate him. 」

Lin Ran hesitated for two and a half seconds, then decisively chose to call back the unfortunate Xiao Jiu.

Of course, without Lin Ran needing to say more, just one sentence—Zhang Jie is missing, life or death unknown—directly makes our Xiao Jiu explode on the spot.

「What!!!! 」

Xiao Jiu blew her top, almost exploding on the spot; she had just gone out for a few days, how did our boss run into trouble?

「I'm coming back now! Wait for me! Wait for me!!!! 」

Xiao Jiu wailed as she hung up the communication, leaving Lin Ran with a black line, while Yuan meanwhile couldn't help but laugh.

「This kid has always been like this, having stayed with Zhang Jie for so many years, not changing at all. 」

Lin Ran instantly had a speechless expression, saying that each of these guys has stayed longer than her and Zhang Jie!

「Sigh, let's first find someone. 」

Lin Ran sighed, truly helpless; having such a partner, she really doesn't know whether it's a good thing or a bad thing.

And Lin Ran seems to have forgotten a person—no, it's that everyone forgot this person.

Yu Xiaomo, this guy who made his fortune from a game company, currently doesn't even know anything about this.

Even now she's still busy expanding the cosmic market; tsk tsk, the useless Xiao Mo still performs steadily.

「The general situation is like this. 」

Zhang Jie showed Yunxiao and the Intelligent Machine Empress the energy in his hand, which is pollution.

Essentially, this thing is actually a high-dimensional energy, except that most living beings cannot withstand it.

Zhang Jie explained, while Yunxiao basically didn't listen, because she is not an expert in this area at all.

What's the point? Just hand this tech over to the Intelligent Machine Empress; what does it have to do with her?

Meanwhile, the Intelligent Machine Empress is about to burn out, looking at Yunxiao's relaxed demeanor, she can't help but grit her teeth.

Too outrageous! How can you exploit the intelligent machines like that? No wonder almost every civilization has a history of intelligent machine rebellions.

This is practically treating it like a donkey, isn't it?

"How's the analysis?"

Yunxiao suddenly asked, the Intelligent Machine Empress hastily put on a smile, as if the dark thought just now had never existed.

"No idea."

Zhang Jie:.....

"What are you talking about?"