Chapter 228: Respective Trajectories (Part 5)

Li Boyong didn't expect to hear this word from Wang Liumei's mouth and was slightly shocked. Fortunately, the half-face helmet did a good job of blocking his expression.

So Wang Liumei didn't notice Li Boyong's slight emotional change and continued, "An arms merchant consortium with enough strength to control the political power to serve the organization's interests, and the Lopez Conglomerate is one of the members of this consortium."

"Anything else?"

"Blue Cosmos, an anti-Coordinator organization with great influence within the military; the financial backer behind it is LOGOS."

Speaking of this, Wang Liumei paused, her tone somewhat subtle, "I only just found out that Shihe is a Coordinator. And there are tens of millions of other humans born through genetic manipulation like Shihe, and they have formed their own satellite nation in space."

The existence of Coordinators was shocking to Wang Liumei.

Shihe, who had always been a synonym for beautiful, powerful, and gentle in her heart, was actually one of the Coordinators. For some reason, this actually made Wang Tuanzi feel a bit lost.

"Don't think too much; Coordinators aren't omnipotent either. Most Coordinators are just slightly stronger in some talent than Naturals, and there's also the strengthening of physical fitness. They aren't born knowing everything; they also need to acquire knowledge through learning together with us Naturals. Coordinators are just one of the choices humans have made on the path of exploring evolution. In the future, you might witness more evolutionary directions different from Coordinators."

To avoid Wang Liumei developing prejudices due to the environment, Li Boyong had to explain patiently, "And we didn't deliberately hide it from you, but were unable to inform you. I believe you understand that, right?"

"Yes, of course I know. That restraining force is really quite unpleasant." Wang Liumei seemed to have guessed what Li Boyong was worried about and said frankly, "And to me, Shihe is just Shihe; it has nothing to do with whether she is a Natural or a Coordinator."

After a pause, Wang Liumei said in a somewhat regretful tone, "If it weren't for the fact that Coordinators can't be cultivated postnatally, I'd actually quite like to try what it feels like to be a Coordinator."

As she spoke, Wang Tuanzi adjusted her sitting posture and actually crossed her legs in the back seat of the military vehicle just like that.

It was thanks to her petite figure that she could perform this action.

It was just that she was still wearing her favorite cheongsam today, and a touch of whiteness above her thigh stockings was naturally revealed from the slit, making Li Boyong somewhat distracted.

Hiss...

This absolute territory between the cheongsam slit and the black silk stockings seemed even more alluring than the absolute territory between a short skirt and white silk!

Wait, what did I see?

Is this... a garter?

Hiss...

Is this sexy loli wearing something so bold and avant-garde?

"How is it? Does it look good?"

Wang Liumei clearly noticed Li Boyong's gaze and asked with a teasing tone.

"You... what are you talking about? I don't understand!"

Relying on the helmet on his head, Li Boyong chose to play dumb directly, attempting to muddle through the gentlemanly behavior just now.

Really, a girl who doesn't know shame at all, actually teasing an adult.

But it's so white...

Wang Liumei glanced at Li Boyong with disdain, but didn't restrain her sitting posture, just turned her head to look at the scenery outside the window. At an angle Li Boyong couldn't see, the corner of her mouth curved into an arc. It was very slight; perhaps even Wang Liumei herself didn't notice it.

As Wang Liumei turned her head to look at the scenery, the interior of the military vehicle also fell into silence, yet it vaguely emitted an ambiguous atmosphere.

Because Wang Tuanzi turned her head to look at the scenery, she herself became the most beautiful scenery in the car.

A small interlude emitting a vague ambiguous atmosphere ended as the military vehicle drove into the San Antonio military base.

The Lopez Conglomerate was not only a member of LOGOS but also one of the shareholders of Actaeon. Wang Liumei, the head of the conglomerate, simply obtained the title of Supervisor Director of the Actaeon Project, which gave her the qualification to enter the military base with a large group of bodyguards.

Li Boyong had Wang Liumei run this long distance not only because he wanted to exchange some intelligence with her but also because he wanted to use her influence to affect the pilot selection for the Actaeon Project.

Although he himself was the military officer responsible for the project's pilot selection, he was only responsible for selecting; whether the higher-ups would agree was another matter, so pulling in Wang Liumei was naturally an insurance policy.

When Li Boyong took Wang Liumei's party onto Phantom Pain's aircraft carrier, what he saw was the base commander's party who had come upon hearing the news.

The base commander and his several trusted staff officers expressed their welcome to the head of the Lopez Conglomerate and her party with an extremely cordial attitude.

"The base has prepared a banquet for you tonight; I hope you can grace us with your presence."

Regarding the commander's proposal, Wang Liumei was noncommittal and instead threw the question to Li Boyong: "Colonel, what do you think?"

This was deliberately releasing a signal in front of others that the head of the Lopez Conglomerate highly valued Colonel Neo, which could also be considered as adding chips to Li Boyong's status in the military from the side.

"Why not change the banquet to this ship?" Li Boyong shrugged, "I also want to let my subordinates blow off some steam."

This was said somewhat crudely, making Wang Liumei unable to help but roll her eyes slightly.

However, she still spoke to the base commander: "I think it's a good suggestion. A banquet on an aircraft carrier seems like it would be very interesting. Commander, what do you think?"

Wang Liumei directly expressed support for Li Boyong's opinion.

"I also think it's a very good opinion."

The commander agreed with a smile and then immediately notified the base logistics department to start preparing for the banquet.

Li Boyong also summoned the aircraft carrier captain to have him coordinate with the base logistics to assist in the banquet's preparation, while also clearly stating that all soldiers of the Phantom Pain unit could participate in this banquet.

That night, a banquet was held on the Phantom Pain unit's aircraft carrier.

The group of officers from the San Antonio Base surrounded Wang Liumei like stars around the moon, making her the most dazzling female lead at the banquet.

Li Boyong also received quite a bit of goodwill released by his colleagues. Originally, as an guest army, and as the head of a special privilege unit, and wearing a strange helmet, it was inevitable that he would be somewhat alienated by others.

But now, when the rumor that he had a relatively close personal relationship with the head of the Lopez Conglomerate spread from the base commander, everyone's attitude toward him changed somewhat.

Li Boyong didn't let his temper push people away either; instead, he chatted happily with these background-character officers.

After all, there were some old faces among them, which made him feel quite fresh.

For example, that director who had dragged him into doing political propaganda missions back then, and that logistics officer who had assigned him the Strike Dagger.

Oh my, isn't this the brigade commander of the 5th MS Composite Brigade from back then?

How did he become a regimental commander now?

Although he couldn't remember their names, the appearance of these old faces was quite moving. ===== CHAPTER 229 =====