377: Chapter 377 The Agreement Ends

An invitation?

Or another form of scrutiny?

Lin Yu's mind spun rapidly.

Fangs, Blue Star's top transcendent unit, directly under the highest command.

Getting involved with them had its pros and cons.

Wait, what was he even considering?

Pros and cons?

Those two words lingered in Lin Yu's mind for a mere 0.01 seconds before being completely crushed.

At his current level, so-called weighings of pros and cons had lost most of their meaning.

Fangs were the guardians of Blue Star; there was no doubt about that.

From the incident at the Industrial Park, where Qin Zhan had stood on his side without hesitation, one could see the stance and character of this unit.

Moreover, the College Entrance Examination was in two days.

His examiners were Officer Zhong Huai and Qin Zhan.

He would have to meet them sooner or later.

What was the difference between going now and going then?

Perhaps going now could even save some unnecessary procedures.

Lin Yu didn't even bother to think about what the "unrefusable proposal" Wen Yan mentioned actually was.

It was nothing more than resources, status, and privileges.

To him, these things were already within easy reach.

He simply felt that Wen Yan's attitude was decent enough that he could give Fangs some face.

Thus, under Wen Yan's gaze—filled with solemnity, expectation, and nervousness—Lin Yu gave his answer.

A single word.

"Okay."

The stomachful of rhetoric Wen Yan had prepared instantly got stuck in his throat.

He had imagined countless possible reactions from Lin Yu.

Vigilance, suspicion, bargaining, or even a flat refusal.

He had even run through the scripts to handle those reactions in his head several times.

But the one thing he hadn't expected was for the other party to agree so readily and so calmly.

It was as if he wasn't inviting him to Blue Star's core armed department, but merely asking if he "wanted to go grab a meal together."

This calmness was more unfathomable than any arrogant posture.

The massive sense of anticlimax left Wen Yan dazed for a moment, but it was immediately followed by an indescribable surge of ecstasy.

He had gambled correctly!

No, it should be said that he had made the most correct judgment!

Divine Revelation Mission?

Compared to the living "miracle" before his eyes, that was worth jack squat!

How could a vague, ethereal mission with blurry clues compare to a young man who had already displayed god-like power?

Wen Yan was almost certain that if Commander-in-Chief Qin Zhan and Officer Zhong Huai were standing here and had seen everything that just happened, they would have made the exact same decision as him.

No, they would have been even more decisive and excited than him!

"Good! Great!"

Wen Yan exhaled heavily, his tense body finally relaxing; he felt his back was already soaked with cold sweat.

Just as the subtle atmosphere between the two softened, a soft groan broke the silence of this prehistoric jungle.

Not far away, a Researcher lying under a giant fern flickered his eyelids and slowly woke up.

He first looked blankly at the sky-obscuring green leaves above, and then an unprecedented surge of energy flooded through his limbs and bones.

"Hmm?"

The gray-haired Researcher, over fifty years old, suddenly sat up and moved his neck.

There was no familiar "cracking" sound, nor the soreness brought on by years of desk work.

He even felt that his clouded, aging eyes had become much clearer.

"My waist... my old waist actually doesn't hurt anymore!"

In another direction, a middle-aged Researcher wearing glasses pushed himself off the ground and stood up, discovering to his surprise that his herniated disc, which had troubled him for years, seemed... healed?

This overflow of pure life energy was like a transformative baptism for these Researchers whose bodies were in a constant state of sub-health.

Some were so over-nourished that their noses bled, yet they were mentally hyperactive.

Others felt as if they had grown ten years younger, filled with inexhaustible strength.

However, after the brief surprise, they proved themselves worthy of being Blue Star's top research fanatics.

The very instant they woke up, everyone performed the same action in unison.

Searching for their instruments!

"Where is my Space Curvature Detector! Quick! The peak data from that energy burst just now must have been recorded!"

"Forget that! The soil here! Take samples, quick! This pattern of life energy infiltration completely violates the law of conservation of energy!"

"Whose Portable Mass Spectrometer is still working? I want to analyze the air composition here! Heavens, the negative oxygen ion concentration here is simply ridiculously high!"

For a moment, the scene became incredibly chaotic.

This group of top scholars, who had been unconscious just moments ago, were now like a pack of lunatics who had discovered a new continent, scurrying everywhere trying to dig up any scrap of valuable data from the ruins of this miracle.

Some lay on the ground, pinching up dirt to sniff under their noses.

Others held half-burnt instruments, weeping over the few remaining lines of garbled code on the screens.

Wen Yan watched his colleagues' frantic actions with a look of helplessness and amusement on his face.

These guys were really similar to those in the Fangs Logistics Research Department.

All a bunch of obsessives who would risk their lives for truth and data.

Lin Yu just watched quietly.

The efforts of these people were destined to be in vain.

The instruments were mostly destroyed, though if they did find something, it would likely keep them researching for a long time.

Rather than that, Lin Yu was going to find Lin Yao next.

Some things were more important than this.

With things having escalated so much today, that girl Lin Yao was one of the instigators.

As her brother, he had a lot to say to his sister.

The trouble she caused today wasn't small; although he had ultimately resolved it perfectly, she still needed a proper education.

Especially since their parents weren't around right now, his responsibility as an older brother was heavy.

Thinking of this, Lin Yu withdrew his gaze from the Researchers and turned to Wen Yan.

"If there's nothing else, I'll go find Yao Yao now?"

"Ah... alright, I'll report this as soon as possible and give you an answer."

"Much obliged..."

"By the way, there's one more thing I might need your help with."

"Please, speak!" Wen Yan's attitude was extremely humble.

"Earlier, when Lin Yao's spell was completed and everyone fell into a semi-conscious state," Lin Yu's voice was flat, as if he were mentioning a trivial matter, "I seemed to see a few dark shadows slipping out of the venue."

Dark shadows?

Wen Yan's nerves instantly tightened.

At that time, everyone had been knocked unconscious by that terrifying energy shock; even he had experienced a brief memory gap.

Lin Yu was not only fine, but he could even observe such details?

The gap between people was simply too ridiculous.

"I'm not sure who they were, it might have been my eyes playing tricks on me," Lin Yu added nonchalantly. "But just in case, it's better to check. Your authority here should be higher than mine; it'll be easier for you to investigate."