Chapter 49: Make the Deep Place Great Again
With Ai Yue's sudden and huge concession, the meeting, which was supposed to drag on for a long time without any result, came to an abrupt end.
However, such a result obviously cannot satisfy everyone. In fact, apart from the five projections who are the biggest beneficiaries, perhaps only Ai Yue can still laugh.
Even Sakura, who didn't know much about these things, realized that Ai Yue had given up something very important when she saw Dr. Mei's obviously cold expression.
"You are a little too impatient, Ai Yue." After the five projections on the opposite side disappeared, Dr. Mei sighed, "The matter of Kalpas can be resolved after a few more attempts. If you give in so easily, you will be targeted more in the future."
As the saying goes, good people are often bullied. Now, just because of such a small difficulty, Ai Yue gave up a patent that could bring him huge wealth. In the eyes of these upper-class people, he became a character that can be manipulated at will.
In the future? It's not clear how long this group of people will have in the future.
"Let's talk about those things later." Ai Yue naturally couldn't tell his dark plan at this time, so he just smiled and changed the subject, "Dr. Mei, are these people the opposition?"
In fact, there is no need to ask. Ai Yue can also feel that there is a problem behind this matter. If Dr. Mei's plan was suppressed by the opposition before the new Poison Pupa was established, it can be understood. But if after the establishment of the new Poison Pupa, this suppression not only did not get alleviated, but became worse, doesn't it mean that the new Poison Pupa was established in vain?
"Alas, I thought it was too simple." Dr. Mei looked a little embarrassed. "In fact, these five people are from five different factions. These five factions are enough to represent the opinions of two-thirds of the countries and dignitaries in the world."
Ai Yue nodded. It turned out that it was not just the opposition that attended the meeting today. No wonder it was so difficult to deal with.
"They joined hands to put pressure on me, which was also a warning, but I didn't expect that they would choose to start with the Kalpas incident," Dr. Mei sighed, "I'm sorry, I've implicated you this time."
"It doesn't matter." Ai Yue waved his hand and didn't take it to heart. "But according to this unspoken rule, if they make things difficult for you this time, then the plan you said you wanted to implement before should be much smoother, right?"
"Well, I also submitted the 'Divine Key Project'. I thought they would choose to attack me through that report..." Dr. Mei stopped talking halfway, as if thinking about something. "No, maybe the person they are really interested in is you?"
"I can't help it. Maybe I'm too good, so I'm more conspicuous." Ai Yue shrugged. "Let's not talk about this. With this certificate, we can take Kalpas out, right?"
"Yes," Dr. Mei nodded, "Are you in a hurry? Then I will arrange the itinerary now, and the procedures for the new Poison Pupa will be prepared when you come back."
"That's not urgent," Ai Yue looked in another direction, "Before that, I'll take him home to have a look."
At its deepest point, this is a facility located on a small island in the Pacific Ocean.
Although nominally a kind of asylum, the Fire Moths prefer to call it a "prison" and they really treat it as a prison. Those who are sent here have committed crimes for various reasons, or are feared by the world for some reason.
These people should have been sentenced to death, but because today's civilization needs such combat power as a necessary trump card, this dark and deep prison was built to house them.
And now, Ai Yue is on a plane heading to the deepest place.
"Come to think of it, you may not know that when we went to that place before, the plane could not land." The pilot this time was unexpectedly a very talkative guy, perhaps because no one usually took his plane which only had one fixed route. "In order to prevent people from the deepest places from escaping and hijacking the plane, at that time, whether it was cargo or people, they had to jump out of the air with parachutes!"
"Is there such a thing?" Ai Yue responded cooperatively, "Then what should we do when they come back?"
"Well, generally speaking, no one can come back from the Deepest Abyss," the pilot said, "but it seems to have improved now. I heard that it was the lady who came here some time ago. She changed the entire Deepest Abyss."
"Really?" Ai Yue couldn't help but smile, "It seems like she's had a hard time."
"That's right. You know, there are only vicious guys in the deepest depths. That lady looked powerless. I was very worried at first!" The pilot sighed, "Until I saw her fly down without a parachute, I realized that my worry was unnecessary."
This time, before Ai Yue could respond, the other party spoke again: "Sir, we are here, it's right in front!"
Ai Yue looked out the window, and in his field of vision, a small island was gradually getting bigger.
Just as the pilot said, Aponia had changed things profoundly, so the plane that originally could only hover in the air could now land smoothly, depriving Ai Yue of an opportunity to experience skydiving.
As soon as he got off the plane, he saw a familiar figure appear in front of him not far away.
It was Aponia whom he hadn't seen for a long time.
"Long time no see, Aponia." Ai Yue took the initiative to greet, "Do you feel that you have become whiter?"
"Maybe. After all, it's normal for your skin to become pale after staying in a place without sunlight for a long time." Aponia smiled gently. The darkness in the depths didn't seem to have any effect on her. "It seems that you finally did what you promised him."
"Well, it's been a bit delayed. I hope Kalpas doesn't mind." Ai Yue shrugged. "Are you used to living here?"
"It's not much different from my past life. I pray, patrol, relieve others' distress, and persuade them not to give up hope." Aponia said as she walked. Seeing Ai Yue's hesitant expression, she couldn't help but laugh. "Don't worry. Like you said, I rarely use the 'Discipline' unless it is necessary."
The gate to the Deepest Place is made of a special alloy, and according to Vill-V's design, it cannot be opened from the inside - but Aponia can use the power of the fusion warrior to open the gate from the outside, so she is the only one who can enter and exit the Deepest Place freely.
As the door to the deepest place was opened, the space inside also came into Ai Yue's eyes.
In the dim light, it was almost impossible to make out any details, except for a figure standing in the exact center of the space, motionless, like a sculpture.
It was not until he saw Ai Yue's figure that the other party walked forward and exposed himself to the light.
"Your here" Kalpas said calmly, seemingly unaffected by the deepest things. "I have done what I promised you. Can I leave now?"
"Of course." Ai Yue smiled and stretched out his hand, "Let's go, I'll take you home to see."
Kalpas seemed stunned for a moment, but did not shake Ai Yue's hand. He just nodded slightly.
"Um."
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