667: Chapter 667 Tremendous Change

Time passed day by day.

Xiao Weiqing was growing a bit anxious. Seeing that two months had passed, he still had no clue regarding his task.

Originally, he had planned to use the excuse of being waylaid to meddle in the affairs of Longevity Planet No. 1.

As a result, the very next day after the incident, Jiuxin ferreted out the assassins and executed them right in front of him.

Manager Lie Ge handled matters remarkably fast.

But precisely because of that, it seemed even more problematic.

The people who ambushed and killed him were not weak in strength, and they were ferreted out in just one day. If so, no matter how well those people from the Resistance Army could hide, they wouldn't be able to hide for several thousand years, would they?

August 27th.

Inside the manor.

Lena hurriedly ran in, bringing two teams of security personnel behind her, whose strength was not weak.

"My Lord."

"What is the matter, Lena?"

"Something has happened on Longevity Planet No. 1. Manager Lie Ge sent people to protect you and hopes you will not go out today, as it is unsafe outside."

Xiao Weiqing felt a shock in his heart. Something happened on Longevity Planet No. 1?

"What happened?"

"Base No. 1 suffered an explosion."

"What was the cause?"

"Unknown. It might be the Resistance Army."

The Resistance Army again?

"Has this kind of situation happened before?"

"No."

Lena shook her head.

Although the Resistance Army frequently stirred up commotion, they had never made a move against Base No. 1, at most causing small-scale disturbances in other bases.

"Mm, I understand. Keep a close eye on it and let me know if there is any news."

"Yes, My Lord."

This incident on Longevity Planet No. 1 was no small matter; one could tell just from the tense atmosphere on Changsheng Technology Island.

For a full three days, Manager Lie Ge, Jiuxin, and even Denise were nowhere to be seen.

Until the night of the third day.

Manager Lie Ge, covered in blood, found Xiao Weiqing.

"Lord Special Envoy."

Xiao Weiqing was startled upon seeing Manager Lie Ge.

"What happened to you?"

"Lord Special Envoy, I have come to ask you for a favor."

"Do you need me to make a move?"

Xiao Weiqing asked. He could only assume that there was a formidable enemy and Manager Lie Ge had come to ask for his help.

Manager Lie Ge was full of exhaustion, but still shook his head, "Lord Special Envoy, the enemies have all been suppressed, and the matter has been resolved."

"Then what do you need me to do?"

"I am troubling you to meet someone."

"Who?"

"Xilin."

"Xilin?"

"Denise's student?"

Xiao Weiqing remembered the name Xilin—the indi person who gave him the longevity fruit when he went to Base No. 1 last time, whom Denise had specially introduced.

"Yes."

"She wants to see me?"

Manager Lie Ge nodded, "Lord Special Envoy, can we talk as we walk? Xilin is right on Changsheng Technology Island."

"Alright, let's go."

The two walked out of the manor.

Xiao Weiqing asked, "What on earth is going on? How is Base No. 1 right now? Was it really the Resistance Army causing trouble?"

"Base No. 1 has been destroyed."

"Destroyed?"

"What do you mean?"

Manager Lie Ge said with an ashen expression, "It has turned into ruins, and everything inside has turned to dust."

"The Resistance Army is this strong?"

"No, it wasn't the Resistance Army; it was Denise."

"Ms. Denise?" Xiao Weiqing was a bit confused, "I don't understand what you mean."

"Denise destroyed Base No. 1."

Manager Lie Ge said through gritted teeth.

"Why?"

"I want to know too."

Manager Lie Ge's tone carried deep incomprehension and unwillingness.

"Lord Special Envoy, now is not the time to discuss these things. The main thing now is to figure out the whereabouts of the remaining no. 4 longevity potion, as well as the formula data."

"The no. 4 longevity potion and the formula?"

Manager Lie Ge nodded, organizing his words to begin explaining what had happened in these three days.

It turned out that.

Three days ago.

Base No. 1 exploded for unknown reasons. At first, everyone thought the Resistance Army was causing chaos, and Longevity Planet No. 1 immediately mobilized security personnel to suppress them.

In fact, that was indeed the case.

When Manager Lie Ge and Jiuxin arrived at Base No. 1, the Resistance Army had already broken into Base No. 1.

Originally, Manager Lie Ge was still prepared to negotiate with the Resistance Army, but unexpected to them, the Resistance Army had no intention of negotiating at all. They immediately realized something was wrong.

The defense strength of Base No. 1 was second only to Changsheng Technology Island; how could it be breached in such a short time?

Afterwards, they retrieved the defense System information of Base No. 1 and discovered that Base No. 1 was not breached at all, but rather Denise authorized the door to be opened, directly letting the Resistance Army swagger right in.

Manager Lie Ge and Jiuxin personally led the team to attack Base No. 1, and the Resistance Army resisted desperately.

In the end.

Manager Lie Ge and Jiuxin watched helplessly as Base No. 1 was reduced to nothingness in the explosion.

"Then what about Ms. Denise?"

"She's dead."

"Dead?"

Xiao Weiqing felt a shock in his heart.

"Mm, I saw it with my own eyes."

"Base No. 1 was responsible for the production of more than half of the no. 4 longevity potions. Through trace analysis of the site, apart from the destroyed ones, we found that at least 30,000 copies of the no. 4 potion have vanished into thin air."

"Now the only clue is the surviving Xilin, who is Denise's student."

"But for a whole day, no matter how we tortured her, she refused to open her mouth no matter what, only saying she wanted to see you."

Xiao Weiqing gazed intently at Manager Lie Ge. "See me, are you sure?"

He had only met Xilin once. With things developing to this point, Xiao Weiqing was somewhat unable to react to what on earth had happened.

Manager Lie Ge nodded solemnly.

"Lord Special Envoy, I know this matter has nothing to do with you, but I hope you can help make Xilin reveal the whereabouts of the remaining no. 4 longevity potion and the formula."

"The day after tomorrow is the delivery day. If the no. 4 longevity potion cannot be produced, the Longevity Potion Company might go bankrupt because of this."

"It's that serious?"

Manager Lie Ge nodded.

"Lord Special Envoy, the first batch is planned to produce 90,000 longevity potions, and we need to release 60,000. Now one-third of the no. 4 longevity potions have been destroyed, and another third has vanished into thin air, leaving less than 30,000. It is completely impossible to satisfy those interstellar merchants and the Undying Realm forces."

What Manager Lie Ge didn't say out loud was that the 30,000 longevity potions originally planned for the Heavenly Venerate could not be produced now either.

Now the most ideal situation would be:

Deliver the 30,000 no. 4 longevity potions to the customers, reducing the share by half.

Of course.

Those people definitely won't be willing, and by then they are bound to kick up a fuss.

At this time, the Holy Land must step forward—no, it should be the Heavenly Venerates behind them stepping forward, provided that they find the vanished 30,000 no. 4 longevity potions and hand them over to the Heavenly Venerates.

Otherwise, the Heavenly Venerates would not possibly help them.

Moreover, even if they get past the immediate hurdle, there is something even more important: what about the no. 4 longevity potions in the future?

Before Denise died, she destroyed the formula she held along with herself. Relying solely on the portion of the formula held by Manager Lie Ge and Jiuxin, they couldn't produce the no. 4 longevity potion.

You must know:

The longevity potion was basically developed single-handedly by Denise, and the portion of the formula she held in her hands was the most core part. Now that Denise is gone, without several decades, it would be simply impossible to restore the original formula.

Soon.

Manager Lie Ge and Xiao Weiqing arrived inside a palace room and saw Xilin, who had been tortured to the point of being unrecognizable.

"You looked for me?"