668: Chapter 668 The Plight of the Indi

Drip~

Drip~

At this moment.

Xilin's hair was disheveled, and she looked lifeless. Her limbs were pierced by several metal chains, hanging her mid-air as fresh blood slowly dripped onto the ground.

Hearing Xiao Weiqing's words,

Xilin's head seemed to move slightly, but she didn't raise it; her cervical vertebrae were broken.

"Greetings… Lord… Special… Envoy."

Xilin spoke, forcing out a few words with extreme difficulty.

Xiao Weiqing frowned and waved his hand, causing the metal chains to snap piece by piece.

An intangible force lifted Xilin, slowly lowering her to the ground.

Xiao Weiqing walked forward.

"Lord Special Envoy!"

Jiuxin spoke up to stop him.

Xiao Weiqing ignored him, walked to Xilin's side, brushed the blood-stained hair stuck to her face away with his hand, and stuffed a Medicinal Pill into her mouth.

Just like that.

Half an hour later.

Xilin barely looked human again, no longer appearing as if she could drop dead at any moment.

"You looked for me, is there something you need?"

"Lord Special Envoy, I want to talk to you alone."

"Insolent!"

Jiuxin shouted angrily.

Xiao Weiqing turned around and coldly glanced at Jiuxin. "Why are you shouting so loudly?"

Jiuxin was startled by Xiao Weiqing's look, his eyes narrowing slightly. "Lord Special Envoy, Xilin is a major criminal now. I'm afraid she might do something against you."

"With her looking like this?"

"Do you even believe what you're saying?"

"Lord Special Envoy…"

"Enough, Jiuxin, let's go out first." Manager Lie Ge interrupted, "Lord Special Envoy, we'll leave her in your hands."

Xiao Weiqing nodded slightly.

Manager Lie Ge forcibly dragged Jiuxin out of the room.

After the two of them exited the room,

Xilin finally spoke.

"Lord Special Envoy, go ahead and ask. I will definitely tell you everything I know."

The corners of Xiao Weiqing's mouth curled up with a hint of amusement.

"I have nothing to want to ask. You were the one who said you wanted to see me, which is why Manager Lie Ge asked me to come."

"I think you should just say what you want to say."

"If you have nothing to say, then I'll leave."

After saying that, Xiao Weiqing made a motion to leave.

Seeing this,

Xilin panicked.

Manager Lie Ge and Jiuxin outside the room also panicked.

"Wait, my lord."

Xilin lay on the ground, forcing herself to pull herself together.

"You have something to say?"

"Yes."

Xilin nodded.

"That's right. Don't play games with me."

Xiao Weiqing looked down at Xilin from above, and then the power of his Divine Soul surged forth, shielding the room.

Jiuxin outside the room was greatly alarmed and was about to burst in when he was grabbed by Manager Lie Ge.

"What are you going in there for?"

"Now, besides relying on Xiao Weiqing, what else can we do?"

Jiuxin's expression was gloomy. "How do you know Xiao Weiqing will definitely cooperate?"

Manager Lie Ge said, "Xiao Weiqing is a member of the Holy Land and is about to enter the Seventh Heaven. He cares about the reputation of the Holy Land and his own reputation much more than you or I do. With such a huge incident happening during his tenure as Special Envoy, he won't refuse to help."

"Are you sure?"

"Do you have any other solution?"

Manager Lie Ge asked in return.

Jiuxin remained silent.

Inside the room,

Xilin spoke.

"Lord Special Envoy, are you interested in hearing me tell a story?"

"No!"

"…"

"It seems you still don't understand the situation. Let me make it clear to you: don't say those useless things. If you want my help, state everything that needs to be said without missing a single word."

"Otherwise, leaving aside your messy affairs, if you delay my matters, not only you, but those two people outside will also die, and your indi people won't come to a good end either."

Xiao Weiqing said coldly.

Matters had developed to an uncontrollable point, and it was all too sudden. Most importantly, the Longevity Potion Company concerned his assessment to enter the Seventh Heaven, and Xiao Weiqing had already lost his patience.

Panic flashed in Xilin's eyes. She knew Xiao Weiqing wasn't joking. Her own death didn't matter; having reached this point, she had never expected to survive.

But those indi people were still waiting for her to save them.

"My lord, there are production defects in the no. 4 longevity potion and the No. 3 longevity potion produced by the Longevity Potion Company. The seven hundred million people on Longevity Planet No. 1 will lose their lives because of this. Please save them, my lord."

"Production defects?"

Xiao Weiqing frowned.

Xilin said, "This matter dates back several thousand years."

"Make it brief."

"Yes."

Ten minutes later, Xiao Weiqing roughly understood what was going on.

For thousands of years,

due to the massive consumption of their ancestral breath to cultivate the longevity tree, the birth rate of the indi people had been declining day by day.

Plunging from the original three billion population to the current one billion, among them, seven hundred million were on Longevity Planet No. 1. The vast majority of these people had already lost their fertility.

With the launch of the no. 4 longevity potion and the No. 3 longevity potion, this situation was rapidly intensifying, and even the lifespans of the indi people on Longevity Planet No. 1 were shortening.

This was undoubtedly a devastating blow to the Longevity Potion Company, and an absolute disaster for the indi people.

Later, the Longevity Potion Company deceived the indi people, claiming that a problem with Longevity Planet No. 1 had caused this.

To appease them, the Longevity Potion Company developed Longevity Planet No. 2 and Longevity Planet No. 3, bringing the few newborns to Longevity Planet No. 2 and Longevity Planet No. 3.

They shaped them from childhood to distinguish them from the indi people on Longevity Planet No. 1.

These infertile indi people on Longevity Planet No. 1 were then used to cultivate Grade 3 and Grade 4 longevity fruits, squeezing out their final value.

"I see."

To summarize, the indi people would lose their fertility and even have their lifespans shortened due to over-cultivating the longevity tree. With the advent of the no. 4 longevity potion and the No. 3 longevity potion, this situation was only intensifying.

"Then what is the deal with Denise?" Xiao Weiqing asked.

"Teacher developed the No. 3 longevity potion. At that time, she hadn't noticed these issues. It wasn't until the Indi population dwindled that the Longevity Potion Company allowed the indi people to conceive a new generation, but by then it was already too late."

"After finding out, Teacher felt extremely guilty and believed that the No. 3 longevity potion should never have appeared. However, she could not change the Longevity Potion Company's decision, nor could she fight against the Holy Land."

"With the successful development of the no. 4 longevity potion, Teacher felt she could wait no longer, and the indi people couldn't wait any longer either. Therefore, she, along with me and the leader of the Resistance Army, planned this operation."

Xiao Weiqing asked: "Since Denise thought the No. 3 longevity potion shouldn't exist, why did she still research the no. 4 longevity potion?"

"There was no other choice. If Teacher didn't research it, she would be replaced by someone else. Since that was the case, it was better for Teacher to research it, as she could at least buy time and wait for an opportunity."

"And you waited for it?"

"Yes. Teacher said that you are the opportunity for us indi people."

"…"

"Teacher said that if they couldn't resolve the issue themselves, they would blow the matter up—the bigger, the better—and let someone capable solve it."

Xiao Weiqing's expression turned gloomy once more, and he couldn't help wanting to curse.

"When the previous Special Envoy came, why didn't you look for him?"

"Teacher once probed him, but the Special Envoy also listened to the Longevity Potion Company."

Xiao Weiqing spoke: "I remember the previous Special Envoy was an expert in the Undying Realm. How could he take orders from the Longevity Potion Company?"

"My lord, you may not know this, but the Longevity Potion Company only joined the Holy Land after developing Longevity Planet No. 1's longevity potion. Nominally, it belonged to the Holy Land, but behind it actually stood several Heavenly Venerables of the Holy Land."

Hearing this, Xiao Weiqing was slightly shaken. It was another Heavenly Venerable, and more than one at that.