Considering that there was really no way to separate the female lead from the male lead, in the end, he just let the two meet. He just made sure that their first encounter would not happen within the human territory where w.a.n.g Yu Yan was stationed. 

Jiang Li then hurried back to his own city. Since he was deep into the fae territory, the trip had taken him a full day. It was like he had just traveled from one end of the world to another, so he was quite thankful that technology, particularly, transportation had advanced so much. Otherwise, it would have taken him longer because he was also evading and running away from fae forces.

The first thing that Jiang Li did when he arrived was to look for the villainess. 

"h.e.l.lo, Miss w.a.n.g. Are you finally willing to be my disciple?" 

The military higher-ups were all gathered on the second floor of the biggest testing arena. They were watching the performance of the latest batch of the automated battle robots, all five to seven meters tall and controlled by AIs.

Initially, w.a.n.g Yu Yan's face was serious, pondering where to deploy these to maximize their use.

Two meters from her left, there was a government officer explaining the President's most recent commands and the specs of the robots. The other experts were discreetly discussing stuff that the government representative seemed to be evading and she was half-focused on it. That was when the unfamiliar voice echoed directly inside her head. The sudden event made her flinch in alarm and swim her eyes around. 

When she sighted of no one else apart from her companions, she excused herself. As she left the elevator, the corridor in front was cold. Her expression changed, realizing that this was a trace left intentionally by the perpetrator for her to follow.

As expected, when she tested it on the intersection leading to various training rooms, she determined that the path going to the left had a much lower temperature compared to the other. She did not hesitate to take the left turn and continued to follow the same step whenever she had to choose paths. 

Not long after, she stopped before a training room and opened it with her badge after setting up the recorder and position tracker. 

"Greetings to Sir." w.a.n.g Yu Yan slightly bowed upon entering… However, when she raised her head, the expression on her face froze. The one in front was just a hologram of an ice penguin, sitting cutely like a stuffed toy on a high-back chair. Where was that strange uncle? Was the aura she sensed earlier only in her imagination? 

w.a.n.g Yu Yan escaped from her stupor. But inwardly, she was quite alarmed since the person was definitely nearby, yet deliberately not showing up. There was no way a freaking hologram could make the temperature on selected areas drop.

However, it was a fact the reply that came to her was from the hologram. "Oh, h.e.l.lo, Miss w.a.n.g. I didn't expect that your position here is actually quite high. So, Colonel, how have you been?"

"I appreciate the concern. I'm doing good. I hope Sir is in great health too."

"For greeting me as Sir and not Master, it seems you still don't want to come under my tutelage." The stuffed toy clicked its tongue. Of course, the sounds came from the hidden manipulator.

'I don't even know what you're going to teach me or if you're even qualified.' w.a.n.g Yu Yang secretly thought. What came out of her mouth was naturally different as she didn't want to offend, and in turn, be bogged down by a potential variable while tending to military affairs.

"I would never forget the favor from that time, Sir. But since you know of my real rank, I hope you understand that the weight on my shoulders won't let me do anything that will affect my responsibility and soldiers."

Jiang Li was once again in the prison accompanied by his 'friends'. He raised a brow.

"Is that so?" However, he was not fond of wasting brain cells to read between the lines, so he just said. "Well, I respect opinions and decisions. I won't force you then."

The girl slightly bowed and expressed her grat.i.tude. Afterward, she asked, "Given your strength, Sir, and your cautiousness towards the military, may I know if you are a member of the Extremists?"

"What's that?" 

The place went quiet for a while. The door was closed and no noise could come from outside. w.a.n.g Yu Yan suppressed the doubt in her heart as she explained, "It's an organization that revealed themselves to the world a decade ago. They are people who endeavor to make humanity surrender to have a chance of survival as they don't believe we can win."

To this Jiang Li laughed. He said, "Well, I don't despise cowards with a good head. But I am no member of them."

w.a.n.g Yu Yan did not reply. Because she could not see the man's face, there were fewer pieces of information for her to a.n.a.lyze. Since it was hard to determine whether the other party was lying or not, she could only play safe and not comment on it. 

Suddenly, he spoke again. "We're tight on time, so let me tell you a secret, Colonel."

The corners of the penguin's lips curled up into a grin, creating a creepy sight. Thankfully, w.a.n.g Yu Yan was no scaredy-cat. "I'm all ears, Sir."

Jiang Li moved the animal doll around, but when he saw no change in the villainess' expression, he stopped. Bored, he finally continued, "In the fae territory, there's a troublesome prophet. And this prophet has misled you all. His ability is not something he can't control. It is also not limited to the fae territory. As long as the other party is not a true G.o.d, he could know this person's past, present, and future."

He paused for a while and laughed. "However, even with all of this, do you know that he is never the most dangerous enemy of humanity? Do you know who it is?"

w.a.n.g Yu Yan seemed to have taken the lesson from the Federal President into heart, so instead of answering, she maintained silence. Only her bright eyes revealed that she was interested in what the strange uncle wanted to say. 

However, Jiang Li didn't immediately continue as he sensed a high-ranking officer heading toward w.a.n.g Yu Yan's location. Her sudden departure must have alarmed the ones in the testing area. He looked at the ice penguin a few steps from him and then shrugged. "What bad timing for your colleague to arrive. They must be very protective of you."

"... It must be a coincidence," she said without batting an eye. 

Jiang Li almost snickered. "I won't be beating around the bush then. Your leader, he's made the right decision. But I think you should urge him to speed up the migration project and allocate more resources and manpower in creating s.p.a.ce s.h.i.+ps. If he asks for a reason... Well, to see is to believe. Advise him to take some time off scheming against the fae to see what's happening beneath the Earth's surface." 

The hologram call ended just like that. w.a.n.g Yu Yan was left frowning. Apart from wondering how the temperature of the place instantly returned to normal, the last phrase Jiang Li told her was also on her mind.

'What does he mean by that?'

When her uncle, w.a.n.g Wei, a brigadier general, arrived to see what caused her to activate her position tracker, the contemplative look on her face did not go away. 

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