When Chu Yao woke up, she was lying in her room.

She stretched hard in bed, then turned on her cell phone and found that she had slept for a whole day and night.

Then she saw the eye-catching 99+ on the Fetion icon.

Chu Yao opened Fetion and saw that most of them were messages from Gong Xiaoran.

"Are you awake?" "Are you awake?" "Are you awake?"

One update every ten minutes, the frequency and quantity are astonishing.

What's the big deal?

Chu Yao hesitated for a moment, then typed the words "wake up" in the message bar and sent it.

In less than a minute, hurried footsteps were heard outside the door and Gong Xiaoran broke in.

"What's wrong, Xiaoran..." Chu Yao was startled when she saw Gong Xiaoran's solemn expression.

What happened in the company? Was Princess Ye attacked?

Then Gong Xiaoran cleared his throat, pulled over a chair and sat beside the bed.

"Did you go to the 'Zhixin Second Factory' in Xindu yesterday?" Gong Xiaoran asked in an interrogative manner.

"What is Zhixin's second factory?" Chu Yao blinked innocently.

"Don't play dumb! It's in the southeast corner of Xindu. I asked Bing'er, and she brought you back from there."

Chu Yao rubbed her head. She found that as her relationship with Xiaoran became closer, Xiaoran became more and more like her senior sister.

No, she's not just like a senior sister, it's like she has another biological mother... and she's not at all worried about her crazy daughter who jumps around all day.

Logically speaking, she should really call Gong Xiaoran "sister"... Before coming to the world of celestial beings, they were both in the early stage of Nascent Soul, and there was no seniority in their cultivation. However, Gong Xiaoran started practicing Taoism earlier than Chu Yao and was more than ten years older. If she hadn't been kidnapped, there would have been nothing wrong with her respectfully calling Xiaoran "senior sister" in front of Feng Yuan.

"Ah, so that factory belongs to Zhixin Company?" Chu Yao nodded. "Yes, I went to take a look around."

"What did you do?"

"I didn't do anything. I just killed a madman and burned down a house... Well, it seems like nothing happened, right?"

Chu Yao scratched his head, thinking that he seemed to have forgotten something important.

"Did you really burn down the villa?" Gong Xiaoran sighed, "Sister, please be more careful."

"Wait, I went there to save people, and I didn't start the fire." Chu Yao sat up. "What happened?"

"It's not just something that happened, it's a big deal." Gong Xiaoran tapped twice on his phone. "Take a look for yourself."

Chu Yao saw several news items in the message column, from various media, such as "Xindu Tabloid", "Lingyuan News" and "Cyberbird Weekly".

"Breaking news! Gangqiong and Zhixin employees are brawling. The truth is..."

"Not allowing firefighting? Steel Dome's actions spark controversy, with netizens calling them outrageous!"

"The postponement of Zhixin Group's new product launch may be related to the escalation of the situation."

"The conflict between Zhixin and Steel Dome has escalated, and armed conflict has broken out in Liberty City!"

"Yali Company reminds all residents to pay attention to personal safety when traveling in the near future!"

"Qingshu Company's Lingyuan e-mail calls on both parties to stop the dispute"

Chu Yao watched this series of videos in confusion. His brain short-circuited for a few seconds before it recovered.

"What the hell, are these two big companies fighting?"

"Not only is there a fight, it's a fierce one!" Gong Xiaoran put away his phone. "While Zhixin may not be as big as Steel Dome, it's still an interstellar company. The two sides are now engaged in a fierce battle in Liberty City, accusing each other of stealing their belongings."

"Steal something? What did you steal?" Chu Yao rubbed his face which was a little stiff from sleeping for too long. His confused eyes were like a baby bear who had just woken up from hibernation.

"It's because you burned someone's house down!" Gong Xiaoran was going crazy. He put his hands on Chu Yao's shoulders and shook her back and forth. "What did you steal? Give it back now! We can't afford to offend either of these two companies!"

"Hey, don't shake me! Wait a minute! Let me wash my face first..."

After washing their faces, the two sat at the table, and Chu Yao finally figured out what had happened.

It turns out that although Lian Jining is listed in the Kans Association, he is actually from the Steel Dome Company!

After his villa caught fire, Steel Dome Company quickly sent people there to stop others from investigating, but the villa was too close to Zhixin's branch factory, and a conflict broke out between the two sides.

Chu Yao stroked his chin and tilted his head in thought. If Lian Jining really was from the Steel Dome Company, that would be interesting. This meant that his experiments weren't just personal efforts, but were backed by the Steel Dome Company!

The people of Steel Dome obviously knew what the consequences would be if Lian Jining's experiment was exposed, so they forcibly sent people to stop it, which triggered the subsequent events.

This means that at least the upper echelons of Steel Dome, and possibly some of them, understand the value of Lian Jining's research, but this is clearly not in compliance with the laws of the Grand Chamber...

Steel Dome Company has branches in major galaxies and planets. Lian Jining is just a small scientist on the third continent. Such research is definitely not only found on Lingyuan Star.

Steel Dome Company...is playing a big game.

Chu Yao's unintentional action touched a small pawn on the chessboard, allowing her to glimpse a hidden corner of the giant Steel Dome.

"...eternal life." Chu Yao uttered the word softly.

"What?" Her voice was too soft for Gong Xiaoran to hear clearly.

Chu Yao didn't say any more nonsense. He flicked his hand behind his head and piles of paper materials appeared on the table.

Gong Xiaoran was stunned for a moment, picked up an article at random and flipped through it, a shocked expression on his face.

"This is……"

"That mad scientist I was telling you about, this is what's in his room."

I just don’t know whether Gangqiong Company wants these papers or Lian Jining himself as the “experimental subject”.

The two companies have been accusing each other of stealing company secrets, but neither company has said what the stolen secrets are. The Internet is full of speculation.

"There's too much stuff here, I can't finish it all by myself. You'd better ask Qingyu to study it together. You can take your time to read it first. I'll go downstairs to find some drinks."

Chu Yao left Gong Xiaoran standing there in shock, changed into a loose pair of pajamas and went downstairs.

She wasn't worried about being found. She probably hadn't left any traces, and Lian Jining's house had been burned to the ground.

Chu Yao didn't want to get involved in the disputes between these big companies. If they wanted to fight, let them fight! As long as the fire didn't affect Maowei Company, it would be fine.

What makes Chu Yao feel strange is why Zhixin Company also wants to get involved. Could it be that they also have some secret deal with Lian Jining?

She walked to the first floor and saw Su Huohuo playing around in circles in the hall with a cylindrical unidentified object.

Wait, I think I know what Zhixin Company lost.

(End of this chapter)

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