Chapter 50

It was very quiet on the aircraft.

Lu Mi was surrounded by people from the headquarters, while Xiao Lun and others were on the rear aircraft.

Xiao Lun and the others knew that Lu Mi had entered the "door". After all, they watched Lu Mi stationed on the edge of the cliff, and after destroying the giant hand, he suddenly disappeared for a while - they could guess where he had gone with just a little thought.

How reckless!

At that time, they all went to the supply station and failed to stop the other party in time. Thinking about it afterwards, they felt scared.

Fortunately, Lu Mi is back safely now.

What's behind that door?

I always feel that Lu Mi seems to have become a little different after he came back. Most truly perceptive extraordinary people can sense some inexplicable things.

Just like now, they didn't know that Lu Mi had become the God of Extradition, but they somehow felt the distance—not only in terms of power, but also in terms of spirit, as if that person had suddenly been promoted to a higher level.

This incomprehensible emptiness made Xiao Lun, who was already feeling uneasy, even more irritated.

—What happened there? Was the crisis resolved?

There were so many things to ask, and even though there was a public communication channel on the aircraft for unimpeded conversation, people from headquarters were watching, so he couldn't speak without restraint.

"Damn it!" Xiao Lun cursed softly. The terrifying aura around him made interns like An Bo swallow their saliva and subconsciously lean back in their seats.

"Calm down, Xiao Lun." The former chief warden also knew that a lot had happened that day. After the collapse of Tartarus, the man's focus subconsciously shifted to the silver-eyed young man - although he was still unwilling to admit it.

The old man sighed. He felt he owed something to the twisted fate caused by these Great Thorn Prisons. "Even if the worst happens, I'm still here!"

The deep voice gave everyone hope, but when Xiao Lun looked up, he was the only one who understood the old man's desperate and fearless look.

...That's really the worst case scenario. Xiao Lun twitched his lips.

At this moment, a conversation suddenly came from the communication channel——

"What are you looking at?"

That was the aircraft Lu Mi was riding in. Perhaps unable to tolerate the excessive silence within the aircraft, the leader of the assault force who was responsible for "accompanying" him actually broke the silence for the first time.

However, after asking the team leader, he regretted it. He shouldn't have been too involved with his mission objectives. This was beyond his responsibilities.

From the beginning, Lu Mi had been looking out the window.

The silver-eyed young man glanced at the leader upon hearing this, then seemed to find the "clouds" outside more attractive. "Don't you think the scenery here is beautiful?"

The clear and gentle voice made the team leader, who did not expect a response, feel inexplicably flattered.

Team leader: "Ah, yeah." He then looked out the window. "Ordinary aircraft can't reach this altitude."

The team leader seemed to think the young man was referring to the unreachable scenery above 10,000 meters, now accessible only to the world's most advanced military aircraft developed by the headquarters' scientific research institute. For ordinary people from remote star regions, it was indeed awe-inspiring.

For some reason, the silver-eyed young man seemed to smile but did not comment.

Those clear silver eyes reflected the unparalleled azure blue, presenting a strange color that was more stunning than the sky.

However, in the depths of those eyes that no one could reach, in Lu Mi's vision—

A towering city, a thousand times larger than the entire military fleet put together, was sailing alongside.

The huge roar of the engine was quietly hidden by the brilliant technology of ancient civilization. The Ark, more mysterious than optical invisibility, was hidden among the clouds and strong winds.

It was a scene that would make anyone who saw it gasp in amazement. He saw the magic cube at the heart of the Ark flicker as he watched, responding to him like breathing—and for the moment, he was the only one who could see it.

"Ding ding ding——" The sudden ringing sound made Lu Mi look away.

Under the slightly wary gaze of everyone at headquarters, Lu Mi casually took out his terminal. Only then did he realize that there were already several missed calls on the terminal. They were all from when he was still in the Southern Abyss, and he hadn't noticed because he couldn't get a signal.

"What's up, Six?" Lu Mi answered the call with the name displayed.

"Phew—thank God, you finally answered the phone!"

From Six's perspective, this was just a few days since Lu Mi went out for internship.

Six said quickly, "Well, headquarters suddenly asked me for your employment information not long ago. Of course, I can confirm that your information is correct, but I don't understand why headquarters is investigating you. I hope there are no problems in Tartarus. Oh! If it involves confidential information, please don't tell me, so as to avoid causing trouble for you."

Everyone at the headquarters looked stunned. As everyone held their breath, Lu Mi spoke slowly, "No problem, everything is fine."

"That……"

"The information issue is probably because the headquarters wants to reward me." Lu Mi continued, ignoring everyone's strange looks.

"A commendation?" Six's expression brightened. "You've done something meritorious!?"

"Well, maybe it will go down in history."

"Well, well, well..." Six stuttered frantically, "Then I won't keep you any longer. Just get on with your business! I'm relieved to know you're okay. We'll celebrate when you come back!"

Everyone watched as the silver-eyed young man calmly hung up the phone. Even through the terminal, they could imagine the excitement of the "Six" on the other end.

But why did they believe it so easily? It seemed like nonsense no matter how you looked at it! Especially for those who knew Lu Mi's current situation, it was simply a fairy tale!

After that, there was no conversation along the way.

The aircraft drove into a spacious airport.

Through the glass-covered ceiling of the airport, you can vaguely see the magnificent buildings standing among the mountains not far away.

——It’s a bit surprising.

Lu Mi looked at those very ancient buildings and could feel the weight of history. Every brick, tile and piece of wood seemed to carry a distant aura.

"Is it different from what you imagined?" Xiao Lun came over at this time. His mood seemed to have calmed down a lot, but who could say that it was not the silence that showed the decision to go all out.

Xiao Lun looked up at the sharp corners of the building in the distance and said slowly, "It is said that this is what the Extraordinary Headquarters looked like when it was first established. It has been continuously maintained and repaired for hundreds of years and has been preserved to this day. The General Academy of Sciences has proposed renovations several times, but has been rejected."

He pointed to a large complex of buildings on another hill. "That's where the Academy of Sciences later raised funds from the nobility and built the mountain themselves."

Lu Mi looked in the direction he was going and saw that the building over there was indeed more in line with the style of a "skyscraper", surrounded by a scanning green halo.

"Have you been here?" Lu Mi asked.

Xiao Lun responded, "The Academy of Sciences has occasionally collaborated with Tartarus. Some of the drugs used to calm prisoners were researched and provided by them." He seemed reluctant to talk more about this in front of Lu Mi. "But I don't like the people here. If you meet them..."

Before he could finish his words, a middle-aged man in a suit and tie suddenly walked into the airport.

"You are finally here." The middle-aged man held a notebook in his hand.

"Lord Neva." The leader of the assault force nodded to the newcomer.

The man named Neva looked directly at Lu Mi, who was surrounded by the crowd, with a strange gleam in his eyes, "Is this the target person?"

After receiving the team leader's affirmative response, Neva bowed to Lu Mi and said, "I have been waiting for you for a long time, Your Excellency, the new chief warden of Tartarus. I am a clerk at the headquarters. You can call me Neva. I have been ordered to lead Your Excellency to the conference hall."

"Conference room?" Xiao Lun asked coldly, "Are you sure it's not a prison cell?"

"You're joking." Neva adjusted his gleaming glasses. "Headquarters is deeply concerned about the future of Tartarus. All the leaders of Headquarters will be present at this meeting. They will not humiliate the Warden."

Lu Mi didn't react much, "Lead the way."

When Xiao Lun and others heard Lu Mi say this, they stopped talking. After all, they had already come here and there was no other way out.

As for the assault troops, they still dutifully "guarded" Lu Mi and followed his tracks.

"I heard the chief warden is from the K8 branch?"

On the way to the conference hall, they still had to walk through wide roads and towering mountains, and even with convenient passages, the journey was still long.

On the way, Neva asked casually.

This was no secret, Lu Mi glanced at him indifferently.

Neva's heart skipped a beat for no apparent reason, but he quickly concealed his fleeting panic and put on a smile. "Actually, I'm wondering if you know someone named Huo Sen? He used to be my colleague, but he was later transferred to the K8 branch as an exchange student. I miss him a little, and was wondering if I could ask you about his recent situation."

Huo Sen? Lu Mi certainly knew him, but Huo Sen was an intelligence officer and spy before he instigated the rebellion. He didn't know what this "colleague" Neva was like.

And Neva obviously didn't know that his good colleague Huo Sen had already blew himself up on the first day of going to the K8 branch. Neva also tried to get closer to Lu Mi through Huo Sen to see if he could get some information out of him.

As they walked into the mountain path, Neva became a little anxious as he looked at the conference hall getting closer and closer.

"Stop! Who are you?" At the entrance of the mountain path, a man with the [Holy Sword] symbol on his body stopped them.

The man glanced at the assault team's position and raised an eyebrow. "Are you escorting a prisoner?" He looked at Lu Mi's empty wrist curiously. "If he's a prisoner, why aren't you wearing handcuffs?"

Before Lu Mi could say anything, Neva's eyes flashed and he jumped out and said, "This is an important guest of the headquarters. How can you be disrespectful to him?"

"Guest?" The man looked surprised.

Neva turned to Lu Mi and said, "Headquarters security has always been the responsibility of Lord Desmond's men. However, Lord Desmond is devoted to martial arts, and most of his troops follow his example. It is inevitable that there will be some omissions in other areas. I hope you can forgive me."

Lu Mi saw that the man with the [Holy Sword] symbol was already angry, but he did not show any anger because of the presence of other people.

Receiving Lu Mi's gaze, Xiao Lun explained, "Desmond is one of the current candidates for the next president. I remember the other two are Douglas and Dunham."

Lu Mi glanced at Neva, then asked Xiao Lun directly, "Whose unit does the Golden Clock belong to?"

Xiao Lun seemed a little surprised that Lu Mi had heard of this name. "It's Douglas."

If you look at Neiva again, you'll notice the man's back stiffened. He glanced cautiously at Lu Mi, only to meet his silver eyes, and a cold sweat instantly broke out.

Is it a coincidence? The other party shouldn't know he's Lord Douglas's man. No... Based on the records of this person in the archives, it's strange enough that someone from a place like the K8 branch would know about the Golden Clock.

However, Lu Mi didn't care about the man's confusion. He just understood two things:

The Extraordinary Headquarters was indeed not peaceful either. He might have entered this muddy water as an external factor at the most chaotic time.

But Lu Mi did not intend to get involved in these matters, so the second thing was very clear: once he knew who was trying to attack him, the rest would be easy, just break their legs.

The rest of you, please go and sink into it.

Lu Mi, who had sorted out his thoughts in an instant, quickened his pace, while Neva felt that the other party was really unpredictable. He was suspicious and afraid of revealing more information, so he simply kept silent, leaving Lu Mi completely alone.

…

“A-choo!”

In the magnificent conference hall, a young blond boy suddenly sneezed.

"Grant, is the temperature here too low?" another older blond man asked with concern.

"Ah, no, I always feel..." Grant frowned, "Brother, why don't we go back? It's so boring here."

The blond man looked at the other man helplessly. At this moment, another person beside him laughed and said, "Young Master of the Velvets family, please be patient for a moment. The attendees will be here soon."

The man then turned to look at the slightly taller blond man. "Everyone knows that the Velvezes are the wealthiest clan in the Saint Vando Empire. In the past, your ancestors funded us to establish the new Academy of Sciences. Now, we sincerely launch another cooperative project—"

Grant curled his lips and glanced at the document handed out on the table, vaguely seeing something like "Developing Tartarus".

If he had known earlier, he would not have pestered his brother to come along just because he was curious about what the Extraordinary Headquarters looked like. Every time this happened, Grant would think of Lu Mi.

——The various exciting experiences at the auction seemed to be still vivid in his mind. The silver-eyed young man left too deep an impression on him, guiding his life and opening the door to a new world!

He knew that he would never meet such an amazing person again in his life, and therefore he had the most devout yearning for the world of extraordinary people.

But when he returned to the imperial capital, the Extraordinary Headquarters was clearly the paradise for the extraordinary people in this world, but why... was there none of the excitement that Lu Mi had given him at that time?

As gorgeous as the building looks on the outside, it is actually quite desolate on the inside, causing the young man, who was full of expectations, to feel like he had entered a fake headquarters and was overwhelmed by the psychological gap.

If only Lu Mi were here... Grant firmly believed that person would always bring him surprises.

And just then, a sudden inexplicable goose bumps hit him.

Grant looked up suddenly - above him was the dome of the building. He couldn't see outside, but he just felt... something was coming.

Something really huge and overwhelming!

At the same time, the door slammed open and a familiar figure walked in.

Grant instantly heard the sound of his own chest beating wildly. At that moment, as the figure walked against the light, the whole world seemed to be illuminated.