"But you can't go in yet."
Chengyan's clear voice echoed on the seabed and reached everyone's ears with the blessing of spiritual energy.
Everyone's attention shifted to Cheng Yan at this moment.
The thin mist that emerged from the deep passage behind him spread silently.
Hearing his words, the leader of the troop that arrived here first—a middle-aged sea creature with short hair—frowned slightly.
As a troop dispatched by Crown Prince Yuanli, they wasted a lot of time outside trying to dismantle the protective formation.
This guy was so good that he waited until they had solved the formation and the Cheng family’s troops arrived before showing up.
Everyone knows what he is planning.
Therefore, he did not directly ask the other party why he said that.
Instead, he skillfully turned the topic to the newcomer and asked slowly, "Excuse me, who are you?"
This question seems simple, but if Cheng Yan responded, the initiative would instantly switch to the short-haired middle-aged leader.
The people sent by the Cheng family looked calm, but they all rolled their eyes in their hearts.
You know, although Cheng Yan is only a member of the Cheng family's side branch, his strength should not be underestimated.
Otherwise, he would not be qualified to join the crown prince's personal guard.
Moreover, in the previous mission to visit the Second Institute, Cheng Yan served as the team leader.
This is enough to prove his ability.
But now, this middle-aged team leader actually pretended not to know Cheng Yan. Isn't it obvious that he doesn't take Cheng Yan seriously?
However, Cheng Yan was now completely unable to perceive the intrigues that were common among the sea tribes.
Now he is just a puppet being manipulated arbitrarily, mechanically performing a play of luring the enemy into a trap.
I just heard him speak slowly.
"Everyone, I am Cheng Yan, the leader of the delegation sent by His Highness Yuanli to the Second Research Institute."
Then, he changed the subject abruptly and continued.
"Currently, a top-secret research project at the Second Research Institute has achieved a major breakthrough and has entered the intelligence blockade phase."
"So, you can't go in now."
After saying this, he blinked in the direction of the Cheng family's troops seemingly secretly.
Seeing this, the leader of the Cheng family's troops thought he had realized something.
He agreed, "Then there's nothing we can do. Let's go back and report the situation."
The middle-aged team leader naturally noticed something was wrong.
In his opinion, those prestigious families who also have private armies are all the same kind of people, and none of them are good.
He is in such a hurry to get rid of outsiders, maybe he wants to do something in private.
Since it involves the aristocratic family and the Second Research Institute, he can't help but think too much.
The middle-aged team leader immediately made up his mind to enter the Second Research Institute today.
At the same time, the leader of the Cheng family troops standing on the other side began to imagine frantically.
He guessed that Cheng Yan became an "insider" after discovering an important research breakthrough.
He wanted to take this opportunity to climb up the line of the Second Institute and then connect the Second and Third Institutes.
This is why he lost contact.
As for why not contact the family.
Because only in this way can the excuse of "losing contact to ensure that the news does not leak out" be valid.
Only then did the Cheng family have the opportunity to send out troops openly under the pretext of looking for family members.
It’s connected, all connected!
After his brain automatically sorted things out, the leader of the Cheng family began to try to take the sea creatures away with him, both openly and covertly.
But will the leader of another group of sea creatures next door agree?
"No, His Highness has entrusted us with an important task. How can we just go back like this? We will stay here too."
The middle-aged team leader acted righteous and awe-inspiring.
"This will also increase the protection of the Second Research Institute and make it safer."
The leader of the Cheng family immediately stepped forward and started to persuade them.
The two sides were deadlocked for a while.
But the middle-aged team leader has obviously made up his mind to stay.
Seeing that the troops sent by the crown prince intended to stay, the people of the Cheng family naturally did not want to leave easily.
"In that case, let's stay too." The leader of the Cheng family said lightly.
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged team leader glanced at them with a sidelong glance, a scornful smile on his lips: "There are only a few of you, it doesn't really matter whether you stay or not."
Even though they were ridiculed in person, the Cheng family members did not seem angry.
The leader of the Cheng family remained calm, and he raised his hand to wave to those behind him.
In just a moment, the sea water began to sway, as if something huge and forceful was stirring the sea water.
Immediately afterwards, in the dark sea behind them, a number of ferocious and huge sea beasts appeared.
Seeing this, the leader of the troops sent by the crown prince shut up.
The average level of these sea beasts is not high, but there are many of them. The troops sent by the crown prince are simply unable to compete with them.
It was a bad idea.
But the middle-aged team leader did not withdraw his decision to enter the second institute.
He just silently pressed the locator on his body, making it repeat the process of opening and closing regularly.
It lasted for quite a while before it stopped.
I hope His Highness can receive his hint.
While the middle-aged team leader was secretly passing on the message, Cheng Yan said, "Okay, everyone, follow me."
No one noticed that a large cloud of dust like fog had surrounded them.
The space has been isolated, and everyone is like sheep to be slaughtered, driven into the deep passage by feather powder.
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