Chapter 126 Inner Palace - 4 Tang Bufan was stunned, and then...
Tang Bufan was stunned, then his blood seemed to boil, and he was instantly overcome with emotion.
"What does 'resurrection' mean?!" Tang Bufan's voice couldn't help but rise a few decibels.
Lu Yi, sitting next to him, frowned.
“Teacher, the dead cannot be brought back to life.” Lu Yi remained calm, his gaze fixed intently on Fang Yue: “You mean cloning, right?”
“Yes, cloning.” Fang Yue looked at Tang Bufan, who was flushed with blood, “You still have that child’s things, right? With just a single hair, that child can be brought back to life.”
Tang Bufan gradually calmed down, and his feverish body began to cool down.
Cloning... What is cloning and rebirth... Tang Bufan felt bitter. Even if the genes are exactly the same, Chen Fei is still Chen Fei.
But driven by his obsession, Tang Bufan bit his lip and thought for a moment before trying to ask Fang Yue, "If... I mean if, since time travel can bring me here from 1200 years ago, is it possible to travel back five years from now, back to before Chen Fei died?"
"Teacher!" Lu Yi spoke to Tang Bufan in a stern tone for the first time: "You understand that time travel can cause natural disasters, right?"
Tang Bufan was stunned. He thought of the Asian Rift Valley, his face turned pale, and he was speechless.
"The laboratory has been moved to the sea," Fang Yue interjected. "Although it was the first experiment back then, the energy diffusion was within our expectations. It was just that the wormhole exit deviated too much, sending you and that child to Europe. With the data from the first experiment, the second one will be more stable. Traveling back five years... maybe we can give it a try."
Upon hearing this, Tang Bufan felt a renewed sense of anticipation. Lu Yi, who had been staring intently at Fang Yue, suddenly asked, "Since the laboratory can be built at sea, why was it opened near the underground city in the East District back then?"
Fang Yue's expression changed slightly, while Lu Yi narrowed his eyes, already understanding: "You deliberately caused the major earthquake?"
"!" Tang Bufan stared in shock, looking at the beautiful woman in front of him as if she were a ghost.
"..." Fang Yue fell silent, then sighed with a wry smile, and reached out to brush a handful of her exquisitely permed curls: "You really are very smart."
Tang Bufan placed his hands on his lap and clenched them into fists. After thinking carefully, he gradually understood everything.
"To survive by putting yourself in a desperate situation..." Tang Bufan murmured, "In order to emerge from underground, you artificially created a massive earthquake, destroyed the underground city's structure, and forced the Eastern Federation of Orcs to help you build a new surface base... is that right?"
Lu Yi had told him before that the West District Underground City and the North District Underground City were prepared to receive refugees, but the East District Underground City refused. With the help of the Academy of Sciences’ emergency repairs and the continuous supply of materials from the Eastern Federation, the East District Underground City was able to catch its breath, but it could only hold on for a few more decades at most.
Humans are "reproductive resources" for orcs. In order to prevent humans from the Eastern District from migrating to the West and North, the Eastern Federation had no choice but to formally finalize the construction of a ground base with Fang Yue.
“Yes, this is a ruthless move.” Fang Yue said in a deep voice, “When the underground city was built, we were prepared to take refuge underground for thousands of years. If it weren’t for that great earthquake, the East District underground city could theoretically continue to be used for another two or three thousand years. Under such circumstances, the orcs would not let us come out from underground.”
Tang Bufan gritted his teeth. He had read the relevant information: "But several thousand people died in that massive earthquake!"
"So what!" Fang Yue's eyes reddened; she was clearly in pain as well, but her expression turned fierce: "Are we just going to let humanity miss the best opportunity and continue to huddle underground for thousands of years!"
Tang Bufan's lips trembled, and he was speechless for a moment.
"Some decisions are cruel, but they must be carried out for the sake of humanity! You've lived your whole life on the surface, so you don't feel it, but millions of children underground have never even seen the real sun and moon!" Fang Yue continued ruthlessly, "And while humanity seems carefree now, it's no different from pigs raised in pens! The resources the orcs bring to the underground city each year are barely enough for us to survive, not enough for us to develop further, while the orcs? They occupy the surface and grow stronger every day!"
After Fang Yue finished speaking, she glared at Lu Yi: "The humans in the Western District Underground City are also stupid. They keep handing over cutting-edge technology to you, making humanity increasingly disadvantaged. I even suspect that your departure from home was a step to force them to compromise with the Western Federation!"
The orc leader is a hereditary ruler. When Lu Yi left, the position fell to Luther. But everyone in the world knows that Luther has genetic problems and a violent temper. How could humanity possibly have a good life under his rule?
Lu Yi was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, then frowned and fell into thought.
The meeting room fell silent, the atmosphere becoming oppressive. Fang Yue gradually calmed down, her expression softening and her tone becoming more even: "In just another one or two hundred years, the ground will be habitable for humans again. For the past thousand years, the Rebooters have been researching around the world how to purify soil and water. As you have seen, the death of mutated poisonous humans can degrade pollution... In short, humans will soon return to the ground."
“…I understand.” Lu Yi looked at Fang Yue with mixed feelings: “I will protect Zero, but not for you, but for humanity.”
Although Zero is an extremist, it must be admitted that he is also a top scientist, and such a scientist is better off imprisoned than killed.
A hint of joy appeared on Fang Yue's face, and then she thanked Lu Yi sincerely: "Thank you."
"That pass..."
"I didn't bring it with me." Fang Yue thought for a moment and asked, "Are you staying here tonight? I'll give it to you tomorrow."
Lu nodded, raised his bracelet to check the time, and realized it was almost evening, so he took his leave with Tang Bufan.
Tang Bufan remained silent, his head slightly lowered, his mind preoccupied with many things.
After the two left, Yang Fengqing came out of the tea room carrying a pot of steaming coffee and slowly refilled it for Fang Yue.
"Is it really okay to tell them so much?" Yang Fengqing asked Fang Yue in a low voice while pouring coffee, his voice filled with worry: "If they tell Guo Wen everything we just said, we're finished."
"Don't worry, neither of them will say anything." Fang Yue said in a deep voice, "That Louis is just like the rumors say, he has a preference for humans, no wonder Hans used him to make deals with humans."
Yang Fengqing was still worried. He looked at the tall, thin woman in front of him, his eyes softened, and his voice was gentle: "Let's go eat. When I saw the children last time, they all said you've lost weight again."
Fang Yue looked at Yang Fengqing, who was acting like a mother hen, and smiled slightly: "Okay."
***
Lu Yi found a sub-beastman staff member, as Pei Zhishu had already given instructions, so the sub-beastman directly led the two of them to a high-end guest room.
After entering the room, Tang Bufan sat on the bed, his mind still a jumble of thoughts about Chen Fei.
Lu Yi could tell what he was thinking just by looking at his absent-minded appearance.
“Teacher,” Lu Yi knelt down in front of Tang Bufan, took his hands in hers and made him look at her, “I know that child’s death has caused you a lot of pain, but… he can never come back.”
Tang Bufan said in a daze, "If Zero perfected the time travel technology..."
“If Zero truly possessed that ability, the world wouldn’t be the way it is now.” Lu Yi stated bluntly, “He would have already altered the past and shaped the world into the form he desired, but in that case…”
Lu Yi looked intently at Tang Bufan, then reached out to stroke his face, her eyes filled with complex emotions: "Will we meet again?"
Tang Bufan slightly widened his eyes and looked at Lu Yi, who continued to stare directly at him: "If saving the child will lead us to become strangers... two people who can never meet again... you won't know me, and I won't know you, will you still do it?"
"I..." Lu Yi's words instantly weighed heavily on Tang Bufan's heart; he had never thought of such a thing.
He fell silent, and Lu Yi did not press him for an answer. Instead, he gently rubbed Tang Bufan's face with his slightly rough fingertips before getting up to kiss the man's soft lips.
Tang Bufan looked closely at the young orc in front of him and thought to himself that he was a really despicable person. He thought he could let go, but because of someone else's words, he rekindled his old obsession and ended up bullying such a good child.
Lu Yi's kiss was still lingering, but it lacked the usual passion and was filled with deep affection. After the kiss ended, Tang Bufan looked at him with immense guilt.
"Wouldn't you feel wronged if you loved me?"
Lu Yi smiled gently, "I have no grievances, I only hate that I can't hold onto you."
He paused after speaking, then assured Tang Bufan, "I will help you solve everything, teacher. I will catch Zero and make him give you an answer."
Tang Bufan's eyes flickered slightly, and then he smiled faintly, but his eyes were a little red.
"Do you want to do it?" he asked Lu Yi, his fingers reaching for Lu Yi's clothes.
Lu Yi looked at Tang Bufan with some surprise: "Teacher, you want to do it?"
They didn't go all the way when they showered in the aircraft, so the two of them only really did it once. Because it was their first time, even though Lu Yi tried his best to prepare Tang Bufan, Tang Bufan still felt very uncomfortable.
If it weren't for his love for Lu Yi causing Tang Bufan's brain to release enough dopamine, Tang Bufan estimated that he would have been in even more pain at that time.
"Yes, I want to do it." Tang Bufan looked at Lu Yi with red eyes: "Because I feel terrible right now."
The psychological distress made Tang Bufan want to suppress it with physical stimulation.
Moreover... he didn't know how else he could repay Lu Yi.
Lu Yi met his gaze quietly. He was always a sensitive person, so he had a general idea of what Tang Bufan was thinking. Lu Yi did not hesitate for long before he got up and pushed Tang Bufan onto the bed.
“This is your invitation, teacher, so I won’t stop halfway.” Lu Yi reached into the hem of Tang Bufan’s robe, his golden-green beast eyes gleaming faintly: “I didn’t get enough of myself the last two times.”
Tang Bufan lay there, looking up at the towering orc pressing down on him. The orc's figure loomed over him, making him suddenly feel a sense of retreat. Under the subtle tension and fear, his body began to heat up...
Intimate sounds gradually emanated from the room.
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