Abyss Solo

[Today's breaking news: A military leader from the Wind Alliance was detained in a customs shop in our territory for alleged violations.]

[Best news of the day: A distinguished military leader from the Wind Alliance was arrested on the spot by the local police for making excessive demands on a customs shop worker.]

[Shocking! A star military leader from a regional power caught soliciting in the Guel Alliance!]

[Ladies, who gets it? They see the Guel Alliance as the beauty camp of the Milky Way.]

...

Inside the luxurious hover car that just left the police station, Yang Ming, Kolev, and Professor Hua Moli were scrolling through their network terminals.

The atmosphere was not exactly harmonious, with a slight hint of awkwardness.

"Ahem!"

Kolev, being thick-skinned from years of experience, smiled and asked, "How was the experience?"

"Not bad," Boss Yang smacked his lips contentedly, his eyes filled with emotion, "Another strange life experience added."

Professor Hua Moli asked, "And who is this gentleman?"

"This is my uncle," Yang Ming laughed, "Mr. Haton, a famous entrepreneur from the Wind Alliance, who accumulates his wealth by exploiting the surplus labor value of workers, ranking among the top three wealthiest in the Wind Alliance."

Professor Hua Moli's eyes lit up, and he reached out for a handshake: "Hello, Mr. Haton."

"Hello..."

Kolev looked at Yang Ming, who immediately gave a brief introduction of Professor Hua Moli's authority in the field of biological genetics, leaving Kolev confused.

A biologist?

Is this the talent they plan to recruit next?

"Forgive me if I'm a bit ignorant and not familiar with this circle," Kolev chuckled, "My nephew has always loved these subjects. Although he's a general, he's dabbled in various fields of knowledge..."

Professor Hua Moli replied seriously, "Sorry for the trouble, Mr. Haton."

"You're too kind," Kolev said, "My nephew's friend is my friend too. I just don't understand, how did you two meet?"

Yang Ming and Professor Hua Moli spoke at the same time but said different things.

"Looking at beauties."

"Academic exchange."

Kolev suddenly realized: "Admiring women's beauty during academic exchanges?"

"Exactly!"

Professor Hua Moli squinted with a smile, "I really have to thank Mr. Haton this time. Also, the news focused on Yang Ming, no one mentioned this old bag of bones, saving me a lot of trouble."

"You're safe; I'm the one in trouble," Yang Ming sighed, "Has my cousin already found out?"

"Of course," Kolev beamed, "but she should understand. You're under so much pressure out there; what's a little stress relief? Besides, it was just a customs shop, not one of those more... direct places."

Yang Ming leaned his head against the window, pondering.

Professor Hua Moli suddenly asked, "If I may ask, you and your cousin..."

"No blood relation, don't worry professor," Yang Ming said nonchalantly, "she was adopted by my uncle."

"Yes," the muscles in Kolev's face twitched slightly.

"That's good," Professor Hua Moli sighed in relief, "In our Guel Alliance, the top priority is never to comment on the appearance of a Guel, and the second is never to marry close relatives, which is prohibited by law."

Yang Ming wondered, "Isn't that common knowledge? Marrying close relatives makes defective genes dominant, affecting the normal development of offspring."

"Well," Professor Hua Moli sighed, "This is actually related to our country's history. There was once Guel protectionism, where the Guel group maintained their genetic uniqueness, and many deliberately chose to marry close relatives, resulting in many deformed and intellectually degraded individuals, creating major social problems."

"I've heard of this kind of thing too," Kolev laughed.

"Right, professor, your ticket!" Yang Ming seemed to suddenly remember, "Weren't we notified that we couldn't leave and had to wait here for the investigation results? Now it's all for nothing!"

"Well, we'll just have to accept it,"

Professor Hua Moli shook his head:

"Not having my name exposed by the media is already a blessing in disguise; waiting a week here is no big deal.

I have some connections at the research institute, so I can take a leave of absence."

Research institute?

Kolev began to understand a bit.

The old pirate leader looked at Yang Ming, exchanged glances for two seconds, and then began to collaborate tacitly.

Kolev asked, "What is the professor researching?"

"Ah, recently we've been working on an evolutionary guide for single-cell organisms. We can now make single-cell organisms into multi-cellular organisms with the characteristics of multicellular life forms. The future direction of this technology is the artificial development of life forms similar to the Ancient Gods."

Professor Hua Moli's eyes shone as he spoke of these things.

He seemed eager to show off in front of the wealthy Mr. Haton, offering more details:

"We initiated this research twelve years ago with funding from the alliance.

The specific experimental content is confidential, so I'm reluctant to disclose details, but we are confident of a breakthrough in key technologies within thirty years. While we might not be able to create high-dimensional life like Ancient God Life Forms, we might develop some biological robots to adapt to various complex scenarios for specialized work."

"Biological robots?"

Kolev chuckled:

"That's quite a novel concept. You mean created from single-cell organisms but functioning like robots that can receive and execute commands?"

"Exactly," Professor Hua Moli adjusted his glasses, "It's a very imaginative endeavor."