The city of Wildgrass, inside a rented house on South Street.

Shang Jianyao and the others met Genaeva here.

While walking to the window, Jiang Baimian casually asked:

"How's the situation lately?"

As a ruthless intelligence-gathering machine, Genaeva answered in a slightly synthesized voice:

"Affected by the news that 'First City' and the 'Salvation Army' will break out into war within the year, grain prices have risen quite a bit.

"Wildgrass City is located on the westernmost edge of the 'First City' sphere of influence and is farthest from the 'Salvation Army,' so the sense of panic isn't that strong. It can still maintain a relatively normal and stable state.

"This has attracted more relic hunters, making Wildgrass City more prosperous than before.

"The nobles here control the land in the form of manors and have hoarded a lot of grain…"

Listening to Genaeva's well-organized report, Jiang Baimian turned her gaze to the outside of the window.

On South Street, there was heavy traffic and many pedestrians. All kinds of shops along the road were open, and business seemed to be doing well.

This formed a sharp contrast with the desolation after the riot.

When Genaeva finished speaking, Jiang Baimian looked at the classical and modern houses opposite her, turned her body slightly, and said to Bai Chen:

"Aunt Nan's alley is on the opposite side. Do you want to go see her?"

The "Old Task Force" didn't stay at "A'fu Gun Shop" this time because Genaeva chose the location.

"Yes, yes." Shang Jianyao rushed to express his agreement. "You haven't told Aunt Nan that you're married yet!"

Knowing that Xiao Bai has established a normal family, Aunt Nan should be very happy… Long Yuehong was immediately eager to go.

He cast an inquiring glance at Bai Chen.

Bai Chen wasn't wearing a scarf, and the number on her neck was gone. It was removed when Bai Chen underwent gene modification the year before, silently and without anyone paying attention to it.

Bai Chen walked to the window, silently gazed for a while, and said:

"Let's not go.

"We have too many things on our shoulders. Let's not implicate Aunt Nan and the others."

"That's right." Long Yuehong nodded immediately.

Shang Jianyao sighed regretfully:

"I still want to see how An Ru Xiang is teaching those people to read…"

You probably also want to see how those people are doing now… Jiang Baimian vaguely guessed Shang Jianyao's thoughts.

She chuckled and said:

"There's no need to limit yourself so much.

"We are out on a normal mission. If we don't dare to go here or do that, it will arouse suspicion.

"Well, we can't forget the disguise. We still have a lot of bounties on our heads."

As wanted criminals in "First City," they still couldn't be too flamboyant within the "First City" sphere of influence.

"That's right." Shang Jianyao slapped his right fist into his left palm and said, "I also want to visit my good brother Xu Liyan in the City Lord's mansion and exchange Buddhist teachings with the Jing Nian Zen Master beside him."

"You mainly want to freeload a meal, right?" Jiang Baimian joked.

Shang Jianyao admitted frankly:

"You could say that."

At this moment, Genaeva, who had been listening for a while, had a few flashes of red light in her eyes and said:

"Compared to when we parted last year, you seem to have more worries.

"Is there a problem within the company?"

As expected of an intelligent robot, its information-gathering and logical analysis abilities are strong enough… Jiang Baimian was quite impressed.

Shang Jianyao wasn't too convinced:

"Why must there be a problem within the company? Can't it be that a romantic entanglement has arisen among us, and we are about to split up?"

Genaeva's eyes flashed red light intensely for a few seconds and said:

"That is also a possibility, but the probability is only…"

"Stop!" Jiang Baimian stopped the honest robot from being led astray by Shang Jianyao.

She sensed the surrounding situation and said after pondering:

"It's like this. We discovered something not long after we returned to the company…"

She focused on telling the series of events triggered by the "Multiple Children and Grandchildren Talisman."

While listening, Genaeva's eyes flashed with red light, as if performing intense calculations.

"Alright, that's about it." Jiang Baimian looked at Genaeva and asked with a hint of anticipation, "Old G, what do you think?"

She had always acknowledged that artificial intelligence was stronger than the human brain in some aspects.

Genaeva replied truthfully:

"Frankly speaking, I don't find it too surprising that your boss is the Year Star 'Siming.'

"Since the turmoil in 'First City' involves several Year Stars, involving the disputes of the 'New World,' then other major forces of the same status, whether shallow or deep, should not be able to escape the influence of the Year Stars. 'Pangu Biology' will not be an exception."

"There are exceptions!" Shang Jianyao immediately retorted, "'Mechanical Paradise' is an exception."

Genaeva was about to nod and say that this was because everyone's life forms were different, and the "Source Brain" as a strong artificial intelligence could not believe in any Year Star, but Shang Jianyao laughed at himself:

"If 'Omega' can be the Holy Spirit Master of the 'Life Ritual' cult, why can't the 'Source Brain' follow a Year Star?"

Genaeva temporarily stalled.

Jiang Baimian slowly exhaled:

"Old G, continue."

"Yes, yes." Long Yuehong quickly echoed, and Bai Chen also nodded.

Genaeva returned to normal:

"As for the Year Star 'Siming' raising 'Pangu Biology' employees and treating you as livestock, I don't think that is necessarily true."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Long Yuehong felt that Old G was so radiant for the first time.

"The reason being?" Jiang Baimian asked.

Genaeva replied:

"The situation within your company is too normal, so normal that there are almost no traces of being raised.

"The data you gave me earlier shows that the annual mortality rate in the underground building is significantly lower than the average level of human settlements such as Wildgrass City, close to the state of those big cities in the Old World.

"It can even be said that compared to the Old World before its destruction, 'Pangu Biology' only has more patients with 'Heartless Disease,' but the incidence rate is far lower than most places in the Ashlands…

"Since it is raising, then there must be a purpose, and I can't find that purpose now."

Jiang Baimian nodded slightly:

"The incidence of various diseases in the company is also normal, well, provided that the data is not falsified."

This was an extra gain when she retrieved death cases from heart disease before.

"That's right. Our boss can't be raising us just to provide us with good food and drink, and then harvest our souls after we die, right?" Long Yuehong couldn't help but join the discussion.

He still tended to believe that the boss protected "Pangu Biology" out of hobby or cost.

Jiang Baimian "hmm"ed:

"I've been thinking about it for a long time recently and have a guess.

"What do you think is the most valuable thing in the company?"

"The underground building?" Long Yuehong tentatively replied.

"So many employees!" Shang Jianyao said with a confident face.

"The relatively well-preserved human civilization and sufficient strength?" Bai Chen pondered for a few seconds.

"Various biological-related technologies, including but not limited to gene optimization, gene modification, biological prosthetics, bionic intelligent armor…" Genaeva spoke with models and data.

Jiang Baimian nodded:

"Yes, since it's called 'Pangu Biology,' the most valuable thing is undoubtedly biology."

"Maybe it's Pangu." Shang Jianyao retorted softly.

Jiang Baimian ignored him:

"Considering that the descent of 'Zhuang Sheng' also requires a body, Year Stars probably need to meet such a prerequisite to walk on the Ashlands, and even the body and spirit must be compatible enough.

"In the absence of a perfect body, the boss may want to directly create one through biological technology."

That would be good… Long Yuehong could completely accept that the purpose of the boss raising himself and other employees was for the company's biological research results.

Anyway, this is His company, and the research results theoretically belong to Him.

Well, as long as He doesn't go back on His word after getting what He wants, it doesn't matter even if He doesn't provide protection anymore.

Clap clap clap, Shang Jianyao applauded.

Genaeva moved his metal-cast neck up and down:

"I originally wanted to say that the only unusual thing about 'Pangu Biology' is that it has been nearly 50 years into the New Epoch, and the situation in the Ashlands is tending to stabilize. Why hasn't the company's main body been moved back to the surface? Now I feel that it is to keep the latest results of biological research confidential and prevent other Year Stars from obtaining them."

"There are still many unusual things, for example, not telling us that the Swamp Ruin No. 1 is equal to Dajiang City." Shang Jianyao argued with reason, bearing a grudge.

"That may involve the Year Stars' fight." Genaeva expressed her opinion.

At this time, Bai Chen pursed her lips and said:

"These are just guesses. If they are not confirmed, we will always be nervous, and we don't know when the sword above our heads will fall."

Jiang Baimian nodded slightly:

"That's right. This is also what I have been considering recently, but I still don't have any ideas.

"Those who know the boss's true purpose are probably only the directors and a few sleeping 'New World' powerhouses. We can't just kidnap them, right? Not to mention whether we can beat them, they must all be under the boss's watch.

"Old G, do you have any ideas?"

Genaeva summarized all the relevant data, put it into a model, and calculated quickly.

After a while, he said:

"I have screened out some information that you told me before."

"What information?" Long Yuehong blurted out.

Genaeva's eyes flashed red light twice and said:

"You said that 'Pangu Biology' has connections with many secondary human groups and human settlements, and uses providing protection and hope of recovery as conditions for them to be volunteers and participate in certain experiments.

"Can we start from these experiments conducted on the surface, look for clues, and speculate on the boss's purpose?"

Jiang Baimian was stunned for a moment, revealing a look of recollection:

"I remember Teacher Du Heng mentioned that he encountered a company's project team in the ice field doing experiments on the impact of the cold environment on human physique and spirit…

"We can go take a look since it's on the way."

"How many years has it been?" Shang Jianyao said earnestly, "That experiment must have ended long ago."

Jiang Baimian didn't take it to heart:

"I'm just saying.

"In short, Old G's proposal is very good. It doesn't matter what a force says, what matters is what it does. From the surface experiments organized by the company, we may indeed find something."

Having a direction, Jiang Baimian exhaled relaxedly, and turned to Shang Jianyao and said:

"These few days are a holiday. Apart from visiting friends, there's nothing else to do. You can try to see if you can capture the dreams of the person in Room '506' during the afternoon nap time."