Ordinary observers in fast time travel

"Deputy Base Commander, Fang Yanlei requests an audience."

Yuan Lei, who was reviewing documents, looked up and asked, "Who are you talking about?"

“Fang Yanlei and his adventure team,” Secretary Chen repeated.

"Xia Zhixue is here too?" Yuan Lei's anger was ignited, but his more than twenty years of self-control had not been for nothing.

Secretary Chen, who had been by his side for many years, noticed his anger immediately. He nodded, "Yes."

"Let them in!" Yuan Lei put the documents aside, exuding an imposing aura, looking ready to fight.

Secretary Chen was somewhat worried and subconsciously confirmed with Yuan Lei several times. Seeing that Yuan Lei was getting impatient, he then invited the person in, but he did not leave; instead, he stood behind Yuan Lei.

He thought that if a fight really broke out later, he could help call the guards over.

"Uncle Yuan." When Fang Yanlei and his group came in and saw Yuan Lei's imposing manner, they didn't think much of it, after all, he was the deputy base commander.

Yuan Lei looked at them and snorted coldly.

Seeing this, Fang Yanlei and the others felt a little guilty and remained silent for a long time.

"What's up!"

"Uncle Yuan, I'm sorry!" Fang Yanlei bowed to Yuan Lei, and the others followed suit.

"Oh, what have you done to wrong me?" Yuan Lei said casually.

Fang Yanlei, feeling guilty, didn't notice the odd tone in Yuan Lei's voice. He said, "Xiaxia—" Fang Yanlei swallowed hard. "Xiaxia tragically died. That day we were hunting a fifth-tier mutated beast... but then, a beast tide suddenly broke out..."

Secretary Chen, standing behind Yuan Lei, widened his eyes. What had he just heard? Yuan Muxia was dead? Then who was the person he had seen a few days ago?
Who was the person who threw a tantrum in the office building and berated the researchers?

And who are the people who have been causing such a stir outside the city these past few days?
He looked at Yuan Lei and saw that his boss had a frighteningly cold face, staring at the person opposite him as if he were watching a clown perform.

"...Xiaxia was our friend, and we were all very saddened by her death. It's just a pity that we were too weak to save her life." Fang Yanlei said emotionally, bowing to Yuan Lei again. "Uncle Yuan, we are sorry that we couldn't save Xiaxia. You can punish us however you want."

"No, it's my fault. If I had stopped Xiaxia back then, this wouldn't have happened. Punish me alone, it has nothing to do with Brother Lei." Xia Zhixue's eyes were filled with tears, and she looked extremely guilty.

Secretary Chen finally understood: when they encountered the beast tide, they abandoned Yuan Muxia and fled, resulting in Yuan Muxia's death. No, Yuan Muxia didn't die!
He then looked at Yuan Lei, who was now wearing a strange smile.

"Do you really want to atone for your sins?" Yuan Lei asked.

Fang Yanlei nodded, pledging his loyalty.

“Okay, wait!” Yuan Lei picked up the bracelet and dialed Shi Jia’s number.

"where is it?"

"Greenhouses outside the city."

"Okay, come back now. I'll be waiting for you in my office."

"Okay, I'll be right back."

Yuan Lei hung up the phone and looked at the group with a good mood. "Just wait, the person you need to atone for will be here soon."

After he finished speaking, he ignored the others and continued working.

From the moment Fang Yanlei and the others heard that phone call, they felt intensely uneasy. They exchanged glances, and the sensitive Xia Zhixue even trembled slightly; she thought she had just heard Yuan Muxia's voice.

“Brother Lei?” Xia Zhixue grabbed Fang Yanlei’s arm.

Fang Yanlei frowned and patted Xia Zhixue's shoulder, comforting her despite his own unease, "Don't be afraid."

"Uncle Yuan, who is the person you're talking about who is atoning for their sins?" Fang Yanlei asked.

"I can't accept being called 'uncle,' you should just call me Deputy Base Commander," Yuan Lei said calmly. "As for who you'll have to atone to, you'll find out soon enough." After saying that, Yuan Lei ignored him and continued reading the plan, which was a proposal submitted by the think tank regarding the popularization and development of spiritual power.

Although the device for stimulating mental power hasn't been developed yet, it certainly won't be long, and they need to plan ahead. They can't wait until the device is developed before thinking about how to popularize it.

Once the development of mental power is successful, the matter of food breeding can be put on the agenda!

The thought suddenly flashed through Yuan Lei's mind. His body stiffened, and he finally remembered what he had forgotten: his daughter could now enable the growth-inducing plants to reproduce!
Yuan Lei slapped his forehead. It was all his fault for being so caught up in developing his mental power that he had forgotten such an important thing. He really shouldn't have done that!
But would someone really forget something so important so easily?

The answer is, of course, no!
Shi Jia was simply giving Yuan Lei a mental suggestion because she knew there were still many things to prepare. After all, her goal was to restore the correct path of agricultural development, not to keep working on the wrong path.

With her own greenhouse, Shi Jia can build her own cultivation laboratory. Then, anyone who wants to interfere will have to ask her spatial blade for permission.

Just as Yuan Lei was fidgeting and Fang Yanlei and the others were feeling uneasy, the door creaked open.

"Dad, I'm coming."

Shi Jia pushed open the door, saw the people in the room, and raised an eyebrow. "Long time no see!"

"Who, who are you?" Xia Zhixue rushed up to Shi Jia, pointed at her with her finger, her face full of disbelief.

"Snapped!"

"Ouch—"

Xia Zhixue covered her swollen, red fingers, her heart filled with extreme panic.

"Who am I? Don't you know?" Shi Jia walked up to Yuan Lei. "Do I need to introduce myself?"

"Yuanmu Xia, you're not dead?" Fang Yanlei recovered from his shock. "That's great! We all thought you had met with some misfortune."

"How did you survive the monster horde?"

Fang Yanlei's rise to power after the apocalypse was due not only to his powerful supernatural abilities, but also to his shamelessness.

His expression of joy and surprise was so genuine that someone who didn't know the truth would easily believe it.

"Scared?" Shi Jia sneered. "Are you guilty for standing by and doing nothing? Or are you guilty for having the ability but not offering help? You should know that I was very close to you at the time."

"And Xia Zhixue, you should be even more scared, after all, you're the one who pushed me into the beast tide." Shi Jia looked at Xia Zhixue.

"You, Xiaxia, how could you slander me like this!" At this moment, Xia Zhixue, who had been feeling guilty and afraid just moments before, retorted confidently, "We are good friends, how could I stand by and watch someone die? The situation was too dangerous at the time. There were more than a dozen fifth-tier beasts, hundreds of third-tier and fourth-tier beasts, and a sixth-tier beast king. We were lucky to escape..."

Xia Zhixue spoke with such sincerity that anyone unaware of the truth would be swayed. For example, wasn't Secretary Chen currently displaying a look of lingering fear?

“Yes, we did fail to save you, and that was our fault, but you can’t wrong us!” Xia Zhixue looked at Shi Jia with extreme sadness, as if Shi Jia had committed an unforgivable crime against her.

Shi Jia couldn't help but stare in astonishment. Even though she had experienced many worlds, she had never developed the skill of being eloquent.

She was certain that Xia Zhixue absolutely believed what she was told.

Fang Yanlei and He Hao, who were standing nearby, immediately chimed in and even started criticizing Shi Jia.

Lin Yu, on the other hand, stared wide-eyed, looking surprised.

Shi Jia raised an eyebrow. Had he seen the truth?
"What a silver tongue! They can turn black into white. I almost believed them!" Shi Jia decided to just punish them directly; there was no need to argue with them.

With a wave of her hand, four beams of green light entered the minds of the four people. Of course, the four were completely unaware of this.

"Alright, you can leave now." Shi Jia directly instructed Secretary Chen to send them away.

Yuan Lei was displeased. "Xiaxia, they haven't atoned yet."

"Dad, they will pay the price for what they've done." (End of Chapter)