Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

Ye Ge slowly turned around, her calm gaze scrutinizing the man before her.

He had a face that looked to be in his thirties, with a resolute and aloof appearance.

Her silvery-white hair was like icicles sharpened by the wind on a snowfield. Three dark tiger stripes pierced her brow bone and flew diagonally into her temples. Her neck and collarbone were covered with flowing silvery-gray tiger stripes. She wore a large black hooded robe.

Lin Ye looked at Xing Minglong with a puzzled expression.

He had never seen this person before.

Ye Ge didn't speak, but took out a silver coin and flicked it with his finger.

The silver coin spun in the air, flying in an arc before being caught by Rinya.

Lin Ye opened his hand and looked at it, then remained silent for a moment before saying, "It really was you who sent the code. Who are you? What do you want with me?"

“It’s nothing,” Ye Ge said. “I just wanted to let you know that after Helian died, I inherited all his power. I will provide the kind of medicine you want from now on.”

Rinya raised an eyebrow slightly: "...What are the conditions?"

Ye Ge said, "Of course, you'll have to listen to me from now on."

Rinya stared at Yege with a scrutinizing gaze: "You're also a Descendant?"

Ye Ge smiled and said, "What do you think?"

"..."

Lin Ye paused for a moment and asked, "What is your relationship with Helios? Are you of the same clan as him?"

"In a way, I guess so," Ye Ge said.

“?” Lin Ye frowned. What do you mean by “under certain circumstances”?

"Alright, you can go back now." Ye Ge waved his hand. "I called you here today just to let you get to know people and see who you should listen to in the future. I'll come back to you when I need you again."

Lin Ye remained silent for a while, then turned to leave without saying anything more.

"Um, wait a minute," Ye Ge said.

Lin Ye stopped and turned around: "Is there anything else?"

Ye Ge scratched his chin: "Has the company found its next target? Which descendant of the mythical beast race are you planning to extract genes from next?"

Lin Ye gave him a deep look, then turned around: "It seems you know quite a bit about what the company is doing."

"Of course," Ye Ge said. "So, you've found it?"

“Found them.” Lin Ye said calmly without much hesitation, “The next targets are the Phoenix and the Hydra Xiang Liu. The Phoenix Clan’s descendant has been found; she is a noble lady from the Celestial Clan. The Hydra Xiang Liu’s situation is more special. We haven’t found any descendants, but we have found traces of Xiang Liu’s soul.”

"Hmm..." Ye Ge's eyes darted around: "So when do you plan to make your move?"

"Soon," Lin Ye said. "We'll wait for the chairman's orders."

Ye Ge: "Alright, remember to let me know when he's ready to make his move."

Rinya: "..."

Night Song: "Is there a problem?"

“…Okay.” Lin Ye’s eyes were serious. “But you must keep your promise to me. Also, the amount of medicine I need recently needs to be increased by 20%.”

"No problem." Ye Ge readily agreed: "It'll be a pleasure working with you."

Rinya turned around and prepared to leave again.

"Oh right, wait a moment," Ye Ge said.

"..." Lin Ye had no choice but to turn around again, frowning as he asked, "Is there anything else?"

"What are the requirements to join your gene company and get a seat on the board?" Ye Ge rubbed his nose. "How did you end up getting lured in?"

Rinya: "...What exactly do you want to do?"

"You don't need to worry about that," Ye Ge said. "Answer my question."

Lin Ye paused for a moment, then said, "If you just want to join the company, I can introduce you, but once you join, you can only start as a junior employee."

"It's absolutely impossible to go from a junior employee to a senior position and then directly enter the board of directors. Even for newcomers, except for the veterans of the Beast War more than a hundred years ago, it generally takes a long time and significant contributions to the company before they have a chance to enter and obtain shares."

Ye Ge smiled, thinking to himself, "Absolutely impossible."

Just a few days ago, your chairman tried to recruit me, but I refused...

Clearly, as long as someone has sufficient value to the company, joining the board of directors is not a big deal.

"Is that so?" Ye Ge nodded, already having made up her mind: "Okay, I understand, go ahead."

Lin Ye looked at Ye Ge with suspicion for a few more moments. He felt that there was something about this person that he couldn't quite see through...

"Shh-"

He didn't linger and left immediately.

Night Song casually toyed with the metal token of Horion in his hand, muttering to himself, "The Gene Company..."

......

Gene company.

Kyoto branch building.

The chairman and Su You sat facing each other.

There was a desk between the two.

The chairman sat expressionlessly in his office chair, while Su You, with a nonchalant and frivolous air, picked up a piece of fruit from the table with his right hand and unceremoniously popped it into his mouth.

The orc Am was standing behind Su You, wearing a white coat and a white mask, holding right-angle pliers and a scalpel, performing surgery on his left arm—Su You's left arm had been eroded by Xia Xiyao's chaotic energy, causing the entire arm to mutate, and he had torn it off on the spot.

"I heard that the company's virtual network space was attacked by Gao Shenxue last night? And the losses were particularly heavy?" Su You asked.

"The loss of hundreds of billions of trillions of data resources, a huge amount of important data, and the damaged system amounted to at least a billion trillion gold coins," the chairman said.

Su You secretly clicked his tongue in amazement.

Although he knew the losses would be severe, he didn't expect them to be this bad...

"…Good heavens, this whole year's work has been for nothing!" Su You said. "No wonder she's a nine-star BOSS, and not even fully developed yet. If her combat power really increases and she becomes a great asset to Ye Ge, then we'll be in real trouble..."

At this moment, the orc Am had finished the surgery, wrapped bandages around Su You's entire new left arm, and grinned foolishly: "Done."

"Oh?" Su You raised his left arm, trying to swing and grasp it, and found that he felt no awkwardness at all. In fact, it seemed stronger than his original arm! His eyes immediately lit up.

The orc Am said, "This arm is made from flesh and bones grown from the cells of the Qiongqi."