It had to be said that the Myriad Gods Hall's handling of the Experimental Embryo had been somewhat excessive.
After learning the situation through the two Great Monarchs, Zhi Ping and Qiao Mian, and receiving the appropriate feedback, they should have gained a better understanding. Thus, there was no follow-up to the matter; it would most likely be quietly shelved.
By comparison, the Ruin and Fall System was more hard-line. Even though they knew that summoning Tai Yu and Chang Yi Zhen for a talk according to the original plan was no longer well timed, they still proceeded at the scheduled hour.
On the third day of the fifty-third week of New Century 1305—the day after the "Wyatt and Experimental Embryo" incident—Tai Yu arrived at Plane Six and went straight to the Flat Box temple in the City of Eternal Darkness.
There, he met Chang Yi Zhen for the first time.
This former Grand Duke of Tian Yuan, who was not much younger than Luande, and the former governor of the Han Guang Autonomous Region, showed no signs of age.
Perhaps it was because he had somewhat monkey-like features and bright eyes, making it easy to imagine that he had been lively in his youth. Even with his hair now streaked with white and his temperament calm, he gave the impression of someone steady enough to hold the situation down, yet liable to crack a joke or suddenly become mischievous at any moment.
Clearly, he was a man who had been endlessly tossed about in the boiling oil of society.
That more or less matched the basic impression Tai Yu had formed from the information he had gathered through various channels.
When Chang Yi Zhen met him, he acted exceedingly warmly, though his chosen entry point was somewhat unexpected.
"Great