The Vast Starry Sky

The planet was devoid of any human presence, not even a single animal could be seen. As 99 looked up, she saw a massive celestial body hanging in the grayish-blue sky, several times larger than the sun of her previous planet.

It was only at this moment that 99 truly realized she had arrived in an incredibly vast world, finding herself already amidst the boundless universe.

Before she could even take another look, Wu Yuan transformed, scooping her and Wei Lanshan into its embrace and quickly rushing forward.

Wu Yuan galloped across the wilderness for five minutes before finally finding the Ye Family's airship parked not too far away.

Wei Lanshan boarded the airship with 99 and cut off the signal sources for all the robots left on board.

She then set the airship's speed to maximum, randomly selected a destination, and had Wu Yuan enter the airship's flight system, severing its connection with the mothership.

Only after the airship left the capture range of subordinate planet Q68 did Wei Lanshan breathe a sigh of relief. They were temporarily safe; Tang Yongyu wouldn't be able to catch up so quickly.

Tang Yongyu still had to oversee Ye Zhenwei's treatment, which required three sets of medications and would take ten days. Two days of treatment had already passed, giving them eight days to evade Tang Yongyu's pursuit.

This was calculated by Wei Lanshan beforehand, as it was the only way to buy them more time to escape the Tianning Star System.

As for Lin Zeyu and the others, their fate would depend on their luck.

When 99's experiment was successful earlier, she had already shared the data with the other five individuals. She had also given Lin Zeyu a data packet and a spatial buckle. Whether he would use it and if he could escape would be up to fate.

She, Wei Lanshan, had fulfilled her promise to the Ye Family. As for Tang Yongyu wanting to bury her and the laboratory together, she regretted to inform her that Wei Lanshan was not one to passively accept her fate.

Moreover, she, Wei Lanshan, would remember this debt. She would definitely settle the score with Tang Yongyu and the Tang family if she had the chance in the future.

Who did Tang Yongyu think she was, to try and kill her, the Alliance's chief scientist, just because she had a talented daughter?

Wei Lanshan looked at 99 beside her, planning to return to the Alliance and settle the score with Tang Yongyu after she had safely settled 99.

On the airship at this moment, Wei Lanshan and 99 were at eye level, with 99 also looking at her.

After a brief moment of eye contact, Wei Lanshan spoke, "I know you are very intelligent, and you can understand what I say. My name is Wei Lanshan."

99 pursed her lips and remained silent, deep in thought. Those people clearly intended to kill both of them, which was why Wei Lanshan was taking her to escape.

"Hello, Dr. Wei."

The childish voice was pleasant. Although Wei Lanshan had caught her speaking with her companion robot, Sixi, countless times on surveillance videos, this was the first time she was formally communicating with 99 face-to-face.

During the experiments, drug testing, and gene editing, she would only let out soft hums even when in pain.

Initially, she had tried to negotiate with Wu Yuan, but after a few attempts, she realized it was futile and stopped struggling. Her docility made Wei Lanshan feel cruel.

Wei Lanshan looked at the star chart display on the airship and said calmly, "The road ahead is unknown, and I cannot guarantee your absolute safety, but I will do my utmost to send you to my designated destination."

Wei Lanshan paused for a moment before continuing, "I will send you to a safe place, and you will live there from now on."

"Okay, thank you, Dr. Wei. As for whether I can survive, I will try my best. If, after trying, death is still inevitable, I will have no regrets," 99 said gratefully and sincerely.

99's answer did not surprise Wei Lanshan at all. She knew 99 possessed a resilient character, something she had observed during their numerous experiments.

She was unsure about the experimental subjects on Lin Zeyu's end, but the one before her had broken many of her principles and established perceptions.

"If you have any questions, you can ask me later. We will likely be living together for a long time, and on this escape, you can only trust me," Wei Lanshan stated confidently.

Wei Lanshan adopted this tone with 99 because she had observed from videos that 99's thoughts were very mature and extremely intelligent, with a strong learning ability. Although she was not yet five years old, she possessed adult-level reasoning skills.

And so, the two of them, along with one robot, began their unknown journey of escape.

Tang Yongyu, who was waiting for her daughter to receive treatment on subordinate planet Q68, destroyed all the laboratories on the subordinate planet after Ye Zhenwei recovered.

Along with the remaining experimental subjects and Lin Zeyu and his four companions, not a single living soul was left behind.

Tang Yongyu left with a look of delight. After she and Ye Zhenwei departed from subordinate planet Q68, several people in protective suits appeared on the ground...

All she needed to do was deal with the escaped Wei Lanshan and the 99 unit that Wei Lanshan had taken. Then, in this Alliance, only her daughter would be a genius.

She hadn't expected Wei Lanshan to conceive the idea of taking the Ye Family's experimental subjects out of the laboratory, let alone successfully implement it.

Ye Yunhan and she had both miscalculated Wei Lanshan's individual strength. Wei Lanshan's physical and mental strength levels were definitely not low. Judging by the wounds on the guards, even if Ye Yunhan were to face Wei Lanshan, he likely wouldn't stand a chance.

Tang Yongyu's anger reached its peak. After Ye Zhenwei recovered, she contacted Ye Yunhan and informed him about the laboratory incident.

Ye Yunhan advised her not to act rashly, stating that Wei Lanshan's reputation in the Alliance was not to be underestimated, and given that she had concealed such mental and martial arts capabilities, she surely had many fallback options they were unaware of.

Ye Yunhan said, "Yongyu, leave this to me. As long as they are still within the Tianning Star System, everything will be easy to handle."

Tang Yongyu outwardly agreed. Ye Yunhan had his channels, while she, Tang Yongyu, would find every possible way to eliminate that experimental subject that should not exist.

Tang Yongyu found clues from Wei Lanshan's laboratory and the companion robots.

She deduced that the experimental subject taken by Wei Lanshan likely possessed astonishing talent, and there was a high probability that, like her daughter Ye Zhenwei, she would be a top-tier existence in the Alliance.

Otherwise, given Wei Lanshan's personality, she wouldn't have risked her life and offended the entire Tianning Star System and the Ye Family just to take the experimental subject away.

She couldn't possibly not know that the Ye Family would issue a pursuit order, and the Tang family would dispatch interstellar assassins to eliminate them all, no matter which star system they fled to.

She must have wanted to keep such a genius in her grasp, to nurture her well in the future. Wei Lanshan would then have a trump card to dominate the Alliance.

No, how could she, Tang Yongyu, allow such a low-level experimental subject to exist, one that would cause such a stir in the Ye Family and also draw severe criticism towards her daughter?

The Ye Family should only have her daughter, Tang Yongyu's daughter, as the sole genius. The Tianning Star System should also only have her daughter, Ye Zhenwei, as the sole genius.

A genius who was beautiful, exceptionally talented, and would become the Alliance's first female marshal—Ye Zhenwei.

Ye Yunhan had agreed to conduct this experiment without consulting her beforehand. Tang Yongyu only found out about it after Ye Yunhan returned.

At the time, Ye Yunhan had dismissed it, believing that the experimental subjects would eventually be destroyed and not kept. He told her not to worry, as everything was under his control.

They had both miscalculated Wei Lanshan's individual strength, and the experimental subject had unexpectedly developed heaven-defying talent.