Jinge City, Strategic Affairs Department Base.
"Dr. Jia Miao went abroad?" Luo Yan raised his head and looked at the indifferent-looking woman before him.
Lin Wei nodded as she picked the scallions out of her food. "My teacher went to Lion City a while ago to attend a seminar on the 'Ruins Return.' Mecha organizations from all over sent scholars to participate."
"It's a pity I have a mission. Otherwise, I could have gone along and broadened my horizons."
The two had run into each other in the cafeteria. After getting their meals, they sat together. Luo Yan brought up the Mystic Womb Realm cultivation technique, then the topic shifted to Jia Miao, and that was when he learned the female doctor was not currently at the Strategic Affairs Department.
Beside them, Bai Qixue asked in puzzlement, "Why was the seminar held in Lion City? Couldn't it have been held here?"
Luo Yan thought for a moment before saying, "It should be because tensions between us and Freedom Wings have been running high lately. Personnel from Freedom Wings are also participating in an international seminar like this."
"Whether it was held here or in Freedom Wings' jurisdiction, it would have been difficult to make everything perfect and satisfy everyone's demands."
"Lion City isn't far from us, and it isn't under the Strategic Affairs Department's jurisdiction. Holding it there avoids a lot of trouble."
Lin Wei finally picked all the scallions out of her food and let out a soft breath. Then she nodded. "That's right. That's exactly why."
"At first, it was scheduled to be held in Jinge City, but Freedom Wings and the Iron Gull Alliance strongly objected."
"Afterward, Freedom Wings proposed holding it on their territory. You can imagine how that turned out."
"In the end, it was