Leaving Home

After Liao Donghai said that, he saw no reaction from Chen Chuan. He knew Chen Chuan had no interest in the matter, and that told him where things stood.

If Chen Chuan had shown any interest after hearing all this, Liao Donghai would have been happy to do him a favor.

Yuan An Company had no chance of profiting from the matter anymore. They had already dealt with the executives who had authorized the private research. They were still handling it because, as a state-owned enterprise, they had to accept the penalties and arrangements imposed from above. Since they had to pay a price anyway, they might as well use the opportunity to get on good terms with a fighter.

Chen Chuan had no intention of taking that power into his own body. The Lost Object's nature was unclear, it was tangled up with multiple parties, and it had even drawn attention at the national level. Taking it into himself would only invite trouble.

Besides, the so-called Demon Children were now almost never seen. Over the past several centuries, plenty of people must have acquired this thing. There was no telling how many people and factions were involved.

Another possibility occurred to him. Once people who possessed it gained a measure of power, they might well kill one another to make it whole. That would put a target on everyone who acquired its power. He did not mind testing himself against others, but he saw no reason to seek out so much needless trouble.

He asked, "Do you have any other methods?"

"Yes," Liao Donghai replied. "Before I came, I consulted the experts our company hired for this field. If the people holding the Lost Object are willing to give it up, that would work too. The Lost Object has