Alice had made quite a stir around Xi Ye, yet it had come without a sound. Not only Xi Ye—even Andrew and his group some distance away had failed to notice. An Otherworldly Demon had openly walked into their headquarters.
But Xi Ye showed no surprise. He stared blankly at Alice for a long while before finally saying mournfully, "What took you so long?"
"I had to confirm a few things." The AI respectfully bowed to Xi Ye. "That senior is an extraordinary existence. I had to confirm whether it was truly that weak. If things went wrong, I figured we could follow the plan you came up with earlier and escape as soon as possible. While the battle here was still unfinished, we could quickly sell Mars."
"I think we can execute that plan right now." Xi Ye was very serious. "Since you can get in, you should be able to take this lord out too, right? How about we go sell the planet now? Let's hurry. We won't sell it at a thirty-percent discount—we'll sell it at half price, to Wine Immortal Senior."
Alice was silent for a while before saying mournfully, "Lord, you're really getting the hang of exploiting acquaintances."
"How can you call this exploitation?" Xi Ye immediately frowned. "This is repayment. Wine Immortal isn't like this lord. He's qualified to compete for this great opportunity. I'm giving him such a good chance—isn't that repayment for how he looked after me before?"
"I think Your Lordship should show a little more backbone. Shouldn't we try a little harder? After all, we've already come this far."
"How are we supposed to try harder?" Xi Ye looked at her with his dead-fish eyes. "How long has it been? And you're telling me there's another big shot? Judging by