Inside the Dean's office, after listening to Yu Jing's detailed account, the Masked Dean stood with his hands behind his back before a twisted abstract painting, deep in thought.
"None of the other 'Thirteen' experienced this?"
"No... and they couldn't have. Absorbing less than 0.1% pure primordial Chaos somehow caused your consciousness to be drawn to the distant Wunan Star Domain, landing precisely on the planet where Ah Zong was symbiotic. That absolutely couldn't have happened spontaneously. It may have been because you triggered some kind of 'trigger' related to you personally."
"Related to me? Could it be related to my father...?"
Yu Jing ultimately couldn't hold back and asked the question.
"Didn't you find the answer in the First Generation Cinema?" the Masked Dean asked.
"I found some clues... I originally wanted to get the answer from the General Administrator, but unfortunately, from the time I returned until now, the General Administrator doesn't seem to have been at the Ability Institute."
"You already know about the matter between your biological father and the General Administrator. Looks like you know quite a lot. The General Administrator is helping me with something major and won't be back for the time being. As for your father, I can only tell you this... he's still alive. Moreover, for the safety of the entire world, he can't show himself for now."
"What do you mean... Is it related to these alien implants inside my body?"
The Masked Dean picked up a potted plant from the table, then shone the light from a single direction, accelerating the flow of time. In its later stages of growth, the plant leaned entirely toward the direction of the light.
The Masked Dean said, "Do you know why positive phototropic plants grow toward the light after being exposed to