Into the City

"At last, I'm back on this planet." Third-Generation Miller stood on the outskirts of Cloud City, looking down at the red planet below.

Viewed from space, the planet was a mixture of red and black. The black was naturally the radiation layer, while the red was the reaction produced by the radiation energy.

"I remember you came here once before," the Patriarch of the Xie Family said beside him.

The corner of Third-Generation Miller's eye twitched. In the end, he said indifferently, "It was only a consciousness download. Besides, I wouldn't call it a particularly pleasant experience."

He had not forgotten the important piece he had left on Crackstar—the "Brain-Hole Girl," whom he had finally managed to create through experimentation, only for a sudden man to ruin everything.

"Looks like we have a common enemy."

The Xie Family Patriarch had not deliberately meant to mock him.

The killing of Xie Egui and the disappearance of the three ancient Xie Family zombies could all be traced back to one man.

And that man was precisely the one who had defeated Third-Generation Miller back then.

Third-Generation Miller also understood what he meant.

"I heard the Eternal Life Consortium also suffered a major setback. Someone outmaneuvered them in the business world. Not only did they fail to get any benefits, they even lost the spot of the Third Eternal Life Candidate?"

The Xie Family had close ties with the Eternal Life Consortium and was itself a minor shareholder. The Xie Family Patriarch naturally knew more about the consortium's affairs. Hearing Third-Generation Miller probe him, he shook his head and said:

"The Eternal Life Consortium has a rule: any losses suffered in business must be recovered through business. The Megacorp Civilization is best at manipulating rules. When it comes to breaking rules, even if