A Matter of Conscience (Thanks to the Wild Reader for the Alliance Leader

"This wasn't particularly unexpected."

Izzy, beside him, seemed to have noticed Huai Shi's confusion and explained with a smile, "Before Garland Weng became a Grandmaster, he spent seventy years on Helios."

Damn it, why could every last one of you read minds?!

"I can't read minds. You've practically got 'I'm curious' written all over your face," Izzy said with a shrug, puffing contentedly on his cigar.

Huai Shi couldn't help taking out his phone and snapping a selfie.

From beginning to end, he had clearly maintained nothing but a cold, calm expression. Ever since graduating from Ai Qing's training course, his control over his expressions had rarely gone wrong.

As if anyone would believe that.

But the question was...

Garland Weng had actually spent seventy years on Helios? Wasn't that a full round-trip cycle?

Yet he looked like he was only in his fifties.

Huai Shi's expression twitched as he quietly asked, "How old is Garland Weng?"

"Uh, probably... over two hundred and ten?" Izzy thought for a moment before answering. "He's a Grandmaster, after all. It's not strange for him to know how to preserve his youth."

Great, another ancient monster.

Perhaps having heard the conversation between the two at the back of the group, Garland Weng at the front glanced over before quickly withdrawing his gaze and continuing his explanation of the exploration plan.

The first Exploration Team was not required to conduct any deep investigation, nor was the task particularly difficult. They merely needed to establish a secure station at the internal entrance to the Helios Workshop for subsequent exploration.

They were basically doing the job of setting up a base vehicle.

The Grandmaster would direct them remotely, and everyone would follow orders.

After confirming that everyone understood the plan, Garland Weng nodded and signaled for his