"Already?" Su Ye took a deep breath and looked at Old Man.
"It's not what you think."
"The Seed Plan wasn't started only now," Old Man said meaningfully.
Su Ye froze. The Seed Plan had not begun only now. After a moment, he looked at Old Man with a trace of horror in his eyes.
Could it be that The Empire had had a plan to preserve its seed from the very beginning? Or rather, that the very existence of the Main World was merely part of the Seed Plan?
"The Empire's purpose in acting this time is simple. On one hand, it's to intimidate those ghosts and monsters. After all, The Empire hasn't fallen yet. The Main World has been unsettled lately, and The Empire's intervention can at least deter some restless beings."
"Whether the Seed Plan will proceed after The Empire acts this time still depends on the situation over there. Once The Empire determines that the situation is beyond saving, once it has deteriorated to a certain extent, the Seed Plan will begin. In short, this plan is not as simple as you imagine," Old Man said slowly as he looked at Su Ye.
Su Ye took a deep breath and nodded.
Old Man was telling him this because he was now one of The Empire's higher-ups. There were things he needed to gradually come to know.
Some matters could not be disclosed to outsiders. Their lineage was bound to The Empire.
That was why Old Man had called Su Ye over alone to tell him this.
In the end, this was inheritance: teaching one's disciple step by step, passing it down from one person to another. When Su Ye had disciples in the future—
He would do the same.
"Alright, go back. The Empire still needs