[City of a Thousand Stars · Tower of Babel · Think Tank]
Executive Mar, Lu Jiayun's former head of the think tank.
His figure appeared here.
Within this space were a full three thousand think tank members wearing devices that linked their minds together.
He passed these members and headed straight for the elevated area.
The few human members of the think tank permitted to retain their own consciousness were all here.
Seeing Mar arrive, they respectfully cleared a path.
At the end of that path, the new head of the think tank likewise bowed his head respectfully to him.
"Master, it has been a long time. Have you completed that plan?"
Mar shook his head and sat in the seat of honor the other man had vacated, not caring in the slightest that Lu Jiayun had personally declared him a wanted criminal long ago.
"It was never a plan guaranteed to succeed. From the moment Zhao Xi of Solo City chose to refuse, it was doomed to fail.
The rulers of those cities are no fools.
Getting them to enter the City of a Thousand Stars with just a few words...
It seems that is impossible."
Mar's disciple wholeheartedly agreed.
"Indeed, but you must have gathered enough information in the various cities, Master. When full-scale war truly breaks out between the cities, the information you collected will be the finest ammunition.
Mr. Mo Wen will know of your contributions then."
Mar paid that no mind.
"We have all benefited from Mr. Mo Wen's kindness. This is only what we ought to do. In name, Lu Jiayun is the leader of the City of a Thousand Stars, but after the Homecomers disbanded, what did he have left?
A man utterly alone-that is the best description of him now."
His tone