Seeing that Topaz was about to hang up and leave him to fend for himself,
Bai Heng tapped his earpiece and hurriedly said,
"Wait, Topaz. Are you really giving up on your dear friend so easily?"
Hearing this, Topaz took a deep breath and said slowly, word by word,
"Bai, you scumbag. Do you know who those two women are? Just speaking of them personally, one is a member of the Genius Society, while the other is the sword champion of one of the Xianzhou Alliance's ships."
"Either one of them could destroy an entire planet. Not to mention the forces behind them. Let's start with Madam Ruan Mei. Even if the geniuses in the Genius Society all preferred to do their own thing, after all these years, she must have built up quite a network."
"If you dump her, one day you might find yourself under siege by several geniuses from across the universe. Forget anyone else—would the people behind the Simulated Universe let you off?"
"Then there's Jingliu. As the sword champion of the Luofu, she has the entire Xianzhou Alliance behind her. The Alliance might not fall out with the Interastral Peace Corporation over something like this, but given your current position in the company, if the Xianzhou demands you, the company will hand you over without a second word."
"I also heard that the current Divine Strategist General of the Luofu, Jing Yuan, is Jingliu's disciple. One of the Seven Arbiter-Generals of the Yaksha Emblem—those are figures renowned throughout the universe."
The more Topaz spoke, the more frightened she became. She gently lowered her crossed jade-like legs, the transparent wineglass in her hand reflecting the colorful fluorescent lights within the private room.
She tucked the phone between her shoulder and ear and said,
"So I still