The Last Sentinel

On the screen, Xuan Nu remained calm, as if Ye Feng's refusal was entirely within her expectations.

The Mystic Maiden asked, "Could you explain your reasons for refusing?"

Ye Feng said, "I am very busy. I have many people to visit and many things to do in real life. I don't have time to sit in the lab and do scientific research."

The Mystic Maiden asked, "Is that all?"

Ye Feng was taken aback. "Isn't this enough?"

Xuan Nu said, "Mr. Ye's reason is easy to handle. The South Heaven Gate Project will not affect Mr. Ye's current pace of life and daily behavior. We will collect as much of your spare time as possible to do scientific research. You can't be working all the time, can you?"

Ye Feng said, "I can't clock in for work every day."

The Mystic Maiden said, "You can clock in remotely! Follow the business trip assignment and enjoy the overseas business trip allowance."

Ye Feng said, "My scientific research requires a lot of equipment."

The Mystic Maiden said, "We can set up an assistance team for you, or even build a mobile laboratory for you. Follow us carefully, and you can conduct research whenever you have free time."

Ye Feng was speechless for a moment after hearing the other party's conditions. This was actually possible?! The Nantianmen plan was incredibly thorough!

But Ye Feng knew perfectly well that he was not a genius at all. He was just a transmitter of geniuses, a product of the chat group's big shots that made him so outstanding. If one day the chat group's big shots stopped giving him things, then he would really become a piece of junk.

The Nantianmen Project, however, involved a group of truly top human geniuses.

For a husky to get mixed up with a pack of wolves is fatal!

Today you enjoy the benefits of the wolf pack, but tomorrow your claim of being a true god of the husky will be exposed, and you'll have to compensate the wolf pack for the losses!

The mysterious woman pressed further, "Mr. Ye, are there any other difficulties?"

Ye Feng simply spread his hands and said, "I have to admit that the conditions and treatment of the South Heaven Gate Project are unbeatable, but I must clarify one fact: I am not a genius, or rather, you have all misjudged me! I do not know how to reverse formulas or update algorithms. I cannot even describe the logic and thought process behind what I have written. In fact, I am not a genius. I am just an ordinary person. I am not worthy of joining the South Heaven Gate Project."

Upon hearing this, the Mystic Maiden smiled leisurely and said, "What is a genius? A genius is when an apple fell on Newton's head and he proposed the three laws of force. A genius is when Mendeleev, suffering from the cold, dreamed of drinking with the god of the elements and wrote the periodic table of elements upon waking. A genius is when Einstein, gazing at the crisscrossing trains, comprehended the special theory of relativity."

"The biggest difference between geniuses and ordinary people is that ordinary people need a starting point, logic, and formulas and theorems to answer questions and obtain answers, while geniuses don't need any of that; they simply and effortlessly provide the final answer!"

"Geniuses don't need a process of interpretation, or rather, if they were to explain their process, ordinary people wouldn't believe it."

"Just like Mendeleev, he said he had a dream where he encountered the elemental gods. Does anyone believe that? Absolutely no one does!"

"These very characteristics of yours happen to fit the definition of a genius. If someone were someone who obtained answers through reasoning and theorems, we wouldn't pay them much attention, because that would just be a relatively excellent ordinary person. Geniuses don't take the conventional path; they always take unconventional approaches!"

Having said that, Ye Feng couldn't think of a reason to refuse.

At this moment, the big shots in the chat group also expressed their opinions after seeing this scene.

Hongmeng's First Affection: Ye Feng, you don't need to put too much pressure on yourself. We have a lot of orders. The chat group currently shows over 10000 members. If you circle them one by one, you'll never finish running them all in your lifetime!

Immortal God of Magic: Yes, you don't need to be so nervous. Based on my recent observations of the Limitless Demon Lord and the First Affection, I discovered that time in the Ancestral Star seems to be related to bonds. I call this concept of time the "Bond Time Theorem".

Ye Feng asked: What does the God of Law mean?

Hongmeng's First Deepest Affection: What he meant was that all the ties between the family and friends of the people in our chat group and our home planet Blue Star were actually frozen at the point in time when we left. It doesn't mean that if we don't touch that point of connection, all our ties will remain at the time of departure and won't become truly irreparable regrets over time.

Ye Feng said: No, that's not right. It's normal for the father of the Great Boss Wuji to be seriously ill, but you don't. Logically speaking, there was a period of time between when your mother learned about your jumping into the river and when she jumped into the river herself. Doesn't that mean that time was moving in the same direction?

Hongmeng's First Deepest Affection: It takes time for the news of my jumping into the river to reach my home. This is a normal flow of time and conforms to the time pattern of bonds.

Ye Feng: I need to verify this again. If it is indeed the case, then there is no need to be too anxious. There is plenty of time to find it slowly.

Hongmeng's First Deepest Affection: Right now, your most important task is to join the Southern Heavenly Gate Project and find someone.

Ye Feng: Who?

Ding! The chat group has changed. We are now in private chat mode. The two parties in the chat are Hongmeng First Deep Affection and Ye Feng.

Ye Feng: Is this person very important? The big shot even set up a private chat.

Hongmeng's First Deepest Affection: Yes, it's very important. Everything I'm about to say is only for you and me to know, and must not be divulged.

Ye Feng said: Please tell me, sir, who is this person?

Hongmeng's First Deepest Affection: I don't know this person's specific name and birth date; I only know that his code name is "The Leader."

Ye Feng: [The Leader]?

The first deepest affection of Hongmeng: [Leader] As the name suggests, it guides [Sentinels] to anchor their coordinates, like a lighthouse, guiding wanderers from all the heavens and myriad worlds back home.

【The Leader】is a connection between the deceased chat group owner and 【Sentinel】, the head of the Transmigrators Club. As one of the first veterans to join the chat group, I once heard this name in 【Sentinel】's rant. 【Sentinel】 had his own inside man on the ancestral planet, and this man was called 【The Leader】. He was responsible for resonating with 【Sentinel】 and constantly correcting 【Sentinel】's route home, thus enabling 【Sentinel】 to anchor the dimensional channel of his home journey.

Ye Feng: Does the boss mean that the Sentinels have completed 99.99% of the homecoming anchor point coordinates, and the Leaders have a backup?

Hongmeng's First Deepest Affection: That's right, the [Leader] is the only one the [Sentinel] trusts. As long as we find the [Leader] back home and decipher the coordinates of the backup star map in his possession, we can complete the final 0.01% of coordinate anchoring, and going home will no longer be a dream!

Ye Feng: How do we find this [Leader]?

Hongmeng's First Deepest Affection: I don't know. I've reviewed all the clips between me and the Sentinel, but I haven't found any information about the Sentinel's identity regarding the Leader. However, I can confirm one thing: the Sentinel is a guy with a strong aversion to stupidity. He wouldn't associate with stupid people. The Leader must be an extremely intelligent guy; back home, such people are called geniuses! And the South Heavenly Gate Project is a top-tier genius club. Joining the club will greatly help you find the Leader.

Ye Feng: Understood. I will do another order to test the "Time Binding Law". If the law is true, I will go to the South Heavenly Gate Project to work honestly and find the "Leader" so that everyone in the group can go home as soon as possible.

HarmonyOS sent its first heartfelt emoticon—a dog head emoji.

Back to reality, Ye Feng's silence, in Xuan Nu's eyes, became a bargaining statement.

Xuan Nu was also somewhat on edge at this point, and laid her cards on the table: "Mr. Ye, the Southern Heavenly Gate Project has already made its biggest concessions. If you still insist on not joining, we can only say we're sorry, our time together is not meant to be..."

Ye Feng interrupted Xuan Nu, "I'll join."

Xuan Nu was a little confused. "They've joined already? Aren't there any more conditions?"

Ye Feng thought for a moment, "Then let's add one more thing, like the organization offering matchmaking services?"

The Mystic Maiden laughed, "No problem, Bao will introduce you!"

Ye Feng said, "Really? I was just saying."

The Mystic Woman said, "Absolutely guaranteed authentic. If the organization can't introduce me, I'll compensate you with myself!"

The strategist, who had been unconscious, awoke at this moment. Upon hearing Ye Feng add to the answer and the words of compensation from Xuan Nu to Ye Feng, he was overjoyed. The old man's face was filled with ecstasy. "Double happiness! Double happiness! My dear grand-disciple, I knew you wouldn't let me down! Hahaha! Hey, Xuan Nu, no, grand-disciple's wife, we're family now. Could you give the strategist a special favor and let him visit the South Heavenly Gate as well? I have no other desires, I just want to broaden my horizons!"

The old man's words left the two young men speechless.

Xuan Nu was saying that the organization wouldn't cover it, and that she would give herself to Ye Feng as compensation.

Instead of saying that we should pay compensation now.

How come you ended up selling yourself when you were trying to hire someone?!

How can you pledge your life to someone the moment you meet them!

This pace is too fast!

Xuan Nu blushed. "The specific invitation for the Southern Heavenly Gate Project will be delivered to you. I still have things to take care of here. Goodbye, Mr. Ye."

Ye Feng said, "See you later!"

The advisor, however, was full of reluctance. "Sigh, did I interrupt you two young people? I'm sorry. How about I leave and you two chat a little longer? It's alright. There's an old saying: 'It's better to tear down ten temples than to break up one marriage.' I'm just committing a sin..."