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Chapter 100 She's my fiancée... I need to pay more!

The next day, everyone at the Doom Group was busy.

In preparation for the inspection by an important figure, the entire company was on edge, with everyone sitting upright at their posts.

Early in the morning, reporters were already waiting at the company entrance to take pictures.

These were the details Doom deliberately revealed last night to maximize the value of this visit.

As time passed, the White Night convoy slowly came into Victor's view, and his eyes immediately lit up as he went to greet it.

Inside the car, Bai Ye looked at the grand convoy and said to Kingpin, "There's no need for such a grand display; it's too inefficient."

"Mr. White, the online environment has been rather unfriendly lately," Kingpin said in a low voice.

"As you know, mutants aren't very popular, and after people found out you were a mutant, your reputation online plummeted."

"If we don't dress formally, they might attack us. Although we're not afraid, it wouldn't be very respectable."

Bai Ye said thoughtfully, "Is that so? Then why is the Doom Group willing to spend so much money to publicize my visit? Aren't they afraid of their stock value plummeting?"

"How could that be?" Kingpin shook his head slightly and said, "No one would turn down money, and you represent money now. No matter how much noise they make online, their company's stock started to rise in the night trading session last night."

Bai Ye nodded and said nothing more. He got out of the car and saw Doom standing in front of him, extending his right hand and smiling, "Mr. Bai Ye, welcome to the Doom Group."

"Your internal energy is truly a groundbreaking creation. I bought one of your books that very day to study it. Unfortunately, I didn't have the chance to attend the book signing that day. I hope you can sign it for me before you leave." Doom was acting like a fervent fan of White Night.

"Oh!" Bai Ye reached out and gently shook hands with the other person.

"Would you like to visit our company's various departments? In order to keep up with the current trend of internal strength, our company has already invested a huge amount of money in gene research and development."

"No need. I already made it clear yesterday that I'm here to learn about the Cosmic Storm project. I'm not interested in anything else," Bai Ye said, getting straight to the point.

'My worst fears have come true.' Victor sighed inwardly, but then, without showing any emotion on his face, he nodded and smiled, 'Of course, no problem. Please come with me. All the research data is stored on the seventh floor.'

Led by Victor, Bai Ye and Kingpin, along with their numerous subordinates, headed towards the building.

Passing by the employees sitting upright downstairs, a few people entered the elevator and headed towards the seventh floor.

Upon arriving on the seventh floor, Victor waved, and the pre-prepared 3D projection unfolded in front of Bai Ye.

"The entire experimental project is based on the cosmic particle storm that will occur in a few weeks. We just need to keep the space station in its designated orbit to obtain research data, and then..."

Victor described the project to Bai Ye bit by bit, following the description Reed had given him, without mentioning his previous decision to shut it down.

After Doom finished describing the plan, Bai Ye waved his hand and said, "Alright, I don't care about that. I want to meet the person who carried out this plan."

"Yes, yes, yes." Victor nodded and gave the order. Before long, two men and a woman stood in front of Bai Ye.

Bai Ye sized up the three of them. These should be the future Fantastic Four, but why is one missing?

While Bai Ye was sizing them up, the three of them were also looking at Bai Ye, unable to connect this handsome young man with the inventor of internal energy.

"Mr. Bai, let me introduce you. This is Susan Storm, our company's genetics director. This is Johnny... and lastly, it's me. I will also be traveling to the space station to collect data."

After Victor finished introducing everyone with a smile, Bai Ye frowned and asked, "I remember there was a scientist named Reed who first proposed this plan, wasn't there? Where did he go?"

"Oh, you really are well-informed. Actually, Dr. Reed lost contact with us just yesterday, and no one can find him now," Victor said with a regretful expression.

"You lost contact just yesterday?"

Bai Ye wondered how such a coincidence could happen. He had originally come here hoping to have Reed research a suitable machine for training.

After all, he had no doubt about Mr. Fantastic's scientific research and mischief-making abilities in the Marvel universe.

He arrived and then disappeared?

"Yes, it's really unfortunate, but our project is already very well-developed, and we can proceed normally even without him," Victor assured.

"Alright." Bai Ye nodded and said, "But I've always been very interested in going to space."

"So you mean..." Victor thought of something, and an excited look appeared on his face.

"I want to join the space station, is there a problem?" Bai Ye smiled.

"Of course not, it's always possible if you're willing," Victor said excitedly, feeling that the matter was settled.

"As for the candidates, can I choose them?" Bai Ye asked.

"Selection? How many more people would you like to send to space?"

"No, it's just replacing a few people." Bai Ye said, pointing to Victor, "You and Ben Grimm, you two don't need to go to heaven."

"Ah!" The people present were immediately stunned, not expecting Bai Ye to interfere in the personnel selection process.

Reed's departure already made the number of people in heaven four, and now two more have been removed.

But only Bai Ye knew that Ben would turn into a stone man and lose his wife after going to heaven, and Victor would become Doctor Doom because of this incident. So, out of a desire to do good, it would have been better not to go in the first place.

"I understand." Just as the others were still in shock, Kingpin and Victor suddenly realized something.

After Bai Ye's remark, only Susan and her brother remained, the meaning of which was all too clear.

Kingpin glanced at Bai Ye subconsciously. At 18, it was perfectly normal for him to have feelings for beautiful women.

He had been so busy being attentive that he had forgotten Bai Ye was also a young man, and that he might be using a honey trap. He would make up for it later.

Victor was currently caught in a fierce internal struggle. Susan was his long-time fiancée, how could he easily give her away to someone else? Even if Bai Ye was incredibly wealthy, he couldn't…

"By the way, since I've joined this project, I'll invest too. I'll put in 30 billion to test the waters first. You can allocate all of this money, and we can add more if needed later," Bai Ye said casually, the figure he mentioned being three times the total investment for the entire project.

"Of course, no problem. Have a great time on the space station." Upon hearing about the extra money, Victor, who had been hesitant, readily agreed and happily shook Bai Ye's hand.

Bai Ye was taken aback by the knowing look on the other person's face, wondering if they had misunderstood him.

(End of this chapter)