"Thank you, I'm not really interested, I'm just lazy, I'd rather go back and lie down."
Li Ming politely declines, thinking there's nothing good about exploring here, the confidential places won't let him in, it's a waste of time.
Monika smiles, tactfully skipping the topic, and they chat casually.
Li Ming is quite curious about the process of tuning the Advanced Gene Seed.
Monika explains the array to him in detail.
...
Meanwhile, at the headquarters of the Empire's military base in the Sea of Stars.
Today, the place is exceptionally solemn, with Empire warships filling the surroundings, broad silence.
In the central area, on a floating platform, stand a few figures, with lumps of flesh and blood bouncing in the starfield around them.
On the surface, bulging veins appear, twisting like worms, seeming alive, incessantly contracting, expanding, emanating a nauseating stench.
Between them, there are faint blood-red fissures, like some sort of pathways.
