Becoming A Tech Tycoon Begins With Regression

Chapter 239 239: In The Simulation With Lillian

"...."

Ethan turned around to see Lillian's eyes stuck on him causing him to chuckle as he set two plates on the table and he also sat down.

"Eat," he simply said as he picked up his fork and dug into the plate of food he just made.

Lillian wanted to say something else, but seeing how focused he was on eating, she figured they'd save that for later.

Besides, it has been a while since she ate his cooking, so she also picked up a fork and dug in.

***

A few minutes later, the two stood in the kitchen, handling the dishes.

"So," Lillian started, "mind telling what you've been up to, the past two days?"

Ethan paused before turning to her with a small smile on his face as he answered, "a lot."

Of course he has been up to a lot, after all he had created a freaking clone of himself and a teleportation machine.

How had he done that in just two days? Well, that's what she was hoping to know.

Ethan, seeing that she wasn't satisfied with that answer, dried his hand and placed it on her head, "don't overthink it, your boyfriend's just a genius that's way above his time."

Well, that successfully got a chuckle out of her, as she also dried her hands and they walked back to the living room.

"How's OmniTech's expansion going?" Ethan asked when they were comfortably on the couch.

"Just as planned," Lillian answered, "Irina's handling the Asian expansion."

Speaking of which, Ethan and Irina had also officially started dating, though it was something only a handful of people knew, which only included Irina's father.

But that didn't include Ethan's identity as OmniTech, not yet anyway.

Lillian didn't look bothered when she mentioned it, she had already approved of their relationship, as long as Ethan remembered who was first.

"I see," He nodded, "then I guess it's time we start working on the Antarctica base."

Lillian sat up straight before asking, "you haven't told me what that base is for."

"To prepare for war," Ethan said with a straight face.

"War?" Lillian questioned, a bit confused.

After all, with most of the world leaders having willingly accepted the nanobots into their systems, they were all basically now in his palm, so she saw no need for war.

Seeing her confusion Ethan smiled and explained, "more specifically, it's a war against aliens."

It took Lillian a couple of seconds to process what he just said before she slowly repeated, "aliens?"

"Hmm," Ethan nodded.

"Aliens are real?" She questioned again.

"Yes," He answered, "and we have a scout visiting us in less than a year, which is why I'm accelerating our preparations."

Lillian stared at him, searching his face for even the faintest hint of a joke.

There was none.

"…a scout," she said slowly. "You're telling me an alien scout is coming to Earth."

"Yeah," he nodded again, "and it might be my fault."

"How so?" She turned towards him.

"I sent out a signal from something they had been searching for, and now, they're sending a scout to confirm if that thing is truly on earth."

"And I'm guessing they wouldn't just peacefully retrieve it," Lillian said.

"No," Ethan shook his head, "well, even if they were, I wouldn't just hand it to them."

It might've sounded pretty greedy coming from him, but there was no way he would give up the system.

Especially considering the fact that it couldn't be removed from him whilst alive.

Ethan carefully looked at Lillian's reaction, but instead of what he expected, she just leaned back against the couch, exhaling as she ran a hand through her hair.

There was still a bit of doubt, but this was Ethan Carter saying something, he was hardly ever wrong.

"And you're certain?"

There was no judgement or any type of call out in her voice, she seemed ready to go with whatever consequences his decisions brought, even if that meant calling in attackers from outer space.

Ethan looked at her for a short while before smiling and saying, "how about I show you instead?"

He knew that she believed him, but understandably, there was still a bit of lingering doubt, which would work to erase any doubt in her mind.

***

The two were in the lab again where clone Ethan was done running tests on himself and had already created another simulation chair, this one for Lillian.

It was also done as a test to confirm whether or not his clone could use the system or not, and the answer was yes.

"I still can't get used to seeing two of you," Lillian said as she watched two Ethan's setting up the simulation chairs.

"Shouldn't you be happy," Ethan teased with a grin, "after all, there's more of me to go around."

Lillian shot him a flat look. "Don't push it."

Ethan laughed, lifting his hands in surrender. "Alright, alright. Bad joke."

He shook his head, still smiling, then motioned toward the newly created simulation chair. "Jokes aside, this is why I brought you here."

Lillian's gaze shifted to the chair. It looked similar to the one at its side, but the materials seemed a lot high quality and rarer.

"What exactly am I about to see?" she asked.

"A memory," Ethan replied.

"Whose memory?" Lillian questioned, looking directly at him.

"Mine," Ethan simply said, "and also visual data of our incoming visitors."

"I see," Lillian nodded, more than anything, she was curious to see his memories after all, she barely knew anything about him.

She knew he was an orphan, and had been taken care of by María later in his life, but that was it.

There were unexplainable things that she knew nothing about, and she had a feeling that this memory simulation would show her everything she needed to know.

"Don't worry, it's safe," Ethan said, seeing her go silent, "besides, I'll be in there with you."

"Alright," she nodded and took a seat, noticing how comfortable it was, "let's get started."

Ethan picked up the helmet, bent down a bit and muttered, "see you in there."