The Lord Demon King is Unfathomable!

Chapter 1291 - 380: Colin’s “Opportunistic Act”_2

"Perhaps you think it's no big deal, let them talk, but for those opposing you, it's already enough! They can immediately use today's resolution to justifiably take back your control over the Void Realm and prove to everyone how their 'caution' today is so foresighted, certainly not just a pretext to seize power under the guise of righteousness!"

Luo Yan watched Professor Hector with great interest as he read the newspaper, picked up the teapot on the table, and poured himself a cup of tea, taking a small sip.

Such a small trick naturally couldn't escape his eyes, and he wasn't interested in Professor Hector's roundabout analysis.

He was interested in Professor Hector himself.

This old professor was interpreting each word on the newspaper word for word, analyzing with great detail, that obsequious manner as if tasting the overnight dishes' saltiness from a master's spoon, and then guessing what the master would excrete tomorrow.

Although he was completely unaware that this was a form of "flattery," instead taking it as remarkable "wisdom."

Of course, Luo Yan didn't mock Hector, after all, the wisdom to survive is a form of wisdom as well, and it wasn't Hector's own fault.

For a long time, the Academic State has systematically produced these overworked but obedient tools by artificially creating resource scarcity and unequal opportunities, and Hector was merely one of the outstanding individuals to emerge from this system, while the "Minos" who didn't stand out were everywhere in the Sage-gathered High Tower.

And this is also the soil where the "corrosion" of the Demon King could take root, strictly speaking, he should thank them.

The light needs shadows for contrast.

As Hector was about to continue his lengthy discourse, analyzing the profound impact of this matter on the Elemental School and even the entire Radical Faction, Luo Yan finally raised his hand, gently interrupting him.

"Professor, I'm not interested in the sages' sentiments, just as they are actually not interested in my thoughts and theories...telling me these things has no meaning at all."

Hector's impassioned speech abruptly halted, staring at him in a daze.

Luo Yan paused for a moment, suddenly switched to a tone of great interest, and picked up the newspaper pointed out by Hector's forefinger again.

"However...I'm very interested in this 'serious accident' mentioned in the newspaper."

As he spoke, his slender fingers accurately pointed to that inconspicuous number—"178th Void Realm." The Sage Report used it as evidence to prove that the success of the 440th Void Realm was merely coincidental. But in his view, the failure of this Void Realm was merely due to the experimenter's stupidity.

In the end, the guy was only concerned with his own interests, what he wanted, without asking what the opposite side behind the Void Realm wanted.

This is not called "communication."

If the 178th Void Realm had provided any enlightenment for Master Merk, it could only warn him with the history of the Gray Man—their own fate!

Or the fate of "arrogance"...

"...Master Merk's experiment failed, and that world is said to have become an 'irretrievable wasteland'? I'm very curious, specifically, what kind of wasteland is it?"

This abrupt transition completely stalled Hector's train of thought, leaving him stunned by this peculiar attention point, he nodded subconsciously and followed up with a reply.

"Yes, as for what kind... it's said that the civilization there has completely collapsed, the Gray Man, unable to endure sacrifices, killed their savior, resulting in the void behind becoming a dead land without faith or Soul, even worse than the filthy ruins it once was, holding no research or development value at all..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Luo Yan slowly stand up.

In that moment, Hector saw in the eyes of this young Prince a radiance he had never seen in the eyes of other scholars.

It was a radiance mixed with curiosity and absolute confidence, like a navigator sailing in unknown seas discovering new treasures.

"Is that so? But I don't think so," Luo Yan's voice carried a hint of a smile, "Maybe I can try to see if I can...rescue it."

The office fell into dead silence.

Hector sat dumbfounded on the sofa, as if left in disarray by the cold winds of a snowy field, completely unable to comprehend the other party's leap of logic.

He intended to warn a lamb about to venture into a pack of wolves, remind him of the dangers and scheming ahead, yet never expected this "lamb's" gaze from the beginning to transcend those snarling wolves, directly targeting the scorched land avoided by all the wolf packs.

His Adam's apple moved, painfully squeezing out a sentence.

"That might be difficult...the 178th Void Realm is a resource under Master Merk's name, even if...even if it has become a wasteland, no Master would voluntarily give up their realm unless the council stripped it of its ownership."

This is an unbreakable rule within the Academic State.

Every Void Realm, whether barren or prosperous, is a symbol of a Master's status and qualification. Especially for someone like Merk, who is "young and promising" but still has shallow qualifications.

He didn't need to guess to know, there was definitely someone standing behind this individual, just unsure which high-ranking person it was.

However, after hearing what Hector said, Luo Yan merely smiled and shook his head, calmly speaking.

"You're right, Void Realm resources are very valuable, but that was when the 178th Void Realm still had value...as for now, it's more like a troublesome burden that can't be shaken off."