Exotic Battlefield: I Can Activate Dual Talents
Chapter 97 - 95, Arrest Secretary Hou and ride with the Governor (seeking subscription and monthly pass)

Chapter 97: 95, Arrest Secretary Hou and ride with the Governor (seeking subscription and monthly pass)

"Governor, a message from Blue Star."

The secretary’s voice rang out, and Bai Jingwei hurriedly had him connect the call.

Blue Star reported that they had found Tongyuan Governor Song Qianjun’s secretary, Hou Jin. Blue Star was now tracking his whereabouts and deploying an elite Star Warrior team to arrest him. They estimated the arrest would be completed within four hours and assured Saturn they had the ability and confidence to seize this opportunity, guaranteeing Hou Jin would not escape.

Bai Jingwei nodded. He could do little about the situation on Blue Star from Saturn, so he could only wait for news.

"Alright, everyone, relax. As long as we’ve found their trail, the Federation’s resources will ensure we get to the bottom of this," Bai Jingwei announced. "We all came to see Lu Lin today, so let’s not look so grim."

"Besides..." Bai Jingwei looked around and said, "I hear Lu Lin is holding a Promotion Banquet in Green City tomorrow. If any of you are free, feel free to attend and liven things up."

"Lu Lin is one ofour own native Saturnites. If you all build a good relationship with him, will you still worry about your soldiers being unable to Comprehend Star Skills in the future?" Bai Jingwei added with a smile.

Anyway, he had his plans. His original destination was Green City to discuss its development with the Green City Governor. If the talks went well, the Saturn Governor’s Residence would introduce a series of policies and direct talent and economic investment towards Green City. The goal was to develop it into one of Saturn’s top five cities within twenty years, perhaps even the foremost city. Learning on the way to Maolin that Lu Lin was from Green City had, invisibly, given Green City an additional advantage. His reason for inviting numerous high-ranking military officials to Green City for Lu Lin’s Promotion Banquet wasn’t just about allowing their subordinates to include more promising soldiers; more importantly, he wanted to use personal connections to persuade Lu Lin to stay on Saturn. After Lu Lin graduated from University, even if he did nothing but Guide Star Skills for people and guide the Promotion of exotic beasts on Saturn, it would still elevate Saturn’s standing among the nine major stars of the Federation.

"Great! No problem, Governor Bai. I happen to be free tomorrow. I’ll definitely be there."

"I’ll go too. I think the last time I visited Green City was thirty years ago. It’ll be nice to revisit an old haunt."

"Oh dear, I just remembered my ex-girlfriend from an online romance ended up marrying and having kids in Green City. I might as well check up on her while I’m there."

All the high-ranking officials turned to stare at the speaker, making him look somewhat awkward.

But when his shameless sociability kicked in, there was no stopping him.

"What are you looking at? Jealous I have ex-girlfriends?" he boasted. "Let me tell you, my exes are scattered across the Solar System—Mercury, Mars, Neptune! I even had twin sisters on Blue Star who were head over heels for me back in the day."

"TSK—"

Everyone collectively raised their middle fingers in derision.

Bai Jingwei shook his head and walked out of the Monitoring Room.

He couldn’t quite understand it. The Federation had been in the Interstellar Era for over a thousand years, yet these military men still often came across as unrefined country bumpkins. They were all high-level elite Star Core Warriors, and they’d received years of cultural, etiquette, and arts training at the Federation Military Academies. Yet, their speech was still peppered with crude terms like "momma this" and "daddy that."

Finding Lu Lin, Bai Jingwei cordially invited him to return to Green City together.

The words left Lu Lin stunned and dizzy.

Go to Green City with the Saturn Governor? Take the Governor’s private airplane to Green City? Damn it! I need to take pictures, record videos, and get the Governor’s autograph!

Just now, Hu Nan had explained to him that his ability to help exotic beasts advance was not something everyone could do. No! More accurately, no one else could do it. He was now Saturn’s hot commodity, its gold nugget, its great treasure.

With this new status, Lu Lin also relaxed a bit.

He was a transmigrator, after all. Previously, seeing his father Lu Ping and mother Meng Yu always made them feel like NPCs to him. But people are emotional creatures; how could he maintain that mindset indefinitely? In the end, it was when he was preparing to leave Saturn that he had finally accepted his parents in this life. Naturally, because of this, he also felt a stronger sense of belonging to Saturn and the Human Federation. Since he couldn’t go back... he would treat this place as his home.

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The airplane landed smoothly, and Lu Lin followed Bai Jingwei out of the aircraft cabin.

The countless Saturnian local media and reporters from other planets stationed on Saturn, who had been waiting at the airport, immediately erupted into a frenzy.

Big news! This was big news!

Unexpectedly, there was a young man, looking no older than eighteen, beside Bai Jingwei. And as they emerged from the aircraft cabin, Bai Jingwei had even leaned in to whisper cordially to the young man for a considerable time.

Was this youth a descendant of Bai Jingwei’s family? It was known that Bai Jingwei was 377 years old, with four sons and one daughter; his family relationships were relatively simple. But no one had ever heard of Bai Jingwei having such a young relative. An illegitimate child? No one dared to even consider such a scandal; how incredibly bold would Bai Jingwei have to be to bring his own illegitimate child off the airplane on such an important occasion?

"Governor Bai, good evening! I’m a reporter from the Saturn Citizen Newspaper. May I ask the identity of the young man accompanying you..."

"Governor Bai, hello! I’m a reporter from the Mars Light Newspaper. Could you tell us why you’ve brought this young man with you on your visit to Green City..."

"Governor Bai, greetings! I’m from the Neptune Zanan Daily. May I ask why you suddenly departed from Green City after arriving this afternoon? Is it related to this young man..."

"Governor Bai, this young man is..."

"Governor Bai..."

A large crowd of reporters didn’t wait for Bai Jingwei to descend the stairs before thrusting their cameras—long lenses like spears, short ones like cannons—towards him, asking all sorts of questions.

Flashes of white light burst intermittently, making Lu Lin cover his eyes in discomfort.

Ever since a Biological Chip had been implanted in him on Saturn, Lu Lin had rarely seen people using professional cameras for photos. He hadn’t expected to suddenly encounter so many using professional cameras with flashes now.

Governor Bai stopped, saying nothing.

Lu Lin, following behind, naturally wouldn’t overstep.

The Green City Governor had already directed personnel from the city’s Detective Department to maintain security and restore order. The reporters then realized they had been too impulsive. Following the Detective Department’s guidance, they retreated more than ten steps and stood neatly behind the established cordon.

Only then did Bai Jingwei offer a faint smile and speak, "Please calm down, everyone. This young man is not my descendant, but a genius youth from our Saturn’s Green City."

"Over the past few days, Lu Lin, as an official Star Guide, has worked tirelessly helping thousands of people Comprehend Star Skills."

"His success rate in Guiding Star Skills is 100%, and the probability of recipients Comprehending Double Star Skills has reached 8.92%."

"He is an exceptionally rare genius Star Guide for our Saturn."

A wave of astonishment swept through the reporters.

In their memories, Bai Jingwei was a governor of considerable gravitas, one who rarely praised or reprimanded others, always maintaining a calm expression regardless of the situation. Publicly released photos rarely showed Bai Jingwei losing his composure. Indeed, it was precisely for this reason that Bai Jingwei had earned a reputation among Saturnites for being inscrutable, never easily revealing his joy or anger.

This time, he was unusually praising Lu Lin so highly in public. Was there some hidden signal in this? The reporters couldn’t be sure.