Kajin's grand undertaking of exploring a new continent had ended in failure. At the same time, the officials who had experienced this from the perspective of a bystander could fully see the absolute indifference of the king of Twice-cooked Pork.
The loss of the national treasure, the Gu pot, the death of all his relatives, the failure of the great expedition, and the death of countless loyal subordinates …
None of these could make Twice-cooked Pork feel the slightest sense of defeat, nor could it overshadow his yearning and expectation for [Hope].
Perhaps it was a kind of yearning that he had no choice but to yearn for.
Because of the failure, Twice-cooked Pork could only turn his attention to the [Hope] brought back by Bujand's team.
Just like the name of the unknown item, it might be the second step of Kajin's great expedition.
The strong smell of oil in the room made a few people frown. The light from the high-wattage incandescent lamps shone on the cold white walls, making the room as bright as day.
Twice-cooked Pork slowly stopped and stared at Bujand's tall figure from behind with bright eyes.
The officials who came with him, including Giles, who was technically an outsider, all stopped along with Twice-cooked Pork and looked at the furnishings and the situation in the room.
The room was very large, more than three times the size of a normal laboratory. There were only a few pieces of equipment visible to the naked eye. Instead, there were huge steel barrels that reached to the ceiling.
These huge barrels were usually placed outdoors to store some kind of liquid. But at this moment, they were placed in an orderly manner in the laboratory, giving off a sense of incongruity.
Thick black pipes extended from the bottom of the barrels. Looking along the black pipes, a transparent square box about half the size of the barrels stood near the wall in the depths of the room.
The box stored a viscous dark brown liquid. Judging from the smell in the air, the liquid was oil.
The black pipes extended from the barrels to the bottom of the box. It could be seen that most of the oil in the box was transported from the barrels.
The transparent box was about four meters tall. Bujand stood in front of the box. Looking from afar, he was much shorter than the box.
He was only one step away from the transparent box. His eyes were focused on the oil in the box that showed no signs of flowing. To be more precise, he was looking at the knuckle-sized roots that occupied the glass wall of the box like the tentacles of an octopus.
It was a kind of root that looked like a peeled yam. Its snow-white color made it stand out in the dark brown oil.
Bujand was so focused that even the messy footsteps of Twice-cooked Pork and his team could not pull him back from his thoughts.
He just stood there, motionless. Twice-cooked Pork stopped and looked at his back without saying anything.
Just like that, the room suddenly fell into a slightly strange silence.
The person in charge of the base who led Twice Cooked Pork and the others to the room carefully glanced at Bi Yangde, who stood motionless in front of the box. Then, he carefully glanced at the silent King of Twice Cooked Pork. He thought to himself, What's going on? Why don't you say something?
. The person in charge felt an inexplicable pressure. He wanted to break the silence, but he was worried that he would cause trouble. So he kept quiet and forgot his original intention of introducing the oil barrels.
After a while, Twice-cooked Pork calmed down and broke the silence first.
"Bujand."
"Hmm?"
Bujand looked back in shock. When he saw Twice-cooked Pork and his team, his eyes were filled with surprise. But he calmed down in an instant. He glanced at the submissive person in charge of the base.
He did not inform him of such a big event like Twice-cooked Pork's return.
Bujand was unhappy, but he would not lose his temper on the spot. He calmly glanced at Giles and his team. Finally, he locked his gaze on Twice-cooked Pork.
"You're finally back, Your Majesty."
Bujand walked toward Twice-cooked Pork with a smile on his face. He opened his arms and strode toward Twice-cooked Pork as if he wanted to welcome the return of the Twice-cooked Pork King with a big hug.
"Bujand, let's skip the pleasantries. You don't like this, do you?"
"Haha."
Bi Yang De was noncommittal. He let out a hearty laugh and withdrew his arm naturally.
He walked to Twice-cooked Pork and glanced at Giles. Then, he lowered his head to look at Twice-cooked Pork and said, "Your Majesty, you came back just in time. It's the time for 'Cameron' to mature."
Twice-cooked Pork squinted his eyes and asked with interest, "Cameron? You're the one who brought back hope? "
Giles, who belonged to the Underground Ferry Bureau, felt his eyelids twitch. He waited in silence.
"That's right. Cameron is one of the hope I brought back."
Bujand did not seem to care about Giles's identity as an outsider. He even acted as if he did not mind the news being leaked.
One of the …
Giles lowered his head slightly to hide his shock. In other words, Bujand's team brought back more than one hope.
Twice-cooked Pork opened his eyes and looked at the calm Bujand in surprise. At this moment, Twice-cooked Pork suddenly realized that Bujand's pupils had turned red like flames.
However, compared to the color of Bujand's pupils, Twice-cooked Pork was more interested in Cameron's information. Just as he was about to ask further, he heard the middle-aged woman he relied on speak.
"Cameron means' rebirth 'in the common language of the continent." The middle-aged woman did not hide her interest in Cameron. She looked up at the tall and strong Bujand and said seriously, "Could this be the effect of Cameron?"
"Oh?"
Twice-cooked Pork was stunned. He looked at Bujand to see how Bujand would react. However, he could only see calmness.
Bujand used Kajin's language to address Cameron. Just as the middle-aged woman said, it meant 'rebirth' in the common language of the continent.
"Who is this?"
Bujand did not deny it. Instead, he looked at the middle-aged woman with interest.
She interrupted their conversation. This obviously crossed the line but did not make Twice-cooked Pork angry. It could be seen how important this woman was to Twice-cooked Pork.
In addition, she was wearing a white coat. She was obviously a researcher who specialized in technology …
"She's Guzana, the person in charge of the special task force. It's all thanks to her that I'm able to come back this time," Twice-cooked Pork introduced.
Bujand was even more surprised. It was rare for Twice-cooked Pork to place so much importance on Twice-cooked Pork. It seemed that this woman named Guzana was a rare talent.
"Oh, nice to meet you."
Bujand nodded and changed the topic. "Cameron's effect is indeed 'rebirth'."
As soon as he said that, everyone present was shocked.
A hope that could allow people to be reborn?
This was the first time they had come into contact with hope at such a close distance.
"I went to the Darkness Continent with the intention of bringing back the 'alchemy plant Metarion'. However, I didn't find it. Instead, I accidentally discovered Metarion, which is also an alchemy plant."
Bujand turned to look at the transparent box filled with oil.
Everyone followed his gaze and looked at the box.
At this moment, a light spot appeared in the murky brown liquid.
"Cultivating Cameron requires a large amount of oil. However, Cameron's maturation period is very short. It only takes about three months."
Biyang De looked at the light emitted from the oil with great anticipation.
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