<h4>Chapter 1130: Chapter 1137: Stubbornness</h4>


    "Ling Chen, your father is currently on a secret mission, and I can’t reveal too much information to you at the moment. You know your father’s capabilities, once hepletes the mission, I..."


    Before Ling Tao could finish his words, Ling Chen impatiently interrupted, "Stop giving me so much nonsense, I’m fed up with it. You guys keep telling me this is confidential, that is confidential, this can’t be said, that can’t be said, only when things reach me do you reveal a bit of information. Do you think I’m some beggar that can be easily dismissed? Let me tell you, if you don’t rify things for me this time, don’te to me for anything in the future. Also, don’t me me if I do something outrageous, don’te to reproach me."


    "You... you’re really stubborn, aren’t you." Ling Tao’s tone carried a hint of helplessness, "Didn’t I tell you before? There are things I’m not withholding from you, but... telling you now won’t benefit you, it’ll only add unnecessary worries."


    "I believe you have your good intentions, but I don’t want to be a puppet thates and goes at yourmand. If you want me to do these things, at least tell me the reason, let me know why I’m doing them. If you truly consider me one of your own, you shouldn’t keep everything from me. Do you know, the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion has already issued the Heavenly Mechanism Order, sending people all over to hunt my father, and you’re well aware of my rtionship with the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion. Do you understand how difficult it is for me to be caught in the middle? I’m worried every day at home, fearful that something terrible might happen to my dad. And you all, not saying a word, not even reachable when I need help, have you considered my feelings?" Ling Chen grew more agitated as he spoke, and even he, who was usually calm, couldn’t quite control his emotions.


    "Alright, I understand your point." Ling Tao was silent for a moment, then said, "Hand the phone to porridge girl, I have something to tell her."


    "Fine, if you understand, if you want my help, don’t treat me like an outsider." With that, Ling Chen handed the phone over to porridge girl.


    It’s unclear what Ling Tao said to porridge girl, but she responded a few times and then hung up the phone.


    "What did he say?" Ling Chen asked.


    "He said... since you want to know, I’ll tell you some things first. As for the rest, he’ll personally speak to youter. Follow me, I’ll take you somewhere." With that, porridge girl proceeded directly to the core area of the base.


    After passing through four explosion-proof doors, Ling Chen followed porridge girl into a hiddenboratory.


    As the door to theboratory slowly opened, Ling Chen was immediately stunned by the scene in front of him.


    In the massiveboratory, various instruments and equipment were on disy, but more eye-catching were over a dozen two-meter-long transparent cultivation tanks. Inside those tanksy a man each. But that’s not the most shocking part. The most astonishing was that the men looked exactly the same, as if carved from the same mold.


    This... this is... clone?


    Ling Chen stared dazedly at the tanks, his mind unable to react.


    He had always thought that only those who crossed the moral line, like the God Organization, would do such things, but he hadn’t expected Ling Tao and his people were conducting such forbidden experiments too.


    "Porridge girl, what exactly is going on?" Ling Chen asked after regaining his senses.


    "Don’t get excited, let me exin, it’s not what you think," porridge girl said. "As you can see, these are gic clones, created over decades of research, resulting in so many test subjects. We’ve paid a heavy price for these test subjects."


    Ling Chen waved his hand, "Don’t tell me about things that don’t matter, I just want to know why you’re conducting such experiments."


    For a long time, Ling Chen fought against the God Organization primarily because they vited human morals and experimented on innocent people over the line. In his view, the God Organization was evil, ambitious, and had to be eradicated. Now, with Ling Tao’s involvement in such experiments, what’s the difference from the God Organization? Ling Chen felt confused, had he chosen the wrong side all along?


    Seeing Ling Chen’s dazed look, porridge girl exined, "Ling Chen, don’t overthink. We’re different from the God Organization. They’re willing to use any means to achieve their goals, but our experiments have never harmed any innocent person. Follow me, let me show you something."


    With that, porridge girl walked to a refrigerated box, entered a triple password, and the box door slowly opened.


    With a burst of cold air from the box, Ling Chen’s expression changed slightly. He was surprised to see a severed arm inside the box.


    This... looking at the severed arm, it seemed intensely familiar to Ling Chen. That’s right! During his first meeting with Ling Tao, he was trying to seize a metal password box Ling Tao had. Inside that box was a severed arm. At the time, Ling Tao told him that this arm was crucial to future victory or defeat.


    Whenever he recalled Ling Tao’s words, he felt incredulous. He couldn’t understand how a severed arm could rte to future victory or defeat.


    "You’ve seen this severed arm before, all our experiments are based on it, including those clones. Our researchers extracted genes from this arm and then created these clones," porridge girl said.


    "Who does this severed arm belong to?"


    "I don’t know, it’s confidential, very few people are aware. If you want to find out, you’ll have to ask Ling Tao. He’s the one handling these matters, including this research base, which he manages entirely. When we talked on the phone, Ling Tao told me he’lle to the base after dealing with other matters, so you can ask him anything you don’t understand then."


    "Alright, I’ll definitely find him to get rity." Ling Chen nodded. This time he was determined, regardless of what excuses Ling Tao might have, to get to the bottom of everything, including the internal struggles within the Ling Family and their causes.


    Upon leaving the base, Ag’s subordinate found Ling Chen and informed him that Zhu Hong had gone missing, and the search troops had returned. Ling Chen wasn’t surprised, knowing Zhu Hong was cunning and must have had a fallback n. Moreover, intelligence indicated that Zhu Hong seemed to have personal protection.


    Although he couldn’t capture Zhu Hong, from this incident, Ling Chen was already able to confirm that Zhu Hong had been recruited by the southern faction of the Ling Family.


    Taking advantage of everyone’s distraction while cleaning the battlefield, Ling Chen made a call to Hu Fei, who was far away in East Sea City. He was abroad at the moment, but Old K was still in East Sea City, posing a threat that couldn’t be ignored, who knew what his next target might be.