This person shouldn't be here.

The Marshal sized up the man without batting an eyelid.

The Minister of Scientific Research was still wearing the same clothes he had worn during the court session. However, he looked much cleaner than he did at the end of the court session. He had probably taken good care of himself. Even his hairstyle had been specially groomed.

No matter what, this person shouldn't be here.

This was a residential area for military families. Without the approval of the people inside, even the Minister of Scientific Research had no authority to enter.

After all, the military and government of the Empire were separated and restrained by each other. The military was in a sensitive position and had a huge military force in their hands. As a restraint, they had to keep their family members on the Imperial Planet, which was the center of the political center.

Under the eyes of the political side, the military naturally had to provide the most stringent protection for their family members.

Therefore, this person shouldn't be here.

Ji Xiuyun glanced at the Minister of Scientific Research and then looked in the direction he had come from. He thought about the distribution of the residents in this residential area and immediately understood where this person had come from.

His tone was calm, as if he was stating a fact. "I'm looking for Marshal Kevin."

The Minister of Scientific Research's face turned even uglier.

After all, he was still a researcher. For the Marshal, who was well-versed in interrogation methods, putting pressure on this person and adding psychological hints was child's play.

Most of the soldiers who knew how to interrogate had dark and dirty hearts. They knew very well how to take things slowly. If they slowed down, they would increase the pressure on the subject through psychological hints.

The Marshal's calm and confident look made it seem as if he knew everything.

The Minister of Scientific Research couldn't help but wonder if someone had planted a spy around him.

His expression was very ugly.

Ji Xiuyun saw his expression and knew that he was right.

Unfortunately, this person didn't know that Marshal Kevin was on his side.

Yue An looked at the chubby human in front of him and then turned to look at Ji Xiuyun, who was dressed in a black military uniform. After thinking for a while, he turned back and walked to Ji Xiuyun's feet. He gently rubbed against the leg of Ji Xiuyun's trousers to show his intimacy.

"Meow."

No matter what, he's a member of my family.

Other than me, no one is allowed to bully Ji Xiuyun.

The Marshal lowered his eyes and looked at the Yue An who was meowing at him. He bent down and picked up the little white furball, allowing the Yue An to climb up his arm and squat on his shoulder.

She didn't even mind that the sleeves of her military uniform were dirtied by her little paws.

He gently patted the spot that was stained with dust. Then, he took a step forward and leaped over the Research Minister, who was frozen in place.

"Which way?" asked the Marshal.

"Meow!" Yue An pointed at the path on the right.

The Marshal nodded slightly and turned to follow the path that Yue An had pointed out.

The Yue An turned around and glanced at the person who was still standing at the same spot. After thinking for a while, it extended its claws and waved a wisp of spiritual energy onto the person's body to make a mark.

Ji Xiuyun seemed to have sensed something. He turned his head slightly but didn't find anything unusual. "What are you doing?"

"Meow." Yue An rubbed against the Marshal's face perfunctorily.

It was furry and carried the warmth of the sun.

Therefore, the Marshal didn't ask any more questions.

He only reminded the Marshal, "Those who wear that kind of uniform are not good people. If you see them in the future …"

The Marshal thought for a while and said, "Either beat them up or run."

The uniforms of the ordinary researchers in the Research Department were different from the uniforms of the higher-ups in the Research Department.

No matter where it was or what era it was, there would always be something that represented privilege and a sense of superiority.

This was the case even in the Research Department.

Their work only overlapped. Most of the ordinary researchers were still the type who did research according to the rules and made contributions to human society.

To give a simple example, the takeout box that Yue An used earlier was the invention of a group of plant science researchers in the Research Department.

After all, the Imperial Research Office was the holy land for biology students from all the major universities. It gathered the best biology researchers from all 18 major galaxies in the Empire of Sintes. In terms of achievements in biology, if the Imperial Research Office said that they were second, no research institute would dare to say that they were first.

However, no matter which industry, there would always be crazy people who desperately pursued the extreme. They didn't care about human relations, didn't care about the law, and weren't afraid to reach out and touch taboos.

The law of the Empire stated that except for criminals who had committed heinous crimes and were sentenced to death, it was strictly forbidden to conduct research on innocent intelligent life forms.

Cloning was not allowed to happen no matter what. In order to prevent cloning technology from becoming a popular technology, after the living environment of humans stabilized, even the cloning technology for livestock was directly destroyed.

There would always be people who wanted to touch things that they shouldn't touch. It should be known that once a mature industry was developed, there would be a large number of human trafficking, human rights, human relations, and social problems.

Wantonly manipulating the lives of others was a taboo.

Once the arrogance hidden in human nature was released without scruples, it would become Pandora's Box, bringing disaster to the world that was close to destruction.

Even today, with the rapid development of life science, humans could not lose the most basic respect for intelligence and life forms.

The people in the Research Department who were immersed in the cutting edge of biology and eventually fell into madness scoffed at these legal provisions and human ethics.

The Empire of Sintes, with its huge population, had never lacked criminals who were sentenced to death, but most of the criminals had nothing special to commend.

For example, SS-level genes.

The Marshal of that time had fallen into their guns.

SS-level gene bodies were so precious that this group of crazy people who were tired of human research threw aside their pride and concerns and rushed to the Army to snatch him away.

Ji Xiuyun did not want to recall what happened in the two months after he was taken away by the Research Department.

He overturned the experimental bench and made a big deal out of it before he was finally able to return to the army. Since then, he had gritted his teeth and rushed to the forefront of the battlefield. He had become Marshal of a country in his seventies. Even the founding emperor of the Empire of Sintes did not have such combat power.

Even Marshal Kevin, who had propped up an era, was only promoted to Marshal at the age of 122.

Why did Ji Xiuyun work so hard?

In the beginning, it was to protect himself. At least he was outstanding and had the attention of tens of thousands of people. The group of people in the Research Department who always had their eyes on him could not do anything to him directly. They could only think of other ways to deal with him.

Therefore, the Marshal knew very well what the people who stood at the top of the current Research Department were doing in private.

They did not miss a single one of the forbidden experiments.

If it were not for the fact that they had not done any research on SS-level gene bodies and did not know the strength of his body, Ji Xiuyun felt that he would have died on the experimental bench. He would not have had the opportunity to observe the situation and secretly flip the cards.

Ji Xiuyun didn't reject people who were sincere in their pursuit of knowledge, but he deeply detested those people from the Imperial Research Department, and even the entire Imperial Research Department was an eyesore.

In the entire Imperial Research Office, except for the few people who wanted to control him, no one dared to show their presence in front of him.

"Those people are also after you."

The Marshal walked forward and remembered that someone had sent him a strongly worded document in the name of the Research Department. He reminded him, "If you go out alone, be careful. Don't capsize."

Yue An jumped down from Ji Xiuyun's shoulder and turned to look at the serious face of the other party. It could not help but sit up straight.

"Meow!"

The Marshal was very satisfied that his cat listened to him.

He was even happier when he realized that his cat had brought him out to enjoy the delicious food.

After so many years, the Marshal had practiced a good skill to quickly adjust his mood. At this moment, the unhappiness of facing the annoying faces for the whole day disappeared. Along with the delicious food, it was the joy of making the higher-ups restless.

Ji Xiuyun could not help but rub Yue An's head. Yue An, who was immersed in eating, pushed his hand away with its paw.

"Meow!"

Eat, eat, don't be so touchy!

The Marshal looked expressionlessly at Yue An, who had his head lowered and was slowly sipping on his food. He reached out and pulled the plate in front of him over.

Yue An, "???"

"I'll feed you."

The Marshal said. Then, he picked up the knife and fork and skillfully cut the meat on the plate into pinky-sized pieces. Then, he poked a piece of meat and handed it to Yue An.

Yue An looked at the small piece of meat, then at Ji Xiuyun. Then, it stretched its head out and bit on the piece of meat.

The dishes recommended by the group of overlord VIPs tasted pretty good. The Marshal restrained himself from overeating. Yue An, on the other hand, did not hesitate to eat all the dishes recommended.

The universe was so big. They could eat one restaurant today and another tomorrow.

After eating in the Imperial Capital, there were other cities. After eating in the Imperial Planet, there were other planets.

Yue An nestled in the Marshal's pocket and licked its paws. It felt like heaven here.

The Marshal took his cat home.

The sky was already dark. The stars were a little dim. The small stone lamp in the courtyard emitted a soft light.

Usually, at this time, the Marshal would be galloping around the virtual training room or various battle platforms.

But today, he subtly wanted to rest.

Yue An was carried into the bedroom by the Marshal's pocket. Then, he was thrown onto the bed with the cat and his clothes.

The white furball nestled in the pocket for a while. Then, it struggled to poke its little head out from under the high-quality military jacket.

He looked at the empty room and then at the bathroom door where the sound of water came from. Then, he ran to the box that he had torn to pieces and pulled out a piece of spirit stone.

Then, he went to the living room and brought the optical computer.

When the Marshal Ji walked out with a towel, he saw the white furball sitting obediently on the carpet. It raised its head and met his gaze with its blue cat eyes.

Yue An's voice was coquettish and sticky. "Meow."

Every time it meowed in such a delicate voice, it was most likely asking for something.

Ji Xiuyun, whose cat language skills had improved by leaps and bounds, looked at Yue An without batting an eyelid.

Yue An patted the spirit stone beside him. Then, it reached out its paw and pushed the optical computer forward.

Then, it began to act coquettishly again.

The Marshal looked at the energy crystal. Then, he raised his head and glanced at the broken box that was full in the morning. Now, there wasn't much left. He immediately understood what Yue An wanted.

"You want to buy an energy crystal?"

Yue An's ears perked up.

"Meow!"

If he wanted to buy an energy crystal, he had to go to the offline black market.

The Marshal looked at his schedule. "Tomorrow will do."

Yue An ran to the Marshal's side with its short legs. It rubbed against the Marshal's bare calf. "Meow ~"

The Marshal said, "You're not allowed to go."

Yue An stopped rubbing.

He looked up at the Marshal. Without saying anything, he turned around and jumped onto the bed. Then, he rolled into the soft blanket.

Early the next morning.

The Marshal had just changed into his regular clothes and walked to the door when Yue An pounced on him.

Ji Xiuyun's footsteps stopped at the door.

The Marshal looked at Yue An, who was hugging his arm tightly and wouldn't let go. When he touched him, it would let out a heart-wrenching howl as if he was abusing a cat. The Marshal remained silent.

Yue An met his calm gaze. It licked its little nose. As it howled, it silently hugged its four paws tighter.

No one could reject a cute kitten!

No one!