Chapter 2092: Purposeful Visit

"Huff..." Rui heaved a tired sigh. He had finally completed his final obligation as the leader of his faction. His stakeholders had been stunned by the fact that he was planning to go through with something that extravagant as compensating all of them.

In fact, many of them secretly had their own doubts in regards to whether Rui would actually go through with his promise.

After all, politicians were nothing if not remiss in their promises.

Rui didn't care what they thought.

They would know that he was telling the truth when they saw the money enter their accounts.

"It's all up to you now," he muttered, thinking about his father.

He had done his part. He had already instructed his administration to coordinate with the Emperor so that he didn't have to look into the matter whatsoever. Rui had also passed to his father information packages that conveyed everything he understood about the treasures that he had brought back home.

This way, his father could seamlessly take over their management, including things like the Elder Tree connections and the alien lifeform.

Now, Rui didn't need to think about any of it.

"Except for the Divine Doctor, I suppose," Rui muttered.

That was something that was stuck to him.

On top of that, now that his father's recovery was complete, the doctor was entitled to collect his payment—limited access to the Elder Tree connection, which could not be applied at the moment, or his grandmother's prophecy.

Rui also had some other requests for the Divine Doctor to fulfill sooner rather than later.

"Best to get it done before I jump into my next training phase."

Rui knew himself all too well.

The moment he entered training, everything else would cease to matter. He would single-mindedly focus on getting stronger.

He had already handled the biggest matter at hand regarding his faction.

"Mikhaela," he addressed his chief of staff, "I have some business to attend to. I'll leave the rest to your discretion."

"Understood, sir."

He immediately left for the Kandrian Institute of Biotechnology.

"Understood, sir."

He immediately left for the Kandrian Institute of Biotechnology.

It wasn't long before he found himself in the top-secret lab, facing the Divine Doctor.

The man was buried in the study of a sample underneath an esoteric microscope of sorts.

"Fascinating..." the man murmured to himself as he made mental notes in his mind palace. "Doctor Kar."

Rui gently tried to extricate the man from his research.

If he did hear Rui, then he certainly didn't seem to care, for he didn't so much as acknowledge Rui's presence.

Rui could relate to but not accommodate his antics.

He gently bent heaven and earth, turning the man in his direction.

The Divine Doctor certainly did not like that.

"Unless you are planning on fulfilling your end of the agreement, I can assure you that my work is more important than whatever reason that you have forcefully gathered my attention for."

Rui stared at him for a moment.

He had not forgotten the fact that he had promised the Divine Doctor that he would help the man with his diagnosis of Gaia.

"I won't be commencing that any time soon," Rui calmly replied. "As agreed, I have no constraints or conditions to fulfill your commission."

"Then why are you here?"

"Several things," Rui began. "Now that my father has reawakened, he will take over the management of our deal and will readily fulfill my end of the bargain on my behalf. You can apply for the prophecy of the Silas Clan anytime. The Elder Tree connection will take time."

The Divine Doctor shrugged nonchalantly. "I do not require them at the moment. Rather than using them when I do not really require them, I shall save them for a moment when I truly need one of them."

Rui stirred, accepting his decision.

Although he would rather that the Divine Doctor use them sooner than later, he didn't mind it.

"Alright." Rui shrugged, glancing at the sample the Divine Doctor was studying.

"...How is progress going?"

The Divine Doctor's empty eyes lit up with interest. "It truly is entirely unlike anything that I have ever seen. This creature possesses a micro-biology that is unlike anything that I have ever come across in my entire life. Unlike virtually all life in the world, this creature is not composed of multiple cells." Rui's eyes widened with shock. "...What?"

"It is effectively a single-celled organism!" the Divine Doctor exclaimed. "Thus far, I have determined that the creature is composed of countless layers that are chemically homogenous across each of themselves."

Rui turned to face the alien flora lifeform. "It's made up of layers rather than individual cells...?"

"Incredible, isn't it?" The Divine Doctor turned to face the creature. "It is possible that the native world of this creature supports an entire Tree of Life that is exclusively composed of layer-based life rather than cell-based life. An entirely different model of complex life!"

Rui grew stunned at the Divine Doctor's explanation.

It was truly astounding to know that such a radically different form of lifeform could possibly exist. Rui would be lying if he said that the scientist in him was not deeply curious about this alien life.

It was also no wonder that the Tree of Life model in his Martial Mind instantly deemed the alien flora lifeform creature foreign to the Gaian Tree of Life. It was so radically different on a fundamental basis from pretty much all lifeforms in the Gaian Tree of Life.

Yet, while the scientist in him was curious to know more, the Martial Artist urged that he finish with business.

"That's nice and all, but I need you to come with me. There is a person who requires your services direly."

The Divine Doctor snorted. "That is an entirely meaningless statement. Everyone is in dire need of my services. Gaia is just the most important patient of them all. I'd rather you not impede my time in diagnosing her at all."

"That's not part of our agreement," Rui reminded him.