Chapter 248: Magnus Arclight And Cecilia Arclight

[The Zenith Train traveled underground for several seconds until it arrived in an underground facility.]

[The walls and flooring were all in white, and there were a bunch of machines and gadgets that you couldn’t recognize without using the hint prompt.]

[Aside from that, you also spotted a bunch of people in lab coats moving erratically as if panicking. However, after you used the hint prompt on them, none of them were the two scientists you were looking for.]

[Guessing that they likely had their own floor and underground laboratory, you let the Zenith Train follow the absolute compass’s magnetic needle.]

[After traveling deeper for what seemed like twenty floors, you soon arrived in a much emptier underground floor.]

[Machines and gadgets you couldn’t recognize were still present. But unlike the upper underground floors, there weren’t any scientists panicking here.]

[Instead, you could see a man and woman arguing in front of a holographic figure of what appeared to be an old man.]

[The handsome black-haired man in a lab coat who seemed to be in his mid-twenties is Magnus Arclight. As for the woman with long, silky black hair, crimson red eyes, who was in the same attire and age as Magnus, she was none other than Cecilia Arclight, Magnus’s wife.]

[Slamming her fist on a table, Cecilia argued towards that holographic old man, "My husband, I won’t take the blame for your incompetence!"]

["We had suggested before to send a Gene Warlord to intercept that meteor, but guess who refused? Isn’t it you and those old fossils?"]

["And now that the operation failed and the meteor containing the talent cosmic spice has disappeared out of thin air, you and those old fossils want to dump the blame on us? Heh! In your dreams!"]

[Hearing Cecilia’s retort that didn’t hold any respect towards him, the old man was visibly enraged as he shouted, "Do you think the two of you can still live in this world if you speak to me like that?"]

["Believe it or not, I can send those Gene Warlords to arrest and execute the two of you!"]

[In response to the old man’s outrage, Magnus slowly clapped his hands in mockery while sneering, "Oh! How convenient! The time when we need those Gene Warlords to acquire the meteor, you old fossils refused."]

["But when it came to dealing with corrupt personal matters of you old fossils, they get dispatched like dogs on a leash."]

[Despite the hologram being predominantly neon blue in color, the old man’s face seemed to be flushed red in anger.]

[Before the old man could talk trash and swear again, Cecilia took the initiative to turn off the call.]

[After the communication between them and the old man disconnected, Cecilia shifted her gaze towards Magnus and asked, "Hubby, what are we going to do? Although I’ve been fed up with those old fossils for always making mistakes, yet all of their failing decisions are blamed on us, it doesn’t change the fact that they controlled the elite class and those Gene Warlords."]

[Gene Warlords referred to those Mythril rank Gene Warriors. They were undoubtedly the strongest Gene Warriors in the Shattered Shooting Star Station.]

[Due to that, Cecilia was worried that she and her husband would be punished by those old fossils.]

[In response to her worries, Magnus assured his wife, "Don’t worry, honey. I’ve checked the video sent back by the drone swarms, and I’m 95% certain that a Train Conductor and his train crew have arrived in this world."]

["Aside from them, only a few Gene Warlords could snatch the meteor. But if it was those Gene Warlords who snatched it, even they would leave a trace, especially when our satellites are this advanced."]

[Hearing Magnus’s assurance, Cecilia immediately understood what her husband’s intentions were.]

["Are you sure the Train Conductor will invite us into their train crew? For all we know, they might not be interested in technology. No matter how talented we are in science and research, if their train crew has no interest in it, it wouldn’t matter."]

[Faced with Cecilia’s doubts, Magnus replied, "I’m fairly confident that we’ll be invited into their train crew. Of course, that’s assuming that they haven’t left yet and we manage to meet up with their train crew and convince them."]

["The hardest part is finding them since they hid well and seemed to have no plans of revealing themselves. Unless they’re those train crews who planned to plunder every valuable resource in a station."]

[As a world with powerhouses at Mythril rank, it’s not like the Shattered Shooting Star Station hadn’t encountered those train conductors and train crews.]

[In most cases, they’ve won against their confrontation with those train crews, and those train crews were even forced to depart early.]

[Because of that, Magnus and Cecilia, as the number 1 and number 2 scientists and smartest people in the entire world, were privy to such information.]

[Eavesdropping on Magnus and Cecilia’s conversation, you double-checked using the hint prompt, and indeed, they had long planned to escape this world.]

[The Shattered Shooting Star Station was filled with the corrupt elite class, and since the Gene Warlords were mostly affiliated or even part of their families and clans, they got to control the decision-making of this station’s human race.]

[Magnus had long planned to defect to a train crew. But it was only until now that he believed it was worth doing, especially when the Zenith Train Crew were this stealthy and cautious.]

[From what you discovered via the hint prompt, it seemed that if you didn’t recruit him and his wife, Magnus still had a backup plan. So, it was not like he was gambling with his life and his wife’s.]

[Magnus and Cecilia didn’t know that you and Jade had already arrived and were standing on the Zenith Train’s carriage roof.]

[You’ve ensured that Invisible Coating and Zero Presence were activated. Since Magnus and Cecilia were only Initial Crystal rank Gene Warriors, it was impossible for the two of them to see through Zero Presence.] 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

[’To think that those old fossils and their family had oppressed Magnus, Cecilia, and the other scientists and researchers here. It’s to the point that their power ranks were restricted and they were only allowed to become an Initial Crystal rank Gene Warriors at most.’]

[’Otherwise, with the talent and potential that Magnus and Cecilia possessed, becoming a Peak Mythril rank Gene Warlord would be easy for them. Even becoming an Early Titan rank powerhouse wouldn’t be a problem for them as long as they used this decade’s batch of talent cosmic spice to improve the gene factors within their body.’]

[’It’s no wonder that they aren’t afraid of Magnus and Cecilia rebelling against them. They literally prohibited scientists and researchers like them from becoming way too strong, limiting the power rank they could attain.’]

[’If not for that, most of the oppressed people here would have already rebelled and usurped them.’]

[Thinking of this, you jumped off from the train roof carriage, floated down, and landed on the floor, canceling Zero Presence and Invisible Coating.]

[Jade did the same, causing both of you to reveal not only yourselves but the Zenith Train to Magnus and Cecilia.]

[As soon as Magnus and Cecilia saw you both, as well as the train behind you, they immediately recognized you two as the Train Crew behind the disappearance of the glowing purple meteor.]

[Seeing you both, Magnus took the initiative as he immediately asked, "Can I ask where your Train Conductor is? My wife and I plan to join your Train Crew."]

[Hearing Magnus’s straightforwardness, you quickly answered, "I am Zayne Voss, the Train Conductor of the Zenith Train Crew."]

[Jade introduced herself as well, "I am Jade Willows, the Train Conductor of the Zenith Train Crew."]

[Hearing both of your introductions, Magnus and Cecilia were somewhat confused. From the information they knew, there was only one Train Conductor.]

[Knowing their doubts, you answered, "Both Jade and I are Train Conductors. All Train Crews start with two Train Conductors. The only reason why your station encountered train crews with one train conductor is that the other train conductor met an unfortunate end."]

["But for powerful Train Crews like ours with great harmony, both Train Conductors are present. Although, I act as the Leading Train Conductor while my girlfriend is the Co-Leader."]

["As for your application to join our Train Crew, we accept."]

[Hearing your quick acceptance, Cecilia spoke up in doubt, "That fast? Aren’t you going to interview us first? And only after we convinced you of how great we are that you changed your mind and agreed to let us join your train crew?"]

[In response to Cecilia’s question, you confidently replied, "Most Train Crews might be like that, but as the Leader of the Zenith Train Crew, I possess the ability to see through anything and their information."]

["For example, my purpose in traveling here with my girlfriend is to invite both of you to join my Zenith Train Crew. Naturally, I already knew whether you and Magnus are worth inviting or not."]