Chapter 819 - Seeking World Hegemony? (2/2)

After descending for dozens of meters, the four people came to the front of the Subaquatic Corvette. Tang Xiu inputted a series of instructions outside the cabin hatch as an energy shield pushed against the seawater half a meter outside the hatch. Then, Tang Xiu quickly led Tang Guosheng and Tang Min into the interior.

“Heavens! What’s this?”

Tang Min stared with wide eyes that were bigger than a bell, which were glimmering with flashes of shock and surprise. Tang Guosheng was doing slightly better than her, even though he was similarly shocked. The facilities and technology inside the Subaquatic Corvette were far more advanced than today’s tech, causing their hearts to race.

“This is a Subaquatic Corvette I obtained from the three-star vestige—the base established by the remnants of the Starnet Empire. I was able to smoothly leave the three-star vestige without being noticed by anyone because of this item. By the way, Cheng Xuemei. Lemme introduce you to my Grandpa, and this is my Auntie.”

At this time, Cheng Xuemei had just walked out of the pilothouse. She was slightly stunned upon seeing Tang Guosheng and Tang Min. After hearing Tang Xiu introduce her to them, she was instantly shocked as she had seen Tang Guosheng and Tang Min on TV numerous times. She knew that the duo was the head of the Tang Family and his daughter.

“Grandpa Tang, Auntie Tang,” greeted Cheng Xuemei with a bit of respect, though she was suppressing her shock inside.

Tang Guosheng was actually surprised seeing Cheng Xuemei appear here but didn’t show it on his face. He just smiled in response and nodded. Tang Min, on the other hand, wore a suspicious look and asked, “Your name is Cheng Xuemei? Why do I feel like you’re quite familiar?”

“I have met you with my mother before,” answered Cheng Xuemei.

“Your mother? Who’s she?” asked Tang Min quizzically.

Cheng Xuemei didn’t answer. She didn’t want to recall the affairs with her parents and was even more reluctant to mention them with outsiders, though she knew that her mother was Tang Min’s best friend since childhood.

Tang Xiu, however, knew something about Cheng Xuemei’s situation. He realized that she didn’t want to mention her mother, and then immediately interjected, “Auntie, I still have an important issue that I need to tell you about, which is also the main reason why I brought you here.”

“What important issue, exactly?” asked Tang Min with a slight frown.

“Before I tell you, you must promise that you will never tell anyone about this but the closest core members of the Tang Family,” said Tang Xiu.

Tang Guosheng realized the importance of what Tang Xiu was about to tell them, so he straightforwardly said, “With your words, we know what to say and what we should not.”

Tang Xiu nodded and said, “I’ve fully controlled the entirety of the three-star vestige and am now its owner. I can enter it whenever I want to, and naturally can use everything inside it.”

“What did you say?” abruptly exclaimed Tang Guosheng full of shock and amazement, yet also with disbelief.

Tang Xiu repeated his statement and finally said, “I’m telling you the truth. The three-star vestige is the remains left behind by the race from the Starnet Empire of the Blackcloud star region in the Podoret Galaxy. Speaking accurately, it’s a fleet from the Starnet Empire that became fugitives and eventually fled to Earth. They rushed to establish an underwater base here, but eventually died because they were unable to adapt.”

“Was it due to an abrupt change of the catastrophic climate?” asked Tang Guosheng rapidly.

“It was caused by the movement of the tectonic plates, which led to a volcanic eruption and mass extinction,” said Tang Xiu.

Tang Guosheng fell silent. The Earth itself has experienced countless natural disasters, a subject that scientists are continually researching. Never did he expect that there was also an extraterrestrial race that suffered such a catastrophic blow here on Earth.

“Exactly what things are there inside the three-star vestige that can be of use to us, Xiu’er?” asked Tang Min. That was what she wanted to ask the most.

“For instance, imagine our family wants to seek hegemony all over the world. We can achieve it by relying on this three-star vestige. There are technologies far beyond what the Earth has. Putting it shortly, there’s everything that’s essential for a race to survive.”

Tang Guosheng was shaken and was rendered speechless for a very long time, whereas Tang Min deeply frowned as she stared at Tang Xiu and asked, “What about you, Xiu’er? Do you want to dominate and rule Earth?”

“No. I’m not interested.” Tang Xiu shook his head and said, “I can achieve such a feat even if there’s no three-star vestige given some time. Only cultivation is most important to me.”

“Then how do you plan to solve this three-star vestige issue?” asked Tang Min again.

“I seriously think that we should not announce anything about the three-star vestige to the public for the time being, especially since we don’t even need to use it.” Tang Xiu looked at Tang Guosheng and seriously explained, “However, I brought a lot of good things from it, so if the country is willing to exchange some objects for me to have, I can take out some of the crudest techs that I obtained there.”