Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 471

Chapter 471: Grin

"Unacceptable."

Morgan's words caused the military tent to practically freeze over.

General Song frowned, looking toward the professor with a sharp gaze and an unhappy twist to his lip.

"Professor Hayes, this is-."

"Don't try to belittle me, General. I've allowed your rules and regulations to put up guardrails wherever you may please in the past. Have I ever resisted your orders before?

"But you seem to have forgotten that we are not in a subordinate-superior relationship. In fact, in the eyes of the Celestial Republic, I am no less important than you are.

"I might listen to your words when it's a matter of safety, but you know nothing about my field. So I would suggest that you show the same level of deference that I have given you in these last several months in matters such as these."

The atmosphere seemed to solidify as silence fell over them all. No one dared to speak or even breathe too loudly as the two men faced off.

The Summoning had changed a lot of things, but they were men of the government. Even if it was just on the surface, they had no choice but to do their best to follow the rule of law.

No matter how weak Morgan was, he was seen to be a valuable asset to the government, and he was one of the few experts that could decipher the secret of the Great Celestial Wall.

On top of that, after the matters of today, the wall had likely become an even more high- priority item.

If in the past it was just speculation, the fact those alien races had suddenly appeared on the wall today said everything that needed to be said. If anything, after today, Morgan's standing among them all might even be higher than that of General Song.

Of course, this was a military tent of high officials, so there was no doubt that most of them were tacticians politically savvy enough to see through this.

As for what they were arguing about, it was unsurprising that it was related to the Basilisk King.

General Song wanted to try to torture the beast to see if there was any information they could get out of it. After all, according to reports, Morgan had successfully communicated with it. And in order to uphold appearances, Morgan had no choice but to pretend that this was the truth as well.

If torturing didn't work, General Song wanted to send the creature back to the government to be kept under secure lock and key.

Obviously, Morgan couldn't accept this, so he refuted, and he actually had strong reasons on his side. After all, everyone had seen the Clypsians use some sort of beast-controlling art. It was easy for him to divert attention from what potential connection the Basilisk King might have with Sylas and turn it to a connection it had with the alien races instead.

According to Morgan's woven tale, the Clypsians tried to establish contact, but General Song chose to capture the beast and shred apart their goodwill.

Morgan was arguing that they should treat the Basilisk King well and even send it back if possible.

But obviously, General Song wasn't a fan of this. The alien races had to be studied and understood, but they were not friends. Those high up in the government knew exactly how dangerous they could be in the right circumstances.

General Song bit back the actual words he wanted to say, but the gloominess between his brows painted its own story.

"You had better forget about sending this beast back anywhere."