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Anatoli and the others have already set off and will share real-time progress with Li Ming. Their first stop is Hoffman's lair.
It's the strongest and most likely place to leave clues.
Li Ming, on the other hand, has been developing the Genetic Seed in the Royal Court, making steady progress, and in the blink of an eye, more than a month has passed.
Today is the day to exchange the ransom, and Li Ming simply hosted the carriers of Reynolds and Mikhail.
They chatted a bit about the current state of the Mechanical Seed, and the numerous related interstellar disputes have basically come to an end. The interstellar populace has accepted the existence of the Mechanical Seed and entered a stable period.
Moreover, the funds are rapidly returning, but the production capacity of the Mechanical Seed can't quite keep up.
Li Ming's share is partly used to repay loans and partly to support the expansion of the Mechanical Court.
