Ninth class citizen

Chapter 368 There are quite a few gifts.
Several police officers squatted dejectedly to one side, their guns pointed at them by their entourage. Meanwhile, the high-ranking official and the director of the provincial genetic research institute were fussing over Wendy.

Wendy's swollen and unsightly face has now returned to normal, as if it had been treated with some kind of powerful gene repair agent.

Her back was now ramrod straight, a far cry from her previous disheveled appearance.

The high-ranking official was only focused on talking to Wendy, sounding as if he was making some kind of guarantee, and didn't even glance at Director Jia.

His immediate superior, the director of the provincial gene research institute, glared at him coldly, his eyes filled with sharpness.

Cold sweat trickled down Director Jia's collar. If he had known that Wendy was backed by a high-ranking official, he wouldn't have pushed her out even if he had ten times the courage!
But now that it has already happened, he must and can only try to remedy the situation as soon as possible.

Hours later, Wendy sat aboard a warp drive spaceship, embarking on her first interstellar voyage.

She will travel to Trench Starport, where she will transfer to a large high-energy warp drive bound for the capital star system, with her final destination being the Federation Gene Optimization Academy on Sleipnir.

Everything that happened before felt like a beautiful and wonderful dream.

A cold stare turned into a smile, and the injustice was instantly cleared.

Everyone's brains seemed to have been drained, their IQs fully activated, and in the blink of an eye, they found all sorts of evidence for Wendy, not only clearing her name but also praising her for her outstanding talent, diligence, noble character, and many other fine qualities. She was the most outstanding gene optimizer that everyone in the research institute had ever seen, without exception.

Mr. Dylan, who had previously shamelessly shifted the blame, was taken away by the police officers, his face ashen. He would be facing a serious and fair trial.

The once arrogant Ms. Gracie also sincerely apologized, tore up the bill, and transferred 30,000 Cowan's money to Wendy as a "comfort fee" in order to ask her not to pursue the matter.

Furthermore, Hershey Province will soon launch a large-scale crackdown on the illegal mixing of pharmaceuticals in order to severely punish this malpractice and create a clean and upright pharmaceutical environment.

This is a solemn promise made by the director of the Provincial Gene Research Institute to Wendy, and it has also received the full support of the provincial officials.

Regarding the previous slander she suffered, the Burgan City Genetic Institute is willing to pay two million Cowens in exchange for her forgiveness and reconciliation.

And all of this was because of that offer of employment from the Federal Genetics Academy:
Wendy has been hired as the exclusive teaching assistant for Nan Rong, a professor in pharmaceutical synthesis at the Federal Gene Optimization Institute.

In the evening, Nan Rong received the gift that Tian Li had mentioned.

A brand-new, custom-built Class B high-energy warp drive spaceship, and a ship loaded with materials of various grades.

It includes all the materials needed for gene optimization, component and pattern drawing, and the list alone is a thick electronic booklet.

In addition, there were specialty ingredients from various star systems of the Federation, filling the ship's freezers to the brim.

These practical gifts touched Nan Rong's heart perfectly.

She didn't need the staff to carry the materials; instead, she boarded the ship herself and stored all the materials in the solidified space.

The solidified space that expands within the core of the universe is still boundless upon return; storing these things here is merely a drop in the ocean.

In contrast, Nan Rong was more troubled by the team of over a hundred people sent by Tian Li.

Among them are her own personal guard, a butler and servants skilled in all sorts of tasks, and an entire team of chefs.

His Majesty the President did not abuse public power for private gain. These people are either long-serving hereditary servants of the imperial family or highly paid, expert talents whose loyalty was determined through various screening processes. In short, it is impossible for the poisoning incident that occurred in Nanrong to happen.

Jacob, the steward leading the group, bowed to Nan Rong and made his assurance. Jacob wore frameless glasses, and his short, light-gold hair was neatly styled, making him look quite handsome.

Not only him, but also the chief bodyguard Luo Fei and the head chef Zhu Neng were all outstanding in appearance and calm and steady.

If Nan Rong hadn't already witnessed the unconventional and flamboyant nature of these three former comrades, she probably would have been deceived by this facade as well.

But at this moment, she shouldn't have known them and was quite averse to treating her comrades as subordinates.

Nan Rong slightly pursed her lips and sighed, "I appreciate Your Majesty's kindness, but please go back—even if the school assigns me a dormitory, it won't be able to accommodate so many people."

"His Majesty the President has already made arrangements for this," Butler Jacob said calmly. "Your new floating island has been built, and it's quite close to the Federal Gene Optimization Academy, so it won't affect your daily work at all. Our existence is simply to minimize the time you waste on daily chores."

Nan Rong instantly understood his meaning. Was the Great Demon King using these people to warn her to hurry up?

I wonder what this ancient monster, which has lived for over a billion years, is still afraid of.

The Class B high-energy warp moment spacecraft is a behemoth that can only be docked in a starport in outer space. Inside its belly, it also carries five or six spaceships of different sizes, as well as dozens of floating vehicles of various styles.

Even though Nan Rong was very low-key, she only chose the smallest C-class starship as the vehicle to bring her subordinates back to the floating island.

However, as it passed over the Federal Institute for Genetic Optimization, it inevitably attracted the attention of countless people.

The academy is located in the northern hemisphere of the planet Sleipnir, on an independent floating island continent, where the airspace is always quite clean.

Besides the floats commonly used by the trainees, only the small airships used by the institute leaders and mentors are permitted to enter.

Almost no one can get approval to openly and brazenly sail through the region in their interplanetary ships.

The C-class interplanetary ship is over 500 meters long and nearly 400 meters wide. Its rose-gold hull presents an extremely simple ray shape, with only the ancient Chinese character "南" (South) painted in bright silver at the stern.

In the shadows cast by the ship's hull, many trainees were discussing amongst themselves, while a very few sharp-eyed individuals spotted the word.

"Could Nan be the new mentor who's about to take office?"

"That's possible! Nan isn't a very common surname. The most famous one recently is just one person."

"She's really lucky. A lowly person like her actually managed to catch the eye of His Majesty the President," someone said sarcastically.

"But their actions are too arrogant." Some people disagreed: "If one's virtue does not match one's position, it will not last long. Let's wait and see."

"No, look at the front of that interplanetary ship—why does it look like there's a floating island over there?"

"So that floating island really is higher than our academy?"

"Judging by appearances, it must be at least one or two thousand meters high—but how is that possible?"

"The two highest floating islands on Sleipnir are our academy, the Gene Optimizer Association. When did this new floating island appear?"

"This current Star government is truly disappointing. They even approved this kind of thing. It seems they can't stop the sycophancy!"

These comments naturally didn't reach Nan Rong's ears. She was staring at the empty floating island before her, her head throbbing with pain.