D-level males reached the pinnacle of life by living off women.

Late at night, in the master bedroom of Wadsden Manor.

The communicator on the bedside table beeped softly, and Lu Yuan, who had been sleeping poorly lately, immediately turned on the light and sat up in bed.

Lu Yuan picked up the communicator and opened it. What popped up made his pupils dilate in shock.

What he saw was a live surveillance video showing his two long-lost children, Revol and Sueno, in a small room, where they were squatting on the floor with their hands wrapped around their knees.

Like Rhine, Lu Yuan also noticed the injuries on the two children immediately, especially the scabbed wound on Sueno's forehead, which made Lu Yuan's eyes redden.

Before Lu Yuan could react, another call came in, this time from the caller ID: Wei Fu.

What's there to be confused about? The footage must have been sent by Viv.

Thinking of the children's wounds, Lu Yuan angrily pressed the call button, and then Viv's projection appeared in front of Lu Yuan.

"Good evening, Your Excellency Lu Yuan. I'm so sorry to bother you so late," Viv said with a smile.

Viv smiled politely, but Lu Yuan already knew what was going on with the Netherlands Company and had just witnessed the two children being injured. He was in no mood to be polite to Viv and gave him a cold shoulder.

"If you really felt sorry, you wouldn't have called me so late. And what's with the 'good evening'? I'm not feeling well at all. My child was inexplicably taken away by you. How can I be feeling well? What's going on at your company? If you have any problems, come at me. What's the point of taking away my child?"

"You sent that surveillance footage too, didn't you? What happened to my children's injuries? They're only eight years old. How could you do this to such young children? You're all a bunch of bastards."

"I'm telling you, Viv, you'd better send my child back right now, or I won't let you get away with this."

Lu Yuan's words stunned Viv. Viv really didn't expect that Lu Yuan, who had always been quite polite in front of him, would react so directly.

However, Viv quickly recovered and continued to laugh.

"Lord Lu Yuan, there's no need to be so anxious. The injuries on the two young masters were just accidents. After all, it's been such a long time, and it's normal for children to bump and bruise themselves. But please rest assured, the two young masters are now safe in our training base, and I guarantee that there will be no new injuries."

"It's not safe at your training base, is it? Stop with the nonsense and just tell me your conditions. What will it take for you to release my child?" Lu Yuan said.

"Mr. Lu Yuan, you really have a big misunderstanding about us. We didn't expect your two young masters to come to our training base. The way you just said it makes it sound like our company is a kidnapper."

"Aren't the bugs in your company kidnappers? You can't expect me to lie and say that the bugs in your company were just hospitable, which is why they invited my two eight-year-old children from Planet Kami to your training base, can you?"

Viv's smile faltered slightly as he wondered what was wrong with Lu Yuan and whether he knew how to speak properly.

They were quite polite when they were talking before, so why are they acting like they've been set off by firecrackers now? They're just two female insect larvae, not male insect larvae, why are they so agitated?

Also, hasn't Lu Yuan been a duke for many years? How come he hasn't learned any of the art of noble speech?

Viv coughed lightly twice, and the smile on his face faded considerably.

"Your Excellency Lu Yuan, whether you believe it or not, this incident was indeed an accident. However, our company's boss is also very sorry about this matter, so he would like to host a banquet for Your Excellency Lu Yuan and the Commander of the Rhine Legion to express our company's apologies."

"The banquet will be held at our training base. After the meal, the two of you can take the young masters home. Isn't that great?"

Lu Yuan sneered inwardly, thinking that it was easy to say, but did he look like a fool to believe such a thing?

"No need, I don't want to eat with you. Just send my child back directly. Just state your conditions directly, don't beat around the bush," Lu Yuan said.

Viv felt that he and Lu Yuan could no longer continue their conversation.

"This is our only request. Mr. Lu Yuan, please feel free to contact me whenever you have made up your mind."

After saying that, Viv hung up the phone.

Lu Yuan then immediately dialed Rhein's number, which Rhein answered almost instantly.

"Rhein, Viv from the Netherlands Company just contacted me and showed me surveillance footage of Revol and Sueno. He also said he wanted to treat us to a meal. He clearly has ill intentions."

Upon hearing that Viv had once again targeted Lu Yuan, Rhine's face immediately contorted with anger.

"My Lord, you don't need to worry about the Netherlands Company. I'll handle it. Just wait for me and the children on Golan Star."

However, Lu Yuan did not agree immediately. He hesitated for a moment and then asked.

"Rhein, let me ask you first, is that surveillance footage of Revol and Sueno real?"

Rhine nodded and said yes.

Upon receiving the footage, Rhine immediately ordered his men to investigate the surveillance footage. They found two things: first, the footage was genuine; second, the footage was taken on Pluto. They could not find any other information.

After hearing Rhine's answer, Lu Yuan hesitated for a while before finally making up his mind.

"Rhine, I've come to find you."

Upon hearing that Lu Yuan was coming, Rhein immediately became anxious.

"My lord, but..."

However, Rhine's words were interrupted by Lu Yuan.

"Rhine, listen to my thoughts first. I know there must be something wrong with that banquet, and it would be best if we didn't go. But I'm worried that if we can't rescue Revol and Sueno by other means, we might still have to follow the path they've laid out for us."

"I'm coming to see you now just in case. I promise I'll stay on the starship and won't do anything unnecessary unless there's absolutely no other way. Then I'll go with you to Pluto to save our child."

After much hesitation and struggle, Rhine finally agreed. He then sent several reliable subordinates to bring Lu Yuan aboard the starship.

Before Lu Yuan arrived, Rhine seized the time to come up with various plans to rescue Revol and Sueno.

Although assessments have shown that the black mist enveloping Pluto no longer contains highly toxic substances, Pluto's current protective measures are even more stringent than Rhine had anticipated.

Rhine sent several groups of subordinates to infiltrate Pluto, but none of them succeeded. Either they couldn't get in, or they disappeared without a trace after getting in.

Rhine himself tried to infiltrate, but before he could get close, he was targeted by heavy weapons from Pluto and had to retreat back to the starship.