“I’m Shamash, manager of Starfall Guild’s European branch.0

Shamash was making a call using the communication device. He had only just finished one sentence when a beam of light suddenly appeared within the conference room. 0

The light only lasted for a moment. And when it faded, Chen Xiaolian could be seen standing in the middle of the conference room with a smile on his face. 0

“This is Guan Shan speaking. Please go ahead.” Guan Shan’s voice came from the other end. 0

Shamash, however, had already become stunned. 0

This… isn’t this a little too fast?0

He had yet to even tell Guan Shan that he wanted to meet Chen Xiaolian. 0

“Hello? Hello?”0

Guan Shan uttered “hello” twice quizzically, but Shamash no longer knew how to respond. 0

“Just hang up.”0

Shen waved at Shamash, but he did not turn his eyes towards him. Instead, they were fixed right at Chen Xiaolian, as though fearful that he would run away. 0

“Don’t look at me like a dog who just saw a bone, alright?” Chen Xiaolian smiled at Shen. “Since I took the initiative to appear before you, I will not run away.”0

“I truly… did not think that you would take the initiative to appear before me. I had even spent some time arranging for their false surrender to trick you into appearing. I have to admit, this action of yours surprised me.” Shen nodded.0

“Have I not always been surprising you?” Chen Xiaolian winked. 0

“That… seems to be the case.” Shen responded with a faint smile. 0

“Tell me then. You know that once I come out, I will be looking for you. Why did you send yourself over to me? Naturally, you can choose to spare us all that nonsense and just hand over the Oddity over to me.”0

“Come one,...0