Chapter 64: Ambition
Eighth arrondissement. Cointreau Tower, first floor.
The lower level, located in the center of the security zone, is closed to the light of day all year round, and the passages and platforms between the buildings, connecting the towering towers, are like a jumble of cobwebs intertwined.
The small voids left behind were also filled with neon and full projections.
The ground at the bottom is covered with moss and the marks of wheels, and the cars that have been abandoned by the times are still exerting their residual heat here.
But on this darkest first floor, there is the most luxurious casino in the eighth arrondissement.
The area above the 99th floor has been transformed into a utopian ideal by the Federation.
In a world full of "truth, goodness and beauty", there is nothing lawless, no casinos, no streets, no criminals, no fighting, no exploitation, not even sickness.
All the upper-level people enjoy the services of advanced bionic robots, free medical care, and free education.
But where there is sunshine, there will be shadows, and human beings always have some evil desires that need to be vented, especially those good people who have never seen "evil".
So those who live above the clouds need such a place to hide under the mud.
Casino, Style Street, Black Boxing Colosseum, Mewtwo Experience Hall...... All the desires of the upper class that have nowhere to be placed can be released here.
It is said that the richest people in the safe zone are either overlooking the world above the 99th floor, or drunk on the first floor.
And in order to protect the privacy of those at the top, even the IPC inspection will avoid the first layer, and only those large and small associations can maintain order at the lower level, and each community has an inextricable connection with those upper class figures.
Among them, the Boiling Society, because of the support of a certain IPC captain, coupled with the identity of the Elder Burning Transcendent, has become the uncrowned king of the lower space of the eighth district.
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In front of the most luxurious casino in the 8th arrondissement, there is a neon plaque that reads "You just can't lose".
In the luxurious box in the deepest part of the casino, more than a dozen coolly dressed bunny girls stood behind Yu Ran, and in front of him, there was a young man with a blue nose and swollen face.
Yu Ran picked up the wine bottle next to him with some irritability, and blew on the bottle, the bright red wine left down his chin, soaking the pure white bathrobe on his body like blood.
The boss has a fiery red round inch on his head, under the peaceful eyebrows, the corners of his eyes are slightly drooping, and he looks like he hasn't woken up, and he is not as fierce as he imagined, but he is very young, and even a little immature.
Only his crimson pupils are now full of tyranny:
"It's been three days...... An E-class transcendent disappeared for three days, There are so many people in the community, but there is no clue at all. β
The young man knelt down and took a few steps forward, raised his hand and explained anxiously:
"Boss, we have really tried our best, we only know that Feng Yongye went out to investigate the cause of Bronze Fist's death......"
Hearing the repetitive message again, Yu Ran suddenly raised his eyelids, directly turned the wine bottle upside down and put it on his fingers, and broke it down very casually.
The crisp sound of broken bones was accompanied by a scream, Yu Ran waved his hand in disgust, and the rabbit girl behind him stepped forward and pulled the young man out.
"Let's all get out."
Yu Ran drove out the bunny girls behind him, and Feng Yongye's disappearance gave him a very bad premonition.
An E-class transcendent disappeared silently like this, and it had been three days and there was no news, Yu Ran had basically determined that Feng Yongye was dead......
Just when he was at a loss, the holographic projection in the box suddenly lit up, and a figure in a black robe was projected to the center of the room by the device.
Yu Ran hurriedly turned around and bowed down at the figure.
"Did you find someone?"
The figure's mechanically synthesized voice was a little hollow.
"Not yet."
Yu Ran lowered his head, stared at the ground deadly, and responded weakly, not daring to look directly at the black-robed man.
"If you can't find it, forget it, a few old friends will come over tomorrow night and entertain you."
The black-robed man didn't care, and after giving a command, he turned off the projection equipment and disappeared into the room.
"Yes."
Even if the black-robed man had left, Yu Ran still bowed his head respectfully.
Yu Ran has a clear understanding of his status, and he understands that he is a puppet who was pushed to the front of the stage by those big shots, so no matter how arrogant he is to the people below, he has always been obedient and respectful to those big shots.
If you want to live a long life, you have to be sensible.
After all, he is just a D-level transcendent, and he is almost the same as the squad leader of the hundred ghosts, as long as those people move their mouths, he and the hundreds of people in the boiling society will evaporate the next day.
This is also the reason why Yu Ran cares about Feng Yongye very much, after all, with one more transcendent person under his hand, he will be able to have a little more confidence and value, and when the rabbit dies and the dog is cooked, he can also have more hope of living.
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Cointreau Tower. 16 floors in a hotel.
Zhong Da and Gao Cheng were waiting for the dog and Xiaohua to eat, Jiang Yang was lying on the bed wearing a brain-computer frame, and Lin Chuan was sitting on the sofa, writing and drawing on his mobile phone.
Only Jing Xuan was not in the room.
After returning from the black market that day, Lin Chuan let Gao Cheng and Zhong Da stay in a hotel.
Zhong Da had also found out the basic information of the Boiling Society in the casino on the lower floor, but in Lin Chuan's plan, the Boiling Society was not his number one enemy.
Because if Lin Chuan's plan can be implemented smoothly, then he will face a tilt from the consortium.
The IPC has released the information that the three brothers are wanted by the traffic lights, but the population of District 8 is also considered to be among the top among the nine security zones.
Moreover, the eighth district is also the transportation hub of the intercity air rail, with a large foreign population, coupled with the title of the city of civilians and the capital of fairness, the citizen class of the eighth district is already very vague, and the wanted information has not attracted people's attention.
If there is no accident, the shooting murder that happened on the street is most likely to become the talk of the prostitutes afterwards.
As for Feng Yongye's death, Lin Chuan did a very clean job, there was no monitoring near the black market, and Ling and Dark even raised the ashes of those people, and no one could find any clues.
In fact, Feng Yongye died quite unjustly, and his weird ability is that as long as he touches the target's face, he can connect the target to the puppet and control the target's life and death.
But others can't discover the essence of this ability, it doesn't mean that Spirit and Darkness can't find it, in the eyes of Spirit and Dark, the connection between the puppet and Gao Cheng is like a lice on the top of a bald man's head, it's not too obvious.
So before Lin Chuan could do it, the regular connection was cut off by Spirit and Darkness
That was Lin Chuan's first shot after he was promoted to the Qi Sea Realm, and he felt that even if he didn't need Xiao You's help, he could deal with Xia Qi Mountain, so he would go to the black market so calmly after that.
According to Gao Cheng, the boss of the Boiling Society is also a D-class transcendent.
Although Lin Chuan would not be naΓ―ve enough to think that a D-level transcendent would be able to rule the underground world of the Eighth District, he also had the confidence to fight against it.
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In the past three days, in addition to practicing shooting in "Xianfan", Lin Chuan spent the rest of his time planning and preparing to set up a company.
First, Xiao You's side can always send gold over, and he needs a reasonable way to realize it.
Second, since Xiao You can send gold over, he can naturally send some other things, such as non-synthetic meat that can't be eaten in the safety zone, or fruits, and even some pills that are very common in the Mirror Xuan Realm.
And all of these things need to be sold through a reasonable channel.
In Lin Chuan's vision, the imprint of himself and Xiaoyou is the treaty port that he is open to the mirror realm.
However, the federal system, under the influence of those few conglomerates, has long cut off the leap of people's classes.
The consortia that contributed to the unification of the federation, like the founding fathers, enjoyed the lowest tax rates, but those new companies formed after the unification of the federation would have a tax rate starting at 20%.
It is already rare for ordinary companies to get 20% of their profits, and such a high tax rate basically cuts off people's idea of starting a business.
This also greatly facilitates the convergence of talents and the expansion of monopolies.
Only in the eighth district, the tax rate of the adventurer company is a fixed 15%, so after Lin Chuan arrived in the eighth district, he will see that the entire safe area is full of large and small adventurer companies.
Most of them sell dog meat with sheep's heads on their heads.
For example, if a company that produces drugs wants to sell drugs, it asks customers to post a task to find the drug in their adventurer company, and then settle the account in the mode of completing the task.
And the above information was obtained by Lin Chuan from Xiaobai's side knock, his intelligent assistant, in addition to the bad problem of Aitian clothes, is a rare treasure trove of information.
It's just that it's not easy to get information from Xiaobai, and Lin Chuan has to work hard every time.
For example, when Lin Chuan wanted to know that the real estate in the eighth district was the cheapest, he would say to Xiaobai:
"A million can't buy a commercial house with more than 30 floors in the eighth district."
At that time, Xiaobai would sneer with disdain, and in the blink of an eye, he would be able to list more than a dozen listings for sale.
Now, Lin Chuan has basically made all the plans, and only the most important part is missing......
Lin Chuan was pondering whether to urge Xiao You, Jing Xuan, who had just come back from outside, put the three contracts in front of Lin Chuan, and said like a few treasures:
"The 39 floors of the Shenfeng Tower, 240 square meters, 940,000.
The 41st floor of Cointreau Tower, 190 square meters, 960,000.
There are also 33 floors of the glazed tower, 360 square meters, 970,000. β
In the morning, Lin Chuan arranged for Jing Xuan to look at the properties for sale that Xiaobai said, and before noon, Jing Xuan brought back the contract of intent.
But before Lin Chuan could pick up the contract, Jing Xuan held the phone up in front of him, pointed to the information on it and said:
"Chuan'er, it's the 13th today, I read the information on the official website of the Transcendent Academy, this year's entrance exam is July 23rd, counting the time on the road, at most another month, we have to leave for the seventh district."
Gao Cheng and Zhong Da, who were taking care of the dog next to them, paused obviously and walked silently to the corner.
Lin Chuan nodded very calmly:
"One month is enough, this is just a starting point, and District 7 is our main battlefield."
Gu Yan
"It's up to you."
Jing Xuan replied casually, sat down to the side and put on the brain computer frame.
For Lin Chuan's ideas, Jing Xuan's choice has always been supportive, since Lin Chuan said that there is enough time, it is enough, for him, the person who uses his brain, Lin Chuan is enough, he is only responsible for being obedient, and the picture is a peace of mind.
Lin Chuan glanced at Jing Xuan and Jiang Yang thoughtfully, threw the contract to Gao Cheng, and ordered:
"The two of you will study it and see where it is more suitable to start a company, and after you have disposed of those winter sun grasses, you will also buy a brain machine and find a way to upgrade the character rating of "Xianfan" to D grade."
With the coordinates shared by Jiang Yang, Jing Xuan spent a whole day and finally went from the wilderness to the bustling city.
Lin Chuan also knew the true appearance of Xianfan from their descriptions.
In the context of the apocalypse, players can receive a variety of story tasks, dig underground fortresses, collect renewable resources, survive in the wild, and get corresponding contribution points for each task completed.
In addition, there are various simulation labs where players can sign up to become test subjects and participate in the construction of certain daily experiments, including but not limited to, weapon development, physical development, mental development, and so on......
Lin Chuan knew that these were the preparations made by the federal government for the advent of the Mirror Xuan Realm, so not only the three Signal Light brothers, but he would let everyone he recruited later enter the Immortal Fan and let them strive to get a higher survival sequence.
Just as Lin Chuan was thinking about the future plan, he suddenly felt that there was an extra package in the imprint, and Lin Chuan hurriedly walked into the bathroom and took out the package.
Xiao You sent meditation methods, exercises, and gold bars as promised, and the last link in Lin Chuan's plan was finally filled.
Listening to the laughter coming from the bathroom, Gao Cheng and Zhong Da looked at each other with some horror, they didn't know how happy it was to make the boss smile like this when he went to the toilet......
Lin Chuan quickly suppressed his excitement, and after hiding those gold bars in the ceiling, he came out with meditation methods and exercises, and said to Gao Cheng and Zhong Da:
"You two go out first, and I'll tell you to come back later."
Lin Chuan wasn't worried that the two would eavesdrop, because he wouldn't give them a chance to choose at all.
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After the two of them went out, Lin Chuan pressed the emergency button on Jing Xuan and Jiang Yang's brain computer to wake them up.
"What's wrong!? Someone's knocking on the door!? β
As soon as Jing Xuan opened his eyes, he jumped up from the bed and made a fighting state, and Jiang Yang also drew the pistol under the pillow.
Lin Chuan smiled bitterly and waved his hand, calmed the nervousness of the two, took them to sit on the sofa, and put the meditation method and exercises in front of them.
"There's one thing that requires the two of you to make your own decisions.
This is a meditation method and a practice, if you can be enlightened, that is, you can enter the transcendental, then you can gradually improve your strength, but one thing, your ability is likely to be affected by me, or even controlled by me. β
Jing Xuan took the exercises without hesitation and looked at them:
"You don't even need to ask me."
Jiang Yang looked at Lin Chuan with some embarrassment: "Can I also learn?" β
"Naturally, the choice is yours because you ...... It's also our friend. β
Lin Chuan felt an inexplicable sense of shame after speaking, although he had already regarded Jiang Yang as a friend, he could admit it in person, it was still a little awkward.
"Thank you."
Jiang Yang didn't care about the price Lin Chuan said at all, this is a world of equivalent exchange, if there is no Lin Chuan, he may be an ordinary person until he dies, if he can enter the extraordinary, it will be a completely different life.
"Since you all agree, let's take note of the meditation method first, find a way to awaken the spirit, and I'll go talk to Gao Cheng and them first."
After the two of them wrote down the meditation method, Lin Chuan briefly introduced the key points of meditation and the basic information of the cultivation exercises.
After leaving the dark clones on the two of them, they picked up the meditation method and got up and walked out of the room.
Gao Cheng and Zhong Da were squatting by the railing smoking cigarettes, and when they saw Lin Chuan coming out, they quickly extinguished the cigarette butts and stood up.
Lin Chuan handed over the meditation method:
"This is the meditation method, according to what was said above, go to the next room to cultivate, whether you can enter the transcendent or not, it depends on your lack of talent."
"The owner...... It's too precious. β
Gao Cheng has not heard of anything that can help people enter the transcendental, if this piece of paper can really make them transcendent as Lin Chuan said, it is definitely an immeasurable treasure.
"Let's go and cultivate."
Lin Chuan replied casually, then turned around and went back to the house, not at all worried that the two of them would take the exercises away.
There are spirit and dark clones, and as long as the two of them have years like spreading meditation methods, they will be burned to ashes in the next second.
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After Gao Cheng and the two returned to the next room, Lin Chuan leaned against the railing, closed his eyes, and entered the shrine.
The clones of Spirit and Darkness had been waiting for Lin Chuan's spirit body for a long time, ready for real-time broadcasting.
Ling took out the projection equipment developed by Xin from the white coat, and projected the four people in front of Lin Chuan:
"Ancestor, a weak force field has already appeared in Jing Xuan's dantian."
Not surprisingly, Jing Xuan, who had already awakened, was the first to open the awakening spirit.
There are not many people like Lin Chuan who need to go through Daoyan, and most of them can realize the spirit very smoothly, but because of talent, physical fitness, comprehension, etc., even if they practice the same kind of exercise, there will be a big gap in progress.
But there are spirits and darkness, Lin Chuan is not worried at all, the progress of their cultivation, as long as they can feel the spirit, the spirit and darkness can enter their dantian, and automatically gather the surrounding spiritual power factors to form a cyclone.
Soon, Dark also came to Lin Chuan excitedly:
"Father, a weak force field has also appeared in Zhong Da's dantian, is this the legendary Ding Furnace......
Lin Chuan's eyes narrowed suddenly, and he looked at the darkness very sharply: "This is the first time I've heard the word 'Ding Furnace' from your mouth, and I hope it will also be the last time I'll hear it." β
Dark knelt down with a "poof", and was always in awe of the Father who created him and his spirit, for he knew very well that creation was far more difficult than destruction.
Lin Chuan waved his hand and motioned to get up secretly:
"Get up, and when they come to their senses, you will be relieved to expand in their bodies, but don't think anything crooked."
"Yes, God the Father."
Spirit and Darkness answered in unison.
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Lin Chuan didn't say anything more, and took advantage of the time to wait for the results, dragged out the sleeping Ao Ye from the aura lake, and played with it in his hand.
At first, Lin Chuan was still very curious about this legendary creature, but after a few contacts, he found that Ao Ye and Ao Wu were similar, both of them were the kind of characters who went to the house to uncover the tiles without fighting for three days.
And it's strange to say that the transparent boundary wall that divides the space of the Shentai into two can only cut off Lin Chuan and Xiaoyou, Ling and Dark and Ao Wu, all of which can shuttle freely on both sides.
"Ah~(scratch your back~)"
Ao Ye straightened his sinuous back and screamed comfortably.
Lin Chuan pinched Ao Ye's dragon horn funny, and his excitement calmed down a lot.
Xiao You's exercises are the most important part of all his plans.
He never wanted to let the people who had learned the exercises become the furnace of his own cultivation, but wanted them to play a more important role.
When the spirit and dark clones are too far away from his body, the information transmitted back will have a lag, and those clones can only absorb a very small amount of spiritual power factors to ensure their own activity, and when the recorded information reaches the limit, there is no way to record more information.
And now, the people who awaken the spirit will become the base station of the spirit and dark clones, which can improve their personal strength and give them the ability to protect themselves, and at the same time, they can also make the spirit and dark clones become a mobile data network.
Theoretically, as long as there are enough people in Jueling, Lin Chuan can even spy on the entire Federation.
This is Lin Chuan's purpose.
In Lin Chuan's view, information and intelligence are the most valuable resources, so he denounced the idea of killing chickens and eggs, because his ambitions don't stop there.
Ling leaned over and interrupted Lin Chuan's thoughts:
"Ancestor, Gao Cheng and Jiang Yang's bodies also have a weak force field, congratulations to Ancestor, those four have the hope of awakening spirits."
"Well, divide two groups of cyclones out, and each person's dantian will settle in half a group first, and become the seed of their cultivation, no matter how fast or slow their cultivation speed is, you must assimilate the scattered spiritual power factors as soon as possible, and you must also obey their dispatch."
Lin Chuan carefully instructed, then withdrew from the altar, and when he left, he did not forget to send Ao Ye back to the aura lake, and said in his heart that this little black dragon was the same as Xiaohua, very sleepy.
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Lin Chuan didn't wait long, and Jing Xuan ran out with a shout:
"Chuan'er! I seem to have succeeded! I can see a little bit of aura in my stomach! β
"Well, congratulations."
Lin Chuan didn't suppress the joy in his heart anymore, and laughed heartily.
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From this moment on, the future of the Federation will be written by this teenager who came out of the Ninth District Welfare Institute.
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Volume I: Prologue to the Two Realms.
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Finish.
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