forget the river mirror

Chapter 66 Ambition
Eighth District.Cointreau Tower, [-]st floor.

The lower area located in the center of the safe area is dark all year round. The passages and platforms between the buildings are connected to the tall towers, like a messy cobweb intertwined.

The tiny gaps left behind are also filled with neon lights and full-range projections.

The ground at the lowest level is covered with moss and the imprints of wheels. Those cars 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 district.

The area above the 99th floor has been turned into a utopian ideal country by the Federation.

In this world full of "truth, goodness and beauty", there is nothing illegal, no casinos, no streets, no criminals, no fighting, no exploitation, and even no illness.

All the upper-class people enjoy the services of advanced bionic robots, free medical care, and free education.

But where there is sunshine, there will be shadows. Human beings always have some evil desires to vent, 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.

Casinos, Fengqing Street, Black Fist Colosseum, Chaomeng Experience Hall... All the desires of the upper class who have nowhere to rest can be released here.

People say that the richest people in the safety zone either overlook the world above the 99th floor, or spend their money below the 1st floor.

Moreover, in order to protect the privacy of those upper-level people, even the IPC patrols will avoid the first level, and only those large and small associations can maintain the order of the lower levels. Thousands of connections.

Among them, the boiling club, because of the backing support of a certain IPC captain, coupled with the status of the boss as a transcendent, has become the uncrowned king of the lower space of the eighth district.

……

In front of the most luxurious casino in District [-], there is a neon sign reading "I just can't lose".

In the luxury box at the deepest part of the casino, a dozen or so coolly dressed bunny girls stood behind Yu Ran silently, and in front of him, there was a young man with a bruised nose and a swollen face.

Annoyed, Yu Ran picked up the wine bottle next to him and blew on the bottle, the bright red liquid left down his chin, staining his pure white bathrobe like blood.

The boss had fiery red round hair, under the peaceful eyebrows, the corners of his eyes were slightly drooping, he looked as if he hadn't woken up, he wasn't as fierce as he imagined, on the contrary he was very young, even immature.

Only his crimson pupils are now full of tyranny:

"It's been three days... an E-level transcendent has disappeared for three days. There are so many people in the club, but no clue can be found."

The young man knelt and moved forward a few steps, raised his hand and explained anxiously:
"Boss, we really did our best. We only know that Feng Yongye went out to investigate the cause of Tongquan's death..."

Hearing the repeated message again, Yu Ran suddenly raised his eyelids, put the wine bottle upside down and put it on his finger, and broke it casually.

There was a clear sound of broken bones, accompanied by screams, Yu Ran waved his hand in disgust, and the bunny girl behind him stepped forward and pulled the young man out.

"Let's all go out."

Yu Ran drove out all the bunny girls behind him, Feng Yongye's disappearance gave him a very bad premonition.

An E-level transcendent just disappeared without a sound, and it has been three days and there is no news. Yu Ran is basically sure that Feng Yongye is dead...

Just when Yu Ran was at a loss, the holographic projection in the box suddenly lit up, and a figure in a black robe was projected into the center of the room by the device.

Yu Ran quickly turned around and bowed towards the figure.

"Has anyone been found?"

The mechanically synthesized voice of the figure was somewhat hollow.

"not yet."

Yu Ran lowered his head, fixedly staring at the ground, and replied with a guilty conscience, not daring to look directly at the man in black.

"It's fine if you can't find it. A few old friends will come over tomorrow night. Treat them well."

The man in black didn't care, and after giving an order, he turned off the projection equipment and disappeared into the room.

"Yes."

Even though the man in black had left, Yu Ran still bowed his head respectfully.

Yu Ran has a clear understanding of his status. He understands that he is a puppet pushed to the front of the stage by those big shots, so no matter how arrogant and domineering he is to the people below, he has always followed the rules when dealing with those big shots. Full of respect.

If you want to live long, you have to be sensible.

In the final analysis, he is only a D-level transcendent, and he is about the same as the team leader of the Hundred Ghosts. As long as those people talk about it, he and the hundreds of people in the Boiling Society will disappear the next day.

This is why Yu Ran cares about Feng Yongye very much. After all, with one more extraordinary person under his command, he will have more confidence and more value. When the time comes, he will also have more hope of surviving. .

……

Cointreau Tower. In a hotel on the 16th floor.

Zhong Da and Gao Cheng were serving Gouzi and Xiao Hua for dinner, 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 the hotel.

Zhong Da also found out the basic information of the Boiling Society in the casino on the lower level, but in Lin Chuan's plan, the Boiling Society is not his number one enemy.

Because if Lin Chuan's plan can be implemented smoothly, he will face the strife from the consortium.

The IPC has released the wanted information of the three signal light brothers, but the population of the eighth district ranks high among the nine safe districts.

Moreover, the Eighth District is also a transportation hub for the intercity air rail, with a large number of foreigners, and with the titles of the City of Common People and the City of Fairness, the citizen class in the Eighth District is already very vague, and the wanted information did not arouse people's attention. attention.

If there were no accidents, the shooting case that happened on Fengqing Street would most likely just become a topic of discussion for the clients after the event.

As for Feng Yongye's death, Lin Chuan did it very cleanly. There was no monitoring near the black market, and Linghe Anan even took away the ashes of those people, so no one could find any clues.

In fact, Feng Yongye died quite unjustly. His strange ability is that as long as he touches the target's face, he can connect the target with the puppet and control the target's life and death.

But others can't discover the essence of this ability, which doesn't mean that Ling and An can't discover it. In Ling and An's eyes, the connection between the puppet and Gao Cheng is like a lice on a bald man's head. It shouldn't be too obvious.

So before Lin Chuan made a move, the regular connection was cut off by Ling and An

It was the first time Lin Chuan made a move after he was promoted to Qi Sea Realm. He felt that even without Xiao You's help, he could deal with Qishan by himself, so he went to the black market so calmly afterwards.

According to Gao Cheng, the boss of the Boiling Club is also a D-rank transcendent.

Although Lin Chuan would not naively think that a D-level transcendent can rule the underground world of the eighth district, he also has the confidence to fight against it.

……

In the past three days, apart from practicing shooting in "Xian Fan", Lin Chuan spent the rest of the time planning and preparing to set up a company.

One is that Xiaoyou can send gold all the time, so he needs a reasonable way to cash it out.

Second, since Xiaoyou can send gold here, he can naturally send other things, such as non-synthetic meat that cannot be eaten in the safe zone, or fruits, and even some pills that are common in the Xuanjing world. medicine.

And all these things need a reasonable channel to sell them.

In Lin Chuan's vision, the imprints of himself and Xiaoyou are the treaty ports that he opened to the Xuanjing Realm.

But the federal system, under the influence of those consortiums, cut off the transition of people's class.

Those consortiums that promoted the unification of the federation, like the founding fathers, enjoy the lowest tax rate, but for those new companies established after the unification of the federation, the tax rate will start from 20%.

It is rare for a general enterprise to obtain 20% of the profit. Such a high tax rate basically cuts off people's idea of ​​starting a business.

This also greatly facilitates those consortiums to restrain talents and expand their monopoly.

Only in the eighth district, the tax rate of adventurer companies is fixed at 15%, so after Lin Chuan arrived in the eighth district, he saw that the entire safe zone was full of large and small adventurer companies.

Most of them are selling dog meat under the guise of sheep.

For example, if a company that produces medicines wants to sell medicines, it requires customers to post a mission to find medicines in their adventurer company, and then settle the account by completing the mission.

And the above information was obtained by Lin Chuan from Xiaobai's side-talking. His smart assistant, apart from his bad habit of adding clothes, is a rare treasure trove of information.

It's just that it's not easy to get information from Xiaobai, Lin Chuan has to do his best every time.

For example, when Lin Chuan wanted to know where the real estate in District [-] was the cheapest, he would tell Xiaobai:
"One million yuan can't buy a commercial house with more than 100 floors in the eighth district."

At that time, Xiaobai would sneer disdainfully, and in a blink of an eye, he could list more than a dozen houses for sale.

Now, Lin Chuan has basically completed all the plans, and only the most important part is missing...

Lin Chuan was thinking about whether to urge Xiao You, Jing Xuan, who just came back from the outside, put the three contracts in front of Lin Chuan, and said like a treasure:
"The 39 floors of Shenfeng Tower, 240 square meters, 94.

The 41 floors of Cointreau Tower, 190 square meters, 96.

There are also 33 floors of the glazed tower, 360 square meters, 97. "

In the morning, Lin Chuan arranged for Jing Xuan to visit the properties for sale that Xiaobai had mentioned, and before noon, Jing Xuan brought back the contract of intent.

But before Lin Chuan picked up the contract, Jing Xuan raised the phone in front of him, pointed to the message on it and said:
"Chuan'er, it's already the 13th today. I read the information on the official website of the Extraordinary Academy. This year's entrance exam is on July 23. Counting the time on the road, it will take another month at most before we have to set off for the seventh day. area."

Gao Cheng and Zhong Da, who were taking care of Gouzi, paused obviously, and walked to the corner silently.

Lin Chuan nodded calmly:

"One month is enough, this is just a starting point, and the seventh district is our main battlefield."

"You decide."

Jing Xuan responded casually, then sat aside 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 time is enough, it is enough. For him, Lin Chuan is enough for a person who uses his brain, and he is only responsible for obedience. That's good, the picture is a peace of mind.

Lin Chuan glanced at Jing Xuan and Jiang Yang thoughtfully, then threw the contract to Gao Cheng, and ordered:

"The two of you do some research to see where it's more suitable to start a company. After you've dealt with those winter sungrasses, you also go to buy a brain computer and find a way to raise the character rating of "Xian Fan" to D-level."

With the coordinates shared by Jiang Yang, it took Jing Xuan a whole day to finally go from the wilderness to the bustling city.

Lin Chuan also knew what Xianfan really looked like from their descriptions.

In the background of the approaching end of the world, players can receive various plot tasks, dig underground fortresses, collect renewable resources, and practice survival in the wild. Every time a task is completed, corresponding contribution points can be obtained.

In addition, there are various simulation laboratories. Players can sign up to become experimental subjects, and can also participate in the construction of some daily experiments, including but not limited to, weapon research and development, physical development, brain power development, etc...

Lin Chuan knew that these were the preparations made by the federal government for the coming of the Mysterious Mirror Realm, so not just the three signal lamp brothers, he would let everyone he recruited later enter the Immortal Realm and let them strive for a higher survival sequence.

Just when Lin Chuan was thinking about the future plan, he suddenly felt that there was an extra package in the imprint. Lin Chuan hurried into the bathroom and took out the package.

Xiaoyou sent meditation methods, exercises and gold bars as promised, and the last link in Lin Chuan's plan was finally filled.

Hearing the laughter coming from the bathroom, Gao Cheng and Zhong Da looked at each other in horror. They didn't know how big a happy event it was to make the boss laugh like this when he went to the bathroom...

Lin Chuan quickly suppressed his excitement, and after hiding the gold bars in the ceiling, he came out with meditation ideas and exercises, and said to Gao Cheng and Zhong Da:
"You two go out for a while, and I will ask you to come in later."

Lin Chuan was not worried that the two would eavesdrop, because he would never give them a chance to choose.

……

After the two went out, Lin Chuan pressed the emergency button on Jing Xuan and Jiang Yang's brains to wake them up.

"What's wrong!? Someone called the door!?"

As soon as Jing Xuan opened his eyes, he jumped up from the bed and assumed a fighting state, and Jiang Yang also pulled out the pistol under the pillow.

Lin Chuan waved his hands with a wry smile, calming down the nervousness of the two, took them to sit on the sofa, and put the meditation method and exercises in front of them.

"There is something that needs to be decided by the two of you.

These are meditation methods and exercises. If you can awaken your spirit, that is, enter the extraordinary, then you can gradually improve your own strength, but there is one thing, your ability is likely to be affected by me, or even controlled by me . "

Jing Xuan took the exercise without hesitation, and looked at it:
"You don't even need to ask me."

Jiang Yang looked at Lin Chuan with some embarrassment: "Can I learn it too?"

"Naturally, the choice is yours, because you... are also our friend."

After Lin Chuan finished speaking, he felt an inexplicable sense of shame. Although he already regarded Jiang Yang as a friend, it was still a bit awkward to admit it personally.

"Thank you."

Jiang Yang doesn't care about the price Lin Chuan said at all. This is a world of equal exchange. If there is no Lin Chuan, he may be an ordinary person until his death. If he can use this to enter the extraordinary, it will be a completely different life.

"Since you all agree, then first write down the meditation thoughts and try to find a way to awaken the spirit. I will talk to Gao Cheng and the others first."

After the two of them wrote down the meditation ideas, Lin Chuan briefly introduced the main points of meditation and the basic information of practicing exercises.

After leaving the dark avatars on the two of them, he 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 a cigarette. Seeing Lin Chuan come out, they quickly stubbed out the cigarette butts and stood up.

Lin Chuan handed over the meditation method:

"This is meditation. According to the above, go to the next room to practice. Whether you can enter the extraordinary depends on whether you have no talent."

"Boss... this is too precious."

Gao Cheng has never heard of anything that can help people enter the extraordinary. If this piece of paper can really make them become extraordinary as Lin Chuan said, it will definitely be an inestimable treasure.

"Go and practice."

Lin Chuan responded casually, then turned and went back to the house, not worried at all that the two of them would take the exercises away.

There are spirit and dark clones, as long as the two of them have the time to spread the idea of ​​meditation, they will be burned to ashes in the next second.

……

After Gao Cheng and the others returned to the next room, Lin Chuan leaned against the railing, closed his eyes, and entered the altar.

The avatars of Ling and An have long been waiting at the place where Lin Chuan's spiritual body descended, ready for the real-time broadcast.

Ling took out the projection equipment developed by Xin from his white coat, and projected all four people in front of Lin Chuan:

"Old Ancestor, a weak force field has already appeared in Jingxuan's dantian."

Not surprisingly, the awakened Jing Xuan was the first to activate Jue Ling.

There are not many people like Lin Chuan who need to experience Dao Yan. Most people can awaken their spirits smoothly, but because of their talents, physical fitness, understanding, etc., even if they practice the same kind of exercises, the progress is slow. There will be a big difference.

But there is spirit and darkness, Lin Chuan is not worried at all, as long as they can feel the progress of their cultivation, spirit and darkness can enter their dantian, and automatically gather the surrounding spiritual power factors to form a cyclone.

Soon, An Ye came to Lin Chuan excitedly:
"Father God, there is also a weak force field in Zhong Da's dantian. Is this the legendary cauldron..."

Lin Chuan's eyes narrowed suddenly, and he looked at An An sharply: "This is the first time I've heard the word 'cauldron' from your mouth, and I hope it will be the last time I've heard it."

An "plopped" and fell to his knees. He has always been in awe of God the Father who created him and his spirit, because he knows very well that creation is far more difficult than destruction.

Lin Chuan waved his hand, signaling to get up secretly:

"Get up, after they wake up, you can expand in their bodies with peace of mind, but don't think about it."

"Yes, Father God (Old Ancestor)."

Ling and An answered in unison.

……

Lin Chuan didn't say any more, while waiting for the result, he pulled out the sleeping Ao Ye from the lake of spiritual energy, and played with it in his hand.

At the beginning, Lin Chuan was very curious about this legendary creature, but after a few encounters, he found that Ao Ye and Ao Wu were similar, they both had the character of going to the house for three days without fighting.

And it's strange to say that the transparent boundary wall that divides the space of the altar into two can only separate Lin Chuan and Xiao You, Ling, An and Ao Wu, and they can freely shuttle between the two sides.

"Yeah~ (scratches my back~)"

Ao Ye straightened her winding back and let out a very comfortable cry.

Lin Chuan squeezed Ao Ye's dragon horn funny, and his excitement calmed down a lot.

Xiaoyou's exercises are the most important part of all his plans.

He never thought of letting people who have learned the exercises become the cauldron of his own cultivation, but wanted them to play a more important role.

When the avatars of spirit and darkness are too far away from his body, the information transmitted back will have a lag, and those avatars can only absorb a very small amount of spiritual power factors to ensure their own activity. When the recorded information reaches the limit At that time, there is no way to record more information.

But now, people who are aware of the spirit will become the base station of the dark clone. While improving their personal strength and giving them the ability to protect themselves, they can also make the clone of the spirit and dark into a mobile data network.

In theory, as long as there are enough Jue Ling people, Lin Chuan can even monitor the entire Federation.

This is Lin Chuan's goal.

In Lin Chuan's view, information and intelligence are the most precious resources, that's why he denounced An's idea of ​​killing chickens and taking eggs, because his ambitions don't stop there.

Ling came over and interrupted Lin Chuan's thoughts:

"Old Ancestor, Gao Cheng and Jiang Yang also had weak force fields in their bodies. Congratulations, Ancestor, those four have the hope of awakening their spirits."

"Well, split out two cyclones, and settle half of them in each person's dantian to become the seeds of their cultivation. No matter how fast or slow their cultivation speed is, you must assimilate the wandering spiritual factors as soon as possible. You must also obey their orders."

Lin Chuan gave careful instructions, and then withdrew from the altar. Before leaving, he did not forget to send Ao Ye back to the Lingqi Lake, saying that this little black dragon, like Xiaohua, was very lethargic.

……

……

Lin Chuan didn't wait long, and Jing Xuan ran out yelling:
"Chuan'er! I seem to have succeeded! I can feel a little gas in my stomach!"

"Well, congratulations."

Lin Chuan no longer suppressed the joy in his heart, and laughed happily.

……

From this moment on, the future of the Federation will be written by this young man who came out of the Ninth District Orphanage.

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Volume [-]: The Prologue of the Two Worlds.

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Finish.

　A 6000-word chapter, the end of the first volume.

　　
　
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