Chapter 437 Hello (Please Subscribe)
"What position do you think the Emperor will trade with you for?"
Lin Xi felt that Lin Rui's judgments were still reliable.
She stays one more day at Chengtian Gate, it's a slap in the face to the Emperor.
Under the circumstances that the Emperor couldn't do anything about her temporarily, he would most likely choose out of sight, out of mind, and kick her out of his field of view first.
Lin Xi pondered for a moment, "It would be great if I could go to the General Affairs Bureau."
She knew Lin Rui had recently set his sights on the storerooms of confiscated items and the expiring items at the Identification Institute.
This was a big business and didn't require any capital at all.
And the General Affairs Bureau was the superior department of both the storerooms and the Identification Institute.
Lin Xi knew their siblings were the focus of attention from all parties, especially her brother Lin Rui, who was now under microscopic scrutiny.
Thus, for the matters concerning the storerooms, they mustn't be involved directly and had to arrange for a shady intermediary to handle it.
Lin Xi reckoned that once she was in the General Affairs Bureau, she would have various means to influence these subordinate departments, facilitating her brother's operations.
Lin Rui gave a wry smile, "What will you do in the General Affairs Bureau? If you must go, then go to the Divine Supervision Bureau, otherwise, both the First Divine Envoy and the Third Divine Envoy will not agree to your transfer."
Lin Xi squinted her eyes upon hearing this.
The Divine Supervision Bureau was the monitoring department within the Imperial City Department, acting as a godly overseer of the Imperial City Department, much like the Supervision Center within the Security Bureau.
Although over the past 800 years, part of the power of the Divine Supervision Bureau had been usurped by the Spy Detection Bureau, and it had even come under the supervision of the Spy Detection Bureau, the Divine Supervision Bureau remained one of the most critical institutions in the Imperial City Department, second only to the Spy Detection Bureau, causing its members to talk about it in hushed tones.
Currently, the internal dynamics within the Divine Supervision Bureau were as convoluted as those within the Spy Detection Bureau, with intense internal struggle, temporarily dominated by the faction of the Second Divine Envoy.
"Xiao Xi, your situation is indeed very bad."
Lin Rui had just finished checking Lin Xi's various data indicators, his expression unsurprised, "Looking at your current condition, after entering the Fifth Realm, you can only live for about three years at most."
Lin Xi's face slightly darkened.
If Si Malin had said this to her, Lin Xi wouldn't have reacted at all, as she was already mentally prepared.
But hearing these words from her brother made Lin Xi feel odd.
Lin Xi immediately thought of Lin Yi, her eyes filled with pain and anxiety.
Now that she had entered the Fifth Realm and couldn't survive more than three years, what about Yi? What would happen to Yi?
According to the intelligence information currently being investigated, the top assassin of the Dark World, "Ming Yue," was very likely to be Lin Yi.
And Ming Yue had already achieved the "Dark Crown" rank of 6SSS in five underground dark webs a year ago.
Even if the Divine Illumination Association had top-notch biological technology that could extend Yi's life a bit longer, her condition must be very grim by now.
Lin Xi then saw Lin Rui pick up a syringe beside him, preparing to inject her.
"What medicine is this?" Lin Xi was curious but did not resist, letting Lin Rui inject the medicine into her neck.
Her eyes immediately brightened with a look of surprise.
"This is a medicine I created myself," said Lin Rui after injecting the syringe, as he began checking Lin Xi's body indicators again.
This medicine developed for Lin Xi couldn't be verified by any conventional methods, thus Lin Rui had administered a very small dose for the first injection.
It was mainly to observe, as there was still room for improvement in the medicine itself.
"Your cultivation speed is too fast, and the growth of Source Essence is also rapid, my purification speed can hardly keep up, luckily your brother still has ways.
According to my estimates, this could effectively reduce your mental burden, weaken the activity of the Abyss Source Material in your body, and if used successfully, should allow you to live for eight years after entering the Fifth Realm, and even four years after entering the Sixth Realm."
He paused, his gaze focused on the instrument panel before him, "Don't worry, your brother has made significant advancements in biology and Armament fields, and we have even built an Armament Biological Laboratory. With me here, you won't die."
Lin Xi was momentarily stunned and then fixed her gaze on Lin Rui, unable to look away.
She remembered her childhood when her father, Lin Cong, had also stood by the surgery bed and said the same to them.
—With me here, you can definitely survive.
Although she was unsure whether this brother was genuine, he felt much more reliable than their father.
At this moment, Lin Xi wanted to spill all her secrets to Lin Rui.
But the words retreated back to the tip of her tongue.
Yet, she could clearly feel her emotions changing.
Before, she was worried about inadvertently alarming their targets, but now she was reluctant to lose what she had.
Lin Rui seemed completely unaware of her odd demeanor, speaking casually, "Also, regarding Yi's whereabouts, Xiao Xi, you don't have to search anymore. Your hacker teacher isn't very reliable. Searching in that manner might only alarm your targets. Don't worry about Yi; I'm on it and am close to getting results."
Lin Xi's eyes brightened at first, but then she felt a twinge of guilt.
Did her brother know she was looking for Lin Yi? Did he also know about the teacher who taught her hacking skills? Could he possibly know that she had already seen the video of her brother being shot in the head, aware that her brother had already died once?
Lin Rui had finished all the examinations, his lips unwittingly curling up slightly.
The effects of this medicine were slightly better than he had imagined.
Lin Rui then turned around and looked at Lin Xi, "I'm going to make a trip to the Seventh Base City next, are you interested in coming along? There's a secret laboratory belonging to Huang Fuqing there, and it might still have the experimental data related to you and Lin Yi."
Upon hearing this, Lin Xi was momentarily stunned, and her expression then sharpened like a blade.
Huang Fuqing's secret laboratory? Of course, she had to go, it was imperative!
But she didn't know how her brother had found it.
It was known that currently, all forces within the Federation were making every effort to locate anything related to Huang Fuqing.
Even a data pen left by him was worth a fortune.
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Just 7 hours later, Lin Rui had stepped onto the soil of the Seventh Base City, along with Wang Tianwu, Fei Yunlai, and others.
That was the benefit of having your own Guardian Battleship; one could bypass the Star Port without needing to take a passenger ship or go through the ticketing and customs procedures.
They had the legal permit to dock their ship at this port.
This was a port specifically for private ships, and the services provided were very thorough.
Upon disembarking, Lin Rui immediately exchanged for Huang Fuqing's Seventh Realm Armament Mecha Dragon.
Prompt: Do you agree to pay 100,000 soul power points to allow Battle Spirit No. 3 to gift the Emperor Haohao Dragon? Do you agree to spend 1.5 million soul power points to refine the Emperor Haohao Dragon?
Lin Rui agreed, and just moments later, he was able to sense the location of the Emperor Haohao Dragon.
Although the refinement was still underway, his Primordial Spirit had already established a connection with the Battle Dragon.
—It turned out to be located a full 7,000 kilometers away from the city district.
"Such a deep hideaway, no wonder others couldn't find it."
Although Lin Rui had the Emperor Haohao Dragon as a coordinate, he still expended a great deal of effort to discover the entrance.
This experimental base was built at the core of this satellite, independent from the Base City, and had its own energy system, entirely self-sufficient.
Even if outsiders knew its location, without finding the entrance, they had no choice but to see if it was possible to dig their way in.
After searching for a long time, an idea struck Lin Rui, and he tried using soul power points to deduce the entrance to this location, eventually identifying several potential entry points and exploring them one by one until he found it.
This also allowed him to discover a new use for soul power points—deducing the answer to any question based on available information.
That was incredibly awesome; for instance, the Spy Detection Bureau might well have no case in the future that he could not crack.
However, merely finding the location wasn't enough; they still needed to find a way to enter the base.
The experimental base's defense capability was extremely powerful, with over 600 turrets densely packed together, 200 model 5 robots, 50 model 6 robots, 10 model 7 robots, and even a model 8 Dragon Slayer!
Huang Fuqing, at his peak, had a huge amount of funds; it was no surprise he managed to develop his secret experimental base to this scale.
This made Lin Rui and his group extremely headache-prone, as they dared not approach too closely.
Even though Lin Rui brought along Lin Xi, along with a quantum network relay that allowed Lin Guangming to directly access the network of the base, they were still helpless.
The defense system of this base's network, designed by an unknown expert, was exceedingly advanced, perfect, and robust.
Fortunately, at this time, the Emperor Haohao Dragon had finished its refinement.
Lin Rui directly assigned Battle Spirit No. 3 to open the pathway from the inside and granted him the highest authority.
The group walked in and were thoroughly shocked by the vast number of laboratories inside, each with different functions, as well as the dazzling array of various high-end instruments.
Lin Rui, being the most knowledgeable among them, felt even more astounded; these instruments were all of the highest tier, and even after several years, they were still cutting-edge models.
The energy system was also very advanced, possessing a powerful antimatter generator.
The supercomputer cluster here was so advanced that it made Lin Xi and Lin Guangming drool.
They also found the sleeping pod of Huang Fuqing's physical body.
However, from the panel, it appeared that his physical body was brain dead, with no brainwave activity at all; his flesh was maintained alive solely by the sleeping pod.
At this point, Lin Rui blinked in surprise.
He received a friend request, displaying the name Huang Fuqing.
Lin Rui glanced at the sleeping pod beside him, then at the nearby Emperor Haohao Dragon.
Lin Rui suspected it should be Battle Spirit No. 3; this person, even after being hung in the Demon Suppression Forest and having his soul tormented for several years, still maintained a strong self-will.
The reason Battle Spirit No. 2 couldn't communicate in this manner was due to the absence of a biological intelligence assistance chip inside the Emperor Flame Battle Dragon.
As for Battle Spirit No. 1, it was because his soul power and self-consciousness were not strong enough.
He added 'Huang Fuqing' as a friend, and the first message he received from him was quite surprising.
Huang Fuqing: Hello, Lin Rui, I didn't expect to meet you again. It seems your parents' experiment was successful.
Lin Rui touched his nose in confusion, wondering what exactly this Academician was talking about.