Chapter 037 Old Land and Silver Star 2
Today, the prosthetic clinic doesn't seem to be doing much business, which may be related to the crackdown on gang activities nearby.
Chen She took a look at the halo on Aunt Li. It was similar to Wu Yisu's, a mixture of light gold and orange-red, but the orange-red was stronger.
Aunt Li's expression also seemed to indicate that she was somewhat wary of Chen She and Zhang Sirui.
Obviously, she originally thought that Chen She was just a rich second-generation who was ignorant of the sufferings of the world. It was a very stupid act to come to such a neighborhood and try to make money from the poor, and it would never succeed.
But after the experience store opened, Chen She not only expanded his business, but also cleared out the surrounding gangs, bringing great changes to the entire area.
In Aunt Li's opinion, she must overturn her previous judgment and re-examine the purpose of Chen She and Zhang Sirui's coming here, as well as their true identities.
She began to feel that Chen She might not be a rich second-generation with simple thoughts.
Chen She was thinking about other things.
"This light seems to confirm my previous guess."
"Light gold represents a high level of favorability, while orange represents a certain degree of hostility and vigilance."
"So what does blue represent?"
"Or maybe this color represents a profession? The light gold with orange-red represents a businessman? It's unlikely. The former speculation is more likely."
Chen She made this rough inference based on the colors he had seen so far.
However, considering that Aunt Li was not completely hostile to him, but still had some friendliness, Chen She did not directly regard her as an enemy, but replied: "Excuse me, have you seen a homeless person around here?"
Aunt Li re-examined him and smiled: "There are so many homeless people around here, which one are you talking about?"
Chen She said: "His name is Xia Lirong. He is quite handsome among beggars. He has all his limbs intact and speaks quite clearly."
Aunt Li restrained her smile and asked, "What do you want to do with him?"
She didn't seem to expect that Chen She would describe a homeless man in such detail and even call out the homeless man's name. This shows that Chen She has the most basic respect for this homeless man.
Chen She answered truthfully: "Nothing, I just want him to be my employee."
Aunt Li looked at Chen She, as if to confirm the truth of what he said, and then said: "Homeless people disappear in Liming City every day. I suggest you don't delve too deeply into it, otherwise you will get into trouble sooner or later."
"If you are very curious and want to get to the bottom of this, I suggest you strengthen the security around you first."
After Aunt Li finished her cigarette, she turned around and returned to the prosthetics clinic.
Chen She frowned slightly, thinking carefully about the deep meaning of Aunt Li's words.
"It looks like she knows something."
"Homeless people go missing every day in Dawn City. Could it be that someone is kidnapping these homeless people on purpose?"
"Besides, she asked me to strengthen the security. Does that mean that even Zhang Sirui can't handle the danger we encounter? No, not necessarily. It could also be that she is saying that Zhang Sirui himself is fine, but it is difficult for him to protect me?"
Chen She carefully savored what Aunt Li said, and suddenly felt terrified.
If Aunt Li wasn't deliberately deceiving him, then it meant that this matter was very complicated!
The public security in the outskirts of Dawn City is not good. The DCPD doesn't care about things like gang fights, let alone trivial matters like the disappearance of a homeless person.
No one knew how many homeless people there were in Dawn City, and the occasional disappearance of a few people would not attract any attention at all.
After thinking for a moment, Chen She said to Zhang Sirui, "Arrange a few smart brothers to investigate this matter while ensuring their own safety."
"I vaguely feel that this matter may be related to a large conglomerate like the Fujido Group or the Space-Time Knights."
"Especially the Knights of Time and Space."
"Considering the special mark that appeared some time ago, they may pose some threats to the safety of the experience store, which we cannot ignore."
Chen She thought about it carefully. If someone was really secretly kidnapping these homeless people, then the only possibility was to conduct some evil mysterious experiments or human experiments.
Needless to say, this kind of thing is most likely related to large conglomerates or organizations like the Space-Time Knights.
Zhang Sirui was also very aware of the danger of this matter, but as a rebel, he could not retreat just because of the danger.
Knowing yourself and the enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger. Only by fully grasping the enemy's intelligence can you seize the initiative.
Although Chen She was somewhat concerned about the safety of the homeless man, it was impossible for him to use too many resources to look for him.
On the one hand, he wasn't sure whether the other party had stood him up or was really arrested.
On the other hand, the full version of "Embers of Demise" is about to be released, and Chen She has too many things on hand and really has no extra energy to care about other things.
Letting a few brothers from the resistance army try to investigate while ensuring their own safety is the most humane way to treat a stranger.
I hope he was really stood up!
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Friday, March 28th.
Regular meeting of the resistance army in the basement of Chen Group’s headquarters.
The heads of each department reported on the recent situation in turn.
Lin Luxi said: "Captain, the full version of "Embers Are Going Out" has been developed, and now only the initial promotion work is left."
“Although the demo version of “Ember of the Dead” has gained a certain degree of popularity online, we previously forcibly split Mewtwo into two versions, which caused strong dissatisfaction among many old players and caused the ratings to drop sharply.”
"For this official release, I think we should plan the early promotion work well. After all, we have so many physical copies of Mewtwo in stock, and we can't afford to lose anything."
Chen She nodded slightly: "Well, I'll think about the publicity."
Zhou Lei said: "The transformation of the experience store has been completed, and the security level has been greatly improved compared to before."
"This time, in addition to conventional security measures, such as safe houses, anti-eavesdropping devices, armed drones, and various hidden micro-turrets, we have also installed space-time activity inhibitors. This is mainly to prepare for the possible threats posed by the Space-Time Knights, as you said."
The so-called space-time activity inhibitor is a special defense device.
Members of the Spacetime Knights have the ability to control spacetime creatures, create spacetime activities, etc. However, around the spacetime activity inhibitor, their abilities will be completely restricted and they will not be able to exert their full power.
Chen She had long understood that the strange ability of the Space-Time Knights was extremely dangerous and difficult to guard against with conventional means.
Therefore, before the two sides came into contact, Zhou Lei was asked to make preparations in advance and spend a large amount of money to purchase a space-time activity inhibitor.
As a result, the money earned from "A Walk in the Garden" was directly invested in the development of the full version of "Embers of Demise" and the modification of the experience store, and most of it was consumed.
Zhang Sirui said, "Captain, I asked a few smart brothers to check on the beggar."
"There are indeed cases of beggars mysteriously disappearing in Dawn City, and some signs of residual space-time activities were indeed found at the scene."
"That is to say, the mysterious disappearances of these beggars may indeed involve the Knights of Spacetime."
"In fact, the Time and Space Knights have committed kidnappings in many big cities. They are very keen on 'recruiting' new members and will not refuse anyone. The ultimate goal is to transform these people's 'synesthesia' abilities and make them followers of the Time and Space Knights, serving as cannon fodder for their terrorist activities."
"But the brothers followed your request and made self-protection their top priority, so they didn't dare to investigate too deeply. After a few days, this is the only progress they have made."
Hearing this, Zhou Lei showed an expression of realization on his face.
"No wonder the captain strongly requested that the experience store be equipped with a time-space activity inhibitor from the very beginning! I originally thought that even if the symbol of the Time-Space Knights appeared on the street, there should be no danger as long as there was no direct conflict between the two sides."
"But the captain thought further ahead and had already made preparations in advance."
"Even... the captain might think further?"
"Strengthening the security measures of the experience store and investigating the Space-Time Knights... Does this mean that the captain has actually made up his mind to attack the Space-Time Knights? Strike first to gain the upper hand?"
"It's a good move. Although those crazy people in the Spacetime Knights are dangerous, they are not like the big chaebols and are not protected by the laws of the old land. If we really take down the Spacetime Knights' base in Dawn City with all preparations, we should be able to catch all the spacetime particles they have stockpiled..."
“That’s great!”
Zhou Lei couldn't help but make a series of associations, as if he had already seen the scene where the resistance fighters, led by Chen She, attacked Huanglong and returned with a large number of space-time particles.
At this time, Chen She was secretly rejoicing.
I said it’s right to be more cautious!
In fact, when he first asked to install time-space activity inhibitors in the experience store, he did not deliberately target the Time-Space Knights. He did it simply for his own safety and to spend a little more money.
But unexpectedly, it actually came in handy.
At present, Chen She does not know much about this mysterious Space-Time Knights. He only knows that their leader is called Epsilon, and his current life or death is unknown. As for the nature of this Knights Order... it would be correct to simply characterize it as a terrorist organization with some brain problems.
Therefore, Chen She did not dare to let the resistance soldiers investigate too deeply. If they alerted the Knights of Time and Space and were reversely located, it would be a big problem.
The ability possessed by these time and space knights is called "synesthesia". As the name suggests, it is the ability to synesthesia with the mysterious time and space creatures.
Some high-level members of the Spacetime Knights can harness and control dangerous spacetime creatures and create small-scale spacetime activities. Even some believers who have just been forcibly "recruited" can use their synesthesia to transform their bodies and carry out suicide attacks.
This kind of organization is like a puddle of mud. Once you get stuck with it, you will probably be unable to get rid of it. Chen She definitely doesn't want to provoke it.
It would be best if you never had anything to do with them.
The only person that Chen She was a little concerned about was the homeless man Xia Lirong. Not only out of sympathy, but also because Xia Lirong was originally covered with a light blue light, which Chen She had only seen on him so far. He wondered if this had any special meaning.
Chen She asked: "What would happen if these homeless people were really kidnapped by the Space-Time Knights? Would their lives be in danger?"
Zhang Sirui replied: "There shouldn't be any danger to life in the short term. Although the Spacetime Knights are all a bunch of lunatics, their ultimate goal is to transform everyone's life form and let humans embrace spacetime life, but they don't have the habit of killing innocent people indiscriminately."
"Of course, this is not a humanitarian sentiment, it's simply because they see ordinary people as resources."
"If they are strong in synesthesia, they will try every means to develop them into knights and absorb them into their own combat power; those with weaker synesthesia may develop into followers and sacrifice themselves for the Knights if necessary; those who really don't have any synesthesia will stay and do some hard labor."
Chen She felt a little relieved.
According to Zhang Sirui, even if the homeless man named Xia Lirong was really captured by the Space-Time Knights, his life would not be in danger in the short term.
There is no need to rush this matter, we can take the long view.
Zhao Zhen finally said: "At present, the new factory and production line of Lishan Technology Group are about to be officially completed. After completion, Zeng Hailong and other gang thugs can be moved there."
"The new factory and production line are built according to your requirements. We purchased the latest MK-6 manufacturing machine. It can meet the production needs of most equipment."
"Those hooligans have also been reorganized according to your request. Those who are stubborn have been sent to the DCPD. Those who are more cooperative like Zeng Hailong will continue to work in the factory to see if their minds can be slowly changed."
“The only question is, what will this new plant produce?”
"According to my idea, we can just share the production plan with the current foundry of our Chen Group."
"On the one hand, these hooligans have gradually become familiar with similar work, and their production efficiency has improved to a certain extent. On the other hand, after we implemented the eight-hour work system, the brothers' training time was guaranteed, but the shortened working hours reduced the number of OEM orders we received, and we need to continue to expand our order business."
The MK-6 manufacturing machine that Zhao Zhen mentioned is a new type of conventional manufacturing machine produced by Wilford Heavy Industries Group.
The factory form in this world is different from that in Chen She’s previous life because of the different technological levels.
These manufacturing machines are more like some kind of 3D printing equipment. As long as raw materials and space-time particles are provided, they can automatically manufacture specific equipment according to the drawings.
The more advanced the equipment, the less manual work is required.
Of course, some high-tech products, such as chips or advanced mechanical prostheses, cannot be made because these things not only require special equipment, but also highly confidential drawings and many special materials.
But low-end firearms, low-level cold weapons, conventional mechanical prostheses and digital products, etc. can all be made.
Therefore, it is still up to Chen She to decide what this factory will be used for.
Chen She immediately rejected Zhao Zhen's idea: "We definitely can't produce these things anymore. The profit of low-end OEM is too low, and it also affects the brothers' training time. We have decided to gradually eliminate these things."
"It's definitely not appropriate to open a new production line and do these things."
"But I haven't decided what to build yet. I'll give you a clear answer after the official version of "Embers of Demise" is released."
Chen She deliberately left this loophole as a precaution.
Because he has to prepare for both situations.
If the official version of "Embers Are Out" fails as expected, he will have to use this production line to find something profitable to make up for the losses.
But what if the official version of "Embers Are Out" unexpectedly becomes popular? Then this production line will have to produce something that loses money to bring the profit and loss back to balance.
Zhao Zhen nodded: "Okay, this matter is quite critical, Captain, please take your time to think about it."
"Since there is nothing else, shall we... adjourn the meeting?"
"There haven't been any military operations recently, so some brothers may be a little impatient. Please try to persuade them. If that doesn't work, give them more training in "Embers Are Going Out"."
Everyone has discovered that the Mewtwo in "Embers Are Going Out" does have an immediate effect in changing people's mentality.
These resistance fighters were all warmongers, and every day they were thinking about how to make a big fortune. They were either thinking about attacking this big tycoon or that big tycoon.
Originally, Zhang Sirui and other leaders were also very worried. They could only go to the wilderness to do something every once in a while to relieve the impatience of these resistance fighters.
But after arranging "The Embers Are Going Out" as a training program, everyone was surprised to find that the impatience of the resistance fighters seemed to have been greatly alleviated, and they no longer clamored to go to the wilderness all day long!
After completing their training, some resistance fighters fell into mild autism, thinking that they couldn't even defeat the enemies in Mewtwo. So what chance did they have of winning if they challenged a large consortium when they were such a loser?
Some resistance fighters, however, have realized the shortcomings of their own skills and feel that they need to spend more time honing their skills in "Embers of Demise".
There are also some rebels who may simply be addicted...
But no matter how you look at it, this is not a bad thing. Since everyone agrees with Captain Chen She's statement and recognizes that the short-term goal is to rapidly develop the economy, we must reduce military friction as much as possible and reduce the risk of exposure.
Everyone nodded and stood up to leave.
Chen She said, "Uncle Zhao, Third Brother, you two stay for a moment. I have some questions for you."
