Chapter 36 Restrictions
Rong Yuan thought that he would have to choose between learning Nine Yang Manual or Little Li Flying Dagger, and it would be best if he could have his cake and eat it too. Unexpectedly, Wandou said without even thinking, "No."
Rong Yuan was stunned and asked in disbelief: "What did you say?"
Wandou repeated word by word: "There are no martial arts secret manuals available for redemption in the Merit Mall."
"How is this possible?" Rong Yuan couldn't believe it. Even on the Internet, one could find various versions of live-action teaching videos of Tai Chi and Wing Chun. How come there were no related redemption items in the Merit Mall?
Wandou didn't say anything, but just manipulated the "Book of Merits" to turn to the page of the mall and let Rongyuan read it himself. Rongyuan looked at it for a long time, and his face gradually darkened.
He finally understood what Wandou meant when he said that there were restrictions on the exchange of merits for contractors with negative merit points in the mall.
The merchandise in the mall is dazzling and endless, including all kinds of real and surreal materials, from ancient times to the future, from daily necessities to military weapons, from ordinary items seen in daily life to magical props that only exist in fantasy. There are too many to see them all, so Rong Yuan has not found a problem.
All commodities, regardless of their value or function, are external objects. There is not a single one that can guide cultivation and help people improve their own functions!
Rong Yuan searched for the military boxing that they would learn every time they entered military training, but the result was - nothing!
Among the products that have appeared so far, only the body-clearing pill can be said to have similar functions, but its main function is to remove harmful substances from the body. The various improvements in physical fitness can only be said to be a side effect after the toxins are completely removed. It cannot allow people to surpass the limits of the body, and it cannot make Rong Yuan have the fighting power to fight against a hundred enemies alone.
In other words, in the case of negative merit, Rong Yuan can at most become a superhero like Iron Man, but he can never become Captain America.
It's like a baby holding a weapon that is far beyond his ability, but he doesn't know that he will never grow up.
Rong Yuan pushed open the Merit Book, leaned back, lowered his eyes, and crossed his fingers on his lips. After a while, Wan Dou called softly, "Rong Yuan?"
Rong Yuan glanced at him and ordered, "Wandou, collect all the martial arts, Sanda, karate, taekwondo, jeet kune do, Muay Thai, judo, yoga and other fighting techniques you can find, and combine them with my own situation to tailor a set of the most efficient training methods. Can you do it?"
Pea had been collecting all kinds of information. The optical computer database stored a large amount of useful and useless information, including various fighting techniques. After calculating for a while, it said, "I need 48 hours."
"Well, let's start now." Rong Yuan nodded - humph, so what if I don't give him a way to practice? If he wants to become stronger, there are many ways. All roads lead to Rome, so he won't stick to one path until the end.
——As for those negative merit points, one day he will figure out where this debt came from!
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After discovering that there were restrictions on the exchange of negative merit in the mall, Rong Yuan first made a list of all the types of goods he thought the Merit Mall should be able to provide, and then searched and verified them one by one in the Merit Mall. Then he found that the mall was missing several types of exchange that might have been available but had not been discovered.
The first category is the cultivation method, which includes none of the magic, fighting spirit, telekinesis or basic martial arts.
The second category is technical information. There are a large number of books in the mall, many of which are very precious to scholars and collectors, but any book can be found in this real world. No book records technical information that exceeds the current level of technology - it can be exchanged for high-tech technical products and various magical props, but it cannot be exchanged for its manufacturing technology and principles.
The third category is space-time products. Among the special items, there is a storage bag, which initially blinded his judgment and made him ignore this possibility. It was not until he tried to search for products such as the time machine and the magic scroll of teleportation but failed that he looked back and found that the storage bag in the mall actually used a miniature technology to shrink the distance between atoms to make objects smaller, so that the bag can hold items far beyond its own volume. There are no other legendary products related to folding space, different-dimensional space, slowing down or speeding up the flow of time, and traveling through time and space, except for the mustard space of peas.
The fourth category, which Rong Yuan was not sure whether it really existed, was items that could change bloodline. In various stories, there have always been legends of humans transforming into non-human creatures, such as vampires, zombies, werewolves, ghosts, monsters, gods, etc. However, there were no items with such functions in the Merit Mall.
As for the rest, he will know what he has missed only after he has offset all the negative merits.
This was the second time since Rong Yuan obtained the "Book of Merits" that he felt that negative merits were like a thorn in his back, and he would not be happy until he got rid of them.
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A few days later, the municipal government announced the cause of the fire accident in the Meihao Shopping Mall. It was found that an employee of a clothing store in the mall used a low-quality charger to charge his mobile phone and forgot to unplug it. The short-circuit current caused the wires to arc and catch fire. Also, because the decoration materials and clothing of the clothing store were all flammable, this horrific tragedy resulted.
According to the accident investigation results, a series of relevant responsible persons were severely dealt with in accordance with the "Z Country Civil Service Regulations", "Z Country Major Safety Accident Administrative Responsibility Investigation Measures" and other laws and regulations. The mayor of City A proposed to resign, but his application was not approved, but he was given a serious warning; the deputy mayor in charge of safety management, the director and deputy director of the Commercial Committee, etc. were given serious warnings and serious warnings, the deputy mayor was demoted, and the latter two were dismissed; the fire brigade captain Jiang Yonglong, the law enforcement team captain Xie Biao, and the director of the street office Zhang Wei in charge of the area were all dismissed; in addition, Liu Xuwen, the general manager of Meihao Mall, and four others and the person in charge of the clothing store were handed over to the judicial authorities for handling.
Apart from these leaders, all other small and large people involved in this incident were not spared and were sentenced. The punishment was handed down very quickly and harshly, without mercy, which can be said to have comforted the victims who lost their health and relatives in the accident to a great extent. Even the most angry people did not object to the city government's ruling.
But in fact, after investigating the accident scene, the criminal investigation team of the Public Security Bureau of City A found the remnants of a time bomb. This liquid, which looks like yellow transparent cooking oil, has a very high mechanical sensitivity when it is semi-frozen. It is dangerous to cause explosions under conditions of sudden cold or heat, impact, friction, open flame, high heat, etc. It can immediately cause a violent explosion reaction when released by strong acid. It is a very dangerous material for making explosives.
Ouyang Rui and others from the Criminal Investigation Team 1 speculated that the most likely carrier of this explosive was Hua Yun from Wild Wolf. He brought the time bomb into the mall for some purpose, but before he could use it for its true purpose, the clothing store caught fire and caused chaos. The panicked crowd and the fire in the store could have caused the explosion. In this unfortunate coincidence, Hua Yun himself was also killed by the fragments that were ejected rapidly in the blast.
The fire was an accident, but if it hadn't been for the violent explosion, the casualties would never have been so severe. Just for the sake of those lives that suddenly disappeared in the accident, the criminal investigation team will not let go of the culprits who want to stir up trouble in City A.
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No matter how nervous the police were secretly, Rong Yuan's life continued as normal as usual.
The results of the provincial competition were out, Rong Yuan won the championship with a perfect score, and the math genius from No. 2 Middle School was the second place, seven points behind him. As for the other first, second and third place winners, Rong Yuan didn't even pay the slightest attention to them.
It was a done deal for them to attend the winter camp for the Mathematical Olympiad, and the tutors had changed from keeping a close eye on them to letting them do what they wanted. But the provincial physics competition was only half a month away, and Rong Yuan still had a lot of free time. The head teacher even paid for a book of questions for him that was said to be compiled by more than a dozen of the best Physics Olympiad tutors. Rong Yuan thanked them and accepted it. Compared to math questions, he actually felt that the process of solving physics questions was more interesting. Sometimes the small traps set were a bit hilarious, making the unknown question setter look a bit cute.
It only took a week for Rong Yuan to finish half of the exercise book. He also did not neglect his physical and martial arts training. During the two martial arts classes, Alan Neil paid more and more attention to him and Jin Yang. For others, it was enough for them to master the basic movements, but he really demanded perfection from them, and sometimes he would personally practice with them.
On the morning of the weekend, Rong Yuan got up early as usual and went for a run near the park. After running for half a lap, he saw a familiar figure from a distance. When he ran closer, he saw that it was indeed Jin Yang.
"Yang..." Rong Yuan was about to say hello when his voice suddenly stopped.
Jin Yang was wearing a black suit and holding a bunch of white chrysanthemums as white as jade in his hand. The boy's face looked a little sad.
He lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking, and did not notice at all that a black car was coming towards him at high speed from behind!
