Chapter 71 Identity
There is a small fountain and European-style pavilion in No. 1 Middle School. Next to the pavilion, there is an artificial lake and several strange rocks as tall as a person. Of course, in order to save money, the fountain is rarely opened, and the lake is also very shallow. The deepest part is only as high as an adult's knee. This is because they are afraid of safety accidents of students. However, there are many flowers and trees planted, especially in spring, the colorful flowers are even more beautiful. It is a good place for many students to develop underground romances secretly. During the lunch break, many students who are tired of studying come here to take a walk and relax.
Xiao Xiao sat on the railing of the pavilion, reading a book. Many boys and girls gathered around her, which has become a phenomenon in No. 1 Middle School. In just a few days, some people have even established a Xiao Xiao fan club and a fan website.
——Although the world that judges people by appearance has always been unreasonable, she is so popular not only because of her beauty, but also because she is knowledgeable, elegant in conversation, and has a rhythmic beauty in her every move, which makes people's attention involuntarily drawn to her.
Rong Yuan put his arm on the railing of the rooftop, looking at Xiao Xiao who was in the center of the crowd in the distance, his eyes seemed very focused. Jin Yang came over and also leaned on the railing, and saw the focus of his attention at a glance.
"Do you care so much?" Jin Yang asked.
"Hmm." Rong Yuan made a nasal sound unconsciously.
"Go after her if you like her! Believe me, there aren't many girls in this school who can reject you." Jin Yang said, "In fact, I feel like she's a little special to you, too."
"What nonsense?" Rong Yuan glared at him and argued, "Who said I like her?"
" Really?" Jin Yang was very skeptical.
Rong Yuan said angrily: "Why would I lie to you?"
"But I noticed that you haven't taken your eyes off her for more than five seconds in the past two days. Isn't this love for her?" Jin Yang was still skeptical.
"I just care a lot." Rong Yuan's face turned cold when he said this. "Who is she? What does she want to do? How much does she know? She seems to know me very well, but I know nothing about her. This feeling is not good." As he spoke, his voice became lower and lower, and gradually turned into a soliloquy. As expected and unexpected, Wandou activated all the energy of the optical brain, but could not find any information about Xiao Xiao. On the Internet, she seemed to be completely invisible.
Jin Yang thought for a while and asked, "If you are so curious, why don't you just ask directly?"
"Because I don't believe she will tell me the whole truth." Rong Yuan said bluntly: "All the information is in her own hands. If I ask her directly, she can decide how much to tell me - whether it is 50 % 70%. As long as she hides a little bit, the situation may be completely different. It is also possible that she will make up a false lie or mislead me to draw the wrong conclusion. In this case, when the initiative is completely in the hands of the other party, I don't want to ask a word, and I don't want to hear a word."
"Oh..." Jin Yang nodded, looking thoughtful.
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"Wadou, the merit points brought by the wanted criminals this week are only half of last week's, right?" Rong Yuan asked as he flipped through the record of merit gains and losses.
"It's 53.25 percent." Wandou put down a holographic statistical table and said, "However, the merit income of the Skynet Kinship Bridge has increased by 1.38 times, the merit income of traffic safety has increased by 1.07, and the merit income of food safety has increased by 1.12. The above are all the statistical data changes."
After all, wanted criminals are not like leeks that grow in the field. After one crop is harvested, another crop will grow. After such a long period of searching, fewer and fewer wanted criminals can be found. Even if Wandou expands the scope of the search in provinces and cities, it cannot reverse the downward trend of this revenue.
In contrast, as Skynet's influence grows, the merit points it brings are also increasing. [Kinship Bridge] has achieved a direct counterattack since the day it was established, surpassing the merit income brought by wanted criminals in less than half a day. Moreover, as time goes by, perhaps because the children who have been found have been missing for a longer time and have suffered more pain, and their relatives are more eager and desperate to see them, the merit points are still increasing every day. As more and more people pay attention to food and traffic safety, several merits have increased.
Rong Yuan's merit income is far from what it was when he had to calculate every penny. Every day, the 48 clues released by Kinship Bridge mean that 48 lost relatives are finally reunited. The same incident happens too often, resulting in the current news media not being very enthusiastic about this matter, and just reporting it every day as a routine. But the excitement and joy of the relatives meeting each other will not be reduced by a single point because of the media's indifference, and neither will the merit points. Combined with other miscellaneous income, Rong Yuan's merit points can now reach 200,000 or 300,000 a day, and sometimes even higher.
At the same time, the number of missing relatives online has increased recently, and many people have sent their help requests directly to the message area of Tianwang. In the past, many people would not post information about their missing relatives online because they did not see any hope of finding their relatives online, and would rather rely on their own strength to find them or simply give up. But when Tianwang gave people a real signal of "I can find them", the number of people seeking help online suddenly increased explosively.
But wanted criminals are not infinite, and neither are separated relatives. The current growth trend of merit will gradually diminish one day. Rong Yuan will not wait until then to think about what to do next. He started preparing for the next plan a month ago.
"Wadou, how much merit do I have now?" Rong Yuan asked.
"Seventeen million, nine hundred and forty thousand," replied Pea.
"More than 10 million... If this continues, the negative merits will probably be offset soon, right?" Rong Yuan murmured. He still had 148.2 million negative merits. Half a year ago, he thought this number was out of reach, but now he felt that it was "just so-so".
Pea followed up the conversation and asked, "Do we need to offset some of the negative merits now?"
"No, no, keep them all." Rong Yuan now felt a sense of crisis and needed a lot of merit for emergencies. He said, "Also, start the next plan."
"Yes...but now is not the time to start the plan you made." said Pea.
"I know. But just in case, no amount of merit is too much."
According to the deduction rules of the merit book, directly killing others - except for evil people with more than 10,000 negative merits, will deduct 100 to infinity merit points. And he still hasn't figured out the calculation rules for the deducted merit points. He only knows that the higher the negative merit points, the less merit points will be deducted. Conversely, the higher the positive merit points, the more merit points will be deducted. And every time the merit points increase tenfold, the calculation rules of the merit book will undergo a big leap. Rong Yuan didn't know how much merit points he would be deducted if he killed someone with 150,000 merit points.
In rule one, the merit of the contractor is divided into two types. The first is "initial merit". If this value is negative, the price is that every day of life needs ten points of merit to exchange, and then slowly accumulate merit to offset the negative value. Rong Yuan is in this situation now. The second is "convertible merit", which is the merit obtained after signing the contract. It can be used to offset negative values or exchange for goods in the merit mall. It is not calculated together with the initial merit, but according to the rules, when the convertible merit becomes negative, there is no delay and no mercy, and the contractor will be immediately wiped out.
Rule 14: For every ten people with positive merit killed by the contractor, he will be punished by heaven - that is, a real thunderbolt. Rong Yuan didn't know how powerful the thunderbolt was, but the current intensity of natural lightning strikes was between 30,000 and 300,000 amperes, and the discharge power of medium-level lightning reached about 10 million watts. With his current physique, he would die in a 99% chance if struck by lightning. Even if he took a rain shuttle to hide in the sea or in space, he couldn't be sure that he would be able to avoid the thunderbolt.
In other words, if he killed Xiao Xiao, he would risk killing himself at the same time. But when it really came to the last resort, Rong Yuan would not sit still and wait for death.
He flipped through the page of weapons listed in the Merit Mall, his slightly narrowed eyes revealing a very dangerous look.
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After more than a month, Skynet finally updated again. Super fan Xia Yulong noticed this change almost immediately, and he immediately clicked on Skynet's latest update page - [Freemasonry].
There were so many numbers that he felt dizzy. It took him a long time to continue watching, relying on his strong love for Skynet and his natural aversion to numbers.
[Freemasonry], to put it simply, is two tables - at first glance, they look like two tables in an account book.
The first table is a detailed list of all income in the Skynet public account, clearly listing the donors and the amount of donations, with the number accurate to every penny. Regardless of the amount of donation, it is listed in the table in chronological order. The total amount has reached nearly 1 billion yuan.
The second table shows where the money went. It lists who Skynet donated the money to and why. The amounts are accurate and detailed, without any discrepancy.
【“Zheng Nanshu, 350,000.00. Reason: bone marrow transplant.”】
[“Shen Zerou, 400,000.00. Reason: treatment for leukemia.”]
[“Li Fei, 150,000.00. Reason: treatment of viral meningitis.”]
[“Hua Yuanjia, 100,000.00. Reason: taking care of the elderly and raising children.”]
[“Fan Yishu, 12,000.00. Reason: going to school.”]
【“…”】
The reasons for donation in the table were very brief, and most of them were for treating diseases, which everyone could understand. But some reasons seemed a little weird, such as "raising children" and "rebuilding houses", etc., which seemed to be things that everyone should take care of themselves, making others feel that the money was not donated to the right place. There was a lot of discussion at the time, with various opinions.
But soon, people left messages in the comment section to express their gratitude and explain the reasons. In order to prove their words, some people even attached photos as evidence.
For example, Hua Yuanjia's wife died of illness. He has four elderly people at home, including his parents, his father-in-law and his mother-in-law, and a pair of twin sons. Hua Yuanjia is just an ordinary construction worker. His monthly salary is not only very low, but also often in arrears. In order to pay for his wife's medical treatment, he sold his house and still owed more than 20,000 yuan in debt. The difficulties of this family can be imagined. Now, after paying for rent, water, electricity and other expenses with his monthly salary, he can only maintain the minimum living standard. The children often don't even have enough food, let alone new clothes and toys.
For example, Gu Xing, who needs to rebuild his house, lives in a very poor village. His house was destroyed by a mudslide, and the government's assistance has been delayed. The family lives in a small tent, and the children move a small stool outside to do their homework. The weather is still cold, and after more than ten days, their hands and feet have frostbite.
There were many other people who encountered various difficulties. Some people even said in the comment section that they were actually ready to commit suicide by turning on the gas with their entire family, which was better than enduring such hopeless suffering. As a result, they received the grant from Skynet at that time.
"This is so, so, so..." Xia Yulong thought for a long time and finally said, "It's amazing!"
After he finished his sigh, he looked through the comments section for a while, wanting to make a reply but couldn't think of anything nutritious to say. Suddenly he jumped up, ran out of the bedroom and shouted, "Mom! Mom! Where's the card you saved my New Year's money on?"
"It's in the drawer of the study! What do you want it for?" Xia Yulong's mother said while lying on the sofa, pressing the mask on her face with her hand.
Xia Yulong rushed into the study, flipped out the card, and ran out while shouting excitedly: "I'm going to donate all of it!"
"What...what? What what? Donate what?" Xia Yulong's mother was stunned for a moment, then stood up and chased after him: "You damn child! Stop right there! Where are you going to donate the money? It's several million! Have you been cheated?"
Xia Yulong jumped into the private car and told the driver to drive faster, while sticking his head out of the window and shouting, "Mom, don't run! The mask fell off!"
Xia Yulong's mother slammed on the brakes, reached out to pick up the half-fallen mask, put it on her face with a "snap", and quickly pressed the edge of the mask with her fingers.
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"You have club activities today, right? If you're not going to the activities, why are you looking for me?" Rong Yuan, who was dragged out by Jin Yang to eat right after school, asked curiously. The two of them rarely spend their spare time together. Jin Yang has a variety of colorful activities and countless invitations, and Rong Yuan has always disliked crowded and noisy environments.
After Jin Yang ordered the meal, he waited for the waiter to leave, raised his lips, and said with a hint of praise in his eyes: "Don't you want to know who Xiao Xiao is? I found out."
Rong Yuan was stunned: "What is her identity? No, who did you ask? Is he reliable?" - How could Jin Yang know this information that even a computer could not find out?
"Of course it's reliable. I called my grandfather and asked him."
Jin Yang's grandfather was a senior official in the central government, so his information was certainly correct. However, he was very busy, so the time he could spend with his grandson was calculated by the second, so Jin Yang never disturbed him for his personal matters.
So Rong Yuan asked: "How did you alarm him?"
Jin Yang said, "Don't you really want to know?" in a matter-of-fact tone.
