Chapter 281: Energy: 738,900 Grams
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
They had a busy afternoon. They completed a task and earned 4,000 points.
Lin Yao was also busy for several hours, but he completed dozens of tasks, and the points earned, in addition to his merit points, totaled up to 180,000. These could be exchanged for 180 places in Ninghai City. Even in the war-torn Tianhai City, 36 Individuals could be arranged to enter the safety zone.
This gap between them could not be measured. If they earned money through missions, Qin Ya would not mind the difference. She might have liked power and wealth but would not be a slave to money.
However, in this turbulent era, points were equivalent to chances of survival, and the survival of one’s family could be guaranteed. Qin Ya placed high importance on the points.
“All of you did a good job.”
She might be praising them, but Qin Ya was a little absent-minded. She was thinking about the path she should take in the future.
‘Should I continue to groom Jin Cheng and the rest of them as I planned to do in the past?’
With this thought in mind, Qin Ya thought of her parents. Judging from what Lin Yao had told her, she had already guessed that his plan was to bring his family to Shanghai to settle down.
The girls who were with him also had a high probability of bringing their families over to Shanghai to settle down. As Lin Yao became stronger, his family would also have a higher status in Shanghai.
For the time being, Qin Ya did not need to worry about her status. She was playing a big role. However, Yan Yu’er and the others were growing, and there would come a day when they would be capable assistants.
‘Even if they are not as capable as me when they mature, they are loyal to Lin Yao and he trusts them. In the end, I will gradually be marginalized.’
After working with Lin Yao for a while, Qin Ya understood that even if she was marginalized, her family’s safety would be guaranteed. Lin Yao was not someone who kicked a person to the curb when they outlived their usefulness.
However, the Qin Family could merely be assured of their safety. Yan Yu’er and the girls would have a higher status than the Qin Family.
‘Could I tolerate it if one day, Yan Yu’er and the others ride on my back and order me around?
‘Could I bear the fact that their families will always surpass the Qin Family? In fact, Qin Xue’s family might even become the main line of the Qin Family, while my family will become the branch.
‘Furthermore, if Shanghai is besieged one day and Lin Yao can only save some of us… will he save my family first?’
These were the three questions she asked herself. After a moment of silence, she had her own answer and made a decision.
At that moment, Jin Cheng and the others were still talking to Qin Ya, bursting with excitement. However, she was no longer in the mood to reassure them.
“Alright, it’s getting late. I’m tired too, and all of you should rest as well… By the way, I have something to do during this period of time, and the company will temporarily be managed by ***. If you need anything, you can look for her. It’s fine if you want to leave too. You don’t have to pay liquidated damages.”
“…”
“Sister Qin, what happened?”
“Did that scoundrel force you to do this?”
“Shut up. Enough, this is my own decision.”
Qin Ya hung up the phone and looked at the room where Lin Yao was sleeping with a mixture of emotions.
When she had come to Shanghai, she had been worried that Lin Yao would have conflicts with Jin Cheng and the others and she had even been ready to step in to mediate.
However, the final result had exceeded her expectations.
There was indeed a conflict. Jin Cheng and the others were afraid that Qin Ya would be snatched away and they caused Lin Yao trouble.
However, Lin Yao did not plan to confront them to get even, nor did he compete with Jin Cheng and the others for her.
Knowing that she could not concentrate all her attention on him, he’d immediately drawn a clear line of demarcation, stating that they’d solely work together, and he had tried his best to get rid of her influence.
Since then, he had been in contact with her only for work. He had never interfered with her personal affairs.
He was being respectful and polite.
However, as a result, she gave up on Jin Cheng, who valued her, and was ready to devote herself to help Lin Yao.
Actually, Qin Ya, who had decided to stand on Lin Yao’s side, was relieved that she had made the decision now.
‘Fortunately, chaotic changes in the world are occurring during this period. If it happened two to three years later, when Yan Yu’er and the others would have matured and grown up, it wouldn’t have been possible for me to join them even if I was willing.’
She was thankful that she had made the decision now. At the same time, Yan Yu’er seemed to have heard her conversation on the phone. Yan Yu’er stood up to “comfort” her. “Sister Qin Ya, you made painstaking efforts to start the management company. It would be a shame to give up in vain. Ah Yao has us. Don’t worry.”
“It’s alright.”
“It will be fine. Sister Qin Ya, I believe that with your ability, you can handle the situation on both sides.”
“You sure have a lot of faith in me.”
Upon seeing Qin Ya, who was smiling but not quite, Yan Yu’er laughed awkwardly and did not dare say anything else.
However, her eyes flashed twice as she looked at Lin Yao’s room.
Lin Yao had no clue what was going on outside. It was not good for the huge amount of information received through the Electromagnetic Induction to accumulate in his mind. Lin Yao’s rest was also affected.
Fortunately, there was the golden cicada. With the Cicada Chirp—Clear Sound, Lin Yao’s consciousness felt cool and breezy, as if he had returned to a summer when cool breeze had been blowing when he was a child. This relaxed his spirit and allowed him to have a good nap.
Lin Yao’s strong physique enabled him to regain his energy after sleeping for slightly more than four hours.
It was one o’clock at night, but the super-strong Electromagnetic Induction enabled Lin Yao to see that it was not peaceful outside. There was a large number of armed policemen, soldiers, night guardsmen, and civilian martial artists who were very busy outside.
‘Shanghai is much more dangerous at night than during the day. During the day, there are only beasts around. However, at night, not only the beasts come out, but there are also a lot of freaks… Speaking of that, it is easier for me to find freaks than beasts.’
The freaks were better at hiding than the beasts. The beasts had to follow the rules of reality, which was something that could be understood.
However, the freaks, as one could tell from their name, were absurd and unusual.
A mirror, a piece of paper, a voice, a shadow, and even a dream could be freaks. The difficulty of finding them was 100 times higher than that of finding beasts and it was far more dangerous.
However, to Lin Yao, it seemed easier to find freaks than beasts.
This was because some beasts were righteous, but all freaks were malicious. They did not have the slightest bit of good in them.
As they harbored very powerful malice, there was no way for them to hide from Lin Yao.
‘It’s time to attack. If I want to bring my family to Shanghai, I will need at least 100,000 points per person. I would need a total of 400,000 points for my parents, younger brother, and younger sister. Besides, I still have to find accommodation for them after bringing them here.’
With this thought in mind, Lin Yao did not go out. However, his mind jolted, and he went deep into his Sea of Consciousness, staring at the green energy ball floating above the sacred tree.
The energy inside the energy ball was 738,900 grams.
Yes, that was right. Lin Yao currently had 738,900 grams of energy, which was nearly 740,000 grams of energy.
The reason why Lin Yao’s energy had soared from 400,000 and 500,000 to more than 700,000 was related to his actions today when he had searched for beasts and destroyed them. This was undoubtedly protecting the people and making a contribution. It was normal for his energy level to increase.
Of course, it was impossible to obtain such a huge amount of energy based on this alone. The surge of energy that came with killing beasts only accounted for a little more than 90,000 grams. The reason it had reached 738,900 grams was due to the 3 billion funds given by the soldiers in the early stage.
Lin Yao had instructed people to use part of the money meant to build the elementary school as a relief fund and spent it on the people affected by the disasters. This was also making a contribution to the people.
Hundreds of thousands of people had benefited from the huge amount of funds, and energy had continuously poured into Lin Yao’s Sea of Consciousness.
Lin Yao could clearly see that when he was in the Sea of Consciousness for a short time, green energy balls kept appearing one after another.
50 grams, 30 grams, 7 grams, 18 grams, 27 grams… Each ball had very little energy, but there were a lot of them. The small balls merged with the green energy sun, and the green energy ball turned even bigger. The 738,900 grams of energy inside it kept increasing as well.
‘At this rate, if there is another harvest tonight, I will be able to accumulate one million grams of energy by early tomorrow morning… My sacred tree could be upgraded again!’
Chapter 282: What Kind of Grudges Do You Guys Have Against Me?
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The upgrade of the sacred tree would give Lin Yao new talents, as well as increase his upper limit. Lin Yao had already decided that he would advance to become a silver warlord upon the advancement of all three sacred trees.
‘I wonder what my limit will be after the three sacred trees advance. 3,000%? 30 times the limit of ordinary people? I don’t think it’ll be that much. Although the advancement of one sacred tree to the diamond level can increase my limit to 1,000%, the increment is smaller and harder to attain as the limit increases. I will be satisfied if the three sacred trees can increase my limit to 20 times that of ordinary people.’
As he pondered the advancement of the sacred trees, Lin Yao walked out of the room and greeted the group of ladies.
“Why aren’t you guys asleep yet?”
“We’re not tired and we can take turns to rest during the day. Ah Yao, you should be resting more.”
“I’ve had enough rest. Wait for the good news in the room.”
Upon finishing his words, he got the feathered serpent spirit to possess his body. Without taking the stairs, Lin Yao simply flew out of the window, soaring into the night sky of Shanghai.
‘Freaks, I am here. Are you ready to be harvested?!’
Lin Yao was very ambitious and high-spirited when he left the house and was prepared to collect a huge amount of merit points tonight.
Half an hour later…
The sound of the police sirens was heard in the surroundings of the room where Lin Yao lived. Pale-faced and blindfolded with a black cloth, Lin Yao had been escorted back to the campus of University of Monster Science and Technology by a large group of armed policemen and military personnel.
He could hear voices reminding him during the journey.
“Student Lin Yao, we have set up arrays in the university to conceal your aura. Please don’t go out at night unless it is absolutely necessary.”
“Thank you for the reminder. I get it.”
“Alright, your assistants are here. We won’t disturb Mr. Lin’s rest then.”
Soon, the military personnel and armed police left. Yan Yu’er, Qin Xue, and the other ladies rushed over to Lin Yao in fear and panic.
“Ah Yao, are you okay?”
“What exactly is happening?”
Their mainstay, Lin Yao, was seriously wounded, and the ladies had no idea what to do.
On the other hand, although Lin Yao’s eyes had been covered by a black cloth, he looked very calm.
He didn’t need the ladies to help him as he headed toward his room alone. At the same time, he consoled them.
“Don’t worry, I am fine. I’ve been besieged.”
Although he had wanted to say this with a calm voice, despite his determination, he looked extremely upset at the thought of what had happened half an hour ago.
He had not expected to encounter such a bizarre situation when he was out at night.
Lin Yao didn’t act rashly when he was out tonight. Just like in the daytime, he went searching for freaks only when a group of martial artists who could be his reinforcements had already gathered along the way.
He had a wonderful plan. He would search for freaks, and others would kill them. Then, everyone could share the points.
Although Lin Yao would face very few risks, as he was behind the scenes, many people were willing to team up with them. The reason was very simple. People were most afraid that freaks were hard to guard oneself against. With Lin Yao, the threat would be greatly reduced.
As there were many freaks at night, Lin Yao had thought he would be able to earn more points.
This had gone according to Lin Yao’s plan. Mysterious lands were born in places where humans congregated. Shanghai had a large number of mysterious lands. Simultaneously, the spirit energy tide had caused turbulence in these spaces and many freaks had left the mysterious lands and wandered into the real world.
In comparison to the beasts that had to break the defense of the city to get into Shanghai, there were many more freaks coming out of the mysterious lands.
However, a situation that surprised Lin Yao had occurred. The large group of freaks disregarded the martial artists who acted alongside Lin Yao and focused on attacking Lin Yao.
They were different from the beasts during the daytime. Although the beasts had also focused on attacking Lin Yao, their methods weren’t way out of the ordinary. They would either charge forward nimbly, spurt bone-piercing poison, or launch elemental attacks against Lin Yao. All of this was tangible, and Lin Yao could either dodge or block them effortlessly.
However, the abilities of the freaks were unpredictable. In the past, Lin Yao had encountered the balloon-shooting vendor, which could kill with one shot of its gun, the Whac-A-Mole freak, which could hammer anyone shorter than it, and the mirror freak, which could pull anyone who had a fearful expression into its mirror space. In other words, it was completely impossible to guard oneself against the abilities of a freak.
Tonight, Lin Yao had encountered or found many freaks—a little girl selling flowers, an automatic printer, a special staircase, blood-colored playing cards… The freaks could do anything that one could think of. You name it, and they could do it.
When he found those freaks, Lin Yao was half a meter away from them. There was a large number of martial artists blocking the way of Lin Yao and the freaks.
According to Lin Yao’s plan, the freaks would engage in fights and killings with humans as soon as they encountered them.
However, the situation did not unfold according to his thoughts. He did not know if it was because they had been controlled or had sensed that Lin Yao was a threat.
Upon seeing Lin Yao, the entire group of freaks disregarded the rest of the martial artists and pounced on Lin Yao.
As the abilities of the freaks were too peculiar, those martial artists couldn’t stop them from attacking Lin Yao.
Take the little girl selling flowers as an example. As soon as she took out her flowers, uncontrollable feelings of sorrow appeared in Lin Yao’s heart, making him want to buy all the flowers in her hands.
Of course, he would buy them with his heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys.
There were numerous internal organs in the little girl’s basket, all of which she had earned by selling flowers.
The little girl selling flowers did not meet a good end. As soon as Lin Yao was bewitched, the sound of thunderbolt roared in his mind and jolted him out of the trance. While doing her best to bewitch Lin Yao, that little girl had been eliminated by the surrounding martial artists within a very short time.
However, Lin Yao did not feel happy about the death of the little girl. Instead, he had a sense of foreboding.
‘Something is amiss. Is it because of my fortune? Those freaks have noticed my fortune and all of them are coming to attack me?’
Just as he had expected, he was in a precarious situation. Following this, Lin Yao would be the first target of all the freaks he encountered.
Although most of the freaks doing this were eliminated by the other martial artists while they were busy attacking Lin Yao, Lin Yao was dumbstruck when a chaos-level (high) freak appeared.
That was a very unique existence. Lin Yao observed the freak, which looked like the fuzzy back view of a figure. As it was very fuzzy-looking, Lin Yao instinctively wanted to catch a clearer glimpse of the freak and then assess its ability.
However, when Lin Yao focused his mind to look at it, that fuzzy figure did not turn around. All of a sudden, its head turned 180 degrees and a vehement, spiteful voice suddenly echoed in Lin Yao’s ears.
“You saw it, right?”
The abrupt sound made Lin Yao jump in shock. Then, he… went blind.
Lin Yao, who had been flying in the sky, felt really screwed. He couldn’t figure out why he had suddenly gone blind.
Fortunately, he could accept electromagnetic waves and transform them into 3D images in his mind. Becoming blind wouldn’t impact Lin Yao that much. Soon, that freak had been eliminated by the titled warlord, who had caught up with it.
However, this battle had left Lin Yao feeling afraid, especially after he learned that the fuzzy freak had initially been fighting with the titled warlord. It was only when Lin Yao appeared that it dashed over to Lin Yao after noticing his aura, all the while enduring the titled warlord’s attacks.
This made Lin Yao realize he could no longer continue searching at night.
‘What kind of feud and grudges do you guys have against me? Why do you have to hunt me down?!”
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