Chapter 417: Offline Meeting
As he drove out of Luming Villa in his aunt’s car.
Ling Ping’an then realized that this place was actually a hot spring villa.
He hadn’t noticed it when he came here, but when he went out, he realized that this hot spring villa was very large.
He took out his phone and looked at the navigation map.
Ling Ping’an suddenly realized that he was in the southeast of imperial city, in Mount Tang.
“Mount Tang…” Ling Ping’an put down his phone, “This is the place where the Mount Tang Conference is held?”
The Mount Tang Conference was the world-wide financial and economic summit that was held a hundred years ago.
After this conference, the Ministry of Finance of the Federal Empire and the finance ministers of the partic.i.p.ating countries reached a Mount Tang Treaty.
According to the treaty, the local currency of the Federal Empire was decoupled from gold.
Instead, it was used to anchor commodities.
And the currencies of the partic.i.p.ating countries were still anch.o.r.ed to the Chinese Yuan.
Thus, the era of the credit currency was started.
This was a chapter in the middle school history textbook.
“Yes!” Li An’an smiled and pointed, “Over there is the ruins of the Mount Tang Conference!”
Ling Ping’an looked over and indeed found a large stone tablet. It stood by the side of a road and there was a stone inscription on it: the ruins of the Mount Tang World Conference.
Ling Ping’an chuckled and gently stroked the cat in his arms.
For some reason, the moment he saw the stone tablet, he felt a little absent-minded.
It felt very familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before?
Vaguely, there seemed to be a buzzing sound in his ears.
This sound was extremely strange. It was a little like intermittent electrical waves, similar to electromagnetic signals of some kind.
However, Ling Ping’an felt that he could understand it.
It was very familiar, as familiar as his mother tongue.
Therefore, he subconsciously said the meaning of the signal transmission.
“If you don’t see it, you’ll be called ‘Yi’. If you don’t listen to it, you’ll be called ‘Xi’. If you can’t win, you’ll be called ‘Wei’…”
Ling Ping’an was stunned.
Li An’an and Chu Weiwei were also stunned.
“Ping’an, why are you memorizing the tao-te ching?” Li An’an rebuked, “I almost hit the wrong steering wheel!”
Ling Ping’an’s vision suddenly became clear. He did not know when the car had already driven out of the mountains and entered the Ring Highway.
In his arms, the kitten Bastet let out a soft cry.
Ling Ping’an chuckled, “Aunt, Miss Chu, I’m sorry. I was a little lost in thought!”
Li An’an shook her head, feeling a little helpless towards Ling Ping’an.
Chu Weiwei smiled kindly and said gently, “It’s alright, Young Master Ling!”
Ling Ping’an hugged his cat and could not help but become suspicious in the pa.s.senger seat.
The strange sound that he heard in his daze just now did not seem to be heard by Aunt and her colleagues.
So…
“Am I hallucinating?” He blinked.
This was the only explanation.
“There have been a lot of strange things lately!” He thought.
Therefore, he took out his phone, “I’d better check my Wechat read!”
…
Shang Juan led his people around the Yan Lou and kept searching.
However, after searching for a long time, they didn’t find Lu Qiu’s description of a person who was not tall, wore shabby clothes and had a cat that looked like someone from Jiangcheng City.
They had no choice but to think of a way to search the accommodation area of Yan Lou.
All sorts of excuses and methods appeared.
They relied on their connections to ‘visit’ their friends.
They searched floor by floor.
They did not find anything even when they reached the eighth floor.
Therefore…
Shang Juan looked at the elevator.
“There’s still one floor left…” he raised his head, but he did not dare to go up.
This was because the ninth floor was a place where only members of the imperial family could live.
Nine was the limit of numbers, especially the ninth floor of the Yan Lou, which was even more special.
This was because this was the Luming Villa.
Screech, the apple of the wild. I had a guest, the Luming Villa that blowed the wind.
And in the Federal Empire, the word ‘Yan’ had a special meaning.
For example, the Empire’s Cabinet Office Building was called the Empire Building.
The Empire State Building was divided into two parts. The south was called the Zhou Building and the north was called the Yan Building.
They corresponded to the central federal government and the local government.
It was the same for the Federal Empire’s Ministry of State Security. The Zhou Building was the central federal government’s security and the Yan Building was the local government’s security.
The headquarters of the Empire’s territorial defense headquarters was located in the northern capital, which was also known as the Swallow Thistle in ancient times.
And the National Strategic Defense Headquarters was located in Luoyang, the ancient Zhou City.
Therefore, the Yan Building was actually a summoning building.
It corresponded to the local power faction.
Those who could stay on the ninth floor were definitely existences that the Federal Empire thought could be on equal footing with, or even surpa.s.s.
In history, Frederick, the great lord of Land of Qin and Prussia, came to visit. The place where he gave his speech was the Yan Building of the Council of Ministers.
The hotel where Scholar Newton came to China was called the ‘Swallow Capital Hotel’.
The Butania clothes he brought with him were called ‘tuxedos’ by Taizong.
Only names and equipment could not be fake!
In the Federal Empire, details were very important.
Therefore, he was not qualified to go up to the ninth floor.
Shang Juan was blinking his eyes when he saw the elevator going down.
Someone came down from the ninth floor and he hurriedly pressed the b.u.t.ton.
The elevator door opened.
He looked into the elevator and saw a young girl.
She was about sixteen or seventeen years old and was dressed in the traditional clothing of Xinluo. She was an elegant and refined young girl.
When she saw him, the young girl immediately retreated to the side of the elevator.
Shang Juan’s heart stirred. He walked in and greeted the young girl, “h.e.l.lo!”
“h.e.l.lo, young master!” The other party bowed gracefully. There was nothing to criticize.
“It has been hard on you to serve the mighty figures of our country!”
The young girl nodded slightly, “Serving the heroes of Shang Kingdom, I dare not say it’s hard…”
Shang Juan was overjoyed, “As expected, Master X lives on the ninth floor!”
Yin Mingxiu was also overjoyed, “As expected, what I serve is the true Almighty…”
She recalled the young master she saw.
He was easygoing, spoke humbly, dressed in simple clothes, had an elegant manner and had a graceful bearing…
“Fan Wen Zheng said, ‘worry about the world first and enjoy the world after’. He was probably talking about that young master, right?” Thinking of this, Yin Mingxiu was full of fighting spirit.
“The young master has no time for himself for the world…”
“So… I must serve him well!”
The elevator door opened.
The two people, each with their own thoughts, walked in two different directions.
…
Li An’an drove the car from the Ring Highway to the downtown area.
Then, she found a parking lot in front of Rende House, the most prosperous building in the imperial city center.
After parking the car, Li An’an took out a bank card from her body and handed it to Chu Weiwei.
“Weiwei, please help choose Ping An’s clothes…” Li An’an smiled slyly, “I still have a mission at the Bureau!”
Chu Weiwei was caught off guard by this sudden attack, “Captain… I won’t choose…”
Li An’an smiled, “Weiwei! I trust your judgment!”
As she spoke, she began to chase them away, “Hurry up and go buy some clothes!”
“I’ll come and pick you up after work!”
As she spoke, she looked at her watch, “Weiwei, hurry up. The higher-ups will blame you for delaying work!”
Chu Weiwei had no choice but to nod, “Then I’ll do my best!”
Ling Ping’an shook his head. He knew what his aunt meant.
He knew that his aunt was trying to force a match.
But the problem was…
He got out of the car and looked at Miss Chu. He smiled apologetically, “Sigh, my aunt has always been like this since she was young… I hope Miss Chu can be magnanimous!”
Chu Weiwei smiled. She was used to it, “It’s fine. Captain likes to joke around!”
“I’ll take you to buy clothes first!” Chu Weiwei said. She held the bank card in her hand. To be honest, high-ranking military officers of the Blackguard did not need to consider things like money anymore.
The true value of the Blackguard was points.
For example, after Li An’an broke through to major, the Blackguard rewarded her with five million Yuan. They even gave her a 140-square-meter furnished house in the imperial capital, which was worth more than 20 million.
There was no need to mention Chu Weiwei herself. The Chu family of Qingcheng Mountain had transcendents for generations.
Their family background was extremely rich. Since young, they did not need to worry about money.
As long as they needed it, she could buy out the entire mall with a phone call. She could go shopping as she pleased.
However, considering that the nephew of the captain seemed to know nothing about the world of transcendent being.
Chu Weiwei did not intend to disturb him.
After all, the world of the transcendent being was too dangerous and cruel.
Ling Ping’an sighed and said in a deliberative tone, “Miss Chu, can we buy some clothes and then find a coffee shop to sit down and kill time?”
Chu Weiwei shook her head, “This cannot do!”
“Captain’s orders, I dare not not complete!”
The Blackguard was a military organization.
In the army, it was a duty to obey orders!
Ling Ping’an sighed and couldn’t help but droop.
Shopping…
It was a horrifying shopping experience!
He recalled the painful memories of shopping with his aunt in the past.
Shopping for a day, fitting thousands of times.
Finally, he bought two pieces…
But…
Considering that if he refused, his aunt would immediately come back.
He could only nod, “Then Miss Chu, please don’t pick too many…”
Chu Weiwei smiled and was extremely happy, “Of course!”
Speaking of which, this was the first time she had helped a different surname to buy clothes.
“Let’s go!” She said straightforwardly, “I’ll bring you to the Renyi Building to shop!”
Even if she was a transcendent being, even if she was a transcendent who had experienced countless dangers and horrors in the nightmare world.
She still had a fanatical interest in shopping.
That was because it was in her nature!
Women shopping was the same as men playing games. It was in her nature to not differentiate between cla.s.s and education level.
She brought Ling Ping’an and walked towards the bustling Renyi Building.
After entering the building, one could see the exquisite jewelry stores.
After pa.s.sing through the jewelry stores, one could see the clothing stores in front of them.
The brands were dazzling.
Ling Ping’an looked at the specialty stores and couldn’t help but shrink his head.
That was because…
Although he had never worn these brands of clothing before, he knew a little about them.
Just like Pegasus, it was said that any belt cost a few thousand dollars. It was simply terrifying!
And that Fu Yun, a pair of shoes cost at least twenty thousand dollars.
It was simply terrifying!
“How about…” Ling Ping’an could not help but say to Chu weiwei, “Let’s go somewhere else…”
“It’s fine!” Chu Weiwei smiled and said, “I’ll bring you to the eighth floor…”
Ling Ping’an shrunk his neck. The first floor was already so exaggerated, so what about the eighth floor?
Chu Weiwei seemed to have noticed Ling Ping’an’s worry. “Don’t worry… It won’t cost much!”
The eighth floor of the Renyi Building was a private custom-made area.
The clothes there weren’t priced.
However, someone had to recommend them.
It could be considered the capital’s true luxury area.
And the Chu family just happened to have a store there.
Ling Ping’an chuckled and was about to reply when his phone rang.
He looked down and saw that it was a message from Hu Nuonuo, “I’m sorry, young master. I just received a patient, so I’ll be a little late!”
Ling Ping’an chuckled and casually replied, “It’s alright, I’m already in the imperial city…”
“Aunt asked a friend to bring me to buy clothes!”
“!!!!” Hu Nuonuo seemed very excited and immediately sent a message, “Young master, where are you? I’ll be right there!”
Ling Ping’an thought for a moment and replied, “The eighth floor of the Renyi Building!”
“Young master, wait for me, I’m coming over right now!” Hu Nuonuo impatiently sent a message.
At this moment, Chu Weiwei turned around and looked at Ling Ping’an, asking, “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing…” Ling Ping’an smiled and said, “A friend said that she’s coming over!”
“Oh…” Chu Weiwei nodded and didn’t take it to heart.
The two of them took the building’s escalators and kept going up.
Soon, they reached the seventh floor.
However, there was no sign of the eighth floor. What appeared in front of them was only a hint of the ninth floor.
Ling Ping’an was puzzled, “Why isn’t there an eighth floor?”
Chu Weiwei said with a smile, “The eighth floor is hidden!”
“The merchants in the imperial capital all abstain from saying the eighth…”
“Oh?” Ling Ping’an didn’t quite understand.
“It’s up and down…” Chu weiwei smiled and said, “Businessmen don’t really like eight…”
Ling Ping’an shook his head, “Eight is a good number in Jiangcheng City. Make a fortune!”
“That’s Guangnan!” Chu Weiwei said, “The central plains region doesn’t believe in eight…”
“So, if you want to go up to the eighth floor, you have to take the stairs!” Chu Weiwei led Ling Ping’an to a fire tunnel on the seventh floor. Then, she pushed open the door and entered.
The moment she entered, the cat that Ling Ping’an had been holding in his hands suddenly let out a soft cry.
Meow!
The upstairs stairs were lit up one by one.
Chu Weiwei’s pupils constricted. She turned around and looked at the cat that she had been ignoring.
“Young Master Ling…” she smiled and asked, “Your cat is really intelligent!”
Ling Ping’an chuckled, “Bastet… is indeed very intelligent!”
He gently stroked the cat in his arms.
From Chu Weiwei’s point of view, layers of spiritual light appeared on the cat’s body.
An incomparably powerful psionic power was released from all directions.
Then, how was it a cat?
It was clearly an extremely terrifying and powerful foreign species!
Cat demon!
And it was a cat demon above the general level!
Chu Weiwei blinked her eyes as many things surfaced in her mind.
She asked with a trembling voice, “Young master… Have you heard of… nightmare world?”
Ling Ping’an laughed, “Are you talking about the legend of nightmare?”
“I’ve played it before. There are several aliases…”
Chu Weiwei’s pupils dilated. The mark of nightmare did not block her words.
Hence…
The person opposite her was a partic.i.p.ant in the nightmare game!
The first partic.i.p.ant she met in the game in real life!
He was actually the nephew of the captain who she thought was ‘ordinary’, an unknown ordinary person!
Also…
What did he mean by a fake ident.i.ty?
Chu Weiwei recalled something and asked, “Then… young master… do you know a person called this penniless monk, MonkFahai?”
Ling Ping’an laughed out loud, “That’s my vest!”
Chu Weiwei swallowed her saliva. In her daze, she seemed to see the face of the young man opposite her. A burly monk’s face overlapped with his.
“Amitabha!”
“Benefactor, we meet again!”
“Venerable Ksitigarbha of h.e.l.l, supreme wisdom of all Buddhas!”
Chu Weiwei shuddered.
Everything could be explained.
How could there be love and care for no reason in this world.
She thought of her own milestone.
Coattail rider!
In the entire realm of nightmare, there weren’t many people who could have the golden nightmare milestone, yet she easily obtained it!
“I really am a coattail rider!” She lowered her head. She finally knew that she wasn’t lucky, but the captain was taking care of her and blessing her.
She finally understood why the commander-in-chief had to personally go to Jiangcheng City.
She also knew why so many strange things had happened in Jiangcheng City.
It was all because of him!
The young man in front of her!
So…
Chu Weiwei’s heart pounded.
She didn’t know why, but she thought of the captain’s suggestion time and time again.
“Weiwei… My nephew isn’t bad, right…”
“Weiwei, let me tell you, if you marry my nephew…”
“Weiwei, come and see, my nephew’s food is delicious, isn’t it?!”
She recalled the food she had eaten in Jiangcheng city.
It was incomparably delicious, incomparably sweet, just like the food of immortals and G.o.ds.
More importantly…
After eating that meal, she often received some inexplicable reminders in the nightmare world.
“You have received x.x.x’s curse. Because you have high-dimensional energy in your body, the curse has been canceled out!”
“You’ve received the lord-tier beast’s radiation… the data is wrong… You’ve resisted the beast’s radiation…”
What was more important was that she had been walking on flat ground from the first lieutenant to the captain to the major.
Her breakthrough was effortless.
Even the lieutenant colonel, who was on the verge of breaking through, was probably the same.
There was also the captain who had personally admitted to her that she could break through whenever she wanted..
Chu Weiwei was extremely excited as she recalled this and was about to step forward to express her grat.i.tude.
Ling Ping’an smiled and said, “But I haven’t played that game for a long time!”
“Firstly, I was delayed because of something… Secondly, that lousy game server is being maintained…”
Chu Weiwei was stunned.
Game?
Nightmare world was just a game in his eyes?
Or… was he hinting at me not to expose him?
After thinking carefully, Chu Weiwei understood.
She automatically imagined a powerful extraordinaire. In order to protect his family, he was willing to go into hiding and hide his strength.
He had arranged everything for his family.
He was willing to let her fly higher but he was not willing to be honest.
Was it because he had something to hide or was there a reason?
No matter what, Chu Weiwei knew that since the other party was unwilling, she had to keep it a secret.
Ling Ping’an looked at Chu Weiwei and said with a smile, “Miss Chu, you play that game too? When the server opens, I’ll open an account and bring you to clear dungeons!”
As he said that, he chuckled.
Chu Weiwei lowered her head. She knew that he was reminding her.
I’ve already recognized you…
I was the one who protected you the last time!
Shh!
Don’t tell anyone!