NABC Chapter 98 Xu Su Resigns
Chapter 98 Xu Su Resigns
The expected alarm did not sound.
Test passed successfully!
Qi Te slowly exhaled a breath of stale air; the hurdle he was most worried about was finally over.
After a little thought, the reason becomes clear.
Sequence 0 had been quietly developing in the old city for countless years, undetectable by surveillance satellites and unnoticed by Blue Shield's regular inspections. If it weren't for the unique ability of that short-haired female team member, it would never have been exposed.
Clearly, the little monster inherited its mother's abilities, including the ability to block signals and block all detection.
As the students left the testing hall one after another, the buses arranged by Blue Shield Company stopped at the end of the entrance to the city.
Having narrowly escaped death after a chaotic battle at the border, the students hurried toward the bus.
Zhang Xiaodao caught up and patted Qi Te on the shoulder with a smile: "I'll see you to your car."
"We've added each other on Feixin and keep in touch. The city's military control isn't that strict, so we can contact each other anytime."
"it is good"
The two walked toward the bus while talking.
"Little Te"
Zite turned his head and looked at a man with a stubble beard not far away, who was limping along the fence towards him.
"Sixth Uncle"
"I heard something happened at the border, it scared me to death. I'm so glad to see you back. God help me, God help me!"
Uncle Liu patted his chest, wearing the cotton coat that Qi Te had given him when he left the city. Although it was old, it was a gift to him.
"Brother, brother!"
Inside the quarantine fence, a group of dirty little kids waved and grinned at Qi Te.
Qi Te greeted everyone, then chuckled and said, "Sixth Uncle, you've switched churches again?"
"Hey, you don't know," Uncle Liu said mysteriously in a low voice, "a group called the Fortune God Society has recently come here. They often send messengers to the quarantine zone to bring us food. Who cares? We'll believe whoever gives us food."
Despite the rapid advancements in technology, religious sects have never ceased to exist. Some have been passed down from the old era, while others are newer sects like the Cult of the Machine God.
The more backward a place is, the more prevalent religious sects tend to be.
Impoverished soil cannot produce abundant fruit, but it nourishes various Lutheran sects.
Having grown up in District 9, Zite had seen many churches and denominations distribute welfare benefits during holidays and festivals.
When I was little, I didn't understand. I only heard my grandfather say that it was a way to win over believers and recruit new people. Don't be fooled by those guys wearing robes of different colors and smiling faces. They may look kind, but once you join the church, they'll definitely ask you to make offerings, pay membership fees, and donate money.
According to Grandpa, no religious sect is a true philanthropist. He'll give you a piece of cake, and you'll have to pay him back ten pieces someday.
Many churches are also eyeing the quarantine zone, as the investment costs are lower compared to the Ninth District. Of course, the congregational loyalty is also lower.
If you give me a piece of cake, I'll believe you today. If he gives me an old piece of clothing, I'll believe him tomorrow.
The day after tomorrow? Everyone might be dead by then.
Uncle Liu, who was lame, looked weathered, but he was actually only in his early forties, which was considered quite old for someone in the quarantine zone.
Qi Te responded with an "oh," his gaze sweeping over the crowd of people in the quarantine zone waving at him, and casually asked, "Where's Da Dong?"
"Hey, that big guy's really lucky. He got chosen by the messenger and went into the city. I heard he'll be a protector for the Divine Society, he's really living the good life."
Uncle Liu said with no small amount of envy, as several city defense soldiers walked over, pulled out their batons, and started hitting the net.
"Back off, back off, what are you all doing climbing up here? It's not the time for the power to be on, so you're not afraid of dying, are you?"
One of the soldiers started cursing, and Zhang Xiaodao quickly stopped him, saying, "That's enough, this is none of your business."
"Yes, squad leader."
The soldiers immediately saluted and turned away.
"Brother Zhang has become the class monitor!"
Qi Te was quite surprised, but then he thought about it and realized that with Zhang Xiaodao's resume and abilities, it was only natural that he was doing well.
"Hey, what class monitor or not?"
Zhang Xiaodao smiled a little embarrassedly: "Alright, your classmate is calling you to get on the bus. It's freezing cold, hurry back."
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While Jiang Luo and his group were locked in a stalemate with the employees of Oasis Company, Qi Te was anxious to find Liu Baichuan to come to the rescue, but Liu Baichuan had disappeared.
Of course, Lao Liu didn't run away. As soon as he got off the plane, he and Xu Su were invited into the VIP purification room by several senior staff members in sharp suits and impeccably dressed.
After changing clothes and quickly completing the purification process, they were welcomed into the Blue Shield Company's office.
As the top security company in Long County, Blue Shield has dedicated work areas in the city defense departments of all its subordinate cities.
The control room responsible for the area inside and around Haicheng is also within the block area.
Ji Ying, president of Blue Shield Company's Haicheng branch, personally received him. To Liu Baichuan's surprise, Wang Renfu, representative of Oasis Company's Haicheng branch, also made a special trip to attend.
Liu Baichuan and this representative were old acquaintances. Oasis had extended three strong invitations, and the other party had made the first appearance on two of those occasions.
Oasis is backed by several conglomerates, and Wang Renfu belongs to the Wang family, the richest family in Long County.
This man was arrogant by nature, with an extremely high opinion of himself, and he had no idea what the meaning of "treating the virtuous with courtesy" meant. In his view, he was already being very generous by condescending to deal with a poor, uneducated researcher. As a result, Liu Baichuan repeatedly refused him.
In short, their impressions of each other were extremely poor.
But this time, the man surnamed Wang was uncharacteristically all smiles, and even personally brewed tea, displaying a humble and polite demeanor.
Something unusual must be going on. How could Liu Baichuan not realize that the other party's pretense was definitely for Sequence 0?
Both apex creatures perished together, and under the dual destruction of flames and strong acid, almost no valuable biological samples were left at the scene.
The two vials of amniotic fluid that Zite had previously collected were arguably the only live samples of sequence 0.
Its precious value cannot even be measured in money.
But Wang Renfu firmly believes that in the Federation, there is nothing that money cannot buy.
However, he did not speak directly; instead, it was the female CEO of Blue Shield who made the authorization request.
After expressing his deepest apologies for the unexpected incident, President Ji lavishly praised the emergency response strategy.
Subsequently, Blue Shield and Oasis expressed their plan to use surveillance satellite footage to record the entire team's evacuation from Outpost 3 until they boarded the fighter jet, as a survival textbook for border areas, to train their employees.
The cooperation agreement states that Liu Bochuan, as the initiator of this collection operation, owns all biological samples, as well as the entire team's itinerary and all related video data.
Even if it were the Blue Shield team members who were actually fighting, at that moment they would be equivalent to Liu Baichuan's private army.
Blue Shield and Oasis, who frequently operate in border areas, would have to pay Lao Liu for all the footage of this extreme escape. Otherwise, it would constitute a serious copyright infringement.
Liu Baichuan used his expertise in making money to negotiate and, after some haggling and pushing, achieved his goal.
The Oasis Company's Class A Sample Bank 48-hour visit experience card includes participation in sample testing of seven perfectly evolved organisms, including the golden salamander, and a letter of intent for full funding and manpower support for the next collection operation.
However, as the ultimate winner, Liu Baichuan was not happy at all.
The thought of the five students who perished broke his heart. Had it not been for Qi Te's early warning, the death toll would likely have been much higher.
In addition, Liu Bochuan was also puzzled. When the two presidents asked key questions such as "Why didn't you escape to the buffer zone?" and "Why did you return to the old city?", Xu Su only said that he was in a hurry to meet up with the team members who were in the old city.
They attributed most of the decision-making proposals to Liu Baichuan, without mentioning Qi Te's name at all.
Clearly, that kid must have spoken to Xu Su privately.
"Professor Liu, the sample..."
After signing the authorization letter and letter of intent, Wang Renfu finally got down to business.
"We'll discuss this further after the city's pollution control monitoring is completed and the pollution index is confirmed."
Liu Baichuan immediately interrupted, and as he stood up, he swayed slightly and quickly grabbed the table for support.
"I also suffered a considerable injury and was physically exhausted; I'm truly mentally drained. Don't laugh at me, but if it weren't for your personal visit, I probably would have fallen asleep standing up by now, haha~"
"That's right, that's right."
Wang Renfu forced a smile, stood up silently, and shook hands with Liu Baichuan.
After Liu Baichuan walked unsteadily out of the office, Wang Renfu immediately snorted coldly in annoyance.
"That old fox is really impervious to reason."
Ji Ying laughed and said, "I think this professor is quite humorous."
Wang Renfu sized up Ji Ying, looking down at the female CEO with disdain.
"I hope that in an hour, I will be able to see all the video footage and the strategic report."
After saying this, Wang Renfu turned and left.
"Tch, do they think we're some kind of appendage to Oasis?" the young female assistant muttered discontentedly as she sorted through the documents.
"Arrogance will cost him."
Ji Ying smiled enigmatically, then looked at Xu Su: "Captain Xu, although this mission was aborted due to an unexpected event, you did an excellent job!"
"The comprehensive stat assessment and combat power analysis report for the Golden Dragon Salamence will be available soon. I will send it to you as soon as it's released. Thank you for your hard work..."
"No need." Xu Su interrupted her, took a deep breath, met Ji Ying's gaze, and said seriously, "Through this incident, I have gained a clearer understanding of my own abilities."
"Thank you for your continued support and guidance, Mr. Ji. However, I regret to inform you that I am submitting my resignation."