Chapter 119 Overcoming the Tribulation
"Huh... Huh... Huh..."
Waves of water vapor condensed on the breathing mask. The dim headlight shone through the chaotic and dirty water waves. On the dark and muddy seabed, there were mountains of garbage.
Li Pan lowered his head and looked at his hands and feet.
He was wearing a full-body chemical-proof diving suit to prevent the highly contaminated seawater from penetrating the prosthetic body. The tight breathing equipment and diving suit were constricting his plump thighs and chest, and the sound of active prosthetics could be faintly heard from under his ribs and side of his spine. The tingling and soreness caused by the electric current are really fed back to the nerves. So much so that he couldn't help but knead the two dumplings. They felt good and the experience was quite novel.
Chengzi said, "Hey, I let you in to help find things, not to touch my breasts."
Li Pan said, "Ahem, sorry, I just checked the equipment."
Chengzi probably turned over. He rolled his eyes, raised his searchlight, and continued to search for the target container in the undersea garbage dump.
Because Li Pan dismantled all the chip positioning equipment that Pharaoh could scan in the container and threw it to the seabed. Now he can't use the equipment to locate it. There are quite a lot of garbage containers on the seabed, and Chengzi has never seen the real ones. , I simply bought a set of Chaomeng equipment for live broadcast. Let Li Pan be directly linked to her system, and she can share vision, hearing and body perception. You can also help operate the construction robot arm when salvaging later.
After all, the serious technology tree of Night City is not that good, but there are a lot of crooked ways.
For example, the various Mewtwo interactions, live streaming experiences, and the gameplay of exchanging prosthetic bodies should not be too mature. Mobile phones that can taste have been invented a long time ago, and it's not just about taste. For a small amount of money, you can actually enter the host's body and experience a complete exchange of life, which will last for five to ten minutes.
Well, there is no need to criticize anything. After all, people will definitely be curious about the bodies of the opposite sex. However, not everyone has the money to buy another prosthetic body, and they are not willing to undergo reconstructive surgery. Then occasionally through Mewtwo Live is a blast, it can be considered a cheap and fresh experience game.
Of course, for the person sharing their feelings, it is their own body after all. It is still very dangerous if hackers are linked in. They may turn you into a vegetative state at any time and send you to nightclubs or kidneys. Therefore, there are only a few platforms, or Only relatives and partners who truly trust each other can share private links.
Chengzi, "Hey! Hands!"
Li Pan said, "Ahem, this swimsuit is too silky, and it slipped off accidentally... Okay, okay, I won't touch it anymore." After touching
Orange for a while, Li Pan said Don't make any fuss anymore, just search in the sea of garbage, scanning the seabed with the searchlight.
There are a lot of things under the water, including all kinds of smelly fish, rotten shrimps, cement buckets, broken cars and residential buildings. Due to various reasons such as rising water levels, new urban reconstruction and tsunami dam expansion, residents living in the east of the Night City have been forced to leave their homes. He was driven to the western suburbs to buy a new house, which created a short-lived real estate boom. But as everyone knows, the old house was flooded and the new house was unfinished. Without a legal address, you can be legally Layoffs were laid off, and a large group of people became homeless.
But Gao Tianyuan, through this kind of migration, drained a lot of people's support and support, and was able to clear out a cheap piece of land in the east of the city and re-plan it into a so-called "new development zone", thus extending its life. And now the Ye Group is not much better. When developing Taiping District, it just copied Gao Tianyuan's plan.
After all, from the company's perspective, without orders from the planes of heaven, without local industry, without plane specialties, and without advanced technology, the world of 0791 is really worthless. All the fights now are just to drain the last drop of blood from Gao Tianyuan, a dying beast.
So this time, although it seemed that Li Pan had annihilated the Tokugawa and Fabius families with a flurry of punches and fifty blows each, in fact, the balance was tilted sharply towards the Ye Group.
Because Tokugawa's troops were also wiped out by the company's gang, now the City of Night no longer has the power to restrain the vampires.
Missing a prince? That's nothing. There are so many elders. Since we have the Blood Holy Grail, we can just promote one more. There are a lot of families in the Camarilla, and the status of the Fabius family cannot be replaced by anyone.
Missing the Tokugawa Army? Yes, Gao Tianyuan's foundation in the City of Night has collapsed. There was already an endless civil war. Now even the leaders of the local conglomerates have been exterminated, and the various forces are even more scattered. No one could bring Takamagahara's strength together again.
Yu Shiba clan? Come on, they themselves have swallowed up a large amount of Gao Tianyuan's assets in Kansai, and they have no time to digest it. This time they were frightened by Monster Inc., how can they dare to interfere in the affairs of the Night City again?
Now the Ye family really seizes this opportunity to eat all they can, annexing the inheritance of the Tokugawa family and the Fabius family everywhere.
Although it is strange to say this, Li Pan was making a fuss, and Ye Shi seemed to be a little more friendly towards him...
In short, everyone was busy grabbing money, and it was a good thing that no one came to interfere with them picking up garbage, so Ping Ping An An successfully found one of his targets.
Cheng Zi, "Is this the container? Hiss...this fingerprint...did you really 'throw' it here?"
Li Pan said, "Well, it was thrown with a prosthetic body, okay, military alloy, the outer box is not damaged, that's it. This one, this box is the most expensive, and will be shipped back to the factory first."
Orange Li Pan floated to the surface, remotely controlled the rented salvage ship, then dived down to install various fixed nooses and self-filling buoyancy balloons to salvage the container on board. Tow it to the port and load it onto the large truck you rented previously. There is no need for him to intervene later when the goods are brought back to the factory.
So Li Pan interrupted the link and blinked. Sitting up from the big bed in Paradise Hotel.
Shiranui Kiriko was practicing in the medicinal bath in the indoor swimming pool, doing difficult poses similar to yoga, digesting the yang energy replenished in the body.
Well, after all, it doesn't have much influence in the office, okay? He can't let go of his hands and feet...
Seeing Shiranui Kirizi practicing in meditation, Li Pan took the opportunity to pick up the formal suit on the ground, put it on, and sneaked out.
Let's put it this way, it's not that Li Pan isn't interested in this kind of thing, otherwise he wouldn't be busy until now. The main issue is mutual benefit or excessive unilateral demands.
In the past, Shiranui Kiriko was just a mortal, and she couldn't extract much Yang Yuan. She couldn't eat it herself, so Li Pan didn't care much about giving her some cultivation, so he wanted to subdue her all at once. It saves this woman from doing business all day long, thinking about Xia Sanlu's affairs, and getting under the office table to interfere with his work whenever she gets the chance.
Who would have known that things would turn around now? With the help of the Great Tengu, Kiriko Shiranui's physical recovery endurance bar had actually caught up with, or even vaguely surpassed, Li Pan, who was in the third level of Jiuyin! Now the two of them can fight hand to hand
. The battle is evenly matched, and she can continuously use Li Pan to practice, take supplements and transform Li Pan's cultivation, and her strength will skyrocket!
But Li Pan is at a loss. Such selfless dedication can only be felt in the senses. Feedback and mental boredom, the energy in the body is still falling, who the hell can stand it! It’s not going to work anymore
, it’s not going to work anymore, if this continues, let’s not say that monsters can’t be defeated, and collectors and collectors can’t win. Even in bed, I was suppressed by a kunoichi! !
Li Pan! Big crisis!
But for this kind of thing, outsiders can't help, so we can only rely on ourselves. And Li Pan's fourth turn of Jiuyin Refining is still a final step, but he just can't get past it.
It stands to reason that he has killed enough ghosts recently. What is going on?
Obviously there is no bottleneck at this stage on Li Qingyun's side, right? Is it really because he, Li Pan, has too many good friends and is obsessed with dual cultivation, which hinders his spiritual practice...
Li Pan was worried all the way to the factory by taking a taxi. He was flipping through the "Nine Yin Manual" and couldn't think of any good solutions. .
I simply went to lie down on the rooftop of the factory, fell into meditation, and took a look at the Shangzhen Temple.
The world on Li Pan's side was almost destroyed once, but Li Qingyun's side was still cleaning up the trouble.
However, he has almost finished brushing. After swallowing more than 130 furnaces of pot water, his whole body's energy is as steady as an old dog. His Tao foundation is extremely solid. The Nine Yin and Sixth Transformation has clearly reached its peak, and there is a faint breakthrough. A premonition!
Yes, there is a bottleneck over there, and there are breakthroughs, breakthroughs, great achievements, great achievements here, there is a big difference...
Li Qingyun was also helpless, took out the little book and flipped through it, trying to find out if there was any secret method that could help dual cultivation.
But it is a pity that the male protagonist in this book is not a human being, or even a snake, but a unicorn-like mythical beast, which is not the same species as Li Pan. There are a lot of checks on meridians and energy, so it can only be used for eye addiction, but it cannot be used for real practice.
He has also basically gone through the cultivation methods of Shangzhen Guan. Basically, he cannot practice them in 0791, and it is not as good as his "Nine Yin Manual".
Alas, this won't work, and that won't work either. We can't let him have an operation to practice the fairy's secret skills, right? ?
Suddenly, Li Qingyun had an idea, and took out "The Secret Book of the Nine Heavenly Mysteries of Killing Evil" from under the futon and flipped through it.
Although Teacher Xian said that this is not a method of cultivation, maybe it can be helpful to draw parallels.
So Li Qingyun read the page seriously...
well...it seems...can't read it?
Although I knew every word, I didn’t know what they were talking about when they were put together. When I blinked, I didn’t know where I had just seen.
If you have studied advanced mathematics and quantum mechanics, this will be the same feeling...
Well, it seems that his comprehension level is not enough to understand this kind of heavenly book...
"Boom!"
Li Qingyun raised his head, he seemed to He heard a thunder, a dull thunder, as if there was an invisible stick hitting his heart.
Li Qingyun was stunned for a moment, thinking that he was reading a book stupidly. He counted with his fingers and swept his consciousness outside the window.
But the Xu Xinghai was peaceful and there was nothing.
"Boom!" It hit once and then again, from far to near.
This time he heard it more clearly. This thunder was definitely not fired by Shang Zhen Guan.
So Li Pan opened his eyes and seamlessly switched from the misty smoke in the Shangzhen View to the stench of the Night City factory, almost fainting.
But something is wrong, there is no rain in the weather forecast in Night City...
"Boom!"
The third sound was right above the head. It couldn't be an auditory hallucination...
The hearts of Li Pan and Li Qingyun were accompanied by these three thunder sounds. The sound started beating like a drum...
Li Pan suddenly had a terrible suspicion, and then he immediately closed his eyes and opened them again.
"Crack!!"
The moment he opened his eyes,
a bolt of thunder and lightning struck down on his head and face!
This blow made Li Pan scream "wow wah wah", blue flames spurted out from his mouth and nose, and his whole body shivered with stimulation. My whole body felt like it was being filled by a waterfall, like a pot of thunder and fire pouring down!
Wow! My hands are all charred and black, like carbon...
huh? No, that's not right...
it's clay...
it's the clay doll! Struck by lightning!
And this familiar feeling!
It's thunder!
tender! Yaoxiu——! ! Overcoming the tribulation! !
Even the Nendoroid is in a state of confusion! Form a Nascent Soul! Survived the thunder tribulation! !
Li Pan was speechless.
I'm really speechless, just throw this clay doll into the vacuum! On the meteorite! There's no shit around! How do you practice cultivation?
How come it is possible to achieve breakthroughs through cultivation in a universe where there is no such thing as shit! Doesn't he have to be stuck in a bottleneck on earth? ?
Got hit.
Li Pan was really shocked.
Everyone was stunned by this thunder.
No, why? Didn't you say that you can upgrade after you kill the ghosts?
Why is he still stuck, but the Nendoroid has been upgraded?
It was obviously him who was killing monsters... Well, it can't be said that the ones he killed were killed by his sword... but didn't he have a share? He exported too? Is there something wrong?
Come on, now Li Qingyun has reached the sixth level of Nine Yin and has gone to the Seventh Level, and Li Nitu has also achieved the Sixth Level of Nine Yin and survived the catastrophe.
Only he, Li Pan, was still stuck on the third rotation. He had to work overtime during the day and was caught doing double cultivation at night. He was carrying a loan of 50 million...
Tired and uninterested...
Until Cheng Zi's truck went all the way through the city and returned At the factory, Li Pan recovered from the blow and helped unload the goods.
He couldn't get over it anymore, and now Li Pan can only make money to numb his empty soul... What is
stored in this container is mainly art, various famous paintings and antiques, most of which are private collections, and quite a few of them are sold online. Marked 'stolen' 'damaged' 'stolen' and basically 'untaxed'. If it is to be auctioned, no matter when it will be sold, Li Pan himself will have to pay a luxury tax of more than 30% first... It seems that
these are the Fabius family's attempts to avoid taxes and 'Black money' prepared for illegal transactions.
Li Pan scanned around and didn't see any monsters. Pure works of art were naturally of no use to his cultivation. However, even if he made hundreds of millions, the Nine Yin Manual was still stuck and couldn't be upgraded, and there were so many problems in life. What's the point? For a moment, he was also bored, and said casually,
"Chengzi, pick one for yourself, and it will be considered as commission for the task."
Chengzi casually picked up a landscape oil painting, "How much is this worth?"
Li Pan took a look, "How much ? A thousand yuan or millions."
Cheng Zi was stunned, "Why is there such a big difference!?"
Li Pan took a video and picked three more objects as samples to take away,
"It depends on who you sell to. Artworks. The value of money is inestimable. It may be worthless to some people, but it may be priceless to some people. Is it hard to buy happiness with money?
In fact, these things are not much different from 'black money'. They are mainly for tax avoidance. , some forces trade with each other, and equity investment will be restricted by the tax bureau, and may also attract the attention of the committee, so they can set up some private foundations, auctions, and randomly use artworks as nominal trading items, which can cost hundreds or tens of millions. The funds were transferred out.
Of course, these things are indeed genuine, and they were shipped from other worlds. The shipping and maintenance fees alone are quite high, and someone should charge them. I will go find someone knowledgeable and ask, and you can continue to transfer the other few items. Let’s transport a box as well.”
So Li Pan went to the secret party bank again and made an appointment with personal manager L.
It is indeed rare for someone like him to mess up someone's business yesterday and come back to make a deal today.
But that's the only good thing about capitalism. As long as you make money, you can sit down and chat with your enemies. What's more, Li Pan is a distinguished customer of the secret party, and his asking price is not high at all.
"The fixed price is 200 million. You also know who owns these things. Ye's Group should have estimated the price themselves. According to the information on the public Internet, it is at least 20 billion. Since their family is willing to spend such a big price Acquisition, and you have to take it with you when you run away. I'm sure other clan elders will also like it. You don't have to worry about finding a seller."
Of course, Li Pan didn't really calculate it at 20 billion. The online auction price and the highest valuation were both He shouted, but even taking into account the profit commission and maintenance fees, his asking price for this batch of stolen goods was only 1%, which is really very reasonable.
So L didn't refuse immediately, but just raised some difficulties.
"Now the Parliament is competing for Fabius's family property, and the prince's quota is also being voted on. Money is being spent everywhere. For the time being, no customer can afford so much money, and if the bank wants to allocate such a large loan, it may also attract unscrupulous people. Necessary trouble..."
"I can't care about this. This time I helped you with all my good words, so I only killed the Fabius family and left a way for the secret party to survive. You didn't even say you would give me a kickback to thank me for saving my life. Well, you don't even accept a fair deal, right? Well, when I walk out of this bank door, I will be responsible for whatever happens."
Li Pan turned around and walked towards the elevator.
"Mr. Li! Mr. Li! Wait a moment! I'll discuss it with the manager right now!"
L was startled. Probably Li Pan's reputation had spread, and L was also afraid that he would turn around and kill someone before he could wait for the elevator, so he hurriedly Went to see my boss.
Li Pan didn't intend to be polite to these vampires, and he couldn't delay it any longer. After experiencing what happened in the past two days, he understood clearly.
0791 The earth is too dangerous. When the company and the collector officially start working together, various situations such as the destruction of the demon god, company war, fleet barbecue, and committee solemnization may occur at any time.
So I had to get money quickly, complete the mission for the Red Tengu, and buy my own spaceship. This way, just in case, I could take the whole family with me and run away at any time.
After all, no matter how bad or rubbish the ship made by Gao Tianyuan is, it is still WARP15, 15 times the speed of light, and it can jump from the earth to Jupiter in two and a half minutes. Moreover, the stealth reconnaissance plane is also a cruiser-level aircraft. According to Nana's introduction, it can carry at least 1,800 people. No matter how many friends Li Pan has in the Night City, it will be enough to carry it.
This is a way out for everyone.
Finally, L found a branch general manager and spent a long time talking with Li Pan.
After all, he was the general manager. He was not afraid in the face of danger. He took the risk of being beaten and beheaded. He picked up a box of goods one by one and negotiated the price. He bargained with the price of this, and bargained with the price of that. In the end, he just cut off the one percent again. When it comes to It took 150 million to close the deal...
and the money was not paid in one lump sum. The Secret Party Bank and Panlong Construction signed a 30 million marine garbage disposal contract, which was the guaranteed deposit for this transaction.
Then, similar to the previous 'Night City Development and Construction Fund', a 'Pacific Environmental Protection Fund' was established. The remaining 120 million will be paid off in ten years from this fund.
Li Pan knew that he had been ripped off several times again, especially the ten-year payment contract, which was nonsense. But because he needed money urgently, Li Pan had no choice.
After all, what company can get hundreds of millions of orders just after opening its doors? This is simply challenging the IQ of the tax bureau, okay? It would be great if it could be done like this.
Alas, the world is like this. It is useless to fight with light. Li Pan's starting point is too low and his credit is too low. In the world of capital, he can only play according to the rules set by others and suffer the consequences.
I can only say that the only advantage of this transaction is that with the two funds of 'development and construction' and 'environmental protection', Panlong Construction has more than 1.7 million in revenue every month, and these are for ten years. With a long-term contract of 20 years and a steady flow of good income, as long as he does not default, Li Pan's citizen credit rating can be greatly improved.
Under the order of the public safety system, there are some invisible benefits. For example, if NCPA doesn't come to check your license plate, smart bullets will go around...
In short, Panlong Construction has more than 85 million in cash on its account. It will borrow another 30 million and discuss the final payment with Shiro Amakusa later. By paying in installments, you should be able to get the agreed cruise-class stealth reconnaissance aircraft.
If the other party doesn't think it's enough... He has hidden several boxes, so let's open another one...
(End of this chapter)