Qingchen pinched his mouth with one hand, looked at him with a smile and said, "As we all know, a smile doesn't disappear or appear out of thin air. It just transfers from your face to mine. I call this law the law of conservation of smiles. I wonder if you agree with it?"
However, at that moment, the sound of a vehicle engine came from outside.
More than twenty cars stopped outside the door, and the voices of young people could be faintly heard: "This time we've really managed to get on the coattails of 'White Light'. You guys cleared the game later, but I was one of the first witnesses. I invited the girls from the Rothschild family to play an escape room game. I just wanted to scare the girls and get them to throw themselves at me, but I never expected to run into White Light."
"Back then, he found the solution to the first level with just a glance, and he solved the mental arithmetic problem in the second level in just over ten seconds. I was shocked! When I followed him to level 162, I was completely numb. Who would have thought that my name would be recorded in the history of the Superconducting World! This was the first time that the 136th Multiverse had been cleared!"
Others said, "I'm so envious. Why don't I have such good luck?"
"Come on," the young man who spoke first laughed. "I'd call you guys right away if there was anything good. Now you're all Thunder Mages, you'll be able to walk all over the world in the future, right? By the way, that FFF said there might be other projects in the future, maybe even some monster-slaying and leveling-up. He must be White Light's assistant, right? I secretly gave him 200,000 yuan and told him to call me if there's anything good."
"By the way, Blue Mountain, should we start a guild too? Now that everyone has a legacy class, even if the guild isn't as powerful as Storm, Phoenix, or Blackwater, it should still have a place."
The young man named Blue Mountain said, "No, I think we should ask White Light about this. What if he also wants to start a guild?"
At this moment, Lan Shan said thoughtfully, "I wonder if White Light can make it into the top 10? If he can, will he sell his spot? If he does, I'll sell all the cars under my name and exchange them for an awakening opportunity. If I awaken an A-level, who in the family can compete with me?"
"It's said that the top-ranked player each month has a chance to comprehend an even higher level of cultivation? Do you think the 'Light of White' has that chance...?"
"Don't even dream of getting first place. Getting first place depends not only on strength but also on luck," Lanshan replied.
"Didn't someone get first place for 12 consecutive months? What was his name again?"
“Her name is ‘NO.9’. She’s been missing for over a year now, and nobody knows where she went. Some people say she seems to be in the No. 1 Multiverse, but we haven’t seen her on the leaderboard. We wonder if she’s trapped inside.”
"I wonder what's inside Multiverse 1. There was someone named 'He' on the leaderboard before, and it seems like he's also trapped in Multiverse 1."
In the multiverse, there are exit nodes. To leave, you need to go through a teleportation node. If you go back in, you will be teleported directly to the node you left last time.
For example, in Multiverse 136, a node will only appear every 10 levels.
If you can't find the node, there's only one way to leave: die, delete your account, and start over.
At this very moment, Qingchen on the second floor was still pinching the butler's mouth, making him tremble like a catfish just out of the water.
He thought to himself, what a coincidence! The so-called eldest son of the Kennedy family is actually one of his first group members...
The reason they're coming to celebrate is that they and their friends have become Thunder Mages in the superconducting world...
Just as he was pondering this, Blue Mountain's voice came from downstairs again: "I do hope that the White Light can become even more powerful, so that we can cling to its coattails... By the way, where's the butler? Why haven't we seen him yet after all this time?"
A female slave hurriedly said, "The steward has gone upstairs to check your room. I'll go and call him."
After saying that, the female slave ran upstairs quickly. She remembered that the butler had gone into the room at the end of the corridor.
The female slave walked towards the room, but before she even reached it, the door opened, and the 'butler' Qing Chen, having changed his clothes, slowly walked out and said coldly, "What's wrong? Why are you in such a panic?"
The female slave hurriedly said, "Young Master has arrived at the manor and is looking for you."
"Okay, I understand," Qingchen said, mimicking the butler's walking posture as he quickly walked downstairs.
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Qing Chen came downstairs and humbly asked Lan Shan, "You were looking for me?"
Lan Shan sprawled casually on the sofa: "Hurry up and prepare lunch. Oh, and remember to pick a few smarter slaves for me to choose from. These are the ones who will come with me into the superconducting world. Only yellow slaves, not black slaves. Yellow slaves are smarter in the superconducting world; they're better at playing any game."
Lanshan added, "Don't go looking for someone like you. You're terrible at the superconducting world, you've wasted my virtual reality glasses. Alright, hurry up and go to the kitchen."
“Yes, sir,” Qingchen turned and left, having no chance to learn how the steward usually interacted with Lanshan.
At this point, what he should do is speak and act less, and try not to make any mistakes. Forget about his identity; just quietly blend into Storm City first.
Oh right, where's the kitchen again...?
Right behind him, Blue Mountain was still whispering, "The White Man's Light is quite cheap now, but don't flaunt your wealth. Make sure to haggle carefully when he quotes a price, or we'll end up paying much more."
"Yes, yes, yes..."
Qingchen silently kept this matter in mind...
However, while searching for the kitchen, Qingchen's powerful hearing suddenly overheard someone whispering a plot: "Tonight, we'll start with that butler. After nightfall, we'll coordinate from the inside and take that Kennedy kid away. The Kennedy family controls the pharmaceutical trade in Storm City, which is exactly what our resistance needs."
"But I heard that the butler is a C-level expert."
"Didn't he tell you to go to his room tonight? Once you're inside, when he's least on guard, give him this injection."
Qing Chen: "..."
Chapter 802, The Great Search!
"What about the bomb behind our ears?" one of the female slaves whispered.
“Don’t be afraid. The program that can detonate the bombs behind your ears is in the phone of that eldest son of the Kennedy family. As long as we subdue him, we won’t have to worry about the chip bombs,” someone whispered, encouragingly. “However, we don’t know the butler’s strength level yet, so we need to deal with him first. Don’t worry, hide the syringe in your hair and prick him when you’re being intimate with him. He will definitely die.”
Kidnapping the Blue Mountain?
Should we kill the butler first?
As Qingchen listened to the whispered plot, he felt that something was amiss.
Are these people slaves who were turned by the rebels? How did I end up encountering such a terrible thing as soon as I arrived!
However, just as they were pondering this, the sound of an airship engine came from outside, as if a huge object was slowly descending. The chaotic air currents stirred up the manor, and the water in the swimming pool was swept up by the air currents and flew like rain.
More than a dozen ropes were lowered, and hundreds of fully armed soldiers descended along the ropes, quickly surrounding the entire manor.
Meanwhile, drones dispersed from the airships, subtly enveloping the entire farm.
This is the Storm Duke's army!
The other party is here to search the manor!
The moment Qing Chen heard the sound, he quickly headed deeper into the villa to avoid being controlled by someone immediately.
As Qingchen hurried along, he saw the female slaves who had been whispering earlier emerge from a room. They were heading towards the villa's underground wine cellar with their heads down when Qingchen called out to them, "Where are you going?"
The female slaves turned around and were startled when they saw Qing Chen. One of them pointed in the direction of the wine cellar and whispered, "Master Steward, we are going to the wine cellar to get wine for the young master and the others."
"Oh, no need, I'll go get it myself," Qingchen waved them away, "You're so clumsy, I'll beat you up if you're not careful."
Female slaves: "..."
At this moment, hundreds of soldiers from the army group rushed into the villa and took control of everyone in the living room in just one minute.
Blue Mountain slowly stood up and asked in confusion, "May I ask what happened? Why did you illegally trespass on my Kennedy family's estate?"
A woman dressed in a tight black leather outfit slowly walked in. She opened an LCD screen and said, "My codename is 'Black Spider.' You should all have seen me before. First, let me correct you, I'm not an illegal intruder. This is a search warrant from the Storm City Military Council, allowing a legal search of 18 farms and estates along the coastline. Search! Get everyone inside the villa outside, and gather those working on the farms too! The wine cellar, the cellar—don't miss a single corner! Use the life detectors to search!"
Heavy footsteps sounded as the soldiers' boots, with steel plates clamped between them, pounded on the marble floor.
The oppressive atmosphere made it hard for everyone inside the villa to breathe.
Blue Mountain and the others sat back on the sofa. Everyone knew that the Storm City Military Council was under the control of the Duke of Storm, and every order they signed represented the highest will within Storm City.
This Black Spider is also quite famous. She is said to be one of the Storm Duke's mistresses, in charge of secret military operations, and managing the 'Arbitrators Organization' on behalf of the Storm Duke.
No matter how powerful the Kennedy family is, they can't go against the Duke of Storms.
Black Spider looked around and ordered the soldiers behind him to divide everyone, including Blue Mountain, into groups and isolate them. They cleared out four rooms and used them as interrogation rooms.
All those who were detained had to enter the interrogation room one by one and answer questions related to their identities.
Blue Mountain was the first to enter the room. Black Spider sat opposite him and calmly said, "Take off all your clothes and let me see the skin color of the rest of your body."
Lan Shan was taken aback: "I am a citizen, I am the son of a marquis, what you are doing is a violation of human rights."
Black Spider coldly shook his head: "Perhaps I can kill you and then discuss human rights with your father."
Blue Mountain was stunned for a long time before finally taking off his clothes and standing naked in front of Black Spider.
Black Spider glanced at it: "Name."
“Northon Kennedy,” Blue Mountain said through gritted teeth.
"Four years ago, you went to Blackwater City with your father. Who did you meet, and what happened at the banquet?"
Blue Mountain recalled, "Four years ago? I met so many people, how could I remember everyone? I only remember meeting the Duke of Blackwater and his wife, as well as the governor of Blackwater City, the day after I arrived. Nothing seemed to happen at the banquet, everything went smoothly."
"I would like to remind you that someone suffered a sudden heart attack at the dinner that night and had to be carried away for emergency treatment, but ultimately died despite the efforts to save him."
Blue Mountain was suddenly startled: "I remember now, it was Baron Winston who had a heart attack, but he was saved, didn't he get a heart transplant?"
Black Spider glanced at him: "You can put on your clothes and leave now. Call the next person in."
When she looked at the Blue Mountain, there was no difference in her eyes at all, as if she were looking at a hairy monkey, as if they were not the same species.
Next door, a male soldier looked at the naked female slave in front of him with a scrutinizing gaze, his eyes cold and cruel: "What was your great-grandfather's name?"
“Martin Storm City Farm No. 21,” the female slave replied timidly.
Storm City Farm 21 was her grandfather's surname, and also the standard surname for all slaves. After she was sold to Farm 18, her surname became Storm City Farm 18.
The soldier asked, "When was your mother bought here?"
The female slave was stunned for a moment: "My mother is still at Farm No. 21, only I was sold here."
"Who was your mother with when you were born?"
The female slave said in humiliation, "George, Farm No. 21, he raped my mother."
The soldier nodded: "Alright, get out of here and call the next one."
He didn't even give the female slave time to dress before throwing her into the public eye. The female slave silently turned her back and dressed without saying a word.
The slaves here are already used to being treated this way.
Surprisingly, the kingdom's high command seemed to have an intimate knowledge of everyone's situation, and everyone had to live in this extremely oppressive and 'dominated' environment.
The slaves only needed to live like livestock.
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At that moment, a combat squad was searching towards the wine cellar. They looked at the closed wine cellar, and several of them exchanged tactical hand signals. One of them went forward to open the door, while the others waited with their guns raised.
Some people even took tear gas canisters and prepared to throw them into the wine cellar.
However, before they could open the door, the wine cellar door opened from the inside, and the butler, Qingchen, was holding a wooden basket containing six bottles of wine.
The soldier shouted sternly, "Who goes there! Hands up, turn around!"