After the clouds cleared and the rain stopped, Gao Jianfei put his arm around Zhuo Xiaowei and said, "By the way, Xiaowei, let's get down to business."
"Hmm." Zhuo Xiaowei listened attentively, but her fingers couldn't help but fly up to Gao Jianfei's chest, playfully drawing circles.
Gao Jianfei resisted the urge to do it again and said, "Xiao Wei, listen to this, tomorrow you go and stall James, tell him that the meeting will be held the day after tomorrow morning, uh... just postpone it to the day after tomorrow evening. Anyway, tomorrow won't work. Just make up any excuse. By the way, just say that I need to cut the ore into small pieces so that it will be easier to take it out from the special space. In short, make them not panic."
“Okay, I understand. Jianfei, leave this to me,” Zhuo Xiaowei said with exceptional efficiency.
Gao Jianfei liked Zhuo Xiaowei's capable and concise temperament. He used the "sex" to manipulate the intelligent program to piece together the ghost. Gao Jianfei decided to stay in the room tonight and enjoy himself with Zhuo Xiaowei.
The next morning, Gao Jianfei stayed in the apartment to sleep, leaving Zhuo Xiaowei to deal with James.
At noon, Zhuo Xiaowei returned to her apartment and said with a smile, "Jianfei, today James gathered all the researchers and advanced ability users in the base, anxiously waiting for you to come. Hehe, when I arrived at the venue, I announced that you would have to wait two days while you were busy cutting orange ore. The expressions on James's group's faces at that time were truly fascinating! Hehe... But they had no choice and dared not force you. That James guy even pointed his finger at me and denounced my betrayal."
"Hehe, ignore him, he'll be dead soon! Why bother arguing with a dead man? The day after tomorrow? Hmm, that's plenty of time!" Gao Jianfei was relieved.
And so, Gao Jianfei stayed in his room, enjoying intimate moments with Zhuo Xiaowei while waiting for the intelligent program to piece together the ghost.
Finally, on the second night, the voice of the intelligent program rang in Gao Jianfei's ears... "Dear user, the nine level 2 ghosts and three level 3 ghosts have been assembled and placed in the second and third floors of the Ghost Nest. You can see them immediately."
“Oh, I don’t need to see them anymore. You get the mission from them immediately, the high-level mission about James,” Gao Jianfei said quickly.
After saying that, he kissed Zhuo Xiaowei on the pillow and then immediately disappeared into the ghost's den.
Inside the ghost den, a large number of random electrical waves were flashing on the virtual display screen that showed the taskbar.
Soon, a bunch of tasks popped up on the screen!
To be precise, there are 12 missions! Each supernatural being issued a mission...
Gao Jianfei scanned the 12 tasks several times.
Just as expected!
These superhumans were all killed by the base's leader, James, before they were even born! They were either murdered, or subjected to autopsies, gene extraction, and so on.
12 Level 7 quests have been released!
Its experiential value...
Seven 200s, two 300s, two 600s, and one 700.
The total experience points have reached 3900!
Adding the 2000 experience points he accepted earlier, Gao Jianfei can now gain a total of 5900 experience points!
Taking this data as an example, combined with the experience points Gao Jianfei had already accumulated, he still needs more than 30 million experience points to advance to the level 6 Exorcist.
However, since the intelligent programs in this base have been widely deployed, the number of superhumans killed by James is actually not that many.
That's true. Superhumans are extremely rare; only one in a million might be born with one. The superhumans James killed were extremely rare individuals—those who made mistakes or simply refused to obey him. Therefore, their numbers are relatively small.
It's fair to say that Gao Jianfei has almost completely eliminated all the superhumans who were killed by James and were able to leave the base.
Furthermore, the gains won't be significant.
To prove his point, Gao Jianfei even summoned the dead superhumans, including Jonard, and questioned them in detail. They replied, "It was only these few who offended James, which is why James attacked them. Over the years, we haven't seen James massacre superhumans on a large scale."
After verifying the information, Gao Jianfei made a decisive decision... Tomorrow, kill James!
He accepted all 12 tasks at once.
Then, he withdrew from the den of iniquity.
Around 9 a.m. on the second day, Gao Jianfei finally left his apartment and, together with Zhuo Xiaowei, headed toward James's conference building.
At the apartment exit, several superhumans… well, James had sent them to monitor Gao Jianfei. Upon seeing Gao Jianfei, they all bowed and scraped, "Mr. Gao."
Gao Jianfei ignored them and took Zhuo Xiaowei directly onto a magnetic car.
Once the car started moving, the superhumans immediately took out walkie-talkies. "Boss, Mr. Gao is here!"
James's conference building.
Gao Jianfei, beaming with pride, led Zhuo Xiaowei into the building, a hint of murderous intent lurking in his eyes.
The large conference room was now completely full.
Hundreds of medical experts, scientists, and biologists gathered together, along with dozens of highly skilled individuals with special abilities.
James, with the air of a leader, sat on the platform. His eyes held a mixture of resentment and excitement.
Meanwhile, the scientists in the conference room were whispering and discussing amongst themselves.
This place encompasses the world's leading figures in the scientific community!
They all knew very well that obtaining the orange ore today would inevitably usher in a new era of technological advancement on Earth!
Gao Jianfei and Zhuo Xiaowei entered the venue.
The entire audience rose to their feet and gave them a thunderous round of applause!
James also stood up and clapped enthusiastically, seemingly not blaming Gao Jianfei for standing him up a few days ago. In reality, he had already cursed Gao Jianfei to the bone in his heart.
Gao Jianfei, like a courteous gentleman, walked step by step to the podium with his secretary, waving to the scientists below. "Haha, today, I can finally make my due contribution to all mankind!"
"Hypocrite!" James thought to himself.
The applause stopped, and Gao Jianfei turned to James beside him and said, "Mr. James, may I say a few words to everyone?"
James paused for a moment, then smiled awkwardly. "Of course."
Gao Jianfei gave James a harmless smile. "Thank you." He turned to the scientists below the stage. "A historic moment is about to arrive! Distinguished scientists, doctors, experts in various fields, I have faith in your knowledge and am willing to entrust you with this precious orange ore for your research! Moreover, I will provide all the funding needed for all research projects!"
"Whoosh~"
A round of enthusiastic applause erupted from the audience.
James's expression darkened. "Mr. Gao, please watch your tone! Research funding has always been provided by the U.S. government! You don't need to worry about funding. Or rather, while you may be very wealthy, your money is insufficient to support so many research projects!"
Gao Jianfei completely ignored James and continued, "From now on, I'm hiring you! I'll hold the patents on your research projects!"
The scientists in the audience suddenly fell silent... Something's not right, is it? The research here is all funded by the US 'government,' and according to James, Gao Jianfei is merely a participant; he has no decision-making power!
Now, Gao Jianfei seems to be overstepping his bounds!
"I'll offer you a generous annual salary. How about it? Name your price." Gao Jianfei took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and started smoking.
The scientists below were dumbfounded.
"By the way, every superhuman in the base can also receive twice the salary they currently receive from me," Gao Jianfei said, exhaling a smoke ring.
"That's outrageous!" James's face turned pale with anger. "Gao Jianfei, do you know what you're saying? You complete idiot! What are you trying to do?"
"Shut up!" Suddenly, Gao Jianfei's tone turned fierce, and he glared at James menacingly. "Listen, the orange ore is mine. It's essential for scientific research. I have the money, so I have the means to negotiate face-to-face with the US 'government.' Who do you think you are?"
As he spoke, Gao Jianfei unleashed his full inner strength, unleashing the "Regretful Dragon Soaring" move, aimed directly at James's chest!
"Crack!"
In an instant, James's sternum shattered, blood flowed from all seven orifices, and he flew more than ten meters away, staring dead!
His bulging eyes were filled with horror, fear, and disbelief!
He simply couldn't believe that Gao Jianfei had acted so suddenly, without any prior warning!
Of course, Gao Jianfei had planned to kill James. Therefore, he unleashed his full inner strength and struck out with a palm. The force of the palm covered several meters of space nearby. Even if James wanted to resist, he had no choice but to obediently accept his death despite his supernatural abilities!
After killing James, Gao Jianfei suddenly released a bunch of powerful polar bears that surrounded the entire venue!
Those superhumans who were trying to resist were also stunned.
Having witnessed the horrific carnage at Gao Jianfei's base, the scientists desperately pleaded, "Mr. Gao... please... please spare us... we are just researchers... we didn't participate in your fight with James at all! We are just researchers... please spare our lives!"
Some timid scientists were so frightened that they even urinated.
The polar bear's chilling gaze sent shivers down their spines.
Gao Jianfei pulled over a chair from the podium and sat down. "Ladies and gentlemen, please don't be nervous! It's nothing, it's nothing. It's just a fly that's been swatted. It won't affect our conversation! I'm a scholar, and you're all scholars too. Let's respect each other and not make things like murder or violence. Please sit down, everyone."
At times like these, Gao Jianfei's smile was always so refreshing. The scientists sat down hesitantly, wondering what Gao Jianfei was really up to.
After everyone was seated, Gao Jianfei said, "Alright, let's continue our previous topic. The orange ore is my own; I can offer it for everyone to research, and I can also discuss it with the US 'government.' But remember, from now on, I'm hiring you!"
After saying that, Gao Jianfei took out 10 orange ore stones the size of basketballs directly from the ghost den.
Instantly, the magnificent and mysterious luster almost set the entire conference room ablaze!
A unique energy aura permeated the conference room.
"Gurgle...gurgle..." Every scientist in the room held their breath, their eyes fixed on Gao Jianfei.
The long-awaited orange ore has finally appeared!
And there are many!
Ten basketballs is so many!
To put this in perspective, these scientists successfully developed gene-modified human technology using only an orange ore the size of a ping-pong ball. Now, that's a whopping 10 basketballs' worth…
This is insane!
Driven by professional habit and fervent pursuit, the scientists transformed their fear into excitement, their eyes fixed intently on the orange ore.
"Your scientific research is utter nonsense without orange ore! But I have orange ore, therefore, you must be employed by me!" Gao Jianfei said, smoking a cigarette. "Do you want to fulfill your lifelong scientific pursuits? Do you want to write your names into the annals of history? Then work for me! If you are unwilling, then I will not give you a single drop of orange ore."
Faced with orange ore, these scientists have completely lost their moral compass!
They were already completely willing in their hearts, but they still had some concerns.
"But, Mr. Gao, we...we are directly employed by the U.S. 'government'..." a scientist stammered.
"I will call and talk to the US president. You don't need to worry about that," Gao Jianfei said nonchalantly.
“Then, the funding…” some scientists asked with concern. “Mr. Gao, to complete this research, I’m afraid private financial resources are simply insufficient…”
“Hahahaha…Speaking of money, I…” Gao Jianfei chuckled. The next moment, on the podium, there was a pile of diamonds about 2 cubic meters in size, as well as hundreds of gold bars… “I think what we don’t lack is money.”
"hiss!"
Although gold and diamonds are like dirt compared to orange ore, they are still gold and diamonds, and can fetch very high prices on Earth.
"Is this enough?" Gao Jianfei said with a smile.
He brought back enough gold and silver to fill more than a dozen standard football fields from the Viking kingdom, and now that money can finally be put to good use.
“I have orange ore and money. I think you have no reason not to help me,” Gao Jianfei said confidently. “Anyone who is unwilling, leave now.”
Three minutes later.