Chapter 318 Application

After hearing his words, Lu Fang couldn't help but ask, "Her face has been modified? Brother Wu, can you confirm it?"

Wu Bei said: "I don't know what she looked like originally, but her bones and facial features have been adjusted to a certain extent, and implant fibers have been used to consolidate her.

I've heard from my family before that some companies will provide customers with unique or similar people based on their preferences and personal quirks."

When Lu Fang heard this, he suddenly understood something. He looked at the girl with regret, then turned to Chen Chuan and said:

"If that's the case, then she's probably not Senior Shen's sister. Perhaps she's just a similar doll that Zhao Qian ordered from some company. Maybe he did it to humiliate Senior Shen? Or maybe he did it to imitate someone?"

Chen Chuan also thought of this possibility. In this case, the girl who called herself "No. 13" might look like Zhao Qian imitating Shen Zheng's sister.

But what is strange is that Shen Zheng’s sister was taken away by Zhao Qian in the first place, so why would he spend the effort to customize another doll that looks similar to her?

What exactly happened here?

He changed his mind and asked, "Did Zhao Qian ever tell you who you look like?"

The girl said softly, "Mr. Zhao seemed to say that I look like someone, but I don't know who it is."

Lu Fang murmured, "Maybe that's it."

Chen Chuanshuo said, "Senior, there might be some clues in this house. Let's search here first and see if we can find anything."

Lu Fang nodded.

Chen Chuan looked at the girl again, "Do you know what's special about this place?"

The girl said, "There's a study on the southeast corner of the third floor. Mr. Zhao usually doesn't let me go near it."

Seeing that she answered every question, Lu Fang couldn't help but say to Wu Bei, "She doesn't seem to be very resistant?"

Wu Bei replied, "Large companies all have a consciousness-editing implant. Combined with hypnosis, they can pre-program a puppet's behavior. However, the higher the requirements, the more expensive it is. Zhao Qian may not have subscribed to these services."

Lu Fang understood, so he pointed to the man lying on the ground and asked, "Then who is he?"

The girl said, "He's the man Mr. Zhao assigned to guard the house. His name is Zhao Er."

Lu Fang asked again: "So the nutritional cream delivered every day is ordered by this person?"

The girl nodded.

Lu Fang asked in confusion: "Then why not order more at once?"

"Because the amount Mr Zhao transfers to him from his account every day is limited, just enough for daily consumption, we can't buy too much at once. We are not allowed to contact Mr Zhao and can only wait for his instructions."

Lu Fang couldn't help but sigh. From this perspective, these two were truly tools. Since they couldn't take the initiative to contact Zhao Qian, they wouldn't even leave after Zhao Qian's death. They would only rigidly carry out the orders left by Zhao Qian.

After understanding the situation, Chen Chuan and Lu Fang discussed it and decided to search separately. Lu Fang was responsible for other places, while he went directly to the third floor, in front of the room the girl mentioned.

The lock outside naturally couldn't stop him. He pushed the door lightly, unlocked it, and walked in. He saw a plant in the room that grew from the ground to the ceiling.

Wu Bei's voice came over: "This is a field interference organism. This one is Wumian Company's 'Cactus'. It's a mid-range product that can generate five fixed field signals, which rotate every six days."

Chen Chuan took a look and observed the room. He found a secret door on the side of the wall. He went up and pushed it open, and saw a small collection room inside. Several types of guns were placed on the wall, and each one was wrapped with a transparent film that could be torn off at any time.

There was a metal cabinet at the front of the room. He went up to try it and found that it was not locked. After opening it, there were three rows of drawers inside. The first drawer was stuffed with some spare money and coins. After a rough count, there were about three or four thousand in it.

The second drawer contained some paper records. He flipped through them and found that most of them were recorded in passwords, but judging from the documents placed together, they were most likely related to Lianwei Zhongyu Company.

He pushed it back and opened the third drawer, and found an exquisite red wooden box. He originally thought it was some important object, but when he opened it, he found that it was a genealogy of the Zhao family.

He took it out and flipped through it. It recorded that Zhao's ancestors had served as generals in the old times, and one of their branches moved to Yangzhi Town, which was later Yangzhi City.

Before the Algae Liquid Revolution, all the farmland in the old town belonged to the Zhao family. In the new era, the Zhao family did not cling to the output of the land, but started to engage in overseas trade.

During the Great Development Period, the Zhao family actively supported and cooperated with the army, and thus became one of the civilian military supply suppliers, thereby regaining their political identity and status.

However, within a few years, the Zhao family lost to their rivals in business competition and suffered political suppression. They once again retreated to Yangzhi City and did not become active again until they later connected with the Molan Company.

Chen Chuan flipped through it roughly. Although it was just a family tree, he always felt that it was not that simple. There was a lot of description in it about the period before the great development. When he was in middle school, although the school also talked about this period of history, it was only mentioned briefly. This book was very detailed and he could take it home to read.

At the bottom of the genealogy box is a general tiger badge, made entirely of pure gold, with the ancient Chinese characters "冯圣" (Fengsheng) written on it.

Was it something that belonged to the General Fengsheng back then? However, the family tree says that the Yangzhi Zhao family is just one of the branches, so how did this thing end up in Zhao Qian's hands?

Just as he was thinking about it, Lu Fang's excited voice came from the world: "Brother Chen, come and take a look at this."

Chen Chuan put down the things, walked out, and came to the bedroom on the second floor. He saw Lu Fang holding a photo here, and when he saw him coming, he handed it to him.

Chen Chuan took it and looked at it. It was a little girl about ten years old. Number 13 below was somewhat similar to her, but when comparing it with the photo, it can be seen that they are two different people, and the facial features are closer to Shen Zheng in the photo he saw at the beginning.

Lu Fang said: "There is a date on the photo. It was four years ago."

Chen Chuanshuo said: "Four years ago, was that the year when Senior Shen got into trouble?"

"Yes." Lu Fang said in a deep voice, "The senior's sister was taken away by Zhao Qian four years ago. The age of the girl in the photo also matches. This should be a photo of the senior's sister."

Chen Chuan glanced at the background of the photo and found it very familiar. It should have been taken in the abandoned factory where the Mutual Aid Association was plotting against Shen Zheng. The location also matched, so the identity should be confirmed.

He said, "Let's look for other clues."

Lu Fang nodded vigorously.

Unfortunately, they searched the entire building and asked the girl several times, but they couldn't find anything more useful.

Chen Chuan suggested that they stop here for today because Zhao Qian had left some coded records and perhaps they could find something from them. Lu Fang agreed.

It would not be appropriate to let Girl No. 13 and Zhao Er go for the time being, so Lu Fang took the initiative to express his willingness to stay and guard these two people.

Upon seeing this, Chen Chuan agreed on some secret contact codes with him just in case, and then left the house with some valuables and returned to Xuangong Building.

The next day, he went to Gao Ming first and handed him the code book and some information suspected to be from Lianwei Zhongyu, asking him to check the origin of this code.

After coming out, he went to Teacher Zheng's house for training.

Recently, whenever he came here, he would do practical training with Zheng Tongtong. From being unilaterally suppressed at the beginning to being able to fight back and forth now.

This time was particularly different. Not only did his muscles, bones, and internal organs become stronger due to the continuous investment of resources, but with the improvement of his senses, he had faster reaction ability and coordination even in a low state, and was able to keep pace with Zheng Tongtong.

Both of them fought very calmly, neither of them revealed any flaws, and they attacked each other for a whole day without stopping.

With their physical strength and endurance, it would be fine even if it dragged on for a few more days, but that would become a complete battle of exhausting physical strength.

Although this was useful for honing skills, the effect was not very good. So the two of them, as if they had agreed, began to speed up the rhythm and force of their sword strikes. In just a dozen seconds, they attacked each other hundreds of times, and the sound of swords clashing echoed throughout the training ground.

Teacher Zheng saw that the two men were getting faster and faster, and the force of their swords was gradually increasing. He knew that if they continued to fight, the two men would not be able to stop, so he picked up a training wooden sword at random, and put it into the gap between the two men's swords. With a light flick, he swept the two men's knives away.

Chen Chuan took advantage of the situation to retract his knife. He felt that the incoming force was just enough to separate him and Zheng Tongtong. The timing and strength were just right, neither too much nor too little. Even if he let go, he would never be able to do it. It seemed that he still had a long way to go in terms of skills.

Teacher Zheng said with satisfaction, "Student Chen, let's stop here for today's training. You've made great progress. You don't need to learn too much for now. Just focus on honing and mastering what you have in front of you. My suggestion is that you can apply for the skills assessment when you return."

Chen Chuan nodded. It was already the beginning of June, and there was only less than a month left until the end of the semester. His skill level could not be improved much in a short period of time, so it was time to take the assessment.

After saying goodbye to Teacher Zheng and his daughter, he drove back to the Xuangong Building and contacted the Shangwuyi platform. "Hongfu, I'd like to apply for the skills assessment for this semester."

Hong Fu's voice came, "I have received your application, Student Chen. Based on the date of your application, the available dates for the assessment are: June 5th, 10th, and 25th. Please confirm the date."

Chen Chuan thought for a moment. The fifth was tomorrow, and he felt there was no need to wait any longer. It would be better to resolve the matter tomorrow. So he said, "I'll apply for the assessment on June 5th."

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(End of this chapter)