"Let's do the math. All those goods you stockpiled, the government has kept a complete record of them, they all belong to the government. And the metal you used to repair this house was an alloy specially selected for you by the government, plus the labor costs..."
"In total, you owe the country 23 million," Shi Yin said calmly. "If you convert it to crystal cores, I'll round it down to five billion purple crystal cores, or two billion blue crystal cores, or..."
"Stop, stop, stop!" Song Yunshan was so angry he almost pinched his philtrum.
What kind of outrageous usury is this?
"Sister~" A sweet voice came from the doorway, and a small figure skipped in, closing the door behind her.
Once the door was closed, it immediately shut out the bitter cold and snow outside. The fireplace inside was still burning, and the temperature quickly rose again.
"You kidnapped someone's child after you were reborn?" Song Yunshan muttered to himself.
"No, it's not that. I wanted to follow you, sister." Freya obediently sat down next to Shi Yin. "It's a secret. I'm telling you now, but you have to keep it a secret, or I'll kill you."
Song Yunshan: "?"
Do people communicate like this nowadays?
"Stop fooling around." Shi Yin lazily snapped her fingers, and the pink ice crystals pasted on the French windows disappeared instantly, as if they had never existed.
If it weren't for the several huge cracks in the French windows, Song Yunshan would probably have thought it was all her hallucination.
What is Tokine's true strength after her rebirth?
Could it be... that Shi Yin was reborn with the power of her previous life's abilities?
This time, Song Yunshan got closer to the truth, but he still couldn't figure out one thing: Shi Yin did come with the sum of her supernatural powers from her previous life, but she had been reborn thousands of times.
If that's the case, then we absolutely cannot confront them head-on.
"Hmph, Shi Yin, how about we make a bet and fight it out?" Song Yunshan remained silent for a long time, as if he had made up his mind, and then looked up at Shi Yin again.
Shi Yin raised an eyebrow, her expression somewhat strange.
"What do you want to bet?" Freya asked for Shion's turn.
"You'll give me three moves. If I can defeat you, you can't bother me anymore." Song Yunshan said seriously, "Your current strength is unfathomable. That's fair."
"What is the standard for defeating them?" Freya asked, puzzled.
“I’ll make you back off, or I’ll make you feel the danger to your life.” Song Yunshan looked directly into Shi Yin’s eyes: “You’re very strong now, you shouldn’t be lying, right?”
"Um... wait a moment." Shi Yin raised her hand: "I didn't agree, don't talk to yourself."
“You…” Song Yunshan choked again.
This plot isn't going quite right.
Shouldn't it be the strong who despise the weak, impulsively agree to the bet, and then fight back from the brink of defeat, break through their limitations, and gain a chance to survive?
"You're talking to me about fairness?" Shi Yin leaned back on the sofa, speaking slowly and deliberately, "I have an absolute and overwhelming advantage over you, why should I talk to you about fairness?"
Song Yunshan: "?"
Isn't this a bit too indecent for a girl like you?
"If you really had the potential to be a protagonist, you should be heading straight for the zombie lair by now, instead of being stopped by me with a single step." Shi Yin sneered, "If you're really going to fight zombies, at least ask them to give you three moves?"
"You think you're some kind of useless protagonist just because you write fantasy cultivation novels? Ridiculous! Why don't you call me 'Mom'? Without me, who will treat you like children?"
Song Yunshan's face turned pale and then red, and he was speechless.
Shi Yin: "You only have two choices now. One, I'll throw you out. Two, you agree to cooperate with the country, and this place will serve as the country's temporary base."
Song Yunshan: "..."
Did he have a choice?
The heavy snow was falling thick and fast, and the long-lasting snow had covered the outside world with nothing but white.
Apart from the sound of snow, the world was completely silent. Even the footprints in places you had just walked through would be covered up in a few seconds. Without a professional map and compass, you would soon lose your way.
"Knock knock knock".
"Excuse me, is anyone home?"
Lin Beiyue followed the map to this place and knocked on the door.
"Hey? Why do these two doors look like they've been damaged?" Gu Changge, following Lin Beiyue, noticed something amiss with the doors: "The joints are very new...it looks like they were just repaired recently."
"Isn't this supposed to be a high-level fortress according to the records? How come it was breached?" Qin Jin gently knocked on the door. "But the innermost door looks fine."
Although the door looks a bit dented and uneven, there are no signs of it being reinstalled. It should just have been dented, but not broken through.
It's just strange that the fortress's defenses are so incredibly strong, as can be clearly seen from the two outer doors. Just how strong must the firepower be to break through these defenses?
"Bang bang bang!"
"Excuse me, is anyone here?" Lin Beiyue's hesitation didn't last long before she pounded on the server room door again: "We are government officials, hoping to cooperate with you. We're open to any conditions..."
"Click-clack..."
"Creak—"
Before Lin Beiyue could finish speaking, the door inside suddenly opened slowly from the inside, leaving everyone a little stunned, not expecting the door to open so easily.
A pair of eyes peeked out from the crack in the door, carefully observing them. Finally, their gaze settled on the badges on their chests. Lin Beiyue was about to explain something when the door was suddenly pulled open.
"Come in quickly, come in quickly, it's freezing outside, don't let the wind in." Song Yunshan waved him away.
Lin Beiyue and her group looked at each other, but they were indeed cold and hungry after walking for so long in the freezing cold, so they couldn't care less and could only squeeze in first.
The atmosphere was a bit awkward, and everyone hesitated whether to explain. But seeing Song Yunshan's trusting expression and his fawning manner, it seemed there was no need to explain at all.
Soon, a dozen cans of iced cola and a dozen servings of curry chicken rice were placed on the table.
The golden-brown, crispy chicken cutlets were neatly sliced and placed on top of tender, chewy white rice. The fragrant curry sauce, still steaming, made the stomachs of people who had been out all day in the snow rumble.
"Thank you, you've worked hard." Lin Beiyue was a little taken aback by Song Yunshan's attentive manner.
"No, no, no, it's not hard work at all." Song Yunshan smiled broadly, almost unable to contain himself.
He's still in pain. Heaven knows Shi Yin beat him up before she left, specifically targeting places that hurt without leaving marks. He's still in pain.
He shouldn't have provoked that female hooligan. In his previous life, Yin would beat him up every time they confronted each other, and she would always try to take something from him. She practically ripped him off.
He hopes that cooperating with the country this time is the right thing to do. If he ends up worse off than in his previous life, he will really regret it to death.
Next time I'm reborn, I'll move abroad and never come back!
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