Chapter 48 Conservation of All Things
"What do you mean by level three?" Jiufang Yu frowned slightly. Level three means that the mental power level is B. This level is usually not enough for dangerous or fatal missions. "Level three sentinel or level three guide?"
Three episodes of TV series. Qi Huan smiled awkwardly and waved his hands repeatedly, indicating that he should ignore this small question. "Uh, it's not important. I was just joking. Anyway, you don't have to tell me the secret. Everyone has a few secrets. Mature people should have a sense of boundaries."
"It sounds like you have more secrets than me?" Jiufang Yu's eyes moved around Qi Huan with interest.
"Of course, and each one is priceless." Qi Huan puffed out his chest proudly, and raised his eyes to Jiufang Yu half-seriously, "It's worth a thousand gold."
His cheeks were soft and his fair skin was rosy with a healthy glow, just like the glutinous rice balls with cream and fruit fillings that Zhou Ba had eaten a few days ago. They looked very good to the touch. Jiu Fangyu felt a little itchy, just like when he wanted to pinch Si Liang every time. "Why does it sound like he's trying to cheat me?"
"Be more confident and remove the 'like'."
Jiufang Yu finally laughed out loud, the night wind blew up a few strands of hair on his cheeks, making him look gentle, affectionate, and extremely handsome.
***! Qi Huan couldn't help but curse in his heart. He really wanted to watch such a handsome face all night! He was willing to pay for it!
"Si Han is the name my brother-in-law gave me." Jiufang Yu took out a bottle of water and handed it to Qi Huan.
"The current head of the Si family?" After having a signal device that could connect to the star network at any time some time ago, Qi Huan also took the time to catch up on the situation of the alliance.
Simply put, the alliance is a joint ruling body of the ten major families, namely Zi, Si, Bu, Yao, Gongshu, Jiang, Tang, Diwu, Shang, and Jiufang. Each family occupies one seat in the alliance's council hall, and the alliance leader occupies one seat. The alliance leader is rotated every two years and is decided by a joint vote of the ten families.
In terms of regions, each of the eight great families controls a star field. The Jiufang family controls the most remote first star field. Although it is remote, it is rich in gemstones, so the main pillar industry of the Jiufang family is mining; the business owners in the second star field do trade, not only within the alliance, but also outside the alliance with the Empire and Fangxing. They have a lot of contacts, adhering to the principle of making money through harmony, and have always been neutral in the disputes among the ten great families; the fifth family controls the third star field, mainly in network technology support and entertainment industries, and the Baifu platform is also one of the fifth family's industries. After Qi Huan knew about it, he wanted to find Diwuyuan to ask if he knew anyone from Baifu, so as to remove the punishment sign in the live broadcast room in advance. Unfortunately, he didn't wait until Diwuyuan was online, and the matter was not so urgent, so it was delayed.
The Tang family in the Fourth Star Field is in the logistics business. Probably because they need to deal with all parties, the Tang family maintains neutrality like all merchants. When encountering problems, they either act as peacemakers or fence-sitters and are unwilling to offend anyone. The Jiang family in the Fifth Star Field controls 65% of the food supply channels in the entire alliance, and the Wan family basically purchases their food from the Fifth Star Field. The Gongshu family in the Sixth Star Field is good at infrastructure. More than 80% of the large buildings and various public facilities in the entire alliance are from the Gongshu family. The head of the Yao family in the Seventh Star Field is engaged in the refining and processing of energy gems. They are the richest family in the alliance and the most solid ally of the Jiufang family. The Bu family in the Eighth Star Field is good at military machinery. The best craftsmen, the most advanced mechas and the most powerful starships in the entire alliance are all from the Bu family. Qi Huan once secretly guessed whether the owner of Vino was a member of the Bu family, but it was just a guess without any evidence. The most prosperous Jiuchong Star Field is divided and ruled by the Si family and the Zi family. The Si family specializes in medical precision instruments, while the Zi family is in the business of nutrient supplements.
In terms of standing on the same side, the Jiufang family has always been in solidarity with the Yao family and the Diwu family. The Si family, the Jiang family, the Bu family, and the Gongshu family also form a solid small alliance. The Shang family, the Tang family, and the Zi family are mostly neutral.
However, privacy rights are extremely high in this era, and many messages are restricted. People with low reputation like him can't see them at all. For example, the data of the current head of the Si family cannot be released without the authorization of the Si family.
Qi Huan originally wanted to judge from his appearance whether Si Liang was the 'eldest son' of the Si family, but after searching for a long time, he only found a few long-distance shots of him attending events. The shots were so far away that not only was his face blurred, but even his gender was hard to determine.
"Yes. At the beginning, the Si family helped their only son to find a good match among all the noble families. Among all the men and women of the noble families of the right age, my sister's spiritual power was the most compatible with his. Unfortunately, my family is just a branch of the Jiufang family, with a very low status and not qualified for marriage. At that time, Elder Man and Elder Kuo successively proposed to use their own daughters as a substitute, but he insisted on marrying my sister.
They were very loving after their marriage, and the Si family's medical business was also on the rise. This was originally a good thing, but my family also does medical research, and there were rumors that my father gave all his research results to the Si family first in order to curry favor with his son-in-law. "
"It was done by the two elders who wanted to form an alliance with the Si family before, right?"
"Smart." In fact, Jiufang Kuang is from Elder Man's faction.
"I didn't watch the palace drama in vain." Qi Huan said proudly. He liked to play TV dramas as background music when cooking, and he could usually follow the plots of popular dramas.
"What drama?" Jiufang Yu glanced at Qi Huan, a hint of doubt in his eyes.
Qi Huan touched his nose and said, "It doesn't matter, just keep talking."
Jiufang Yu glanced at him thoughtfully, but did not ask any more questions. "Three people make a tiger. In order to avoid suspicion, my father almost lost his voice in the aristocratic family. Later, my house caught fire for no apparent reason. My father and his family were all killed in the fire. Only the three-year-old me, my mother who took me out to play, and my wet nurse survived.
My mother died of illness soon after because of guilt. My sister suspected that there was something else behind the fire and was worried about my safety and the safety of my nanny, so she took us to the Si family. The elders of the Jiufang family divided up and swallowed up all the remaining assets of my family. If my sister was not the wife of the young master of the Si family, I am afraid she would have been directly removed from the family tree. The relationship between the Si family and the Jiufang family also reached a freezing point.
My brother-in-law said it was okay and that I could be a child of the Si family in the future. From that time on, I had another name, Si Han. In order to raise me, he and my sister even postponed their original birth plan.
The Jiufang family had probably forgotten about me until I became the youngest sentinel among the ten great families to break through the A-level spiritual power, which attracted the attention of the major families. The Jiufang family began to send people to persuade me to return, saying that it was not a good idea for the Jiufang family members to live in other families.
When my spiritual power breaks through the S-level, they will be even more restless. "
"S-level, isn't that the highest level of sentinel?" Qi Huan was shocked.
"No, in fact, there is SS above S level, but there are very few people who can reach this level." Jiufang Yu's eyes flashed with regret. If these things had not happened and he continued to stay in the Si family, he might really have a chance to break through the SS level.
"Sorry for interrupting, please continue."
"Later, the Jiufang family sued the Alliance Arbitration Court, saying that the Si family had tricked and seduced me when I was young, and instigated me to hate my own family. Their intentions were sinister and they deserved death. It was at that time that the Si family and the Jiufang family completely fell out."
"They actually have the nerve to sue the Si family?" Qi Huan was so angry that he punched the armrest of the chair, "How shameless."
Jiufang Yu didn't have any big emotions, his expression was still calm, "This incident caused an uproar among the ten great families. In order to calm the controversy and not bring more trouble to the Si family, I can only return to the Jiufang family temporarily.
But I didn't want to be a pawn controlled by them, so I chose to stay away and join the army to go to the front line to fight against the star beasts. "
"Will they be willing?" Qi Huan always felt that the process would not be as plain as Jiufang Yu said.
"The Jiufang family is in charge of the First Star Domain. The star beast defense line is closely related to the safety of the family, and nominally all military merits will be counted to the Jiufang family. Those elders know that it is impossible for me to be of one mind with them. After several parties struggled, this is already the way that benefits the Jiufang family the most, so they acquiesced." Jiufang Yu said lightly.
"Then why did you come back to Waste Star?"
"Two years ago, I was injured on the front line. After a long period of treatment, I could not recover. They waited and watched for a while, and finally issued a decree to suspend my post last month. In name, they said that Waste Planet No. 7 was the most suitable place for sentinels with injured spirits to recover. In fact, they just gave up on me as a discarded pawn."
When it is useful, he will fight to get it back, and when it is useless, he will kick it away. Qi Huan clenched his fingers into a fist and angrily hit the armrest, "Despicable, snobbish, vulgar, and shameless, which completely fits my stereotype of those scums named Jiufang."
Seeing Jiufang Yu looking over, Qi Huan paused and added a 'note', "Except you."
Jiufang Yu's eyebrows raised twice with interest, and Heituanzi also raised his head, "So what is your stereotype of me?"
Being stared at by those beautiful eyes, Qi Huan immediately felt dizzy and blurted out without thinking, "Handsome!"
Jiufang Yu & Monday: ...
"Generous, smart, loyal, good at fighting, and has a strong sense of responsibility," Qi Huan hurriedly made amends, lowering his eyelids and counting on his fingers to add up the numbers. Without making eye contact with the man, his thoughts became much smoother. After hesitating for half a second, he added the last one, "I don't like to eat."
"Don't like eating?" Jiufang Yu didn't expect that this would be the end of the topic.
"Well, your appetite is the smallest among all my guests, not just the Beast Squad. I've almost never seen you add more to your bowl." Qi Huan's nose and brows knitted together, revealing a troubled expression. "This really makes the chef feel insecure and incompetent. I'm always worried that the food I cook won't suit your taste."
Jiufang Yu lowered his eyes slightly, "Sorry."
Qi Huan had no intention of making things difficult for him. Seeing the lonely look on the man's face, and remembering what Shen Ye had said before, Jiufang Yu's appetite seemed to be related to his injury, he couldn't help but regret his own words, and quickly pretended to be relaxed and changed the subject, "As a new star master or as a friend?"
"As your new Star Lord friend."
"Are you sure you want to be friends with your 'slave'?" Qi Huan's amber eyes flashed with a mischievous smile, and he continued to try to change the subject.
"Slave?" Jiufang Yu looked puzzled.
"I still owe the base more than 10 million yuan in debt, which is equivalent to more than 200 years of work experience." Qi Huan opened his personal terminal and displayed his contract interface.
"Awesome." Jiufang Yu frowned slightly, feeling a little surprised at his years of work experience.
"Is this the time to sigh?" Qi Huan nudged Si Han's arm with his elbow in anger. "Now is the time for you to show your strength, like spending money to help your friend pay off his debts or redeem himself."
"It's too late. The situation of Waste Star is too bad. There are many places that need money. Twenty-seven hours ago, Xu Zhi had already confiscated all the money in my account. The money for the dinner reward today was borrowed from Chen Ye," Jiufang Yu spread his hands, "If possible, I would like to borrow some money from you."
"Don't even think about it!" Qi Huan immediately refused, with a look of determination to protect his wallet, "Otherwise, let's just sever our ties."
“So realistic?”
"You should be thankful that the Star Lord didn't offer a huge reward or something. I am greedy and lustful, and I can't stand temptation. Faced with a large sum of money, I might really kill my friends for the sake of justice."
Si Han showed a thoughtful look, "In that case, instead of apologizing, why not give you a bigger red envelope?"
"Of course. If an apology is useful, then..." Qi Huan almost blurted out the word "police". He stopped abruptly and changed his words, "What is money for?"
"real?"
"24K Innocence." Qi Huan nodded seriously.
As soon as he finished speaking, he felt his personal terminal vibrate, and when he opened it, he saw [Received a transfer of 1,225,000 silver coins from Fierce Beast A]
"It's too much." Qi Huan was shocked and hurriedly opened the account interface to transfer the money back. He was just joking. Three or four digits would be enough for a red envelope. He didn't expect Jiufang Yu to transfer so much money.
Unfortunately, there was already a negative balance in his account, so once the transfer was accepted, it was automatically deducted from his debt, disappearing like a drop in the ocean.
Qi Huan: ...
It's over. One debt split into two. A fork in the road to freedom.
"It's automatic deduction and can't be transferred back." He looked at Jiufang Yu sadly.
"It's okay. Just keep the extra money with you. You can deduct it directly when you need it."
Wait, Qi Huan tilted his head, sensing something was wrong, "You mean, there will be many more surprises like today in the future?"
"No, I just want to take precautions." Jiufang Yu touched his nose, looking very upright.
"That's not right. Didn't you just say that all the money was confiscated by Xu Zhi?"
"This is the small treasury in the account of Fierce Beast A that I earned from killing stone beasts. There is only this much left now," Jiufang Yu spread out his hands, "I will transfer it all to you."
Qi Huan touched his nose and realized belatedly that the previous sentence felt strange, as if he was forcing someone to hand over all his assets to him.
"I didn't have time to ask you before, what happened when you entered the dinner? Did your legs go weak?" Jiufang Yu had eaten at Renjian restaurants so many times that he couldn't count them, and he had never encountered the situation where Qi Huan threw the tray.
"My legs were a little sore from training last night, but that wasn't the main reason. I tripped because the carpet suddenly bulged." Qi Huan felt aggrieved when he talked about this. "I suspect it had something to do with the guards standing by the door at the time."
He paused and sighed, "But it's just speculation, there's no evidence."
"I'll help you check." Si Han agreed to the task directly, and then reminded him, "Next time if you practice too hard, go to the relaxation cabin next to you and lie down."
"Relaxation cabin?"
"Yes, it's the green cylindrical cabin in the corner of the training area. It can relieve 80% of the discomfort caused by muscle overload in five minutes."
"Chen Ye, this bad guy!" Qi Huan was so angry that he hit his palm with his fist. That guy was most likely deliberately making fun of him yesterday! Wait, if there is such a relaxation cabin, is there any way to directly improve physical fitness and save the exercise steps?
"Is there a medical cabin that can instantly improve your physical fitness or strength by lying in it?" Qi Huan clenched his fists and gestured twice, "In the future, when facing stone beasts and star beasts, it will also be able to resist them a little bit."
"There is none in the medical cabin. To achieve the effect you mentioned, you can use gene enhancers and gene modifiers, but these are Class A dangerous drugs. Under normal circumstances, almost no one would use them now."
"Why?"
"To some extent, everything is conserved. This kind of forced enhancement comes at the cost of consuming other parts. Those who have used it will not live long." Jiufang Yu sighed softly.
"Why do I feel like there's another story behind this?" Qi Huan looked curious.
Jiufang Yu shook his head and said jokingly, "Si Liang stopped pestering me to tell him stories after he turned ten."
"That's different. We humans are always learning throughout our lives." Qi Huan had no shame. He was not from this world. Theoretically, he had only been here for less than two months. There was no reason for him to miss out on something that could both increase his common sense and satisfy his gossip spirit.
Jiufang Yu couldn't argue, so he had to say, "In the past, many families in the alliance were very interested in potions that could enhance combat effectiveness, and some even conducted banned experiments. The most notorious of these was the Soldier Plan implemented by the Liuxia family about a thousand years ago. There were more than 13,000 experimental subjects whose files could be found. After being injected with the reagent, 60% of them could not survive the first hour, and the longest lived only three months.
Later, the Liuxia family was jointly boycotted by other families because of this inhumane experiment, and they never recovered from it. However, the effect of the super humanoid weapon was so tempting that many people still secretly conducted similar experiments. They either spent huge amounts of money to recruit volunteers, or moved the experimental sites and subjects to places outside the nine star fields to avoid being seen.
It was not until about five hundred years ago that people successfully developed gene enhancers and gene modifiers, and this cruel experiment basically disappeared.
The laboratory that successfully developed the reagents published the reagent formula and adverse consequences for free. Using these reagents can indeed increase certain abilities several times in a short period of time, but even a strong S-class sentinel cannot resist the physical decay after use. In the subsequent usage records, the longest survival record is twelve years. "
"Cherish your life and stay away from reagents. It seems you still have to work hard on your own." Qi Huan said with a "tsk". Yes, if there really was such a shortcut, why would Chen Yetao and the others have to exercise so hard every day?
"If you really want to improve your physical fitness, I can help you plan it," Jiufang Yu said with a serious look on his face. "Have you ever learned any body movements or boxing techniques before?"
Qi Huan half-held his chin, frowned and thought hard for three seconds, "Does military boxing count?"
Jiufang Yu: ?????
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