Chapter 58 Yongji’s future
The frequency of ground fissures is increasing. The ground fissures that used to appear in the dungeon only once every three or four days now appear every day.
At this time, the ground temperature in Jiangcheng finally dropped back to sixty degrees.
Under the organization of the government, people began to return to the surface in batches, moved back to their homes, and relied on air conditioning to survive. At this time, people finally discovered that even in Jiangcheng on the surface, there was a terrifying ground crack.
Panic and despair began to spread. In the crack area, Jiangcheng residents who had lost their loved ones gathered at the edge of the crack, crying out their loved ones' names. Some even jumped into the crack area without hesitation, trying to find their loved ones, but they only added new names to the death list. There were also people who had completely lost hope and turned into mobs, burning, killing, and looting. Jiangcheng, which had maintained normal order, was actually showing signs of collapse.
Aurora also moved back to its original surface factory site. In any case, the frequency of ground fissures in surface cities is lower than that in underground cities.
Yu Ziqiu brought Jiang Yang to the Jiguang factory. Although he already knew that Jiguang had become a new force in Jiangcheng and Gu Nian had become a prominent figure in Jiangcheng, Yu Ziqiu still couldn't help but marvel when he saw Jiguang in person.
A huge factory, busy employees, raw materials and goods constantly flowing in and out of the factory. Even before the natural disaster, Aurora was a large-scale industry! Not to mention, in such a short period of time, Gu Nian supported Chi Qin in building a strong team of evolutionists.
As the leader of the Noah Action Team, Yu Ziqiu clearly knew that it would take a huge amount of credit points to support a team of evolutionists, which meant that Gu Nian had sufficient financial and resource support. In turn, a strong team of evolutionists would also provide sufficient military support for Aurora.
If before, Yu Ziqiu only regarded Gu Nian as an evolved human master, now, she must regard Gu Nian as the leader of a powerful emerging force in Jiangcheng.
Yu Ziqiu handed Gu Nian a thick folder.
"This is all of Yongji's information. It contains the blueprint of Yongji's office building. However, this is only the blueprint that Yongji provided to the official Housing and Construction Bureau when the building was first constructed. After the natural disaster, Yongji has been expanding the building on its own, and now it is different from this blueprint. But this blueprint should still be able to help you a little."
Gu Nian didn't expect that Yu Ziqiu would give such useful information. With this blueprint, the probability of her exploration operation being successful has been greatly increased. Even if Yongji expands the building, the main structure of the building cannot be changed.
Yu Ziqiu said seriously, "During this period of time, I have also done some research, and I found that there is indeed something strange about Yongji Company."
Yu Ziqiu turned on her communication bracelet and projected a three-dimensional map of the province in mid-air. She pressed a button, and suddenly a dense mass of red dots appeared on the map. "These are all the areas in the province where ground fissures have occurred."
The red dots were densely distributed in the province, but just like an earthquake, the center was the epicenter. The closer to the epicenter, the denser the red dots were, and the farther away from the epicenter, the sparser the red dots were. Obviously, the center of the red dots was in Yangcheng. However, in the center of the red dots, there was a strange blank.
Yu Ziqiu pressed the button again, and a building rose up in the blank area. "This is the Yongji Building."
Yu Ziqiu said: "In the most densely populated area of ground fissures, a strange vacuum zone appeared, centered on Yongji."
Looking at the 3D map, everyone saw the problem. The center of the red dots, which was also the most densely populated area, was clearly in the Yongji Building area. However, with the Yongji Building as the center, a large vacuum area appeared.
Gu Nian suddenly asked: "Have you reported this discovery of yours?"
Yu Ziqiu smiled bitterly, "Yes, but it was rejected. There is no evidence from current geological research that there is a problem with Yangcheng's geological structure, and the occurrence of natural disasters may have a strange pattern. Maybe Yongji is just lucky? With just a picture, it is impossible for Yangcheng to investigate Yongji. After all, Yongji has almost controlled all of Yangcheng's economic lifelines."
"But if you can bring some important evidence from Yongji, maybe things will turn around." Yu Ziqiu said seriously: "Jiang Yang is the best communications soldier in Noah. Whether it is mechanical engineering or network programming, he is a well-deserved genius. This time, he will go on the field with you."
Jiang Yang greeted Gu Nian with a smile. "Long time no see. Let's go on a mission together. Thank you for your guidance."
Gu Nian didn't expect that the communications soldier that Yu Ziqiu had found was Jiang Yang. But after thinking about it, she was no longer surprised. She still remembered that when she went to the Noah Operations Group, Jiang Yang had designed some strange but useful instruments, such as the instrument for detecting spirit crystals.
"Jiang Yang will prepare the necessary equipment himself. I'll leave it all to you." Yu Ziqiu said carefully. If he agreed to support Gu Nian at the beginning, it was largely because Yu Ziqiu owed Gu Nian a favor, then now, it was because Yu Ziqiu believed that Yongji did have a big problem.
There is no such thing as coincidence without reason, only inevitability that humans have not yet discovered. Yu Ziqiu firmly believes this.
Gu Nian also once again raised her vigilance against Yongji. If at first, Gu Nian suspected that Yongji was related to the natural disaster, it was only because the spiritual spring that Yongji valued was extremely important to space, and space was the only thing she could relate to the "glimmer of hope" calculated by the Jing family, then now her suspicion has new support. That three-dimensional map full of red dots.
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Wu Mo, Lu Maoyan's secretary, was waiting on the first floor of Yongji's office building early in the morning. This office building was located in the city center of Yangcheng before the natural disaster. After the natural disaster, although some marginal areas had fallen into slums, the original CBD and the high-end residential areas next to it were still prosperous.
The glass door blocked out the heat from outside, and Wu Mo looked outside.
Finally, the two cars slowly stopped. The woman leading the way out of the front car was Gu Nian, followed by the captain of the Aurora Squad, Chi Qin, and behind her was a handsome man wearing sunglasses that covered most of his face. He looked like a pretty boy bodyguard. Three members of the Aurora Squad walked out of the car behind.
As the personal secretary of Yongji's boss Lu Maoyan, Wu Mo would of course do his homework in advance, such as the appearance of Gu Nian and the people around her.
These people are not many. Wu Mo thought quickly, is it really okay for Gu Nian? Does she just think this is an ordinary business cooperation?
Wu Mo suppressed his complicated thoughts and endured the heat outside. He pushed open the glass door and walked in with a smile on his face: "Welcome, Mr. Gu! I've been waiting for you for a long time!"
Wu Mo extended his hand enthusiastically: "I am Wu Mo, the secretary of Mr. Lu."
Gu Nianhui shook his hand and said politely with a smile: "I have heard of Secretary Wu's name for a long time, and I finally meet him."
Wu Mo made a gesture of invitation towards the building: "Please come in, Mr. Lu is waiting for you in the factory on the first floor."
The only news that Lu Maoyan searched for were photos of him from ten years ago. Compared to the photos from that time, Lu Maoyan was obviously older, with his temples slightly gray, but he still looked gentle and elegant, with a calm and composed demeanor. With his shirt sleeves rolled up and wearing linen suit trousers, he looked like he could appear on the cover of Business Weekly at any time.
When Lu Maoyan saw Gu Nian coming in, he smiled and said, "Welcome, welcome. President Gu is finally here."
Gu Nian raised an eyebrow and scanned the factory: "I thought the cooperation would be discussed in the office."
Lu Maoyan replied calmly: "For such an important strategic partner like Mr. Gu, of course we need to demonstrate our sincerity and strength in cooperation. Why not show Mr. Gu around?"
Gu Nian nodded in agreement. Lu Maoyan took her to look.
"Since the natural disaster, Yongji has retracted some of its important production lines back to this building. The technology here represents the highest level of Yongji's biotechnology and is responsible for exporting technical operating standards to other Yongji factories outside."
In this factory, there were piles of mutant animal corpses, which were cut open by machines to dig out the spiritual crystals inside. It was a mutant creature that looked like a white mink.
The whole factory was filled with a horrible smell of blood.
Lu Maoyan was talking and laughing: "This is a mutant ferret. We found this mutant beast in Bincheng in the north. What's amazing is that after the fur of this mutant beast is processed, it can automatically emit cold air and provide a powerful heat-relief function. We tried our best to get only a few mutant ferrets from Bincheng. If we cooperate with Aurora, we can develop mutant ferret breeding, and then we can produce more heat-proof clothing. This is also the social responsibility that our big companies need to bear in the face of natural disasters. Miss Gu, what do you think?"
He carefully observed Gu Nian's expression. To his regret, despite the bloody and messy room, Gu Nian remained calm.
Gu Nian just asked curiously: "Mr. Lu still has a way to communicate with Bincheng?"
"As long as you give enough credit points, there will always be someone willing to deliver the goods." Lu Maoyan said nonchalantly. "Doing business is all about credit points, isn't it?"
At this point, Lu Maoyan changed the subject: "Come to think of it, I thought that even in the entire Dragon Country, there was no company with R&D capabilities that I didn't know. I didn't expect that it was not until the appearance of Aurora that I realized how powerful Mr. Gu was. I don't know where Mr. Gu poached the team responsible for the R&D of Aurora Animal Food? Or is it Mr. Gu himself?"
Gu Nian said: "It doesn't matter who developed it. What matters is whether Aurora's animal food is worthy of Yongji's cooperation. After all, isn't doing business a matter of credit points?"
Kind of interesting.
Lu Maoyan then took Gu Nian to visit other production rooms and suddenly said, "Boss Gu has shown his talent and suddenly came up with such an amazing formula. It's as magical as those movie protagonists who get help from mysterious treasures!"
Gu Nian's expression remained unchanged: "Oh? I didn't expect that Mr. Lu also likes to watch these adventure and treasure hunting movies."
Lu Maoyan laughed heartily: "Hahaha, when I was a kid I always dreamed of becoming a treasure hunter in adventure movies, chasing after treasures one after another. Isn't this the most fascinating part of those adventure movies?"
"Really? I think the most fascinating things in these adventure movies are the dangerous villains who desperately pursue the powerful power behind the treasure, but in the end their dreams are often shattered." Gu Nian said.
The short visit is over.
Gu Nian asked Lu Maoyan beside him: "Mr. Lu, where should we go next?"
Lu Maoyan was thinking in his heart. Gu Nian didn't bring many people with her. If Lu Maoyan gave an order, the evolved people in Yongji Base would be enough to deal with Gu Nian and the bodyguards she brought with her. But Lu Maoyan didn't know Gu Nian's background.
Her pupils were bright and quiet, like a girl who was naive to the world, but behind that quietness was a strong calmness, the confidence of a strong person. Facing Lu Maoyan's temptations, she always gave him a firm hand, which made Lu Maoyan a little confused about Gu Nian's depth.
Lu Maoyan couldn't help wondering if Gu Nian had any backup plan. If he left her here, would Jiang Cheng come to track down Yongji? Was that why she was so fearless?
Seeing that Lu Maoyan didn't say anything, Gu Nian was not in a hurry.
Lu Maoyan finally laughed, and the gloom just now faded from his body. At this moment, he looked like a kind business senior: "Let's go to the restaurant to rest. Everyone has worked hard all the way. Let's go eat something and rest for a while."
Today is not the right time yet, it would be safer to check this woman's background later. Lu Maoyan thought, suppressing the fear in his heart, he warned himself not to act hastily.
Under the Yongji Building. Ymir changed into a clean robe and ordered his servants to make him new robes according to the style of his mother planet. After ensuring that his body was clean, he walked to the room where the spiritual power pool was located. He would come here every day to check the growth of the planet's axis.
The liquid in the spiritual energy pool has turned into a thick bright red color, and the growth rate of the planet's axis has finally satisfied Imir. The servant named Lu Maoyan is still somewhat useful.
Walking into the spiritual power pool, Ymir frowned. The roots of the axis of the planet had been growing underground, but today, a part of the roots lifted up and rushed straight upwards.
Ymir was puzzled. The axis of the planet always craves the original power of the planet, so its roots would dig deep into the core of the earth to absorb it. But what happened today? Why are there so many roots desperately pointing upwards?
Could it be that there is something above that attracts it?
The guidance of the planet's axis cannot be wrong. If so, it means that there is the original power that it desires more upstairs!
Thinking of this, Ymir did not delay any longer. He carefully pulled out a root of the planet's axis and began to walk upstairs.
Ymir appeared on the ground floor of Yongji Building. He had been staying in the underground base of Yongji Building all along. The servant named Lu Maoyan did not want him to go to the ground, but he was just a humble servant, and Ymir never cared about the servants' opinions. He did not go to the ground before because it was unnecessary. For the body he was staying in now, the temperature underground was much more comfortable than the ground, and the axis of the planet was also underground.
But now it is necessary.
The employees of Yongji Building secretly looked at this strange man who suddenly appeared.
He was wearing strange clothes that he had never seen before, and he was holding something like a plant root in his hand, but the root seemed to be alive and was wriggling in his hand. This handsome weirdo held the root carefully, as if he were treating a lover, and he was obviously moving in the direction of the root's movement.
The employees began to whisper.
"Who is this?"
“You haven’t seen it before?”
"I heard you came up by elevator?"
"Elevator? I heard there's a secret base underground. Could he have come up from the secret base?"
The employees' whispers grew louder, but Ymir paid no attention.
The roots stopped at the entrance of the restaurant.
"Found it." A strange smile slowly appeared on Ymir's face.
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