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After the transaction was completed and the connection was disconnected, Chen Xia closed the trading platform and pointed to the metal box that had appeared out of thin air at his feet.
"Sir, you saw everything when I was making a deal with Old He across the street."
I'm not lying to you, am I? I really am linked to a cross-border trading platform.
Although we can only match this one world for now, based on these two transactions, I guess that the world that guy named Lao He lives in is at least several decades more technologically advanced than our Earth.
Most importantly, their world must have experienced a global catastrophe, with a severe shortage of food and clean drinking water.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for China.
"If we could trade all their advanced technologies and weapons over, we could easily impose sanctions on the US."
To prove once again that what she said was true, Chen Xia pressed the unlock button on the metal box closest to her.
With a beep, a dazzling red light shot out from the box.
Gao Jianshe was startled by the sudden voice and took a step back: "Xiaxia, you're such a wild child, how come you dare to press any random button?"
As the red light faded, a massive, imposing machine appeared out of thin air in the office.
The silver-white armor gleamed with a cold metallic sheen, each piece of armor seamlessly joined together like a work of art, its chest shimmering with a deep blue light.
Wang Wenqing pinched his thigh hard, trying to regulate his breathing.
Equipping the military with such mechs would significantly enhance China's military strength.
Over the years, the United States and other Western countries have repeatedly tried to restrict China's access to technology.
Faced with repeated provocations from the US aircraft carriers, China, whose naval strength was not yet strong enough to rival them, had no choice but to temporarily compromise.
Now that we have this trading platform, once China has fully grasped the technology of the various high-tech equipment acquired through the trade, it will have the confidence and strength to launch a powerful counterattack against the provocations of the United States.
Wang Wenqing dared not delay on such an important matter and directly contacted his former leader from his time in the army via internal phone.
After listening to Wang Wenqing's words, the old leader opposite him said tactfully, "Wenqing, have you been under too much pressure lately? How about I talk to Lao Yao and give you a few days off to rest?"
Work is never-ending, but health is the foundation of everything. You can't keep overworking yourself and pushing your body to its limits...
Wang Wenqing interrupted him helplessly: "Old leader, I've been with you for so many years, do you think I would make up stories or joke with you about things that are not true?"
I swear on my Party membership that everything I just said is true. It's all mine, and I saw it with my own eyes.
If I'm lying to you, you can rip my head off and use it as a football.
Since Wang Wenqing had already put it this way, even the old leader was starting to have doubts. Could there really be such a magical system?
Taking a "better safe than sorry" approach, the old commander directly dispatched armed helicopters.
Although the old leader was skeptical, Wang Wenqing had already sworn an oath and even guaranteed it with his own life. He could only helplessly say that he would send someone over immediately.
After hanging up the phone, Wang Wenqing finally understood Chen Xia's helplessness. No one would believe such a obviously fake lie.
While Wang Wenqing was on the phone, Gao Jianshe had already rushed to the mecha, examining it closely and admiringly: "This is a mecha? Wow, it's so cool! I wish I could go in and test drive it..."
Upon hearing this, Chen Xia thought, "What's so difficult about that?" He picked up the instruction manual, fiddled with it for a while, and then gestured for Gao Jianshe to stand directly in front of the armor.
The voice command activated the temporary binding, and a blue light emanated from the mech's chest, scanning him from top to bottom. Then, Jiajia automatically unfolded, wrapping Gao Jianshe inside.
"Holy crap, this place is huge! I feel like I could punch right through this building!"
Hearing the sound, Wang Wenqing looked up and nearly fainted from fright. He roared, "Stop! Are you out of your mind? You want to die? I haven't lived enough yet, get out here!"
Wang Wenqing stamped his feet anxiously: "Hurry up and put it away, this floorboard can't withstand your reckless handling."
Chen Xia cheerfully asked him if he wanted to go in and try. Wang Wenqing suppressed his excitement and declined the suggestion, afraid that he might accidentally create a hole in the building in his excitement.
With Chen Xia's help, Gao Jianshe removed his mecha and reluctantly put it back into the metal box: "Director, this mecha isn't stuffy at all. I wish we could get one of these sometime."
Wang Wenqing rolled his eyes. "That brat is really dreaming. He thinks this thing is as common as cabbage. What a pipe dream!"
An hour later, three SUVs quietly pulled up in front of the police station.
Several men in civilian clothes got off the car. Although they weren't wearing military uniforms, the way they walked made them look like soldiers.
The leader was a middle-aged man with a buzz cut. After glancing at the mechs in the office, he pressed the communicator: "The situation is confirmed. Requesting backup!"
Half an hour later, the buzzing sound of propellers came from the sky, and Chen Xia boarded an armed helicopter under the escort of fully armed soldiers.
Before leaving, Gao Jianshe patted Chen Xia's head and said, "Xiaxia, don't be afraid. Just cooperate when you see the commander. Don't worry about your parents; your second uncle will explain things to them."
Chen Xia was escorted to a military base. For the next three days, she stayed in a protected villa, where she spent her days eating and drinking and occasionally answering questions from military experts.
Wang Wenqing and Gao Jianshe were not as lucky as her. After signing one confidentiality document after another, they were pulled aside for two more days of retraining on the confidentiality regulations.
After repeated verification by a group of experts, it was finally concluded that the technology of the mechs that Chen Xia traded was at least fifty years ahead of that of Earth.
Under the instructions of the top leader, Huaxia quickly established a special affairs office to directly liaise with Chen Xia.
Tang Weimin, the first director of the Special Affairs Department, smiled kindly and said, "Comrade Xia, on behalf of the country and the government, I thank you for your trust. The top leader has personally given instructions, and the country fully supports your work. Please feel free to make any requests you may have."
The amphibious ships and mechs won't be taken for nothing; you'll definitely receive reasonable compensation. If you have any requests, feel free to make them—make them boldly.
Chen Xia scratched his head: "I don't need anything for now, and I don't have any requests. It's just that I didn't tell my parents when I came out, and they haven't been able to contact me for several days. I'm afraid they'll worry. When do you think I can go home?"
Director Tang smiled and said, "Anytime is fine. If you're really in a hurry, I'll arrange for someone to take you back this afternoon."
These are your and your parents' work permits. From today onwards, you are official members of the newly established Special Affairs Division.
Our Special Affairs Division is a special agency directly under the State Council. Our salaries and benefits are much higher than those of ordinary civil servants.
Chen Xia was in a hurry to get home. In addition, the amphibious assault ship was a behemoth, unlike those mechs. The naval base needed to make preparations in advance before it could be released.
Therefore, Director Tang decided to send Chen Xia back to her hometown first, and then send her there after the preparations at the naval base were completed in a few days.
Chen Xia's worries were not unfounded. When Chen's parents returned from visiting relatives and couldn't find their daughter, they felt like the sky had fallen.
Unable to reach them by phone, and receiving no reply to WeChat messages or texts, the elderly couple were on the verge of calling the police when Gao Jianshe, who had just been released after completing his study of confidentiality regulations, drove over.
After hearing Gao Jianshe's incomplete explanation, Chen Ma almost scratched him to death.
Gao Jianshe explained with a pained expression, "Sister, it's not my fault, Xiaxia insisted on going. But I assure you, Xiaxia will be absolutely safe; she's just going to assist..."
Having just finished studying the confidentiality regulations, Gao Jianshe dared not tell the truth and could only give vague answers, assuring that Chen Xia would be absolutely safe and would return soon.
Hearing this made Chen's mother very anxious and upset. She fell ill that night, her toothache causing half of her face to swell up. Medicine and injections were completely ineffective.
Chen Xia returned home escorted by two female bodyguards. The supermarket was closed. She learned that her mother was sick and was receiving an IV drip at Old Song's clinic.
When Chen's mother saw that her daughter had returned safely, she immediately wanted to remove the IV and go home. Chen Xia coaxed her for a long time before Chen's mother changed her mind.
But while she was receiving the IV drip, she would secretly flip the switch every now and then, wanting to finish the drip quickly. Chen Xia sighed helplessly and could only flip it back when she wasn't looking.
The mother and daughter's witty banter amused Chen's father: "What's the rush with your daughter by your side? Here's what we'll do: Xiaxia, you stay here with your mother while she gets her IV drip. Dad will go home and cook."
Gao Lanying quickly named a few dishes: "Bring up all the dishes that my daughter likes. We've finished the Wuchang rice upstairs, so take a bag up with you."
Mr. Chen agreed to everything, hopped on his electric scooter and headed home. He opened the door, went upstairs, put on his apron, and prepared to start steaming the rice in the rice cooker.
Remembering my daughter's comment about sharing a meal with two friends who have big appetites, I pulled the biggest rice cooker out of the cupboard and steamed a huge pot of rice. Thinking we couldn't finish it, I planned to make fried rice with eggs for dinner.
When Chen's mother and Chen Xia arrived home, Chen's father had already served the dishes—eight dishes and a soup, a very sumptuous meal.
Mr. and Mrs. Chen could tell that the two girls who came back with their daughter were no ordinary people. But they never expected that these two seemingly ordinary girls were actually retired female special forces soldiers.
When a retired female special forces soldier became their daughter's bodyguard, Mr. and Mrs. Chen's first thought wasn't how capable their daughter was, but rather whether their daughter was in danger. Why did they suddenly have two female bodyguards all of a sudden?
After finishing their meal, Chen Xia pulled them aside and explained the whole story.
Anxious, Chen's mother pulled her aside and checked her over from head to toe: "Will that system platform you're linked to cause you any harm? Is there any danger?"
Chen Xia smiled and reassured them, "No, I've already had a full-body check-up in Beijing these past few days. I'm as strong as an ox now, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with me."
Mom and Dad, the big boss said that from now on we'll be paid according to civil servant standards, and we'll also have a pension when we get old.
The government provides five social insurances and two housing funds, plus a generous year-end bonus. Mom, you won't need to envy Aunt anymore; your retirement pension will definitely be higher than hers.
Mr. and Mrs. Chen never expected that they could become civil servants at their age. However, they could only enjoy this quietly as a family and could not show it off to their relatives.
To the outside world, the three of them continued as usual, but after hearing that the government had provided Chen Xia with bodyguards, Chen's parents decided to take back the upstairs apartment after the lease expired and stop renting it out.
After receiving the Navy's notice to hand over the amphibious ship, Chen Xia successively traded with Lao He for a number of equipment needed by the country, such as lithography machines, artificial suns, and Earth-Moon transport spacecraft.
After discussion and assessment, higher-level leaders decided to demolish and requisition the entire eastern district where Chen Xia's family lived, and all the original houses were demolished. The newly built warehouse supermarket has three floors above ground and two floors below ground.
A three-story hotel-style apartment building was built to the left of the supermarket, providing accommodation for Chen Xia's family, bodyguards, and supermarket employees.
Each apartment is a three-bedroom, two-living room unit, while high-standard warehouses have been built on the right side.
The reason it was built this way is that after the transaction system is upgraded, a portal to another dimension will be opened, allowing the supermarket to take people directly to the matched world for a month.
A modern, large-scale warehousing base was built around the supermarket to conceal its true nature. The goods Chen Xia traded were transported to their proper destinations through normal distribution and logistics fleets, making it less likely to be detected than if they were directly placed there.
Chen Xia and her family of three were directly hired as civil servants. Their base salary starts at 10,000 yuan, with no upper limit on benefits and bonuses.
A day in the cave is a thousand years in the world. After China boarded the express train of cross-border trading platforms, all kinds of cutting-edge technologies have emerged like an explosive force.
Many people have even speculated that after China successfully landed on the moon, it obtained some alien technology on the far side of the moon.
The United States and Russia, in particular, were convinced of this and restarted their moon landing programs.
After a year, Chen Xia finally accumulated enough points to upgrade.
After listening to the system's announcement, Chen Xia complained, "No wonder it was so slow before, only able to match one small world. It turns out it was just a trial version before."
The small system explained, "That's how these secondary systems are; they're rigid, have few functions, and are barely usable."
The small system harbored a deep grudge against the cross-world system, a second-level system that had shamelessly stolen its host. Whenever it got the chance, it would belittle the cross-world system in front of Chen Xia.
In other words, the cross-system is not intelligent enough; if you switch to another system, it will inevitably clash with the smaller system.
After the upgrade is successful, the supermarket will be able to receive guests from other dimensions.
The supermarket is an absolutely safe area, and no living being can harm Chen Xia or the supermarket staff.
Considering that the supermarket will be able to serve many customers every day, in addition to Chen Xia's family of three, the supermarket can also hire a certain number of sales assistants, stock clerks, warehouse keepers and security guards.
Supermarkets have self-cleaning functions, so hygiene is not a concern.
All the goods needed for transactions in the supermarket are provided by the state, and Chen Xia and the state split the revenue 50/50.
There is a smart redemption machine at the entrance of the supermarket. Residents from other dimensions must first use resources recognized by the supermarket to redeem points, and then use the points to make purchases at the supermarket.
For example, in the post-apocalyptic world, precious metals and crystal cores can be exchanged for points. In the orc world, various plants, animals, and ores can be used, etc.
In short, supermarkets accept anything that is useful.
The first world matched after the upgrade is a high-martial arts world. Although it can't compare to a high-tech world, which Chinese person hasn't fantasized about becoming a martial arts master who can leap across rooftops?
The opportunity is right in front of us, so of course we should seize it.
...
Mr. and Mrs. Chen are getting old and their physical constitution is not good; they are past the age of practicing martial arts.
When they were later matched into the cultivation world, they still lacked spiritual roots. However, Chen Xia traded longevity pills for them, and they lived to be 150 years old before passing away peacefully.
Although Chen Xia later became a cultivator, the original owner's body had poor spiritual roots, and she didn't work very hard. After sending off her parents, she arranged everything and left this small world.
Wang Jiakang had been on countless blind dates, but each time the woman would somehow hear that he had to support six elderly people, and then nothing would happen.
He wasted his life until he was almost forty before he met a woman who didn't mind his lack of respect.
Only after the marriage did he find out that the woman had been married three times before and had two sons. She married Wang Jiakang because she thought he was honest and wanted him to help raise her children.
Wang's parents disagreed with their son marrying a woman who had been married three times and had a child, but Wang Jiakang was determined to marry this woman named Li Xue, as if his old house had caught fire.
After getting married, he moved into Li Xue's house. Under Li Xue's brainwashing, he handed over all his salary without keeping a penny. He even took the family's savings account when his mother wasn't looking and went to talk to Li Xue.
Li Xue thought he was incompetent and his salary was too low, so she encouraged him to drive for a ride-hailing service after get off work to earn extra income.
If Wang Jiakang didn't go, Li Xue threatened to divorce him. Wang Jiakang had finally managed to get married, so he couldn't bear to divorce her and could only work desperately to earn money.
They work during the day and run around until the middle of the night; even the donkeys in the production team dare not use them like that.
Soon after, Wang Jiakang was in a car accident because he was too tired. The good news was that he survived, but the bad news was that he had to have his leg amputated.
Seeing that he was no longer useful, Li Xue sold the house and disappeared into the vast sea of people with her two children.
Wang Jiakang was filled with remorse. After being discharged from the hospital, he hid in his room all day and refused to go out. Later, he became mentally unstable, muttering about retribution...
With Wang Jiakang crippled, his mother had to care for her disabled son and support four elderly relatives, and soon she too fell ill. The entire family relied on Wang's father for care, barely surviving, and life was incredibly difficult.
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