Chapter 102. Successful Asylum, Loss...
As the connection deepened, Lin Xiaoxiao, far beyond the secret realm, felt her soul detach from her body and float above the Dragon Kingdom, carefully sensing the changes within it.
From the moment the protective golden rain began to fall upon the establishment of the sanctuary, the energy concentration within the Dragon Kingdom has increased by 0.005%, and it continues to grow slowly, expected to eventually stop at 1%.
The greatest benefit of this increase in energy concentration is that food production increases, resources mutate, and monsters become fatter and more delicious... Over time, the people living in the Dragon Kingdom will become healthier, and even their children will have significantly improved talents.
In her spirit form, she gently waved her hand, drawing upon all the power of faith and transforming it into energy, bestowing upon it once more:
[The agent of Lady Luck -- ***, bestows blessings]
[All Dragon Kingdom players receive: Triple Experience buff (temporary: 2 days) (Diamond level)]
[Triple Experience Buff (Temporary: 2 days) (Diamond Tier): Due to the agent's goodwill, this is a reward that has been lowered. All Dragon Kingdom citizens who receive this buff will have their experience gained tripled for the next 48 hours.]
The Chinese people, having received another temporary buff, were extremely excited:
"Another buff, and it triples experience! This agent is amazing, why didn't we have this before?"
"Stop babbling and hurry up and go do the dungeon. Don't waste time."
"Go! We must upgrade today!"
...
Amidst the excited roars of the entire Dragon Kingdom, the faith power, which had been depleted from the buffs, rapidly increased again: +1, +2... +31277... +...
Several hours later, the shelter was officially completed. Lin Xiaoxiao slowly opened her eyes, and the notification sound of successful binding rang in her ears:
[Congratulations to Lin Xiaoxiao, the agent of the Goddess of Fortune, for successfully binding with the Dragon Kingdom!]
Her information panel now displays a special title:
Name: Lin Xiaoxiao
Age: 25
Occupations: Treasure Chest Merchant [Hidden Occupation], [God's Agent], [Dragon Kingdom Protector]
Destined Bound Person: Xiao Weizhi [Effect: Live and Die Together]
Level: LV230 (...) [Currently retained experience points: 234212]
Job Skills: Daily Treasure Chest [0/10], Luck Treasure Chest [1 per day], Experience Treasure Chest [0/3], Sacrifice to Lady Luck, Treasure Chest Crafting (Diamond Level), Endless Treasure Vault (Legendary Level)
Other skills: Wisdom Spirit (Legendary), Divine Eye (Diamond), Extraction of All Things (Diamond), Listening to the Sound of All Things, Sealing Technique (Diamond), Special Perception (Diamond), Gold Coin Critical Strike (Diamond)
Talents: Extra-large storage space, Lucky Libra, [Negative Buff: Experience Points -50% (Permanent)], [Divine Might Buff (Permanent)]
Special Contacts Module: Currently recorded contacts: [50/50] (List collapsed)
Task module: ...
From the moment the protection was successfully bestowed, dark forces and other factions of divine favored individuals began packing their belongings to leave.
But there are a few special individuals who are still sitting peacefully somewhere, waiting for their upcoming meeting.
Lin Xiaoxiao felt the surging power of faith within her body, and with a light laugh, she reached out to Xiao Weizhi beside her: "Weizhi, let's go back."
Xiao Weizhi, who had been waiting silently to the side, smiled gently and took her hand.
The two left the dark, barren land and returned to the top level of the operations department.
Upon returning, Lin Xiaoxiao tossed the marked Secret Realm Core back into the machine that originally contained it.
Sensing the return of the core of the secret realm, the machine quickly reassembled itself with a 'click-click' sound, restoring the scattered parts to their original form, returning it to its original shape.
Before leaving, Lin Xiaoxiao secretly raised her finger, activating the power of Lady Luck to bless the machine containing the core of the Dragon Kingdom's secret realm:
[Faith Barrier (Legendary): Whenever someone attempts to plunder it, a special mist will appear, hiding the core in an alternate dimension. No one except the caster can find the location of this alternate dimension.]
After they left, the top floor of the command tower was enveloped by a bubble that appeared out of nowhere.
The bubbles gradually contracted and adhered to the wall. In an instant, the front door, wrapped in this bubble wrap, gradually disappeared and turned into an ordinary wall.
The wall surface shimmered with faint, flowing light. If you stared at it for a long time, you would feel a strange sense of dizziness, briefly forget your purpose for being there, and then be hypnotized and sent away from this place.
It was deliberately created by the Dragon Kingdom to provide the strongest protection for the core of the secret realm.
When the elevator reached the first floor and the doors slowly opened, Mayor Ge, who had been waiting in the lobby for a long time, led his people to greet us.
She greeted him with a beaming smile: "Ms. Lin, you've had a long day."
Lin Xiaoxiao looked a little tired and nodded slightly in response: "You're too kind, Mayor Ge. Weizhi and I have some things to take care of. We'll find some time to talk in detail later."
Mayor Ge's smile froze, but for a brief two seconds, his smile remained kind and humble: "Alright, then I won't disturb you and Mr. Xiao any longer. We can make another appointment when we have time."
Lin Xiaoxiao nodded and said goodbye, and Xiao Weizhi also said goodbye to Mayor Ge and the others before leaving.
After getting into the flying car, Xiao Weizhi sat in the driver's seat and asked in a low voice, "Where to?"
Lin Xiaoxiao pulled on her seatbelt, fastened it, pulled up the map on the communicator, connected it to the flying car's screen, set the destination, and tapped the screen: "Go here."
Xiao Weizhi looked at the finish line on the screen, pressed the start button for the flying car, and asked, somewhat puzzled, "Slums?"
Lin Xiaoxiao nodded: "Yes, the slums, let's go to the underground auction house."
When she was bound to the core of the Dragon Kingdom, she sensed a few special auras pointing towards the underground auction house, and she had to go and see them.
Xiao Weizhi didn't say anything more, started the flying car, and headed straight for the slums.
The silver-white car sped along, passing through the bustling city center and heading towards the old slums, from modern high-rises to low-rise houses, from smooth main roads to bumpy dirt roads.
When we arrived at the slum gate, there were already more than a dozen tall, burly men in black suits and sunglasses standing by the registration gate, waiting.
The entrance to the slum today is somewhat unusual, as if it has been cleared out. No one is present here, only a line of burly men waiting by the door.
One of the burly men stopped the flying car, took out a glass ball the size of a fist, and saw that the woman sitting in the car was the person they were picking up.
He said coldly to Lin Xiaoxiao, "Miss, please come with me. Our boss has prepared a banquet and is waiting for you."
The word "boss" piqued Lin Xiaoxiao's curiosity.
She had always been curious about whose property the underground auction house and the underground mission site were, and it seemed that she would find out today.
In her previous life, Lin Xiaoxiao had been wandering between the City of Divine Favor and the Black Abyss, and knew little about the Dragon Kingdom, which was under Liu Duoxin's protection.
When she returned to the Dragon Kingdom, it had already been sacrificed by Liu Duoxin to the God of Greed, becoming a ruin. All the people and events were buried in the war, and could not be traced back.
Therefore, we don't know much about the inside story of these underground organizations.
Lin Xiaoxiao, arm in arm with Xiao Weizhi, followed behind the burly man and took the elevator to the underground auction house at the bottom.
When the elevator doors opened again, only one figure, dressed in a bright red suit and wearing large sunglasses, stood in the center of the empty auction stage, waiting.
He is Wang Haozi, an auctioneer at an underground auction house.
Wang Haozi spun around exaggeratedly several times, making several exaggerated dance moves. Holding a microphone studded with bricks, he made an over-the-top divine salute: "Welcome, Agent. I am Wang Haozi, the owner of the underground auction house, and also an ordinary follower under the agent of the God of Darkness."
Followers? No wonder, he doesn't have the seed of divinity, so no one would think of the owner of this auction house as a god favored by the gods.
[Followers: These are staff members under the names of certain deities' agents. They have not been implanted with divine seeds and have no special characteristics; they are the most suitable to be placed in the forefront as front men.]
Lin Xiaoxiao crossed her arms and coldly watched Wang Haozi standing on the stage.
Wang Haozi, who was in the middle of enjoying himself, noticed Lin Xiaoxiao's displeasure, awkwardly stopped dancing, and waved to signal the burly man behind her to leave the auction house.
In just two minutes, only Lin Xiaoxiao, Xiao Weizhi, and Wang Haozi remained in the entire movie theater.
Wang Haozi straightened his collar, which had become crooked from dancing, bent over at a 90-degree angle, and made an exaggerated gesture of invitation: "Those people are waiting for you."
Not far in the direction of the fingertips, a pitch-black portal, 2.8 meters high and 1.3 meters wide, appeared out of thin air.
Those few? How many are there?
Filled with doubt, Lin Xiaoxiao and Xiao Weizhi stepped directly into the teleportation portal.
Passing through the portal, the two of them arrived directly at a manor filled with flowers.
The manor was very large, containing four houses of different shapes:
There are houses with a dark, castle-like design, built entirely of large black rocks, topped with pointed, conical roofs;
There is a house that looks like an elf treehouse, built on a tree and covered with flowers;
There is a standard Western-style villa with a square layout and a modern, clean, and elegant design.
There is also a square, simple three-story building;
In the garden, there are also many tiny flower fairies, each the size of a thumb, fluttering, dancing, and singing. As they fly, they continuously scatter various colored light spots, which fall onto the flowers and grass, making the flowers more beautiful and the grass greener.
Amidst the lush, vibrant flowers, there stands a large, entirely black pavilion.
The pavilion occupies about 30 square meters, and its interior is dark and gloomy, which contrasts sharply with the bright sunshine outside.
Inside, there was a table and several chairs, where four people were already seated.
As Lin Xiaoxiao led Xiao Weizhi closer, they could clearly hear a charming female voice coming from inside: "Are you the agent of the Goddess of Fortune?"
Lin Xiaoxiao frowned slightly: "Yes, who are you?"
Accompanied by the clatter of high heels on the ground, a woman in a colorful floral dress slowly emerged from the pavilion. Her eyes were filled with surprise and delight. She lifted the hem of her flowing skirt and bowed slightly: "Hello, I am Tian Mi'er, the agent of the Goddess of Flowers. Would you like to have afternoon tea together?"
Lin Xiaoxiao did not refuse the invitation from this suddenly appearing agent of the God of Flowers: "Okay."
Upon entering the pavilion, Lin Xiaoxiao discovered that it was a hidden world inside.
It looks very dark from the outside and you can't see clearly, but it's fine inside. Although it's already very dark, it doesn't obstruct your view. Instead, it feels like a misty, overcast day.
Tian Mi'er pouted and complained somewhat unhappily, "You also think it's too dark, right? Atai likes this kind of light and never wants to see sunlight. Every time I suggest having afternoon tea in the sunlight, no one agrees. It's so annoying."
Just as Tian Mi'er was muttering her complaints, a cold yet slightly helpless and doting male voice came: "Mi'er, don't mutter in front of the guests, it's impolite."
A young man dressed in a black robe with his long hair neatly tied back stood up from his seat and bowed slightly to Lin Xiaoxiao: "Hello, I am Yuan Tai, the agent of the God of Darkness."
After introducing himself, he first pointed to the short-haired woman on his left: "This is the agent of the God of Minerals - Shi Taichu."
The short-haired girl, Shi Taichu, performed a standard divine blessing ceremony for Lin Xiaoxiao.
Yuan Tai pointed to the man with short, silver-white hair on his right: "The agent of the God of Clouds and Mist - Liu Zeyun."
The silver-haired man, Liu Zeyun, also gave Lin Xiaoxiao a divine salute.
One level-two agent of a deity and three level-three agents of a deity? Interesting.
Lin Xiaoxiao returned the greeting with a divine gesture and replied in a gentle voice, "Hello, I am Lin Xiaoxiao, the agent of the Goddess of Luck. This is my partner, Xiao Weizhi."
After exchanging greetings, Lin Xiaoxiao and Xiao Weizhi took their seats in the empty seats arranged by them.
Tian Mi'er sat in the back, wrapped her arm around Yuan Tai's, rested her head on his shoulder, and whispered coquettishly, "Ah Tai, I'm so bored, can we leave here and go out to play?"
Yuan Tai flicked Tian Mi'er's forehead helplessly and coldly refused, "No, stay here."
Noticing Lin Xiaoxiao's curious gaze, Xiao Weizhi awkwardly explained, "We've been living in this alternate dimension for some reason. We invited you here to discuss getting a residency permit."
Before the Dragon Kingdom had any agents to protect them, they just stayed there.
The problem is that now that China has agents providing asylum, they have to go through the process and get a residence permit.
Lin Xiaoxiao chuckled. No wonder she could sense the presence of the four of them; it turned out they had deliberately released them to set a trap!
Yuan Tai continued, "Due to certain reasons, we cannot appear in public, so we can only invite you here in this way. Please understand."
Lin Xiaoxiao interlaced her fingers and looked up at Yuan Tai: "Can you tell me about the mission hall down there, and why you can't show up? If I'm not mistaken, you and Tian Mi'er are from China?"
Yuan Tai looked a little embarrassed: "You have such good eyesight..."
He snapped his fingers, and a thick, dark shadow emerged from the corner, picked up the teapot on the table, and poured tea and served snacks to everyone present.
After completing this series of operations, the black image melted back into the darkness, like melted ice cream.
In subsequent conversations, Lin Xiaoxiao learned that Yuan Tai and Tian Mi'er were the two agents who made absurd demands for protection from the Dragon Kingdom.
The reason they made such a request was precisely because they dared not provide protection or get involved in this mess. By making an exaggerated request, they hoped to get the higher-ups in the Dragon Kingdom to refuse, thus allowing the two of them to escape unscathed.
The mission hall beneath the auction house is closely related to their reluctance to provide protection or even show themselves.
Because the underground mission site was built by the [New Creation Organization], every country has such an underground mission site, and the underground auction house established by Yuan Tai and the other three is only to cover up this mission site.
As for why she dared not show up, it was because Tian Mi'er had been invited to a banquet hosted by the [New Creation Organization], where she was tricked by the people of [New Creation] into becoming a test subject.
When Tian Mier was found again, eight days later, her mind had been forcibly frozen at the age of 15. No one knew what she had gone through that caused her to close herself off mentally.
Yuan Tai could only negotiate with the second-in-command of the [New Creation Organization]. Initially, he asked them to protect the Dragon Kingdom, but after they failed, he could only set up an underground mission site for them to manage, at the cost of them not being allowed to appear in public.
Lin Xiaoxiao curled her index finger and rested it on her chin, wondering why the [New Creation] group insisted on finding someone to protect the Dragon Kingdom. What was so special about the Dragon Kingdom?
If I remember correctly, in her past life, Liu Duoxin also had some private dealings with Zaoxin. What secrets were behind it?
After thinking for a while, Lin Xiaoxiao noticed the expectant look in the eyes of the person opposite her and coughed twice: "I can give you a residence permit, but you'll have to cut some of your business from this auction house..."
Yuan Tai smiled wryly: "You overestimate us. The human trafficking, organ trafficking, and other businesses you mentioned are not things we actively run."
"It's a business deal that some powerful families in the Dragon Kingdom are doing through the auction house. We didn't want to agree to it at first, but they came with a warrant from the Zaoxin side, so we just turned a blind eye and pretended not to see it."
Upon hearing this, Lin Xiaoxiao turned her head and asked with her eyes, while Xiao Weizhi, who was sitting to the side with a livid face, asked.
Faced with her questioning gaze, Xiao Weizhi's face turned pale, and he nodded stiffly, indicating that there were indeed powerful families doing such business behind the scenes, but his Xiao family did not.
Lin Xiaoxiao laughed in exasperation. What a clever "creation," what a clever agent of the god of creation.
After a moment, she said in a deep voice, "I can give you a residence permit, but you have to try your best to suppress those shady businesses. If you can't suppress them, then we'll talk about it again."
Yuan Tai, Shi Taichu, Liu Zeyun and the others nodded repeatedly.
Before leaving, Shi Taichu handed Lin Xiaoxiao a small disk of documents and whispered, "Here is what you want to look up, although it may not be comprehensive."
Lin Xiaoxiao didn't react at first, but she immediately realized what she was looking for: her parents' information?
She put the data disk into her storage space and whispered, "Thanks."
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