Chapter 150 Patent War
South District 1, Dark Night Electric Block.
In the night streets, a young man in a black short-sleeved shirt ran in a panic. He was looking for a narrow alley to hide in, while nervously looking around, nervous about the possible pursuers.
"Huh, huh--" Holding on to the wall, his chest rose and fell, and his back was already wet with sweat.
"Didn't they catch up?" He whispered to himself, then raised his head and looked at the narrow sky in the alley.
The hovercraft decorated with neon lights and signs floated slowly in the sky. It was not only an entertainment venue, but also a conspicuous advertising location. It is said that the advertising fee of a hovercraft is tens of millions of federal coins every year.
"Damn capital and rich people!"
He hammered the wall, then stumbled forward again, walking in this remote alley full of stains and garbage.
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Ades Academy, combat practice room.
A sturdy young man was sweating. He looked at a man who was about 18 years old, shirtless, wearing loose pants, punching in the practice room, exercising his muscles, and familiarizing himself with the job he had recently upgraded.
As time passed, he became more and more proficient in this newly upgraded ability. The extraordinary core in his body became more and more stable and fiery. The boiling magic power steamed sweat and bursts of white steam came out of his body.
Finally, when his momentum and magic power reached the peak, he shouted loudly, then punched out, and a sonic boom sounded in the practice room.
The dummy that was originally wrapped in rubber cracked, revealing the broken thick steel bars inside, and the surrounding rubber even melted a part, and the air was filled with a burnt and unpleasant smell.
After finishing the training, he walked out of the practice room, and a slightly younger boy immediately came forward. He held a towel in his hand and helped him wipe the sweat, and then spoke with envy.
"Brother Valk is amazing. He just advanced this morning and was able to use the power of his job so skillfully! I just looked at the records in the practice room. The explosive power of that punch is almost unmatched among Sequence 4. Even the goldfish princess Avni, who is generally favored among the freshmen, can't compare to Big Brother!"
"Don't brag too much. I am two years older than Avni, which actually delayed a lot of time." Valk shook his head and didn't care about this kind of praise. Instead, he thought about consulting the nutritionist in the academy tonight to see what he needs to supplement in the future. He doesn't have much time to waste, and there are still many things waiting for him to complete.
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"Do you want to report to Teacher Sima?" The boy asked after listening to Valk's arrangements.
Sima is the teacher of Edes Academy who dug Valk out of the slums of North District 9. He is also the person who is responsible for Valk's life in school. Generally, if there is anything, you can report and consult with him.
Although Valk was delayed for several years because of his family background, and only now was he fortunate enough to enter high school, his talent is indeed extraordinary. In a short period of time, he advanced to the Light Feather Sequence 4, the Blazing Sun Fighter, which is a high-difficulty extraordinary job that is evaluated as perfect.
Such a genius has won the respect of many people even in the Edes Academy where all kinds of elites gather, and his life here has gradually stabilized.
"Go and talk to the teacher. It is his care and support after all." Valk threw the towel to the boy behind him after wiping his sweat, and then walked into the shower room next to him, ready to rinse and change into clean clothes.
"Okay." The boy replied happily.
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At night, Valk walked out of the brightly lit restaurant after finishing the celebration banquet. The night breeze seemed particularly cool. He recalled the praises and compliments from the teachers and senior executives in the restaurant just now, and felt a little unreal.
Finally, he touched his pocket, took out a credit card he had just received, inserted it into the slot of the personal terminal, and soon the amount in it was displayed.
[Federal Coins: 3,000,000]
This is the reward for his advancement to Sequence 4. Edes Academy has always been tolerant and supportive of geniuses.
Three million federal coins. If it were in the North District 9, I'm afraid I would never earn that much in my lifetime. Valk thought to himself. The worldview he had formed over the years had the illusion of collapse and reconstruction.
This is the South District 1, the world of the rich. The world is uneven. He silently recalled this feeling in his heart.
Just like that, he was immersed in this thought until the personal terminal in his pocket rang, waking him up.
He took out the personal terminal and just turned it on when he heard a hurried call from the other side.
"Hello, Valk, it's me, Grid." The voice was mixed with tension and various noisy sounds, and the other side seemed to be running.
"What's the matter?" Valk's voice was still steady.
"Come and save me, I'm being chased. In the Dark Night Electric Block, let me see, it's the alley south of Street 8, come quickly!"
"..." Valk was silent for a few seconds, and the other side spoke again.
"You won't just stand by and watch me die, will you? We grew up together. If it weren't for me, you would have died in the slums!"
"I know, that's why I didn't hang up." Valk spoke slowly.
"I'll come, just try to avoid me." Then he hung up his personal terminal. He
dialed the number again, and soon there was a positive reply from the other end, saying that a high-speed hovercraft would arrive at his location within three minutes.
While waiting, Valk looked at the cold night sky above his head and recalled some things from his childhood.
That's right, he was an orphan since he was a child, and grew up in the underground world of the North Nine District. At that time, in order to survive, he was almost like a rat, looking for food in the garbage dump. It was also at that time that he met Grid.
The two were in similar situations. At the beginning, they also fought for a complete lunch box.
Grid said that he saved Valk, which is true, but not entirely. In fact, because they were young at the time, when facing those adults who were also homeless and evil, they could only stick together. They saved each other several times, and it was hard to say who owed whom, but since the other party had spoken today, Valk would not refuse or deny it.
Soon, a black and high-end hover car came from the sky at high speed, then descended and hovered in front of Valk.
The door opened, revealing the empty seat inside. Valk jumped up from the ground, stepped on the frame of the hover car, pressed it down a little, and shook it slightly before regaining stability.
After closing the door, Valk input the approximate location, and the hovercraft began to head to the destination, shuttling through the bustling city of South District 1. Along the way, many similar high-end hovercrafts can be seen, as well as advertisements and signs everywhere.
Dark Night Electric Block, Lane 13 South of Street 8.
In the dim alley, a hemispherical autonomous unit fell to the ground, with a torn gap on the side, and the internal components were flashing sparks. Opposite it, a young man in a black short-sleeved shirt held a purple ionized short blade, his eyes swept around, and his body crouched slightly to deal with the attack that followed.
Above the alley, three suspended four-wing drones flashed their lights, and their cameras kept focusing and locking on the young man on the ground.
[Found the target, started checking...]
[Checked, confirmed to be thief No. 1721, started the capture operation]
[Requesting support, the capture net is ready]
[Fire! ]
A drone launched a fine net with a hook, covering the young man on the ground. Electric light flowed in the fine net, and when it hit the objects in the alley, bursts of electric sparks burst out.
"Damn it!" The black-shirted young man on the ground cursed, then dodged with all his strength, waving the short blade in his hand, cutting the rope blocking the front, and continued to run forward, but he slipped on the garbage on the ground and fell.
Taking advantage of his inconvenience, the second drone descended and approached, spraying fine nets and ropes.
Although the black-shirted young man tried to dodge, he was still covered by the fine net, and then the electric current hit him, causing his body to tremble continuously, his teeth to collide, and he made a painful sound.
Resisting the electric current, the young man waved the short ionized blade in his hand, cut the fine net on his body, and climbed out again. However, after a few steps, he fell down due to pain and exhaustion. At this time, he could only hide behind an abandoned and old vehicle to prevent being caught by the drone unit in the sky.
The side corners of these drone units have a unified logo, which is three pointers pointing inwards, and the outer periphery has the outline of a gear.
The "Three Pointers Workshop" is a famous company in the first district of Feicuiqunnan. Although it is not large in scale, the time delay device it produces is extremely special. It can slow down the flow of time around the time delay device and has many magical uses in some special fields.
It is also for this reason that this small workshop has extremely high profits, and many people have also spied on the company's patents and technical secrets. If it were not for the fact that the limit of the time delay device of the "Three Pointers Workshop" is only 20% of the time, it can even enter the ranks of giant companies with this technical patent.
The giant company Alice's Watchmaker, which truly possesses the singularity of time technology in the Rose Federation, is a company whose logo is a hat decorated with rabbit ears, flowers, and pocket watches. Its Alice Pocket Watch can freeze the time in the surrounding space.
"Valk, if you don't come, I'm going to die here." The young man fed himself a few stimulant capsules that suppressed pain and enhanced physical strength. After a short breath, he ran out again, avoiding the pursuit of the suspended drones in the air, jumped onto the autonomous unit that was blocking him, stabbed the head of the autonomous robot with a knife, tore it apart, damaged the internal components, and then continued to run forward.
Finally, he rushed out of this narrow alley. Just as he was about to run away, a dazzling light illuminated in front of him, and then a stern shout came from the front.
"Stop! We are members of the 'Raincoat Firm' with a legal gun license. If you still want to flee, we will shoot you under video surveillance!"
Hearing this voice, the young man had to stop running temporarily and cover his eyes with his hands. After a while, he gradually adjusted and saw the six members of the firm in front of him. They were wearing uniform uniforms, bulletproof vests, tactical sunglasses and headphones. Each of them had an automatic aiming pistol in their hands, and the red dots of the laser indicators gathered on the young man.
Each of these firm members has a Sequence 4 level. Although their job evaluation is not good or outstanding, with the addition of sophisticated equipment, it is extremely difficult for ordinary people to fight against them.
Because of the existence of extraordinary abilities and the development of industry, it is not difficult for individuals to possess violence and guns. In the face of such a vast territory and complex environment in the Federation, the official police cannot be comprehensive, so they will allow local areas to maintain some security forces and some firms.
These firms are hired by large companies and will provide security forces to protect the safety of company employees and protect commercial secrets from being stolen.
Although the original intention was good, because it was too close to the gray area, some firms would assist certain large companies in undermining the competition of their rivals, stealing their secrets, etc. under the temptation of huge returns.
When pointed at with a gun, the young man in black shirt raised his hands to show that he was not a threat. This was not a very weak approach, but an extremely wise behavior. If he was provoked by the other party, or still resisted after the other party warned him, then the other party could "legally" shoot him without bearing too much legal responsibility.
"Humph!" The members of the opposite firm were very disdainful of this habitual offender, but they did not relax their vigilance.
The captain tilted his head and asked the members on both sides to come forward, disarm the young man in black shirt, and prepare to tie him up.
Although they did not have the power to enforce the law, they could send the young man in black shirt to the cell of the police station, and then there would naturally be a special lawyer assigned by the company to accuse the other party of the crime.
Seeing that the two members of the firm were about to approach, the young man in black shirt frowned and stepped back slightly. He would not surrender. With his identity, it was not a good thing to go to the police station.
His current identity is fake, and he is not a real legal citizen of the Federation. This also means that once his file is exposed, he will no longer have "human rights". Even if he dies in prison, no one will ask.
Because without "human rights", it is equivalent to non-existence, and he cannot even be considered a human being. This is the rule of the bottom layer of the Federation.
Time passed by second by second. Although the black-shirted young man showed a nonchalant and contemptuous expression on the surface, his legs and fingers were trembling slightly, ready to attack at any time.
However, in the end, he did not wait for the opportunity to resist because someone interrupted the process.
The black hovercraft descended, and a burly man walked out. He saw the black-shirted young man under the light, and he blocked the members of the agency with one hand.
"I think, maybe we can talk first." He showed a special card with the logo of Edes Academy on it.
After the scanner in the sunglasses confirmed the key on the card and checked it with the official website, the captain sent by the "Raincoat Agency" frowned, waved to his companions beside him, and stopped the action for the time being.
Although the Edes Academy ranked only fourth in the star field, it was a member of the first tier, and the gap with the first place was not that big. If it was just an ordinary student in the academy, the Raincoat Office would not care too much, but the man took out a special black card, which represented the status and certain influence in the Edes Academy.
"You want to protect him? I have to remind you in advance that he is a criminal designated by the Three Pointers Workshop to be arrested, and he is also a dangerous element in the patent war. The Three Pointers Workshop will not compromise easily."
For many companies in the Federation, their respective technology patents are just like their lives. If an opponent dares to spy on them and steal them, they will spare no effort to retaliate, regardless of whether the means are legal or illegal. The patent war that broke out as a result is also extremely cruel and often gives the federal authorities a headache.
"Although we don't want to offend 'Edes Academy', if you can't communicate with 'Three Pointers Workshop' within an hour, we will not give up on arresting him."
"I know." Valk took a deep breath. Although he felt a little depressed, he looked at the black-shirted young man opposite him and finally picked up the personal terminal at hand.
"Hello, is this Mr. Sima? Sorry to bother you at night. It's like this, I have a friend..." The voice slowly spread in the night. The people around him listened to Valk's conversation quietly. It was not until a long time later that he put down his personal terminal.
It was only a 16-minute call, but Valk felt that it was longer than ten years. When he hung up, he was sweating again.
He rarely asked for help from others, even asking for help without reason, but this time was an exception. Such behavior made him feel ashamed and humble.
However, as long as he was still alive, it would be fine.
After a long time, the members of the 'Raincoat Office' received a call. The captain nodded and looked at Valk. After hanging up the phone, he came over and patted Valk on the shoulder.
"You are highly regarded. I wish I had your talent back then."
After saying that, he led his men into the office's special hovercraft and left in the night, leaving only the two of them under the night sky.
The young man in black shirt was in a very sorry state, his clothes were tattered, full of stains and blood, and he had many wounds on his body. On the other side, Valk was wearing clothes made of high-end fabrics, clean and tidy, with strong and stable strength. Even though they were only three meters apart, they seemed very far away.
The two boys who used to dig for food together in the garbage dump are now standing in two different worlds.
(End of this chapter)
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