Chapter 71
It was Si Chen’s first time ever to enjoy the luxury of a private jet.
There wasn’t much space in the private jet but it had everything. There was even a bathroom where you could sit in the sauna after taking a shower.
Si Chen decided to spend twelve hours teaching the Eternal Life Abyss arithmetic and the remaining six hours sleeping.
When he got off the plane, the Eternal Life Abyss, through copious tears, had managed to memorize the first two rows of the nine-nine addition table.
Si Chen was very pleased.
The plane landed on the Ji Family’s private runway. The driver tasked with picking him up had been waiting since early on.
Even Si Chen could understand why so many people wanted to marry into a wealthy family.
The improvement in one’s quality of life was almost instantaneous, saving oneself 50 years of hard work.
The apartment has been sitting empty for almost a month. Fortunately, an air filtration device has been installed and so no layer of dust had formed.
Si Chen turned on his computer, logged into his company’s intranet account and found that his private mailbox had exploded.
This time, a total of 8 people from the entire company, including him, went into the Level 2A Space Fold.
No one came out alive except him.
From the entire Space Fold, only five people survived.
If this were a Level 3A or higher Space Fold, no one would think it unusual for so many people to die.
But this was only a Level 2A!
Si Chen picked out a few familiar ones to reply to. Unexpectedly, though it was already ten o’clock in the evening, the ‘struggle force‘ team leader was still online.
Song Qingyu: Received.
Song Qingyu: If you have time, write a report and you can get points and project bonuses.
Saying so, he then sent over an internal link.
This kind of thing should have been handled by Si Chen’s captain, Long Que… But now that Song Qingyu had seen it, he was too lazy to find someone else to take over.
Filling out the investigation report form was one of the employee obligations stipulated in the contract.
Otherwise, the company wouldn’t spend hundreds of millions every month to cultivate Evolutionaries.
Song Qingyu: Next time this happens, there is no need to ask for leave. Just mark it down as a business trip and you’ll also get a travel subsidy.
Si Chen: Alright, boss.
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It was his first time taking paid leave and he wasn’t well-versed in the ins-and-outs of daily business.
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Si Chen was convinced that from the moment he clicked on the link, his computer was already being monitored by the company. Every deletion or modification of the material will be marked with a red note.
He thought for a moment and opened Ji Chuyao’s contact information on his phone.
-I’m writing a report. Do I write about Zeus?
Ji Chuyao replied quickly.
-It’ll be fine. They already knew everything they should. Moreover, if you include Zeus in your report, you can redeem more employee points.
As a result, Si Chen confidently and boldly finished writing the investigation report; hiding parts that were too shocking. He then clicked ‘submit’.
[Thank you for your cooperation. This has been sent for review.]
[Basic reward: Employee points +10]
Points cannot be traded and will be automatically frozen after resignation. They can be used to purchase items that are for sale only within the company. It can also be used for discounted life improvements.
For example, the apartment Si Chen was living in was allocated by the company. He only had the rights to use it and did not have actual ownership of the property. He would have to relinquish it upon his resignation. In the internal company mall, it was listed as ’employee dorm type D’ and could be redeemed for 200 points.
If you think about it this way, life was a lot like one big survival game. There really aren’t many shortcomings save for that it isn’t very entertaining.
He turned off the computer and began to sort out his harvest from this instance.
He ignored the loss of nutrient solutions, gene medicines and ammunitions.
Apart from the three biochips, the most important thing was probably the axe he’d picked up.
This wasn’t the first time Si Chen had come into contact with a spiritual high-dimensional item but this was the only item that had caused such a strong reaction.
The axe was in a containment bag.
Si Chen pondered for a moment, closed the window and chose to unpack it.
The strong stench of blood was instantly apparent. Si Chen raised his eyes, and found that fresh round drops of blood were oozing from the walls of the apartment.
A strange voice sounded next to Si Chen’s ear, “Fool who has woken me up once again, the great Lord of Slaughter is willing to give you another chance to redeem your sins. Follow me, surrender to me…”
A cloud of crimson mist rose from the axe.
Si Chen asked, “Did you forget to do market research when you got here?”
The blood mist would have done a whole lot better if he’d called himself a capitalist and said that he’d buried three hundred teals of gold underground rather than call himself some ‘Lord of Slaughter’.
With nary any expression on his face, Si Chen ignited the lighter and set fire to the blood mist.
The red mist churned violently and let out a piercing howl, “You are as stupid as those hateful Carolians!”
After the mist burned to ashes, the voice disappeared. There were still drops of blood on the wall, making it look like a murder scene.
Si Chen went over and wiped it with tissue paper, discovering that the blood was very difficult to wipe off.
Now, he really wanted to kill someone.
Only 50% of the lighter fluid was left.
In the storage bag, there was a certificate of appraisal that Ji Chuyao stuffed in.
[Axe: Suspected to be of the Wuzhu civilization, a branch of Spiritual Civilization. It possess the ability to beguile the mind of the user. It can cause a certain amount of damage to High-dimensional Creatures of the Sixth Step and below. However, at the same time, it will affect the mental state of the user. In addition, it has certain blessings for users. Rating: B. 】
(Note: Upon testing, it shows no sign of high-dimensional parasitism though it is highly autonomous.)
After some consideration, Si Chen put the axe back into the containment bag. He then went to lock it in the safe.
Swaggering around with an axe on your back wasn’t acceptable behavior in modern society. Especially in the Safe Zones. He’d be stopped and interrogated repeatedly by patrolling Safety Bureau employees.
However, as soon as he opened the safe, Si Chen froze.
…Where’s the medical record book? Why is it gone?
The medical records book in the safe had been burned to a pile of ashes.
Si Chen asked around and the answer he got was that some high-dimensional items will be automatically destroyed when their energy is exhausted.
…The energy was exhausted.
Si Chen’s expression darkened.
He’d only written his own name.
**
When the tenth set of test questions was finished,Si Chen glanced at the time and couldn’t help sighing.
“How is it only 2 o’clock in the afternoon? Should I go for another ten sets?”
He’d started studying at six o’clock in the morning.
According to the registration on the Evolutionary Association’s official website, mechanically transformed Evolutionaries currently account for about 48.9% of all Evolutionaries.
Therefore, the content of the postgraduate exam’s written test is mainly basic evolution theory and mechanical principles. The latter subject was mainly concerned whether the Evolutionary is able to operate mechanical weaponry.
The written test only counts for 20% of the total grade.
Si Chen clicked ‘submit’ on the tablet. The system automatically checked his answers and gave him his score: 98.
The test paper was based on a 100-point system, and after conversion, it was equivalent to about 19.6 points.
There was still one week left before the written test. Si Chen felt that there wasn’t much point in doing more exercises for the last 0.4 points.
The Eternal Life Abyss, who was studying along with Si Chen, had already memorized the addition table and moved on to the subtraction table.
Si Chen glanced at the sky outside the window and muttered, “I really want to… go to work.”
The reward for the investigation report was sent together with the reward for cleaning the underwater Space Fold Area, a total of 214 points.
Si Chen carefully considered his choices and finally decided to exchange his points for a Teru Teru Bouzu for an early warning device and the Eternal Life Abyss’ rations for this period.
It was a kind of sun-dried meat, sourced from a fish-like creature from a chaotic civilization. There was a total of sixty catties to be shipped in batches.
A Teru Teru Bouzu cost 30 points and the Eternal Life Abyss’ food cost 180 points.
Si Chen’s entire current apartment was worth 200 points — 120 square meters, in a Safe Zone, with a market price of about 30 million credits.
Sixty catties of fish meat was just enough for the Eternal Life Abyss at its current stage for two months.
This Eternal Life Abyss was truly a bottomless pit. Unless it was some high-energy Evolutionary specie or a special item, it basically digested as much as it could eat.
He looked at the purring Eternal Life Abyss, feeling a little melancholy, “No wonder so many people couldn’t support you.”
The Eternal Life Abyss was stunned out of eating its meal.
It hesitated for a moment, then loosened the meat that had reached its mouth and brought it to Si Chen. “Mom, eat.”
The Eternal Life Abyss in its non-combat form looked like a black snake; just a somewhat fat one.
Si Chen’s expression softened. “Mom is not hungry.”
To be honest, he hasn’t given much thought on what he should do should he be unable to maintain a symbiotic state with the Eternal Life Abyss like Song Bai.
Although he had only been raising it for less than a year, he had felt the Eternal Life Abyss’ unconditional trust and love.
This was probably one of the reasons why humans were willing to reproduce. When newborns are born into this world, they always love their parents unconditionally and instinctively. No matter what kind of people their parents are.
Parents will see a great big “I” in their children’s clear eyes.
“Little Abyss.”
“Squeak~”
Si Chen poked its double chin and whispered, “Mom loves you.”
Raising an Eternal Life Abyss to be this fat in a low-dimensional world was no easy feat.
Even if he’d be forced to kill it in the end, at least at this moment, Si Chen’s love was real.
The author has something to say:
Si Chen: Hero mother (Not).
Not. Omg, laughing…but concerned for soon to be too big “eating mom out of house and home” baby Abyss… Thanks for the update ❤️🤣❤️🤣❤️
(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ a new chapter! Thank you <3<3<3 The SC and LA interactions are too cute
Thank you for the update 💕
Our Si Chen has really warm heart behind his cold wall
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Aww my heart just about melted