Exotic Battlefield: I Can Activate Dual Talents-Chapter 71 - 69: What Can Relieve Worries? Only Sudden Wealth
A white room, a white quilt.
Lu Lin seemed to have slept for a long time, or perhaps just for a short while.
He opened his eyes and saw his dad sleeping next to the bed, gently moving slightly.
That slight movement immediately startled his dad awake.
He looked at Lu Lin, a smile spreading at the corners of his eyes.
For at least six years, even longer, Lu Lin hadn’t properly looked at his dad’s face.
He smiled, crow’s feet appearing at the corners of his eyes.
"Son, you’re awake. How do you feel?"
"Dad, I’m fine. Where’s mom?"
"Your mom is home preparing breakfast for you. Mr. Zhao said you’d wake up today, and he was right."
"Breakfast?"
Lu Lin sat up, rubbed his forehead, "Dad, how long was I asleep?"
"Not long, a day."
"Oh yes, Mr. Zhao said to contact him as soon as you woke up."
"Okay."
Lu Lin opened his personal terminal and called Zhao Lei, who said he would come over right away.
Before long, Zhao Lei appeared in the hospital room, followed by Xiao Yan and Xiao Li.
"Mr. Lu, could you please step outside for a moment?"
Xiao Yan politely asked Lu Lin to go out, then looked at Lu Lin with a cheeky smile.
"Little brother, that’s not good at all. To beat someone not even at the level of a First Level Star Core Warrior and make such a big fuss."
"Xiao Yan, hush."
Zhao Lei sat by Lu Lin’s bed, looked him over to make sure he was alright, then asked, "Lu Lin, thanks to the clues you provided, we’ve captured Wang Lihe from the Jin Hao Group, who, as it turns out, was the Black Shark Society’s head in Saturn North Hill Continent."
"I didn’t expect that after so long searching around Saturn, we couldn’t track him down."
"This time you’ve done a great service. I’ll report your achievement, and the Star Investigation Office will give you a corresponding reward."
"Thank you, Boss, thank you, Investigation Office. I will do my utmost to punish evil," Lu Lin hurriedly expressed his loyalty.
Zhao Lei smiled, "No need to thank or pledge loyalty, it was your own hard work. Instead of thanking others, focus on training."
"I’ve watched the surveillance footage in the residential area; I didn’t expect your ability, Lu Lin, to be this strong."
"Though Painter Chang Feng isn’t a formal Star Core Warrior, previous federation pursuers have lost to him, even Third and Fourth Level Martial Artists fell prey, and many were left handicapped."
"Oh, Xiao Li."
Zhao Lei suddenly recalled something, turned back to ask, "Doesn’t Painter still have quite a few bounties on him? Tally up the total amount, and we’ll transfer it all to Xiao Lu later."
"There’s a total bounty of 95 million Federal Coins. If I use the privileges of the Star Investigation Office, it can reach your account within fifteen days."
"Alright, transfer it to Xiao Lu."
"Xiao Lu, since you’re just a Probationary Investigator of the Star Investigation Office, this time you’ll only earn a recognition, and the material reward will be relatively small, don’t mind."
"With these tens of millions, you can manage for a while. It might even be enough for you to advance to Third Level Star Martial."
Lu Lin foolishly looked at Zhao Lei.
million in bounty?
Manage for a while?
Must be joking, it has to be a joke.
With so much money, Lu Lin felt he could spend a lifetime without running out.
million in the bank, with a daily interest of 0.5%, would earn you four to five hundred thousand every day.
In just two days, he could pay off the home loan.
How did he suddenly acquire so many assets?
Overnight wealth!
Lu Lin was ecstatic, but Zhao Lei just smiled without commenting.
Now Lu Lin thought 95 million was a lot, but once he entered university and became a real Star Core Warrior, he would realize that while it was a considerable sum, buying one piece of high-grade armor would almost exhaust it.
Why did the federation concentrate Star Core Warriors on exoplanets?
Besides the fear of them breaking laws with force, it was more because Star Core Warriors’ lifestyle was on a different level from ordinary people.
In daily routines, work, discussion topics, food, and spending.
The world of Star Core Warriors was entirely a different one.
Ordinary people earning 30,000 or 50,000 a month could support their families and live well.
But a Star Core Warrior earning three to five million a month would still be considered among the poorer, barely making ends meet.
However, Zhao Lei wouldn’t tell Lu Lin these things now, let him be happy for a few days first.
"Boss..."
"Lu Lin..."
Both spoke almost simultaneously, but eventually, Zhao Lei went first.
"Lu Lin, from the video I watched yesterday, it seemed you pulled Painter into your Star Power Domain, didn’t you?"
Lu Lin nodded.
"How did you manage to pull a conscious person into the Star Power Domain?"
Zhao Lei had realized Lu Lin’s technique from watching the video the previous day.
But after checking the federation’s records on Star Skill Instructors and even contacting the President, Vice Presidents of the Star Skill Instructors Association, he got responses saying it was impossible.
An Instructor should never be able to forcibly pull a conscious person into their Star Power Domain.
An Instructor’s Star Power Domain requires both parties to have aligned mental states; entry is only successful if the domain covers the other without their guard or resistance.
Moreover, once inside the Star Power Domain, regardless of being a newly awakened student or an ordinary person with only a Star Core, they could leave freely at any time if they wanted.
Zhao Lei didn’t send over the video of Lu Lin’s fight with Painter as he believed Lu Lin was an anomaly in the Instructor field, an exception to general logic.
"Well... I don’t know myself."
"I was desperate then, exhausted all my means but couldn’t handle Painter, even my arms..."
"Oh, my arms are healed?"
Only then did Lu Lin recall his arm issue.
He lifted his hospital garments, revealing shoulders and arms with no redness or swelling, even the two wounds from Painter were completely healed.
Has today’s hospital medicine become so amazing?
"Cover up, none of us are interested in seeing your small frame." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺
"When you were sent to the hospital yesterday, seeing your mental and physical state nearly collapsing, Boss rushed overnight to East Forest Continent to get you a bottle of high-grade healing elixir."
Xiao Yan said, knowing their boss, though greatly caring for his subordinates, wouldn’t mention his efforts.
"Thank you, Boss, for the trouble you’ve taken."
Lu Lin was somewhat moved.
A ninth-level expert going to East Forest Continent for a trainee Safety Consultant to seek medicine.
Not to mention the price of the elixir, the sentiment alone would keep Lu Lin grateful.
"Boss, regarding the Star Power Domain, I’m not sure either. I’ll let you in to see later."
"There’s a very important matter I need to tell you."
"Could you block the surroundings for a moment?"
"Alright."
With a wave of his hand, Zhao Lei allowed Lu Lin to feel like the entire world consisted only of himself and the other two, prompting him in wonder to say:
"Boss, while obliterating Painter’s mental entity within the Star Power Domain, I learned a lot of Black Shark Society’s secrets."
"Each continent on Saturn has a Black Shark Society branch. In North Hill, it’s Jin Hao Group’s Wang Lihe; in East Forest, it’s Saturn Renhao Real Estate’s CEO, Yao Donglin; in West Sand, it’s Diligent Wilderness Plantation Group’s CEO, Jiang Xifeng; in South Sea, it’s the founder of South Sea Foreign Language Training School, Liu Nannan. Additionally, I also know the personnel lists of Black Shark Society’s organizations on Mars, Venus, Mercury, and Blue Star..."
