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Chapter 358: 276, The Path to Ascension (10,000 Words for Minimum Monthly Tickets)_2
Chapter 358: 276, The Path to Ascension (10,000 Words for Minimum Monthly Tickets)_2
Chapter 358: 276, The Path to Ascension (10,000 Words for Minimum Monthly Tickets)_2
For Daylight, this sum of money was already enough to support the entire organization’s daily operations.
In the Outer World, Qing Chen no longer needed to be distracted by financial matters.
If anyone else wanted Daylight’s protection, he might not even charge them anymore.
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At home on the 132nd floor of the Luo Shen Building, Qing Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that Zhang Chengze was willing to pay more. The most important thing now was to complete the second life-and-death challenge.
Qing Chen asked, “Yi, are you there?”
“I am.”
“Is there any flaw in the series of things we did tonight?” Qing Chen sat on the sofa, his head bowed in thought; he was going over the events.
“Actually, Zhang Chengze could have saved himself,” Yi said. “All he had to do was say he’s a Time Traveler, and he would definitely survive.”
“Ah? Why?” Qing Chen was puzzled.
“Su Xingzhi sold Zhang Chengze to Chang Ping, but the last thing Chang Ping wants to deal with in this business is a Time Traveler,” Yi continued, seeming very happy as he mentioned something Qing Chen hadn’t considered, “Tell me, what did he capture Zhang Chengze for?”
“To harvest organs and sell them to tycoons,” Qing Chen responded, his realization dawning, “Damn it…”
The organs of Time Travelers, my friends, are not for sale!
Because at a certain time, even if the Time Traveler is dead, the body will return to the Outer World!
If the tycoon hasn’t managed to transplant the organ in time, that’s a stroke of luck.
If the transplant has taken place and the tycoon has the Time Traveler’s heart when time for the return comes, he will drop dead on the spot!
Falling asleep at home and waking up to find one’s heart has vanished, that’s something no one can withstand.
This was why Yi said that as long as Zhang Chengze revealed his identity as a Time Traveler, he would not die.
“Has something like this happened in the Inner World before?” Qing Chen inquired.
“Yes,” Yi replied. “In the first two weeks after the appearance of a transmigrator, a wealthy man in City No. 9 suddenly died in the hospital after a heart transplant. The Federation media reported it as a murder by heart extraction, but the public couldn’t understand. If it were a murder, why was the heart removed and then neatly stitched back without a drop of blood on the exterior? Later, everyone realized that it wasn’t the work of an enemy but of the world’s rules.”
“That’s some extreme misfortune, but how will Chang Ping deal with Zhang Chengze?” Qing Chen asked.
“He’ll sell him to a consortium,” Yi said. “Nowadays, there’s a group on the black market specializing in hunting Time Travelers for consortiums, and once the consortiums control the Time Travelers, they will have much greater plans.”
“Hmm,” Qing Chen nodded. “After they control a Time Traveler, they can influence the Outer World in return, making them strategic assets.”
In the hands of these people, one can’t escape the fate of being goods.
Qing Chen stopped pondering over this and began to inquire about the life-and-death challenges, “How did Knights complete these life-and-death challenges in the past? Where in the Inner World were they carried out?”
“The location for different life-and-death challenges varies greatly, with a vast range of geographical positions. For example, the Ice Consolidation is done at the Southwest Snow Mountain, while the Earth Awakening is on the wilderness outside City No. 5…” Yi asked, “So, have you chosen where to undertake your second life-and-death challenge?”
“I have,” Qing Chen said slowly. “I’ll look for an opportunity to complete the challenge when I go to Xian City next week.”
“But the ultimate trust technique you’ve chosen, although low in difficulty, is very dangerous,” Yi seemed a bit worried. “I haven’t seen you practice it yet; can you handle it?”
Yi was right; each life-and-death challenge represented the pinnacle of some extreme sport.
Ordinary people need to practice for an untold amount of time, mastering countless techniques before they can successfully challenge it.
During this period, fractures and bone breaks were common, and losing one’s life was not unusual.
Each item of the eight life-and-death challenges ranks near the top in the death rate list for extreme sports, especially the ultimate trust.
A 70-meter high dive, falling backward, entrusting all that’s worth cherishing in one’s life to the moment of trust in something or someone.
Many people cannot intuitively grasp what a 70-meter height is like — the highest in Olympic diving events is the 10-meter platform, whereas 70 meters rivals the height of a more than twenty-story building.
If a person falls from a height of 70 meters, the water becomes as hard as a concrete surface the moment it contacts the body.
Any loss of balance, landing horizontally on the water surface, would result in a B-Class Expert being crushed to pieces.
Therefore, to survive such a challenge, one must fall straight down, touching the water with the smallest possible body surface area to perform the dive.
Yi said, “You never do things unprepared; why the rush this time?”
After a moment of thought, Qing Chen replied, “Because after Li Changqing injects me, I must become a D-Class, only then it would make sense.”
“But I think you could run away,” Yi suggested. “Stay away from Li Changqing, and you wouldn’t have to take that injection, at least not risking your life.”
However, Qing Chen suddenly said, “Who said I would be risking my life?”
In that instant, Yi felt the surge of confidence from deep within Qing Chen, but she still didn’t understand where his confidence stemmed from.
Without training, wouldn’t such a backward dive spell certain death for an ordinary person?
“I’ve started training,” Qing Chen went back to his bedroom, lay down and said, “I’ll return to the Half Mountain Manor tomorrow.”
After speaking, he closed his eyes and entered the Mysterious World of ‘Winning People Over with Virtue’.
This was the source of his confidence to dare challenge the second life-and-death challenge soon.
At this moment, Qing Chen’s accurate shooting range with a sniper rifle had reached 1300 meters, half the distance left to cover the effective range of 2600 meters.