Chapter 117 - 101: "We Are Greatly Pleased!
Chapter 117: Chapter 101: "We Are Greatly Pleased!
The atmosphere in the room grew increasingly oppressive, making it hard to breathe.
Kneeling on the floor, Chen Quan’s body trembled uncontrollably. Even so, he didn’t leave. He steeled himself and remained kneeling at the door, determined to get an answer today. He had to know who his real father was!
"Your father..."
The woman sitting by the bed spoke, her calm tone laced with a hint of amusement, "...is actually Chen Fan."
"Huh?"
Chen Quan looked as though he’d been struck by lightning. He froze, staring up in disbelief at his mother on the chair. "Mom... Chen Fan is only four years older than me. You..."
"Just kidding. I don’t know who your real father is either. When you’re older, you can go find the answer for yourself."
...
After Chen Quan left, the man in white reappeared inside the room. He glanced at the closed door, then frowned.
"What’s the situation with Patriarch Chen?"
’I have no time for such trivialities,’ he thought. ’The real business is what matters.’
The woman before him was notoriously promiscuous, a beautiful but venomous scorpion. Even though they were allies, he had to be wary of her suddenly striking him with her stinger. He completely ignored her alluring display and asked in a low voice,
"You still haven’t found anything?"
"Mmm..."
The woman draped herself lazily over the edge of the bed, toying with an exquisite teapot in her hand. "No, not really. I only know that for years he’s had Tributor Liu construct a large number of very Ordinary buildings. Other than that..."
"...there’s no other information."
"He must be plotting something. After all these years, he must have figured some things out. But I don’t know the specific details of his plan. He’s always been wary of me and has done a good job keeping things secret."
"You’ve really never slept with him?" The man in white frowned. "Pillow talk is the easiest way to gather information. Weren’t you two living in the same room a few years ago?"
"We lived together, but he never touched me."
The woman gazed at her reflection in the copper mirror and tilted her head. "Perhaps... I’ve gotten old?"
"..."
The man in white remained silent. No man, when alone in a room with this woman, could refuse her advances. She didn’t even have to do anything, not even undress.
She only needed to sit there.
To easily stir the deepest, most primal desires in a man’s heart.
And for a man...
...to restrain himself in such a situation meant his ambitions were terrifyingly vast.
"You’ve never told me this before. I must report it to our master to prevent any mishaps."
The expression on the woman’s face visibly hardened.
"Shao Qiu."
"Let me be very clear. I am in charge of this operation. You are merely my assistant."
"Go back to the Pingtian Commerce Association and do your job."
"Besides—"
"Even though I don’t know his exact plan, I can make a good guess. He’s obsessed with strengthening the family, to the point he doesn’t even care about his own son. This ’grand scheme’ of his is probably just to use our Level 5 Architect to swallow the other two major powers and become the strongest family in Jiangbei City."
"He’s probably just hoarding resources to monopolize the Jiangbei market."
"It won’t affect our plans."
"I can make my own judgment."
The man in white fell silent. As if without substance, he stepped back and faded into the wall, disappearing from sight.
...
"Not bad."
On Nameless Mountain, in the Jiangbei Wilderness.
Inside the Celestial Pit.
Chen Fan looked at the Banner Xiaoyu had crafted and nodded in satisfaction. The Banner was complete, and Xiaoyu had even added a little artistic flair.
The main body of the Banner was white.
It bore a single character, "Fan," in black.
The dot in the center of the character was inspired by the Level 6 Ghost Eye Cannon Tower, stylized as an open, vertical pupil colored dark red.
This unique design...
...made the entire Banner look less plain and added a touch of the uncanny.
"It’s great. I like it."
Chen Fan handed the Banner to Zhou Mo, motioning for him to ride out and plant it at the entrance to the canyon.
Cave No. 1 directly faced the canyon.
Standing at the cave’s entrance, he gazed toward the canyon mouth, a full thousand meters away. Yet, he could still clearly see the Banner fluttering in the rainy night. Its single, scarlet, vertical pupil seemed to come alive, like a Ghost King surveying its domain.
This was the main purpose of the Banner.
To be clearly visible...
...even from a great distance.
It would immediately identify his faction to any onlookers.
Afterward,
Chen Fan walked over to the Vehicle Workshop in Cave No. 2. He retracted the City Wall at the entrance and looked at the massive workshop inside. This was the only Yellow Level building in his camp.
Upgrading it to Level 2 required 2,000 Ghost Stones.
He hadn’t had enough Ghost Stones before, so he’d put it off.
Now, with a total of 79,940 Ghost Stones, he could finally afford the upgrade.
「Soon.」
After spending 2,000 Ghost Stones, the building was upgraded to Level 2. Its appearance didn’t change much.
A panel appeared before him.
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Vehicle Workshop upgraded to Level 2.
Please select an Upgrade Direction.
1: Slightly reduce Vehicle manufacturing time.
2: Slightly reduce Vehicle manufacturing cost.
3: Slightly reduce Vehicle energy consumption.
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"Hmm..."
Chen Fan pondered for a moment before choosing the first Upgrade Direction. ’Although manufacturing Skeleton Horses is pretty fast right now—it only takes about ten seconds to make one—the time required will probably increase with more High Level Vehicles in the future.’
His reasoning was simple.
’The last two options can be offset with Ghost Stones, but the first one can’t.
So naturally, I’ll choose the first one.’
A new craftable Vehicle was added.
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3: Ghost Camel. Can travel on land. Speed is slow, but it has a high carrying capacity. Crafting requires 200 Ghost Stones, some Ghost Object Bones, and Ghost Skin.