Chapter 61. It's An Open Minded World
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It was eight o'clock in the morning. Lin Huang rushed over to the Baqi's City central plaza.
He bought some snacks and drinks at a dessert shop nearby and sat in the shade under an umbrella while eating his breakfast.
The pre-booked Demonic Crystal Spaceship would appear at the central plaza at nine o'clock sharp. It would stay there for five minutes for passengers to get on board and off the ship. He would not be able to board if he was late and he would have to wait another week for the next spaceship. Lin Huang did not wish to have any delays. Therefore, he arrived early at the central plaza.
It was only 8.30 a.m. after he finished his breakfast. He logged on to the network page and checked for any updates on the news.
Looking at the Heart Network, there was a headline that reported a massive monster crowd that appeared in Alps Town. The Transcendent Yu Chanli was being bombarded with questions at an interviewed with a journalist because of the incident. However, there were media representatives that shifted their focus to the weakest group – Zhou Le and Yu Guang.
They were the same as Lin Huang. They had just registered for the Reserve Hunter assessment and then joined the team to defend the town against the monster crowd. They were truly a weak team of people.
During the interview, the young people looked overwhelmed. Reporters inquired about the monster crowd and the team discussed Lin Huang unconsciously. Especially Zhou Le, he admired Lin Huang a lot and told the reporter not to forget to interview Lin Huang.
Other than the name 'Lin Huang' being mentioned, another issue had been revealed by Yu Guang. Bai Yan who was the strongest man in the Reserve Hunter Assessment did not stay to fight against the monster crowd. It was being reported that he insulted them instead, saying that those who stayed to fight were a group of idiots.
Soon, the media was reporting about this too. They found a video extracted from a video surveillance system in the Alps Town's hotel's meeting room and uploaded the video to the network.
In the video, despite Bai Yan's voice being rather soft, his voice was eventually amplified after some modifications. His expression of contempt in addition to his amplified voice had attracted a lot of attention.
All of a sudden, the network was full of comments criticizing Bai Yan.
"He's such an irresponsible person!"
"It's fine if he did not help but he's being too sarcastic!"
"He's truly an idiot!"
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Some of them even scolded Bai Yan's family.
They did research on Bai Yan's background. Even Lin Huang was astonished as he saw the information they had found.
Bai Yan was of an Imperial Censor family and he was the eldest son of the 16th generation, possessing astonishing Imperial Censor talent.
Bai's family was also a royal family. Their family members had terrifying capabilities in which they had a transcendent and were guarded by summoned transcendent monsters.
"No wonder the guy behaved so arrogantly," Lin Huang thought and understood the reason why he looked down on the others.
After browsing through the network for awhile, it was almost nine o'clock. The giant Demonic Crystal Spaceship descended gradually, landing slowly onto the ground.
Lin Huang stood up and looked at it while he was headed towards the boarding area.
The big ship had luxurious designs which looked similar to a luxury cruise on Earth. However, the size of the ship was much bigger and had very colorful designs.
It was a big ship with 11 floors. Many people were standing on the balcony and looking around. Also, some of them were looking down from the ship as they leaned against the deck beside of the ship. A few of them were standing on the 11th floor and looking down.
There were not many people boarding at Baqi City. There were only 10 of them, including Lin Huang and there were around eight people getting off the ship.
Lin Huang adjusted the Emperor's Heart Ring for the projection of the ticket. It was being scanned at the boarding place and the door automatically opened. Lin Huang felt that it was similar to taking the train on Earth.
After entering the ship, he looked for his room according to the room number that was shown on the ticket. The code of his ticket was 080298. That indicated that his room was on the 8th floor and room No.298.
With the floating staircase, he went up to the 8th floor and found his room.
He scanned his ticket before entering the room and pushed against the door. The condition of the room was better than what Lin Huang had expected. It was almost the same as an Earth's hotel deluxe suite. It had a big living room, a fully equipped kitchen, sparkling toilets, and a very comfortable bedroom.
"No wonder the price of the ticket was so expensive. The room is very satisfying. Aside from some pocket money, all other expenses are included," Lin Huang thought. He was content with the service provided in this world. He was satisfied with most of the services provided to him so far. Besides, they hired top-quality employees who were always warm and friendly.
He walked around the room and familiarized himself with his surroundings. He could see from the balcony that the spaceship had taken off.
Standing on the balcony, Lin Huang felt it was very different from being on an airplane.
The Demonic Crystal Spaceship was very stable. It left the ground and gradually flew towards the sky. A large air bubble formed around the spaceship and it was shrouded in like a forcefield.
Inside the air bubble, Lin Huang could vaguely feel slightly weighted down when the spaceship ascended. However, the feeling lasted for less than one minute and disappeared completely. Subsequently, the spaceship accelerated. However, Lin Huang did not feel anything odd during the whole process and there was no difference between that and standing on the ground.
He would not have known the spaceship had taken off if he did not see the objects moving below him.
After a short while, Lin Huang went to his bedroom.
He sat on the edge of the bed, preparing to read the detailed information of Bai Yan's family. Suddenly, he received a message. He opened the message and realized it was an official advertisement given by the Demonic Crystal Spaceship.
A pretty lady in red dress popped up on the screen. In the video, she talked about the contents of the advertisement with a smile.
"Dear valued customers, you may click on the special service button on our spaceship's main web page if you need special services," she said sweetly.
"You may choose a man or woman from ages 16 to 360 years old. There are many types of age group and gender available. You may choose based on your preferences and we will satisfy your needs."
"If you have any special request such as human-like monsters or non-human monsters, a pre-order is available. Please press the pre-order button and we will place the order for you."
"Our services will maintain our customer's privacy and confidentiality at all times and it will not be revealed to anyone or any organization!"
"Last but not least, customers are pleased to be informed that additional charges will be incurred for special services and it's not included in the room rate," she said and smiled wide as her commentary ended.
The advertisement page automatically closed as soon as the advertisement ended.
"I knew that this world is pretty open-minded about sex, but I didn't know that it was to this extent…"
Lin Huang frowned. He knew that sex services were opened to the public in this world and it was legal as long as the juveniles were not involved. However, he did not expect to watch that kind of advertisement on the spaceship, even consisting of contents about the non-humans…
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Chapter 62. Spaceship Attack
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The Demonic Crystal Spaceship was crowded at the time. Fortunately, the room was soundproofed and Lin Huang was not disturbed.
He led a life of order. He took his lunch when it was time for meals, and planned his day accordingly. After having his lunch, he walked around the deck.
The first floor of the spaceship was for entertainment. There were restaurants, bars, a cinema, a casino and a swimming pool. Basic entertainment facilities were provided too.
Lin Huang took a look at these facilities and left as he was not interested in any of them at the time.
The 11th floor of the spaceship was reserved for VIPs. The rooms on this floor were never opened for bookings as they were used to serve the royal families. A special induction lock was installed at the entrance of the 11th floor. People like Lin Huang who had bought a normal flight ticket were not given access to the 11th floor.
Therefore, Lin Huang and the rest of the passengers had no idea how the 11th floor looked like. It had been said that there were only 100 rooms on the 11th floor and the floor space of each of the rooms was many times bigger than a normal room. The remaining space was used to build high-end entertainment facilities. However, no one knew exactly what they had up there.
In addition to all that, there was also an open-air balcony on the 11th floor. Similarly, it was only opened to the guests who stayed there. Lin Huang could see that there were people walking around on the 11th-floor balcony deck. However, it did not seem like a special event and it was less crowded than any other deck.
After dinner, Lin Huang went to the bar.
He was not a lively person. He seldom went to bars when he was on Earth and if he did, he would only go when he was persuaded by his friends and classmates. It was the first time for him in a bar in this world as he wanted to experience something new.
The environment was good and they played relaxing music. He felt relaxed while listening to the music. However, he was utterly unfamiliar with the name of the drinks as he saw them in front of the bar counter.
"What the hell is an Old Hunter Raising Gun? What about the Fragrant Tongue of the Gorgeous? There was even this Very Stiff… Why can't there be some normal names for the drinks?!" Lin Huang was speechless. He took a glance at it and all of the names consisted of words that made people have distorted thoughts.
There was an old man standing behind the bar counter. He was shorter than Lin Huang and looked lascivious with his small eyes.
"Young man, what would you like to order?" he asked. It was still early and there were not many customers in the bar. The old man was wiping a wine goblet while he asked.
"Are there any lighter bodied drinks?" Lin Huang hesitated and asked. He wanted to leave as he saw the names of the drinks. However, it would be rude for him to leave now since the old man had asked him for his order.
"Lighter bodied drinks?" The old man frowned, seemingly not satisfied with Lin Huang's question. "Yes, we have greenleaf juice here."
Greenleaf juice was a very common drink that could be found in almost every bar and restaurant. It was somehow similar to the beers the people used to drink on Earth. The alcohol content of greenleaf juice was almost the same as beers but it tasted a lot better. There was a fragrance of malt with a softly perceptible sweetness. If it were to sell on Earth, perhaps beer factories would close down soon after.
"Alright. Then I would like to order a glass of greenleaf juice," he said. Lin Huang was afraid that if he were drunk, he would be delayed when he was disembarking the ship. Looking at the names of the drinks, he was worried that the uncle's drinks had some strong effects.
Soon, the glass of greenleaf juice was served. Lin Huang took a sip and it tasted almost the same as the others. He was then assured and downed the glass of juice immediately.
Perhaps it was because Lin Huang only ordered a glass of greenleaf juice, the old man did not bother to serve him after that. He was still wiping the wine cups and did not speak to Lin Huang. Oddly enough though, Lin Huang was happy with that.
In the bar, there were two muscular men chatting and drinking at a seat not far away from him.
Lin Huang unintentionally overheard their conversation. It was about the 11th floor of the spaceship. They were discussing a beautiful lady who stayed on the 11th floor.
From their conversation, Lin Huang knew that there were five members of a royal family on board.
The name of the beautiful lady was Leng Yuexin and she was the only child of the Leng's royal family. She was only 18 years old but ranked 13th on the Division7 Gold Hunter Board.
Lin Huang was surprised too as he heard of her achievement. Yi Yeyu was 19 years old but she ranked 997th on the board. Although Yi Zheng was ranked 11th on the board, he was already 21 years old.
Besides Leng Yuexin, there were four other royal members. They were all young man and one of them ranked fifth on the Division7 Gold Hunter Board. His name was Li Yanxing.
Lin Huang had heard of his name despite him not paying much attention to the Gold Hunter Board. This was mainly because of he was a high-profile person.
He was a legend. It was being said that he was orphaned as a child. Without any resources, he worked hard for himself until he was adopted by the Li's royal family and given the name Li Yanxing. He worked hard until he achieved what he had now. However, he was already 27 years old.
According to them, Lin Yanxing was chasing Leng Yuexin while he invited the other three royal members to accompany him.
"Li Yanxing sounded like a high-handed person…" Although Lin Huang did not have much knowledge of who Li Yanxing was, he somehow felt that it would not be easy for him to achieve what he had now. Of course, he had to be a hardworking person but not everything could be achieved with just hard work. It was still a mystery why the Li's royal family would put so much effort into educating an outsider since they had descendants of their own.
However, Lin Huang did not bother to know more about it since it was about someone else and it had nothing to do with him.
Lin Huang left when the two muscular men switched to discussing the special services provided.
The sky was getting darker as he went back to his room.
A sound of a siren was heard coming from the spaceship as he was about to practice his No Trail Snow-Stepping technique.
In a short while, a loud and noisy sound was heard.
"There's a flock of birds coming towards us! For the sake of safety, passengers please leave the deck and go back to your own rooms as soon as possible. Please make sure that the door and windows are closed and put your seatbelts on! It's normal if you feel the spaceship tremble when the birds attack. Don't worry as we'll settle this as soon as possible. I hereby apologize for the inconvenience caused," and the voice trailed off.
After the announcement was made, Lin Huang quickly closed the doors. He put on his seatbelt and sat near a window. He was curious to how the spaceship would stand against the birds' attack.
Soon, the birds were getting closer to the spaceship.
Lin Huang could see clearly from the window that they were millions of Blast Sparrows. Under normal circumstances, most of the Blast Sparrows were bronze-level to silver-level. Apparently, the only Blast Sparrow with a gold crown on its head was a gold-level sparrow.
Lin Huang could not see from his angle whether the spaceship had taken any countermeasures to defend against the sparrows.
However, he could clearly see that the flock of sparrows was flying towards the spaceship. Soon, the spaceship was surrounded by them…
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