"You got arrested?" Wang Chen is so stressed that he may be getting bald spots on his head. His family seems to find new and fun ways to shit all over his plans.
He had stored all their supplies in his sister's magical space but she went and got arrested.
"There is no time for this, listen to me. It's happening earlier than I remember." Wang Ning spoke softly through the phone. Her face is covered in blue bruises and her eyes are almost shut because of how swollen they are.
"What happened to you?" Wang Chen is surprised by how weak she suddenly looks.
"A plane went down a few hours ago?" Ning ignored his worry and asked.
"It is missing it didn't go down." He shook his head.
"No, it went down. Probably in the middle of an ocean somewhere no one will find it. It is because the atmosphere is changing and the airplanes can not be on up in the air anymore." She spoke fast knowing their time will cut soon.
"The weather will get bad, real bad and there is no better place than that mountain. Go to xxxx and tell them the rose is dying. Bring them back to the place you built on the mountain and use them as your man power."
Buy more supplies with the money you have left. When the heat rise and the food is starting to be scarce, use the supplies sparingly. Store a lot of water, buy thousands of liters and use the cover of the night to store them at home.
Whatever you do, don't make your movements known. In fact all your purchases should be anonymous and moved in the dark. If anyone sees your face, get rid of them. Look, the bad times are coming and they will not end. This is the end of good days. Do what I say." The way she said it is very compelling.
"Move mom and dad to the safe place and make sure you have people you trust. The heat will only be the beginning, next comes the snow and then right after, it will be the beginning of a zombie apocalypse." Ning sounded serious.
"Do you still..." He wanted to ask about the goods. Whatever Kai did to her obviously messed with her power, now he doesn't know if she still has the magic space.
"Yes. But while I am stuck in here, I am of little help to you out there so just survive okay? Remember to watch out for Kai, you can't trust him." The last statement is said through clenched teeth.
"I get it. I will take your advice, you take care of yourself in there." He said with worry. She is not having a good time inside.
"Don't worry the guy who did this to my face is dead and missing." She smiled sweetly sending a chill up his spine.
"You did what?"
"Nothing. I said he is missing." She left because times up.
Kai watched the visit because he always found it suspicious that Wang Ning was relentless about hurting him. A zombie apocalypse heh? Sounds like fun. First thing he needs is security. The villa is very secure with only him having access to his villa but he never did take back his key from the lawyer did he?
Anyways he will take it back. He sent out 4 servants to fill up 12 warehouses with water tanks. The large ones of about 800 to 1500 liters of water.
The weather is getting too hot lately but Wang Ning seems adamant on the zombie apocalypse. She is so confident that it makes Kai confident. The question of how does she know?
Thousands of liters were transported into 8 rented warehouses in four cities and Kai used June to travel around to store the water away. He bought water purifiers and heaters in bulk and then stored them into his space for when the bad weather comes.
After running up and down, finally decided on a spot for his breakthrough. An empty dead Island far away from human civilization.
The invisible helper gave him a lightning body refused technique. This method uses lightning to hone the body. Depending on the level of strength, the body will be immune to fire and lightning to an extent. His entire body can be turned into a bolt of lightning and travel thousands of miles in seconds.
Currently, Kai is only looking for a way to survive the heavenly punishment and gain some benefits. If he is able to achieve immunity to fire or lightning it will be a boon.
He stood under a shower of lightning and took it while chanting a lightning body refinement spell and running the technique according to the guidelines. He is very nervous but he is very hopeful.
When the third bolt struck him, he regretted it. His head is buzzing with noise he couldn't run the chant. His hair is burnt and his bones feel hot.
"Aaaaaaaah"
"Aaaaaaah!"
Kai let out air piercing screams as the lightning bolts fell on his body one after another. Just when he felt like death is beckoning him, his body started running the lightning body technique on its own.
A few seconds his body is completely healed and without any blemishes except for the burnt hair. The lightning strikes kept coming and landing on his body but they would enter his body and refine the bones, the tendons and muscles. The process is very painful but the pain lessens with every strike even as the lightning power increases with every strike.
Kai stood up and took as much lightning as the heavens gave. He now has lightning body. He can turn his whole body into lightning. Lightning can not hurt him anymore. Including fire.
Kai is impervious to fire now. How delightful? He is standing in the middle of nowhere wearing nothing and having burnt hair but he feels amazing.
Previously because of his lightning supernatural abilities reaching level 5 he was able to coat his outer body with the lightning aura to lighten his body. This way he could run fast. Now his body can turn into lightning. The ability to become one with an element is very hard to achieve even for genius proteges in the upper realm. He got lucky, at least according to the artifact spirit.
He ran around the island using his lightning aura which is what he likes to call it. And only got dressed after he went swimming in the water and cut off his hair.
It is a day later when he emerges from the island but he seems to have come out of the mountains a small distance from his home. When he got home he found a man standing next to his gate.
"May I help you?" Kai asked. The man looked at him for a long time before he spoke. Kai is wearing shorts and a vest showing his strong legs and arms. Then there is a large hat on his head. He looks funny and weird after he takes off the hat and shows his shiny bald head.
"I am butler Philip from the Huo family, my master sent me to ask you to answer your phone. It is important that my master speaks with you." The butler must be well received in the outside world once they know he works for the Huo family that may be why he looks arrogantly at Kai.
Like he has wasted his time by coming here. Kai saw the man look at him and frowned so he went inside and closed the gated. "Thank you for your message."
The butler is very angry. He stomped away but Kai didn't seem to notice as he took out his phone from inside the space jade and saw tens of missed calls. It rang just as he is about to call the first number.
"Mr. Kai, I am Huo Jun from the Huo family." A deep cold voice came from the speaker. The owner of the voice sounds young.
"The one with a charming butler?" Kai's tone is flat. It's obvious he didn't like the butler.
"That's the one." The cold voice answered.
"You need someone Jun?" Kai asked with boredom.
"I would like a meeting with you."
"Not interested."
"You will be interested to know that your villa is now part of my Huo family's property as I bought the place from the Wang family." This news got Kai off guard.
"My name on the deed." He struggled.
"My name on the land." The voice sounds slightly amused now.
"Good for you." Kai dropped the call. He is not happy with this news.
He entered the group chat and found out that Wang family sold the villa area to the Huo family for three times the market value and only kept their three family properties. The old manor, the new manor and the mountains which includes Wang Chen's new rows of flats.
Kai is excited about his recent breakthrough so he will not waste his mood on politics. He went home and asked Nanny to make him lasagna with chicken and cheese from space.
He can make cheese from the materials in his space, he especially likes the goat cheese made from goat milk. The pasta is made from the wheat grass to wheat flour and then pasta. The space is very large so he has gotten wild with ideas whenever he can.
The increase in robots quantities has also fueled his obsession with copying the various means of production from factories. He is worried if nothing happens to the world he will have to get fat again trying to consume everything himself.
What he was not ready for was the taste of spiritual energy in the food. It is euphoric. He quickly decided to eat items from space ingredients from now on.
The problem is that he has not covered everything yet. He wants to make beer and cola beverages so if the end comes he can sell them at a high price of whatever currency will be used at that time.
He hacked and copied all the information and downloaded it to his work robots so they will start immediately after getting all the ingredients and equipment. The space has been separated and every time a new product is made it is given its own territory. This is so the robots don't cause a mix up.
He ordered the large containers and boilers from overseas to be shipped next week. It is not an above table deal but it will help him make beer and cola beverages so, he is not complaining.
The lasagna smelled delicious. After the table is set and he is about to dine, the door bell rang.
As soon as he opens the door, a tantalizing smell of a pasta and cheese wafted out the door. Stunning the guests. Spirit food doesn't just taste good, it smells good and makes you want to eat it with the magic of its smell alone.
"The butler is back, I see you brought backup this time." Kai smiled but it didn't reach his eyes.
"Mr. Kai, I am Huo Jun. Do you normally take spontaneous hiking trips without any gear?"
"Yes, I am young and reckless. May I help you with something?" Kai turned and looked at the young man next to the butler and he is stunned.
Medium size Phoenix eyes the deep blue color. His gaze is cold and unfeeling. Kai felt his neck burn with heat. "Hhuu.." He exhaled slowly. The face that launched a thousand ships. Truly beautiful. An Ice cold beauty that makes ones heart burn with desire fir conquest.
"I think I am in love." He said in a daze. Huo Jun frowned unhappily hearing his words.
"Handsome. Would you like to dine at my table? I assure you. It's organic." Kai's previously shallow smile suddenly got friendlier. The change of his attitude is simply too fast for normal people to follow.
Huo Jun saw the clear shining eyes of the other boy and suddenly found himself in a similar situation he had encountered many years ago when he came across a stray cat. It had brown fur and bright brown eyes that captivated his soul.
His mother killed that cat and that was the end of it. As the heir to the Huo empire he couldn't afford to be weak. Smelling the food and the effect the smell has on his dentin. Just standing and smelling the aroma he can feel his tense shoulders relax and his power purr.
"Of course. I couldn't refuse spirit food even if I was full." Huo Jun said bluntly. Kai chuckled.
"Good to know. Please come in. You, stay outside." He shooed the butler away. Huo Jun looked at the place and found it spotless. He also noted a lot of dissimilarity to other flats. In particular...
"That's bullet proof glass, how did you manage to get it? This particular material can only be bought through serious connections." He spoke so much because he was surprised that a disowned son of a fallen family can get his hands on something like this.
"Really? I just gave them more money." Kai said surprised. "I only made this one dish because I am not fond of leftovers."
He put a few spoonful on his own plate and gestured for Huo Jun to do the same for himself. The first bite made him so immerse in the delicious taste, he momentarily forgot about the handsome stranger in front of him.
Noticing his expression, Huo Jun realized something. "Is this the first time you ate spirit food?"
"Is it that obvious?" Kai said shyly.
"It is food cooked in your house I had assumed it is a usual thing to happen." Jun said.
"I had the ingredients but I don't normally eat food. It takes up too much time."
Jun became surprised by this. Cultivators normal do not like to eat food because of all the impurities it contains but they have to eat because there are no alternatives.
"Then how do you satiate your hunger?" Huo Jun is surprised that Kai is almost as strong as him who has been cultivating since young. Does he have a master?
Kai took out a fasting pill and gave it to him. "I use these. Today I made an exception."
"To celebrate the complete fall of the Wang family?" Huo Jun raised an eyebrow.
"What? Why? What happened?" Kai didn't understand. Jun looked at him carefully to make sure he is not acting.
"The trade burro compiled a case against Wang Yan about embezzling funds. They had been working on this case for 7 years and it finally came together recently." He explained.
Kai is speechless.
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