After a long silence in the group, Shi Tailang sent a message, "Damn it! I can't take it anymore! I'll offer 500,000. Whoever goes to Lan City to beat him up!"
"I'll add 100,000!"
"I'll add 200,000!"
"I'll add 100,000!"
Several people in the group who hadn't shown up also sent messages one after another to increase the stakes.
Xiao Lu changed the topic. "Alright, everyone, be quiet for a moment. After the results came out, everyone has a week off. After a week, someone will specifically come to pick you up and take you to the youth training camp! See you all in a week!"
Fang Xin's Smart Linking Machine vibrated again. It was Xiao Lu who sent a friend request. After agreeing, Xiao Lu sent a message.
"Classmate Fang Xin, please sign the contract and send it to me."
"Do I need to print the contract myself?"
"Point the virtual screen of the Smart Linking Machine at the table."
Fang Xin did as he was told. With a slight flash of light, a contract appeared on the table.
"After signing the contract, click on the plus sign in the lower right corner. There's a transmission button. Use it to send the contract to me."
Fang Xin looked at all this in surprise. It was so amazing!
This thing seemed to be a space-type treasure. However, Fang Xin didn't know its specific rank for now.
After finishing everything, Xiao Lu sent Fang Xin an instruction manual for using the Smart Linking Machine and the rules and regulations of the Ninth Division.
She also sent a plane ticket and a bank card that hadn't been set with a password.
"Please read the rules and regulations of the Ninth Division carefully, classmate Fang Xin.
There's one million in the bank card, which is the bonus for joining the Ninth Division.
Finally, welcome classmate Fang Xin to join the Ninth Division. See you in a week!"
Fang Xin also replied with a message, "See you in a week!"
He read through the rules and regulations and remembered most of them roughly. Then he read the instruction manual for using the Smart Linking Machine again. After reading it, he was even more surprised.
It turned out that this thing also had another name, the Hundred Treasures Machine.
When used by a single soldier, it could shoot out a laser to be used as a laser sword.
When a small team fought together, if there were more than two people, they could form a formation to create a barrier or conduct short-distance teleportation.
This thing was a treasure developed by the Sky Shield Bureau at a high cost.
The ranks of treasures ranged from the first rank to the ninth rank at the beginning. Above the ninth rank were the Spiritual Rank, the Supreme Rank, the Saint Rank, the God Rank, the Rule Rank, and the legendary Forbidden Rank. The theme pavilion they encountered today was a terrifying Saint Rank treasure.
The Smart Linking Machine in Fang Xin's hand was a fourth-rank treasure.
According to the rules and regulations, new trainees who just joined the Ninth Division were usually given a first-rank one. But Zhuge Heng gave Fang Xin a backdoor and directly gave him a fourth-rank one.
If Fang Xin's realm improved after joining the Ninth Division, the higher-ups would also equip him with a more powerful Smart Linking Machine.
Fang Xin followed the instructions. He folded the Smart Linking Machine and pressed it on a place. A scarlet laser suddenly shot out from one end, shaped like a Tang sword, looking extremely domineering.
However, although this laser sword was as sharp as a blade and had great power, it consumed the user's qi and blood.
So many people usually wouldn't use the laser sword.
Unless it was a user with a strength-type talent who had a thick health bar and didn't care about these things.
Fang Xin felt that this thing was prepared for him.
He swung the laser sword. The feel was really good.
He felt that if he used his killing talent, he could even have a fight with a combat power at the early fifth level.
While he was studying the laser sword, his phone vibrated several times in a row.
Fang Xin picked up his phone and found that it was a message from Ai Li.
"Classmate Fang Xin! Are you free? Let's chat!"
Fang Xin played with his phone, wondering what Ai Li wanted to do. He replied with an ambiguous message.
"What's the matter?"
Ai Li replied quickly, "Thank you for saving me that day!"
Fang Xin asked, "When did you find out?"
Ai Li told the whole story. "I found out when I went to your classroom that day!"
Fang Xin then asked with confusion, "Why didn't you tell Captain Xiao?"
"Because all kinds of signs showed that you didn't want to be exposed, so I didn't say anything!"
Fang Xin looked at the message from Ai Li. "You've said so much. The ultimate purpose isn't just to thank me, right?"
"It's to thank you. You're my savior, and I won't forget that. But I do have something to ask for your help when I contacted you today."
Fang Xin and Ai Li had only met three times in total, and they had only talked twice when they met. The two of them weren't very familiar with each other. Asking for help right away was no different from borrowing money from someone you just met.
Fang Xin didn't reply for a long time.
Ai Li sent another message.
"Classmate Fang Xin, are you still there?"
Fang Xin thought for a while and replied seriously, "My brother is asleep."
The other party is typing...
After a long interval, Ai Li sent another message, which was quite long.
"Classmate Fang Xin, I really have something to beg you for. My parents were killed by someone many years ago, and my younger sister went missing in her early years. The case was left unsolved back then. But I've been investigating the real culprit and looking for my sister all these years. My sister's name is Ai Ke. Recently, I've found a trace of her. However, the other side has a fourth-level combat power expert. I'm alone and weak on my side. And I'm just a team leader. I'm not qualified and don't have the means to mobilize the team's strength to help me handle personal affairs. I could only hire a few bounty hunters, but after all, they're not our own people and aren't very reliable. So I beg you, could you please help me! If you don't believe me, you can use the Smart Linking Machine to retrieve and check the case files!"
Fang Xin checked what Ai Li said and found that there was indeed this file. It was something that happened more than ten years ago. Ai Li's parents were two doctors and died in a car accident. There were also photos of Ai Li when she was a child in the case file. She was a mini version of what she looked like now. In the photo, Ai Li was sitting there with messy hair, tear stains still on her face, looking blank and helpless. Her small figure was lonely and pitiful, making people feel pity for her.
After reading through the whole case, half a year after Ai Li's parents died, her twin sister went missing. During the same period, hundreds of children went missing. Later, for some reason, there was no clue to the whole case, and it became an unsolved case.
Fang Xin's eyes suddenly focused as if he had discovered something.
He retrieved the file of his parents' car accident and read it again.
The file of his parents only had a few lines of introduction and a few photos. The rest were encrypted files.
Fang Xin's eyes suddenly fixed on the photo of the car that killed his parents.
Suddenly, he sat up straight.
He retrieved the photo of the car that killed Ai Li's parents again.
Fang Xin enlarged the photo.
There was a sunny doll pendant in both cars.
And the sunny dolls had strange smiles on their faces.
Is it a coincidence?
Or is it man-made?
All kinds of questions lingered in Fang Xin's mind.
Who on earth attacked his parents?
It seemed that he had to go on this trip!
After careful consideration, Fang Xin replied to Ai Li with a message, "Okay. Send me the time and place."
Ai Li seemed a bit surprised. She didn't expect Fang Xin to agree so readily. "Tomorrow morning at nine o'clock, at the coffee shop at No. 122, South Tian Road. As a reward, all the spoils will belong to you after it's done. I'll also give you a perception-type fruit to help you awaken the perception-type talent before you go to the youth training camp."
"See you tomorrow morning."
Fang Xin sat up and went over the matter of his parents' car accident in his mind. The files of his parents were encrypted. If he wanted to access them, he either had to find Zhuge Heng or reach the required position himself.
He took out his grandfather's mobile phone from the drawer compartment. There was no new message.
He didn't know where his grandfather was now.
Time passed quickly, and it was almost twelve o'clock.
Fang Xin went to the bathroom.
He faced the mirror and activated his qi and blood.
Four scarlet killing runes slowly emerged.
Fang Xin stared at himself in the mirror.