ATDIWR Chapter 104

Chapter 104: Changing Address (Revision) Marrying Into

Chapter 104: Changing Address (Revision) Marrying Into

With a ‘bang’, the sound of an explosion startled Charles, who was lost in thought. Charles pushed open the door and hurried out of the command headquarters. Before he even exited the main gate, he saw the Deputy Commander running towards him. Seeing Charles, the Deputy Commander immediately said, “Commander Charles, another power user controlled by a mental-type zombie self-destructed. We were truly lucky; the mental suggestion mechanism was triggered outside. Otherwise, if they had entered the command headquarters, we would all be finished.”

Charles’s face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. He asked, “Where are those mental-type power users? Didn’t I tell them to guard the entrance to the command headquarters? Everyone entering and exiting the headquarters needs to undergo a mental check, and only those who are safe can enter. How could problematic power users still get mixed in?”

The Deputy Commander said with a bitter smile, “Commander Charles, we have stationed mental-type power users at the entrance of the command headquarters as you instructed. However, even with this, it is not possible to detect every power user who has been implanted with a mental suggestion by a zombie.”

“Why can’t they be detected?” Charles asked.

The Deputy Commander choked for a moment before saying, “If the mental strength of the zombie who implanted the mental suggestion is higher than that of our mental-type power users, they will deceive our mental-type power users.”

“Useless, a bunch of useless people. What did that group of mental-type power users tell me before? As long as their mental-type ability reached max level, they could create miracles.

Fine, I satisfied them. Whether it was zombie mental cores or power user crystal cores, anything was fine, I supplied them without limit. I raised them all fat and strong, their mental-type abilities reached max level, and now that they’re all max level, they’re telling me they can’t detect the mental suggestion implanted by zombies!”

The Deputy Commander dared not argue with the enraged Charles. In his fury, Charles was irrational; he would truly kill people.

Charles continued to roar, “They can’t pry open the brain of an ordinary woman from the Jing Shi Base without an ability, and they can’t produce research results! Nutrient solutions, treatment pods, mental scanners, holographic technology, they can’t produce anything! What exactly can this bunch of mental-type useless people accomplish!”

The factories in Luo Shi Base were working non-stop, almost spitting sparks. The entire base had just been ravaged by zombies, and everyone thought they would have to endure hard times for at least a while. No one expected that before the hard times arrived, holographic technology would come first. Then came overtime work and production around the clock. Only when they reacted did they realize their wallets had fattened up, their stomachs weren’t hungry, and Luo Shi Base seemed even more prosperous than before the disaster.

At the same time, they also discovered the benefits of joining Jing Shi Base. The nutrient solutions that used to cost dozens of pieces were now only a few pieces or a little over ten, very cheap. That was one thing.

What was most enviable was the holographic technology. Buying a terminal and a holographic helmet in their own base would cost at most two to three months’ salary, but outside, the price doubled. Being able to buy one for half a year’s salary was already considered cheap.

The base’s official external selling price even reached a year’s salary, which led to a profession from before the Apocalypse becoming popular again—scalpers.

Many people would get the internal purchase price from the base and then resell them to people in external bases. The price would be half cheaper than the official channel, the only disadvantage being that they didn’t provide after-sales service. Even so, there was a large crowd waiting to snatch them up like crazy.

He Tao returned happily from outside and went to the research institute to find Ji An. “Researcher Ji, do you think these unmutated and uninfected flora and fauna are acceptable?”

After Ji An came to Luo Shi Base, he developed the business of acquiring uninfected flora and fauna here. People familiar with Ji An knew that Ji An was the one acquiring things, and they would subconsciously help Ji An keep an eye out.

Ji An said, “Thank you, I need these things. If there are more, please continue to send them over. Any materials you want are negotiable, as long as I have them here.”

He Tao waved his hand with a smile, “Researcher Ji, I don’t need any of that. Just provide me with more mental scanners and terminals, that’s enough. You don’t know how crazy people outside are for them.”

Ji An smiled, “As long as we can get uninfected flora and fauna, these are not a problem.”

Ji An took out a few terminals and mental scanners from his space and gave them to He Tao. He was the developer of these two items; he had plenty of them, as many as he wanted.

He Tao accepted them with a beaming smile, “Director Ji, you are truly a dispenser of wealth! The money I’ve made scalping in just a few months is more than I made in so many years as the Commander in Hai Shi Base before.”

Ji An smiled, “The opportunity to make money is still ahead.”

He Tao nodded, “Director Ji, you’re busy, I’ll leave first.”

“Alright,” Ji An responded and instructed someone to inspect the uninfected flora and fauna. Sometimes mutated flora and fauna would be found among them; they just needed to be picked out. Most of the plants were still unmutated.

Ji An collected the checked and safe flora and fauna into his space, finding that the spiritual energy within the space was more abundant, and the spiritual spring water had evolved into a river. As long as he collected more marine life, it could evolve into an ocean.

The terminal on Ji An’s hand rang. The terminal’s function could replace a mobile phone; all the functions of a mobile phone were available on the terminal. Ji An answered the video call, and Gu Jinsheng’s image appeared in the air.

Ji An said with a smile, “Jinsheng, aren’t you busy right now?”

Gu Jinsheng said, “Not really. How about you, have you made any progress with the new experiment?”

Ji An nodded, “It’s still under research.”

Gu Jinsheng asked, “Recently, a lot of scalpers have appeared in the base. Should we do something about it?”

Ji An shook his head, “No need to manage it, it’s fine. Let them scalp. Anyway, we’re the ones who make money in the end. Besides, even if they get the holographic technology, they can’t use it just because they want to.”

At T Base, Wan Hong finally managed to buy a few terminals at a high price from scalpers and immediately rushed to Dwyane like he was presenting treasure.

“Commander Dwyane, I got the terminals!” Wan Hong said joyfully.

“Really?” Dwyane stood up happily from his chair and walked towards Wan Hong, showing him a rare smile and praising, “You did a good job.”

Wan Hong was flattered and quickly said, “You’re too kind with your praise, this is all what I should do.”

Dwyane had only said it casually. He took the terminals from Wan Hong and asked, “How do I use this thing?”

Wan Hong didn’t know himself, and it was only after searching online for terminal usage guides using his phone that he understood.

“This is the power button. After turning it on, you just need to input your identity information,” Wan Hong taught Dwyane how to input his identity information. Of course, Dwyane couldn’t choose to use his real identity; the information he input was all fake.

Wan Hong finally said, “You also need to put a drop of blood on this part of the terminal, and then wear the helmet to scan your iris.”

Dwyane was dissatisfied, “Why do I need to drip blood?”

“It seems to be for recording genetic information. One terminal can only be used by one person, directly bound to the gene recorder.”

Dwyane complained, “Such a hassle.”

Despite complaining like this, Dwyane still obediently underwent the gene test and iris verification. Just as he excitedly awaited the results, the terminal suddenly emitted a beeping alarm sound, piercing and sharp, like the highest alert siren sounded when the base was under attack.

“We regret to inform you, your gene test and iris scan results indicate you are of European descent, which does not meet the criteria for terminal usage. The terminal cannot be used. The terminal is not open to individuals outside of Xia Country. Your method of acquiring the terminal may not be legal, and the terminal will enter hibernation. However, if you are a European who has joined Xia Country nationality, you can immediately contact the manufacturer to unlock and register it for you.”

Europeans and Asians can be distinguished through gene testing. The test strip on the terminal requiring a drop of blood is used to monitor genes and differentiate between Asian and European people.

Dwyane’s face darkened. He stared gloomily at Wan Hong, “What does this mean?”

Wan Hong explained, “I don’t know, I haven’t used it before either. I just got it and immediately brought it to you.”

Dwyane said coldly, “Now you try it.”

Wan Hong trembled as he dripped his blood onto the terminal and performed the iris scan simultaneously. “Beep, beep, beep. Your gene test and iris scan results indicate you are of Asian descent, but your identity has been detected as Wan Hong, the Commander of T Base who has joined M Base. You are no longer a Xia Country citizen, therefore your identity does not meet the criteria for terminal usage. The terminal cannot be used. The terminal is not open to individuals outside of Xia Country. Your method of acquiring the terminal may not be legal, and the terminal will enter hibernation. However, if you are a European who has joined Xia Country nationality, you can immediately contact the manufacturer to unlock and register it for you.”

Wan Hong’s face instantly became extremely ugly as well.

Dwyane said angrily, “You idiot, when did your blood sample leak out? Don’t you even know?”

The fact that the terminal could immediately identify Wan Hong’s identity through his blood indicated that Jing Shi Base had Wan Hong’s blood a long time ago, and his data had been uploaded to the terminal and added to the disabled list in advance.

“Go find a person from the mainland in your base and see if he can use it.”

There were many mainlanders here at T Base. These people were stranded on the mainland for various reasons, and it was easy to find one.

It was the same procedure as before, but this time the identity verification passed. Both Dwyane and Wan Hong had very grim expressions.

Dwyane didn’t immediately have the person go offline but took the opportunity to check while they were logged in. He found how late they were in getting the terminals. The number of terminal users had already reached hundreds of thousands, and there were even many ordinary people among them.

Dwyane glanced at the rankings. Ji An was ranked first in the mental-type ability ranking, Gu Jinsheng second, Owen third, and Wan Xueying fourth. In the combat power ranking, Ji An was first, Gu Jinsheng second, Owen third…

These names were too familiar. Dwyane didn’t expect them to dare to use their real names on the terminal; they were too arrogant.

Dwyane said, “You challenge Ji An. I want to see if it’s really him.”

The person followed instructions, but Ji An was not online. The terminal prompted that Ji An would only come online twice a week, for one hour each time, with half an hour for guidance and half an hour for accepting challenges.

Wan Hong gritted his teeth, “This arrogant style must be Ji An himself without a doubt. But it’s one thing for Ji An to be ranked first in mental strength, how can he also be first in combat power? How can that useless Gu Jinsheng not be able to defeat a mid-level mental-type power user?”

Dwyane said coldly, “How could he not be able to defeat him? It’s just a little lovers’ fun.”

At the same time, Charles also got a terminal. He also encountered the exact same problem, being unable to log in despite having the terminal. Charles’s eyes narrowed like a poisonous snake, cold and sinister. He ordered, “Go bring that woman from the Jing Shi Base up.”

Soon, someone brought Tang Tang up. Tang Tang was so thin now that she was unrecognizable; even if Ji An stood there, he wouldn’t recognize her.

Charles threw down a terminal and said, “Have her try to log in.”

Tang Tang was like a soulless puppet, letting the assistant handle her. After everything was done, the assistant shook his head at Charles, “Couldn’t log in. It shows that this woman is named Tang Tang, and she is the enemy of the terminal developer, so the developer refuses her login.”

Charles, however, suddenly smiled, “It seems we’ve found a treasure. This Tang Tang must know Ji An’s big secret, that’s why Ji An is targeting her like this.

Alright, take her down and take good care of her, don’t let her die. Look at how our guest has been treated, this won’t do. Also, as I said before, as long as I can’t pry open this woman’s brain, I will kill one useless mental-type person every day. Have today’s useless mental-type person been killed yet?”

Meanwhile, Jing Shi Base also dispatched a large number of fighter jets to drop terminals for free at major foreign bases. The fighter jets would circle over those bases, drop some terminals, and then disappear without a trace.

Regarding this action, He Tao asked in confusion, “Researcher Ji, why are we dropping terminals at these bases? Aren’t our terminals not available for foreigners?”

Ji An explained, “These terminals weren’t prepared for those foreigners in the first place, but for our own Xia Country people.

There are many of our country’s people stranded overseas. It’s not that they don’t want to come back, but they can’t return for the time being. The hearts of these people are all Xia Country hearts. Sooner or later, we will bring them back.”

“Bring them back?” He Tao was secretly startled by these three words. He always felt that Ji An might cause an even bigger stir.

After finishing the matters at Luo Shi Base, Ji An and the others returned to Jing Shi Base. Zhou Qin and the base’s high-level power users were already waiting at the airport.

After they landed, they greeted each other, and many people secretly began to observe Ji An.

Of course, Ji An knew why these people were looking at him like this. It was because the news of Gu Jinsheng’s fireworks proposal at Luo Shi Base that night had spread back to the base, which was why everyone had this attitude.

Zhou Qin joked with a smile, “Boss and God Ji, now that you’re back, when will you hold the wedding?”

Zhou Qin thought Ji An would reply, but unexpectedly, Gu Jinsheng, who usually spoke as little as possible, answered this time, “I’ll check the perpetual calendar when I get back and pick an auspicious day. I’ll invite you all to attend my wedding with Xiao An then.”

Everyone’s gossiping eyes could no longer hold back and simultaneously looked at Ji An. If Gu Jinsheng weren’t here, they would probably immediately start discussing it heatedly on the spot.

Zhou Qin’s mouth was wide open, “Boss, are you really Boss? Haven’t you been mentally controlled by something? Why are you so unlike yourself? You weren’t like this before.”

Wan Xueying said, “Love, Boss is under the mental control of love. This is something that no matter how powerful a mental-type power user is, they cannot Can’t be lifted. remove.”

That evening, an unexpected but also expected person arrived at the entrance of Ji An’s villa, Mother Gu, Dai Xin.

Dai Xin was still as gentle as ever. Although she was not a woman from the water towns of Jiangnan, she possessed some of the gentleness of a Jiangnan woman.

“I heard you were back, so I came over,” Dai Xin smiled very gently. “I specifically cooked dinner tonight. Would you like to come over and eat together?”

Ji An didn’t immediately agree. After his spiritual connection with Gu Jinsheng, there were no more secrets between the two of them. Including his space and spiritual spring, Gu Jinsheng knew everything. And Ji An also knew everything about Gu Jinsheng, including how after they separated when they were young, Gu Jinsheng was sent to a closed school for training year-round.

Gu Jinsheng didn’t feel much about that memory, but Ji An felt heartache for him. He was clearly such a young child, at an age when he should be mischievous and playing, yet Gu Jinsheng had to undergo military-style management every day. Although he had parents, he could only see them once a month.

This kind of growth experience made Ji An heartbroken. Ji An couldn’t bring himself to hate Gu Jinsheng’s parents, but he also couldn’t forgive them. So Ji An didn’t agree to Dai Xin’s request on his own initiative, but instead said to Dai Xin, “Aunt Gu, please wait a moment, I’ll ask Jinsheng.”

“Jinsheng, Aunt Gu invited us over for dinner tonight. Do you have time?”

Gu Jinsheng walked out of the room, nodded to Dai Xin, his expression indifferent, treating her no differently than he would an outsider.

Dai Xin smiled and said, “I’ve already prepared over there. Come back and eat. We didn’t spend New Year together, and we all miss you very much.”

Gu Jinsheng nodded, “Okay.”

Only then did Ji An follow up, “Then we’ll trouble Aunt Gu tonight.”

Gu Jinsheng suddenly said, “Call her Mom.”

Ji An’s face immediately turned red. Dai Xin smiled, her expression unchanged. This attitude clearly showed that she had been informed beforehand.

Although Ji An’s face was red, he still generously said to Dai Xin, “Thank you, Mom. We’ll come over as soon as we finish tidying up here.”

“Alright,” Dai Xin’s eyes glanced at the two children before moving away.

After Dai Xin left, Gu Jinsheng said to Ji An, “Thank you.”

Ji An was puzzled, “Thank me for what?”

Gu Jinsheng said, “Thank you for being willing to change how you address her.”

Heartache was revealed in Ji An’s eyes. Ever since his spiritual minds were connected with Gu Jinsheng, Ji An knew what kind of restless heart was hidden beneath Gu Jinsheng’s cold exterior.

Gu Jinsheng was not inherently indifferent. The reason he was so distant was entirely due to his later growth environment.

Any child who sees their parents fewer times in a year than they have fingers on one hand will not be close to their parents. At the same time, they have to undergo closed training during summer vacation every semester. This intensity left him no time to make friends, or even if he did make a friend, he would lose contact during the vacation due to Gu Jinsheng’s closed training. After school started, the friend would have made new friends during the vacation, and wouldn’t be as close as before, gradually leading to a cold and sensitive personality.

When a person meets someone they love, even the most cheerful person will become nervous. Not to mention Gu Jinsheng, who is somewhat sensitive in personality, he became even more sensitive.

Through Gu Jinsheng’s spiritual consciousness sea, Ji An discovered that Gu Jinsheng seemed to always feel that he was not real, as if he could disappear at any time and go to a place Gu Jinsheng couldn’t find.

Ji An didn’t want the person he loved to feel insecure for him. He was willing to give Gu Jinsheng all the sense of security he could, to make him understand that he loved him too, and that love was no less than his own.

Ji An stood on tiptoe, cupped Gu Jinsheng’s head, and kissed him on his soft lips. “Jinsheng, I love you. I am your partner, so your mother is naturally my mother. Of course, I should call her Mom. What is there to be thankful for?”

Ji An saw that because of his words, a storm raged in Gu Jinsheng’s eyes. Such intense emotions surged uncontrollably in Gu Jinsheng’s eyes. The next moment, Ji An was embraced by Gu Jinsheng, pressed against the wall, and kissed fiercely. Gu Jinsheng’s strength was so great it seemed as if he wanted to knead Ji An into his bones and blood.

Dai Xin prepared a table full of dishes. Everyone from the Gu family was there. It was evident that the Gu family truly missed Gu Jinsheng, but the distant atmosphere between them was also real. Ji An didn’t say anything to try to alleviate that atmosphere. He simply ate quietly, occasionally putting some of Gu Jinsheng’s favorite dishes into his rice bowl.

After eating, Father Gu took out a cage from his space, which contained uninfected and unmutated animals.

Father Gu said, “I know you lack nothing, but my son is getting married, and I, as a father, can’t show nothing. I heard Xiao An has been collecting these unmutated flora and fauna recently, so I got some. Consider it a wedding gift for you.”

Although Ji An needed these things very much, he didn’t accept them directly but turned to look at Gu Jinsheng.

Gu Jinsheng said, “Thank you, Dad.”

Only then did Ji An smile and say to Father Gu, “Thank you for the gift, Dad.”

Before leaving, Gu Jinsheng took out a treatment pod and three terminals with helmets from his space and said, “Dad, Mom, Little Brother, these are for you. Please accept them.”

Dai Xin said with a smile, “You wouldn’t believe it, as soon as the holographic technology came out, your dad and your brother went crazy wanting to get one. But they refused to use your connections, so they couldn’t buy them. These things are really hard to buy.”

Little Brother Gu’s eyes lit up. He took the terminal from Gu Jinsheng’s hand, cherishing it immensely, “Big Brother, just go ahead and marry into the family. I’m here at home, you don’t need to worry.”

Father Gu slapped Little Brother Gu on the head, scolding, “Is your brother worth so little?”

Gu Jinsheng said, “Dad, Mom, that treatment pod is a brand new upgrade by Xiao An. It’s currently unavailable on the market. It includes artificial in-vitro cultivation technology. If your leg is broken or something, you don’t need to go to the hospital; you can lie in it and get treated yourself. It’s very rare.”

“Oh, oh. I know,” Father Gu was shocked inside, not expecting the treatment pod to be upgraded so quickly.

It wasn’t until they left that Little Brother Gu said, “Dad, don’t you think what Big Brother said just now was strange? It sounded like what he said at the end meant that the treatment pod was very precious, worth the cost of him marrying into the family.”

“Commander Kobayashi Ichiro, what should we do? There are residents marching and protesting on the streets again?” The Deputy Commander hurried in.

Ever since Jing Shi Base started dropping terminals at R Base for no reason, the residents within R Country have rioted. There are residents marching and protesting on the streets every day.

Kobayashi Ichiro had a splitting headache. There wasn’t a single peaceful matter. On one side, M Base was pressuring, and on this side, the power users within the base were pressuring.