novelraw Chapter 471 - 374: Missing
Chapter 471 - 374: Missing
Upon hearing Xing Fang’s words, all the Titled Kings present were stunned.
What are you talking about?
Zhang Nutao just said he risked his life for the federation, and everyone acknowledges this, no one would deny his contributions to the federation. But you, Xing Fang, if I remember correctly, you just became a Titled King within the last six months, how have you suddenly become a venerable King?
Do you not know what being shameless means?
The scene became quite chaotic, and Lu Lin had no choice but to decide to postpone the matter for a while.
"Now, I want to talk about the fourth issue, the Slave Soldier Selection."
Upon hearing this, all the Titled Kings quieted down, and their expressions grew much more serious.
The Slave Soldier Selection is the most attention-grabbing issue for the federation lately.
Everyone present knew that participating in the Slave Soldier Selection is a matter of nine deaths and one life, and that sole chance of survival might not even be a good thing.
Participating in the Slave Soldier Selection means facing repeated challenges, competitions, and tasks. If you fail, you’re not merely eliminated; you’re dead.
Even if you succeed, you’ll be sent off to an unknown world, becoming a slave to some big shots after the drumming and Ming Jin.
Now, everyone knows that the world behind the drumming and Ming Jin is the Longyuan World.
However, no one knows what these so-called slave soldiers can accomplish upon entering the Longyuan World.
After all, on the Exotic Battlefield, whether it’s the relatively strong Alien Races and exotic beasts or the weaker humans, their power in Longyuan World is still at the bottom.
Selecting these weak and mediocre individuals every hundred years to enter the higher worlds seems to be useless.
About this, Lu Lin somewhat vaguely understood it.
However, what he knows now is not comprehensive, so he shared some relatively reliable explanations with everyone.
Basically, once they reach Longyuan World, these selected individuals will become servants of the big shots over there, working day and night, without a future.
Everyone’s Consciousness Universe will be implanted with the Slave Soldier Mark. Unless particularly outstanding talents emerge to remove the mark and join the forces behind the drumming and Ming Jin, most people, within a few years, might perish in Longyuan World due to their weak power and lack of self-defense whenever faced with minor accidents.
"However, everyone need not worry too much about this, the forces behind the drumming and Ming Jin, though stronger than the Wild Blade Clan I’ve heard of, should also be limited."
"During the Slave Soldier Selection process, I will try my best to protect our Human Federation compatriots, and once we enter Longyuan World, your safety can be entirely entrusted to me."
"In fact, we don’t need to view the Slave Soldier Selection as so terrifying. For our Human Federation, it is also a rare opportunity. If someone truly talented is discovered and favored by that force, it would be nothing but beneficial for us. This time, let me lead the team to scout the path to Longyuan World."
"If any problems arise, we can communicate and get in touch at any time."
"Elder Chen, the Slave Soldier Selection is your responsibility, whenever you need me, just say the word."
"Okay."
Chen Danqing agreed and continued, "The Slave Soldier Selection started three months ago, and we’ve announced it across the entire Human Federation, and there are quite a lot of applicants."
"The vast majority of the level six martial artists who signed up are from the older generation who, limited by qualifications, can’t continue to break through within a short period."
"It will take about another three months before our registration and selection conclude; by then, we’ll also sift through suitable participants to avoid the loss of human talents."
"This will take a little over a month, so by the end of July, our final list of thirty thousand people will come out, and I will inform you in advance."
"Alright."
Lu Lin agreed, and this meeting was over.
While most ordinary people in the federation were still celebrating the addition of more than five hundred Titled Kings, Lu Lin and his group were already plotting the development plan for the federation’s next hundred years.
After the meeting, Lu Lin also met with Gui Xiang Demon God who came to the Human Federation, and after a brief chat, Lu Lin left.
He admitted honestly that he wasn’t very good at such matters, and professional affairs should be left to the professionals.
After finding his mom and dad, Lu Lin said he would take them on a tour around the Exotic Battlefield.
Under normal circumstances, the federation would never allow ordinary people to enter the Exotic Battlefield, where the air and the visible insects could pose a threat to ordinary people’s health.
Now that Lu Lin is beside them, he can take his parents to enjoy the scenery nearby.
Lu Lin even told them about his first time entering the Exotic Battlefield last year, not recognizing the surroundings, and having to rely entirely on a crude map to make judgments.
"Why didn’t you use navigation?"
Meng Yu asked curiously.
"Mom, you must have forgotten that electronic devices simply can’t be used in the Exotic Battlefield. Where would I get navigation from?"
"Eh, that’s not right."
Mom countered, "The federation’s new propaganda says that the new generation of personal terminals has achieved a breakthrough in development, using Star Power as the energy source, allowing for normal use even in the Exotic Battlefield."
"Stop misleading our son when you don’t know the situation."
Lu Ping rarely interjected, "Our personal terminals are driven by Star Power as energy to begin with. The news reported was about allowing Martial Artists to use some functions of the personal terminal normally in places like the Exotic Battlefield where there’s no internet."
"For instance, timing, taking photos, but only such basic functions. Searching the internet or making calls is impossible."
"Really?"
Lu Lin did not realize that just after he had left the federation for a few months, the personal terminal within his body could already be used in the Exotic Battlefield.
However, he suddenly recalled the last time he attended a meeting with Cha Yuan, which was also in a room on the Exotic Battlefield, where he saw moving robots, lighting, and projection equipment.
It seemed that by that time, the federation’s technology had already developed quite maturely.
Since such good opportunities exist, Lu Lin thought he should update his personal terminal as soon as possible.
He only had a few months left before participating in the Slave Soldier Selection, so he indeed needed to upgrade his equipment.
The equipment referred to here was not weapons or armor.
Currently, Lu Lin, on the Exotic Battlefield, hardly used the broken knife, as his terrifying power alone was enough to defeat 99% of the contestants, and even if he used the broken knife, he might not necessarily be able to handle the remaining 1%.
He hoped that after updating his personal terminal, he could record more things in the future.
For example, the specifics of the Slave Soldier Selection.
For instance, what the Longyuan World looked like.
So that when Humans entered Longyuan World in the future, there would be a reference.
Additionally, when one day Lu Lin could return to the federation, he could bring back some pictures or videos he took outside for his parents to see.
Under Lu Lin’s protection, Lu Ping and Meng Yu went to the existing eight large cities of the federation, and they even took many photos.
These photos would be their spiritual support in the future, as well as topics to boast about with friends.
However, after a few days, Lv Susu had to interrupt Lu Lin’s happy life.
Zhao Xing’s wife, Zhang Yue, went missing.
Lu Lin escorted his parents from Bu Tian City, where Mu Xiaolian was stationed, through the Starry Sky Gate, then arranged for them to take a flight to Lu Lin’s large apartment in Chongnuo City, while Lu Lin went directly to the city where Zhao Xing’s home was located.
Bovangpo City.
As the largest economic, cultivation, and cultural center of the alien star, Bovangpo City was much larger than Chongnuo City, which Lu Lin was familiar with.
However, Lu Lin, who had matters to attend to, didn’t have the leisure to tour around this city.
At the headquarters of the Human Federation Star Core Martial Artist Crime Investigation Office, composed of innate Eight Trigrams, Lu Lin walked in, and personnel immediately escorted him to a small conference room.
"Senior Lv, Director, Boss, how did the other party escape?"
Upon entering the conference room, Lu Lin saw Lv Susu, Cha Yuan, Zhao Lei, and others sitting inside, looking serious.
Not far away, there were two personnel responsible for serving tea and water; Lu Lin glanced over and found it was actually his former acquaintances Xiao Yan and Xiao Li.
"We don’t know."
Cha Yuan’s voice was calm, with no sign of emotional fluctuation.
"Zhang Yue was a logistics supervisor in a certain department of the federation. After the incident with Zhao Xing, we immediately, while blocking the news, sent people to track her whereabouts."
"These past days, Zhang Yue’s whereabouts were always very fixed, just a regular routine of home, school, and work unit."
"She even declined an internal unit gathering at one point."
"We had originally lowered our suspicion of her to the lowest and were planning to cease our surveillance after some time, but the incident happened at that time."
"At 6:30 this morning, when Zhang Yue, her son, and daughter should have been waking up to start a new day, our observation personnel didn’t find anything unusual at her home."
"When realizing something was wrong and using a Star Power detector to observe and search, they discovered that there was no trace of Star Power in the entire room, and Zhang Yue and her two children vanished into thin air."
"We also checked all the various surveillance around Zhang Yue’s home during this time but found nothing unusual."
"Whether it was her or her two kids, it was as if they disappeared into thin air."
Lu Lin nodded; indeed, this matter was quite strange.
Logically, even if Zhang Yue wanted to escape, in front of the Star Investigation Office, no matter how she disguised and concealed her traces, some clues should be there, yet...
Now, six hours had passed since the anomaly was discovered at 6:30 in the morning, and the powerful Star Investigation Office of the federation hadn’t found a single trace, which was quite embarrassing.
Three living people vanished like this, without leaving any Star Power fluctuation, casting doubt on the federation Star Investigation Office’s investigation capability.
Lu Lin turned his gaze to Lv Susu beside him.
No matter how Zhang Yue hid her tracks, it was impossible for Lv Susu not to find her.
The strongest fortune teller of the Human Federation, Lv Susu couldn’t possibly not find someone he wanted to locate.
"Senior Lv, you also can’t find the traces of these three?"
"No response at all."
Lv Susu shook her head and said, "These three seem to have vanished into thin air; I can’t find any information about them in the river of destiny."
"Either someone messed with the Heaven’s Mechanism, or these three prepared early on, possessing the ability or tools to shield from Heaven’s Mechanism detection."
"But Zhang Yue merely had an awakening of her strength talent, just an ordinary woman."
"Wait..."
"Strength talent?"
Lu Lin’s eyes shifted, seemingly having an idea.