metal empire

Chapter 17
"Who did you call that day?"

Yang Luoluo asked curiously.

"A friend is very good at playing computer games. Invading a surveillance system is a piece of cake."

"What happened after I closed my eyes that day?"

Yang Luoluo then asked curiously.

"Everyone has their own secrets, just let me keep it a little mysterious and stop asking, okay, just like I didn't ask why you suddenly came back that day."

"A woman's intuition."

“Oh my god, women’s instincts are terrible.”

Although Yang Luoluo said this, he really didn't believe it. If women's instincts were so terrifying, then how could those men who were cheating outside still be alive?

"Forget it if you don't believe me. For the sake of saving this girl so bravely and getting injured, I will let you stay here for a few more days."

The two found an apartment to live in for the time being, the kind that moved in with their bags. Anyway, everything in the house before had been burned to ashes.

"Also, your physical strength is too weak. I think your skin injury is not much better. Start running with me tomorrow morning."

Early the next morning, Yang Ming and Yang Luoluo got up early to start the first day of running. As an otaku, Yang Ming's physique was not ordinary, and he was out of breath after running for a long time. After persisting for a while, I just felt that my legs were filled with lead, and I couldn't lift them no matter what.

"No, you can keep running, I have to rest for a while, I'm tired to pee."

Yang Luoluo smiled, and then ran forward. Yang Ming dragged two legs that didn't look like his own to a small square by the side of the road. At this moment, there were quite a few people walking their dogs in the early morning.

But there was a rather strange person, an old man who was a fortune teller, sitting on a saddle, with a piece of rag in front of him, on which was a tube with a lottery inside.

It's only after [-] o'clock in the morning, who cares if it's here.

Yang Ming thought so in his heart, but he walked over like a ghost. Maybe it's because the things he experienced recently were too unimaginable.

"Young man, it's a matter of marriage. The girl just now is not bad, you must know how to cherish it."

Yang Ming smiled, the old man probably didn't know where to go.

"I want to figure out how long I can live."

The old man kept a smile on his face, but he was not at all surprised by what Yang Ming said.

"Give me your left hand."

Yang Ming stretched out his left hand, and the old man's face changed slightly the moment he touched Yang Ming's left hand. He just held Yang Ming's left hand and slowly closed his eyes.

After more than ten seconds passed, the old man opened his eyes and let go of his hands.

"Young man, have you encountered many things that are difficult to understand and explain recently? Go on according to your own ideas, the world is waiting for you to change."

"These two things may help you. Remember, make yourself stronger as soon as possible. What you will face will be a more complicated world than you imagined. You must protect these two things. Do not let anyone know of their existence, including those closest to you."

What the old man handed to Yang Ming was a book with a dark green cover. On the cover were two large black characters, "Yi Jing". Above the book was a jade ring with two jade dragons entangled together to form a ring.

"The Sutra of Mind? The Sutra of Yi Jin!"

Yang Ming opened it and took a look. There were densely packed small characters on every page, and there were meridian diagrams in some places, which turned out to be like a secret book of martial arts.

"Master, did you forget to say that my bones are amazing, and I am a prodigy in martial arts?"

Yang Ming raised his head, only to find that there was no old fortune-teller in front of him, even the mats, rags, and sticks had all disappeared, as if it was a dream just now, but the two things in his hand were gone. He was actually held in his own hand.

"What a mess!"

Yang Ming looked at the worn-out scriptures in his hand, thought for a moment and threw them directly into the trash can. As for the thumb puller, it looks pretty good, maybe it can be sold for a good price.

After walking out for a few steps, Yang Ming always felt that something was missing in his heart, and he was extremely uncomfortable. In desperation, he went back to the trash can and found the mind scripture again.

"Forget it, it's not bad to take it back and use it as toilet paper."

After waiting for a while, Yang Luoluo ran back and forth and came back here again. Yang Ming followed Yang Luoluo back without saying anything.

Because of the crackdown, everything in AY City has returned to calm. Yang Luoluo's safety should be fine. Yang Ming doesn't plan to live here any longer. He is going back. He still has a lot of things to do.

After Yang Luoluo went to work, Yang Ming left a note on his desk.

"I'm very happy to be with you, but I still have my own things to do. We will meet again when I have time. You are welcome to come to Pei County to play."

Yang Ming got on the bus, returned to Pei County, and went straight to the Home Inn where Yang Hao was.

Yang Ming opened the door, but unexpectedly discovered that Yang Hao was playing a game. It was the most popular competitive game at the moment. At the moment, he was using Jie, the hero, to show off the audience. Three kills and five kills left the other four teammates speechless. Yes, a series of exclamation marks were fired.

"Master, you are back. This game is too low-end and there is no difficulty at all. I don't know why it is so popular here."

He has played this game before, but it belongs to the handicapped party, basically it is a pit, so he usually plays less, but An Xu likes this game very much. something.

Yang Ming suddenly remembered that the introduction of this intelligent life seemed to say that primary intelligent life could master all technologies below the third-level civilization, while the earth seemed to be only a second-level civilization.

"You should belong to the primary intelligent life, right?"

Yang Ming asked as he saw Yang Hao constantly torturing his opponent.

"Yes master, the newly summoned intelligent life forms are all elementary."

"Then how is the civilization level of this planet determined?"

"Master, the planetary civilization levels are also divided into elementary, intermediate, and advanced. The first to third-level planetary civilizations are junior secretarial civilizations, the fourth-to-sixth-level planetary civilizations are intermediate civilizations, and the sixth-nine planetary civilizations are advanced planetary civilizations. It is said that There used to be a tenth-level ultimate planetary civilization, which was the kingdom of God."

"Being able to travel between stars is a sign that a primary civilization has entered an intermediate civilization, and 1000 colonial stars is a sign that an intermediate civilization has entered an advanced civilization."

"At present, the earth can launch satellites and conduct short-range space exploration. This is a sign of a second-level civilization, and it will soon enter a third-level civilization."

Yang Hao probably understands after talking about becoming famous. You have to be able to step into the interstellar space to be recognized by other civilizations. As for whether there are alien civilizations, Yang Ming has always believed that there are since he was a child.

But these are not what Yang Ming wants to care about. What he cares about is whether this intelligent life really has the technology of a third-level civilization.

"Can you build a space battleship?"

Yang Ming asked directly.

"meeting!"

"Really, let's build one and travel into space."

"I made a simple calculation. If you buy one hundred bets each time you buy two-color balls, and all of them win the jackpot, if you buy one hundred bets, the bonus you get is almost enough to build a small battleship."

"fuck..."

(End of this chapter)