Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Song Jinmin took out two cigarettes and handed one to Lin Yi, who took it. âHowâs the situation in Yangcheng?â Lin Yi asked what he wanted to know. âAfter you were buried, your adoptive mother was hospitalized. Before I left, I heard that her condition had stabilized, but she would be discharged after some time.â
Lin Yi smoked silently, taking several puffs in a row. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
âThe others are fine. Your adoptive father and the others are quite strong. Theyâre supporting the orphanage. Thereâs no big problems,â Song Jinmin said. âIs my biological mother okay?â
âNothing much, she went shopping yesterday, but it seemed like she sneaked out.â
âWhat? Shopping? Did she buy my funeral clothes?â
âShe went with Mila and Monica. They bought several dresses for themselves.â âSeriously? Iâm supposed to be dead, and she has the mind to go shopping?â âShe knows youâre not dead.â
âHuh? How did she find out?â
âOn the day you were buried, the women stayed at the orphanage, sighing and lamenting. Your dad found it annoying, so he took a few of us out for drinks. I must say, your Huaxian hot pot and roast lamb leg are really good.â
âStop, stop, get to the point.â
âThe point is, we were enjoying ourselves when your mom found out, came over, flipped our table, and chewed out your dad. They almost divorced. Your dad had no choice but to tell her the truth.â
Lin Yiâs mouth twitched. He hadnât expected his situation to be exposed in such a melodramatic way.
âAnd how are the others?â
âYou should know a woman named Liang Ruoxu.â
Song Jinmin extinguished the cigarette in his hand and lit another one.
âShe went back to Yanjing after the ritual on the seventh day. Sheâs not in a good state, but sheâs comparatively better off. Sheâs accepted reality.â
âHow is Ji Qingyan?â Lin Yi asked, smacking his lips.
âSheâs the same. After all, you are supposed to be dead. How good could she be? Your mother has been accompanying her.â
âMy mother?â
âYour mess got exposed, and your momâs been covering for you.â
âIs she working on getting Ji Qingyan to come around?â
âSomething like that.â Song Jinmin smoked and said,
If I had a mom like yours, I wouldnât have turned into a thug, hanging out with your dad, not knowing how long Iâd survive with my life hanging by a thread.â âStop wasting time. Iâll schedule a massage for you later.â
âYour dadâs character might be questionable, but you turned out alright.â
Lin Yi relaxed, hands behind his head. He had been worried about the situation in Zhonghai and Yangcheng, but it seemed like everything was under control with no major issues.
The only person Lin Yi was worried about now was Wang Ying.
News of his supposed death had already spread online, and she could find out about it with just a bit of digging.
He did not know how she was doing now.
As long as she wasnât as stubborn as Li Chuhan had been, things should be fine.
âBy the way, thereâs something I want to discuss with you.â
âAre you talking about the Ore?â
Lin Yi nodded. âOn the way to Chepopur, we met the same group of people we met in Doora. They took the ore away.â
Song Jinmin lit another cigarette and smacked his lips. He did not look too good either.
âBe careful when you act in the future. Although thereâs no hard evidence, my instincts tell me that this is a very dangerous organization. I believe you can sense it too.â
âIndeed.â
Before this, Lin Yi didnât realize the seriousness of the problem.
It was not until the failure of this operation that he deeply realized the horror of this organization.
Wherever there were ores, the men in black would definitely appear!
Such powerful reconnaissance was not something ordinary person could pull off.
The fact that they could do this showed that this organization was already strong to a height that he could not reach.
âWhich organization do you think it might be?â
âMammon.â
âLike the demon from the Bible.â
âSomething like that.â Song Jinmin said,
âWe donât know much about the organization, either. All we know is that itâs a very evil organization. You could describe it as inhumane.â
âCan you be more specific?â
Song Jinmin pondered for a moment. âOrganizations like ours and others abroad, while not exactly good people, still have some humanity. During firefights, we try to avoid crowded places and, if possible, we donât harm women, the elderly, or children. But this group is different. They only care about their mission, with no regard for humanity.â
âBut thereâs something strangeâthey seem particularly obsessed with the Bass ores.â
Lin Yi had noticed this long ago.
Globally, the ultimate goal of many known foreign organizations was Bass ore, though their approaches differed.
Just like this time, when he had ten kilograms of minerals, it attracted over twenty organizations to Panem.
But his fatherâs organization had no interest in the minerals, otherwise, this situation wouldnât have occurred.
This was quite normal, like a child carrying ten kilograms of gold down the streetâeveryone would covet it.
But those who coveted the gold might just be ordinary thugs, while truly wealthy individuals wouldnât be interested, much like his fatherâs organization. Ten kilograms of ore might be like a drizzle to them.
However, this Mammon Organization was very different.
According to Song Jinmin, their scale should be similar to his fatherâs organization, but every time ores appeard, no matter the quantity, their people showed up.
It was like seeing Mr. Ma from Tencent haggling in a marketplace for small profits. It doesnât add up.
âThatâs because their goals are different,â Song Jinmin said.
âMost people who get their hands on minerals will trade them for vast amounts of wealth and weapons. But the Mamon organization is different. Itâs said that theyâre conducting various experiments at their base. We donât know exactly what experiments theyâre doing, but reliable intelligence suggests that if these experiments succeed, they could potentially change the worldâs power structure.â
Lin Yi broke into a cold sweat.
The current world order was quite stable, and changing it was no easy feat. âDoesnât the rest of the world, including Meiguo, know what theyâre up to?â Song Jinmin flicked his cigarette ash. âOf course not. They donât even know where their base is, let alone what theyâre doing. Otherwise, their organization wouldnât have survived for so long.â
âIs this why the whole world is so obsessed with ore?â