At the same time Meng Chao became a three-star superhuman, Superstar's purchase of the core assets of Spirit Creation Creatures was nearing its end.
The purchase, which was basically a case of a snake devouring a dinosaur, had succeeded in an unbelievable manner.
However, to Meng Yishan, the nominal owner of Superstar, instead of being excited, it would be better to say that he was confused and worried.
"A 'chao, what's going on?"
When Meng Chao finally returned home, Meng Yishan could not help but ask, "Why is Spirit Creation Creatures contacting us so warmly? Also, the banks, law firms, and accounting firms have taken the initiative to come to us. Even the related departments have given us the green light. It's as if they're determined to make this cooperation happen. I-I … Why do I feel so uneasy?"
To this old harvester who had worked diligently for his entire life, the merger between Superstar and Prosperous was still within his scope of understanding. He was also confident that he could help his son control the situation.
But when it came to a high-tech company like Spirit Creation Creatures, Meng Yishan was completely clueless. He had no idea what was going on.
"Young Cao said that our family has become someone else's white glove."
Meng Yishan asked his son tentatively, "Is it true?"
"What?"
Meng Chao scratched his head and cast a glance at his little sister, who was sitting in front of the television while holding half of a pink watermelon and grinning foolishly. "Does she know what a white glove is?"
"Why wouldn't she know?"
Bai Jiacao stared at the exaggerated soap opera on the screen with her sparkling black eyes and said casually, "Big Brother, your Broken Star Club has been growing by leaps and bounds recently. I've heard a lot about you in school and on the internet. You even reached three-star superhumans in just a short year. Even if the spirit tide eruption happened during the northern offense and many of the superhumans who bathed in spirit energy reached a breakthrough, you're still the fastest in terms of leveling up!
"Now, someone is taking the initiative to help Superstar become bigger and stronger.
"There's no such thing as a free lunch falling from the sky. It's impossible for a family like ours to soar in just one year by relying on our own strength. The only answer is that you've found an incredible backer, and that person needs you to do something that's inconvenient for him to do and transfer some money that's inconvenient for him to do. That's probably what it means!"
Meng Chao fell silent.
The wretched lass had guessed correctly.
Ye Xiaoxing did not hide this matter from him.
The abnormal beast research department did hope to form a deep partnership with Superstar.
Investigating a case required money.
Investigating major cases related to abnormal beast organizations that might threaten Dragon City's safety required an astronomical amount of money.
As a law enforcement organization that was theoretically at the same level as the adjudicator court, the abnormal beast research department naturally received funding from the Survival Committee.
But right now, the construction of Dragon City and all other aspects of the war needed money. There were plenty of people who had no money, and regardless of whether it was the research department, adjudicator court, or even the Red Dragon Army, it was very difficult for them to get even a little money from the Survival Committee.
Besides, half of the seats in the Survival Committee were in the hands of the nine mega corporations.
What if a certain case involved the nine great mega corporations? Should they investigate it to the end or leave it be?
Hence, the abnormal beast research department had the urge to solve part of the problem on its own.
Instead of being choked by the Survival Committee, where every dime of investigation funds had to go through a strict budget declaration and post-audit, he might as well use his power to support a batch of peripheral enterprises and help them grow stronger. Then, through the peripheral enterprises, he could get the secret investigation funds that were completely under his control.
This was a routine operation.
That was what the adjudicator court did.
Otherwise, many of the accounts such as bribing informants, placating the gangs in the lair, and hiring special superhuman squads to solve "problems" would not pass the audit. How were they supposed to carry out their investigations then?
Besides, Spirit Creation Creatures had pretty good biochemical experiments and examination abilities.
As for the clues that were not suitable for the abnormal beast research department to examine, they could also go through Spirit Creation Creatures.
"Meng Chao, Spirit Creation Creatures must be controlled by the abnormal beast research department, and your performance over the past few months has caused everyone to view you in a different light. We hope that Superstar will take over Spirit Creation Creatures and form a deep partnership with the abnormal beast research department," Ye Xiaoxing said.
"Xie Xiaolei is a talent. It'll be a pity if we don't use him. Don't worry, no matter what, he has a stain on his record. If he does anything abnormal, he'll be charged with working with Gao Ye to create illegal biochemical beasts. He's a smart person, and he won't go looking for trouble."
Meng Chao thought about it for a long time before he agreed to Ye Xiaoxing's suggestion.
"I still don't think it's appropriate," Meng Yishan said.
But Meng Yishan said, "Son, don't laugh at me for not being ambitious. At this time last year, I didn't even think about how far Superstar could develop. I just thought that it would be good if we had around fifty people who could provide for our families.
"Later on, you became stronger and even facilitated the merger of Superstar and Prosperous. I was naturally happy, but I also thought that my abilities had reached their limits, and I should stop.
"I didn't expect that in just a short half a year, you would go from a one-star superhuman to a three-star superhuman in one go. Not only did you manage to create the Broken Star Club, you even made your family's business flourish. I don't understand what you're doing at all.
"I'm not afraid of other people snatching control of the company.
"In any case, Superstar is just a normal harvester team. At most, I'll go back and bring my friends to be harvesters. The money we've earned this year is enough for us to live comfortably for the rest of our lives. We're not ambitious to begin with.
"I'm worried about you.
"People say that the path of cultivation is about progressing step by step. The faster you get stronger, the weaker your foundation is. Once you reach a higher realm, it'll be easier for you to go through spirit energy deviation.
"Furthermore, Xiaocao is right. There's no such thing as a free lunch in the world. They've worked so hard to help our family make the company bigger and stronger, so we need to do some very difficult and dangerous things to repay them, right?
"Son, there's no need for us to work so hard.
"Just maintain the company's scale last year, and you can stay at one-star or two-star superhumans. You'll still be able to live a comfortable and carefree life. There are plenty of superhumans who spend their entire lives at one-star superhumans, so why do you insist on taking the risk of spirit energy deviation and even dying on the battlefield just to reach the peak of the cultivation world?"
As he ate the spring rolls his mother personally fried and listened to his father's sincere worry, Meng Chao sighed in his heart.
His father was right.
If he did not know the future, he could just maintain the company's scale at around fifty people and be a carefree and carefree one-star superhuman. At most, he would become a two-star superhuman. Then, he would be able to enjoy his life.
Being content with what he had was the happiest thing in the world.
Unfortunately, the apocalypse was like a burning blade that hung above his head. Even if the blade had not pierced through his skull, its light had already pierced his eyes.
The peace in front of him was just a temporary dream.
Very soon, Dragon City would welcome an even grander and more terrifying journey.
The only way to survive was to grit his teeth, grind his flesh, stake everything, and continue climbing forward. Only then would he have a chance of survival and step onto a brand new path once he reached the dangerous peak.
"Dad, don't worry. I know what I'm doing," Meng Chao said.
"You don't have to worry that you won't be able to control such a large Superstar. In Dragon City, the Other World, and in this turbulent era, you need two things to run a business. The first is connections, and the second is power.
"When it comes to connections, I have the Broken Star Club at the grassroots level, and when it comes to the higher-ups, I have the support of Agricultural University and the powerful fighters from everywhere.
"When it comes to power, I've reached three-star superhuman in just a short year, and my fighting strength has far surpassed that.
"As long as these two things don't change, Superstar will always be in our hands.
"If these two things change, I'm afraid that I won't just need to worry about Superstar.
"In any case, there's no need for you to be troubled. Just trust that I have the ability to protect you!"
It was not easy for him to put his parents' minds at ease.
Meng Chao cast his gaze on his younger sister.
She had already graduated from middle school.
Over the past year, Meng Chao had been racing against time to train, so he did not have much time to go home. The number of times he saw Bai Jiacao could be counted.
She changed a lot between childhood and womanhood. The current Bai Jiacao was very different from the chubby little girl he met when he first returned to the past and had a rather young voice.
She had lost some of her baby fat, and her oval face was starting to take shape. She had also grown taller by half a head. Based on her body proportions, her legs might even be longer than Lu Siya's. The smile on her face seemed to be able to see through everything, and it was not something a normal middle school graduate could have.
In any case, his younger sister was becoming more and more like the Dark Witch.
Aside from her looks, she also had great intellect and fighting strength.
Bai Jiacao had gotten shockingly good results during her high school entrance examination and successfully got into Construction High, which was one of the three rich families in Dragon City. She was even sent to the experimental class.
Meng Chao had asked Luo Hai, who had graduated from Construction High.
Luo Hai told him that the experimental class was the best class in Construction High. It was equivalent to Ninth High School's rocket class, but it was smaller than the rocket class. Every year, they would only take in twenty to thirty students. They used special education, and in one year, they would finish teaching the three years of high school. Then, they would work together with the famous universities so that the students could receive the influence of higher education beforehand.
Usually, the students who could join the experimental class were either rich or respectable. At the very least, they were second-generation cultivators like Luo Hai, who had a father at the peak of Heaven Realm.
Poor children like Bai Jiacao whose parents were normal people relied on their own abilities to get into Construction High's experimental class. She was practically the only one who could do so.
"Your parents should write a book specifically about how to educate their children so that they can make you and your sister so outstanding. I guarantee that the book will sell well in the city and everyone will have a copy," Luo Hai said seriously.
Meng Chao scratched his head.
He did not think that his parents had any secrets when it came to education.
Of course, it was not all because of him.
Even though he had provided a lot of gene medicine and high-calorie nutritional fluid to Bai Jiacao over the past year and spent a lot of effort to search for a suitable foundation for her …
But the main reason was because her Night Demon Blood was continuously awakening, right?
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