Once Lu Fanghui left, Meng Chao sat cross-legged on the bed and thought about it for a long time, but he still could not figure it out. "No, did President Lu understand what I meant? Why do I feel like he's giving me a lot of advice? He sounded so passionate and sincere, but when I thought about it carefully, he didn't say anything useful. Big Sis Ya, is your dad trying to fool me?"
"It's already pretty good that he's willing to spend so much time fooling you!"
Lu Siya was sitting on the couch across from the bed. She copied Meng Chao and sat down cross-legged. She was dressed in a patient's gown and did not have any makeup on, so she did not look like her usual strong woman self. She giggled and said, "Ever since I graduated from university, my dad has never encouraged me like this. I can tell that he admires you a lot, really."
"Really?" Meng Chao scratched his head.
"Of course. You don't know what's going on."
Lu Siya lowered her voice and spoke in a mysterious manner. "My uncle, who's also my dad's greatest competitor in the family, is in charge of Sky Pillar Corporation's investment in Kun-peng Dynamics. He's very ambitious and wants to make Kun-peng Dynamics bigger and stronger so that he can go up against Sky Pillar Minerals, which my dad is in charge of.
"If the project to replace the advanced armored airships is really implemented and Kun-peng Dynamics gets a large order for the new crystal engine, there's a possibility that it will become the second bright growth point under Sky Pillar Corporation after Sky Pillar Minerals.
"No matter how hard my dad works in this area, it's useless. After all, Sky Pillar Minerals has always been the core business of the corporation. No matter how well my dad manages it, it's only natural. He doesn't have a lot of credit to talk about.
"Yet, the other party failed to live up to expectations and got dragged into the case of Zhou Tianshui and the exotic beasts. Now, it's like pulling out the carrot and pulling out the mud. Not only will many people in Kun Peng Dynamics be investigated, even the uncle in charge of the investment case and the faction supporting him in the family will be in trouble.
"Say, shouldn't my dad thank you?"
Meng Chao was stunned for a moment. "I was a little embarrassed that I used up too many cultivation resources over the past few days, but now that you said it, I suddenly feel that it's only natural. Why don't you give me five tons of that gene medicine for supper later?"
"We'll talk about the gene medicine later. However, my father is really sincere."
As Lu Siya spoke, she brought out a sealed metal cylinder that was as thick as an arm from behind her. "This is one of a kind. He couldn't even bear to give it to me on my birthday, so you ended up benefiting from it."
As she spoke, she gently unscrewed the lid.
With a light sizzling sound, Lu Siya brought out a transparent, strengthened glass tube while the white fog surrounded her.
It was filled with a light blue, viscous liquid.
In the middle of the blue liquid was a cluster of clear, crystal-clear things that looked like crystal nerves.
Even if strengthened glass acted as a barrier, the spirit energy magnetic field still surged out and crashed against Meng Chao's vitality magnetic field, which made his heart race.
Ordinary Transcendents would probably never see such a treasure in their entire lives.
Meng Chao's eyes lit up, and he blurted out, "Crystal marrow?"
Lu Siya quirked her eyebrows and said, "As expected of the harvester appointed by Master Ning Shewo. You even recognize crystal marrows. That's right, this is the crystal marrow Sky Pillar Minerals collected from the depths of the Red Radiance Jade mine. There are dozens of spirit energy veins of various sizes in the mine, and if you add them together, they're more than one hundred kilometers long. For the time being, we've only found this one crystal marrow. You can already imagine how valuable it is."
Meng Chao stared at it and admired the crystal marrow greedily.
Crystal marrows were a substance that was between crystals and monster materials. They had the characteristics of living creatures and non-living creatures, and they were only occasionally found in the depths of large mines. They were rare, but they were worth cities.
There were many different opinions about the cause of crystal marrows in the academic world.
One of the more mainstream guesses was that during the ancient era, when crystal mines were formed, ancient beasts entered the mines by mistake. After they died, the sturdier parts of their carcasses were mixed into the crystals. After billions of years of being refined by high temperature, high pressure, and spirit energy radiation, they slowly crystallized and turned into the crystal marrows of today.
In other words, crystal marrows were the "fossils" of ancient beasts embedded in crystal mines. Also, under the nourishment of spirit energy, they retained some of their activity, and when superhumans cultivated and fought, they provided effects that normal crystals and monster materials could not.
Lu Siya said that Meng Chao's chain sabers had shattered during the fight, and he was in urgent need of a brand new weapon.
The crystal marrow contained the incredibly violent power of the Red Radiance Jades, and it seemed to contain a fierce soul of an ancient beast. The danger of consuming it directly was too great, and it would be a waste of a treasure. It would be better to ask a craftsman to use the crystal marrow as the bone to create a weapon.
Meng Chao had absorbed a lot of energy from the Red Radiance Jade tsunami, so his limbs and meridians were like mini Red Radiance Jade mines.
And his tutoress, Griffin Li Yingzi, was a top-class martial artist of the Beast Soul Style. Agricultural University's martial arts course's research toward beast souls was also the best in Dragon City.
With this weapon made of Red Radiance Jade crystal marrow, Meng Chao would definitely be like a tiger with wings, and his fighting strength would increase by leaps and bounds.
Her words made Meng Chao feel elated.
He held the Red Radiance Jade crystal marrow in his arms and wanted to say a few more polite words, but Lu Siya said, "I know that you don't care about fame and fortune, and you don't want anything in return. You just want to contribute to Dragon City! Coincidentally, I'm a woman who enjoys pleasure and is blinded by greed. If you think that you don't deserve this Red Radiance Jade crystal marrow, you can let me handle it. "
Meng Chao quickly stuffed the Red Radiance Jade crystal marrow under his butt.
Lu Siya smiled and said, "Now, you believe in my dad and my sincerity, right?"
"What are you saying? I've always believed in your and Uncle Lu's sincerity!"
Meng Chao coughed dryly and said, "But what's Uncle Lu's stance? Colonization Party? Home Party? "
"Based on my observations of my dad, he should be the same as me. We don't have a fixed stance. In any case, we'll stand on the side where we can earn more money, obtain more power, and climb to a higher position," Lu Siya said nonchalantly.
"But my dad is someone who cares a lot about his public image. You should be able to tell from the fact that he's willing to accept Lin Chuan. Even if he's just putting on an act, he has to have the heart to put on an act.
"So, if you want to work together with Sky Pillar Minerals in the name of the Broken Star Club to do some charity projects and public welfare activities, I don't think it'll be a problem. Even if it's just for himself, my dad will definitely support it.
"And you can use the chance to expand the Broken Star Club's influence. Honestly, there are plenty of broken-star superhumans in Dragon City. If you use them well, they'll be a treasure trove with a lot of reserves. In the future, with the Broken Star Club, Agricultural University, the abnormal beast research department, and Sky Pillar Corporation supporting you, forget about becoming the youngest Heaven Realm superhuman in Dragon City, it might even be possible for you to become the youngest politician in Dragon City."
Meng Chao could not help but laugh. "I've never thought about becoming a politician."
"It's not too late for you to start thinking about it now. Speaking of which, politicians are different. Many of them are just puppets. Even if the truly powerful aren't politicians, they can still do whatever they want in the Survival Committee."
Lu Siya stared at Meng Chao with an intense gaze. "We've worked together for a year, and we know each other very well. I noticed that we're actually the same type of people. We're both ambitious, but your ambition isn't in personal power. It's even more ridiculous than mine. You want to use your own will to carry out Dragon City's future.
"But a single person's power is limited. No matter how you want to shape Dragon City in the future, you must first have enough power to do whatever you want.
"So, let's put away the random thoughts in our hearts first. Let's work together and do whatever it takes to become stronger. That's the right thing to do.
"One day, my father will have the chance to control all of Sky Pillar Corporation and even become the head of the Lu family, and your Superstar and Broken Star Club will grow into the top forces of power in Dragon City. At that time, you will be able to paint Dragon City's future however you want, right?"
Meng Chao nodded.
He could be considered to have verbally formed a strategic partnership with Lu Siya.
They chatted for a while. Meng Chao really wanted to know the latest progress of Group 9 led by Ye Xiaoxing and the clues regarding the Supernatural Entities.
But Lu Siya had been hospitalized over the past few days, so she did not know much about the outside world.
She said that Captain Ye would bring the leaders of the department to visit her and Meng Chao the next morning. At that time, she would naturally know everything.
Meng Chao nodded. A thought popped up in his head, and he asked Lu Siya about the origins of the hospital.
"I've never heard of Sky Pillar Corporation having an internal hospital before. The facilities here are really advanced, and the decorations are really luxurious. Was it just built?"
Lu Siya shook her head and told Meng Chao that the hospital had been around for decades.
In truth, during the chaotic era before the Survival Committee was formed, the nine great mega corporations took over some of the functions of the government. They built hospitals, schools, and armed forces. They might have been small, but they had everything they needed, and they were like small independent kingdoms.
Once the Survival Committee was formed, some of the medical organizations under the nine great mega corporations merged with each other and were upgraded to large-scale public hospitals.
For example, the current Dragon City Medical Center and the First Affiliated Hospital of Dragon City Medical University were upgraded from the foundations of the corporate hospitals.
As for the corporate hospitals in Sky Pillar Corporation, since they mainly treated radiation diseases and all sorts of injuries from mining, they were more professional, so they retained their original scale and operating model. They were not very open to the public.
"Why are you suddenly so interested in hospitals?" Lu Siya asked.
Meng Chao naturally wanted to search for clues regarding the X-shaped eye.
He noticed that regardless of whether it was this place, Fengshui Medical Center, or the public hospitals his mother often went to, they all had their own unique symbols.
But none of them had the X-shaped eye as their symbol.
Hence, he wanted to see whether there were any corporate hospitals or private medical organizations that were incredibly small but very professional that had something to do with the X-shaped eye.
But there was no need for him to tell Lu Siya about this.
It was not that he did not trust her.
But he did not know what sort of great and mysterious power was hidden behind the X-shaped eye.
Before he figured out the truth, there was no need for him to bring unnecessary risks to others.
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