Today, Long Seven wore an outdoor leather jacket, short riding boots, and a checkered scarf around his neck. He was like a male model walking on the runway. He was very flirtatious, and together with Peony, they formed part of the operation team's attractiveness.
However, he himself was quite professional. His entire body was covered in dust, and his leather jacket was stuck with spider webs. Clearly, he wasn't just going to the reservoir to take a look.
Long Seven casually patted the dust off his jacket and asked, "Is the power of the gangs spreading faster than the government?"
Axel Thu didn't want to say anything, but Long Seven and Peony both stared at him. It looked like they were very interested in this topic, so he could only explain, "Do you see that road? It's the one that's been half-repaired."
When they left the city, people more or less noticed the old road that extended from the main city district. It was a two-way road with twelve lanes. It was very wide, but it was quite old. There were no high-speed magnetic tracks installed. The follow-up construction didn't keep up either. It still had a bit of shape when it extended from the city, but it was unknown where it started, but it was annihilated among the buildings.
"This road has a history of thirty years. It was originally designed as the main east-west road of Xia City, and it was connected to the war transport channel in the Wilderness. But after superconducting technology became practical, the main road was laid out in the direction of the magnetic tracks, and this road became useless. "
Axel Thu drew a dotted line on the digital map he had already projected. "But its geographical location is still quite superior. Through this road, one can directly reach the recycling stratum of the River Wu District. Naturally, matters related to the underworld will be quite active there. "
Luo Nan recalled when he heard Axel Thu say this. He had fought on this road before. It was that time with Jack.
The gang was just a small interlude. Today's main goal was to discuss the next step of the operation.
Actually, Luo Nan believed that Trigate Security would immediately begin their formal reconnaissance and search when he saw their posture. But whether it was Trigate Security, Peony, or Long Seven, they were more patient than he imagined.
They continued to hold meetings. They held meetings in the old river, beside the reservoir, and in the inhabited area. One meeting followed another. Perhaps they never stopped.
With great difficulty, the inhabited area came to an end. They followed the possible route of the target and gradually advanced toward the main city district. They could stop by the roadside at any time to conduct information collection and discussion.
Perhaps from their perspective, this was a form of reconnaissance and search?
Frankly speaking, Luo Nan was brimming with interest when he listened to the meeting yesterday afternoon. He was cautious and conscientious in the morning. But at noon, his patience began to plummet. At the end of the day, he was already used to using supernatural abilities to solve problems efficiently and directly. He kept a respectful distance from mathematical problems like models and probabilities.
Yes, He Yueyin had mentioned this tendency in her lectures. It was called "Extraordinary Logic". This tendency was very common in the Inner World. He just didn't expect that a rookie like him who had just joined would unconsciously be assimilated.
When he looked at Peony and Seven Dragons again, he couldn't help but admire them. Of these two, one was an elite of the Hidden Indigo Firm, and the other was a Burner. They both belonged to the circle of the inner world, and it was unknown how they managed to overcome it.
Luo Nan finally retreated in defeat. His mind completely returned to the campus, just in time for dinner.
He and Xue Lei didn't have the same classes in the morning, so they only met up after class and went to eat together. Acumen College's lunch break was extremely short. Only by eating a bit faster could they squeeze out some rest time. Luo Nan and Xue Lei both had afternoon classes, so they were even more nervous.
The two ate with their heads down. They only had the time to chat when they got on the tram that passed through the campus.
Since it was lunch time, Luo Nan talked about the matter of his eye orifice connecting last night. Xue Lei naturally didn't hesitate to praise him, "Nanster, you really are godly. You've already reached a higher level in the internal refinement technique."
Xue Lei was a bit emotional, "Back then, I was just trying to make a living horse out of a dead horse. I wanted you to learn breathing techniques to reduce the pain. Who would've thought that you would advance by leaps and bounds like this! The gym master also said that you're the most diligent of all the students he has taught for so many years. "
Luo Nan laughed, "I'm still thinking about what to do next."
"The gym master mentioned it before. Since we're starting from the eyes orifice, there's no harm in walking this path to the end. The so-called 'Seven orifices and six roots: the gate of life and death. The mysterious and the mysterious reflect each other's life. There are nine orifices in the mysterious, and six roots in the release. One focuses on life, and the other cultivates one's nature.
Xue Lei said a few words that weren't very clear. Luo Nan had been diligently tutoring himself in this subject, so he understood the general meaning. Luo Nan wanted Luo Nan to put effort into cultivating his senses, moving from the eyes orifice to the ears orifice, the tongue orifice, the mouth orifice, the nose orifice, and so on. He wanted to cultivate with the nine orifices and six roots, to drive his internal organs, to cultivate his body, and to polish his nature.
"The gym master did mention it, but he only mentioned a few simple words. The specific steps and train of thought still require the gym master to personally write them out. Do you want to go tonight?"
"Of course I want to go. I'll let the gym master evaluate me so that I don't make a mistake."
In other words, the time he spent exploring the secrets of Gear would be pushed back. This wasn't the first time Luo Nan felt that he didn't have enough time, but this sort of feeling would become more frequent in the future.
Xue Lei asked about the situation of the outsourcing business. He was more or less curious about this.
Luo Nan picked a few interesting things to tell him, but he couldn't avoid mentioning the long suffering of the meeting.
Xue Lei listened with a grimace, "We don't understand the world of professionals. If it were me, I'd probably collapse a long time ago. Your business is a bit different from what I imagined it to be. When will you be able to make a name for yourself? "
"God knows."
Luo Nan felt very conflicted in his mind. Actually, he really hoped to obtain some knowledge from this and harvest some benefits. But when he truly delved deeper, he was unable to keep up with the progress. He was able to understand seventy to eighty percent of what was said yesterday afternoon, but he was only able to understand fifty to sixty percent this morning. The ratio in the afternoon would probably be even more miserable. He had to admit:
"The relevant knowledge structure is far too lacking when compared to these professionals. Zhang Yingying wants me to seize the initiative. Take the initiative, my ass! "
"Nanster, I think you're wrong." Xue Lei shook his head over and over, "The gym master said that the greatest taboo in cultivation is knowing half a thing. Piecemeal knowledge and opinionated logic, when combined together, is the road to death. If you can't keep up with your schoolwork, then you might as well not study at all. Therefore, the gym master's first task is to divide students into classes and grades. Teach students in accordance with their aptitude. Your current matter may not be that dangerous, but there's no point in listening to it any longer. I feel that what Sister Yingying said is quite correct. You should seize the initiative …. "
"How do I seize it?"
"Sweat! How would I know! But I think that since Her Majesty Empress Wu has outsourced the business to you, no matter how much effort Sister Yingying has put into it, she will always have trust in you. If Her Majesty Empress Wu feels that you can do it, then there must be a way. Otherwise, wouldn't she be deliberately making things difficult for you? "
Xue Lei's words were unintentional, but Luo Nan was listening intently. His mind was immediately stirred. Her Majesty Empress Wu outsourced the business to him. This was her way of compensating him. There was no reason for her to deliberately make things difficult for him. Her Majesty Empress Wu wanted to give him Peony as a partner. Her Majesty Empress Wu wanted to fill in the gaps. Otherwise, even if she was in the mood to give it to him, Luo Nan wouldn't have the face to ask for it!
All right, Luo Nan had to admit that the professional standard that Peony displayed had scared him. Using the other's strengths to attack his own weaknesses obviously put him at a disadvantage in every aspect.
Xue Lei said, "Actually, I feel that you've done quite well in the past. Back at Frost River Reality, Red Fox, Papercut, and the others went against you, but in the end, they were all convinced by you. Of course, there was also last week. We practically didn't help at all. You handled everything by yourself. "
"Cough, I didn't …."
"Don't be modest. I was chatting with Crag Burst two days ago. He said that with that devil ray by your side, he could completely treat you as a B-rank power. Not to mention that heaven-defying pure sensing ability. Right now, your status in the Xia City branch is catching up to Old Man You of yesteryear. Hehe, Old Man You didn't have two Extraordinaries to back him up. "
"Really? You've done quite well?"
Xue Lei rolled his eyes. "Let's not act cute with malice! Don't tell me you want me to praise you from the beginning? All right, I'm speaking the truth. I really agree with Crag Burst's words. Your pure sensing ability is heaven-defying. I heard that Cat Eyes directly changed the direction of her abilities because of you. She's going to focus on long-range perception from now on. She's giving up on all-encompassing perception. "
"Something like that happened?"
This was the first time Luo Nan heard of this. He blushed with shame for a time. In a certain sense, though Cat Eyes was his believer, this was an accident from start to finish. Cat Eyes was unwilling. Her emotions were unwilling. Luo Nan wasn't Nan Batian. He wouldn't force himself on her. Instead, he deliberately pulled apart the distance between him and Cat Eyes. Now it looked like he had pulled the distance a bit too far.
All right, he was a bit distant from everyone. With the HexaEar, it was very convenient to communicate on the Psychic Wave Network. Xue Lei had entered the society a month later than him. Xue Lei could chat, fart, and listen to gossip. Xue Lei could do anything. Luo Nan was the type of person who didn't have access to information.
Character! Character!
Xue Lei didn't know of Luo Nan's rueful thoughts. He continued, "When we were chatting, I suspected that this ability of yours is still in the explosive growth stage. Every time you move, the number you obtain is different. Sister Yingying said that when you were at Frost River Reality, your soul-attached state had an upper limit of five hundred meters. When your soul and body are united, the limit of your senses is eighty meters. But last time at Ocean Sky Cloud City, I was on the 88th floor, and you were on the viewing platform. You were on the 142nd floor. There were sixty-two floors in between. That's nearly three hundred meters. You should have been in the soul and body united state back then ….
Luo Nan chuckled, "This is the benefit of following the gym master in cultivation."
Xue Lei loved to hear these words. He immediately grinned until his eyes couldn't be seen. "So, Nanster, you don't need to worry about anything. There's no need to worry at all. In the entirety of Xia City, not counting the two Extraordinaries, there's no one who can compare to you in terms of all-encompassing senses …."
These words sounded very familiar.
Luo Nan suddenly asked, "Did Yingying look for you to be a lobbyist?"
Xue Lei's grin froze. Then he moved closer to Luo Nan with a fawning smile, "I just feel that Sister Yingying's words are quite reasonable."
"... I feel the same."
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