RNP Page 153
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What a classy person! They speak so nicely and pay me enough.
If it weren't for their elder brother's prestige, most of them would have immediately bowed down and made Bai Zhi their leader.
"Hmph, if it weren't for your boss, who immediately saw the business opportunity and came to meet and discuss it, would you have this benefit?"
Valon patted the bag of gold coins he was holding with a satisfied expression, his tone tinged with pride.
"That's right, the boss is amazing, uh... Miss Bai Zhi is also amazing, much more reliable than that old geezer, the Holy Lord."
"Hmph, speaking of the Holy Lord, we'll find a way to pry off those talismans from his statue later and give them to Miss Baizhi. Then we'll make a fortune."
Valon's tone was full of disdain for God.
Before, when we hadn't eaten anything good, we could still fantasize about air pancakes. Now that we've eaten good food, no matter how delicious your air pancakes are, they can't compare to the delicious food we can eat now.
Fortunately, the Holy Lord's place still drops gold coins, which allows me to recoup some of my previous investment.
"Valon, you went to see her?"
As Valon slowly pushed open the door and entered, the eyes of the statue of the Holy Lord lit up with a red light, and his tone was full of inquiry.
He was completely baffled and desperately wanted to know more.
"Of course, Your Majesty, I have already met Miss Bai Zhi. She is very friendly and appreciates me greatly. She has also given me a large investment."
As Valon spoke, he clapped his hands, and his underlings brought up the bag containing the gold coins.
“Look, this is her initial investment in me.”
Valon casually lifted the bag by the side, then tilted it forward, and a pile of glittering gold coins poured out.
"Ah, the sound of gold coins is so beautiful. Miss Baizhi is willing to give so much on our first meeting. Meanwhile, some people have been talking about treasures for years, and I haven't even seen a shadow of one."
Upon seeing that pile of gold coins, the Holy Lord had only one thought:
"This is such a waste!!"
As we all know, dragons have an extremely strong desire to possess treasures. What's more, besides being dragons, they are also demons, making them even more stingy.
He couldn't believe that Valon had given so much without doing anything.
All that glittering gold was given to Valmont, what a terrible thing!
Everyone's just bluffing, why are you actually giving me money? This is disrupting the market, how am I supposed to compete in the future?
"Valon, this is just a small favor. As the leader of the Black Hand, I believe you are not so short-sighted. And the Golden Rooster King's treasure contains endless gold, which can easily make you the richest man in the world."
After a moment of silence, the Holy Lord spoke.
He sensed Valon's dissatisfaction with him.
However, his demonic and dragon-like nature made him unwilling to offer any real benefits at this time.
"cough cough..."
Upon hearing the Holy Lord's words, the underlings below coughed twice, appearing somewhat unable to contain themselves.
Why are you still using this kind of stunt now?
Valon's face twitched violently twice. He hadn't noticed it before, but now something just felt off.
Is this holy lord treating him like a fool?
"As a noble dragon, I would never lie to you. As everyone knows, the Holy Lord is the most trustworthy."
Sensing the continued silence, the Holy Lord changed the subject and asked:
"Regarding that girl, Valon, can you tell me what you saw?"
"What else could it be? Miss Bai Zhi is very good. She owns a company and can use the power of the Horse Talisman. Of course, most importantly, she also calls herself the Holy Lord."
The Holy Lord was taken aback, and his mind started wandering again.
"Oh no, could this really be my daughter?"
Suddenly, his eyes lit up. He wanted to find out if the other person was his daughter, and it seemed he had a brilliant way.
Thinking of this, he immediately said to Valon, "Valon, take out the dragon charm from my statue."
Upon hearing Shendu's words, Valmont licked his lips and stepped forward without hesitation, prying the dragon talisman from Shendu's statue.
"What do you want from me?"
Valon asked knowingly, knowing that this guy wasn't asking him to play around with the talisman.
"My dragon talisman represents the origin of dragons, as well as a portion of fire demon energy. Therefore, only true dragon descendants with the bloodline of fire demons can receive it."
"All I need to do is use magic to unleash some of that power. If that power doesn't return to my body but instead goes elsewhere, then it proves that she is indeed my daughter."
"Because fire demons and dragonborn with real flesh and blood are better vessels of power than my current statue form."
The Holy Lord explained it to Valon in detail.
"What if she really is?"
Valon asked with some concern. If this guy was thinking of something detrimental to Bai Zhi, he felt he might have to consider doing something.
“Then I will invite her to rule this world together. She has not been influenced by the orthodox demons. I believe that as long as I teach her my experience, this world will be ours.”
"Not eight demons, but two, to divide the world equally!!"
The Holy Lord's tone was full of excitement.
Valon rolled his eyes in exasperation.
"Your old-fashioned experience is nothing but various violent methods. I'm afraid you've corrupted Miss Baizhi, turning her into someone like you."
He kept cursing in his heart. If it weren't for the fact that the Holy Lord was knowledgeable and might know other good things besides talismans, he would have taken away the three talismans from this guy right now and thrown him into the deep sea.
"Alright, put the talisman on the ground in front of you, and I'll take care of the rest."
"OK, is this position okay?"
"That's enough, you can move aside."
After Valon left, Shendu's eyes emitted laser beams as he began to inscribe a complex magic circle on the ground around the Dragon Talisman.
The moment the magic circle was completed, a burst of red power emerged from the dragon talisman, transforming into a blazing fire dragon.
297 This must be the Holy Lord's doing.
"Lady Baizhi, if you wish to make your existence known to everyone as much as possible and gain great fame, we can undoubtedly help you."
"Did you know that by simply changing the flow of information at the right time, one can easily manipulate people's cognition and thus build a huge information dissemination empire?"
“We can even create a fake country, but make everyone believe it really exists.”
"The company's internal archives contain such successful cases, which use the media to construct a fictitious existence and greatly deplete the power of a planet."
"If we are only dealing with ordinary planets like this, and the application is in the civilian sector, it is very simple for us."
Inside the office, a member of the media team adjusted his glasses and spoke earnestly to Bai Zhi.
"However, depending on what kind of person you want to be, you need to set a tone."
"What kind of person is he...?"
Bai Zhi thought about it seriously, "An unparalleled philanthropist, a wealthy patron, or someone who doesn't restrict my identity too much, and absolutely cannot be involved in evil things."
To achieve the system's mission objectives, it's impossible to go in the direction of Homelander, and Bai Zhi also doesn't want to be attacked by Jackie Chan and her father.
Although these people seemed to be no match for him at all.
However, the strange thing about this world is that the mechanism of yin and yang balance means that if the power of darkness grows stronger, then the power of justice will also grow stronger. Under this blessing, even ordinary people can easily defeat immortal beings like the eight great demons.
Bai Zhi didn't want to gamble on this situation. What if this world was so powerful that a hero with power comparable to her suddenly appeared to slay the dragon?
Therefore, using the rules of human society itself to intervene is the best option.
“Okay, we understand your idea. With sufficient funding, our team of business experts will negotiate with this city and even various countries.”
"Are we manpower enough?" Bai Zhi asked with some concern, looking at the pitiful number of people in the media team.
With so many tasks to complete and only a few people, isn't the pressure a bit too much?
"It will indeed be a bit tough, but compared to the affairs within the company, a mission on a planet is still achievable. It's just that if we had more leverage, the plan could be completed much faster."
"More chips, huh?"
Bai Zhi thought for a moment, "I do have a bargaining chip that should be very useful in the current situation, and this chip can be perfectly manufactured using the technology on this planet."
"Oh? Please go ahead."
The media team members immediately began to listen attentively.
"The anti-aging drug, if we had it, your work should be much easier. In addition to this, I will also recruit another department in the company to see if they can assist you in your work."
"A drug to reverse aging? Even in interstellar space, this is an extremely rare thing. If it could be used on this planet, it would be a very powerful bargaining chip."
"Yes, just as I expected. You guys go and buy some materials, and I'll manufacture a batch of medicine. You can use it as needed."
Bai Zhi was talking to her employees while simultaneously operating the system.
This time, she did not choose the company branch with 1 million credit points.
After all, the last time 100 million credits were used to recruit a media team. This team is good at clerical work, but they are mostly not up to the task of doing anything else.
"System, select....5 million level company branch."
Bai Zhi thought for a moment and then gave the system a command.
[Ding, 500 million credits have been consumed, randomly recruiting 51 people for the company's security squadron, including one elite mech squadron leader, five mech platoon leaders, and 45 ordinary security personnel equipped with exoskeletons and standard weapons.]
"This configuration... is not bad."
Seeing the system notification, Bai Zhi felt that the price-performance ratio was actually quite high.
She was well aware of the company's security department's combat capabilities. The squad leader was the fat guy in the mecha in the game, whose combat ability on land was quite high. Not to mention outrageous operations like single-handedly withstanding a nuclear bomb, after all, the company had to consider costs.
However, it is very difficult to defeat these people with conventional bombing or firearms.
The elite mechs are similar to the squad leader's mechs, but they are equipped with a large number of shield systems, making them capable of withstanding low-yield nuclear bombs. They also have some advanced weapons, making them practically an army on this planet.
The only drawback is that this security squadron does not have the capability for beyond-visual-range strikes, since they are mostly used as a counterinsurgency unit.
In a real war, companies would be using interstellar warships for orbital bombardment.
Finally, there's not much to say about the ordinary security personnel. They are stronger than regular special forces soldiers, and equipped with thin exoskeleton armor that can withstand some basic firearms, they are just ordinary people maintaining order in interstellar warfare.
"I've recruited a security squad, and they'll be reporting for duty soon. I'm giving you command of this squad; use them flexibly to ensure your safety."
Bai Zhi was well aware of the value of the anti-aging medicine on Earth; if she didn't have enough power to protect herself...
Those greedy guys wouldn't mind taking advantage of someone completely.
Upon hearing Bai Zhi's words, the members of the media team immediately perked up. If they didn't have the power, there was no way to deal with it, but if they had the power to protect themselves, they could do more and faster.
Meanwhile, Bai Zhi was discussing what to do next.
Dad's Antique Shop.
"Dad, why are you looking at the sky?"
Jackie Chan looked at his father with some confusion. His father had been staring at the sky for the past few minutes.
But there was nothing there except for white clouds.
"It is the Holy Lord's fire demon energy and the power of the dragon. The reason you cannot see it is because you have not cultivated enough."
The old man took a jar, dipped it in some red liquid, and then drew a red dot between Jackie Chan, Jade, and Tru's eyebrows.
"Ah, I see it! There's a fire dragon flying in the sky!!"
Xiaoyu exclaimed in surprise, and the others looked over as well. They saw a fire dragon radiating immense heat flying in one direction.
"Let's go, let's follow them. Maybe it's the Holy Lord playing tricks!"
The old man pushed up his glasses and said.
298 Don't plot loudly!
"Who are you! Entry is prohibited without prior notification!"