It was already night when Bai Jing and Gu Yuanchao left in the spaceship. Judging from the time, they just arrived at Proxima Centauri the next morning.
After a full six hours of selecting wool and more than an hour of diagnosing stones, Bai Jing looked a little tired, but Ying Wenfeng's performance before his death made him a little concerned.
Because of the close distance, Bai Jing noticed that the other party's eyes were terrified when he stabbed at his throat, which showed that Ying Wenfeng himself was also shocked by his action, so it can be seen that the other party did not want to commit suicide.
Really want to kill him.
Moreover, when the opponent used the alloy dagger to turn from stabbing him to stabbing his own throat, his arm was obviously very stiff and did not bend at all, which was unreasonable.
With the experience of the apocalypse, Bai Jing is extremely sensitive to the human body and the movements during fighting. Ying Wenfeng's stabbing himself to death is more like being manipulated by something.
He frowned slightly, but his perception didn't notice anyone around him.
Is it far away
What is it that can manipulate a living person
Gu Yuanchao stepped forward and said softly: "Ah Jing, don't think about it, I will investigate clearly, go to the dormant cabin and sleep for a while."
Bai Jing nodded: "Okay."
He really couldn't hold it anymore.
Watching Bai Jing enter the dormant cabin to rest, Gu Yuanchao's eyes suddenly turned cold, and he dialed the video communication immediately.
The man's voice seemed to be frozen: "How is Ying Wenfeng's investigation?"
Qiao An on the opposite side looked serious: "Reporting to Young Master Gu, according to the investigation these days, the relationship between Ying Wenfeng and the major families is very complicated.
Because of the S-level spiritual talent, he was once sponsored by the Du family, and was personally taught by the head of the Du family—that is, the seventh-level stone gambler Du Feng for about half a year.
After being promoted to the sixth-level stone gambler, he was successively hired by the Yuan family and the Lei family to divide the rough jadeite, and was taken by the Lei family to auction houses and public markets to advise them. "
The five great families of the Capital Star, or the five great families of the empire, are the Gu family, the Du family, the Tang family, the Yuan family, and the Lei family.
Except for Tang's who focus on mech manufacturing and seldom involve rough jadeite, the other four great families all have their own rough ore mines and related industries.
After all, the cost of mining raw stone mines is not high, but the profits are extremely high. From the mining area to betting on stones, to unlocking emeralds, extracting energy fluids, gene fluids, holding auctions, etc., a whole chain of interests has been formed.
No one wants to get a share of it, let alone the five powerful families of the imperial capital.
Ying Wenfeng, as a rare high-level stone gambler in the empire, has certain connections with the three major families, which is not surprising.
However, these three great families all have a certain competitive relationship with the Gu family, and further investigation is needed to find out who is behind it.
Gu Yuanchao frowned: "What about his optical brain, who has he had the closest contact with in the past week?"
Qiao An replied: "The information center has already searched for Ying Wenfeng's optical brain data.
It's just... His optical brain has been modified, and it is equipped with the most advanced real-time data cleaning system and anti-reconnaissance system, and the messages sent will be destroyed immediately.
We're doing our best to recover, but time-"
Gu Yuanchao said in a deep voice, "I understand."
Data destruction is different from cleaning. It is difficult to restore data after it is destroyed. I am afraid that it will not be restored for a year or so.
Qiao An: "Young Master Gu, could it be the Du family
After all, the Du family supported Ying Wenfeng, and Du Feng personally taught him for a long time, so the relationship is the closest.
Moreover, you have been unwilling to marry the Du family, and it is possible for them to maliciously retaliate. "
Gu Yuanchao pondered: "This possibility cannot be ruled out."
It's just that he has come into contact with Du Feng before, and the behavior of such a villain is not like his style.
"Where is Ying Wenfeng's family, where are they?"
Joan was silent for a moment before saying: "His family encountered an accident on the spaceship that was going to Wasteland Star today, and the entire spaceship exploded halfway through the flight, and none of the more than one hundred passengers survived.
The person we were in charge of tracking also died, and no news came out before his death. "
Gu Yuanchao pursed his lips lightly: "Comfort their families and pay more pensions."
The aristocratic family's methods behind Ying Wenfeng were too ruthless, basically all the clues were destroyed here.
Fingers with sharp knuckles wrote stroke by stroke on the table, Who are Du Shi, Lei Shi, and Yuan Shi
When Gu Yuanchao thought of Ying Wenfeng's death, his eyes were filled with shock and disbelief.
Someone has taken control of him.
Could it be drug control
The situation was chaotic at that time, and the only person who had contact with Ying Wenfeng was the vice president, Xi Bin, when he took off the silver badge from his chest.
Drug control.
Gu Yuanchao's fingers lightly tapped on the table, replaying the scene in his mind.
He can be sure that Ying Wenfeng was conscious when he stabbed Bai Jing with the knife, and only became terrified when he stabbed himself.
If the drug had a certain onset time, then when it was controlled, his expression should not be panic, but numbness and trance.
At least judging from his expression, the other party's consciousness was clear from beginning to end, but he couldn't control his body.
Should not be controlled by drugs.
Gu Yuanchao crossed out this option in his mind.
As for what exactly controlled Ying Wenfeng, there might be an answer in his corpse.
And Ying Wenfeng's body was taken away by members of the Stone Gamblers Guild.
Gu Yuanchao dialed the video communication of the president of the Stone Gambling Association.
The chairman of the Stone Gambling Guild obviously also knew about Ying Wenfeng's suicide, and he looked solemn across the screen.
Gu Yuanchao asked straight to the point: "President, it is very likely that Ying Wenfeng committed suicide because he was controlled by others.
I think drug control is less likely, do you think there are other possibilities? "
The chairman of Gambling Stone looked sad: "Maybe it's mental power control."
People who are extremely skilled in using mental power can temporarily control people with lower mental power through higher mental power.
Ying Wenfeng's mental power level is S-level, and only people with a higher level than him can control him, or two or more people who are both at S-level can jointly control him.
In any case, at least one of the three senior stone gamblers he sent was an insider.
In order to ensure the absolute fairness of the stone betting points battle, the people he sent this time were all trusted aides cultivated by himself, but they were infiltrated by the family unexpectedly.
Can the future Stone Gamblers Guild really stand alone and become an organization independent of the families
Thinking of this, the president's face suddenly became much older.
Gu Yuanchao's eyes were cold: "Since you guessed that it is mental power control, then you must have the answer in your heart, right?"
The president of the Stone Gambling Guild shook his head lightly: "It's not sure yet.
The vice president Xi Bin and the sixth-level stone gambler Lu Yuan both have 2S mental power levels, and Yan Ji's is S-level.
But the control of mental power can't be judged by the level alone, but also the precision and proficiency in the use of mental power. "
He sighed softly: "When Ying Wenfeng's body is brought back, I will check it myself, hoping to find some clues."
Gu Yuanchao's voice was cold and serious: "Then I will trouble the president, and I hope to inform you as soon as possible if there is any news."
The president of the Stone Gambler Guild also had a cold light in his eyes: "I also want to see who betrayed the Stone Gambler Guild."
After the communication was hung up, Gu Yuanchao raised his hand and sent a message to Qiao An.
[Go and check the relationship between Xi Bin, Lu Yuan, Yan Ji and various families, focusing on Xi Bin.]
After all, this person has the most contact with Ying Wenfeng, and his mental power level is 2S.
[Joan: Yes, Young Master Gu!]
***
When Bai Jing woke up from the hibernation cabin, the spaceship had already stopped at the space station of Proxima Centauri.
I just got home from the suspension car, and I only heard the beep of the light brain, and updated the basic data:
ID: 1053166247
Name: Bai Jing
Sex: Male
Age: 18 years old
Status: Citizen of the Galactic Empire
Gene grade: C grade
Physical fitness level: A level
Mental power level: S level
[Skill title: Level 4 Stone Gambler]
[Cumulative points: 242]
[Gambling rate: 34.48%]
From the second-level stone gambler, he was directly promoted to the fourth-level stone gambler!
Ying Wenfeng has a total of 170 points, plus the 50 points rewarded by the Stone Betting Guild, and Bai Jing's accumulated points, a total of 242 points.
The seventh-level stone gambler requires more than 200 points.
In other words, as long as the betting increase rate reaches 60%, he can be promoted to the seventh-level stone bettor!
A smile flickered across Bai Jing's brown eyes, and it was not difficult for him to increase the betting rate.
After signing up for the stone gambling battle as usual, he entered the room and took out the unfinished black emerald.
Ying Wenfeng proposed this stone betting point battle. According to regulations, he must pay a deposit of 5 million star coins in advance as the fee for this competition.
Therefore, the wool materials selected by the two people, including the jadeite they solved, are owned by both parties participating in the stone gambling battle.
Except for the broken piece of red sand leather wool, the rest of the jadeite is all preserved in Baijing's space button.
The top-level emerald worth 170 million star coins is indeed just around the corner.
But when they saw the major general of the empire beside Gu Yun, no one dared to move any thoughts.
The fist-sized black stone had its shell removed, exposing most of the emerald facets, leaving only the angular parts.
Bai Jing rubbed the stone bit by bit with a grinding wheel, and it took more than forty minutes to completely remove it.
The thin white thread of spiritual power protruded from the body, circled around the black jadeite circle after circle, and finally poked the surface of the jadeite with the thin white tip. After all, he did not dare to go deeper, and retracted aggrievedly.
Bai Jing sealed the black jadeite into a silver box as usual, and put it in the space button.
Feeling the dissatisfaction from the mental power, Bai Jing calmed down a little, and began to extract the ice-seeded and glass-seeded sun-green jadeite weighing more than ten kilograms.
Boxes of clear and emerald green energy liquid were extracted, and with the permission of the owner, the thin line of spiritual power inserted the white tip into it, and drank it full.
Whenever the mental power is about to be exhausted, it reaches into the silver box to replenish energy.
After doing this several times, it finally reached the limit, and hiccupped in satisfaction, rubbed the tip of Bai Jing's fingertips, and retracted into his body.
Wow, the host is so enthusiastic!
It's just that it is still very weak, and these energies need to be digested.
When Gu Yuanchao came back in the early hours of the morning, he was not surprised to see silver energy boxes on the table.
In addition, there are waxy white green jadeite and top glass peach blossom spring jadeite that were gambled in this points battle.
Gu Yuanchao carefully put the energy box and two pieces of jade into the space button.
It seems that the next auction will be held soon.
This time the publicity time is sufficient, and the emerald at the finale is also enough to attract people's attention.
Obviously, the extremely rare jadeite cannot be auctioned at Proxima Centauri Branch, but it must be auctioned at Capital Star Headquarters to realize its value.
Just as he was thinking, a video communication sounded in his optical brain.
Seeing the name displayed on the optical brain, Gu Yuanchao's face changed slightly, and he quickly returned to the room and turned on the sound shielding device.
"Father."
In the video, there is a mature and handsome male face, who looks only in his thirties, but in fact the other person's actual age has reached his fifties.
His appearance is like a copy of Gu Yuanchao, but he is more mature than the latter, adding years of precipitation, making him look extraordinarily majestic.
He is Gu Jinzhou, the current head of the Gu family.
Patriarch of the Gu family: "As the heir of the Gu family, you have done a good job.
That stone gambler named Bai Jing, you must win over him well, he may be able to replace your uncle Gu Liubai, so that the Gu family can last forever in the stone gambler world! "
As the head of the family, he naturally knows all the branches and side branches of the Gu family. With the power of the Gu family, it is not difficult to know a person's background.
Gu Yuanchao frowned subconsciously. Perhaps at first he valued the other party's talent and luck in betting stones, but now—
In the name of Bai Jing betting on the top glass plant Peach Blossom Spring, he intends to show his cards directly: "Father, I want to emphasize one thing again: I will never marry Du Jingya of the Du family.
This time it's not an excuse, because I have someone I like. "
Patriarch Gu was silent for a moment: "Is that the stone gambler named Bai Jing?"
Gu Yuanchao: "Yes."
Patriarch Gu's face darkened: "I admit that he is very talented and looks good.
However, the marriage with the Du family is a combination of the interests of the two great families of the empire, and it is not a child's play of love and love! "
Gu Yuanchao did not back down: "I promise that I will use other methods to promote the cooperation of the interests of the two families, and there is no need to use the method of marriage."
The head of the Gu family paused for a moment before saying coldly: "Remember what you said." The video hung up, and a smile appeared on Gu Yuanchao's lips. Now, he is finally qualified to pursue Bai Jing openly.
He understood that the reason why his father would compromise so quickly was largely because of the boy's talent for betting on stones.
Otherwise, I am afraid there will be many twists and turns.
***
When Bai Jing woke up from the bed, he stretched a lot. Well, his own bed is still the most comfortable.
While washing, he seemed to hear a 'ping-pong-pong' sound coming from outside.
Listening to the voice, it seems to be in... the kitchen
The soundproofing effect of the room is very good, if he can hear it, it should be loud.
Bai Jing washed away the remaining foam on his mouth, opened the door and walked towards the kitchen, he couldn't help being taken aback when he saw the scene in front of him.
A tall man wearing a pink apron is making breakfast with his back to Bai Jing.
An ordinary-sized apron is obviously a bit small for a man who is 1.9 meters tall. The fabric is stretched tightly, revealing strong muscle lines. The picture looks very inconsistent and a little funny.
"Gu Yuanchao?" Bai Jing called out in doubt.
The man is at home today
Hearing the crisp voice of the young man, Gu Yuanchao's body froze, and he almost dropped the fried egg he had finally prepared on the ground.
The housekeeping robot Alpha 01 immediately helped straighten the tableware, and brought the breakfast to the dining table in the living room.
"Well, I'll give it a try."
Gu Yuanchao roughly untied the apron that was stuck on his body, and at the same time moved the garbage disposer below to the side without any trace.
When cooking for the first time, it is inevitable to waste some ingredients, but using biodegradation technology can be used as nutrients for natural crops.
With a sound of "呲啦", the poor apron couldn't withstand the strength of the major general of the empire, and suddenly a long hole was split.
"Hahaha-"
Seeing the man's stiff and bewildered expression, Bai Jing couldn't help laughing out loud, such Gu Yuanchao made him feel a little cute.
"Ah Jing, don't laugh."
Gu Yuanchao tore the apron in two in a 'rage from embarrassment', walked up to the smiling young man, bowed his head and kissed him.
Bai Jing's beautiful brown eyes widened slightly, and the other party's kiss was forceful and restrained, as if the boy could stop him with a slight push.
White and slender fingers stretched out from the side, but instead of pushing him away as the other party thought, they grabbed his collar and pulled it down suddenly—
Gu Yuanchao's body tensed in an instant, his arms as strong as iron clamps tightly wrapped around the young man's slender waist, and he kissed him deeply.
The scorching breath intertwined, and the lips and teeth intertwined, as if even the air was about to burn.
Alpha 01, who had put away his breakfast, ran over and covered his electronic eyes with his round mechanical arm.
Woohoo, master, breakfast is going to be cold!
After a while, Gu Yuanchao exhausted all his self-control before letting go of the boy in his arms.
The other party panted lightly, and the soft lips were covered with a layer of watery light, which was very attractive, and made his eyes darken a bit.
"Ah Jing, eat first, I'll take a bath." Gu Yuanchao said hoarsely.
"… okay."
Bai Jing's face was slightly red. The two were very close just now, so he could naturally feel the strong reaction from the other party.
Ahem, as expected of a 3S body, there is also, extraordinary.
Bai Jing took a bite of the fried egg, the taste was okay, but a little salty.
It seems that Gu Yuanchao's cooking skills are not too bad.
If he knew that Gu Shao asked the chef of the 'Empire Rose Restaurant' in a special video, and learned it after watching it more than a dozen times, it might be another evaluation.
After breakfast, Bai Jing received a message from Yilan.
[Ilan: Your mech 'Long Sky' has been remodeled, do you have time to pick it up this afternoon?]
Bai Jing naturally has time.
He replied immediately to Elayne that he would be there on time at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
By the time Gu Yuanchao came out of the bathroom, Bai Jing had already finished his breakfast.
But he didn't go back to his room, he was still waiting on his seat, when he saw Gu Yuanchao, a bright smile appeared on his lips.
The man also laughed, and when he passed by the young man, there was a damp and cold air on his body, which almost froze him.
This is a bit too exaggerated, right
Bai Jing opened his beautiful brown eyes wide and looked at the other party without blinking, even wondering if the other party's body would freeze because of this.
especially…
"Ah Jing, don't look at me like that."
Gu Yuanchao quickly finished his breakfast, and couldn't bear it anymore, he covered his clear eyes with his cool hands, his voice was sexy and hoarse.
If this continues, he will have to take a cold shower again.
Although he has a strong physique, it will be very uncomfortable if he keeps doing this.
"All right."
Bai Jing blinked, and his slender and fine eyelashes swept across Gu Yuanchao's palm like a small fan, making him tremble in his heart, and quickly withdrew his hand.
Gu Yuanchao stood up abruptly: "I'll go to Gu's first, and I'll come back early in the evening to drive the mech with you."
The young man's clear and sweet voice came from behind, with a touch of excitement: "Okay, I'll wait for you to come back."
This time he didn't want to drive Silver Light with Gu Yuanchao, he wanted to try to fight against the opponent's mecha - using the modified mecha.
The author has something to say:
According to everyone's request, there will not be too many mecha parts, and I will consider putting them in the episode, okay~
Small Theater 1:
Young Master Gu: Oh, I finally got a kiss>