Chapter 334
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Chapter 334: First Steal, Then Give
Lin Yuehai opened the money transfer device.
After some operations, and confirming that the signals could not be traced and left no evidence behind, he began to input the account number that Dr. Qi Li used to store his funds.
The account number was quite complicated, with one set nested within another.
Each one had special verification procedures and passwords.
After around half an hour of effort, Lin Yuehai successfully transferred Dr. Qi Li’s assets of over two hundred billion into his secret account.
“Let’s leave it there for now!”
Yi Chen signaled to Lin Yuehai not to turn off the transfer device.
A surge of immortal power flowed out, infusing into Dr. Qi Li’s body, waking him up.
Uh…
Dr. Qi Li slowly regained consciousness.
Rubbing his somewhat confused and aching head, he looked around at the unfamiliar surroundings.
His eyes showed a bit of confusion.
But in just one or two seconds, that confusion quickly turned into shock.
He remembered that he was in a villa.
Then, he suddenly lost consciousness.
Leaping up abruptly, his heart raced when he saw Yi Chen and Lin Yuehai.
“Who are you?”
He assumed a defensive posture, spirit power surging in his Qi Sea, ready to strike.
Yi Chen remained calm.
Lin Yuehai found the situation rather amusing yet embarrassing.
As far as he knew, this Dr. Qi Li was only at the second stage of spirit consciousness.
Now he looked ready to engage in combat in front of Yi Chen, who was his elder.
“You… are Lin Yuehai from Tyrian City?”
Dr. Qi Li stared at Lin Yuehai, finding him somewhat familiar. After a moment of thoughtful recollection, he suddenly realized.
This was the client who helped a heavy criminal customize a mini Space Vessel a year and a half ago.
His expression turned serious.
“Are you planning to kill me to silence me?”
“Why would I kill you to silence you after a year and a half?”
Lin Yuehai countered with a question.
Dr. Qi Li couldn’t help but frown.
He thought about it and realized it was indeed true.
If he wanted to kill him to silence him, he should have done it a year and a half ago, so why wait until now?
“How did you find me?”
Dr. Qi Li still couldn’t understand how Lin Yuehai, with his abilities, managed to uncover his true identity.
He believed he had hidden himself very well; even the Federal Parliament and the Federation Military could not trace him.
He dared to take on any business to make money.
Even custom orders for Space Vessels that could leave the galaxy were within his reach.
In such cases, to earn money while staying alive, he naturally had to keep his real identity tightly hidden.
Nearly thirty years ago, he began undergoing constant surgery and changing his identity.
To date, he had changed his identity more than twenty times.
Only in recent years did things begin to stabilize.
These twenty-plus identities had been slowly cut away, nearly severing all ties to his true self.
Not only could outsiders not trace him, but even the high-ranking leaders of the modification company did not know where their boss was.
All communications were handled through specially processed communicators.
No one could guess that a pampered rich second-generation man, recorded in detail since birth with growth videos, was Dr. Qi Li, who had been modifying Space Vessels on planet A61258 for over thirty years.
“Well, I’ll have to ask my boss then.”
Lin Yuehai stepped aside.
Dr. Qi Li turned to look at Yi Chen, trying hard to remember if he knew the young man who appeared to be in his thirties, had an ordinary appearance, and always bore an imposing look in his eyes.
Unfortunately, no matter how he tried to recall, he found nothing.
“I brought you here because I want you to help me modify a Large Battleship so that even if it leaves the galaxy, the Federation Military won’t receive any alarms. If the cooperation goes well, I’ll need to modify a batch of large transport ships in the future.”
Yi Chen said calmly.
“Sure!”
Dr. Qi Li responded without hesitation. They hadn’t even discussed money yet.
“By the way, I’ve secretly transferred all the federation coins from your secret account since I’m short on cash.”
Yi Chen said with a smile.
Without needing to be instructed, Lin Yuehai activated the projection of the transfer device and displayed the previous transfer process on the screen.
Watching the transfer process, the account secrets, and the various verification procedures, Dr. Qi Li’s mouth twitched slightly.
After a moment, he forced a smile and said, “If you need the money, go ahead and use it!”
Yi Chen pressed on, “Also, I need staff and equipment to modify Space Vessels, and I want to set up a private lab. You wouldn’t mind if I put your modification company and that research facility you’re preparing under my name, would you?”
“N-No, I wouldn’t mind…”
Dr. Qi Li’s fingertips trembled uncontrollably.
“Then it’s settled. One last question: do you mind if I send someone to follow you for close protection, staying with you every moment?”
Yi Chen asked again.
Dr. Qi Li shook his head.
He understood he had no choice.
His life was in someone else’s hands.
Moreover, he estimated that the other party should be a strong member of a dominant race in this star cluster.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for them to uncover his identity and even extract his memories while he had Miniature Devices implanted in his brain.
If he wanted to stay alive, he had to cooperate first.
“Very well, transfer the funds back to him!”
Yi Chen signaled Lin Yuehai.
He didn’t want to waste much time on Dr. Qi Li, so his plan was simple: take everything from Dr. Qi Li, then return it all to him while offering terms he could not refuse.
“Okay!”
Lin Yuehai felt a bit regretful.
This was over two hundred billion in funds, how could he return that?
But though he felt regret inside, his face remained calm as he approached the transfer device to operate it again.
Dr. Qi Li looked at Yi Chen in surprise, not understanding what he was doing.
“I just want you to realize that I can easily find you and know all your secrets and memories,”
Yi Chen said leisurely. “I will take all your assets, companies, and research facilities, and then force you to modify the Large Battleship. Once you finish modifying it, I will extract your memories to check if you did anything wrong. Besides suicide, you shouldn’t have any way to fight back or resist, right?”
Dr. Qi Li fell silent.
Given that memories could be easily extracted, he truly had no way to fight back or resist.
The only option he had was to commit suicide, ending it all.
But the result would be his death, while the other party would just waste time and find another expert to modify Space Vessels.
“I don’t lack money; the little you earned over thirty years means nothing to me.”
With a thought, Yi Chen instantly took Dr. Qi Li away using the Teleportation Technique, bringing him to an empty plain.
His divine consciousness entered the storage ring, where Comprehension Stones were piled like mountains, and he took some out.
With a rustling sound…
In the next second, the area within a thousand miles instantly turned into an ocean of Comprehension Stones.
“How much do you think these Comprehension Stones are worth?”
Yi Chen asked, looking at Dr. Qi Li beside him.
Dr. Qi Li stared at the Comprehension Stones around him, nearly having his eyes pop out.
A Comprehension Stone weighing one pound now had a market price reaching fifty million.
And yet, it was a rare commodity.
The batch of Comprehension Stones Yi Chen suddenly produced roughly weighed at least over a hundred thousand tons.
The total value reached nearly a trillion.
Just compared to these Comprehension Stones, his two hundred billion funds seemed utterly insignificant.
Let alone the fact that this vast number of Comprehension Stones could very likely be just the tip of the iceberg of the other party’s total assets.
After all, no one would hoard all their wealth in Comprehension Stones.
He had come to believe that Yi Chen was not merely a powerful individual of a dominant race, or even a top-tier expert, but likely a ruler of a dominant race.
Only that could explain how he could produce such a massive number of Comprehension Stones at once.
And how he could teleport him instantly from an office to an empty plain.
With a wave of his hand, Yi Chen recalled all the Comprehension Stones back into the storage ring.
“Honestly help me modify the large Space Vessel, with an annual salary of one trillion. Once the job is done, I’ll set you free.”
Dr. Qi Li’s heart raced.
An annual salary of one trillion for a few years meant the funding for the research facility would be fully secured.
He bit back his excitement and said, “What proof do you have that you won’t kill me after?”
“Think again!”
Yi Chen indicated.
