King of Assassins - Chapter 22

Chapter 22: Glory in Labor

Mingjing City was made up of ten ringed sectors around the Mingjing Palace.

It was classically divided, with each ring surrounding the ring before it, which made Mingjing CIty look unlike a typical city.

However, Mingjing City now had a population of more than thirty million people and was among the top ten largest cities in the Eastern State.

The giant scale of the city and its thriving economy made Mingjing City full of life and bustling activity.

As for the style and unique features of the city, no one really cared.

The citizens of Mingjing City were more interested in talking about money. Having money meant having class, style, and a certain air.

Without money, a person had nothing.

The relentless pursuit of money was the most striking characteristic of this megacity.

People also called Mingjing City the “Capital of Money.”

Gao Xuan was standing at the top of a 120-story-tall building, surveying the surroundings. There were glaring neon signboards and holograms around him. The city looked exaggerated, noisy, and chaotic.

Not far away, many maglev cards were cruising orderly at a high speed on a sealed highway that went around the city. Robot police officers were dutifully directing the traffic on the highway and were dealing with various problems.

On a street under the highway, many people dressed in exotic costumes were walking about and howling something unintelligible.

The existence of smart machinery had eliminated most of the low-level, laborious work.

An ordinary person would have to give 120% effort if they wanted to find a job.

This was especially so for a megacity like Mingjing City. The competition was abnormally intense here. Everyone carried enormous pressure on their shoulders.

On the other hand, it was also because of this pressure that people really let themselves loose. Mingjing City at night was filled with a lavish and wanton air.

The shimmering lights around the city caused the entire city to shine. It turned the night sky a dark red.

Gao Xuan saw a variety of special flying vessels that were responsible for security gliding silently past the air, leaving behind a long trail of gray vapor.

When he looked up, he could even see the Space Castles set up in the atmosphere of the Pegasus Planet.

From his position, the Space Castles looked like abnormally bright stars shining with a mysterious yet brilliant dark blue light.

“This vantage point is rather decent…”

Gao Xuan was very satisfied with the 120-story-high fully-transparent balcony. Xu Yin sure was rich. Even an unused apartment she owned had such a rooftop viewing platform.

There was also a small swimming pool on the balcony. It was twenty meters long and nine meters wide. The fully transparent glass swimming pool gave the pool a more natural, comfortable look.

Yun Qingshang didn’t feel anything for these things. All she felt was that the city before her eyes was too large, too vast.

Yun Qingshang preferred the primitive, honest, and simple White Dragon Mountain Range.

“You don’t seem to like Mingjing City.”

Even though Yun Qingshang’s face was blank, Gao Xuan could still sense the minute changes in her emotions.

“Humans are ultimately social creatures,” Gao Xuan said. “We have to live with others of the same species. People like you who don’t like to get close to other people have a problem with their evolutionary path. It’s actually a disease…”

Yun Qingshang was silent for a while before she said, “I saw a piece of news a few days ago. It said that there was a magnitude 3.3 earthquake at the Beikun Icy Plains of the Beiyang State.”

“Hahahaha…” Gao Xuan laughed loudly. “That should be the nuclear bomb that I placed there. It got activated by them. What a bunch of unlucky kids.”

The Beikun Base was massive. To completely erase every trace of it, Gao Xuan had installed two low-powered nuclear bombs there.

Those were weapons that the Beikun Base smuggled. They were items Zhou Lang had had at the bottom of his box.

Gao Xuan had set them up in an ingenious way. A person would activate the bomb if they charged into the Beikun Base.

Since this was something that had happened a few days ago, it meant that the Blood Deity Association had already realized that there was a problem at the Beikun Base.

Gao Xuan knew the Blood Deity Association on the Pegasus Planet very well. Even though these people were sinister and scheming, they hadn’t been able to find him, even after destroying the base.

He was going to lay low for some time before slowly dealing with the Blood Deity Association after he got strong.

The Blood Deity Association wasn’t just his enemy. They were the enemies of the entire human race.

The human alliance was a very relaxed governmental alliance. The true core of the alliance were the few thousand mega-corporations whose activities spanned across galaxies.

It was because of these companies’ intense need for interests that the human alliance could barely keep it together.

It could be said that the entire human race was being ruled by capital!

At its core, the Blood Deity Association was a massive corporation that would use any means at its disposal for more profit.

It was just that the Blood Deity Association had no regard for the rules and would do anything for profit. That made it a terrifying monster.

In the end, the Blood Deity Association betrayed the human race for profit and directly caused the extinction of the human race.

Traitors like Wang Hongen had been motivated by the Blood Deity Association behind the scenes.

For personal reasons and otherwise, Gao Xuan had sworn to eradicate the Blood Deity Association.

Thus, the more people from the Blood Deity Association who died, the happier Gao Xuan became.

Yun Qingshang found it hard to understand what Gao Xuan was thinking. She wanted to speak but stopped herself and ended up not saying a word.

“I know that you have questions,” Gao Xuan said calmly. “But you have to trust me. There’s a reason behind everything that I do.”

Yun Qingshang fell silent for a moment, then said with a serious expression, “I trust you.”

Gao Xuan patted Yun Qingshang’s shoulder. “Young lady, you have foresight and wisdom. I think highly of you.”

He then said confidently, “Don’t worry. You aren’t wrong in following me.”

Yun Qingshang’s eyes fell slightly. She muttered internally, “Compared to you, being right or wrong isn’t important.”

“You don’t have to trouble yourself over the organization.”

Gao Xuan didn’t wish to talk about these things. The matter with the Blood Deity Association was too complicated and too depressing.

“Let’s first consider how to earn money,” he said. “What ideas do you have?”

Yun Qingshang also felt that this was a serious matter. After all, they’d have to return the money that they’d borrowed, and Gao Xuan still had to take her to university. The school fees and living expenses would be a large expenditure.

She thought for a moment, then said, “I saw a dojo downstairs. I can go become a coach.”

As a Source Power Level Five fighter, Yun Qingshang was more than qualified to be a coach of a small dojo. She could also display her strong points there.

“But you don’t like talking to people. Being a coach requires constant interaction. It’s very troublesome. It doesn’t suit you. It might be better for me to do it.”

Gao Xuan immediately rejected Yun Qingshang’s idea. He said, “I have a job in mind that suits you and earns money very quickly.”

Yun Qingshang looked silently at Gao Xuan and waited for him to finish.

“Why don’t you play along with me and ask me? Give me that sense of satisfaction.” Gao Xuan sighed, a little frustrated. “It’s being a killer. How’s that? That’s what you’re good at, right?”

Yun Qingshang knitted her brows slightly. Even though she had received training to become an assassin since young and wasn’t afraid to kill, she didn’t like killing people.

So, when Gao Xuan said he wanted her to be a killer, she was a little hesitant.

“Look at your expression. So you are a little unwilling…”

“The human race has two ancient professions: Selling your smile or selling your life,” Gao Xuan said. “Yes, we’re all laborers. Do you look down on laborers? Laborers are the most glorious people!”

Yun Qingshang looked at Gao Xuan and didn’t say anything. However, her meaning was clear: Whatever you want.

“All right. Being a killer is a little too vulgar. Let’s be assassins instead.”

Gao Xuan smiled and said, “Assassins have more to boast about. You shouldn’t have a problem with that now, right?”