Chapter 508

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Protagonist:

Chen Yi

After a group of Divine Art knights almost without breathing swam four or five kilometers, Yin Senyong activated the Divine Art "Phase Gate," painstakingly supporting six people back to Chen Yi's room, then he himself dove in.

This is a very taxing Divine Art, troublesome positioning, consumption rising as distance increases. Of course, using it for aimless escape is the best choice.

At this time, the East Sea Fleet's ship aircraft were still searching the seabed and sky like mad.

A hundred-plus li away, the Binjiang Road mansion.

After a voltage instability caused by a strong magnetic field, Chen Yi stood wet on his own bed, his left hand still holding a fish, half an arm's length, graceful curves, struggling powerfully.

The little lizard lay on the windowsill, both front paws covering its eyes, muttering "too dazzling," while showing considerable interest in the leaping fish.

One after another, Divine Art knights drilled out of the sea.

The floor immediately flowed with salty wet seawater and unlucky plankton.

"Vacuum Cleaner." Chen Yi shouted like a magician, grabbed the little lizard's tail and shook, and a pure red beautiful Vacuum Cleaner appeared, more convenient than Sun Wukong's Golden Cudgel.

The hum of electricity turned into the lizard's howling "wuwuwu" sounds, the ground after the water disaster instantly became clean and dry, as if licked by a tongue.

"Breaking Mom's red oak is a big deal!" Chen Yi patted the Vacuum Cleaner's head satisfied, then ordered everyone to go to the bathroom to change clothes.

The Vacuum Cleaner nodded repeatedly, the smell of seawater was as terrible as could be.

Yin Sen Guan first drilled into the bathroom, quickly stripped off his clothes, recalling the fleet chaos after the blasting, laughed: "Losing so much gold, I don't know if this Legion Commander will go to the gallows? If in the West Continent, a Knight Order captain losing several hundred thousand gold coins, the family must be bankrupted, unable to die even if they wanted to."

"Earth has bankruptcy laws. However, he definitely won't feel good." Chen Yi not only had no remorse, but also felt quite vindicated.

The Navy was never the main force of China's military, and the Chen family elder's continental policy of westward expansion conflicted heavily with the Navy.

For the children of the Jiangning Military Region compound, bullying students from the Navy compound was a kind of glory, being bullied was also normal.

Yin Sen stripped himself clean in three moves, also rushed toward the bathroom, still shouting: "Who wants to bathe with us?"

"Us" naturally referred to Yin Senyong and Yin Senpi.

Chen Yi felt a chill, simply evaporated the moisture on his body, then separated non-body tissues, and changed into dry clothes, the whole person instantly felt refreshed.

"You are free to move about, today's events must not be told to anyone, guaranteed?" Chen Yi's hand rested on the door handle.

"Guaranteed."

"Guaranteed!" The Divine Art knights swore a little.

Chen Yi twisted the door handle and left the room.

Behind him came chaotic fighting sounds, making one not want to look back at all.

Downstairs the TV was on, Chen Father sat on the sofa with a stern expression, holding a cigarette in his hand, but with no intention of smoking.

"Dad."

"Oh, Chen Yi." Chen Congyu had heard the sound long ago, too lazy to look up, asked: "Heard about it?"

"What?"

"The East Sea Fleet was attacked." Chen Father already treated his son as an adult; this kind of internal report news, normal fathers wouldn't casually say.

Chen Yi directly activated Exemption, shielding the sound, laughed: "I did it."

Boom!

The Faith of Honesty surged violently.

"Don't talk nonsense." Chen Congyu leaned against the table without moving, said: "A main ship was attacked, it seems one-third of the watertight compartments were breached; if it sank, it would be a big deal."

"Dad." Chen Yi solemnly called out, seriously said: "That ship was the Golden Ship, I snatched the gold back. The ship won't sink, although several holes were blown, not in critical positions."

Actually it couldn't be called "back," after all they paid cash, bought the gold with money, the word "snatched" was indeed deserved.

Chen Father muttered "gold" once, fully understanding its meaning, then was stunned.

At least five seconds later, he suddenly stood up, hand covering his heart, not so quietly said quietly: "Don't talk nonsense."

Next, he turned his back to the window, mouthing "beware of eavesdropping."

Chen Yi unhesitatingly swept with Shenjia once, laughed: "No bugs, and they can't hear anyway, I opened a protective shield."

"Protective Shield" was obviously easier to understand than "Divine Art 'Exemption' can block the spread of sound waves."

The Chen family knew about the West Continent and Body Technique; Chen Father grunted, then said: "Let's go to Lao Zhai."

Lao Zhai was absolutely safe because of Chen Zhongguo; no one dared eavesdrop or bug.

After all, he was still a bit worried.

"I'll call Mom." Chen Yi helplessly shrugged.

The Bentley sped all the way, arriving at Lao Zhai to see several government Audis on the parking lot.

"People from Xijing." Fang Man Yi's complexion was ugly. Recently, the Chen family had borne enormous pressure.

If not for the West Continent's secret being attractive enough, everyone would hardly support Chen Yi. Political pressure was a real thing; stopping funding, reducing tax rebates, increasing trouble and operating costs—all these needed the whole family to bear with historical accumulations.

The new-plate Xijing Audis represented new pressure; walking from the gate all the way in, one could tell from the glances of the collateral branch.

Speaking of which, their survival situation also suddenly deteriorated; those in government departments worried about prospects, those in the business world worried about money. Thinking of the terror of years of struggle turning to nothing in an instant, everyone's friendliness toward Chen Yi instantly diminished.

Fortunately, they were still one family.

Chen Yi smiled as he walked into the Hall; to the family, recent events could indeed be called an undeserved disaster. Not to mention collateral losses after failure, even if Chen Yi succeeded, their interests in Jiangning wouldn't increase much.

Bottom line, unless going to the West Continent, the Chen family's power in Jiangning had already peaked.

Most people, especially those of Chen Father's age, found it hard to leave home for another place.

"Third Young Master, Young Mistress, Young Master Yi, this way." The old Housekeeper came out to welcome them, leading them forward: "It's people from the Office Hall, clinging and refusing to leave, shameless."

He was an old servant who followed the old master to Xijing and then moved back to Jiangning; different experiences, different thoughts.

"What are they talking about?"

"They want the old master to take the lead in investigating the East Sea Fleet explosion case."

"Ask the old master to take the lead? Isn't that nonsense?" Chen Congyu got angry at once.

The Housekeeper coughed once and said: "Who says it isn't. But from what they mean, if the old master doesn't step forward, then they'll have no choice but to ask the Liu Family's eldest to come out."

The Liu Family is precisely one of the Three Families Alliance that Cao Yuan mentioned the first time he appeared. Their relationship with the Chen Family is neither warm nor cold, but starting from 20 years ago, they planted the seeds of political disagreement.

Essentially speaking, aside from Cao Yuan being too impulsive, the Cao Family is no different from the Wang Family and the Liu Family. Normally, they have no need to offend the Chen Family, but if there are benefits involved, they won't show too much consideration either. Over so many years, the you-fight-I-snatch matters have happened not just once or twice.

"What does the old master mean?" Following the old Housekeeper's arrangement, Chen Congyu sat in a corner sofa of the Waiting Room.

The old Housekeeper shook his head and said: "The old master hasn't spoken."

"Then you tell the old master I have urgent business to see him."

"Right now?"

"The faster the better, urgent business, and important." Chen Yi needs to provide the latest information to Grandpa immediately. The matter of taking the lead on the explosion case, if agreed to, will attract attention from all quarters; if not agreed to, it equals handing the initiative over to others.

Politics is weighing pros and cons; there is no best outcome, nor should there be a worst outcome. The key is to have fully complete information.

The old Housekeeper looked at Chen Yi deeply and said: "Then I'll go in and tell him now. In a bit, when the old master starts scolding people, I'll hide. Oh, Fo Lao has arrived."

Nodding to Fo Lao, the Housekeeper turned and entered the Room.

"Fo Lao." Chen Congyu, Fang Man Yi, and Chen Yi all stood up. As Chen Zhongguo's Political Aide, he has long been a part of the Chen Family. From a certain perspective, the relationship is even closer than ordinary Collateral Branch relatives.

"Chen Yi, the old master is currently annoyed. Let the two of us talk first?" Fo Lao nodded, counting as a greeting.

Chen Yi blinked and said: "Do you know about the West Continent matter?"

Fo Lao froze for a moment, then slowly said: "The old master mentioned it a bit, but didn't say everything."

Chen Yi pursed his lips in a smile and shrugged.

This was an explicit Refusal.

Fo Lao couldn't help but laugh.

Before long, Chen Zhongguo pushed open the wooden door and came out with a stern face.

There were several other people in the Waiting Room; judging by their looks they were officials waiting for an audience, and they all "whoosh" stood up.

Chen Zhongguo waved his hand and said: "You all sit back down. My matter here isn't finished yet. Chen Yi, come over."

A group of people thus all sat down again, neat as a School.

"To my Shu Fang." Chen Zhongguo pushed open another door, and after Chen Yi entered and he closed it properly, he asked: "What happened?"

Chen Yi naturally activated Level 2 Divine Technique "Exemption", blocking the transmission of various waves, then said: "The explosion case was done by me."

Chen Zhongguo's eyelid twitched, and he instantly frowned.

"That ship is a Golden Ship. The gold they exchanged back from Jiangning Bank was all placed on that Luyang-class. 1200 tons of gold, I took it all back."

Chen Yi finished in one breath, then looked at the old master again; his whole person's expression had changed.

It seemed like... shock...

"No wonder..." After a long silence, the old master finally sighed and asked: "1200 tons of gold, where did you put it?"

"I am a Divine Art Knight." Chen Yi shrugged, actually not answering this question.

"The world has changed!" Chen Zhongguo suddenly sank into a certain emotion. The last time this appeared was when he confirmed hearing about the Soviet Union's dissolution.

Chen Yi didn't understand and only asked: "What do you plan to do?"

In the Chen Family, only he dares to ask like this.

Chen Zhongguo looked at Chen Yi and in a flash said amusedly: "That depends on how they act."

Fu Polin and his Central Bank chief lost 1200 tons of gold and platinum under the most stringent defense, worth over 300 billion RMB. Even among the profligate State-owned Enterprise Groups, this is an extremely excessive novelty; their usual tuition fees are within tens of billions of US Dollars.

Now, they have definitely fallen into a dead cycle.

Continue buying gold, and it might be stolen.

Stop buying gold — this is the easiest method to strike at Chen Yi and the Gold Bonds. (Unfinished. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian. com) to cast Recommendation Tickets and Monthly Tickets. Your support is my greatest Motivation.)