But in Eden, the teleportation point was tucked away in an inconspicuous corner; pedestrians came and went, barely sparing a glance for those appearing there.
Nan Yue looked at the screen in the sky. She remembered the man currently displayed on it; he seemed to be in the top five of the Beauty Rankings and was very famous on the forums.
His name was… Yin Qian?
The name was unique, which was why Nan Yue remembered it.
Yin Qian was currently advertising an item, an expensive one.
He smiled gently, his eyes captivating, as he meticulously described how useful the item was in missions, how it had saved his life and even turned the tide.
But Nan Yue, a veteran of purification missions, could tell at a glance that while the item was good, it was nowhere near as useful as Yin Qian claimed.
Ultimately, purification missions relied on people.
“If everyone trusts me, you might as well give it a try.”
Yin Qian cast an alluring gaze, yet it didn’t feel vulgar—it was his signature move.
“We thank the Scavenger Project. May the purification project bring us new hope.”
Nan Yue and her companions stood at the Inspection Port for only two minutes before a sleek, silver sports car pulled up in front of them.
All the car windows were tinted with privacy film, so Nan Yue couldn’t see the people inside.
However, there was a no-parking sign here, and armed soldiers with tangible killing intent stood guard at the teleportation point.
Only members of Sharp Blade could openly park here.
Sure enough, the car door opened, and a woman with a neat ponytail and sharp attire emerged. She smiled at Nan Yue.
“Nan Yue!”
“Shang Xi? You came.”
Nan Yue’s subtle discomfort upon arriving vanished significantly when she saw a familiar face.
“When I heard you were coming, I insisted on picking you up. Plenty of people wanted to see you.”
Shang Xi had always been like this—reserved with strangers, but with someone like Nan Yue, a comrade in life-or-death situations, even a lifesaver, her arrogance completely disappeared.
“Get in.”
Nan Yue had learned to drive in school, but this car didn’t even have a door handle. She stood at the entrance, a little flustered.
However, Jiang Siyan, who was behind her, naturally stepped forward and lightly pressed his hand on the car door. The rotary door flipped open upwards.
Nan Yue got in, and Jiang Siyan leaned in to help her activate and install the transparent safety device on the virtual screen before sitting in the back.
Nan Yue initially felt a slight awkwardness when Jiang Siyan did this, but she quickly relaxed.
Jiang Siyan had come from Eden, and now that she was the boss, it was only right for him to take good care of her.
Meanwhile, Shang Xi, in the driver’s seat, appeared expressionless, but in reality, her eyes were practically rolling into the back of her head.
She remembered that while Bai Yao’s information hadn’t been publicly released, according to Lan Jing Shui and other scavengers who had been on missions with him, his internal note within Sharp Blade read: ‘Top-tier healing ability, highly dangerous individual, contact discouraged.’
But now, seeing his interaction with Nan Yue…
Good househusband… no, good lackey.
“I didn’t expect Eden to be so prosperous.”
Nan Yue murmured, looking at the scenery outside the car window. Shang Xi smiled. “Actually, our society is highly developed, having long reached the standard of a fully technological life.”
“But this kind of social structure doesn’t demand much human labor. For lower-tier scavengers, if all city states were like this, they wouldn’t be able to live well.”
The vast majority of scavengers still needed to work part-time in their real lives after leaving the Scavenger Project to maintain a normal existence.
But as Shang Xi said, in a highly developed society like Eden, the demand for labor decreased, meaning they wouldn’t fare well here.
“I’m truly quite stunned.”
Nan Yue didn’t hide her curiosity, looking around. “This is like two different worlds compared to Nameless City.”
Shang Xi pursed her lips and smiled without speaking. In truth, this place and Nameless City were indeed worlds apart.
As the Eden that all scavengers yearned for, it naturally had to possess strength befitting its name.
“Sister Fu knew you hadn’t been to Eden, so she specifically told me to show you around. Where do you want to go?”
Nan Yue raised an eyebrow in surprise; she hadn’t expected Fu Xi Ming’s attitude to be so friendly.
“No, I came here specifically to meet her. Let’s get straight to business.”
Shang Xi didn’t seem surprised by Nan Yue’s words. She executed a drift, turned the car around, and accelerated at full speed.
A powerful push-back force enveloped Nan Yue, but the transparent safety device Jiang Siyan had secured her with held her firmly in place, preventing any swaying of her body.
Jiang Siyan, in the back seat, watched Nan Yue’s profile, observing her head turning this way and that. He suddenly felt that Nan Yue was like a cat taken out for the first time.
A little cute.
The car stopped after driving for about twenty minutes. Nan Yue looked at the tall, exquisite building in front of them, which was even grander than the surrounding structures, and fell silent.
Compared to Sharp Blade, their small organization, with its headquarters in a hotel, looked truly stingy.
As Shang Xi parked the car, Nan Yue’s restraints automatically loosened. The three of them got out, and Lan Jing Shui was already waiting at the main entrance.
Nan Yue wanted to comment on his pink jacket the moment she saw it.
“Little Yueyue~”
Lan Jing Shui, with his usual slick demeanor, raised a hand to greet them. His gaze tightened slightly when he saw Jiang Siyan, and he gave Jiang Siyan a smiling, “Oh, you’re here.”
Jiang Siyan followed behind Nan Yue, smiling and nodding at Lan Jing Shui, looking for all the world like a docile, harmless large dog accompanying its owner.
Lan Jing Shui’s eye twitched. Jiang Siyan’s actions, speaking softly behind Nan Yue, were so natural that he couldn’t tell if the guy was faking it or truly normal.
“Thank you this time.”
Nan Yue smiled at Lan Jing Shui. “Are we meeting Miss Fu now?”
Lan Jing Shui nodded. “Fu Xi Ming is waiting for you in her office.”
Shang Xi greeted Nan Yue and then left. Lan Jing Shui led Nan Yue and Jiang Siyan into the elevator.
Nan Yue noticed the elevator only had buttons for floors 1 to 20, but from the outside, the building appeared to have no fewer than 100 floors.
Lan Jing Shui swiped his identity authentication device on his wrist inside the elevator, and a mechanical female voice spoke.
“Identity confirmed. Access to floor 112 granted.”
Nan Yue clicked her tongue. “How many floors does this building have?”
“120 floors, but above the 112th floor are the previous… ones. No one uses them now.”
Lan Jing Shui was more cautious when speaking inside the Sharp Blade building, but Nan Yue understood. Those were likely the offices of Shen Nian and the other two high-level players.
She secretly glanced at Jiang Siyan beside her, wanting to see his reaction to hearing about such important people.
Jiang Siyan initially showed no reaction; the past pain and resentment had lasted too long, leaving him numb.
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