Chapter 134: 128, Star Investigation Office Director Long (Seeking Subscription Monthly Ticket)
Feng Yuanyu watched Lu Lin’s actions from behind, completely dumbfounded.
Lu Lin had just knocked someone out with one punch again?
Without giving any room for compromise?
He originally intended... never mind, what he originally intended wasn’t important anymore.
A problem suddenly occurred to Feng Yuanyu.
In the East Forest Club, a Level 1 Star Core Warrior was only a probationary member. Their daily task was to cultivate, cultivate, and cultivate.
It was the same unless it was a life-and-death situation.
Generally, those sent out for missions were at least Level 2 Star Core Warriors.
But a Level 2 Star Core Warrior had been knocked down by Lu Lin with just one punch?
Just like when he’d punched Xiao Wu, that Zero Level, on the starship. It was... a bit too easy.
"Kid, you’re fucking looking for death!"
The seven or eight brawny men following Feng Yuanlin, seeing Lu Lin dare to strike first, rushed up cursing.
Lu Lin held his suitcase with one hand and clenched his other into a fist.
The suitcase shifted with Lu Lin’s movements.
BANG.
BANG. BANG.
BANG. BANG. BANG.
In the blink of an eye, the seven or eight brawny men who had rushed forward were all punched, just like the first man.
Some clutched their arms, some covered their eyes, and some had blood trickling from their noses.
Lu Lin hadn’t hit any vital spots.
Behind the crowd, Feng Yuanlin’s face was grim.
Feng Yuanyu and the others no longer dared to watch from behind. They quickly ran to Feng Yuanlin’s side.
In their view, the safest place at that moment was beside Feng Yuanlin.
The surrounding departing passengers also curiously gathered around.
Seeing Lu Lin knock down so many strong men by himself in such a short time, they couldn’t help but cheer for him.
After all, Feng Yuanlin and his group were uniformly dressed and didn’t look like good people.
The crowd grew larger, and soon, airport security arrived to inquire.
"What’s going on here? What’s going on?" a security guard asked. "Fighting is not allowed at Boppu Airport. If you want trouble, take it somewhere else."
The person who had come was an old man, appearing to be seventy or eighty years old. However, he walked with vigor and spoke with a powerful voice.
Lu Lin sensed the man’s strength and was surprised to find that he was not inferior to his teacher Jiang Yueming.
This old man was apparently an expert who had reached Level 6.
"Old man, who the fuck are you—"
Just as Xiao Wu, standing next to Feng Yuanlin, was about to speak, Feng Yuanlin pulled him back.
Feng Yuanlin’s expression was calm as he inclined slightly toward the old man. "My apologies, Master, we’re leaving now."
As one of the only three major air transportation airports on Alien, the security level of Boppu Airport couldn’t be low.
Level 6? Feng Yuanlin felt that the other party’s strength should be above Level 6. Acting arrogantly in front of such a powerhouse was simply courting death.
"Get going, all of you young ones! With all this energy for fighting, you might as well go to the Exotic Battlefield and kill a few Alien Races. Stop fighting amongst yourselves. What’s so great about internal strife? Go on, go on, hurry up and leave!" the old man berated.
Feng Yuanlin agreed readily, glanced at Lu Lin, and then drove away.
Seeing Feng Yuanlin and his group leave, the surrounding people also dispersed.
Lu Lin carried his suitcase and walked up to the old man. "Thank you."
"Thank me for what? You’re all just energetic little brats," the old man said, waving his hand dismissively. "You’d better leave."
He then left without paying any further attention to Lu Lin.
Lu Lin, feeling helpless, opened his Personal Terminal and called a shared taxi to Boppu Airport.
The airport where airplanes docked was different from Boppu Air Cargo Airport, which was for docking Cosmic Starships. Although the names were similar, they were not the same thing.
When he arrived at the airport, Lu Lin didn’t see Feng Yuanyu and his group, which made him feel a slight regret.
That feeling just now, of punches landing solidly, was truly satisfying.
Chongnuo City was more than 3,200 kilometers away from Boppu. Lu Lin closed his eyes on the airplane and continued to study his Inch Step for a while before they arrived at Chongnuo.
After disembarking, Lu Lin took a cab to the Chongnuo Star Investigation Office Branch.
He would spend the next few years in Chongnuo City, so he needed to take care of some paperwork. In addition, Lu Lin wanted to get a house here. Before boarding the Starship, he had promised Zhou Ziqiang that he would have a house in the city and would invite him and his sister over for a temporary stay.
Chongnuo City was huge, with a permanent population of about 7 million people.
Although 7 million people might not seem like a lot compared to some of the first-tier cities in the Federation, more than 70 percent of those living here were talented Star Core Warriors.
With nearly five million Star Core Warriors, who would dare say this was not a large city?
Even on Alien, Chongnuo City ranked among the top ten largest cities.
Relying on his navigation, Lu Lin easily found the branch of the Star Investigation Office Association in a new residential building.
KNOCK. KNOCK. KNOCK.
Lu Lin knocked on the door.
Zhao Lei had already informed the Star Investigation Office Headquarters about Lu Lin’s arrival in Chongnuo.
A fashionable beauty with dyed blonde hair, wearing work clothes, opened the door for Lu Lin. "Hello, you are... Lu Lin?" she asked. "I’m Chen Shanshan. It’s nice to meet you."
Chen Shanshan straightforwardly extended her hand to greet Lu Lin.
Lu Lin also lightly shook her hand.
Seeing his appearance as a naive young man, Chen Shanshan chuckled inwardly and gestured for Lu Lin to follow her inside.
To Lu Lin, the room’s interior looked like a small, rather makeshift office, with several ancient-looking desktop computers with bulky monitors. The mice beside them weren’t even wireless and still had a trackball underneath.
He hadn’t expected this Star Investigation Office Branch to have such a unique setup. Going for a nostalgic vibe, huh.
"This is where everyone usually comes back to rest. Our branch’s core is underground," Chen Shanshan explained, seeming to notice Lu Lin’s confusion. She opened a storage cabinet by the entrance, revealing an elevator button inside.
Lu Lin was quite intrigued. Would an elevator appear just like in those old movies?
But just as he was thinking this, he suddenly felt the floor beneath him shift upwards slightly, then the entire section of ground he was on began to descend rapidly.
This...
How could Lu Lin have imagined that this entire house was an elevator?
Once the elevator stopped smoothly, Chen Shanshan opened the room door. When they stepped out again, the scene had completely changed.
A narrow corridor stretched ahead, its red brick walls, painted white, were illuminated by a few dim wall-mounted lamps. In some places, the white paint had peeled and flaked, making it look like a house decades old.
"Chen... Shanshan, is this our Star Investigation Office’s garrison? Isn’t it a bit..."
Lu Lin felt like he was going crazy. This was supposed to be a major department within the Federation, yet its branch was located in a residential complex. Fine, a residential complex, but couldn’t they at least make it look more presentable? If some villains ever broke in and saw this, they might think they’d stumbled into a slum! Could that... could that be the real purpose of this design?
"Hehe, it does look a bit dilapidated, doesn’t it? Well, what can you do? Our Federal Star Investigation Office isn’t short on money, but this is just a temporary office location, so naturally, it doesn’t need to be too fancy. Alright, Lu Lin, don’t be so curious. Director Long will explain everything to you when you go in," Chen Shanshan said with a smile.
She led Lu Lin to a door and knocked gently a few times.
"Please come in," a clear female voice responded.
Could this Director Long be a woman? Lu Lin wondered.
He opened the door, and bright light shone on Lu Lin’s face.
Lu Lin stepped inside and looked at the "Director Long" before him, his face etched with astonishment.
"You—You’re Director Long?"