Chapter 635
Shaoyun’s expression changed abruptly and his voice dropped coldly, “Mom, you’re going too far.”
What was the difference between a third-cla*s citizen of the World City and a slave?
Although the technology in World City was very advanced, the hierarchy was even stricter than during the old dynasty.
Those with a noble title or merit were first cla*s, commoners were second cla*s, and slaves were third cla*s.
The higher cla*s residents could do as they pleased with the lower cla*s residents.
How could his and Fu Liu Ying’s son be a third-cla*s citizen?
“I am excessive?” Old Lady Yu slapped the Buddha beads on the table, furious, “How long has she kept you in a coma? Three years!”
“If it wasn’t for the Sage Academy itself, would you still be alive now?”
Shao Yun took a deep breath, “Mom, I told you, I don’t blame her even if she killed me.”
Although he did see Fu Liuying leave him the moment before he closed his eyes.
He didn’t know what happened after that, as he lay in bed for three years.
The hospital confirmed that he was brain dead.
Brain death is the irreversible loss of function of the entire brain, including the brain stem.
A diagnosis of brain death is the same as declaring a person dead.
No amount of alchemy could save it.
It was a sage from the Sage Academy who personally took action and used his special abilities to revive Shao Yun.
But when he woke up, Fu Liuying had already disappeared.
Three years had also pa*sed.
Old Lady Yu said that she had left the City of Worlds because she had betrayed him.
Shao Yun did not believe it.
He wanted to leave the city.
However, after all these years, under the total surveillance of Elder Yu and Old Lady Yu, he could not even get close to the four pa*sage entrances, not to mention the City of Worlds.
Forced to join in marriage, forced to continue the incense of the Jade family.
Forced to wield power step by step, competing to kill each other.
Until last year, when Master Jade died.
He defeated the last competitor of his generation, which led to him taking the position of head of the family, and finally no one could stop him.
But what Shao Yun didn’t expect was that when he went to Fu Liu Ying’s hometown as he said – Shanghai City in China.
No one was found, only graves.
The red face turned into dry bones.
Nothing was left behind.
It was also during this trip to the city that Shao Yun learnt that Fu Liuying had also given birth to a child.
But after a month in China, he could not find out where Fu Yunshen was, only that he was the president of a group.
It was brilliant, very much like Fu Liu Ying.
Because the spatial dimension in which the City of Worlds is located is not the same as the seven continents and four oceans, the pa*sages are not as stable as the ancient martial world.
So it was easy to leave the city and difficult to enter.
There were only two points in time each year to enter the City of Worlds from Earth.
It was too late, and Shao Yun had to return to the city first.
This time after putting all the family’s affairs in order, he was going to make another trip.
“Mom, this kind of thing is not negotiable.” Shao Yun was cold, “I don’t just want to pick him up and bring him back, I want to train him.”
Old Lady Yu was furious to the core, “You still want him to be the heir? I’m telling you, as long as I’m alive, there’s no such possibility!”
“I’m sorry.” Shaoyun just pursed his lips.
He waved his hand, called for an escort, and faintly: “Keep an eye on the old lady.”
Old Lady Yu shouted in anger, “Yu Shaoyun!”
Seeing that Yu Shaoyun hadn’t mentioned Fu Liuying in the past twenty years since he woke up, she thought he had been hurt through and through, but she didn’t expect that he was just hiding.
Now that he was in the position of the head of the family, he couldn’t wait to reveal his original form.
What a good son she has.
He hides deep enough.
But the orders of the head of the family were absolute authority, and Old Lady Yu had no way to resist, even if she was a generation higher.
The guards cordoned off Old Lady Yu’s quarters.
Shaoyun left the open terrace and went downstairs.
He ran into several people head-on.
The flamboyant woman at the head of the group gave him a salute and smiled softly, “Grand Master.”
Shao Yun just nodded very coldly and left.
The woman’s hand stiffened, but she quickly returned to normal and smiled again, “Greetings to you, Grand Master.”
Shao Yun walked away with his escort.
“Madam.” The maid following the woman was a little indignant, “You’ve married into the Jade Family for twenty years and given birth to the Grand Master’s first son, but the Grand Master still misses that woman from an unknown source.”
“You were the one who talked the Sage House into waking up in the first place, so how can the Grand Master do this?”
It really wasn’t fair.
The woman just smiled gently, not really caring, “It doesn’t matter, let’s go and see the old lady.”
**
o Continent.
A furore over the sale of papers shook the entire academic world.
Apart from the International Centre for Physics, several other organisations related to academia were also cleaned from top to bottom.
It is amazing if you don’t investigate.
It is true that a lot of power was involved, and the four major plutocrats of the O Continent were more or less tainted.
But it was the venus group that was responsible for the matter.
Ying Zidian was invited by Helvin to the newly built experimental base.
The experimental base is very large, but the number of researchers conducting experiments is less than eighty at present.
After visiting the whole experimental base, in the office.
“Ying, when I die, this experimental base will depend on you.” Helvin patted the girl’s shoulder, “It’s a constant battle.”
Ying’s eyes twitched slightly, “Professor, don’t be so pessimistic.”
To the side, Sinai spoke up, “Kid, I think it’ll take a hundred years of research at any rate.”
Going to another galaxy and going to another universe are not the same thing at all.
With the science and technology of the World City, manned ships only flew out of the galaxy.
And the universe was vast enough to hold hundreds of billions of galaxies.
“By the way, Professor.” Ying glanced at Sinai, “Don’t you see that she is small, but she is quite interested in physics and has a*sembled a smart watch by herself.”
As soon as Helvin heard that, he became interested, “A smartwatch? Let me see.”
Sinai happily demonstrated to Helwyn the many functions of the watch.
Helwyn’s mouth dropped open: “Amazing! That’s amazing! You must be very good at physics, come on, I want to discuss a few things with you.”
Sinai’s smile was gone for a moment, “I don’t like physics.”
“Don’t like physics? How can you not like physics?” Helwyn disapproved, “Physics is the fruit of human intelligence, it’s lovely and beautiful!”
Sinai: “……”
She threw a look of help at the girl.
Ying did not see it at all.
She was looking at the information on the major powers in the City of Worlds and her eyebrows were slightly wrinkled.
According to the information, Yu Shaoyun was married to a woman from the House of Magi and had given birth to a son.
Their son was currently eighteen years old and was one of the contenders to be the next head of the Great House.
He is only five years younger than Fu Yunshen.
The City of Worlds was, indeed, very dangerous.
At that moment, there was a knock on the door.
“Professor.” The a*sistant trotted over and whispered, “That Miss Elizabeth from the Laurent family is here again.”
Helwyn waved his hand, “Tell her to get lost.”
Helwyn had never said anything rude, so it was clear how angry he was this time.
The a*sistant complied and retreated to the door, “Miss Elizabeth, for the last time, the professor won’t relent, don’t make an a*s of yourself.”
Elizabeth’s face went white: “Sir, I ……”
The aide slammed the door shut with a bang.
Elizabeth was trembling with anger: “This Chinese! Isn’t it just a paper? It’s not like she can’t write it again?”
What’s wrong with each taking a step back and having to fight to the death?
Brewer, who had accompanied her, was also displeased, and after a pause he said, “Elizabeth, let’s go and find Steward Jobe and ask to see the master.”
“To see the master?” Elizabeth’s eyes were red, “Papa, the master will not care.”
“He will, and when he does, I will say that I bought this paper for you, without your knowledge.” Brewer thought for a moment and hammered it home, “In any case, those previous merits and honours of yours will not be erased.”
That was true enough.
If Elizabeth had been any less capable, Cesar would have picked her profile out of a dozen juniors in the first place.
Brewer regretted it too.
Had they known it would fall through, they wouldn’t have had to spend a fortune on the papers.
But several other young ladies of the same generation in the Laurent family were no less competitive, and the tigers were eyeing them.
Yet, no matter what, Elizabeth’s surname was at least Laurent.
One always favours one’s own family.
Elizabeth pursed her lips.
Indeed, that was the only way to go at the moment.
The two quickly made the flight back to Villefranche and found Jobe.
“It is so, Lord Jobe.” Brewer was apologetic, “I didn’t understand the academic world, so I took it upon myself to buy a paper for Elizabeth, not realising that it would affect her future instead.”
Jobe frowned, “Buying a paper? That’s illegal.”
“Lord Jobe, it’s all my fault as a father for not knowing what to do.” Brewer compensated with a smile, “I thought this would help my daughter, could you speak to the master and ask him to contact the first researcher of the cosmic carrier experiment project again?”
Ying and Helvin knew each other, but how could they be closer than the first researcher?
Chapter 636
If Elizabeth hadn’t had some real talent, she wouldn’t have been selected as a First Fellow at Helwan in the first place.
What is the greatest international shortage?
Scientific and technological talent.
We can’t lose a talent like Elisabeth because of a paper.
Brewer was certain that he could put Elisabeth in the position of the victim as long as he took full responsibility for the sale of the paper on himself.
The First Researcher wouldn’t know exactly what had happened anyway.
The First Researcher’s identity information was even more encrypted than Helvin’s.
No one even knew whether ta was a man or a woman, let alone made contact.
Ying Zidian doesn’t have the power to influence the First Researcher.
As long as the First Researcher mentions it to Helwyn, what’s Ying Zidian’s phone call worth?
Jobe didn’t nod or shake his head, but just asked, “Whose paper did you buy? Did you apologise?”
“Apologized, of course I did.” Brewer was busy, “But she wants to fish out of water, and I, as a father, have to give my daughter
Jobe’s brow furrowed even more, “I asked whose paper you bought.”
Hearing this, Brewer’s heart fluttered with joy.
All of them asked for the name, it must be the family that was going to back them up.
The person in charge of the Laurent family had personally stepped in, so they were still afraid that Ying Zigui wouldn’t take a step back?
Brewer couldn’t wait to speak, “It’s the winner of last year’s isc international final, a Chinese, Ying Zigian.”
Elizabeth echoed, “It’s her.”
Jobe’s expression changed instantly, his eyes suddenly cold and stern: “I’ll ask you again, who is it?”
“Ying Zidian.” Brewer was sure, “Lord Jobe, I can’t be mistaken, it’s that Chinese.”
Jobe finally smiled, “Good, don’t move, I’ll go and ask the master.”
He turned to go to the heart of the castle.
Brewer’s face was one of irrepressible excitement, “Daughter, I told you, the master will surely help you.”
People are biased.
One’s own offspring, of course, must be biased.
Ying Zigui could only be forced to yield this time.
Just as the two were waiting, footsteps sounded in the hall.
It was José Laurent.
“José, wait.” Elizabeth lifted her chin, “In a minute I’ll be able to rejoin the experimental program.”
José just gave her a very cold look, said nothing and was about to go upstairs.
There was another sound of footsteps.
This time it was the escort that came, as well as Jobe who had gone and returned.
Elizabeth was surprised inwardly, but not outwardly.
Even the escort was out, so it was clear that the master was completely angered by Ying Zigui.
Brewer stepped forward and suppressed his joy, “Lord Jobe, I know where she is, I’ll show you the way.”
“Show the way?” Jobe gave him a look, “Lead you on the road to your death?”
Brewer froze, before he could respond.
Just then he saw Jobe pull out Cesar’s autographed warrant and hold it up
“By order of the master -” he raised his voice, coldly, “as of today, Brewer, Elizabeth, father and daughter, are no longer members of the Laurent family.”
“The master banishes them from the family and strips them of their family name.”
The smile on Brewer’s face froze instantly.
He called out incredulously, “Lord Jobe?!”
How could it be that in the blink of an eye, they were to be expelled from the Laurent family?
And be stripped of their family name?
There were instances in the history of the Laurent family of being stripped of their family name, but not many.
Only those who had collaborated with the enemy and the state were punished in such a severe way.
It was not only the family name that was taken away, but also the reputation and status in the high society of the O Continent.
Once Elisabeth lost her surname, she would not even have a chance to squeeze into the noble circles of O Chau.
It would be worse than killing them.
Elizabeth could not believe it either, her lips trembling, “Lord Jobe, what does master mean by this?”
It was only a paper, how could it still come to this?
Jobe didn’t say another word to them, waving his hand and ordering the guards, indifferently, “Throw them out of the castle and never set foot in it.”
“What you eat and drink is from the Laurent family, there is nothing to take with you, and the clothes you wear are considered a gift from your master.”
Elizabeth and Brewer were frozen in their tracks, cold sweat soaking their clothes.
Cesar himself ordered the guards to confine the two men without another word.
Ignoring their struggles, they racked them and headed out.
Jose spoke indifferently, “Told you not to make a scene in front of the master, it would only be more embarra*sing.”
I don’t know how the father and daughter’s brains were growing.
Elizabeth’s face was red, hot and sore, her face grey and defeated.
This was a complete and utter dust-up, not to mention a comeback.
**
The heart of the castle.
Cesar was angry too.
He pursed his lips, his dark blue eyes rippling with anger.
If Brewer and Elizabeth hadn’t reached out to Jobe, he really wouldn’t have known about it.
“Boss, here’s someone copying your paper, or a scion of the Laurent family, why didn’t you tell me?” Cesar called Ying immediately, “When you gave me the word, I kicked her straight out, how can someone like that deserve to be in the Laurent family?”
He didn’t like physics and mathematics at all and didn’t follow the news in this area.
If Ying Zidian hadn’t been working on the cosmic carrier project, he wouldn’t have been dedicated to gathering information about the Laurent family juniors.
Ying Zidian had just come out of the airport when she received the call.
She yawned and spoke in an idle tone, “How she turns out has nothing to do with me, it’s your family’s own business.”
The paper had been taken back.
This grey chain of academia was also being fixed.
Elisabeth was just one of the people buying and selling papers, insignificant compared to this whole chain.
The reason she gave Hervin the word was that the experimental project of the cosmic carrier was so important that she would not allow a single omission to occur.
Even if Elizabeth’s attainments in physics were indeed not bad, she could never allow someone with an ex-conviction to go to the experimental base.
“Okay, okay.” Cesar could do nothing about it, “Boss, if there’s anything you need my help with, you can definitely say so. ”
“There is one thing.” Ying paused, “In a little while, I’m going to rendezvous with Norton, and I don’t know when I’ll be back.”
“Norton?” Xize frowned, “Boss you found out where he is?”
Ying recounted the events of the City of Worlds to Xize.
“There’s such a place?” Xize mused, “But I did find some clues when you mentioned it like that, Boss.”
“I told you that before me, our Laurent family also had a very outstanding person in power.”
Ying Zigui: “Well, you said that.”
“He disappeared when he was thirty years old.” Cesar said, “There is no trace of him, and I now wonder if he might have been recruited into the City of Worlds by this House of Magi you speak of.”
Ying Zigui’s eyes narrowed slightly, “It’s very likely.”
She had asked what exactly the criteria for recruiting international talents to the Sage Academy was, but Sinai was not sure.
In that case, I was afraid that there would be someone of her old acquaintance in the City of Worlds.
Sinai said that the City of Worlds had stopped recruiting from Earth in the late nineteenth century.
But when she first came to Earth, she hadn’t seen anyone from the City of Worlds either.
“Boss, I definitely have to follow you to the City of Worlds.” Cesar slowed down, “It’s been a while since I’ve seen that dog Norton, boss, tell me, am I handsome or is he?”
“Neither is my type.”
“……”
“Alright, no more fooling around.” Ying Ziji faded, “You have to go to the City of Worlds, you have to be mentally prepared.”
Even she, wasn’t sure she’d make it back alive.
Xize looked solemn, “Definitely.”
After a pause, he asked again, “Boss, shall I come and find you? Where are you?”
“Coincidentally, just arrived in Fei Leng Cui.” Ying Zigui said, “I’ll help in finding someone.”
“Good.” Cesar agreed, “Then I’ll buy you dinner tonight.”
Ying Zidian ended the call, lowered his eyes and asked, “Sinai, do you have any information about the House of Magi?”
“No, the information on the Sage House is not available on the internet and downloading is forbidden.” Sinai shook his head, “But I can tell you that there are twenty-two Sages in total in the House of Sages, these Sages they have special abilities beyond ordinary people, they should be immortal, right?”
“The inhabitants of our World City worship the twenty-two sages as gods, but they rarely show their faces, not many citizens have seen their real appearance.”
Ying Zigui’s eyes stared slightly, “Twenty-two ……”
The number.
Before the thought could proceed further, her ears suddenly twitched.
Ying Ziji looked up.
In front of her, there was Elizabeth and Brewer who had been driven out by Cesar.
The Laurent family were the absolute kings of Filippo.
They were to be expelled.
The girl’s face was too blooming and extremely recognisable.
Elisabeth recognised it at once.
The emotions that had been suppressed all the way through burst out completely in this moment.
She shouted hysterically: “How dare you come to Fei Leng Cui? Do you know that because of you, I have been removed from the Laurent family!”
Ying Zidian’s gaze was cool: “Congratulations.”
Two words that shattered Elizabeth’s nerves.
Without another word, she fiercely drew her sidearm from her belt and aimed it directly at the girl’s temple.
Eyes ruddy, her pretty face grimaced, “I’m going to kill you!”
“BOOM!”
The shot rang out, the bullet bursting out and breaking the wind.
Sinai’s expression changed, “Watch out!”
In this instant, her body was faster than her consciousness, and she blocked in front of Ying Ziyi’s face completely instinctively.
However, in the next second, the bullet stopped.
“Buzz–”
The bullet was fixed in the air by the internal energy, not moving at all, not allowed to advance an inch.
And even before Elizabeth pulled the trigger, Ying Zigui had already made a move.
She lifted her leg and delivered a thunderous spinning kick, directly at Elizabeth’s head.
The blow hit Elizabeth’s temple, the weakest point.
Elizabeth’s eyes widened and she couldn’t even make a sound, she pa*sed out instantly.
Brewer was horrified: “Elizabeth!”
Ying turned his head and wrinkled his eyebrows, “What are you shielding me for? Do you know that you are only six years old now?”
Sinai was stunned, “I don’t know.”
Half a moment later, she bowed her head, “Maybe I missed my big brother too much and wanted to find their child too much, and for a moment I thought of you as my niece.”
The residents of the City of Worlds could have the qualification to leave the city when they reached the age of fifteen.
But being eligible wasn’t enough; you also needed a pa*s.
The pa*s Sinai had in her hand had been left to her by the great head of the Leingold family before she disappeared, only she was only a few years old at the time.
Since she was fifteen, she had been looking for her niece.
And in the year she turned twenty, Sinai was force-fed an alchemical drug that fixed her body and her age to six years old.
This alchemical drug not only damaged her body, but also damaged her nerves.
It caused her temperament and temperament to change drastically, and her temperament was unpredictable.
If Miss Benjamin had not been found yet, Sinai might have been unable to stand committing suicide.
Ying examined Sinai’s body.
This alchemical drug was indeed unheard of to her.
She wasn’t studying alchemy in the first place, and she still needed to find Norton, a genius alchemy madman.
Ying Ziji was silent for a moment, patted her head and took out a lollipop and shoved it at her, “Until you recover your body, hide behind me.”
Brewer raised her head, her gaze cold: “Ying Zidian, how dare you hurt someone! You’re finished!”
How dare a Chinese man hurt someone here in Fei Leng Cui?
He was simply desperate.
With Elizabeth pa*sed out, there was no way to get her on the plane.
The guards looked at each other and took her to a villa next to the airport and reported to Jobe.
Jobe came soon afterwards.
He was taken aback to see the girl and his pace quickened.
“Lord Jobe.” Brewer was furious, “Not much else, it’s our fault, but she deliberately killed someone and you don’t care about that”
Under Brewer’s gaze, Jobe walked up to Ying Ziji and was respectful.
“Miss Ying, the master has banished her from the Laurent family, do as you please.”