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Chapter 142

"We still don't have enough manpower" Negri sat at the back of the electric car, thinking about his current predicament.

Although the D.E.R division didn't restrict Negri from spreading his germs, they did restrict him from expanding his forces both openly and covertly. This' forces' didn't refer to the Negri company that he established, but rather those who were truly willing to risk their lives for Negri.

At this point, other than a few people in the shadows who had become Negri's eyes, the only one who could represent Negri on the surface was actually Killer J. Even Killer J himself had been bribed and ambushed several times.

Even Killer J himself had been bribed and ambushed several times.

So much so that he had to personally collect a few things right now.

Negri shook his head. Now wasn't the time to expand his forces, the D.E.R division's strength was unfathomable, not to mention the power of the government.

Although their organization appeared to be overstaffed, that was because the disaster they faced wasn't that serious, or rather, the situation was still within their grasp, so most of their forces were self-defense. Because of this, they were similar to the national ping pong team, where international competitions weren't necessarily as intense as their own country-level competitions.

So on the surface, they appeared to be lazy and overstaffed.

But when they got serious, they were truly terrifying.

Negri had enough patience to accumulate and wait, but of course, he still needed to make the necessary preparations.

"The 7th domain, what used to be Yue Bu, as an area of reconstruction after the disaster, there are many memorable ruins"

Negri recalled the information about his current destination. As the center of the disaster, there were very few locals left in Yue Bu, the majority of them were people who had migrated here in the last 16 years, the true survivors of Yue Bu had mostly left this nightmarish place.

From what Killer J learned from Li Jin Yu's memories, the organization behind the scenes called [Survivors] was established in Yue Bu, which was the current 7th domain.

The majority of this organization's members were survivors of the Yue Bu earthquake. For some unknown reason, they held a deep grudge against the current D.E.R division as well as the government. Furthermore, they held a certain unique item in their hands, like the rubbing of the Apocalypse Stone Tablet. There were even rumors that [Survivors] had artificial Authority Holders.

"If that's the case, the Yue Bu earthquake wasn't as simple as it seemed" Negri thought.

The so-called [Yue Bu earthquake] was a disaster that happened 16 years ago. In order to further evolve his Authority, Yu Guang Ming, the Holder of the E-class [Earthquake] Authority, turned earthquakes into [Continental Sinking].

His Authority Evolution had caused a much greater commotion than Ye Kong's. Ye Kong had only caused a relatively large commotion on the internet, then destroyed some of the buildings in the 5th and 6th domains.

The entire incident resulted in more than 5,000 deaths and 23000 injuries. The impact on society was extremely bad. Many of the casualties were caused by Lee Ching Yu's influence.

Compared to other incidents, this number of casualties was already terrifying, but compared to the Yue Bu earthquake, it was nothing.

With Yue Bu as the epicenter, the Yue Bu earthquake affected several nearby regions. Altogether, more than 1.6 million people died, and tens of millions were injured.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that Yu Guang Ming's Authority evolution had been interrupted, the number of casualties would have increased tenfold or even a hundredfold. After the continent sank, the number of people who would have survived would have been pitifully low.

The beginning and end records of this incident on the internet were vague. It seemed to explain everything clearly, and history books also recorded it, but there were still too many questions.

For example, why did Yu Guang Ming suddenly evolve his Authority? Who was the person who interrupted Yu Guang Ming's Authority evolution?

Of course, the organization [Survivors] would definitely have the relevant information.

"The rubbing of the Apocalypse Stone Tablet, the method to become an Authority Holder, why would [Survivors] have these things? Could the Yue Bu earthquake all those years ago be related to this?" Negri kept all these questions to himself.

These questions would eventually be answered by him. The one he needed to be careful of was this [Survivors] organization. After all, they were able to cause such a huge incident under the D.E.R division's supervision without any incidents happening up until now. This meant that either they were very well-hidden, or they had something that even the D.E.R division was wary of.

"Seems like I'll need a few people to help me lay mines" Sitting at the back of the car, Negri had a faint smile on his face as he slowly tapped his fingers on the steering wheel with a strange rhythm.

"It's quite rare for Mr. Wang to come out for a walk" the driver was a member of Negri's company, so he smiled and asked.

Negri spent most of his time either reading books or doing experiments in his laboratory, rarely going out for a walk.

"Ah, because there's some interesting knowledge here at Yue Bu" Negri replied: "I'm quite interested in this kind of knowledge"

"Mr. Wang, you really love to learn," the driver flattered and said. After that, he didn't say anything else.

Many times, you might think that your actions are your own decisions, but most of the time, they are actually influenced by the outside world.

Through Negri's guidance, he could make people become more daring and proactive. For example, he could make spies think that there's an opportunity and ask questions of their own accord.

The information Negri gave him was very vague, but it was this vagueness that made it all the more real.

Chang Xia was a smart person, and he himself was a survivor of the Yue Bu earthquake. From his age, he should have been a young man 16 years ago.

In truth, there wasn't much information about Chang Xia. As the section chief of the 6th domain's D.E.R division, he could be considered to have a high position and authority. At certain times, his authority was even greater than the 6th domain's regent.

At the same time, among the section chiefs of the D.E.R division, he was also the youngest. Under the rule of the government, if you wanted to climb up, your ability was very important, but even if you had enough Merits, you wouldn't necessarily be able to climb very high.

Experience was something that required time to accumulate. As the youngest section chief of the D.E.R division, although Chang Xia was quite capable, he hadn't reached the point where he could break the rules, so the only reason he could climb to his current position was because of his Merits.

Combined with his experience in Yue Bu, perhaps our section chief Chang wasn't as weak as he appeared to be.

Because of that, when Negri said that he wanted to go to Yue Bu to obtain some sort of knowledge, it would definitely cause Chang Xia to be cautious.

"Then, let me see your reaction, Chang Xia" With that in mind, Negri looked out the window. Next to the road was a large river, which was also the landscape created by the Yue Bu earthquake.

Looking at the people on the river, they must have already forgotten how many corpses were cleared out from the crack.