Chapter 697: Chapter 656: Rapid Fleet_2
Lin Rui himself was naturally willing, but as the ‘King Ming,’ and possessing the Pure thod and Holy Thunder Tribulation Fire, he was truly reluctant to expose these abilities unless absolutely necessary. He could only use indirect thods to provide assistance to the Second General.
Li Xianglong: Of course, you can tell Zhao Chongling that as long as King Ming is willing to act, any conditions can be negotiated.
Li Xianglong actually felt Lin Rui’s approach was more reliable.
The key issue was the Longevity Association’s relentless pressure on Lin Tianchen, leaving them with very little ti.
After the proposal just passed, Lin Tianchen had only three months left.
Li Xianglong: Also, the anti-smuggling warships I promised you will soon be in place, totaling 2 fast battleships, 6 fast cruisers, 18 high-speed destroyers, and 54 high-speed escort ships. They are expected to be allocated to your ‘Sky Extre Star Trade Monitoring Center’ within 5 to 10 days.
Li Xianglong: I hope you can get up to speed as soon as possible and manage everything that needs to be managed. I know you’ve been very busy these two months with the starport construction, but combating smuggling is also a crucial part of it, Lin Rui—you’ll have to stay on top of things.
Lin Rui felt invigorated after reading this.
The Trade Monitoring Center needed to monitor trade and combat smuggling, and it definitely required an anti-smuggling fleet—they couldn’t strengthen trade regulation just by sitting in an office.
Gu Ying Tiandao (Lin Rui): General, rest assured. I’ve been keeping an eye on the Trade Monitoring Center’s affairs. Xiao Xue has already tidied up its personnel organization. We will operate with maximum efficiency.
Gu Ying Tiandao (Lin Rui): But General, did you really recruit the ‘First Rapid Response Fleet’ from the Second Starship Group? You’re really adept at poaching talent.
Li Xianglong sent a very smug emoji.
Li Xianglong: I couldn’t do it alone, but your girlfriend is truly formidable; she made it happen.
When he originally established the ‘Sky Extre Star Trade Monitoring Center,’ his primary objective was to further enhance the Security Bureau’s authority and influence. Additionally, he wanted the Security Bureau to gain control of so fleet military power.
But this was not sothing he could accomplish on his own, so he pulled Lin Rui in to serve as the director of the Trade Monitoring Center.
Li Xianglong knew that as long as Lin Rui got his benefits, Fang Ranran would wholeheartedly assist him in maneuvering behind the scenes.
Just as the two were discussing this, the inquiry eting formally concluded.
When Lin Rui rose, he sensed Fang Xianzheng’s eyes filled with suspicion and speculation but paid them little mind as he continued to walk out the door.
As Li Xianglong had said, he had indeed been quite busy these past two months.
Building the starport, reviewing and issuing licenses, relocating the Bright Altar headquarters, establishing the ‘Sky Extre Star Trade Monitoring Center’ and the ‘National Security Special Action Center,’ and more—he had hardly had a mont’s rest.
Lin Rui even managed to perform surgical implantations on Lu Hanyuan, adding another combatant to his roster whose defensive capabilities reached Quasi-mber standard.
He had also prepared a new body for Ji Shenyan, who was now working under Lin Rui’s guidance to accumulate True Yuan and prepare for a breakthrough to the Eight Realms.
Ji Shenyan not only absorbed the Imperial Blood Stone but also nurous Soul Powers after becoming a Battle Spirit. Her Primordial Spirit in both quality and quantity had reached the threshold for advancent, though regrettably, it contained nurous impurities that required ti to refine.
—This should have been a long and ticulous process, which under normal circumstances would take one or two years to complete, and inevitably leave hidden vulnerabilities for the future.
However, Lin Rui’s mastery of Purifying Fire and the Radiant Holy Altar allowed him to aid Ji Shenyan in cleansing her Primordial Spirit, shortening the refining process to just two months.
Soon, Lin Rui would gain another Quasi-mber-level ally. Coupled with the stabilized body and almost unpredictable combat potential of Shi Yan, Lin Rui’s roster of Quasi-mber-level combatants would expand to four.
Additionally, his Forest Security Company now had five Heavy Equipnt Divisions that had developed combat capabilities, and his trade fleet had also reached an initial scale—even possessing an Yinglong-class battleship that the Tianhu Trade Company didn’t! Though its crew ca from East Asia, it was a force Lin Rui could presently utilize.
And that was not to ntion the benefits and connections brought by trade licenses. For example, at today’s inquiry eting, Lin Rui had greeted everyone appropriately, allowing Thunder General to pass without difficulty.
But for the Second General Lin Tianchen, the Longevity Association had concentrated their firepower against him, leaving Li Xianglong powerless to intervene and forcing Lin Tianchen to narrowly scrape through.
Overall, despite his busyness, Lin Rui’s life over the past two months had been fulfilling and joyful, fueled by the continuous growth and strengthening of his cultivation and influence.
After today’s inquiry eting, Lin Rui’s schedule remained fully packed. He would have no spare ti until tomorrow when hosting the Ming Sect envoy.
First, he needed to return to Rui Fang’s Armored Biological Research Institute to replace his existing armant with the upgraded version and implant two new SSS armant units.
Next, he would need to transport his primary consciousness to Sky Extre Star to address the starport-related tasks and implant new armants for his ntor Luo Wangshu.
Previously, Luo Wangshu had condensed the ‘Limit Heart Origin’ for Xianyu Yan, which depleted quite a bit of his Blood Qi. He had only recently recovered and was now ready to advance to the Super Monarch of Ninth Realm!
Lin Rui had long anticipated this and had prepared two armants for Luo Wangshu—top-tier creations from the laboratory, sparing no expense.
But just as he stepped out of the eting room, Lin Rui’s peripheral vision caught sight of a man standing in the corner, cloaked in black.
The man’s face was shrouded in shadows, his gaze sharp and filled with murderous intent.
As Lin Rui abruptly turned to look at him, the man mystically vanished before his eyes, as though he had never existed—a re illusion.
Lin Rui furrowed his brows slightly, his mind weighed as he stepped out through the doors.
Just as he was about to board the armored governnt vehicle waiting outside, Ji Xueying’s voice ca through his smart terminal wristband: “Master, please be cautious. I’ve sensed more than one sniper targeting you nearby.”
Shangguan Tianyi: “Boss, that man who was staring at you just now is likely a Quasi-mber-level individual. He spotted , so I couldn’t keep following him for fear of exposing my identity.”
Lin Rui’s two personal guards had recently undergone an upgrade to newer armants half a month ago.
The upgrades significantly boosted their Alien combat strength by approximately 32%, allowing them to free up abundant spiritual power to each implant an SSS armant.
Both won opted for an armant that could enhance sensing power and reaction capacity: the Super Monarch-level armant ‘Heavenly Silk Divine Vein.’
This exceptional talent, ‘Heavenly Silk Divine Vein,’ granted individuals hyper-responsive nervous systems, greatly increasing spiritual power limits and sensing ability, and allowing spiritual power to extend like a web over their surroundings.
Additionally, it conferred formidable long-range combat capabilities, strike endurance, and blood-flesh aggregation abilities, allowing its powers to function up to 50 kiloters away and even reconnect fragnted spatial tilines.
Although Xianyu Yan also possessed this talent, she had failed to defend against the Invincible Dharma King that day.
Nonetheless, the two won still chose this bloodline talent.
They viewed that incident as a disgrace and spared no effort in enhancing their perceptive and reactive faculties.
Their ‘Thor’ Type-8 and ‘Balder’ Type-8 Outer Elixirs, along with their 8SSS-type Exoskeleton Armor, had also undergone specialized reinforcent and recalibration recently.
Now their combat strength reached the level of the Eighth Realm of Super Emperor Rank, particularly excelling in situational awareness.
Upon hearing this, Lin Rui couldn’t help but direct a cold gaze out the window.
After only two months of peace, the undercurrents were once again surging below the surface—but this ti, the Longevity Association’s target was ‘Thunder General.’
Could it be because of the ‘Sky Extre Star Trade Monitoring Center’ or the ‘First Rapid Response Fleet’ that Li Xianglong had poached?
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