"Cities may have cloud towers, but what if you want to leave the cities?" Qing Chen enquired.
"It’s a very troubleso process to travel outside of the cities, special passports are required." Jiang Xue explained, "Probably in response to the rampant smuggling, tax agencies established a ton of checkpoints. In the Inner World, tax agencies are very powerful, almost as formidable as the five corporations’ private military. ”
"They really have that much power?" Qing Chen was shocked.
"Yeah, not only do they have the power to make arrests, but they also have their own intelligence agencies. Very different from the Outer World." Jiang Xue said.
"What if you obtain a passport, and get out of the city?" asked Qing Chen.
"I’ve heard rumors of a few cloud towers scattered around the wilderness outside of the cities," Jiang Xue explained, "The chanical limbs have different battery storages, just like how phones have 64G, 128G, and 256G. The longer a limb lasts, the more expensive it is. Normally, people would go for the less expensive options because they have no use for the longer-lasting ones.
"Oh, so you can make a choice." Qing Chen nodded, understanding.
In the Inner World, many young people like to pursue the newest, most fashionable chanical limbs, much like how teens of the Outer World like to get the latest sneakers and phones." Jiang Xue explained, "Moreover, people would even decorate their chanical limbs, adding golden lines and edges, or embed them with rubies and diamonds. ”
Qing Chen exclaid, "Yeah, I know what you an, like those fancy skins in gas…"
Jiang Xue considered this and said, "I guess you can think of it that way…"
Suddenly, Qing Chen recalled the prisoners in Prison 18.
It seed that many of them had those expensive decorations on their chanical limbs, and most of them were gold. That included Lu Guangyi!
Qing Chen asked eagerly, "Are those golden decorations made from real gold? ”
"Yes," Jiang Xue nodded.
"Then…does gold in the Inner World have the sa value as gold in the Outer World?" Qing Chen asked again.
"I think so," Jiang Xue said, "The five corporations in the Inner World all had gold reserves. ”
Qing Chen had finally figured out how to make money in the Inner World!
He also knew who owned gold and how much of it they possessed.
Other things could be hard to exchange for cash or could be easily exposed, but gold didn't have such problems.
At the mont, Lu Guangyi still had no idea what would happen to him in a few days.
Qing Chen then asked, "How do people travel around the wilderness when they’re in between the cities? Is it also electric vehicles? ”
"The military would use diesel-powered cars and trucks." Jiang Xue answered.
The diesel-powered vehicles had the ability of a huge burst of energy and easy maneuver, making them ideal for military use.
Diesel vehicles also do not require electricity to operate, making them more suited and reliable in harsh weather conditions.
Qing Chen didn't expect that the Inner World would still use diesel vehicles…
"Of course, the military also uses more powerful drones that are powered by liquid oxygen," Jiang Xue continued. In the cities, there are wealthy people who use this fuel for transportation.”
Qing Chen wondered aloud, "Could it be ethane?"
"Yeah, that's it," Jiang Xue's eyes brightened.
"That’s used in space," Qing Chen exclaid, "Elon Musk's SpaceX uses thane to fuel their rlin engines." ”
Jiang Xue said to Li Tongyun, "Look Li Tongyun, you need to be like Qing Chen. I only said half a na, and he figured out the rest. ”
Even Jiang Xue beca impressed with Qing Chen's abilities.
Both understanding air charging and thane engines require extensive knowledge on the subject.
It felt like there was nothing this teenager wouldn't know.
As for Qing Chen, Jiang Xue and Li Tongyun helped him fill in the gaps about the rest of the Inner World that he didn't get to visit yet.
In Prison 18, it was hard for him to ask around without exposing his identity as a transmigrator.
Even after re-entering the Outer World, it was difficult to tell the difference between true and false information.
Now that he could hear what the real Inner World was like from Jiang Xue, he was quite excited.
Jiang Xue's clinic was a place that all sorts of people ca to visit, so it was a great place to obtain information.
Qing Chen suddenly rembered sothing, "Uh… so how can I help? ”
Li Tongyun said, "Mom's hand can't move anymore, so can you please help take care of mom for a day? ”
Jiang Xue's two arms are dangling beside her body at this point, and Qing Chen could tell she didn't have ti to do anything.
It's strange how useful these chanical limbs appear to be in the Inner World, but they beca a hindrance in the Outer World.
Qing Chen suddenly rembered that Luo City had a transmigrator that jumped on top of the roof in a video. That guy probably would be on the ground soon after the video is recorded.
But this was not all bad news, as the people that had chanical limbs would still have to be careful about their usage in the Outer World.
He looked at Li Tongyun's eyes and then at Jiang Xue. He sighed and said, "But I don't know what to do… ”
Today was Sunday, so ti wasn’t an issue, but he had no experience taking care of soone else before.
No, no, you don't have to look after ," Jiang Xue responded hurriedly. It's only that I haven't prepared anything for Xiaoyun yet, so could you please help make sothing?
Jiang Xue appeared to be terribly apologetic.
Li Tongyun, who was standing nearby, said, "Please, Brother Qing Chen, prepare so food for us. ” I'm hungry.
Qing Chen chuckled, "Well, this is sothing I can do.”
Suddenly, a knock ca from outside the door, "Hello, anyone ho? ”
Qing Chen stood in the living room and saw the SUV used by that mysterious organization outside the window.
"Xiaoyun, go open the door. I'll be cooking in the living room," said Xiaoyun as he quickly hurried into the kitchen and put on an apron.
Xiaoyun opened the door and two n wearing black suits walked in. One of them said to Jiang Xue, "Hello, I'm Lu Yuan, we t before. I am from Kun Lun[1]{Kun Lun is the na of the largest mountain chain in China. Its implied aning includes vast, tall, and broad}. ”
Kun Lun? In the kitchen, Qing Chen stopped what he was doing. This must be the na of their organization.
Jiang Xue said, "Please have a seat. Xiaoyun, get so water for our guests. ”
One of the n from Kun Lun looked at her arm and asked, "What happened to your hand? ”
"It ran out of power," explained Jiang Xue.
"Keep this in mind." The young man murmured sothing to his partner and asked Jiang Xue a few more questions regarding chanical limbs. It seed that they didn't know that chanical limbs could run out of battery.
Qing Chen assud that since the group had only been founded, they were also attempting to learn about the Inner World.
"So, you two co here for…?" Jiang Xue interrupted.
"Oh, we are here to ask you sothing," said one of the Kun Lun mbers. After one of the two robbers fled, he claid to have been hit in the neighborhood and now has a broken tendon. Do you have any idea who did it? Don't worry. We aren't here to seek legal responsibility. We just want to assess the situation.”
Qing Chen tensed up.
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