0p0 Chapter 104 Cyber World 6
Chapter 104 Cyber World 6
Lin Xiaoqian waved her hand: "I don't want anything."
“I’m a businessman, I sell some pancakes and stuff here, but there aren’t many customers in this shantytown. I can’t sell a single pancake in half a day. I think you’re the only big customer around here.”
Fiona frowned but remained silent.
Lin Xiaoqian continued, "If you buy my cakes, I'll give you this group of people as a bonus."
His subordinates all looked very grim.
This means not only forcing people to buy and sell, but also offering them as free gifts.
A flash of anger crossed Fiona's eyes, but she quickly suppressed her emotions. Now was not the time to act rashly; her brother was still in Lin Xiaoqian's hands.
She said stiffly, "How do you want to sell it?"
In one afternoon, Lin Xiaoqian and her friends made three hundred beef pies, which she planned to sell to Fiona.
The currency in the cyber world is also digital currency, but mobile devices are not quantum computers like those in interstellar space. Instead, they have chips implanted in their bodies from birth, enabling them to connect with everything.
Therefore, some people's battles in this world may not be real fights, but rather hacking. All it takes is invading the brain and planting a virus, and that person will be paralyzed or even brain dead.
Lin Xiaoqian and the others definitely didn't have implanted chips, so they couldn't access the currency of this world, but fortunately they could still exchange things.
Lin Xiaoqian ordered a batch of mechanical prosthetics, which naturally caused Fiona to suffer a significant financial blow.
"Oh, right. There's one more thing," Lin Xiaoqian said.
Fiona tried her best to suppress her impatience.
Lin Xiaoqian pointed to the spiky-haired girl from before: "I'm short-staffed, so she'll stay here as a waitress. I think she has a younger sister too, so let her come over with her."
Fiona gave the girl a cold look, and the girl flinched.
Fiona didn't really care about her; all she wanted to do right now was save her brother. She could settle all the scores after Zain was rescued.
She said coldly, "Have her bring people over in a bit."
The finished beef pies were packed in a large styrofoam box. Fiona didn't even glance at them, her face dark as she had them carried away with a group of people, leaving Zehn alone in the shop, watching his sister leave longingly. Of course, it would have been better if he hadn't been staring at the styrofoam box and swallowing his saliva.
Once Fiona was out of sight, Zehn said to Lin Xiaoqian with a matter-of-fact expression, "Since I'm a hostage, there's no reason for a hostage to starve. Hurry up and give me some of those pancakes to eat, otherwise if I starve to death, you won't be able to explain it to my sister."
Lin Xiaoqian glanced at him: "Dream on."
Not to mention that Fiona has already taken all the beef patties, even if there were any left, it would be impossible for Zahn to eat them.
As for the fear that Fiona might not keep her promise after taking him away, that's impossible. With Zehn around, Lin Xiaoqian can see that Fiona really cares about her useless older brother.
However, we really can't let the hostages starve to death.
At dinner, Lin Xiaoqian filled a bowl with rice, added a few bites of vegetables, and handed it to Ze'en.
Zeen was already feeling dizzy from the aroma of food wafting from the restaurant and the hunger pangs in his body.
When Lin Xiaoqian handed him the bowl, his eyes lit up instantly, as if he had seen the most precious treasure in the world.
He had already thought that Lin Xiaoqian was just trying to torture him by starving him, but he didn't expect her to give him food now.
Tonight's meal was cooked by Zhuang Damao. Although his skills are not as good as Lin Xiaoqian's, they are still very good. Zeen has never eaten such food in his life.
He eagerly took the food and began to wolf it down.
The delicious food spread in his mouth, giving him a sense of satisfaction he had never felt before.
Since his parents passed away, he and his younger sister have been scavenging for a living, barely managing to avoid starvation.
As he grew older, he learned how to survive in harsh environments. To support his younger sister, he often participated in fights and robberies, but all he got were synthetic foods and various inferior-tasting nutrient solutions. Even now that life is a little better, he still doesn't have the chance to eat the high-class food of the upper class.
With the fragrant white rice and delicious dishes in his hand, Zeen felt like a wild beast that had been starving for a long time, and even had the feeling that it wouldn't be so bad to stay here as a hostage.
Meanwhile, Fiona led her men back to her territory and had them all arrested and given a good beating to vent her anger.
Her subordinates begged for mercy, pointing at the spiky-haired girl and saying it was her fault.
Fiona gave the spiky-haired girl a sharp look, then quickly walked over and slapped her across the face.
The metallic mechanical hand, like a hard fan, slapped heavily against the face of the spiky-haired girl.
The girl was knocked to the ground, a bright red handprint instantly appearing on her face. A trickle of blood escaped from the corner of her mouth, her eyes filled with terror and grievance.
Fiona looked down at her, her eyes filled with anger and disgust.
"It's all because of you that so much trouble has arisen. If anything happens to my brother, you and your sister can just wait to die."
The girl trembled, too afraid to speak, and silently shed tears.
She just wanted to find some food; she wanted to live. What was wrong with that?
“Bring her sister over here,” Fiona shouted.
Then a tall, burly henchman dragged over a dirty little girl, who was about five years old.
"Sister, sister! Let me go!" the little girl struggled incessantly.
When the girl saw her younger sister being brought in, she scrambled to her feet in a panic, crying out, "Xiaoyue! Let go of my sister! Please, don't hurt her!"
Fiona coldly watched the girl, picked up a gun-shaped object with a needle from the shelf on the wall, and injected the little girl in the neck.
The girl rushed over in terror: "What are you doing! Don't touch my sister!"
Fiona kicked her away and threw the little girl at her: "This is a miniature bomb. I have the remote control authorization. You take your sister now and find out everything about those people. Behave yourself and report back immediately if anything happens. Otherwise, your sister will..."
Fiona's lips curled into a wicked smile: "Bang! Explosion."
The girl collapsed to the ground in despair, her eyes filled with terror and helplessness.
She held her younger sister tightly, as if that would protect her from harm. The little girl sobbed in her arms, her small body trembling with fear.
"I...I understand," the girl said in a trembling voice, knowing she had no choice.
Fiona seemed pleased to see such a desperate expression: "Alright, go ahead."
She wasn't afraid the girl would run away at all; if she dared to run away, she would turn the little girl into fireworks in the next second.
The girl stood up unsteadily, and carrying her younger sister, she stumbled towards the small restaurant.