Unfilial disciple, do not ruin your master's dream of ascension and peaceful life.

Shangbei City is the capital of Xia Kingdom, located in the north, and the headquarters of the Earth Ascendants Mutual Aid Association is located here.

The president of the mutual aid society is from China and usually doesn't show his face in person, unlike the vice president who likes to be in the spotlight. By the way, the vice president has been successfully elected as the president of the United States and has built the North American branch of the mutual aid society to be larger than the Asian headquarters.

Lin Zhiyu, who came to the capital to report, is here.

She handed the jade box to the mutual aid association's technical department for testing, carefully wrote a report on Micah, Zhou Rong, and Zhong Wei, assessed the damage to the city, and summarized remedial measures (but deliberately omitted information about her good friend Qian Jing, who hated showing his face in public). Everything seemed normal.

According to normal procedures, the mutual aid association should send someone to hold accountable the ascensioners who brought them up, and investigate their transaction records, communication records, etc. Lin Zhiyu only needs to stay in Beijing for a few days to wait for the results.

During her break, she also ran into Juliana Marie Wilhelmina, the person in charge of Henan Province. She didn't know why this woman with a Dutch name and a Scandinavian face was in charge of Henan Province, nor did she know why she spoke fluent Central Plains Mandarin. Anyway, the two got along quite well.

They both have a lot of free time. In Pujiang District, there are only a few acquaintances who have ascended to immortality. The actual administrator of Henan Province is a powerful family from a farming sect in the cultivation world who has ascended to immortality. Juliana is just a nominal messenger.

"Hey, Lao Lin, do you want some of the whole roasted chicken I brought from Daokou?" Juliana asked in a thick accent.

"Thanks, but I'm on a diet."

"You're so clueless... Fine, those bastards in my area completely ignore me, but they're still clinging to Taipei and causing trouble. As for you, have you been sent to the Huangpu River to collect sand?"

"Three idiots came to cause trouble, but thankfully I managed to shut them down. Now they're here to give a report."

"That's strange. I thought you were spending all your time with your boyfriend."

"He's my brother, not my boyfriend, although I'd like to... Oh, he called me, let's get together another time."

"middle."

Lin Zhiyu walked briskly towards the council hall, intending to pick up a reply slip and discuss miscellaneous matters, at most listening to the veterans ramble on about disaster prevention guidelines for ascendants for two hours.

However, as soon as she entered, the person sitting behind the desk gave her a big fright.

This was an old man dressed in simple cloth, thin as a rake but with sharp eyes. His mouth and ears were hidden in his gray beard and hair, and his withered skin was covered with fine cracks.

This is none other than Tantai Qing, the president of the Ascended Mutual Aid Association, one of the leaders of all ascended beings in the world, and one of the strongest beings in the world.

No one knows how long he lived. It is said that he was born during World War I, witnessed the modern development of Xia State, and officially took power from the 80s until now.

He sat there, his emotions completely unreadable, as if he were one with the colorless, transparent air. He didn't deliberately exude any pressure, yet Lin Zhiyu felt a chill run down her spine.

Her heart was pounding:

(Why would such a trivial matter as an unlawful ascendant cause trouble alarm such a big shot? Could it be related to some huge criminal organization? Are they going to assign me work? No, please... Qianjing doesn't want to work overtime, and neither do I...)

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Three minutes later—

Lin Zhiyu was stunned.

She even doubted that she had heard correctly.

"...Are you... serious...?"

Tantai Qing nodded slightly.

Lin Zhiyu was truly enraged. Ignoring her status and the occasion, she blurted out:

"What does it mean to 'reopen the Pujiang District' plan?! Are you trying to make Pujiang an area outside your jurisdiction?!"

Haijing City is an international metropolis on par with the capital in Xia Kingdom, and Pujiang District is the largest district in terms of area. The total area of ​​land area plus the three Chongyue Islands at sea is close to 3,000 square kilometers. It is also a key shipping gateway to the sea. However, due to the arrangements made by the higher authorities, not many ascendants reside there. Anyone would think it is a hot commodity.

Now that Pujiang District has suddenly been opened up, it means that ascendants who want to expand their territory in the metropolis will flood in, and chaos will ensue!

Just as she was about to retort, she received a message from Qian Jing that shattered her illusions:

I encountered a strange ascendant on my way home from school who said something about "coming to Pujiang District to conduct on-site research before everyone else." Do you have any clue about this?

She would usually be happy if Qianjing took the initiative to message her, but this time she only felt so angry that she had a heart attack.

She wasn't even among the first to be notified! Some people had already gone to Pujiang District to claim their territory!

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A new office building has recently been completed in Zhanghe Town, Pujiang District, an area that is home to many high-tech industrial parks.

On the rooftop exterior wall, the construction team is working on the logo for "Lazarus Technology". The rest of the decoration has been completed, and the employees have moved all their personal belongings here. It will be ready for use soon.

Lazarus Technology is a rising internet company that has emerged in recent years. It ignited the STAR Market as soon as it went public. Now, its new building has been completed in Pujiang District, making it a focus of attention.

On the top floor of this luxurious office building, there is a secret room that no detector can find.

The room had no doors or windows, was spacious, and filled with static electricity. In the middle of the room were stacks of television screens, which were tangled together by a dense network of wires resembling blood vessels, like a twisted tree.

A blonde, blue-eyed woman sat on a desk with her legs crossed. She was wearing an extremely revealing evening gown, the overly tight cut almost making her look naked. The deep V-neckline plunged all the way to her lower abdomen, revealing many PCB-like tattoos on her exposed skin.

One of the screens on the "TV Tree" screen flickered with static and emitted an electronic voice that was indistinguishable between male and female:

The assessments of the two registered ascendants in Pujiang District, "Qian Jing" and "Ning Ruozhi," have been completed. The former possesses a relatively weak physical enhancement ability, while the latter's healing ability has some value, but neither poses a threat.

"Okay, you can continue working overtime."

Yes, sir.

The woman tapped her temples, and the circuit-like tattoos on her body emitted a faint blue light.

Everyone knows that you must thoroughly investigate the market before you can develop an industry.

The information registered on the mutual aid association's official website is the least reliable. Usually, no one is willing to admit what their special ability is. There are also many people who erase their birth records to pretend to be second-class ascendants. Of course, there are also those who forge their birth records to pretend to be first-class ascendants. Therefore, the strength of their abilities can only be determined through actual contact and evaluation.

As for the manager, Lin Zhiyu? She's not a problem, and besides, she's disliked her for a long time.

"First come, first served. From now on, Pujiang District belongs to me."