General of the Heavens

Chapter 93 Director Ning [Seeking Recommendations]

"Hey, Lao Hu, your friend's the station chief. Why don't you talk to him and ask him to let us go after we pay a fine?"

When Fatty Wang heard Captain Wang call Ning Chen "Director Ning," he assumed Ning Chen was the director of the police station and began urging Hu Bayi to pull some strings.

"Ah, right, Chief Ning, it's been a long time. Could you please do us a favor and just give us a small fine so we can go?"

Although Hu Bayi couldn't quite remember who Ning Chen was, he was thick-skinned. Little did he know that Ning Chen wasn't the police station chief at all.

Captain Wang almost burst out laughing: "You guys... this is the director of our Beijing Archaeological Research Institute. Are you really Director Ning's friends?"

"The director of the archaeological institute?!"

Wang Pangzi made an embarrassing mistake, and Hu Bayi was also embarrassed. Ning Chen wasn't angry; he just smiled meaningfully.

Hu Bayi couldn't remember who this person was, and he was too ashamed to ask him for a favor. He was just about to accept his fate and wait for the police to handle it when Ning Chen spoke up.

"It's been more than ten years since we parted ways at Kunlun Mountain. It's normal that you don't remember who I am. Here's what we'll do, Captain Wang. I'll talk to the director in a bit, and we'll release these two for now. I'll take responsibility for anything that happens."

Captain Wang knew that Ning Chen's identity was not simple. Every time he came, the director would personally greet him, and the director had also instructed him to cooperate more with Ning Chen's work.

"Since Director Ning has spoken up, then it's fine. Wang Kaixuan, if I receive another report about you selling cassette tapes, I really won't be so polite!"

Seeing that Ning Chen had such great influence, Fatty Wang immediately nodded and bowed, saying, "Understood, understood, I'll go back and burn all the tapes right away!"

Hu Bayi hadn't expected this outcome; it really was a matter of a single sentence. He regretted forgetting about such a powerful figure.

After Wang Pangzi finished speaking, he pulled Hu Bayi to leave, but Captain Wang grabbed him and said, "Wait a minute, we're letting you go, but we still have to go through the procedures. Which of you will pay the fine?"

"I have no money..."

Fatty Wang looked miserable and turned his pockets inside out, but he really didn't have a single penny. Hu Bayi smirked, thinking that he couldn't very well let Ning Chen pay the fine.

"I... comrade, I'll pay whatever it costs!"

"In this situation, the tape would normally be confiscated and a fine imposed. How about this, you just pay a fine of three thousand yuan."

Hu Bayi: "..."

He really wanted to ask Captain Wang if he already knew that he had exactly three thousand yuan in his pocket.

Wait, I already spent six yuan on shredded pork with garlic sauce. Hu Bayi smiled awkwardly, "Officer, could you please make an exception for the six yuan short..."

Captain Wang: "..."

"Hey, I have six yuan."

Wang Pangzi was in a hurry to get out, and when he reached behind his back, he actually pulled out a crumpled 10-yuan note. Ning Chen quietly moved away from Wang Pangzi.

Captain Wang let the two of them go after collecting the money. Ning Chen made a move to leave, but Hu Bayi blocked Ning Chen's way and said, "Director Ning, thank you so much for today. It's my fault for not recognizing you."

"What's the big deal? Ten years have passed, and so much has changed. I understand. I just have a good memory."

In fact, Ning Chen and Hu Bayi met ten years ago because of an ancient tomb in the Kunlun Mountains, but not the Nine-Story Demon Tower.

It was another ancient tomb. After hearing the news, Ning Chen went to check the scale of the tomb himself. Ning Chen generally wouldn't touch a tomb that didn't reach the level of a king or marquis.

Hu Bayi was the guide sent to Ning Chen by the armed forces in the Kunlun Mountains. At that time, Ning Chen came to investigate under the guise of archaeological research.

At first, Ning Chen didn't recognize Hu Bayi. Hu Bayi kept telling Ning Chen to call him Lao Hu. Later, Ning Chen saw that Hu Bayi had some knowledge of feng shui, and after asking him a few questions, he realized that it was him.

Hu Bayi has received many other people over the years, so it's normal that he doesn't remember Ning Chen, since Ning Chen wasn't the director of the archaeological institute back then.

In the 1970s, the country was extremely poor, but Ning Chen was never short of money. He would be treated as an honored guest for even a small donation, and he was welcomed wherever he went.

Sometimes, Ning Chen would use the guise of investigation and exploration to get around freely, and if he sponsored something, the leaders would personally welcome him.

Later, Ning Chen thought it over and decided to go all out and establish an archaeological research institute to facilitate his tomb raiding mission.

Later, I never expected that by casually setting up a few projects and excavating a few small ancient tombs, I would actually make a name for the archaeological institute.

Many people clamored to become Ning Chen's apprentices and learn how to locate ancient tombs, but Ning Chen said it was a feng shui secret technique, which they thought was a joke.

Thinking about it now, Ning Chen still finds it unreal. Good heavens, he, the number one tomb raider, is now the last general of the tomb raiding world.

He has become a leading figure in the field of archaeology, and has even received honorary titles such as Outstanding Archaeologist of the New Era, Advanced Individual in Archaeological Work, and Leading Figure in Archaeological Work...

Sigh, sometimes when someone is too outstanding, they shine wherever they go. Ning Chen didn't intend to be so high-profile, but unfortunately, his abilities wouldn't allow it.

Some research institutes spent more than half a year cleaning up the burial soil, but still couldn't find the main burial chamber, and finally turned to the Beijing Archaeological Institute for help.

Ning Chen went there and, from a distance, immediately told him, "No, it's not working. The main tomb chamber should be located more than a hundred meters to the east." At first, they didn't believe him and thought Ning Chen was just pretending to be a charlatan.

Later, there was no way to try digging. At that time, archaeological work was not very precise. Everyone just dug directly with shovels and carefully cleaned up anything they encountered.

As a result, the two young men almost broke through the top of the tomb with a few shovelfuls at the spot Ning Chen pointed out, and then exclaimed that Ning Chen was a diviner...

Ning Chen, a tomb raider who eventually rose to become the director of an archaeological research institute, is unprecedented and unparalleled, a true role model for tomb raiders throughout history.

Today, the archaeological institute established by Ning Chen is a key unit supported by the state, wielding astonishing power.

Ning Chen had already completed the first system task—signing in at least ten ancient tombs of royal or noble rank—with remarkable ease.

However, he still encountered some setbacks during the process. Ning Chen failed to conquer two ancient tombs: the Nine-Story Demon Tower and the Jingjue Ancient City.

The ancient city of Jingjue was even more interesting. Ning Chen was not idle and went to the XJ Desert several times, but he always felt that there was a strange force in the dark preventing him from finding the ancient city of Jingjue, and he failed every time.

After repeated confirmation, Ning Chen finally realized that his failure was not due to his lack of ability, but rather because an irresistible force prevented him from succeeding.

Ning Chen strongly suspected that the system was behind it!

Perhaps he completed the system task ahead of time, but the plot hadn't even unfolded yet, and he would have triggered some rules...

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