Pirates: My crew is the heroine of the 3D zone

Holding Alice, Chen Yong'an landed on the luxurious wool carpet, slowly surveying everyone in the room with a sunny smile, and said, "Good morning, everyone from Shinra. Shall we have a good chat? In my capacity as the representative of this planet..." (The rest of the text is nonsensical and likely machine-generated gibberish.)

Since communicating with the planet last night and establishing contact, Chen Yong'an's authority within this planet has become terrifyingly vast.

While it wasn't as exaggerated as moving continental plates or controlling the weather, Chen Yong'an could do everything the Setra people could do, and was even stronger than the Setra people!

They are fully qualified to call themselves planetary agents!

"Who exactly are you?!"

The president of Shinra Corporation, an elderly man with a vigorous spirit, stood up from his chair in shock, his eyes trembling as he looked at Chen Yong'an who had barged in from outside.

“I’ve already said it, I am the agent of this planet, please don’t make me repeat myself too many times.”

Chen Yong'an put Alice down from his arms, and Tifa, who followed closely behind, tacitly protected Alice behind him to avoid causing trouble for Chen Yong'an.

"To make a long story short, your actions have greatly displeased this planet. Whether it's extracting the planet's lifeblood or secretly researching the planet's enemy, 'Jenova,' it's all a trampling on the planet that nurtured you... Today, you must give me an explanation!"

As his voice fell, the pressure emanating from Chen Yong'an intensified, and in a daze, Chen Yong'an's figure grew larger and larger, like a towering mountain that could only be looked up at!

As for these Shinra Corporation executives, they are nothing more than ants at the foot of a mountain!

Under this oppressive aura, no one dared to move, their bodies trembling, and they didn't even have the strength to raise their hands.

The Shinra Corporation president, who had stood up, was forced to kneel down under this oppressive aura!

I was so scared I wet myself!

"Wet your pants? Heh heh heh, how shameful, the president of Shinra Corporation actually made such an ugly appearance."

Chen Yong'an chuckled and shook his head, pulling over a boss's chair and crossing his legs to sit down. "But even if you wet your pants, you still have to give me an explanation... Hey you over there, the bearded man in the suit and tie, do you have anything to say?"

As Chen Yong'an questioned him, the pressure on Rivi Tuisti, the head of the urban development department, suddenly eased. He took deep breaths of fresh air, his eyes filled with relief at the prospect of surviving.

After a moment, Levi, who had recovered, looked at Chen Yong'an, who was sitting arrogantly in the boss's chair and using the president of Shinra Corporation as a stepping stone. He stood up, gritted his teeth, and said, "You're right. Everyone has witnessed the environmental damage caused by the mining of Mako."

More and more places are withering away, becoming barren and lifeless due to the development of the Mako, as if the energy they depend on for survival has been drained away. We must stop this barbaric act of destroying the planet!

“Not bad, not bad,” Chen Yong’an applauded for Rivi’s words. “I believe this is your true thought from the bottom of your heart, rather than just a matter of assessing the situation.”

It's truly rare to find a company whose leaders still possess a conscience, one that preys on people so ruthlessly, even squeezing the marrow from the planet itself for profit.

"Thank you."

"Sit down," Chen Yong'an gestured for Levi to sit down, then looked at the gaunt scientist wearing a white lab coat and small sunglasses, exuding a crazy aura.

"Now it's your turn, let's chat."

Just as with Levi, the pressure on Hojo, the head of the science department, suddenly eased, allowing him to finally breathe in some fresh air.

After a moment, Hojo stood up from his chair and said with a forced smile, "Of course I agree with what the Agent said. Now that it has been determined that Mako is the lifeblood of the planet and Jenova is the enemy of the planet, then we must naturally give up the mining of Mako and the research on Jenova."

“You, the culprit behind all the disasters, you’re about to die and you’re still pulling this stunt on me,” Chen Yong’an looked at Dr. Hojo with the eyes of someone looking at a dead man. “I think you not only won’t give up your research on Genova, but you even want to include me as a research subject, right?”

What a perfect research subject it would be if a life form so powerful that no one could resist it simply by its aura! Don't you think so?

"Wait, wait, you must have misunderstood something!"

Dr. Hojo panicked when his plan was exposed and began to back away, trying to reach for the controller in his lab coat. But how could Chen Yong'an let him succeed and let him escape again and again, playing a game of cat and mouse?

He reached out and shook hands with Dr. Hojo, and an invisible giant hand grabbed Dr. Hojo!

It's not about controlling the free-flowing life force in the air, but rather, like Magneto controlling the iron element in the human body, it's about directly controlling the life force that exists within every living being on this planet!

Chapter 763: The Death of Dr. Hojo

Looking at the struggling Dr. Hojo, Chen Yong'an explained, "Mako is the source of life on this planet, also known as the Stream of Life. Countless streams of life converge to form a vast river of life, which continuously circulates on this planet beneath our feet."

Every life originates from the River of Life, and after death, it returns to the River of Life as part of the flow of life, erasing its memories of its previous life, becoming part of the River of Life, continuing to cycle on this planet, and becoming a new life that is born into the world, in this endless cycle.

However, there are exceptions. Those beings with powerful souls do not have their memories erased after death, nor do they merge with the River of Life. Instead, they continue to live on in the form of the River of Life and attain supreme happiness... That is the "Promised Land" that the ancient species spoke of, and which you have been searching for.

But now, the life that circulates on this planet is being drawn from the River of Life by you, to be thrown into the Mako Furnace as fuel—what a sin this is… Since you doubt my words, then open your eyes wide and watch!”

As Chen Yong'an finished speaking, Dr. Hojo's skin, which had been pinched by an invisible hand, began to shrivel, and at the same time, a familiar, shimmering light emanated from Dr. Hojo's body.

"This is Mako? How did this get onto my body?!"

Dr. Hojo looked at his wrinkled hands and, recalling what Chen Yong'an had just said, felt an unprecedented fear rise in this mad scientist who took pleasure in human experimentation.

"No, don't let me return to the River of Life, don't burn me, ahhhhh!!!!"

With Dr. Hojo's final shout, his physical form turned into dust, leaving only a stream of life force, controlled and coalesced by Chen Yong'an.

Looking at the struggling ball of energy in his hand, Chen Yong'an said, "This is the power that the planet has given me, and I must also shoulder the responsibility of protecting this planet."

After saying that, Chen Yong'an waved his hand, letting the stream of life he had created from Dr. Hojo float into the Mako pipes that extended from Shinra Corporation.

This stream of life, along with the other streams of life in the pipes, will naturally become fuel for the Mako Reactor manufactured by Shinra Corporation, and completely dissipate from this world.

Utter annihilation!

This is also the promised land that Dr. Hojo should arrive at!

If Chen Yong'an's previous imposing aura and his transformation of Dr. Hojo into a stream of life had shocked the Shinra executives present, then this move brought them a tremor that originated from their very souls.

This made them realize one thing completely—if they continued to extract the River of Life and convert it into electricity through the Mako Reactor, then after they died and returned to the River of Life, their final fate would be the same as Hojo's: complete annihilation in this world!

You don't even qualify for reincarnation! You, Mui Wing-lam, may be too busy, but Lin Zai-zai is...

This is the cruel truth of Mako: treating life as fuel is what Shinra Corporation has always done!

The Shinra executives who learned the truth were all shivering and their hands and feet turned cold.

"Let's go, take me to see Genova, to see the malignant tumor that parasitizes this planet."

Chen Yong'an reduced the pressure on these Shinra Company executives, allowing them to act freely, but he did not forget his terror.

The Shinra executives, including the president, dared not be negligent in the slightest. They quickly got up and led the way for Chen Yong'an and his group. Among them, the head of the space development department, a short, fat old man, had a fawning face and looked exactly like a lackey.

They acknowledged Chen Yong'an's identity and his power.

They were afraid that Chen Yong'an would transform them into pure life streams, returning them to their most primitive form, and then throw them into the Demon Furnace as fuel.

To kill completely.

Alice, walking behind, looked at Chen Yong'an's back and suddenly felt that he was somewhat unfamiliar.

Chen Yong'an's demeanor just now, with the expressionless face as if he had crushed Bao Tiao as if he were an ant, was completely different from last night.

“He hasn’t changed. This is Yong’an,” Tifa said, taking Alice’s arm. “He’s always been like this when dealing with enemies.”

"Does he do this often?"

"Hmm... For some people, death is the best atonement; living is the best way to make rice expensive."

Alice was silent for a moment before continuing, "That's right, Dr. Hojo doesn't deserve to live in this world."

Tifa noticed a significant emotional shift when Alice mentioned "Dr. Hojo," and before she could ask why, a group of men in black suits strode quickly towards them from the opposite side.

Tax, Investigations Department, General Affairs Division, Shinra Corporation.

Before they could even speak, Heidegger, the head of the security department, a former soldier and a man as burly as a bear, said, "This is none of your business. You may leave."

TAX's director, Zeng, a man with shoulder-length black hair and a meticulous demeanor, glanced at Chen Yong'an, who was surrounded by a group of high-ranking officials, and quickly said yes. He then led his subordinates to stand respectfully by the roadside with their heads bowed.

"Come over here with me. It's not a bad thing to have more people in the know. There's no need to keep everything a secret."

He subconsciously glanced at his direct superior, Heidegger, and after receiving a nod from him, he followed behind the group.

Led by a group of Shinra executives, the group arrived at the floor where Genova's remains were kept.

Within the vast space, a headless skeleton with female curves rests in a massive culture chamber, with numerous pipes connecting to the chamber's base and extending out like complex roots.

The entire space was filled with a suffocating atmosphere, causing discomfort to both the body and soul.

Genova, the enemy of all life on this planet.

Looking at Genova submerged in the incubation chamber, Alice's gaze trembled slightly as she said, "This is Genova... the enemy of this planet."

"You treat this ominous entity that attempts to destroy the world as an ancient species and study it?" Chen Yong'an sneered. "I don't know whether to call you stupid, naive, or fearless."

"We initially thought it was an ancient species, but as the research progressed, we found that this was not the case."

The president of Shinra Corporation quickly explained, "But our scientists have made many technological breakthroughs through the study of this wreckage, which is why Genoa's remains were preserved and the research can continue."

"The root cause is the pursuit and greed for power, even if the risks and rewards are completely disproportionate."

"I'm sorry," the president of Shinra, the old man who controlled a giant corporation and the entire country, looked like a child who had done something wrong in front of Chen Yong'an.

"Please give us a chance, and we will do everything in our power to make up for the mistakes Shinra has made all along."

Seeing this, the other senior executives also bowed their heads to Chen Yong'an and pleaded, "Please give us a chance to make amends."

Chen Yong'an knew that these high-ranking members of Shinra didn't know they were wrong, but rather that they knew they were going to die.

The sins these people committed are so terrible that they deserve to die a hundred times over.

However, Chen Yong'an's foundation in this area is too shallow. To completely eliminate the negative impact that Shinra Corporation has brought to this world, he still needs the power of Shinra Corporation.

These individuals, besides their influence on Shinra, possess too many secrets unknown to others, and many things can only be solved by them.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Yong'an decided, "Then I'll give you a decent chance. Stop mining the River of Life, destroy everything that Genova has on this planet, not leaving it a single cell... Don't make me do it myself."

Yes, yes.

Chen Yong'an's decision was like a pardon to the president of Shinra; nothing could be more gratifying than being able to continue living.

Chen Yong'an nodded. Now that the matter was over, he had no reason to stay any longer.

After turning and taking a few steps toward the exit, Chen Yong'an suddenly realized he had forgotten something and stopped. He extended his hand to the president of Shinra Corporation and said, "I gave you salvation and guided you on the right path, so what is my way of repaying you?"

The president of Shinra was stunned for a moment, then quickly took out his wallet from his pocket, took out a shiny black card from it, and respectfully handed it to Chen Yong'an with both hands.

It completely solved all of Chen Yong'an's expenses for food, clothing, shelter, and transportation in this world.

Chapter 764: Slum No. 7

Leaving the Shinra Corporation building, Chen Yong'an toyed with the black card in his hand, a symbol of his distinguished status, and said, "Now that we have the money, and the Mako Reactor and Genova issues are resolved, where should we go next?" (The rest of the text appears to be nonsensical and unrelated to the previous sentences.)

"How about we go to Correr?" Alice suggested. "It has the famous Costa del Sol and the famous Golden Deli amusement park; it's a tourist destination that everyone dreams of visiting!"

“Okay, let’s go to the Sun Coast in Correll first, and then to the Golden Deli. Let’s leave now and take a plane there.”

In Chen Yong'an's memory, both places were great for visiting. One offered natural sunshine, seawater, beaches, and southern charm, while the other was a technologically advanced amusement park. Both were top-notch tourist attractions.

"Hooray!" Alice hugged Chen Yong'an's arm and cheered.

“Before I go to Corell, I want to visit Slum Seven,” Tifa suddenly said. “I want to take one last look at my old bar and tell my former comrades that Shinra has stopped mining Mako and abandoned the Mako reactors, so they won’t continue doing dangerous things… Yong’an, can you come with me?”

“Of course,” Chen Yong’an rubbed Tifa’s head, “It’s rare for you to come back, so you have to go and see her, right?”

“Then I need to go home and pack my things, and leave a message for my mom so she won’t worry,” Alice said.

"No need to pack, just buy new clothes over there."

“Even if you have money, you can’t just waste it,” Alice, who grew up in the slums and was used to being frugal, admonished.

"Whatever you want, but let me tell you beforehand, don't pack your luggage like you're moving house, I'm not going to help you carry it."

Hearing Chen Yong'an say that, Alice hesitated. After thinking for a moment, she decided to simply pack her belongings and not take too much.

So the three, who were on different paths, decided to split up temporarily. Chen Yong'an accompanied Tifa to the bar in Slum No. 7, while Alice returned to her home in Slum No. 5 to pack her luggage. They agreed to meet at Alice's house and then set off together.

Stepping off the train, Tifa looked at the street scene before her, feeling a sense of unfamiliarity after not having returned for so long.

After calming herself down a bit, Tifa took Chen Yong'an's arm and said, "Come with me, over here."

Slum No. 7 and Slum No. 5 are not much different; both consist of large shacks, crisscrossing pipes, and piles of waste everywhere.

Tifa led Chen Yong'an a few steps when an elderly woman she recognized greeted her warmly, "Tifa? It's been over two years since we last met, hasn't it? Where have you been all this time?"

“Long time no see, landlady,” Tifa replied with a smile. “I went back to my hometown and traveled around a lot… This is my fiancé, Chen Yong’an.”

"Not bad, not bad, he's quite the handsome young man," the landlady said, looking Chen Yong'an up and down with admiration in her eyes.

"Speaking of which, while you were away, Tifa, I rented out your room, but I still kept your things for you. If you have time, come over to my place and take your things back."

"No, you can keep them all, landlady. They're just some clothes and a little savings, nothing worth keeping... By the way, how are things at my bar, and with Marlene and the others?"

“The bar and Marlene…” The landlady sighed as she spoke. “Weizhi and Biggs had an accident last year. Jessie is said to have returned to the stage. As for Barrett, he left Midgard with Marlene because of his injury. And your bar was handed over to someone else to run by Barrett.”

“So that’s how it is,” Tifa said, a hint of sadness in her eyes. “So much has happened while I was away.”

"Yes, I won't bother you two anymore. Come back and visit when you have time, take a stroll around, and say hello to us old friends."

"Okay, goodbye, landlady."

"Goodbye."