My Chip that Disguises Itself as a Cell

Chapter 7: Entering the Job

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

They went straight to a door. The nameplate was labeled [Deputy Captain Li Zhi’s Office].

Xiao Bin eagerly opened the door. It was a small office that was more than ten square meters. There were two tables, a guest sofa, a coffee table, a hot water bottle, and everything else.

“Have a seat,” Li Zhi said and took out his keys to open the filing cabinet. Xiao Bin quickly poured three cups of hot water and put them on the table.

Seeing Li Zhi take out a pair of tactical gloves from the filing cabinet, Lin Zhendong was a little shocked. He thought secretly, “Is this Captain Li too powerful? It happened in the wee hours of the morning, and he already got the gloves that touched the Jade Lotus Flower. He even asked me to help him early in the morning! He must have planned everything long ago!”

Without saying anything, Li Zhi placed the gloves in front of Lin Zhendong. After that, he and Xiao Bin stared at Lin Zhendong nervously.

Lin Zhendong flipped the gloves over and over again. Under the effect of his strange chip, he could clearly see a thin layer of red mist sticking to the gloves, and a red line extending out along the door.

Lin Zhendong was certain that he could track down the Jade Lotus Flower.

Of course, he was just trying to kill some time by looking at the gloves over and over. Otherwise, if he indicated that he could track the treasure just after he saw the gloves, it would cause trouble for himself.

“Don’t you need to sniff them? What can you tell only by looking at them?” Xiao Bin said anxiously.

“Do you think I’m a dog?” Lin Zhendong’s veins were bulging on his forehead.

“Uh, sorry, sorry. Um, do you have an idea?” Xiao Bin said apologetically.

“Yes, I can roughly feel it. However, we have to go to the place where the gloves touch the treasure first. The lair, that’s where I should start.” Lin Zhendong said as he put down the gloves.

“Alright!” Li Zhi stood up immediately. “But I’ll get you a pistol before we set off.”

“I can even have a pistol? What model is it?” Lin Zhendong was excited.

“Dream on. You can’t have it. I’ll just lend it to you temporarily. After all, you’re only on a temporary secondment.” Li Zhi sneered.

Xiao Bin unbuttoned his suit and revealed the pistol under his armpit. He said with a sigh, “Sigh, this pistol is really heavy. My back gets hurt because of it. By the way, boss, it seems that only members of our city departments can be equipped with pistols. In the county departments and district departments, only the officers above the rank of deputy captain can be equipped with pistols all year round, right?” As he spoke, he raised his eyebrows at Lin Zhendong as if he was saying, “Do you regret it?”

Li Zhi smiled. “There’s nothing we can do about it. Our city departments have to support all the county departments and district departments. Once there’s an order, the people who get the order will immediately move out. It would be a waste of time to equip them with pistols on the spot. It’s not too late for the district and county departments to distribute weapons when they encounter missions.”

Lin Zhendong puffed up his cheeks. These words were infuriating.

Needless to say, he really regretted not joining the city department. The difference in welfare benefits between the district department and the city department was really big.

However, it was just a pistol! No one cared about it! Wasn’t it better to find a fire bomb, water bomb, or air bomb skill to cultivate than to have a pistol?

Although he thought so, he was still quite unhappy that he could not legally carry a toy that could make popping sounds with him.

The process of borrowing a pistol was very simple. Li Zhi led Lin Zhendong to the gun room, and after signing a name, Lin Zhendong received the standard pistol, three fully loaded magazines, and a matching holster.

Then, without asking if Lin Zhendong knew how to use it or not, Li Zhi brought him out directly.

In the car, seeing Lin Zhendong playing with the pistol lovingly, Li Zhi smiled and said, “You’re just having a temporary novelty. When you become stronger, these light weapons will be toys for you. Especially when you are against second-class lairs, you won’t be able to use thermal weapons. Other than cold weapons, only your cultivation can be used. At that time, you probably won’t even look at these firearms.”

“Hehe, I feel it’s very novel now anyway.” Lin Zhendong grinned and continued to play with the pistol.

Li Zhi stopped talking and closed his eyes to rest. Xiao Bin drove seriously and drove straight to the pyramid lair site.

As they were on the road, Lin Zhendong could see several large containers escorted by police cars, military transport vehicles, and helicopters from time to time.

This was the first time Lin Zhendong had seen such a big scene. He could not help but ask curiously, “Such a huge defensive formation. Is it because the pyramid lair has a lot of resources, or are you afraid of being robbed again?”

Li Zhi pondered for a moment. “Both. At the very least, this is the first time the pyramid lair has appeared in Riverside City. In addition, it was robbed once before. It’s normal for the escort formation to be a little bigger.”

“Tsk tsk. It seems that nothing will be left to treasure diggers.” Lin Zhendong clucked his tongue.

“Treasure diggers… Hmm, there was news before that the higher-ups were preparing to register treasure diggers all over the country. Now that this robbery has happened, I’m afraid that the registration of treasure diggers will be brought forward,” Li Zhi said.

“Treasure diggers registration? Is that possible?” Lin Zhendong was shocked.

“It’s not about possibility or impossibility. The officials are preparing to let go of the clearing of the first-class lairs. This means that once the officials discover a first-class lair, they’ll open it and open it up to the treasure diggers to clear it out. All the items obtained will belong to the treasure diggers. However, treasure diggers who are eligible to participate must be registered. Do you think treasure diggers will register now?” Li Zhi laughed.

“So cool? They will definitely register!” Lin Zhendong’s eyes widened, and an excited expression appeared on his face. With his ability, he would be rich at that time!

“Don’t look so excited. Public officials are not allowed to register as treasure diggers.” Li Zhi immediately made Lin Zhendong’s excitement disappear.

“What? Why?” Lin Zhendong wailed.

Li Zhi said nonchalantly, “It’s simple. Public officials receive an additional amount of cultivation resources. It’s not justifiable if we even go to compete with the common people for cultivation resources. Moreover, opening up treasure-digging qualifications to public officials might cause problems such as negligence of duty and corruption, so public officials are all not allowed to do so.”

Seeing Lin Zhendong’s dejected expression, Li Zhi smiled and said, “I’m not sure about that. After all, the higher-ups haven’t made a decision yet. Who knows, they may allow public officials to work part-time as treasure diggers during the holidays? After all, many big shots have been treasure diggers when they were young.”

“But even if there is a loophole, the rules will be very strict. After all, public officials are different from ordinary people. We have responsibilities.” Speaking of this, Li Zhi became serious.

Lin Zhendong calmed down and said bitterly, “That’s good anyway. Being strict is better than having no chance to be a treasure digger.”

Lin Zhendong suddenly realized that the red line in the air had become two, and both ended at the pyramid. One was at his side, and the other continued to another fork in the road.

Needless to say, that was where the Jade Lotus Flower was taken!

“Turn around, that way!” he said hurriedly.

Hearing Lin Zhendong’s command, Xiao Bin looked at Li Zhi through the rearview mirror.

Li Zhi nodded, “Move.”

The car immediately turned to another fork.