The Geared Immortal

Chapter 328 - Awaken To A New World? Part 8

SLIA and the Virtual World Part 2

/*unedited*/

Two young people with their mouths connected together in a kiss felt that time seem to have stopped. It seems that world with the sound, the smell, and even the air seems to freeze in time.

Susan Tang felt like melting on the spot as she didn't dare move and just savor the taste of the kiss. However, within Shin Jiao's mind, an image appears. It was the image of the girl wearing the veil. He can see that night that they were together bare and naked as their bodies intertwined together in one harmony.

Half of her face was exposed to his eyes and right now, the woman in front of him looks the same. Although he still can't put together the puzzle of his mind, having a photographic memory as a cultivator made him see things clearly.

He subconsciously deepens the kiss as his hand unconsciously held the back of her head and her cheeks. This almost frightens Susan Tang but she subconsciously wrapped her arms on his waist.

As the two began to savor the sweet exchange, an unconscious moan from Susan Tang wakes both of them.

The two immediately separate and both of their faces turned red. From Shin Jiao's crotch, a tent is already protruding making him feel a bit uncomfortable while Susan Tang immediately turns around and ran back to her room.

"Shit! Shit! What was that about?" Shin Jiao shouted in his mind as he tried to calm himself down.

He then turns around and knocks on the door behind him.

"Sorry! I… I…" he said as he stopped and turn around to leave.

Behind the door stood Susan Tang holding her tall peeks heaving up and down along with her rapidly beating heart. That was not her first kiss, but that was the most unusual and unexpected kiss she ever experienced.

After a while, she went out of her room and the two ate breakfast as if nothing has happened.

"Hey, SLIA's download has reached our goal. What your next plan?" Susan Tang interrupted the awkward silence.

"Well, we will introduce Virtual World software and put it in an advertisement." Shin Jiao replied with a shrug.

"We… we don't have enough capital for that."

"Don't worry about it, I will find ways."

"You? How?" a skeptical look on Susan Tang's expression appears while looking at Shin Jiao.

"That's a secret."

…

That night, Shin Jiao didn't cultivate, instead, he went online and began browsing. Then not long later he entered a website that has huge forums and chats.

From there he searches for any interesting discussions, and he one suddenly caught his attention.

"Restoration of an ancient artifact…?" he muttered.

He then enters the discussion and saw that someone is asking for a way to fix 3 broken weapons. Many began to give out suggestions and many wanted to ask for the one who posted the discussion's address.

Shin Jiao looks at the weapons and frowns.

'How much are you willing to pay for the restoration?' he immediately typed in.

Suddenly a private message was sent to him who made him smile.

The amount was 10 million dollars for three weapons. However, no one dared to accept this because the repair detail for the artifacts is not that easy.

'Alright, I'll accept when and where should we meet?' Shin Jiao asked.

'When are you available?' replied the person.

'Today would be all right.'

'Alright see you in an hour at a café next to... xxx.'

Shin Jiao nodded and immediately took out his black jacket and put on his blue jeans.

"I'm going out… Lock the door."

"Wait! Where are you going?"

Shin Jiao just flashes her, a gentle smile.

"I'm going to get our needed capital." He said as he walks out the door.

…

Shin Jiao arrived outside the designated address ten minutes early, as he walks inside the café he saw many people. In a particular table, a handsome looking young man wearing spectacles sits calmly while drinking coffee.

From the description of the person who posted that discussion, he would be wearing a blue shirt and silver-rimmed glasses. So Shin Jiao is almost sure that the person he is looking at is that person.

"Hello, you're Millman109 right?" Shin Jiao asked after walking beside the person.

The man turns around and looks at Shin Jiao a bit surprised. He just nods his head and asked.

"You are…?"

"I was the anonymous guy."

"Oh, right…right. So you are saying that you can accept the task, right? But let me warn you first. I am with the government, so no monkey business or fishy actions okay."

Although the person in front of Shin Jiao looks like a geek, he felt that there is something fishy about him. However, Shin Jiao needed the money right now to push forward his plans, hence he agreed.

…

The two walks towards a black car parked outside and Shin Jiao noticed two more black cars behind it. With just a nod, the other men waiting outside the cars entered as they drive in one convoy.

Without any scruples, Shin Jiao was escorted to a huge estate where many luxurious cars are currently parked. It seems that there is a party going on in that place.

Shin Jiao immediately scanned his surroundings to check if there are soldiers inside. This is because he escaped from a military hospital and killed a doctor there. He is sure that the military might be looking for him, but so far they didn't do anything yet. But just in case he needed to be ready.

With just one scan he saw almost a hundred people carrying firearms. But he knew that those people are the guards of the mansion. But suddenly a person caught his attention. In fact, it was a woman, she is wearing a waitress's uniform and inside her uniform are hundreds of finger length knives.

He found this weird because the woman is acting sneakily inside the mansion.

"This is not my problem, but if this woman hinders me from earning my money, then that's a different story." He thought.

He didn't move yet and just followed the young man in silence.

They entered through the back door and have now arrived inside a room. In that room, there are few people already. Most of them look like old and middle-aged scholars as they scrutinized the three weapons lying on the table.

"So… Doctor Levine what do you think?" an old man in one corner asked.

"Sigh… Well, the truth is… I'm not that sure too. I think we can't use the usual way to fix these things. I think we needed to use runes to fix it. My friend has been studying the note that was sent to our university a few months ago. If my deduction is correct, using runes would be the best way to fix this."

"I agree, from what I see here, you guys already tried fixing this ax right? If you look at the metal used for these artifacts it is actually not a normal type of metal. It's my first time seeing this kind." an old man expert in metallurgy spoke up.

Everyone turned silent however none of them realized that a few people have already entered the room. Shin Jiao has already checked the three weapons on the table and was surprised.

Those are not normal weapons. In fact, they are low-grade spirit level weapons. These weapons cannot be fixed using the conventional way, but instead one should use a combination of Qi and metallurgy to successfully fix them.

"Well, I guess we just have to give up then." The old man which seems to be the owner of the weapons said as he sighs heavily.

All the people inside also felt helpless.

Right at this time, Shin Jiao walks forward and touch the broken sword. Carefully scrutinizing it and the part where it was broken.

He did this because he suddenly felt that the sword is actually still active, which means that after a few thousands of years the spirit Qi didn't dissipate from within its rune arrays.

"What are you doing? Who are you?" the old man suddenly asked as he was worried about what Shin Jiao is doing.

"Grandpa… I… I invited him to look at the artifacts." The bespectacled young man said as he walks beside the old man.

"Sigh… Young master Hui you can't just trust people. Many people nowadays acted like they are experts but in truth, they are just fraud and would steal your stuff." Suddenly a middle-aged man advised.

The middle-aged man is wearing a blue suit looking like a businessman. He was invited here because he brought the old man expert in metallurgy.

"Your uncle Ji is right. You can't just trust people… Make him leave then." The old man waves his hand.

However, he suddenly noticed something. Doctor Levine, the person he invited which is an expert in artifact restoration is currently discussing with the young man in a hushed tone.

"Are you sure about that? If so, then we can fix it right?" Dr. Levine said with a normal tone but because the whole room was turned quiet they all heard what he said.

Many were surprised but the middle-aged man called Mister Ji suddenly frowns.

"What do you mean Doctor Levine?" the old man asked with a surprised look on his face.

"You see…"

Bang!!!

Before Doctor Levine can say anything, the door was suddenly struck open with a kick, and a shadow dashed in.

Everybody was surprised at this scene, everybody except for Shin Jiao.