The Empress’s Gigolo

Ren Baqian was in a forest running and jumping. Occasionally, bricks could be seen floating in the air without any support.

Wearing a safety helmet, he shattered the bricks with his head and could feel the impact of the heavy collisions.

A crawling tortoise would appear on the ground after each brick was smashed. It was about the same size as him and seemed to be moving at the same speed as him.

Ren Baqian dexterously flipped in midair, landed on the back of a tortoise, launched himself forward, and continued running. In front, as if he was encountering a tortoise army, he saw an endless number of tortoises.

A long time later, he took off his helmet and smacked his lips as he ate a mushroom after threading his way through the tortoises.

“Very interesting! I didn’t expect you to come out with such an interesting game.”

“This is only Super Mario.” A researcher in a white coat beamed. He spoke evenly, but his expression told Ren Baqian that he was expecting more compliments!

“Amazing!” Ren Baqian said sincerely. He didn’t expect this so-called immature brain controlled technology to have reached such a stage. Although the touch and feel weren’t that realistic, he could feel the impact of bodily contact in the game.

“This is an epoch-making technology!” Ren Baqian reiterated.

“I have tried it before and was amazed as well,” Ren Wannian said effusively from behind him.

He then continued in an awestruck voice and asked, “Will this technology be licensed to us?”

It could be imagined that the launch a technology like this would reap huge profits.

“It’s licensed to us, but with some restrictions. Our scope is limited to the fields of gaming and smart home, including new communication devices and vehicles. We will have nothing to do with mechanical control and devices like that. Furthermore, we have to pay them part of the profits.” Although Ren Baqian said this, he was still very satisfied.

Although the nation still held this technology, the coverage was too extensive; any small leakage was enough to make him one of the top tycoons in this world.

Even though his focus was on Dayao, having assets in this world was still of great value.

“Recruit some people and come up with a good plan to make an actual ‘second world.’ With this technology, even a sh*tty game will still make people forget to go home. However, I don’t want to make a sh*tty game,” Ren Baqian said. He had read many webnovels before and used to wonder whether he could experience the worlds that were described in those novels.

He never expected this technology to appear so quickly, let alone land in his hands.

“Got it. I will do my best,” Ren Wannian said excitedly.

“It may be beneficial to read some old webnovels.”

Ren Baqian nodded and turned to look at Yang Sen, who was laughing to the point that his teeth were all exposed.

It was quite obvious that he was very proud of this technology even though the laboratory was managed by someone else. Regardless, this department was under him and therefore related to him.

Subsequently, he looked at some new research reports. For his cooperation with the nation, he was granted the right to see the research results that were based on the things he brought back.

At this point in time, this right to know was showing its value.

For example, the technology of growing metal had resulted in the laboratory growing some rare metals, which was a groundbreaking technology.

However, it was flawed because the grown material would disintegrate after three days.

Ren Baqian was about to leave after touring the laboratories, but Yang Sen stepped forward to stop him, “Mr. Ren, I need to discuss something with you.”

“Oh?” Ren Baqian was a little suspicious and said to Ren Wannian, “Wait for me outside.”

“Okay,” Ren Wannian nodded.

When Ren Baqian sat down on the sofa in Yang Sen’s office, the creaking noise from the sofa made Yang Sen winced. He wondered whether it was time to get a sturdier sofa.

“Speak up!” Ren Baqian said.

“It’s regarding that Zhou Qingyun.” Yang Sen sat on another sofa and took out a cigarette.

It took about three seconds for Ren Baqian to figure out who he was talking about,

“Are there any more incidents?”

Yang Sen nodded and explained, “Six months after the disappearance of the last spy, the people from the USA made contact with her.”

Ren Baqian looked at Yang Sen and waited for him to carry on.

“They have obtained a hard drive from her and we do not know what’s on it, but it should have some value,” Yang Sen said. He couldn’t figure out what information Zhou Qingyun had obtained from Ren Wannian, but whatever the information, it mustn’t be acquired by the other side.

“Did you simply watch them take the hard drive from her?” Ren Baqian retorted. He was wondering why the information wasn’t transmitted through the internet, but through a hard drive.

“Her computer and cell phone are monitored by us, so if we discovered those things, she wouldn’t be able to send them out. Even if she considered using other devices, she had no opportunity. She may not know this, but she is very careful,” Yang Sen said. As for why they witnessed the spy taking the hard drive from her, he didn’t answer.

However, Ren Baqian guessed it in an instant and said, “You used her as bait, but the fish escaped.”

Although Yang Sen tried to cover it up, he was embarrassed.

“It didn’t escape. It’s in our hands, and we are just trying to probe deeper along this line.”

“Can you really get it back?” Ren Baqian asked doubtfully.

“Don’t underestimate the power of our nation!” Yang Sen said solemnly. The nation had made big strides in this direction and nurtured many experts. These experts were originally from the intelligence or security departments. If they were deployed, they would be more 007 than 007. They would be the holy warriors of 007, and those foreign intelligence agents wouldn’t be comparable to them.

Although they were a little negligent initially, the other side would have no more chances after these people were deployed.

“That Zhou Qingyun has violated the law,” Yang Sen added.

“In that case, you can deal with it,” Ren Baqian said nonchalantly.

“Since Mr. Ren says so, it’s easy for us to handle.” Yang Sen was worried that Ren Baqian had other ideas. Previously, this matter was handed over to Ren Baqian, but now, he had caught her again, which could be a source of dissatisfaction.

Even though Ren Baqian didn’t care, Ren Wannian was his younger brother and close to him. Yang Sen didn’t want this issue to jeopardize the situation.

“What will you do after catching her?” Ren Baqian asked on behalf of Ren Wannian.

“Article 110 of the criminal law states that anyone who commits one of the following acts of espionage, which endangers national security, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of no less than ten years or life imprisonment; if the circumstances are relatively minor, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of no less than three years, but not more than ten years:

(1) Taking part in espionage or accepting tasks from espionage agencies and their agents;

(2) Directing the enemy to bombard a target.

In addition to the second paragraph of Article 103, Article 105, Article 107, and Article 109 of the above-mentioned crimes against state security in this chapter, Article 113 states that if the crimes are especially serious to the state and the people and the circumstances are especially serious, then the death penalty may be imposed,” Yang Sen recited the legal provisions to Ren Baqian solemnly.

“Put it more plainly,” Ren Baqian said.

“For her crime, she will get probably more than ten years in prison,” Yang Sen declared.

“Oh!” Ren Baqian looked thoughtful.

“Mr. Ren, what do you think?” Yang Sen saw his expression and asked directly. He discovered that it was better to ask him directly than to beat around the bush. Ren Baqian would often reply directly.

“It’s nothing,” Ren Baqian shook his head.

He felt that the sentence was light and that the death penalty was more appropriate. However, this was Earth and not Dayao—the nation was governed according to the laws. Besides the laws, Dayao was more dependent on the will of every individual to govern it.

However, since this was just about a person of no importance, it didn’t matter how it was settled. It was fine to punish her or to sentence her to death, and even letting her go was alright. The other party was just an ant to him and couldn’t even bite him.

Even if she thought that they were important, he didn’t think that she possessed any important things.

It was easy for her to have this misconception since she wasn’t well-informed.

“So be it. You do it your way.” Ren Baqian stood up. He knew the purpose of this conversation and had expressed his opinion. Anyway, it didn’t matter and leaving it to the law was better.

“Elder brother, what did Yang Sen need to talk to you about?” Ren Wannian asked curiously in the car when they were on the way back.

“Just a small matter,” Ren Baqian replied. He didn’t think it was necessary to tell Ren Wannian.

However, Ren Wannian would know about it sooner or later.

This was also part of the lesson.

…

“Lin Qiaole, our group is on their way to Lan City! Are you coming back with me?” Ren Baqian kicked her in the butt to wake her up and used his leg to receive her claws.

“I’m not going back!” Lin Qiaole hid beside the window and seemed prepared to run away.

She had been having so much fun on Earth that she had forgotten her home.

After all, she would only sleep after going back, but she had many friends here.

“There’s no food here.” Ren Baqian tried to frighten her.

Lin Qiaole glared at him.

She seemed to be hiding food in her cheeks and said loudly, “I will not go back even if I starve.”

Ren Baqian took out a bag, pulled out a bunch of White Rabbit Creamy Candies, and then put them back in the bag.

“Do you want to go back? If you go back, the whole bag is yours.” Ren Baqian felt like a devil tempting ordinary people; or in other words, a pedophile.

“Let’s go back!” Lin Qiaole beamed happily.