NCCnovel Chapter 6: Negotiating a Cooperation Agreement with the Nation and Joining the National Guard
Chapter 6: Negotiating a Cooperation Agreement with the Nation and Joining the National Guard
After the filtering mechanism finished cleaning, Old Chen's vision was completely clear.
Black iron-grade scrap metal and inferior fur with no attributes were directly ignored by the system's retina.
What remained on the muddy ground were all rare and eye-catching items.
Following Lu Yan's instructions, Old Chen went through the process once and then squatted down to check the total number of spoils.
The more he counted, the more rapid his breathing became, so he simply threw the compiled resource list directly into the team channel.
A total of 132 items.
It includes three epic armor pieces with unique attributes, and the remaining hundred or so pieces are all top-tier gold and unique items with powerful buffs.
These items, even if placed in the archives of Jiangzhou City's E-level secret realm exploration over the past fifteen years, wouldn't amount to even a fraction of what they represent.
With resources piled up here, revenue sharing is the top priority.
Xiao Qianyu stepped forward and kicked aside an iris shield on the ground that emitted a dark golden halo with the tip of her boot.
"How do you plan to distribute this stock?" She turned to Lu Yan, wanting a straight answer. "Let me be clear from the start: although these are top-tier items, their drop rate is capped at level ten. The minimum combat level for active-duty members of our Zhenguo Dragon Guard is only forty-five. These low-end top-tier armor pieces will just end up covered in dust in the warehouse. If you plan to sell them to an outside conglomerate, the Dragon Guard's logistics department can guarantee you won't be ripped off by the merchant guild."
Lu Yan didn't even glance at the glowing equipment.
His attention shifted to the other side. "Team Leader Chen."
He called out to the veteran criminal investigator squatting next to his helmet, "What's the standard equipment configuration for your field officers these days?"
Upon hearing this, Old Chen stopped playing with the golden helmet in his hand.
He stood up and patted the dirt off his hands.
"What kind of configuration is that? A city with a population of several million, daily security and emergencies already drain its police resources. Most of the system's funds are spent maintaining the basic infrastructure in the real world. Who has the time to organize people to go into secret realms and farm equipment using chances?"
Old Chen unbuckled the worn-out standard riot baton from his belt, weighed it in his hand, and said, "It's fine against ordinary petty thieves. But if we run into those madmen who've snagged something in the secret realm or smuggled attribute items out of there, the officers will have to risk their lives to hold them off."
Old Chen was telling us the real situation at the grassroots level.
In the era of secret realms, the cost of maintaining order has been raised to an extremely dangerous threshold.
Lu Yan nodded after listening.
This answer perfectly aligned with his plan.
He stepped over the pile of gold coins and pointed to the mountain of enviable equipment.
"Then leave them all here. Captain Chen, have someone arrange for a train car to haul them away. Distribute half of them to the frontline officers at the branch office to fill vacancies; the remaining half, you pack up and hand over to the city bureau as a strategic reserve for local police force."
Old Chen froze.
Xiao Qianyu, who was standing to the side, also turned her face and fixed her gaze on Lu Yan.
The atmosphere at the scene fell into an eerie stillness.
The math is actually quite simple. A whole bunch of high-level equipment, plus those dozen or so priceless Holy Spirit Stones, put up for auction, would conservatively be worth over 300,000 in cash.
This is enough to transform a young person living in an urban village from poverty to a comfortable life.
"Are you serious?" Old Chen's voice was dry, and the two words sounded like they were being ground out on sandpaper.
"Absolutely true." Lu Yan pointed to the initial defenses he had rented. "I'm just a support character with no offensive capabilities, guarding this thing as it walks down the street. If I try to sell it to the Chamber of Commerce, I'll just disappear from this world the moment I sign the contract. No matter how much money you have, you have to be alive to spend it. Giving this batch of goods to the police for free is making the best use of them."
He paused, then met Xiao Qianyu's gaze.
"Naturally, this is also the trump card we're handing over to the Dragon Guard." Lu Yan's tone was completely direct. "This is my stance. I will contribute my value to the country to the greatest extent possible. Any further arrangements will depend entirely on the organization's instructions."
A series of combined moves, extremely pragmatic and clear-headed, revealed the true character of Lao Liu, who had worked his way up from the bottom.
Having said all that, Old Chen no longer refused.
A veteran investigator of 23 years, he has witnessed far too much of the depths of human depravity.
He knew that Lu Yan was exchanging a huge amount of wealth for security, which was a clever man's open scheme.
However, once this batch of epic and dark gold items were injected into the Jiangzhou Public Security System, grassroots police officers would no longer be unilaterally crushed when facing those extraordinary criminals, but would actually be able to save their lives.
Old Chen put his legs together.
The heels of leather shoes made a dull thud on the soil of this pristine, secluded place.
With his back straight, he raised his right hand sharply to level with his right temple. Facing the eighteen-year-old before him, he gave a proper military salute.
There were no polite words or pleasantries.
After reviewing everything, Xiao Qianyu made her decision: "This trip was worthwhile. I agree to this proposal. Old Chen, you can handle the handover at the local level yourself. Starting today, Lu Yan's subsequent files will be incorporated into the Zhenguo Dragon Guard's top-secret archives. You're coming with me now. Go back and pack your personal belongings first, and we'll head directly to the Dragon Guard's headquarters later."
Lu Yan laughed and spread his hands in agreement: "No problem, no problem, as long as you provide meals, two meat dishes a day is the minimum."
We've finally achieved our goal.
Lu Yan breathed a long sigh of relief.
Next, I need to improve my ability to survive.
……
It was evening.
On the outskirts of the urban villages in Jiangzhou, the fumes from cooking oil and the cries of street vendors blend together.
The four plainclothes officers brought by Xiao Qianyu stood in a diamond formation around Lu Yan.
These are the snipers on the table. As Lu Yan turned into one side of the alley, heavy sniper rifles had already been set up in the corners of the rooftops of the three surrounding high-rise buildings.
Lu Yan pushed open the security door and entered a single cubicle of less than ten square meters.
He pulled out an old black backpack, stuffed in two sets of faded clothes, then bent down to open the base drawer and took out a rusty tin biscuit box.
This was the only personal item left by the original owner's parents after he transmigrated.
The entire packaging process took less than seven minutes.
The backyard of Jiangzhou Public Security Bureau at 11 p.m.
A cold wind swept up fallen leaves. The center of the open space was filled with the roar of a huge metal engine.
In the center of the venue, three pure black bulletproof armored buses were parked.
The windows are made of one-way transparent explosion-proof material, and the heavy armor of the vehicle body is fully coated with a smooth coating with anti-magic properties.
The buses were lined up one after another, and twenty emergency vehicles with flashing red and blue warning lights were parked on the outer lane.
On the outermost layer, thirty heavy police tracking motorcycles form a tightly sealed mobile escort network.
The special operations riders wore full-coverage bulletproof tactical helmets, their fingers hooked onto the safety catches of their assault rifles, ready to fire live ammunition.
This is the maximum amount of reciprocation that Lao Chen could negotiate.
After the city bureau's senior executives reviewed the batch of epic-level armor that had been put into storage, they immediately deployed this convoy, ensuring that this special personnel would not be allowed even to have a single leaf fall on his head before leaving the city.
Surrounded by three riot police officers, Lu Yan walked towards the second main vehicle in the middle.
The pneumatic door slides open.
He stepped onto the metal steps and entered the carriage.
The interior layout has been redesigned. There are no traditional rows of bus seats; only single tactical sofas have been provided in the front and middle sections.
Xiao Qianyu had already taken her seat. She had taken off her casual jacket from the daytime and put on a special operations uniform that fit the needs of combat, with a dark-colored insulating lining turned up at the collar.
Lu Yan tossed his backpack to the ground and sat down in the seat diagonally opposite him.
"The Jiangzhou branch is quite willing to invest." He glanced outside.
"With a clearance fee in the tens of millions, this level of pomp is to be expected." Xiao Qianyu tapped her slender fingers on the holographic control screen on the side, inputting the command into the system: "Full node report."
"The first vehicle is navigating normally."
"The rear wing vehicle is now in place to bring up the rear."
"The third team for clearing obstacles on the perimeter has entered the main highway."
A barrage of confirmation beeps came through the communicator.
"Set off."