Chapter Sixteen: Tycoons, Resources, Goddesses? Class!
“Vroom...”
The Kawasaki H2R roared with a deep, resonant sound.
Strong winds whipped past Su Cheng’s ears, his hair wildly tousled.
A gust lifted a skirt by the roadside.
He still took the back door home.
Behind the small shack he had built was a deserted alley, neatly stacked with various clutter.
Few knew of this alley; the suburbs were already sparsely populated, and here it had long been abandoned, uninhabited.
“Damn! What a cool bike! It suits me perfectly!”
Mindless ran his hand along the H2R’s body.
Su Cheng entered the house and grabbed a cooler box. “You don’t even have a head, just a rectangular box for a body—what do you think you’re going to ride on?”
“Damn it.”
Mindless immediately bristled. “It’s all your fault for putting me together all broken and busted.”
“Let’s go.”
Su Cheng twisted the throttle, performing a stylish drift that nearly threw him off.
Mindless burst into laughter. “Ha ha ha, you think you can act cool like that? What a joke!”
A motorcycle was, after all, very different from an electric bike.
Luckily, Su Cheng’s physical strength was formidable enough to keep control.
“That’s still better than you not being able to ride at all.”
With that, the motorcycle sped away.
Mindless stamped his foot in frustration. “Damn it, damn it, don’t come back tonight!”
...
Inner city of the abandoned city.
Su Cheng rarely came here.
First, because he couldn’t afford it; second, because he had no money to spend.
The inner city was far more prosperous than the outskirts!
Shop signs along the street were no longer tattered and worn.
Many people on the street had upgraded to E-level mechanical prosthetics!
Such a sight was rare in the outer city!
There were many cars on the road, and even some HPC security vehicles patrolling.
He even saw an HPC flying car hovering in the sky!
Indeed, this was a place where the wealthy and powerful gathered, with the HPC security rarely seen in the outer city or suburbs all concentrated here to protect them!
They maintained law and order here, providing a safer and better living environment.
It wasn’t that there were no rules; it was just that nobody cared in poor areas!
Su Cheng rode his bike to the entrance of the Cardiel Hotel.
The tall revolving doors swirled as well-dressed people came and went.
Either they had advanced prosthetics or wore luxurious, expensive clothing.
The price for a few days’ stay here could buy a set of E-level mechanical prosthetics!
Su Cheng scanned their high-end prosthetics repeatedly. If only he could dismantle them all, upgrading and synthesizing would be much faster!
But these people had many followers, and their own combat strength was formidable.
Next to the Cardiel Hotel was a boutique shopping street.
There was also a bar even more luxuriously decorated than the one on Lory Island.
...
Pulling his gaze back, Su Cheng parked his bike and waited near the hotel entrance.
Suddenly, he spotted a familiar figure.
“Rebecca?”
There stood Rebecca, her long golden hair cascading over a sleek black evening gown that made her even more beautiful than when she wore her protective suit.
Her voluptuous curves were perfectly outlined by the dress.
She exuded a wild, uninhibited charm as she entered the Cardiel Hotel.
He hadn’t expected her to be not only powerful and coldly beautiful but also incredibly wealthy.
Although Zhang Jie could afford to spend a few thousand Alliance Credits on nutrient solutions, he would never dream of spending hundreds to stay in such a luxurious hotel!
Twenty minutes later.
A golden luxury car slowly pulled up.
Its dual chrome wheels gleamed with affluence, and the elongated body looked weighty and imposing!
The entire vehicle shimmered faintly under the sunlight.
The driver stepped out respectfully and opened the rear door.
A pointed leather shoe emerged first, followed by a wealthy man clad in a fur coat who was still on a call.
He was tall and burly!
His exposed prosthetic hands were plated in gold!
Most eye-catching was his pure gold chin!
Anything on him could support the comfortable life of an ordinary wastelander for years!
Even things many people never saw in their lifetime were mere ornaments to him.
In this post-apocalyptic world after the great war of the century, the gap between rich and poor not only persisted but had become even more extreme!!
Because wealth meant better bodies, superior prosthetics, and thus greater strength.
With money and power, one could climb to even higher status!
Money, power, strength!
Following him was a beautiful woman who naturally wrapped her arm around the wealthy man’s waist, leaning against him.
The woman was almost entirely natural, tall—at least 1.72 meters—but still only reaching the wealthy man’s waist.
Her eyes were numb and desperate; with her body, she would never leave this hotel...
Protected by four bodyguards, the couple made their way toward the Cardiel Hotel.
Though called bodyguards, none were as strong as the wealthy man himself.
Su Cheng lifted the cooler box and approached.
“Stop! What do you want?”
As he drew near, the four bodyguards immediately reached for their holstered guns.
“Bounty.”
Su Cheng raised the cooler box slightly, signaling.
The wealthy man looked down at Su Cheng and nodded to his men. “You must be the hunter ‘Shadow’? Interesting.”
One bodyguard instantly took the cooler box and opened it in front of him.
“Excellent, look at this skin—so white and tender, and those eyes so clear. Rare good stuff.”
He nodded with satisfaction. Even for the wealthy, such high-quality natural bodies were uncommon!
Poor people couldn’t raise them, and rich people wouldn’t sell their own children’s natural bodies!
He confidently said, “What do you want? Money, nutrient solutions, prosthetics—anything I have.”
Su Cheng stared into his eyes. “Military-grade implants.”
...
“Ha ha.”
The wealthy man suddenly laughed. “I have them, but you can’t trade this for them. Though they’re not rare, just expensive. You have two minutes to decide.”
Su Cheng had never truly expected to exchange for implants; he only wanted to verify whether implants could still be found in the abandoned city.
But unexpectedly, what he thought were rare implants were just expensive to the wealthy man!
“Mechanical prosthetics, E-level will do.”
The wealthy man raised a brow, puzzled. “Oh? You could have something higher. E-level... that junk is useless.”
Ordinary people couldn’t even afford E-level prosthetics, yet to him, they were just trash.
Su Cheng shook his head. “I only want E-level.”
“Interesting.”
The wealthy man grinned and said to his men, “Go buy four sets of E-level mechanical prosthetics. That trash isn’t in my warehouse.”
His men immediately ran toward the boutique shopping street.
“Wait here; the points will automatically transfer to your hunter card.”
After speaking, the wealthy man held the woman and left.
Su Cheng watched their backs retreat.
They were from entirely different worlds!
And this was just the wealthy in the abandoned city—what about the rich in larger cities, even the future city?!
When the wealthy man entered the hotel, a blonde beauty quickly greeted him and naturally took his other arm.
Her alluring expression was utterly irresistible!
The wealthy man reached out and firmly grasped the woman’s buttocks, fondling them freely.
The woman was none other than Rebecca!!
Su Cheng couldn’t help but sneer.
The goddess so revered by hunters, the one everyone wanted to touch but none could approach or speak to, was now nestled like a little bird in the arms of a wealthy man.
She was even dressed up, prepared for the next powerful assault.
What cold goddess?
What sacred and untouchable being?
The one you crave but cannot have is merely someone else’s plaything!
What you cannot lick, others have long since tired of!
She’s not cold; your class isn’t high enough, nor is your strength!
Taking the large box containing four sets of mechanical prosthetics from the bodyguard, Su Cheng secured it on the back of his motorcycle, mounted the bike, and twisted the throttle to accelerate recklessly.
Whether it was a life of luxury or rare technological products,
Whether abundant resources or the goddess in others’ eyes,
Everything he had just seen completely overturned his previous understanding!
The wealthy man had no trace of recognition when looking at him.
Because he simply was not worthy of notice!
That was the feeling of supreme class, an unbridgeable chasm!
Su Cheng took a deep breath, his gaze firm. To hell with this class gap.
I will shatter it all with my fist sooner or later, crushing these high and mighty people with sheer strength!
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