Tokyo underground city

Chapter 295 Astrology Station

"So... Miss Katori, why did you invite me over?"

Kaori Shinohara was dressed solemnly, but her tone was very easy-going, which made Lin Huaien understand the attitude she was trying to reveal——

Sure enough, Katorihua lowered her head and solemnly thanked Lin Huai'en:

"I want to thank you in person!"

"Although I couldn't be by Yujun's side during his most difficult time, please believe that I really love him! Therefore, I am very grateful to you for saving him!"

"After all, it is the lives of many people..."

Lin Huai'en was silent for a moment and put down the sencha in his hand: "But I hope you can understand that the reason why I help you is not because I want to get something from you, but that only you can change this situation and help Tokyo." What do people do."

However, after hearing Lin Huai'en's words, Katorika raised her head and looked at Tianshui Yu with a bitter look on her face——

"But Mr. Lin, you don't know something... Even the Shinohara family, one of the three imperial families, can't do much in today's Tokyo."

"Why?"

Lin Huai'en was a little surprised: "Is it because there has been no news from Kazuma Shinohara for almost ten years?"

"This is one aspect, but more importantly it is the pressure from the New York Association."

Shinohara Katori Hana hesitated for a moment, then stood up: "Just in time, please come with me, I will show you the relics of the war——"

"You'll see what I mean."

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"War relics?"

Lin Huai'en was stunned for a moment.

Katori Hana led the way in front of Lin Huaien and Tian Shuiyou. She dismissed all the maids and led Lin Huaien and the others straight to the back mountain.

Along the way, she was introducing the facilities of the Shinohara family to Lin Huaien——

It can be seen that under the glamorous appearance, the Shinohara family's ancient residence is very dilapidated, and the ruins in many places have not yet had time to be repaired.

"These are the remains of the war ten years ago. After the death of the previous family leader, Lord Shinohara Kazuma lurked in the abyss layer and did not appear in order to avoid the assassination of the New York Land Association."

Under the guidance of Katori Hana, Lin Huaien and the others climbed the steps of the back mountain to the shrine on the top of the mountain, and followed the secret passage behind the shrine to the secret cave deep in the mountain.

In front of a pyramid-like building, Katorihua used dual biometric identification of fingerprints and pupils to open the elevator to the depths of the underground.

After Lin Huai'en and others got on the elevator, the elevator ran downward for more than ten minutes before finally stopping.

"here it is……"

Lin Huai'en looked at the huge hole that appeared in front of him and took a deep breath——

"The [Astrological Observatory] of the Tokyo Metropolitan Association, or the [Original Astrological Observatory]."

Katorihua's expression was a little sad, but Lin Huaien could understand her thoughts——

Because all the facilities in the hundreds of meters wide cave in front of him were covered with thick dust, and the destroyed culture tanks densely covered every space in front of him.

And in every culture tank, there were corpses that had turned into withered bones.

A rough calculation shows that in the space in front of Lin Huai'en alone, at least tens of thousands of people died!

But this is not the scariest thing.

In the center of the human bone culture tank, stood a huge corpse that looked like a giant.

The giant's hands were placed on the cross, and her head was lowered. From her eyes, mouth, nose, ears, chest, navel, steps, knees, and feet, a total of sixteen steel forks penetrated her body, and traces of dried blood could be seen. Remains on her corpse-like body——

Spectacular, and eerie.

"……What is this?"

Lin Huai'en looked at the giant mummy that was at least ten meters tall in front of him. He couldn't understand this.

"This is the body of Lord [Amaterasu]."

Katori Hana walked forward and gently stroked the giant's body——

"The Tokyo Metropolitan Association's [Great Astrologer]."

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"...So during the dungeon surge ten years ago, the Shinohara family's [Astrological Observatory] was destroyed, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Association lost its [Astrological Observatory], so it had no choice but to join the New York Metropolitan Association's camp?"

Lin Huai'en listened to Shinohara Katori's explanation and couldn't help but summarize it.

"Yes...this is the biggest blow to us."

Katori Hana nodded: "The status of the Shinohara family, on the surface, is maintained through Kazuma Shinohara, my father."

"But in fact, the secret behind Shinohara's ability to become the chief of the Gosan Family was through the [Astrological Observatory], which was one of the top three in the world at the time——"

"[Amaterasu System] maintains it."

"What the hell is Amaterasu."

Lin Huai'en frowned and stroked the mummy in front of him. Even after such a long time, the giant's body had not completely decayed.

It doesn't seem to be an earthly substance, so microorganisms have no effect on it.

"[Amaterasu-sama] is a [special-grade relic] discovered by my father from the abyss layer dungeon. Of course, according to current custom, you can call it [Lord of the Labyrinth]."

"...White card explorer?"

Lin Huai'en was silent for a moment and then asked.

"The [Lord of the Labyrinth] is the [Lord of the Labyrinth], and the 'White Card Explorer' is a 'White Card Explorer'. The two are not the same."

Katorihua shook her head: "At that time, the head of the Shinohara family completed spiritual synchronization with Amaterasu-sama, thus gaining Amaterasu-sama's power, guiding the Tokyo Metropolitan Association forward, and allowing a large number of outstanding people like Yu-kun's father to The Explorers stood out and became the second largest dungeon association in the world at that time.”

“At that time, we even shouted the slogan of surpassing the New York Land Association and becoming the number one in the world.”

"...Then, a wave of monsters broke out in Tokyo, the Shinjuku Underground City was destroyed, the Shibuya Underground City went out of control, and even the Shinohara family's [Astrological Observatory] was violently destroyed..."

Lin Huai'en gradually figured out the whole story.

"This is [Astrological War]."

Shinohara Katori nodded: "A comprehensive decisive battle led by the national [Grand Astrologer]."

"If the Shinohara family and Amaterasu-sama are just one move apart, everything will be lost."

"After losing the [Astrological Observatory], both the Shinohara family and the Tokyo Underground Association have become lambs to be slaughtered. So even if we know that behind the series of [Astrological Wars] are the hands and feet of the New York Underground Association, we still have no choice but to Don’t choose to surrender to them and become one of them.”

"...So you said this?"

Lin Huaien asked subconsciously.

Katori looked at Lin Huaien, with a calm expression and a hint of despair——

"So, it is the idea of ​​the great astrologer of the New York Metropolitan Association to keep the Shibuya Underground City as it is and to pit the upper-class Chinese in Tokyo against the lower-class citizens. Yu-kun and I have no ability to change this situation even if we have the intention. .”

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After visiting the ruins of the astrological platform on the mountain behind Shinohara's house, Katori Hana politely sent Lin Huaien and others out of the mansion.

"You said...did I make her angry?"

Lin Huai'en looked at the black wooden door behind him, thoughtfully.

"Katori Hana is not the kind of person who cares about everything."

Tian Shuiyu smiled bitterly, "But there is really nothing we can do. After losing the [Astrology Station], we have become lambs to be slaughtered——"

"The apparent strength of the Tokyo Metropolitan Association is the third in the world, but its actual combat effectiveness may not even be as good as that of the Paris Metropolitan Association and the Moscow Metropolitan Association."

"So Mr. Lin, you asked me if I wanted to change this status quo..."

"I can only tell you that Katorihua and I have no choice. We can't do it."

Lin Huai'en looked at Yu and sensed despair in his eyes.

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"The eldest lady of the Shinohara family actually let you visit their [astrology station]... Please write a report. The headquarters will probably be very interested in what you saw."

During the video call, Minister Xiao looked at Lin Huai'en with interest: "What the New York Land Association did to the Shinohara family's Amaterasu system back then, even we in the city don't know, you are going to make a great contribution!"

"Can I make meritorious deeds just by visiting the ruins?"

Lin Huai'en was a little dumbfounded, but not too surprised——

Indeed, if he hadn't saved Yu Amami, no matter how informal Katori Hana was, she would not have let her see the shame of the Tokyo Metropolitan Association -

At least, from his perspective, the people of the Shinohara family have kept the astrology station in its current condition and have not cleaned it for more than ten years. They must be unwilling to do so...

"Minister Xiao, Hara Yumu said that there are three forces above Tokyo that are affecting the situation here... One of them should be An Xiyan from Shangdu City, right? What are the other two forces? The New York Land Association? And Another force?"

Lin Huai'en recalled his previous impression and confirmed to Minister Xiao.

"The other two forces are also astrologers from the New York Land Association."

However, Minister Xiao gave an answer that was beyond Lin Huai'en's expectation -

"The reason why the New York Metropolitan Association was able to defeat the Tokyo Metropolitan Association was because they had two astrologer systems. The two great astrologers worked together to destroy the Tokyo Metropolitan Association's [Amaterasu]."

Looking at Lin Huai'en's slightly surprised expression, Minister Xiao nodded: "The New York City Association's astrological platform system is the sum of the other underground city associations combined. This is the reason why they are unbeatable - according to our analysis , the attacks on you and Tanya are also related to them."

"The attacks on Tanya and I are also related to them?!"

Lin Huai'en was stunned for a moment and immediately reacted: "Katrina?!"

"Yes." Minister Xiao nodded: "But it should all be just idle writing - otherwise you two would not have survived their encirclement and suppression."

"These two great astrologers usually focus on internal fighting, but when they unite with the outside world, they are really unbeatable."

"...It feels like this kind of power is almost surpassing that of a white card explorer."

Lin Huai'en couldn't help but sigh.

“A psychic is a psychic, and a white card explorer is a white card explorer.”

However, Minister Xiao shook his head: "Without the [Astrological Station] system, even the [Great Astrologer] is nothing, but this is not the case for white card explorers."

"Therefore, the [Great Astrologer] always relies on the country to exist, while the white card explorer has a lot more freedom."

"Although after reaching a certain scale, the [Great Astrologer] also has a certain degree of suppression on the white card explorers, but more often, the [astrologer] is afraid of the white card explorers——"

"This is also the reason why each country hides its own [astrological platform] system."

"Once the [Astrology Station] is discovered by white card explorers, they can easily destroy the huge and extremely bloated [Astrology Station] system."

"In other words, is it the difference between [King] and [Queen]..."

Lin Huai'en nodded: "The [Astrological Platform] is the [King] who plays chess, and the White Card Explorer is the invincible Queen."

"That's it."

Minister Shino nodded: "Tokyo's 'Amaterasu System' was probably destroyed by the New York Geographical Association after its position was exposed by a traitor - of course, the two great astrologers of the New York Geographical Association can do it in Amaterasu." It is also their ability to operate a 'traitor' who knows the location of the Amaterasu system under the nose of the system."

"The chess player...is really a terrifying existence."

Lin Huai'en couldn't help but shook his head: "I didn't expect that all of our dungeon explorers are under such a huge surveillance system."

"Not a surveillance system."

In the video, Minister Xiao shook his head: "It's just like what the name of [Astrology Station] means -"

"Whether it's a psychic or a great astrologer, they are all observers and prophets."

"The real future of this world still has to be left to you psychics and ordinary people!"

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Lin Huai'en didn't know why Minister Xiao said, "The real future of this world still has to be left to you psychics and ordinary people."

But he still kept it in mind.

After meeting Shinohara Katori in Chiyoda District, he was ready to evacuate from Tokyo.

After all, Minister Shino has reminded him that Tokyo is already in troubled times, and Yu Amamizu and Kaatori Shinohara have also expressed to him that they are involuntarily and helpless.

So he is not prepared to force it. In a sense, this is also the benefit that he values ​​​​interests——

"Even if there are no results, with the support of the Shinohara family, it is not difficult to get 100 million in cash from Katori..."

Lin Huai'en looked at the 1.5 billion yen transferred to his account and was a little stunned.

If he hadn't been a reserve member of a national-level explorer and received so much foreign exchange in one go, he might have alerted the banking regulatory system.

But even so, it is difficult to transfer this money to the country in one go.

"100 million yuan seems like a lot, but if we calculate it based on the average annual salary of 3 million yuan per dungeon explorer, it is the salary of ten explorers for three years."

Having done financial planning for a listed company, Lin Huai'en knew very well that the money seemed to be a lot, but if he really wanted to do something, it would only be a fraction.

"The underground city industry is, after all, a capital-intensive industry. Just like the East India Company in the Age of Discovery, all exploration investments will have the risk of losing everything."

"So saving this money can also be used as risk capital for the daytime thief team."

And the wages paid to Yuan Yumu and the others——

Although the Daytime Thieves Team has always followed a studio model, with zero salary + share.

But continuing like this is not a long-term solution.

After all, Hara Yugure, Tanya and Kamiya Tsubaki were all excellent, but when they were poached, he had no place to cry.

"Moreover, with the salary system in place, it will be easier to recruit people. You can even invest in one or two dungeon teams with potential and become an exploiting class..."

Lin Huai'en calculated and paid Yuan Ximu and the others their first month's salary + bonus.

One million each.

Except for Hara Yumu who didn't care much about this small amount of money, Tanya and Kamiya Chun were both a little surprised.

Especially Miss Naginata, she was so excited that she almost flew up when she received the text message that her salary had arrived——

Seeing Higurashi Hidden Man and the others were extremely greedy, and they clamored to join the daytime thieves team even if they were threatened and kidnapped.

Of course, Lin Huaien knew they were joking.

Taking the remaining money, he rarely opened the Wilderness House's advanced auction website and took a look, then quickly exited——

"Together with the world's hot money to grab dungeon equipment, I would do that because my brain is broken!"