Qin Siyang listened with great interest.
The churches established in the apocalypse really were full of juicy stuff.
Only, the attention of those few people was clearly not on him anymore, and the situation had already been explained clearly.
Qin Siyang felt hungry and wanted to go eat, so he planned to see the guests off.
He glanced over, Chris had no intention of making a deal.
Most likely because Hu Chan and Jin Shengyu were present, he didn't dare say too much.
Looked like he was planning to head with Hu Chan to Area 8.
No matter. They could set another time for the exchange of the Blood Moon Blind Spider's eye.
He turned off the lie detector.
"The three of you, if there's no other issue, then we'll leave it at that? We'll contact again if something comes up?"
The three of them exchanged a confirming look. Nothing else to ask.
They had come today purely to confirm that Qin Siyang wouldn't make a move against Zephyr Church again.
Otherwise, before deciding superiority among themselves, the three of them would definitely first find a way to get rid of Qin Siyang, this trouble-stirring bastard.
Fortunately, Qin Siyang wasn't a real bastard.
"Since there's no problem, I'll see you three out. Also, congratulations to you three for winning in the four-into-three selection."
Under their cold gazes, Qin Siyang revealed a mocking smile.
After sending the three down to the first-floor lobby, Qin Siyang prepared to return to his room and continue resting.
Suddenly, he noticed in the corner of the shelf near the front desk, a few decks of playing cards.
The main part of the shelf displayed cigarettes and alcohol. On the side were the cards.
Before, Qin Siyang had always thought they were comic books, so he never looked closely.
Even if he had known they were playing cards, he wouldn't have bought any.
But now he knew, the playing cards contained information.
Qin Yingguang had told him to buy a few decks and recognize the people on them.
Qin Siyang walked over and asked the staff at the front desk.
"How much for a deck of cards?"
"Mr. Qin, five hundred copper coins per deck. Which kind would you like?"
"Wait! Five hundred copper coins per deck? These cards are antiques from before the apocalypse or what?"
"The playing cards are produced by the Warren Chamber of Commerce. For every deck sold, a certain copyright fee must be paid to Warren. That's why the price is higher."
Qin Siyang's eyebrows knotted together.
'A pile of scrap paper, and they still charge copyright fees?'
'The Warren Chamber of Commerce really have it easy making money, huh?'
"And also, pricing them higher helps prevent the information inside from being widely spread, avoiding unnecessary public opinion pressure on the people on the cards."
'Prevent spreading?'
So basically, it was about creating information barriers between the lower levels of people in the safe zone.
A flash of depth passed through Qin Siyang's eyes.
'The Warren Chamber of Commerce really knows how to play.'
But Qin Siyang didn't speak his dissatisfaction aloud.
"Give me a deck then."
"Mr. Qin, may I ask which kind you'd like?"
"Mm? They're different kinds?"
"Yes. Four types: Lion deck, Tiger deck, Wolf deck, Snake deck."
Qin Siyang hesitated, then asked, "And what's the meaning behind the four types?"
"Oh, it mainly depends on who is printed on them.
"The Lion deck is the 54 strongest subordinate powers within the safe zone."
"The Tiger deck is the 54 strongest individuals in the safe zone."
"The Wolf deck is the 54 students with the greatest potential in the safe zone."
"The Snake deck is the 54 most dangerous criminals in the safe zone."
'Four different decks?'
Naturally, Qin Siyang wasn't going to be stingy over such a small amount of money.
Information was the most important thing.
Qin Siyang said, "Then give me one of each, the Lion, Tiger, Wolf, and Snake decks."
"Alright."
Qin Siyang transferred two thousand copper coins from his electronic account, then carried the four decks upstairs.
He opened the Snake deck first, the most dangerous criminals in the safe zone.
Looking carefully, he found he only recognized the one Qin Yingguang had killed the day before yesterday.
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[Hearts 7: Yamamoto Taro]
[After entering the safe zone, lived by plundering. Later awakened a Sequence, mainly dealing in assassination. Once, in a single instant, killed the governors of State 10 and State 14 hundreds of meters apart simultaneously. Wanted by the United Government.]
[Current strength very likely Sequence Level 5 or above.]
[Bounty: 100,000 God-Hunting Points, 5 gold coins, 200 silver coins, 1,000 bottles of sequence potion.]
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Qin Siyang's gaze lingered on the bounty.
Such a precious reward, and Qin Yingguang didn't take the head to claim it, instead handing it over to him for nothing?
'Really strange.'
Qin Siyang looked twice more at Yamamoto Taro's portrait.
The card didn't provide much useful info. Sequence ability and level weren't shown.
"If there's no specific info, then how are the names on the cards ranked?"
"Seems like the higher the bounty, the bigger the card face?"
Qin Siyang checked again and found this was correct.
The highest bounty were the Jokers, followed by the four Aces, ranked in order of spades, hearts, clubs, diamonds.
Then came K down to 2.
Next, Qin Siyang opened the Wolf deck. To qualify for it, one had to still be a student.
Qin Siyang stared at the cards for a long time. Neither he nor anyone he knew was there.
"No one else I care about, fine, but I've stirred up such storms these past months, and I'm not even on the Wolf deck?", This made Qin Siyang feel insulted again.
He picked up the box and glanced at the production date.
[March 1st, 2010]
"So it hasn't been updated yet. No wonder I'm not on it," Although on the Wolf deck Qin Siyang didn't see himself or acquaintances, he did see a familiar name.
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[Spades J: Qi Jiangnan]
[Student of Xirong University, Class of 2008]
[Accumulated over 3 million God-Hunting Points, more than 10,000 research points, once fought alone against three medium gods at the same time, killed them all, and earned the recognition of many professors and classmates. But after one god-hunting expedition, went missing, whereabouts unknown.]
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He remembered that when he once got lost outside the safe zone, he'd picked up a skeleton.
The will beside the bones had said he was Qi Jiangnan.
"Tsk! 'Whereabouts unknown'? Now it's clear, he's lying right inside my storage box."
"One day when I have time, I'll ask his family if they're still around, let the kid be buried properly."
Then Qin Siyang tore open the Tiger deck.
"Let's see if I recognize anyone on this individual strength ranking."
Qin Siyang flipped through and was immediately stunned.
"Damn, so many acquaintances?"
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[Clubs A: Guo Jiuxiao]
[Diamonds A: Li Tianming]
[Spades K: Han Shuo]
[Clubs K: Hu Yunsheng]
[Diamonds K: Zhang Kuang]
[Spades J: Qin Yingguang]
[Hearts J: Chu Xiao'ang]
[He..]
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Qin Siyang looked closely, Principals of Four Glory and Five Pillar, Deans of the Three Prosperities and Five Virtue Research Institutes, Commanders of the six Great Legions, Presidents of the Three Great Chambers of Commerce, Zhao Longteng, Zhao Longfei, all appeared on the cards.
Wu Yu, Hao Liang, and Lu Daoxing were also there, but not Professors Chang Tianxiang and Chang Tianxiong.
Although Qin Siyang had never seen the two Chang professors act, no one seemed to doubt their strength.
Perhaps because both professors researched god-related subjects, the Warren Chamber of Commerce deemed their strength not enough.
This Tiger deck's rankings were definitely problematic. It seemed basically Warren's own rough guesses based on incomplete info.
Most obvious, Li Tianming, who wasted two years at [Peaceful School]. At present, he definitely wasn't worthy of the Diamonds A spot.
It was only lingering reputation holding him up, so his ranking hadn't fallen.
"Maybe when they update this deck, Old Li won't rank so high anymore."
Qin Siyang chuckled and kept flipping.
Then his gaze froze on one card.
'Huh? Him?'
'This guy, he was actually a professor at South Pillar University?'
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T/N: As you all already know my 2nd Account(Ambitious_Guy) is susp*nded, due to obvious reasons. But, the novels in it are still on the platform. Due to which I can't repost them on my new account(Ambi_Guy). Because everytime I try, the book just gets blocked because of 'Spamming'. So, those novels will now be exclusively available on ScribdleHub. For more details and novels please check announcement on Discord (discord.gg/bYAfGyp98y).
Another thing, from now I will post my new novels via 2nd Account(Ambitious_Guy_2) that used to be my 2nd Patreon(ZenonTL). It has some good fanfics and novels, you can try.
I am afraid of getting another block or susp*nsion so I am not saying more and censoring any trigger words.
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