# Chapter 1211: I'm Really Rich! Like, Super Rich!
"What? You caught her? Are you sure she's a Space System?"
Stephen smiled: "Silver Nine! Can teleport, and has a spatial ability. The real deal!"
"I wouldn't dare play tricks with the boss on this!"
"She's a bit of a troublemaker, but you'll need to straighten her out when you get her!"
Omega was beaming with excitement: "Where is she? Bring her over!"
Stephen laughed: "She should arrive at the Yu Country capital by this afternoon!"
"About the reward we discussed earlier…"
Omega chuckled: "Money, status, joining the Merchant Alliance—none of that will be missing! Your Dark Reef has finally made it to shore!"
"Tonight at eight, trading at Lemon Park in the West City! As long as the person is correct, everything will be fine!"
Stephen gladly accepted!
He turned to look at Lan, who was tied to a steel pillar, and grinned.
(๑¯ิٹ¯ิ๑) "You really are a little golden toad, aren't you?"
At this moment, Lan hung her head, her small face pale. Due to excessive blood loss, she was drowsy and on the verge of sleep.
Her eyes stared blankly at the ground, lost in thought.
Omega directly reported this good news to Pang Badi.
Pang Badi was in his office, looking annoyed as he reviewed the notes he'd written after secretly studying.
He was just thinking about how to get his hands on one of those zodiac cookies to taste what they were like!
Then he received this news. He leaped up from his chair, his face full of surprise.
°˖✧◝(๑⁰ㅂ⁰)◜✧˖° "Good, good, good! Excellent! Dark Reef really knows how to get things done! You go handle the exchange yourself—make it clean!"
"Finally, my Haitang will have its own Space System too?"
As for whether she'd listen or not when she came back? Hah—he had a thousand ways to make her obey!
Omega nodded: "I'll go prepare immediately!"
Pang Badi quickly waved his hand: "Hey, hey, hey—when you're back, buy me a copy of *A Bite of Huaxia: 108 Ways to Cook Eggs*."
"Oh, right! Also *Civil Engineering*, *Mechanical Principles*, and stuff!"
Omega: ???
Since when did the boss have such broad interests?
...
Nightfall. In Yao Hong's office, Jiangnan appeared exhausted, having just returned from the sea.
"Any news?"
Yao Hong nodded: "Our people spotted activity on the Tianci cargo ship. Some smugglers said people from Dark Reef captured a little girl."
Jiangnan's eyes sharpened: "Dark Reef? Pull up all their files for me!"
Yao Hong said sympathetically: "Already pulling them. They're a secondary force. Their leader is Stephen, a Starlight Four-Star."
"They're somewhat known around Yu Country. The files will be here soon. You should eat something first!"
"Even if you're made of iron, you can't keep going like this."
At the dinner table, Jiangnan seemed distracted, constantly urging for Dark Reef's files.
...
West City District. A logistics warehouse.
A dozen or so people were playing poker. Lan was tied to a chair.
Both hands were cuffed behind her back, the cuffs fastened very tight. Her wrists were covered in bruises, and the blood from her stomped fingers had already clotted.
"Haha! I'm telling you, this little girl is really worth something. This wave is a solid score for Dark Reef!"
"You think? You know Jiangnan, the Space System? Only Platinum rank, and he's being treated like a god by the Yu Country royal family here in the capital!"
"He demolished the Murphy Iron Tower and the Yu Country Royal Palace, and the royals didn't dare say a word. I heard yesterday he wrecked the Lantis Academy too. Arrogant as hell!"
Lan suddenly lifted her head, looking at everyone.
Here? In the capital? Jiangnan-gege was in this city?
She remembered Jiangnan-gege saying that Space Systems, as long as they were close enough, could sense each other's spatial fluctuations?
Lan's big eyes darted around restlessly.
The poker-playing guards were chatting enthusiastically.
"Haha! No matter how powerful he is, it's got nothing to do with us. All I know is, this haul is going to make us rich!"
"Haitang's reward—we'll get a cut too, right?"
"You kidding? Once this job is done, I'm definitely going to Hong Romantic to have some fun!"
A bald man slammed his cards on the table.
"Tch! Lost everything! I'm out. You guys keep playing."
Just then, Lan looked at them with a pitiful expression.
(།།།ᵒ̴̶̷̥́～ᵒ̴̶̷̣̥̀) "Big brothers, are you catching me to sell for money?"
"I have money too. Could you please let me go? I'm begging you!"
As soon as she said this, everyone burst out laughing.
The bald man even stepped forward and lifted Lan's chin.
"Give it a rest. You don't have two ounces of meat on you. What kind of money could you possibly have?"
Lan said anxiously: (།།།･᷄～･᷅#) "I'm really rich! Like, super rich! I stole from the bank vault!"
"I can teleport. No one could find me. Gold bricks bigger than construction bricks—I carried them all night long!"
"I hid them all. I'll give you all the gold bricks. Please, just let me go, okay?"
The entire warehouse went silent.
Swoosh—gold bricks bigger than construction bricks? Carried all night?
How much money would that be?
How could they forget she was a Space System? Going into a vault was like child's play for her?
The bald man swallowed hard.
٩(º﹃º٩) "G-gold bricks? Where are they hidden? Give them to us and we'll let you go!"
Everyone's eyes grew heated, and they sneered wickedly.
Lan frowned: "I put them all in an Alternate Dimension, but I can't open it."
The bald man licked his lips: "You're not lying, are you? Trying to get us to unlock your Spirit-Binding so you can run?"
Lan shook her head repeatedly: "I'm not lying! Besides, with so many of you watching, I couldn't escape even if I tried."
The bald man turned and raised an eyebrow.
"What do you say, brothers? Want to try unlocking her? Free gold bricks—why not?"
A blond man grinned: "Maybe not? If she runs, we can't take that responsibility. If the boss finds out—"
The bald man urged: "If none of us says anything, who would know? After eight o'clock, she belongs to Haitang!"
"This is free gold! If we miss out now, it's gone! Even if the boss splits it, how much would we get?"
"Opportunity like this doesn't come often!"
Hearing this, everyone's hearts grew hot.
"Let's do it!"
The bald man pressed his gun against Lan's head.
"Behave! You're not faster than me pulling this trigger!"
Lan said weakly: (•̥́～•̀#) "If I give you my money, will you really let me go?"
The bald man cackled: "We're in this business. Honor matters. Don't worry—Big Bro won't lie to you."
With that, he untied Lan and removed her handcuffs.
He pulled out a knife and dug the Spirit-Binding bullet out of her thigh.
Once Lan's Spirit-Binding state was released, the dozen or so people in the warehouse tensed up, all on high alert.
The bald man threatened: "No dawdling! Hurry up and get the gold!"
Lan rubbed her eyes. She didn't dare run. She directly opened her Alternate Dimension and started pulling out gold bricks.
She cried as she did.
(☍⌂⁰#) "Wuwuwu—my precious money!"
The moment the gleaming gold bricks came out, everyone's eyes lit up.
There really was gold!
Lan pulled them out one by one, stuffing them into the bald man's arms.
The pile of gold bricks grew tall, threatening to topple.
Instinctively, the bald man used his gun hand to steady the gold.
The moment the gun left Lan's head—
Lan suddenly burst into action. She kicked up hard, landing a vicious blow right on the bald man's groin.
(‧̣̥̇›ଵﾛଵ‹‧̣̥̇) "Yoo-hoo-hoo-hoo—"
The bald man's eyes shot open wide, and he let out a blood-curdling scream.
"Damn it! Stop her! The little brat is trying to run!"
In an instant, a barrage of abilities came flying at her. Lan had already teleported to the warehouse's roof beams.
"Space Cube!"
The dozen or so gold bricks scattered on the floor were instantly transferred to her side.
She opened her Alternate Dimension, and all the gold bricks fell in. Not a single one was left behind.
Life didn't matter, but her precious money could not be lost!
She teleported again, breaking out of the warehouse.
But the moment she teleported out, a blast of air struck her body.
Her small figure slammed hard into the ground.
Then came a gunshot. Her other leg was hit.
Lan, who had just escaped, ran straight into Stephen and the others returning.
Stephen immediately cuffed Lan again.
"Still trying to run? You can't escape!"
"What were you people thinking? You actually removed her Spirit-Binding? You want to die, is that it?"
The bald man and his group trembled, faces pale as paper.
Amanda urged: "It's almost time. We need to get going."
Stephen shot the group a furious glare: "I'll deal with you later!"
He put a black hood over Lan's head and headed toward the exchange point.
Lan silently prayed. She hoped it worked.
...
At the dinner table. Jiangnan suddenly stood up, staring toward the western part of the city.
"West City District! Bring the team and follow!"
As he spoke, he vanished from the dining room.
How could Yao Hong not know? Jiangnan must have sensed Lan's spatial fluctuation!
"Call everyone here who can fight! We're heading for West City District!"
Yuna and Emma carried Mila and followed without a word.
A flood of people poured out of the Golden Orange Building, charging straight for West City District.
In the logistics warehouse, the bald man was holding his crotch in annoyance.
Forget about Hong Romantic now! He shouldn't have been so greedy!
"It's all your fault! Why did you have to pull that stunt? Now there's no telling if the boss will even let us have a share!"
The bald man winced: "How was I supposed to know that little brat—"
*Puh-tch!*
A bloodstained bone blade suddenly stabbed through the bald man's chest from behind.
It pierced clean through, bringing a spray of blood with it.
Everyone in the warehouse stared in horror at Jiangnan, who had appeared without warning behind the bald man.
Their faces went white.
Jiangnan's eyes blazed with murderous intent.
"Move and you die! Where is Lan?"
The bald man coughed up a mouthful of blood. Every beat of his heart slammed against the bone blade.
"I... I don't know the exchange point! The boss didn't tell me! He—"
The bone blade slashed upward. The bald man was split in two.
"If you don't know, then die! Someone will know!"
As he spoke, his gaze swept over the others in the warehouse.
Everyone's bodies and minds quaked, as if plunged into an ice cellar.