Chapter 142 - 6.2 Third Green Star - Countdown: 5 Months
The lives of the father and son of the Ximen Family had gone by without problems. They've enjoyed the peaceful days in their own way. Ximen Xueya started selling his companies to those scheming bastards and bitches at the highest price. He milked their money until they got no more savings, and their only asset is the company Xueya sold to them. They've happily forgotten the Ximen Family who is no longer the wealthiest family in the country after selling off their enterprises.
They thought that Ximen Xueya had finally gone crazy. After he sold his companies, the first thing he did with that money was buy resources like food, solar panel systems, live animals & fishes, necessities like clothes and other useful things like weapons, gasoline, and generators. He even bought a desolate land with less humans living and built a fortress-like mansion. The mansion was hidden within the forest.
There's underground facilities and surface greenhouses surrounding the mansion. The whole mountain was bought by Ximen Xueya. After buying the mountain everyone from the upper families and clans looked at him like he had gone mad. They didn't know why he wanted to create an isolated paradise keeping the others out of his territory.
No one is able to enter his place without permission. He even signed a treaty with the government and military to keep their hands away from his land in exchange for the wholesome money he had given them in exchange. The government agreed to his request as Xueya's only request is to not allow anyone to take back his mountain's ownership from him no matter what happens.
The month of July passes by quickly and the month of August has begun. While his mountain is under construction, Xueya still continues living at his mansion in the S District. He's been completing the rest of the contracts regarding his sold companies. After all he is not willing to take the losing end when it comes to money. Today's guests were the last batch of fools paying for the last company in his possession. The signing of documents were done easily under the lawyers presence.
A lawyer spoke, "Master Ximen. Everything had been signed in accordance with the agreement. The other party had given 600 million payments for the RH company Master Ximen had sold."
"I see... Good work. After you get the government signed that other agreement you may go home and get your full salary with my accountant, Lou Lan. You may go now." said Xueya while watching his son's live school interaction on his tablet.
The group of lawyers and the buyers were escorted out of the mansion by his butler, Suisen.
"Master, Suisen has something to ask. Could you please allow me to?" asked the butler.
Xueya replied nonchalantly, "Go ahead and ask, Suisen."
"Master. Is the reason why you sold your companies is to gather money to renovate the mountain you've bought?" asked Suisen.
"Well~ something like that." answered Xueya.
Suisen continued asking, "Then is the reason for the master gathering resources and creating a tall and thick wall around the mountain you've bought had the same reason as well? Could Suisen know why?" he asked.
With this question of his, Suisen finally got his master's attention to him. Xueya looked at him as if observing him. There's hints of calculation within his gaze.
It didn't take a while before Xueya averted his gaze. It was at this moment that his family's account and only close friend Lan had come over after giving those lawyers their payment. When he came looking for his friend he overheard the conversation between Xueya and his butler, Suisen.
Lou Lan joins the conversation, "I wanted to know your reason for that as well. Xueya, I know you would never make a move without any rational reason."
"Rational reason? What if I told you that my latest decision had no rational meaning but intuitive instead. Would you still want to hear the answer?" asked Xueya with a mischievous smile on his lips.
With a smile on his captivating appearance made Xueya like a seductive demon fox waiting for his prey to come over. As expected his smile made Lan and Suisen uncomfortable.
Lan spoke after a short pause. "Go ahead. I will still listen."
"Suisen wants to know the answer as well, Master."
"Yue. Give me a soft copy of the confidential files regarding the pre-apocalyptic events from all over the world. I wanted the latest ones." said Xueya in his mind.
[Data had been gathered. Host, I have passed all the related data in your tablet.]
"Thank you. Go ahead and continue playing with Xiao Jing."
[I will, host!]
Lan and Suisen stare at Xueya who starts playing with the tablet in his hands once again. They didn't ask him once again but waited for his answer in silence. They knew that unless Xueya wanted to tell them anything, they wouldn't know a thing at all. It was by then that Xueya sighed as he held his tablet to face the two of them.
They didn't comment on what he wanted to do but instead looked at the table he was holding. Xueya played a video. The surroundings in the contents of the video aren't familiar to Suisen but Lan frowned when he saw the familiar logo of NASSA and CERRN. In the video they saw a few blonde and blue-eyed men wearing white robes. They were inside some glass like room tinkering at a beautiful gem like a meteorite. The meteorite at the center only had the size of a basketball ball. It is glittering under the light like some unpolished diamonds, but the shade of the meteorite is iridescent. A phenomenon of certain surfaces that appear to gradually change color as the angle of view or the angle of illumination changes. Examples of iridescence include soap bubbles, feathers, butterfly wings and seashell nacre, as well as certain minerals.
The scientist inside the room is quite geared, they've tried manipulating the meteorite. They've started scrapping a part of it when a thick smog comes out from it. The thick purple smog moves like it was alive entering at every corner of the scientist's clothes and gear. One the smog reaches some holes like ears, noses, or mouth. It would force itself inside the body of the human. They watched as the scientist trembled and fidgeted weirdly as the smog entered their bodies. It didn't take a while for those scientists to fall on the ground one by one. The other people from outside the room tried to save them as they only ended up the same way. Some successfully escaped from the smog and started panicking, saying words: 'No longer breathing', 'They have no heart beat!', 'Dead... they are dead.' They were talking in an indifferent language other than Japanese.
The scene in the video suddenly turned chaotic after a few minutes. Those scientists who were supposed to be dead suddenly woke up and started attacking the rest who are still alive inside the room. The video suddenly turned black leaving only the scene of undead, gore and blood in the eyes of the viewers. Lou Lan and Yun Suisen had been frightened with what they had watched. The video was like a movie trailer about zombies.
Lou Lan was the first to retort. "This... Xueya did you just let us watch a movie trailer?"
"Um~ if you wish for it to be just a trailer then it will be." replied Xueya who took back his tablet with an amused smile.
Obviously the two didn't believe what they had seen and thought that Ximen Xueya was joking.
"Lan, don't you still have an appointment with the Prime Minister this afternoon?" said Xueya.
Lou Lan stood up as he remembered the forgotten appointment he made with the Minister's Palace. This is something Ximen Xueya asked him to do. He needed some more documents to be signed.
"Ah~ right. Then I would be going now."
"Suisen. Escort him out and call Chi-chan for lunch." said Xueya.
"Okay. Master." said Suisen.
After sending away Lou Lan and picking up the Young Master for lunch, Suisen returns to continuing his duties while being slightly absent minded the whole time. Lou Lan isn't that much different as he was in daze the whole time on his way to the Minister's Palace. The video Xueya had let them watch was too vivid to be fake and it is obviously unedited. Just based on the angle of the camera, the video is obviously a surveillance recording. Ximen Xueya also didn't deny nor agree to Lou Lan's question of whether the video recording is a trailer or not. They were told that if they believe it to be then it must be. A vague answer with different meanings.
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Meanwhile in the Military Barracks.
Major Shi Moye is under suspension. After reporting information about the arrival of Apocalypse to his higher ups, his superior had thought that he had worked too much that he was having delusions. Now he was given a vacation to calm himself down. Even though Shi Moye couldn't accept that his superior and brothers didn't believe his words and suggestion, he couldn't really blame them as he doesn't have any proof. He accepted his suspension for one month and decided to use this vacation to look for his love, Yun Suisen.
He had also decided not to accept any mission before the end of the year. This is because he doesn't want to have any coincidental meeting with Yun Ren who had caused the death of the person he loved in their last life. He now hated Yun Ren's existence to the core. He is now waiting in the barracks as Shi Moye tasked one of his subordinates to look for a person called Yun Suisen. He wanted to gather information before leaving the barrack and find his love.
Knock. Knock. knock.
Shi Moye asked, "Who is it?"
"Major, it's the report you've asked to be sent as soon as possible." answered the soldier outside the room.
"Enter!" replied Shi Moye.
Creak~
After the sound of a door opening and closing, a man wearing a camo stood before Shi Moye and gave him a salute.
"Sir!"
"Un. Pass to me the report and then you may go." said Shi Moye.
"Yes, sir!" After giving the reports in his hands, the soldier took his leave as he was told too.
Shi Moye had read the reports about Yun Suisen. This is a whole profile including the information of where he graduated? where he used to work? where he is currently working? Everything regarding the life of Yun Suisen.
At the beginning Shi Moye acted unconcerned as he already knew most of the things regarding Yun Suisen's background but as he continued to read through the reports he was surprised with two things.
Shi Moye uttered, "Suisen is Mr. Yun's legitimate son!? And he is currently working as a butler for the Ximen Family!?"
"Suisen's family background is quite strong. If I am not wrong Yun Ren is Mr. Yun's adopted son. Did he not know that Suisen is his biological son?"
"Moreover, it is very hard for someone to work for the Ximen Family. After all, the Ximen Family is the wealthiest family in the country. Not only my superiors liked Ximen Xueya a lot due to his surmounting donations to the government's charity project. He is a famous man for hating crowds and corruption. The type that would be kind to those he likes and frightening to those he hates. If Ximen Xueya is indeed Suisen's employer then Suisen should be safe for now. But... I heard he died due to a scheme of his people during the apocalypse."
This time Shi Moye decided to get a report about Ximen Xueya but he didn't ask people from the military instead used people from outside the barracks. After all, Ximen Xueya is a person that even the military held high due to his holy father's reputation.
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At Night in Ximen Mansion.
The father and son had shared the bedroom and are now laying on a king sized bed wearing the same pajamas with different sizes. Ximen Chino is happily telling his daddy everything he had done in school. Ximen Xueya just listens at the side with a doting smile on his face.
Ximen Chino asked, "Daddy~ when will the apocalypse arrive? Xiao Jing wants to fight zombies already~"
"Hmm~ There is still five months of waiting including this month sweetie~" replied Ximen Xueya.
"Five months~ It's still too long... Daddy can't you make the time faster?" asked Ximen Chino.
"Well~ I could but... Time element is not daddy's component. It is your father's element. Maybe sweetie might be compatible with it too. When we find your father and he wakes up then you can ask him to teach you by then." replied Xueya.
Ximen Chino finally missed his father. "Daddy, when will father wake up? Would father with no memories of Xiao Jing still love Xiao Jing?" he asked.
Xueya said, "Hm~ of course! Your father would still love you even without his memories. But since he doesn't remember anything yet, Xiao Jing has to forgive father if he acts cold for a moment."
"Okay~ Xiao Jing still loves father even with or without memories!" Ximen Chino said.
Seeing his son's cheerful state, Xueya chuckles. "Okay~ it's evening let's go to sleep~" he said as he kissed his son's forehead.
Baby Chino kissed his daddy's cheeks in exchanged, "Good night, daddy~"
"Sleep well our baby~" replied Xueya before they both closed their eyes preparing to sleep.