Rebirth of the Godly Prodigal

As Hong Dali and his gang rushed down the stairs, Lin Chuyin had already boarded her super-sports car, the engine giving off a low roar, and the exhaust spurting out sparks. Just once one look at it would cause people to back off.

But as the saying goes, curiosity killed the cat. Now that there was an opportunity to view her creations, Hong Dali and his gang couldn’t be concerned over their safety anymore. It was unlikely for them to be attacked by Lin Chuyin unless they attacked her first. Everyone boarded their car and followed behind her, creating quite a majestic scene. Lin Chuyin’s super-sports car was at the front, followed by three Prayer Angels and one Soaring Angel.

The commoners who were unaware of what was going on all pointed at them, saying, “Quick, look. Are they filming a sci-fi movie? We better stay out of their way, in case we get caught on camera. Otherwise, they will have to reshoot. That will be a lot of money wasted!”

…

Lin Chuyin’s laboratory was located at the boundary of the west and the north of the Second Loop. It was one of the rare locations where the population wasn’t too densely populated.

Her laboratory was located in the basement of a two-story, single building that came with a garden. As everyone took the stairs down, the environment got darker and creepy. Hong Dali and his gang all felt their body going numb as if they were walking into a horror scene only seen in horror movies.

As for Lin Chuyin, she didn’t feel any sense of discomfort. She brought everyone to a metal door and pressed her thumb against a detector, causing the door to slowly open.

Once they got inside, Hong Dali and the rest scanned through the room and were totally dazzled by what they saw.

The laboratory wasn’t very big, occupying a space of only 100 square meters or so. All kinds of machinery and devices were randomly scattered around the room. Sockets, electric cables, generators, steel plates, computers, pincers, spanners, and so son. Basically, almost anything related to science and technology could be found here. Other than those, there was a single bed that was considerably clean in the corner of the room. There was also a washing cubicle at the back of the room. Other than these, there was nothing else.

Hong Dali was astonished. His eyes opened wide and asked, “Chuyin, is this your, your laboratory?”

Lin Chuyin brought them further in, kicking the spanners and stuff to the side. “Is there a problem? This place is very good, I like it a lot.”

Hong Dali almost went into a frantic tizzy. “But isn’t this room too messy!? At least get a bigger room and a few assistants and stuff!”

Lin Chuyin felt weird and asked, “Why would I need those? I’m fine by myself.”

Disregarding those strange and funny inventions, Hong Dali tempted her as if he were a demon in disguise. “With a bigger house, you can develop bigger machinery such as Gundam and such, wouldn’t that feel great? In such a small place like this, you could only make small objects, right? If you’re afraid that that will be too troublesome, why don’t we do this? I will be in charge of the money, and you the technology. You can invent whatever you like, and if I have any good ideas, I will also tell you. What do you think?”

Tang Muxin, who was at the side, was amazed. Wasn’t that akin to abducting and selling her off? Abducting a technological geek with an intelligence quotient of 180!

Lin Chuyin cocked her head and asked, “What benefits are there? Is it really a good idea?”

“It’s a very good idea! Definitely a very good idea!” Hong Dali started walking around the room in circles, excitedly gesturing with his hands and continuing to corrupt her mind with his demonic voice. “Think about it, an enormous laboratory! All types of machinery and equipment that you need will be there! With just a word from you, any material that you need will be brought to you as fast as possible! You don’t have to worry about those at all! All you need to do is to unleash your potential and earn back all the wasted time! As for me, I’m a professional prodigal. I will be responsible for sponsoring you! How does that sound?”

Lin Chuyin thought for a while and said, “Hm, that does sound like a good idea. OK.”

Hong Dali was so excited that he jumped on his feet. “Hahaha! That’s the way to go! So, we will be partners from now all, right?”

Lin Chuyin expressed curiosity about this phrase. “What do partners mean? Is there a specific meaning?”

Hong Dali had to admit, this question was really difficult to answer straight away. He thought for a while before explaining, “There’s a phrase in our country that says the Wolf and Bei ¹ will collude together, have you heard of it?”

Lin Chuyin was akin to a Chinese dictionary. “I have heard of it. The Wolf and Bei set out together to hunt other animals. The Wolf uses its forelegs while the Bei uses its back legs. They can run fast together and also climb high. It means to collude together and do something evil.”

Hong Dali snapped his fingers. “Correct! This is the meaning!”

Everyone instantly collapsed.

They really had an eye-opener today. This was the first time they heard someone using this phrase to describe himself…

But they had to admit, Lin Chuyin actually was convinced by him. Her tone wasn’t as cold as before. “Hm, OK. Then, next time if I need something, I will ask from you directly.”

For a genius without a single emotional cell, being able to say something like this was already something that she had never done before.

Hong Dali grinned and replied, “No problem! Rest assured, I bought quite a few mountains in the outer area of Tianjing Mountain. I will specially allocate one for you. I will find one that’s large in size, and dig a hole and make a laboratory for you! Then, we shall use those type ‘Open Sesame’ ² doors—the type that’s sound controlled. When we say ‘Open Sesame,’ the door will open by itself!” The more he said, the more excited he was. “Then, once we enter, all types of high-end machinery will be there, a large group of technical assistants in white robes will assist you. Whatever you need, someone will bring it to you directly! If you’re afraid that your secrets might leak out, we can just use robots instead—but maybe robots might be a bit difficult to get…”

The current Hong Dali was like a salesperson, even a Stoneman could be persuaded by him…

Indeed, Lin Chuyin’s brain circuit seemed different from an ordinary person’s. She didn’t consider the fact that Hong Dali was luring her to bond herself to him, she only felt that such a laboratory did indeed sound like a good idea. Thus, she directly agreed. “OK.”

Thus, in the history of mankind, the first case of abducting a highly intelligent technological talent appeared.

Speaking of which, it was really due to Hong Dali’s good luck. The country treated Lin Chuyin as a treasure and only thought of how to attract her to join their state-owned research base. As for Hong Dali, the only thing that he thought of was how fast he could spend money with Lin Chuyin on his side. The outset was different, causing the effect to be different as well. Therefore, Hong Dali succeeded just like that…

As for Tang Muxin, Li Nianwei and the rest, other than sighing, all they could do was just to be totally impressed with Hong Dali—it looks like squandering was really a skill!

Now that everything had been decided, Hong Dali grinned and asked, “Chuyin, that technology that you successfully created, let us take a look. I suddenly had a fabulous idea!”

“OK.” Now that the two were colluding together like the Wolf and Bei, Lin Chuyin was considerably more open to Hong Dali’s suggestions. She instantly walked to a corner of the laboratory and pulled a set of lighting equipment from a pile of items.

“Pull” was really the word to use. This set of equipment that was very valuable in the ordinary person’s eye was just part of a pile of rubbish-like pieces…

As she set up the equipment, she explained the concept behind it to them. “Everyone has two eyes, and each eye’s viewpoint is about 80 degrees. But combined together, the total perspective is only 120 degrees. Meaning to say that there are about 40 degrees that overlap. Therefore, the left and right eyes are actually seeing different things. According to this theory, combined with some special light source treatment, this Holographic Projection Technology was created.”

When speaking about science and technology, her vocabulary obviously increased. They could even hear a tone of “regret” in her voice. “It’s a pity that I have yet to get my hands on the colored projection lighting equipment. Thus, this technology can only consider half completed.”

“It’s fine even if it’s only half completed. As for that equipment, I will ask Xiaoyi to get it for you.” Currently speaking, Hong Dali had both the manpower and money, such stuff wasn’t any difficulty for him. “Quick, let us see the effects. Ahhh, I’m really looking forward to it!”

Soon after, Lin Chuyin finished with her preparations. Moving to one side, she turned off the light.

Instantly, the whole laboratory went dark—they couldn’t see their own fingers if they stretched out their hand.

When Lin Chuyin turned on the switch for the Holographic Projection Technology, very quickly, a few blurry light rays appeared. From the surrounding darkness, first, a few sparks of light appeared, as if they were stars in the sky, but in their hands’ reach.

Hong Dali and the rest were astonished, and Tang Muxin even curiously stretched out her hand, trying to touch those cute little stars.

Of course, she couldn’t touch it.

The stars lit up for a while, then, the sound of flowing water sounded. A piece of light blue watery-like light appeared around them, slowly flowing. After a while, there actually appeared a few small bluefish inside, happily swimming around.

Tang Muxin exclaimed, “So beautiful!”

Li Nianwei was so surprised that she covered her mouth. She was of the gentle and composed type, but seeing such a scene still caused her to be so stunned that she couldn’t control herself. Out of instinct, she stretched her hand, trying to touch this picture in front of her.

Unsurprisingly, her hand passed through the images.

It was something expected, yet at the same time, it also seemed a bit eerie and weird.

The whole process lasted for about five minutes. Then, Lin Chuyin turned on the light for the laboratory and switched off the Holographic Projection Technology. Then, she said towards Hong Dali, “This is how much I have completed so far. If you need it, just take it.”

“Seriously!?” This was a big surprise. Hong Dali was certain that if this set of equipment appeared on stage, it would cause a big commotion! Thinking of this, Hong Dali was so excited that he almost jumped up. “You’re indeed my good partner, hahaha! This is good, this is good! But Chuyin, If I take away this set of equipment, how are you going to continue developing it?”

Lin Chuyin indifferently said, “I can just make another set. It’s very simple.”