I am in a world where time stands still

Chapter 228
Rongcheng, Jiangchuan Industrial Company Building.

A man with a disabled body hunched over and struggled to walk in the corridor until he reached the gate of the president's office.

He raised his only remaining left hand, and tremblingly pushed open the door of the president's office.

"President Luo, are you here?"

The man pushed the door open and asked in a hoarse voice that was almost indistinguishable.

The president's chair turned around, and a thin man in his 50s stood up.

Seeing the poor man who came in with a completely shapeless figure, his face inevitably twitched.

"Chi Yongnan, you... have become like this?"

The person who opened the door and came in was Chi Yongnan, the vice president sent by Jiangchuan Industrial Corporation to be in charge of Rongcheng's business.

And standing in front of him at this moment is the president of Jiangchuan Industry and Luo Jiangchuan's father, Luo Shi.

Since the headquarters of Jiangchuan Industry moved to the Imperial Capital, Luo Shi has been stationed at the Imperial Capital headquarters for a long time.

Rongcheng, as the place where Jiangchuan Industry was founded, only retained the largest branch, and Luo Jiangchuan University was also admitted to Shuzhou University. Even for the sake of providing convenience for Luo Jiangchuan, Rongcheng Company has always been surpassed Optimal resource for other city companies.

Luo Shi originally thought that when his son graduated from graduate school, he would be allowed to work in Jiangchuan Industry, familiarize himself with the business from all departments, and one day take over his own business.

All along, he has been paying close attention to the development of Rongcheng Company, and always try his best to dispatch capable men to take charge of Rongcheng Company.

Chi Yongnan was personally assigned by Luo Shi to Rongcheng.

Unfortunately, seeing Chi Yongnan standing in front of him at this moment, Luo Shi was still a little shocked.

Luo Shi is clear about Chi Yongnan's strength.

In fact, between Luo Shi and Chi Yongnan, there is almost a brotherly friendship.

Both of them were created by Moss, the founder of AI-enhanced compound No. 2.

In other words, the two of them are the first batch of No. 2 AI-enhanced compound humans.

And there are only 2 of this batch of No. 9 that can be created by Moss himself.

Luo Shi and Chi Yongnan are the most successful works among them.

Later, Luo Shi founded Jiangchuan Industrial and achieved great commercial success in China.

Chi Yongnan soon joined Jiangchuan Industrial to help Luo Shi and made great contributions to Luo Shi's management of the company.

It can be said that Luo Shi was able to make Jiangchuan Industry develop to its current scale, and Chi Yongnan also contributed a lot.

Therefore, when Luo Shi saw that Chi Yongnan had become like this, he was heartbroken and shocked.

My heart aches because my good brother for many years has ended up in such a miserable state.

Shocking, because he couldn't think of who could make Chi Yongnan like this.

Chi Yongnan smiled miserably, lowered his head, and continued walking tremblingly, moving to a chair in front of Luo Shi.

The two looked at each other before sitting down with difficulty.

"Who hurt you like this?"

"Actually, I'm not particularly sure?" Chi Yongnan said awkwardly.

Luo Shi frowned suspiciously, "What do you mean? Not sure?"

"Well... we must have been in some way. Because, in just a blink of an eye, our position was changed on a large scale."

"Teleport?"

This was Luo Shi's first guess.

"It shouldn't be..." Chi Yongnan said solemnly: "It is impossible for anyone to do it. As far as I know, only AI-enhanced composite humans from different factions can surpass ordinary humans and do things beyond their cognition. However, Teleportation, this is too outrageous."

"What is that..." Luo Shi became more serious, "You experienced it yourself, what do you think it is."

"I guess..." Chi Yongnan paused, "Large range... time is still."

Luo Shi's eyes widened suddenly, "Time stands still, you mean... Number 4?"

Chi Yongnan was silent for a long time, then shook his head miserably, "Probably, not really. The time we went to Moyun Snow Mountain, No. 4 also went there. Moreover, they clashed with the target earlier, and as a result, they all died."

"Number 4 is dead too?" Luo Shi couldn't believe it, "Number 4 is the one who masters the stillness of time. Even number 4 is not the opponent of the target?"

"This is where I feel helpless," Chi Yongnan nodded, "We can't even deal with No. 4, so how can we deal with people like the target. At that time, it was also a coincidence that the volcano at the second peak of Moyun Snow Mountain erupted , but we fell into the crater in an instant. My men and I almost melted in the magma. In the end, although we escaped, our mechanically reinforced body parts were also irreversibly damaged. "

"In this way, it seems that only large-scale time stillness can be explained."

"Yes..." Chi Yongnan sighed, "At first, I thought about asking Moss for help to help us reshape the mechanical body, but unfortunately, Moss actually..."

The two looked at each other and found the fear in each other's eyes.

This is an extremely rare situation for the two of them.

Luo Shi and Chi Yongnan, if it wasn't for this time, maybe they would always think that they are one of the most powerful people on this planet...

Luo Shi was heartbroken, "The great Moss, unexpectedly... I really don't know what to say, I really can't believe that someone can kill Moss."

Chi Yongnan also shook his head in pain, but he still couldn't help asking: "Luo Shi, do you know what you have done in the past month?"

"Huh?" Luo Shi looked at Chi Yongnan strangely, "What's the problem? What are you asking?"

Chi Yongnan looked at Luo Shi fixedly, as if examining his heart.

But he gave up very quickly, and now he is too fragile, he has no way to examine Luo Shi's heart.

Chi Yongnan said: "I just want to know, have you lost yourself for a while?"

Luo Shi's eyes actually started to flicker, he stood up suddenly, pacing back and forth, seemed to be preoccupied, but in the end, he seemed to have figured it out, walked back again, and sat in front of Chi Yongnan.

"You are right, I also lost myself for a while." Luo Shi finally sighed: "Actually, there is no need to hide anything. A while ago, almost all No. 2s seemed to be walking dead. Now I know We are all controlled by some mysterious force."

He suddenly thought of something, "But, Chi Yongnan, aren't you?"

Chi Yongnan grinned bitterly, "I didn't. Maybe I'm a dying person, and I don't even have the value of being used. So, I should have been abandoned."

"This is the only explanation." Luo Shi shook his head helplessly, "All No. 2s have lost their ego. In fact, when I regained consciousness not long ago, I finally discovered that I It's like falling asleep completely, I don't know what I did. But if I think hard, there will be some video images in my mind during that time, and that makes me guess something."

"You mean, No. 2 is trying to destroy the world?"

"Of course it wasn't our intention, but it's unbelievable that we've been manipulated into doing this."

Chi Yongnan nodded, "Looking back on that time, it's unbelievable. But before I could wait for Moss to reshape my body, Moss died. So, I am a real useless person now, just lingering on my last breath. Now Moss I'm gone, and I don't know if anyone can give me a new life."

……

The two fell silent again.

In fact, Luo Shi and Chi Yongnan indirectly guessed everything that happened in the past through different methods.

Those pairs of silver eyes were still so clearly imprinted in the minds of the two of them, lingering.

Both of them have seen the appearance of Zhong Ling with silver eyes, but they are still too small in front of that power.

"No. 5 is in the limelight right now, the whole world is just one step away from praising them as saviors." Luo Shi said flatly.

Chi Yongnan raised his head sharply, looked at Luo Shi for a long time, seemed to be planning something, and after making mental preparations for a long time, he finally said, "Luo Shi, we are No. 2, is it possible to join No. 5?"

"Are you crazy?!" Luo Shi asked loudly, "Join No. 5, and there will be no No. 2 anymore! As soon as Moss died, did you forget who created you?"

Chi Yongnan smiled with a distorted face, and pointed to his crippled body, "But what about me now, what's the difference between being dead and dead?"

"But No. 5..."

"No. 5 is the only possibility to reshape me!" Chi Yongnan also said loudly: "Isn't this obvious? Our AI-enhanced composite humans have been working hard to develop, but no matter how they develop, we dare not Take it lightly, and always walk on thin ice. Our life is simply worse than death, okay? Only number 5, especially the current number 5. They are the common hope of our AI-enhanced compound people! As long as we follow them, we can be more Become stronger quickly, and we can finally change this status quo of doing our own thing, isn't that great?"

"No. 5, No. 5 doesn't like us at all!"

"That's not necessarily the case! You forgot those silver eyes? No matter who defeated those terrifying beings, it definitely wasn't any faction among our AI-enhanced compound humans! Isn't that enough to make you dispel those unrealistic fantasies Is it?" Chi Yongnan was also excited, and said even louder: "Luo Shi, what are you still insisting on, your child Luo Jiangchuan is no longer here! Do you need me to remind you?!"

Whoa!
Luo Shi flipped the table over, rushed to Chi Yongnan, grabbed his collar, and shouted, "Don't mention Luo Jiangchuan! Don't mention my son!"

The weak Chi Yongnan was like a paper man in front of Luo Shi, without the slightest ability to resist.

He could only raise his hands tremblingly, indicating that he had no intention and power to offend Luo Shi.

"Ahem... I'm sorry, Luo Shi, if I have touched your sore spot. But I want to tell you, I saw it with my own eyes. The way Luo Jiangchuan died, and the way I am now, may be because of the same person. And this person must be the one who defeated that mysterious power. Putting these things together, can't it still make you completely awake?!"

Luo Jiangchuan yelled, "Our only hope is to join No. 5! No. 2 is gone, and Moss is dead! Whether you like it or not, No. 2 faction is already dead!"

Luo Shi lowered his head and was speechless.

All the while, he avoided mentioning or thinking about his dead son.

Because Luo Jiangchuan condensed too much of his hard work.

Biologically speaking, Luo Jiangchuan is his flesh and blood, the inheritance of his genes.

At the same time, he also personally recreated Luo Jiangchuan, turning him into a new No. 2 AI-enhanced composite human!
The strength of Luo Jiangchuan made Luo Shi overjoyed.

The death of Luo Jiangchuan was a heavy blow that Luo Shi could not bear.

……

Seeing that Luo Shi stopped talking, the half-dead Chi Yongnan spoke again, "Our only hopeful way out is to join No. 5. Let's admit the reality, Luo Shi, without Moss we are nothing!"

Luo Shi's head hangs down, he has actually been persuaded by Chi Yongnan, but, as the most influential person in No. 2 after Moss and the one who lost his beloved son, Luo Shi feels that he has never climbed up I can't get up.

"What do you want to do, you make up your mind..." Luo Shi finally said miserably: "You want to let No. 5 help you rebuild your body, I won't stop you, I just hope you remember that no matter what happens in the future, if You are truly reborn, don't forget those number 2s who followed you..."

"Luo Shi..." Chi Yongnan was speechless, feeling very sour in his heart.

But soon, he forced himself to forget these weak and sad emotions. Now that he has come to this point, Chi Yongnan knows that he can only survive if he becomes a strong heart of stone.

……

A week later, Xizhe Group did what it said and expanded rapidly in China.

Almost on the same day, they registered branches in 15 major cities in China, or established joint ventures with well-known domestic enterprises.

Xizhe Group seems to have endless money.

They are extremely generous, or they will directly occupy the primary market and use capital to launch a broad road ahead; otherwise, they will discuss cooperation with companies that have already begun to take shape, and their biggest capital is the bottomless capital pool.

They frequently made the headlines of major media and became the focus of almost everyone's attention and discussion.

Even people in the industry, or researchers from different industries, are curiously waiting to see what kind of storm this foreign Xizhe Group is going to create in the domestic market.

……

Sure enough, Xizhe Group's actions continued.

Only one week later, Xizhe Group announced that it had fully acquired Jiangchuan Industrial.

Jiangchuan Industrial President Luo Shi personally confirmed the news and will continue to serve as the president of Jiangchuan Industrial and will also join the board of directors of Xizhe Group.

Such similar acquisitions are still widely occurring.

After just one month, people were surprised to find that Xizhe Group has become a giant spanning countless industries.

Various industries such as energy, transportation, manufacturing, and finance have become Xizhe Group's own racetrack.

It wasn't until this time that the rest of the companies that had not merged into the vast territory of the Xizhe Group began to seriously consider what kind of storm the Xizhe Group would bring.

(End of this chapter)