: Tens of Thousands of Debt

At 12:37 a.m., Qiao Yuan had already put away the demon substitute.

He was taken downstairs to the hotel by two Ember members dressed in black mecha combat suits, wearing tactical holographic helmets, and draped in gray bulletproof cloaks.

As we walked out of the hotel.

Outside, hundreds and thousands of layers of anti-gravity megastructures floated high in the sky, with tens of thousands of dazzling neon lights like a brilliant galaxy, accompanied by numerous huge golden fish, pale blue kunpeng, and hot pink dancing girls and other holographic projections, densely packed into his eyes, magnificent and spectacular to the extreme.

The different buildings are connected by a large number of suspended passages, allowing people and land vehicles to travel between them, while air vehicles are not restricted.

Below them lay an abyss-like landscape, more than 2000 meters above the planet's surface, but this was not the first floor of the floating city.

Below the hotel, there is a commercial street filled with bars, billiard rooms, 24-hour convenience stores, and other businesses.

There are also a complex network of residential buildings, roads, markets, schools, and so on.

Numerous [Legal Heavy Industry] psionic factories floated all around, operating day and night and emitting large amounts of white smoke.

This is Huanxi State, the capital of Yaoguang Star, a terrestrial planet of the old Federation, and the northern outer ring of the main city of Silvermoon, an interstellar metropolis.

In the Great Cosmic Era of 3177, interstellar cities exhibited a completely three-dimensional structure.

The lowest floating buildings in Silvermoon City are around 1000 meters high. Most of them are factories and many large mining machines that reuse the monster corpses on the ground.

The highest point exceeds 20,000 meters!

Looking south to the horizon, seventy kilometers away in the night, there are vast, towering, floating megastructures that blot out the sky.

Its area spans six or seven hundred kilometers, almost filling the entire night sky.

Those were four magnificent main cities, untouched by any pollution. From afar, they exuded a luxurious, crystal-like quality, resembling an eternal paradise against the backdrop of a brilliant starry sky.

It is said that the nobles of the main city have lived for hundreds of years thanks to Hera's substance, which grants longevity, making them true immortals.

The Galaxy University he was about to attend was located in that Eden-like third main city.

It is one of the seven-star alliance high schools of the old Federation, with a long history and profound heritage, and has produced many righteous gods and demigods.

Further beyond Yaoguang Star lies a massive, dark red planet.

Three white, artificial Dyson rims are wrapped around the surface of the planet, creating a spectacular sight.

That is Crimson Sky Star, one of the twelve main stars of the Central Star Sea of ​​the Old Federation.

Also known as Prometheus, it is ten times the size of Yaoguang!

However, Yao Guang Star is not bad either, ranking as the thirteenth administrative star after the twelve main stars of the Central Star Sea.

The old federation, encompassing hundreds of planets including Ursa Major, the solar system, and Centaurus, is the cradle of humankind and is historically known as the Apocalypse Federation.

The pioneers had long since spread throughout the Milky Way, and with the help of cutting-edge technology from the multiverse, they had built a galactic empire that spanned the Local Group and radiated to the Virgo Supercluster!

However, it is rumored that the Apocalypse Federation and the Star Empire have been separated for more than thirty years.

No one knows what happened, and the official stance has been consistently denying it.

However, Qiao Yuan's attention was focused on the mecha combat suits of these Ember members.

These individual mecha suits, resembling those of an ancient Iron Man, are packed with cutting-edge technology. They allow for easy flight and high-speed movement, and are outstanding in both firepower and defense.

Moreover, every member of the Embers is an Ascended Being, at the very least a First-Order Ascended Being.

He's still far from even reaching the next level of sublimation.

We always admire the strong.

The term "embers" refers to the ashes from the flames of war, representing the final embers.

It is the official law enforcement agency of the old Federation, funded by major financial conglomerates and corporations, mainly responsible for dealing with monsters, maintaining order, and capturing wanted criminals.

Qiao Yuan remained calm because he saw the pink-haired girl under the helmet by the roadside. She had a lollipop in her mouth on her delicate, fair face, and a silver longsword tied to her waist.

The other party was pressing the assailant who had just jumped off the building to the ground with their knees and tying his hands behind his back.

That's his genius older sister, Yan Baobao, who was just specially recruited by the Ember Bureau.

I'm currently still doing an internship.

Bao Bao has always been aloof and proud, with both talent and good looks. She is very protective of him and is the white moonlight of many boys in high school. She is also very strong-willed.

That long pink hair was natural; he could recognize it from a distance.

They were both born in an orphanage and then attended the same school, were in the same class, and sat together throughout junior and senior high school.

When they were little, Yan Bao insisted on being the older sister because she was two months older than him on her birthday.

Later, they shared an apartment to save money.

Is it okay to talk about someone living off a woman?

Moreover, the other party already has millions in debt and is a high-quality loan client of [Fajia Heavy Industry].

He can only borrow a maximum of 200,000 yuan from a 200,000 yuan loan. He already borrowed 100,000 yuan back in high school, and now he owes Fajia Heavy Industry a total of 300,000 yuan.

Compared to his requirement of being in the top 100 of his class in his first semester of university.

The requirement for the baby is to be in the top five of the grade before becoming a spokesperson.

Yan Baobao was not only specially recruited by the Embers, but also ranked among the top in this year's Old Federation College Entrance Examination, making him a genius among geniuses. Like him, at only 17 years old, he has already reached the first-tier Destiny Ascension [Awakening] King sequence, and his reputation is already well-known. It can be said that his future is limitless.

At that moment, Yan Baobao escorted the thug over and instructed him, "Just tell me whatever the captain asks you later. Don't panic, I'll protect you."

Qiao Yuan nodded: "OK."

He took a deep breath and stepped onto the enormous, saucer-shaped ember hovercar.

The interior is quite large, with a circular holographic conference room that can accommodate seven or eight people. There are also armories, interrogation rooms, containment rooms, and restrooms on both sides, making it quite well-equipped.

Like a giant aerial fortress, it is said to be made of extremely strong titanium-chromium diamond and can withstand conventional weapons such as rocket launchers.

He was quickly led into an interrogation room with silver-white metal walls, where a middle-aged woman and a young man stood before him.

The middle-aged woman had golden, slightly wavy hair, a high nose, and freckles all over her face. The edge of her cloak was trimmed with a finger-length blue border, engraved with flame patterns—the mark of Captain Ember.

Regular team members have white trim, while interns like Yan Baobao don't.

He had seen these things often, and with the baby entering the embers, he was quite familiar with them.

At this moment, the black-haired young man with a middle parting next to the female captain frowned and said, "Tell me, where did the belongings come from? According to the information, you've only been at the Rebirth Hotel for half a month, and you've almost always been alone in a single room. Your relationship with the manager, receptionist, and other staff is just so-so."

"Damn, they're all dead. How do you know I wasn't close to them?" Qiao Yuan said speechlessly. "Besides, aren't I a hero? I saved all the hotel's customers!"

The young man with the center-parted hair was speechless for a moment, then said angrily, "Just say what I told you to say, what kind of hero are you? Do you know that your demon substitute is a contraband? You're ignorant, so you should be locked up."

Qiao Yuan found it a bit strange; this guy was clearly meeting him for the first time and seemed quite displeased with him.

"cough."

As the blonde female captain narrowed her eyes, the middle-parted young man immediately shut his mouth.

"Forget about heroes. Your kind of relic is categorized by threat level, leaning towards the dark side. However, since demons are controlled according to the host's will, it's not entirely considered contraband and won't be confiscated," the female captain emphasized. "But you need to explain the situation first."

Seeing that the female captain was being professional and was a normal person, Qiao Yuan didn't waste any time and said directly, "I was in the monitoring room at the time. I knew they were looking for the relics, and I knew that only the monitoring room and the data room hadn't been checked. So I tried searching in the monitoring room as a last resort. After all, I didn't want to die. If the relics were in the monitoring room, I would have a chance to live."

"Hmm," the female captain nodded slightly, "Looks like you're in luck. The lie detector has been working fine all along. Alright, let's sign a contract."

"A lie detector..." Qiao Yuan's lips twitched. Sure enough, he had been suspected all along.

Fortunately, now that he has the status of Eternal Great Luo, it seems that his abilities have been covered up and no one can find out.

After he saw the female captain grant authorization, a light blue holographic contract appeared on the table.

At that time, the female captain explained, "Because this relic is close to the dark side, you either choose to hand it over, or you must sign a law-abiding citizen contract."

Qiao Yuan looked at it for a while and understood, but still asked, "I'm a model student, okay? Yan Baobao can testify; she's my classmate and seatmate. I can abide by the contract, but what if I encounter bad people?"

"You can use your demon substitute for self-defense when you encounter danger, but you can't kill innocent people indiscriminately." The female captain reminded her again, "You and Yan Baobao are going to Galaxy University in the Third Main City. Don't jeopardize your future. Think it through."

Qiao Yuan listened quietly, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught the displeasure of the young man with the middle-parted hair.

He seemed to finally understand why the other person was so unhappy with him from their very first meeting.

Most of them are the baby's suitors.

He hesitated for a moment and said, "I'll sign it. Don't worry, I'll use this as a bulletproof vest. Anyway, thank you for the explanation, Captain."

"Okay, you can leave after you sign." A hint of appreciation flickered in the blonde female captain's eyes.

Without hesitation, Qiao Yuan raised his hand and pressed it. Instantly, the holographic projection contract obtained his biological DNA code, as well as pupil verification and facial recognition verification, which was very rigorous.

I will not hand it over. Even if I sell my belongings for money, I still don't want to hand them over.

If he hadn't received his belongings today, he would be nothing more than a dead dog on the street. Sigh.

Unfortunately, he discovered in the contract that he could not exchange his belongings for money, otherwise he would have to bear a series of consequences.

Simply put, he either has to use it as a talisman himself, or he has to hand it over to Ember.

After signing the law-abiding citizen contract, Qiao Yuan came out of the interrogation room and saw Yan Baobao eating durian pizza on the sofa in the conference room.

There were also twins and a blond, muscular man with many prosthetic bodies next to him; they were all members of Baby's Ember Squad.

Durian pizza is one of my baby's favorites. She loved it when she was in the orphanage, though she always burned it at first.

"Has it been signed?"

Yan Baobao turned her head and handed over a slice of pizza: "Try it quickly, it's the signature durian pizza from King George's, but the price has gone up again."

Qiao Yuan walked over with a smile, picked up a piece and ate it: "It's signed, you can rest assured."

The young man with the center-parted hair stepped forward with a cold snort and shouted, "You brat, if you ever violate the law-abiding citizen's contract or maliciously use the demon substitute, I will personally arrest you."

"Are you crazy, Zhou Ye?!" Yan Baobao immediately looked at him with disdain: "He's my brother."

Zhou, with his center-parted hair, shook his head: "The law is impartial. You two aren't related by blood. Besides, I'm doing this for your own good, Yan Bao. That's a demon's substitute; who knows if he'll be affected?"