91: Chapter 91 Arrival in Gaojing

Su Dai had just stood up when he was targeted. A giant lizard over three meters long was staring intently at him.

With his protective gear incomplete and no weapons on hand, Su Dai dared not confront the giant lizard. He scrambled straight up a tree...

But no sooner had he climbed up than he realized he had been an idiot...

This damn giant lizard climbed trees way better than he did!

He waited for the giant lizard to climb up, then jumped straight down, only to hear a 'humming' sound from the tree...

A swarm of hornets flew up...

Su Dai was in despair. He could no longer protect his entire body, but since hornets weren't lethal, he decided to tough it out...

Then, he realized that where he had landed, there was a small, brightly colored yellow frog in front of him.

His eyelids twitched; his protagonist's instinct told him that this thing was poisonous.

He immediately stepped back, only to feel a sudden pain in his ankle.

Su Dai knew... it was over.

He saw a triangular-headed patterned snake slither past him...

Then he felt his entire leg start to go numb...

"Damn it, Gao Yuan, save me, I quit..."

After receiving emergency treatment, Su Dai sat dejectedly in front of Gao Yuan.

His expression seemed unconvinced.

Gao Yuan smiled and asked, "Want to try again?"

Su Dai turned his head away. "Damn it, where did you get so many of these things?"

"Of course... I can't tell you! Young Master Su, there are still 23 minutes left, you still have a chance to try again... You were only fifty meters from the finish line just now, what a pity..."

Su Dai looked terrified at the thought...

Try again?

Thinking of the crocodiles, saber-toothed salmon, and various venomous insects, snakes, and pythons he had encountered... he felt a chill. Even with his equipment, if he couldn't destroy this scenario, he definitely wouldn't make it through...

He shook his head. "I'm not trying again, I admit defeat! Damn it, your Gao Family is the nemesis of my family... I'm done, I'm afraid I'll die here!"

"Young Master Su is wise. Since you've lost... then about our bet!"

"Don't worry, I'll take care of it for you right now... It's just the director of the Department of Information, isn't it?"

"Just make sure you remember that!"

Gao Yuan watched Su Dai leave in a disheveled state, a smile playing on his lips.

The Department of Information of the Development General Administration—once he secured this position, he could begin his schemes.

The Department of Information held little power, but it was extremely important...

It might hide the secrets of the Development General Administration...

For so many years, the Development General Administration had been an impenetrable monolith, controlling the economic lifeline... Consequently, previous parliaments and the Administrative General Administration could do nothing about them... allowing them to gradually grow too powerful!

Gao Yuan needed to find the secret to defeating them from within.

With the Department of Information under his control, Gao Yuan would have the leverage to partner with either the parliament or the Administrative General Administration.

However...

Gao Yuan didn't know what method Su Dai had used, but two days later, he received a message from Su Dai telling him to go to Zhongjing to take up his post.

Before taking office, Gao Yuan needed to pay a visit to someone...

After all, he was currently operating under the identity of 'Gao Qiu's grandson.' If he didn't visit the Gao Family, as a newcomer parachuting into the Department of Information, he could easily be played to death by them...

But once he visited the Gao Family, his rumored identity would be solidified, and they would have to think twice before trying to destroy him...

The Gao Family's base of operations was in Gaojing. Of course, this "Gao" in Gaojing was definitely not the "Gao" of the Gao Family! It was due to the terrain...

Gaojing was located on the roof of the world in the real world.

Gao Yuan arrived in Gaojing by flying car. This was his first time openly entering a city in the Future World through legitimate channels...

This also meant that the identity of 'Gao Yuanyuan Gao' had officially debuted.

He entered Gaojing...

He headed straight for the Gao Family compound. In any era, the elite always had privileges...

The Gao Family had a large courtyard in the central area of Gaojing, which formed a sharp contrast with the surrounding high-rises and appeared somewhat out of place!

Gao Yuan had just walked to the entrance...

...when a robot came out to greet him.

"Are you Mr. Gao Yuanyuan Gao? Our family head requests your presence..."

Gao Yuan was somewhat surprised...

He had originally thought he would need to use some tricks to enter the Gao Family, and had even prepared some gadgets for that purpose, but clearly, they wouldn't be needed.

Perhaps he had been under the Gao Family's surveillance the moment he entered Gaojing.

Gao Yuan didn't know what the Gao Family's intentions were...

But his identity was different now. Regardless of what the Gao Family planned for the future, he was useful to them.

Therefore, Gao Yuan wasn't too worried about his safety. Furthermore, his confidence stemmed from the fact that he could summon the Space-Time Gate at any time. If negotiations fell through, he could always run!

Entering the Gao Family compound...

The interior was not particularly luxurious. Led by the robot, he went straight to the backyard and walked into a room, after which the robot left.

There was no one else in the room...

Gao Yuan was a bit bewildered. He had imagined various reactions from the Gao Family, but he hadn't expected this.

The lack of anyone could be interpreted as the Gao Family wanting to leave him waiting...

But this room...

As soon as Gao Yuan walked in, he felt a sense of familiarity.

Even more unexpectedly, he saw a sculpture in the room...

The sculpture was of himself...

"What is this?"

Just as he was wondering...

...a robot walked in. "Mr. Gao, this is something our family head has for you..."

Gao Yuan opened it... inside was an identity chip!

What did this mean?

Gao Yuan picked up the chip and activated it with his brainwaves. He was astonished to see his own name... Gao Yuan!

The name on this identity chip was actually Gao Yuan!

Gao Yuan felt that everything since arriving at the Gao Family had been very strange...

This was far beyond Gao Yuan's own expectations...

The current head of the Gao Family was Gao Qiu's son, Gao Gan, who was the president of the Human Federation Academy of Sciences.

Gao Yuan just wanted to see Gao Gan now and ask him the questions weighing on his mind...

However, the robot was guarding the entrance, preventing Gao Yuan from leaving... Gao Yuan couldn't wait any longer...

He summoned the Space-Time Gate right there in the room. The Space-Time Gate wasn't actually a door; it was a node of a four-dimensional channel. This node was bound to Gao Yuan, so he wasn't worried about being discovered by others...

...because they couldn't detect it at all. Only non-sentient entities authorized by Gao Yuan could see and pass through it.

Without Gao Yuan's authorization...

...even the robot guarding the door couldn't see it.

Gao Yuan entered the real world, walked fifty steps in a certain direction, and then summoned the Space-Time Gate again to enter the Future World. After entering this time, he appeared in the front courtyard!

Gao Yuan looked around. There was no one there, but the door to the main hall in the front courtyard was open, so Gao Yuan walked straight over.

If Gao Gan lived here, given his status, it had to be this room...

Gao Yuan stood before the door and listened intently. Hearing no sound from within, he carefully pushed the door open, only to hear a voice coming from inside.

"Gao Yuan... I have been waiting for you for twenty years!"

"Hmm?"

What was going on?