36: Chapter 36 Global Research Base for Paranormal Phenomena

Java Luxury Grand Hotel.

Room 8579.

Jiang Chen entered the room where he would be staying tonight.

The room was on the 85th floor and spanned a full two hundred square meters.

Standing in front of the massive, transparent floor-to-ceiling windows, one could look out over the endless stretch of the sea in the distance.

After freshening up.

Just as he was about to head out for a meal, he suddenly received a video call from Qin Xueyao.

"Honey, where are you right now?"

Xue Yao was currently curled up on the sofa watching TV. Since Jiang Chen wasn't coming home tonight, she felt like a weeping willow—listless and severely lacking in positive energy.

So, she dialed Jiang Chen's number.

Looking at the distressed expression on his beautiful girlfriend's face, Jiang Chen asked with a smile, "What's wrong?"

"I'm at a hotel in Java Port right now, thousands of nautical miles away from you!"

As he spoke, Jiang Chen stepped out of his room and into the elevator.

On the other end, Xue Yao looked around at Jiang Chen's surroundings and widened her eyes. "Java Port? That sounds like it's really far away!"

"It is, but we share a soul connection. Even if we're at the ends of the earth, it still feels like we're right next to each other."

Jiang Chen whispered sweet nothings to her.

A hint of playful arrogance immediately appeared on Qin Xueyao's face.

"Who has a soul connection with you? I don't miss you at all!"

It takes three days of absence for someone to be seen in a new light; it's only been one day, how could I possibly miss you!

I don't!

"Really? Isn't there a saying that a brief absence is better than a honeymoon? We haven't seen each other for almost twenty-four hours now."

"Plus, even if I head back to Pearl River Port tomorrow, I won't arrive until the afternoon."

"Which means we've been apart for nearly two days. Round it up, and that's three days!"

"It's a sure thing! You'll definitely miss me."

As Jiang Chen said this, he suddenly thought about how, in the past, after he finished injecting the positive energy of life into Xue Yao, he would feel a bit drained and need to rest...

Now that he was an A-sequence supernatural organism with immense strength, he wondered if he would still need rest.

"You said it yourself, it takes three days. It's only the first day, so I'll wait until tomorrow to miss you. Hee hee!"

Jiang Chen ate in the restaurant while being all lovey-dovey with his girlfriend.

He had to admit, the signal here was excellent. Even across thousands of nautical miles, the signal was still top-notch.

"Hello, which country built the signal base station here?"

Jiang Chen asked curiously.

Come to think of it, despite his many trips to sea, this was the first time he had visited such a distant port.

The waiter replied in broken Mandarin.

"Dragon Kingdom, 8G, Number One!"

...

After finishing her sweet talk with Jiang Chen.

Qin Xueyao didn't bother Jiang Chen any further so he could rest.

She opened her Mole's World, intending to play for a bit before going to sleep.

But after opening the game!

A line of red text suddenly popped up on the interface.

[Have you ever seen a supernatural phenomenon?]

[Do you want to become a supernatural organism?]

[Do you want to rule this world?]

At first glance, Qin Xueyao thought it was a game update screen.

Looking closer, she saw these incredibly chuunibyou lines.

She frowned slightly, but curiosity led her to click "YES."

The interface shifted, jumping to a website.

The website was named: Global Supernatural Phenomenon Research Base.

Qin Xueyao casually clicked on a few posts and images. What was shown were either strange creatures rolling in the sea, human figures appearing in the clouds, children with immense strength, or videos of someone crushing a rock with a single punch...

"What kind of nonsense website is this? They must all be photoshopped."

As a materialist youth raised under the influence of natural science, Qin Xueyao instinctively assumed they were fake.

But just then, a popular post caught her attention.

[Repost: Dark Web's Highest Bounty List for July!]

The Dark Web?

Qin Xueyao didn't really believe in supernatural phenomena.

But as someone who spent a lot of time online, she had heard of the legendary Dark Web.

It was said that only a small group of people could access this Dark Web.

Curiously, she clicked in to see what this so-called Dark Web bounty list was all about.

[Bounty No. 3: Water Rhino Fish, unknown sequence supernatural organism. Recently spotted in the Bermuda Triangle, has devoured a Mexican warship. Official Mexican bounty: 100 million USD.]

[Bounty No. 8: Jindai Bird, unknown sequence supernatural organism. Recently spotted around Singapore, has caused a commercial airliner to go missing. Singapore's Tai Family bounty: 50 million USD.]

Qin Xueyao scanned through it.

She was completely bewildered!

Was the Dark Web really full of these strange things?

Water Rhino Fish! Jindai Bird.

Do such things even exist in this world?

Just as she was about to leave this "bizarre" website, she accidentally noticed Bounty No. 14.

[Jiang Chen, Dragon Kingdom fisherman, senior researcher at Longke Academy. Bounty of 50 million USD placed by an anonymous party.]

Holy crap!

Qin Xueyao almost jumped out of her skin.

If it hadn't included a picture of Jiang Chen, she would have thought it was just someone with the same name!

"My god, could all of this actually be true!"

Qin Xueyao was stunned.

Without Jiang Chen's picture, she would have assumed it was fake.

But with his picture there, she suddenly felt that there was some truth to all of this.

Qin Xueyao was filled with worry!

She contacted her father, Qin Guohua, that very night.

Qin Guohua also frowned after seeing the bounty.

The father and daughter rushed to the Longan Department to seek help.

However.

After seeing the information, the Longan Department told them it was a fraudulent website and that their information had most likely just been stolen, so there was no need to worry.

"Don't worry. Jiang Chen is, after all, a senior researcher at our Longke Academy. Who would dare to cause trouble in our country?"

Qin Guohua comforted his daughter in the same way.

"Is that really a fake website?"

Qin Xueyao wanted to log in again, but found it had already been blocked by the Longan Department and the Information Department.

Her brow furrowed as she walked toward the Qingyu Residential District, feeling uneasy.

On the way.

It began to thunder and rain.

She hurriedly ran back, and by the time she finally reached home, it was thundering and lightning outside.

"I wonder if it's raining over at Java Port as well."

Qin Xueyao took out her phone, wanting to contact Jiang Chen.

Just then, a bolt of lightning streaked across the sky and struck her.