Peerless Bodyguard of a Stunning Beauty
Chapter 645 - 606: Ten Million British Pounds
Zhao Rong took out his phone, smiled at the three women, and said, "I’m going to contact a research facility now to see if they accept invisible people for research."
As he spoke, Zhao Rong dialed the facility’s number. Once the call connected, he immediately asked, "Hello, do you accept invisible people?"
While waiting for a reply, he thought to himself, Even if a research facility takes this person, they’ll probably do it for free. I doubt I’ll get much money out of it...
To his surprise, when the facility staff heard that Zhao Rong actually had an invisible person, they asked excitedly, "Hello, how many invisible people do you have?"
Hearing this, Zhao Rong was taken aback. He told them the truth, "Just one."
The staff member replied, "One is still excellent. Please give us your location. We’ll send a helicopter immediately to collect the invisible person for research."
After Zhao Rong provided his location, he sat in the car and waited patiently.
The three women and the assistant began discussing how much the invisible person might be worth. The assistant said, "If the lab accepts this person, we’ll be lucky to get 100 yuan."
Lili thought that was far too little. She added two zeros and said, "I think the research facility will definitely give us 10,000 yuan. After all, catching an invisible person is incredibly difficult."
Yu Lan added another two zeros. "I think this invisible person is worth at least 1,000,000 yuan."
Xue Lianmei thought for a moment, took out her phone to search for the price of an invisible person online, and then said, "According to the internet, an invisible person is worth at least 10,000,000 yuan. I wonder if the lab will give us that much..."
Before they could finish, a helicopter descended from the sky, landing beside Zhao Rong’s Mercedes-Benz SUV. When the three women and the assistant saw that it was an Apache helicopter, they all cheered with excitement. "We’ve seen helicopters on TV all the time and never thought they were that impressive," one exclaimed, "but seeing one up close is truly something else! The rotor wash is so strong, and it looks so powerful!"
Just then, two people in white coats and masks—clearly researchers—stepped out of the helicopter and walked toward the Mercedes-Benz SUV. Reaching the vehicle, they presented their credentials and asked, "Hello, are you Mr. Zhao Rong?"
Zhao Rong nodded. "Yes, I am."
At a snap of one researcher’s fingers, staffers carried a large case full of cash from the helicopter. "Please hand over the invisible person," the researcher said. "This case of cash is your reward."
Upon seeing the large case of cash, the assistant and the three women immediately lifted the invisible person out of the SUV. They handed him over to the researchers, and in return, the case was theirs. The assistant opened it, looked at the stacks of money inside, and exclaimed in amazement, "I can’t believe it! A single invisible person got us ten million British Pounds! This is unbelievable!"
Hearing the figure of ten million British Pounds, the three women looked at each other. They counted on their fingers and calculated, "Ten million British Pounds... that’s nearly 100 million yuan! We’ve really struck it rich this time!"
As she finished speaking, Lili thought to herself, I can’t believe it. We went to that abandoned gas station, eliminated a few minor ghouls, and somehow ended up with an invisible person. Getting such a windfall is a complete surprise...
Admiringly, Yu Lan said, "Zhao Rong, you’re incredible! A little while ago, you eliminated a group of zombies and earned a 1,000,000 US Dollar reward. Now, after capturing an invisible person, we’ve received a reward of 100 million yuan. You make money as fast as a printing press!"
While Lili and Yu Lan were praising Zhao Rong, Xue Lianmei grew extremely curious. "Zhao Rong," she asked, "the only thing I’m curious about right now is where this invisible person came from."
Hearing this, the assistant walked over. After a moment of thought, he said to Xue Lianmei, "Xue Lianmei, I think we must have run into this invisible person by accident when we were getting gas at that abandoned station."
Lili voiced her own opinion. "I think this person was definitely sent by the Killer King, Wang Jingang, to harm us."
Yu Lan agreed. "Lili’s right. He must be one of Killer King Wang Jingang’s subordinates, sent specifically to find us and carry out his kill order."
Listening to their theories, Zhao Rong finally revealed the answer. "What you don’t know is that this invisible person seeped out of the car’s gas tank."
When the assistant and the three women heard this, they were baffled. "Zhao Rong, are you joking? How could an invisible person come out of the gas tank? Wouldn’t he have suffocated from the gasoline fumes?"
Zhao Rong explained, "You don’t know the whole story. After the owner of that abandoned gas station was killed, his body was thrown into the overhead fuel storage tank. After being soaked for a long time, the corpse underwent a chemical mutation and merged with the gasoline. When we pumped that gasoline from the storage tank into our car’s tank, it had another chemical reaction with the oxygen in the air. That reaction is what created this invisible person."
Hearing Zhao Rong’s explanation, the assistant and the three women were utterly flabbergasted. They didn’t know if his explanation was correct, but they decided to believe him for now. After all, there was no other, more reasonable explanation.
After Zhao Rong stored the 10,000,000 British Pounds in his Magic Ring, the group got back into the Mercedes-Benz SUV.
After waiting inside the vehicle for several hours, they realized the traffic ahead was still at a standstill. Growing a bit anxious, the assistant said, "Zhao Rong, if only there were a Divine Artifact that could help our Mercedes-Benz SUV leap over this long line of traffic and get to the front of the highway."