Chapter 23 - Black Bear Corporation (1/2)

Chapter 23 – Black Bear Corporation

Skywater City, the train station.

An ordinary-looking young person appeared here. He was Xia Ping, but his appearance this time was completely different from before.

That was because he was wearing the skin mask he previously bought. This mask was a type of high-end technological facial mask. When worn on the face, it could completely alter its appearance.

Between children, this type of mask was very popular, practically a toy. Just twenty credits and you could buy one from a shop. As for the reason he bought one? That was because the trip to Blackmoon City this time around would be very dangerous. In a chaotic place where gangs ran rampant, where the different factions were so complicatedly intertwined, it was best if he didn’t use his real face there.

Actually, many people who headed to Blackmoon City also did the same thing and altered their appearance. They did that to avoid some of the dangerous situations that might appear and as a means to protect themselves.

Xia Ping clenched his fist, “I must buy that Golden Medication!” His thoughts drifted back to Zhou Taian’s arrogant figure from before.

If he had the strength to completely overwhelm him, then would Zhou Taian still dare to be so arrogant?! Relying on his sixth layer cultivation base and his family’s background to humiliate him without any care at all for the consequences. He practically didn’t put him in his eyes at all.

He would remember this debt. When he got back from Blackmoon City, he would collect on it in full with interest.

Thinking up to here, Xia Ping boarded the hover train.

From Skywater City to Blackmoon City, there was a distance that spanned more than a thousand kilometres. However, with the hover train’s speed, that only meant an hour’s ride to reach the destination. During that time, the train offered an almost seamless experience with no jolting whatsoever.

Of course, the price was also just as great, costing upwards of four to five thousand credits per ticket. Still, for Xia Ping, this much money was absolutely acceptable within his budget range.

One hour later, Xia Ping arrived at Blackmoon City’s train station. Almost the instant he stepped off the train, he could feel the complete difference between here and Skywater City.

His first feeling: chaos!

The ground was littered with trash and debris of all colours and sizes, all of it flying everywhere with the fierce oncoming winds. On the once white walls, graffiti decorated the entire surface, their bizarre depictions almost eerie. Looking around, it was as if this station didn’t have any janitors working here at all.

What’s more, there were also a lot of people. And not just a lot, the variety they came in was also just as considerable.

Men of all shapes and sizes appeared here. Wearing an unders.h.i.+rt, the majority of them had brutal faces, their shoulders tattooed with frightening caricatures, while their entire body bulged with muscles. Their hair came in a variety of colours too, almost as if it was a bird’a nest, tattered and messy. Of course, there were also some who chose to go bald instead.

As for the ladies there, they stood scattered about the station, the majority of them dressed in very provocative clothing that displayed all of their curves in full, their faces a veritable palette of makeup. Just as colourful? Their ages. From girls in their teens to women in their late fifties, they could all be found here.

Their profession was pretty obvious. The instant a man appeared, they would enthusiastically gush forward to ask them whether or not they needed a night or two.

Seeing the circ.u.mstances, Xia Ping quickly left the area before those aunties could surround him. Otherwise, he really wouldn’t have any idea at all where those girls might trick him into going.

“Right. According to the map, the Black Bear Corporation isn’t far from here.” Opening his cell phone, Xia Ping looked at the map of the surrounding area.

The Black Bear Corporation was Xia Ping’s objective this time. On the surface, this was a registered and legal corporation of the Federation, however in reality? It was just a sh.e.l.l company.

In the dark, they were a group of smugglers whose existence ranked highly even in Blackmoon City. As one of the larger underworld factions there, they had more than ten thousand formal members, their underlings and a.s.sociates innumerable. It could be said that the Golden Medication was just one of the many things that they sold.

And because of how big and famous this Black Bear Corporation was, it was unlikely that they would sell any fake goods, thus after considering his choices carefully, Xia Ping chose to buy from their company.