74: Level 4 reputation! New arrival in the store! Vajra Power Pill!

"Mr. Lin, please wait!"

"Mr. Lin, I'm from the Second Machine Tool Plant. Here is my business card. Perhaps you could grace me with your presence for tea another day?"

"Eldest Miss Chu, President Lin, take care!"

As soon as he stepped out of the conference room door, Lin Chuan was surrounded by layers of people.

Those factory directors and CEOs, who were usually so arrogant, were now bowing and scraping, wishing they could stuff their business cards directly into Lin Chuan's suit pocket.

There was no other way.

He had stolen too much of the spotlight today!

With his immense wealth, he had casually thrown tens of millions around until Huang Bancheng was forced to his knees to beg for mercy.

Furthermore, he had the princess of Harbin's underworld, Chu Yueli, clinging to his arm.

He had gained both face and substance today!

Lin Chuan exchanged a few polite words with a smile before casually handing the stack of business cards to Long Wu.

[Ding!]

[Congratulations, Host! Today's battle has made you famous, shaking the business world of Harbin!]

[Reputation points have soared! Reputation level increased to: LV4 (Renowned)!]

[System Mall refreshed!]

The crisp notification sound in his mind sounded better than anything else.

Lin Chuan's heart stirred.

Now that the system had reached level four, there must be some great new goods!

"Um, Yueli, wait for me a moment."

Lin Chuan stopped and withdrew his arm from Chu Yueli's soft embrace.

"I'm going to the restroom. I might have drunk too much water earlier."

"Okay, sir, then I'll wait for you in the car."

Chu Yueli nodded obediently, looking as docile as a kitten. There wasn't a trace of the usual coldness of an underworld princess... The restroom in the Investment Promotion Guesthouse was quite luxuriously decorated and was empty at the moment.

Lin Chuan locked the stall door and impatiently summoned the system interface.

As expected!

Three glittering new items were displayed in the most prominent positions.

1. [Vajra Strength Pill]

Price: 300 Million

Description: A perfectly modified version of the Super Soldier Serum. Upon consumption, it grants the Host the peak human physique (reference: Captain America). Possesses several tons of divine strength, ten times the bone density, infinite endurance, and greatly enhanced self-healing abilities.

2. [Super Power Coal]

Price: 1,000 Yuan/Ton

Description: High-energy compressed fuel from the future. Combustion efficiency is ten times that of regular anthracite! Pollution-free, high calorific value, perfectly suited for power plants.

3. [Future Smartphone (Host-Bound Version)]

Price: 20,000

Description: An entertainment terminal from the year 2077. Visible and operable only by the Host (appears as a regular brick phone or Nokia to outsiders). Although it cannot connect to the future internet, it comes with a massive built-in library of single-player games, movies, and music. A ultimate tool for boredom.

After reading through these three items, Lin Chuan's breathing quickened.

Especially the first one!

The Vajra Strength Pill!

Three hundred million!

If that were in cash, it could fill this entire restroom!

But Lin Chuan didn't even blink.

Money is just a tool; if you spend it, you can earn more.

But his life was his own!

Recently, there had been Meng Guangcai's shotgun and Huang Xingguo's threats. Although Long Wu was by his side, he didn't like the feeling of putting his life in someone else's hands.

These times were chaotic!

What if someone took a shot at him from the shadows while he was walking at night?

What if some idiot drove a dump truck into him?

With this thing, he wouldn't have to fear a damn thing!

Never mind homemade shotguns; even a burst from a regular submachine gun could likely be withstood with this reaction speed and muscle density, as long as it didn't hit a vital organ!

This was true confidence!

"Bought!!"

Lin Chuan thought to himself.

The 678.6 billion in his account instantly decreased by exactly 300 million.

Leaving 678.3 billion!

"Ouch, that's a big drop, but it's worth it!"

In his palm, a golden pill the size of a longan appeared out of thin air, emitting a faint, delicate fragrance.

Without a second word, Lin Chuan tilted his head back and swallowed it.

Boom—!

As the pill entered his stomach, there was none of the excruciating pain of bone-marrow cleansing he had imagined.

Instead, it was like a warm current that instantly flowed through his entire body.

It felt as if his whole being was soaking in the most comfortable hot spring; every cell was cheering and greedily absorbing this energy.

That feeling was incredible!

Lin Chuan could clearly feel his skin tightening, his muscle fibers becoming tougher, and even his bones making faint cracking sounds as they became harder than steel.

Only a few minutes passed.

The heat slowly receded.

Lin Chuan looked at his hands.

On the surface, he hadn't turned into some exaggerated bodybuilder; his suit hadn't even burst.

But he knew this was the so-called 'lean in clothes, muscular without.'

This seemingly well-proportioned body now contained the power to crush everything!

He tried reaching out to grab the stainless steel faucet handle on the sink next to him.

He didn't use much force, just a gentle twist.

"Creak—"

The solid stainless steel handle was actually twisted into a pretzel by him like it was a noodle!

Then, with a light snap.

Crack!

It broke.

"Holy crap! I freaking snapped a steel pipe with my bare hands. If I'd had this body back when I dealt with Meng Guangcai and his men, I could have taken them all down by myself!"

"Refreshing! This is so refreshing!"

Lin Chuan himself sucked in a breath of cold air.

This strength was simply terrifying!

This was simply the limit of the human body!

If anyone dared to point a gun at him again, Lin Chuan was confident he could rip their head off and kick it like a ball before they could pull the trigger!

Even if he encountered an assassination attempt with a dump truck.

With this physical fitness, even if he were sent flying, he'd just have to brush off the dust—he might even be able to flip the truck over with his bare hands!

Refreshing!

It was so freaking refreshing!

Lin Chuan threw the broken faucet handle into the trash can.

Then he looked at the remaining two items.

The Super Power Coal was intended for the thermal power plant he had just acquired.

A price of one thousand per ton, but with ten times the combustion efficiency!

What did that mean?

It meant his power generation cost would be only one-tenth of everyone else's!

If others' cost per kilowatt-hour was fifty cents, his wouldn't even reach five cents!

And he could generate much more electricity!

One must realize that in the future, no matter what manufacturing industry you were in, electricity would be the lifeblood!

This power coal—how was it just coal?

It was simply his money-printing machine for dominating everything in the future!

Once he took over the thermal power plant and switched everything to this, the power generation efficiency would be unimaginable.

As for that Future Smartphone.

Lin Chuan bought it as well.

Twenty thousand was just pocket change to him.

There weren't many entertainment options these days; the television was full of static, and if you wanted to watch a movie, you had to go to a video hall and smell the cigarette smoke.

With this thing, when he was alone at night, he could hide under the covers, play games, and watch future blockbusters. Wouldn't that be wonderful?

He'd treat it as finding some fun in his boring life as the richest man.

After tidying himself up.

Lin Chuan straightened his tie in the mirror.

He wasn't sure if it was an illusion, but he felt the gaze in the mirror was sharper, and his spirit was as full as it could be.

Now, even if a tiger were placed in front of him, he'd dare to go up and give it two slaps across the face.

"It's a good thing I'm not into furries, hehe."

Lin Chuan rubbed his chin; forget fighting a tiger, he felt like his current physique could even take on a tiger!

"Whew..."

Lin Chuan exhaled a breath of turbid air and pushed open the door to walk out.

In the hallway, Long Wu was standing guard by the door with his arms crossed.

Seeing Lin Chuan come out, the keen-sensed bodyguard froze for a moment.

He stared at Lin Chuan with doubt for a few seconds.

As a martial artist, he instinctively felt that his boss had changed.

When he went in, he was just an ordinary person.

How was it that after coming out... he felt like a prehistoric Tyrannosaurus Rex with its claws retracted?

That faintly radiating sense of pressure actually caused even him, a soldier king, to feel a hint of trepidation!

"What's wrong? What are you looking at?"

Lin Chuan patted Long Wu's firm shoulder.

"Nothing."

Long Wu shook his head and quickly followed.

But in his heart, he was wondering.

Could it be that wealth nurtures a person? Regardless, the boss was truly a man of hidden depths!