Chapter 104: Chapter 104 Another Usage
Lin Lee shook his head and walked outside the apartment from the main entrance, looking at the official seal on the main door.
"Bank Seal." Lin Lee saw the logo on the seal; his brow furrowed tightly. "What's happening? Why has the bank sealed our apartment?" He muttered, confused, then turned around and walked outside the apartment building.
Outside, looking at the young boy standing beside the building and smoking,
"Hi, can you tell me today's date?" Lin Lee called and asked calmly; the boy was startled by the sudden voice.
He hurriedly turned around and glanced at Lin Lee. He was surprised by his appearance—a young eastern boy with short hair, wearing casual clothes.
'What is an Asian guy like him doing here? I haven't seen him before.' The boy thought doubtfully.
"You don't know today's date?" Lin Lee asked again, looking at him calmly,
The boy snapped out of his thought and hurriedly replied, "Uh, sorry, it's June 26, 2025."
Lin Lee nodded and thanked, then walked away amidst the boy's confused expression.
'Let's find out what changed in these ten years. I probably disappeared in 2015 or 2016. I don't even remember the exact date and time now; I was really a careless young man who died falling into the river,' Lin Lee thought to himself.
Looking at the cars and other vehicles running on the roads, the tall buildings, and the infrastructure of the whole city,
'It's 2025; the technology is not as impressive as that of interstellar civilization, but it's good that humans living in my home star are progressing in their respective paths,'
Lin Lee thought, then walked toward the pedestrian crossing, looking at the traffic stopped. He crossed and walked on the sidewalk, looking at the buildings and people walking on each side of the road.
Looking at the earbuds and smartphones, as well as the card and wallet payment systems, commercial ads, and activities, there is a lot of noise and pollution in the atmosphere.
'Well, like this, they would degrade extremely fast.' Lin Lee thought to himself, then became thoughtful, 'It seems without money you can't survive on this planet.'
He walked and appeared in front of a jewelry shop and muttered, "Well, I have to understand the technology and finance system of this civilization, then I will be able to use nanobots more efficiently here."
He walked inside the shop calmly, looking at the jewelry around him, which was extremely expensive. He appeared in front of the shopkeeper and said, "I want to sell my family ring."
Lin Lee raised his hand and removed a gold ring from his finger with a square diamond inlaid above it. He put it on the table in front of the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper was surprised, looking at the ring, then glanced at him thoughtfully and asked, "Do you have a receipt?"
Lin Lee shook his head and said, "It's an old ring, almost an heirloom."
"Well, Mr., can I see your ID because you look like a minor to me?" The shopkeeper then said, looking at him doubtfully,
Lin Lee gave him a glance; the shopkeeper's expression froze, then he smiled and nodded. "Mr. Wait for a while; I will call our manager; let him evaluate your ring and give you the price."
Lin Lee nodded and sat down on the waiting seat beside the wall. Then another person appeared, which was probably the manager or appraiser of the store. After talking with the shopkeeper, he started appraising the ring.
After appraising, the manager raised his head in surprise and invited Lin Lee inside the private area. He explained, after putting the ring on the table, "Mr. Lin Lee, Your ring is unique; it's pure gold 24k, the diamond is also flawless without color, and it is precisely cut with perfect reflection.
Although everything about your ring is perfect, the sentimental value is low and the design is not modern, so I can only offer you $68,000 for it."
Lin Lee glanced at his expression, then nodded and said, looking at him calmly, "Well, I am willing to sell, but I need the payment in cash."
The manager and shopkeeper were both startled, looking at each other, and then nodded and said, "Please give us some time; it will take a while to arrange the cash."
Lin Lee nodded calmly, then signed the sale and purchase contract.
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After a while,
Lin Lee left the shop with a black bag in his hand. After passing from the middle of the crowd, 'Well, it's enough for now; next there is no need to sell anything.' He thought the bag had disappeared from his hand.
He walked toward the supermarket building, looking at the electronic products and smart phones inside. He brought the latest phone,
Upon letting nanobots devour the smart phone, instantly the technology used inside the smartphone appeared in his mind.
Also carrier network and how it is connected to the global network system, his nanobots automatically bypassed all protocols and securities and established the data connection with the whole planet network.
Lin Lee raised his brow intriguingly. 'It's more interesting than I thought,' he thought. Instantaneously, information flickered through his mind.
Lin Lee felt like a fish swimming through the ocean of data and information, absorbing all the data and information available in this world and storing it in his nanobots.
"Buddy, is everything fine? You have been standing in the same place for the past twenty minutes." Instantly, a young man with a dark complexion patted his shoulder and asked,
Lin Lee snapped out of his thought, turned and glanced at him, shook his head, and replied, "Nothing; it's just my habit; sometimes I fall into deep thoughts."
The boy was startled, then smiled and said, "Well, I understand, man; just don't do it in the middle of the road." He gave advice, then thumbed up and walked away.
Lin Lee glanced at his back speechlessly, then shook his head and muttered, "Well, it's better; I should book a hotel room; I already have an identity now."
Instantly, his information inexplicably appeared in a few countries federal databases as their citizen, with his own legal name, Lin Lee, bank account, license, insurance, and other identity information.
An identity card, license, credit card, and other documents materialized in his hand.
Lin Lee put them inside his pockets and walked toward the famous hotel nearby.
Inside the hotel building, he appeared in front of the clerk and booked the presidential suite using his credit card.
Inside the presidential suite, he raised his wrist, looking at the projection of an eastern female wearing glasses with details about her identity, university, and current location, which is in another state and city of this country.
Lin Lee took a deep breath and muttered, "I am glad you are fine, but the problem is, will you accept me or not after leaving you alone for almost ten years?"
Lin Lee then tracked her previous ten-year record; looking at the news report about him missing, no one saw him falling into the river, nor did they find his body.
Looking down, he was surprised; the apartment that belonged to their parents was actually mortgaged by Tang Xin, and she couldn't pay the payment later. That's why it was sealed and is soon going to be auctioned.
Lin Lee's brow furrowed, seeing the money she received after the mortgage was transferred from her account to his uncle's account living in their home country.
Lin Lee then invaded the network system and saw the account of his so-called uncle, seeing more than a million balances. He tracked everything about his uncle, and a lot of live footage appeared on his projection.
He shows his uncle's family that they are fine and healthy; also, his two sons and a daughter are driving cars and visiting expensive restaurants and bars, while his sister is struggling alone here.
Lin Lee's expression became cold, then he dismissed the projection and took a deep breath.
'That bastard must have deceived Xiner. Well, I will take back everything with interest.' He thought, then walked toward the balcony and glanced at the towering skyscrapers and roads outside.
'I always wanted to stand on top of this world since childhood; now I can destroy billions of worlds like this with a single move, but the hard challenge is that I can't fix them back,' Lin Lee thought to himself.
Instantly, he felt something: everything around him slowed down—even dust particles, the vehicles on the roads, birds, and small insects flying in the air—even the light particles slowed down around him. These plazma particles slowly fell on the shiny surface and bounced back up because of reflection.
Lin Lee raised his head, glanced at everything slowed down around him, and a wide smile appeared on his face. "I didn't expect it; upon arriving here, I will comprehend another use of time and space law." He muttered, then retracted his law.
Everything reverts back to its normal motion in his vision.
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