Chapter 625: Chapter 598 It’s Here (Please Subscribe)

Due to the divine intervention incident during the finals, the championship ceremony of Mingde University’s Martial Arts Club had to be postponed to the next day’s closing ceremony.

Lin Rui originally thought that after such a malicious incident, the closing ceremony might end on a low note, but instead, not only was there no cut in the program, there were two additional events added.

The Martial Arts Competition Hall Number Two was filled to its capacity of 1.32 million seats, and the organizers even sold an additional 300,000 standing-room-only tickets, making the venue packed with people.

These spectators weren’t the slightest bit afraid; on the contrary, they were very excited.

They believed they had witnessed a legendary university martial arts championship, which featured the highest level of combat ever seen in the history of the tournament; a genius college competitor with unparalleled combat strength; and a failed divine intervention.

Most of these viewers came from Colonization Stars, where could they have seen such a grand occasion?

They all felt that their trip to Sky Extreme Star was very worthwhile, and it was the most memorable and brag-worthy experience of their brief lives.

However, when Lin Rui received the trophy from the hands of the first vice president of the Martial Arts Association, he noticed that this senior Congressional Honorary Member was actually in a very bad mood.

He was obviously controlling his muscles, forcing a smile on his face.

Lin Rui could understand him; today, all the major media had been heavily criticizing the Martial Arts Association.

Some berated the Martial Arts Association for neglecting their duties, not taking student safety seriously; some said there were significant issues with the Martial Arts Association’s security mechanisms; and others suspected that there were insiders in the Martial Arts Association conspiring with terrorists, with opinions varying widely.

There were even more sensational headlines, such as “Yesterday’s Close Shave for 1.32 Million People”.

The president and vice president of the Martial Arts Association were not only powerful and respected, but they also brought great benefits to themselves, which is why many senior Congressional Honorary Members, as well as Ninth Realm Emperor Rank individuals outside the federal establishment, were eyeing these positions.

Besides, the internal situation of the Martial Arts Association was not united; for example, the security chief of the association and the university competition committee were also under tremendous public pressure at this time.

It must be mentioned that Linghu Mingde was also very interested in the position of vice president of the Martial Arts Association—

He had taken an oath to become a ‘senior Congressional Honorary Member’, but the government had not yet negotiated what position to give him.

The main reason was that the election campaign was entering its final stages, and the largest opposition party, the People’s Party, ultimately got its wish to postpone the decision on the treaty clauses with Great Song until after the election.

But with both sides engaged fiercely in the election campaign, who had the leisure to discuss Linghu Mingde’s specific duties?

Linghu Mingde himself was not concerned; the current government might fall, and Congress was likely to be reorganized, so it was pointless to take on a role at this time.

According to a summary of intelligence from all sides, the Bright Front is expected to win more than ten seats, and then Linghu’s asking price will be higher.

Compared to government positions, Linghu Mingde was more interested in the Martial Arts Association, but he ceased his efforts when he realized that the positions of the three presidents and vice presidents were difficult to shake for now.

To Lin Rui’s regret, until the closing ceremony ended and he boarded the ‘Wuxing Battleship’ sent by the Martial Arts Association to take them back to Ninth Base City, he still hadn’t seen Shi Yan.

During the return journey, Fang Ranran was always sitting in her seat, processing various official documents and legal files, while flipping through the news about them, especially about the election.

“The current polls suggest we are likely to win, especially you, who is expected to get 53 million votes, but others are in a tough situation. Although both the polls and supercomputer models are showing good outcomes, the election isn’t decided until the very last moment. I hope to get more than 4 billion votes in total, which would allow us to have another proportional representation member.”

The so-called proportional representation members refer to seats allocated based on the proportion of votes received by each party relative to the total number of votes.

Fang Ranran said this while swiping through the projection interface in front of her.

She noticed that even at the height of the election campaign, Lin Rui was a hot topic.

Fang Ranran scrolled through several news articles related to Lin Rui.

“The Strongest College Student in History Defeated a Divine Spirit in Yesterday’s Championship!”

“Analyzing Lin Rui’s Three Secret Blades and the Eight Powerful Conceptual Powers He Commands”

“The Reasons Lin Rui has Not Been Corrupted by Gods Until Now”

“174.2 Billion Federal Coins! After Yesterday’s Finals, Lin Rui’s Livestream Sales Reached a New Record High”

“Loyal and Righteous! Lin Rui Signs Exclusive Endorsement Contract with Sky Blue Group, Becomes Shareholder and Board Member”

“Sky Blue Group’s Market Value Soars to 6.3203 Trillions Federal Coins by Market Close!”

Fang Ranran couldn’t help but click her tongue, feeling Lin Rui had gotten a bad deal. Just the day before, the sales by Sky Blue Group themselves only amounted to 42.3 billion federal coins; the sales Lin Rui generated were over four times their regular sales channel.

Even though the profits on this part weren’t high, after deducting commissions for Lin Rui and the platform, Sky Blue Group could only take a 5.5% profit from that 174.2 billion federal coins.

But those customers who bought their Armament would continue to bring steady profits to Sky Blue Group in the future.

For example, future maintenance fees would be a significant revenue stream.

——That woman really got off lightly.

Fang Ranran felt utterly displeased whenever she thought about that woman, who had shares in the company, being her father’s other woman.

And thinking of how this woman even tried to conspire with the Pharmaceutical Alliance and the Star Chain Pirate Group to take them down, her eyes flashed murderously cold.

Fang Xianzheng was quite smart; he sent that mother and son back to their maternal family on the day of the incident, otherwise, Fang Ranran would not have been so polite to them.

However, Fang Ranran would not let this matter go until Fang Xianzheng gave them an explanation.

The situation within the Sky Blue Group and the Fang Family had already reversed, and she now had the power to confront Fang Xianzheng.

At this moment, she scrolled through several news articles, all about Shi Yan.

Most of them disclosed and analyzed the process before and after Shi Yan was schemed against and poisoned, and others discussed the fight between Shi Yan and Lin Rui, and how Lin Rui defeated the avatar of Tai Xuan Immortal Venerable.

The Abyss Group, in an attempt to salvage their reputation and clear their suspicions, not only put enormous pressure on the government and the Security Bureau but also exerted significant effort in the media and on the internet.

They released a massive amount of video material from within the Martial Arts Association, along with the results of the drink’s drug test, onto the internet.

At this moment, her expression suddenly shifted, and she glanced at Lin Rui beside her: “Future Science University issued a death notice, saying Shi Yan has passed away, and the Martial Arts Association also released a press statement.”

She had noticed Lin Rui’s unusual behavior since yesterday.

Ever since the finals, Lin Rui had been very concerned about Shi Yan’s condition.

If she did not know the reason and understand Lin Rui’s aesthetic preferences, knowing that Lin Rui had no interest in Shi Yan’s type, she would have already been overcome with jealousy.

This guy’s personality is actually quite similar to the older generation of Alien Walkers from the Linghu Mingde era: on one hand, ruthless and unblinking in killing; on the other, he adheres to the codes of honor among the rivers and lakes.

Lin Rui believes that he is partly responsible for Shi Yan’s current predicament, so he has been following her situation for the past few days.

“She passed away just like that?” Lin Rui’s eyes widened first, then he turned his head to look out the porthole, and let out a sigh.

He had actually anticipated this outcome and had already done his utmost.

That cruiser had been stopped near the Martial Arts Palace and even got questioned several times by the nearby defense force.

Lin Rui also tried to sneak into the First Citizen Hospital of the Martial Arts Palace, but with so many experts inside, there was no way he could get close.

He immediately reined in his thoughts; the Wuxing Battleship had arrived at the Ninth Satellite and was about to enter the Star Port of the Ninth Base City.

After disembarking, Lin Rui still had to perform surgeries on Linghu Mingde and Wang Tianwu.

Linghu Mingde had seven Armaments entering the final stage of production, and he was eager to implant them to gain stronger combat capabilities.

And Wang Tianwu, that fellow’s 27 pieces of primary and secondary Armaments had 7 completed and 9 more in production— it is worth mentioning that 4 of them were identical to Linghu Mingde’s so the development went exceptionally fast.

There are also two pieces of SSS-rated Armaments that Wang Tianwu wanted to implant, which were nearing completion as well.

He planned to replace the current Armaments first and quickly increase his combat power to the level of 8SSS.

In addition, Lin Rui was facing two wars: one was the election battle, entering its most crucial moments, and the other was against the Light God Sect. As the legalization of the Light King Sect and the rapid political advancement of the Bright Front, the lingering forces of the Light God Sect had become aware of the danger.

The now ‘Light King Sect’ had already attracted a large number of legally recognized followers of the Light Church to defect and join this newly legal religious faction.

As such, once the ‘Bright Front’ truly gains a foothold in politics, granting the Light King Sect greater political influence, it will further impact the Light God Sect.

The ‘Supreme’ of the Light King Sect might even intensify the crackdown on the Light God Sect, launching a religious unification war.

This caused panic among the many Divine Office of the Light God Sect. Thus, they fiercely retaliated at various bases, with the support of some behind-the-scenes forces, engaging in a covert battle with the Light King Sect.

Number 9 was already struggling to hold on and had to seek his aid.

And just as their battleship came to a halt, a message from Li Xianglong came through.

Li Xianglong: Lin Rui, you’ve docked by now, right? I am standing at the entrance of the Rui Fang Biological Research Institute, and I’d like to go in and have a look.

After Lin Rui saw the message, he was stunned for a while, then shook his head and said to Fang Ranran, “I won’t be going to the Sky Blue Group headquarters later; you can go on my behalf, I’ll authorize you with my vote at the board meeting.”

As he faced Fang Ranran’s puzzled gaze, he shrugged his shoulders: “Li Xianglong is here, and he wants to see our new Armaments.”

This time, the First Commander of the Security Bureau caught him off guard.

At this moment, what Lin Rui didn’t know was that on the same day, inside a laboratory within the ‘Martial Arts Palace’ warship, declared dead by Future Science University and the Martial Arts Association, Shi Yan was slowly Awakening in a top-model cultivation tank.

Source: Webnovel.com, updated on Novlove.com