270 Freedom or Death (2)
[ Use Eye of Truth. Target: Tong Baiming, comparison of Spiritual Power between host and target: 15/45. You can view brief information. ]
Character: Tong Baiming
[ Physique: 41 ]
[ Spirit: 45 ]
[ Appearance: 8 (Elegant and easy-going) ]
[ Family background: 7 (Second son of Yuan City’s Tong family head) ]
[ Class: Body Modifier ]
[ Skills: Mechanical Arts Level 9, Mechanical Meditation Technique Level 9, Mechanical Manufacturing Level 12, Mechanical Implantation Level 11… ]
[ Talent: Learning (purple), Destiny (gold)… ]
[ Evaluation: A scientist who is obsessed with the development of the human body. If you agree with his ideas, he will be your spiritual mentor. If you don’t agree, you will treat him as a lunatic. ]
[ Destiny (gold): The person of destiny who is being watched by the world’s will. The inventor of human body modification technology. He may become one of the drivers of the Titanium Pole World’s advancement to a large world. ]
This was the first time Ning Shi had seen a golden Destiny talent. Previously, he had seen purple Destiny.
Compared to the purple Destiny, the golden Destiny was only noticed by the world’s will. The description was not affirmative, but it could become a catalyst.
This was probably related to Tong Baiming’s research direction. Nico was an inventor of mecha technology, while Tong Baiming was researching human body modification technology.
At present, it seemed that the mainstream development of the Titanium Pole World was still mecha.
Therefore, Tong Baiming did not receive as much attention as Nico.
But no matter what, this was also a big shot that pushed for technological innovation.
He was only 30 years old, but his physique and Spiritual Power had both exceeded 40 points. He was very powerful.
Ning Shi realized that he had been too careless. He had thought that his 30 Physique points were enough to protect himself, but after seeing Tong Baiming’s physical data, he understood that his impression of the Titanium Pole World’s power system was too rigid.
This kind of rigid impression made him subconsciously think that the big shots in this world would choose the path of a mecha master or something similar to a mecha master. They should focus on the cultivation of Spiritual Power.
That was why Ning Shi felt that he was invincible in close combat.
Actually, after checking Tong Qingqing’s information, Ning Shi should have deduced Tong Baiming’s situation.
After Tong Qingqing’s body was transplanted with the Helium Heart, her physique reached 20 points and her Spiritual Power reached 21 points. From this, it could be inferred that the path of the modified human was the balanced development of one’s physique and Spiritual Power.
A modified human without the combat strength of a mecha could not have any obvious shortcomings if he wanted to fight against the radioactive creatures in the wild.
Tong Qingqing was only 10 years old, but her physical fitness was already so high. As her father, Tong Baiming must have been very successful in his own transformation.
It wasn’t strange for his Physique to reach 41 points.
However, Ning Shi did not panic. Firstly, this was just a game avatar. Even if he died, he would just have to start all over again. Secondly, he still had 12 potential points. If he really encountered danger, he would grit his teeth and add all 12 potential points to his physique.
42 Physique points were enough to protect himself.
Therefore, Ning Shi was still sitting calmly on the chair, waiting for Tong Baiming to speak.
Tong Baiming remained silent as if he was testing Ning Shi.
The hall fell into a strange silence.
Tick tock! Tick tock!
Only the hands of the pendulum clock on the wall were moving.
As time passed, Tong Qingqing seemed to be unable to stand this strange atmosphere. Cold sweat kept dripping down her face.
Sweat ran down her cheeks, making her feel numb and itchy. She didn’t dare to reach out to wipe it away.
Ning Shi’s expression remained the same.
Tong Baiming pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose. A white light flashed and he finally spoke.
“Hello, Mr. Ning. My name is Tong Baiming. I’m Tong Qingqing’s father. Nice to meet you. I was thinking about something just now. Please forgive me if I didn’t treat you well.”
Although he was being magnanimous, his tone was emotionless and extremely cold.
Ning Shi didn’t mind. He could tell from the people and things in the room that Tong Baiming had some problems with his personality.
This was the privilege of the strong. They could flaunt their personality as much as they wanted. Others would restrain themselves and cater to the habits of the strong.
However, Ning Shi would not kneel and lick his boots. He asked directly.
“Mr. Tong, may I know why you called me here?”
Tong Baiming was surprised by Ning Shi’s calmness and straightforwardness. From his perspective, Ning Shi was just an 18-year-old genius who grew up in an orphanage.
However, Tong Baiming did not probe further. The world was so big, and there would always be some people with extraordinary talent. Some people were more mature and bolder.
“Mr. Ning,” he said to Ning Shi. “After seeing that you and Tong Tong became friends, I’ve investigated your background. I know that you’re the disciple of Master Li, the butcher of Sword Shield City, so I want to make a deal with you.”
Ning Shi was not surprised that Tong Baiming was able to find out about him. Yuan City had a population of 500,000, and it was quite a powerful force in the wilderness.
It was very easy for the higher-ups of such a force to find out information about Ning Shi.
After all, after Ning Shi was put on the bounty, his information had long been uploaded to the AI network.
What Ning Shi was more concerned about was the way Tong Baiming addressed his master, Old Li.
“Master Li.”
This meant that Tong Baiming respected Old Li or the butcher profession very much. In the Titanium Pole World, the way of addressing masters was very strict.
With Tong Baiming’s personality, he would never use such a term.
“Mr. Tong, you seem to know my master?” Ning Shi asked tentatively. “If the item you want to trade is related to the butcher profession, I just learned the butcher’s skills not long ago. I might not be able to satisfy your trading needs.”
