pappabearbooks #521 - Chapter 8 Return to America (I)
#521 - Chapter 8 Return to America (I)
Liu Yuan smiled and explained, "Actually, I have some friends in America who recommended some fun places to me, so I thought I'd go out and see the night view, but I got lost."
The female police officer nodded in understanding and then reminded Liu Yuan, "Don't go out alone at night in the future. It's best to bring a map to avoid getting lost. If you encounter an emergency, you can always dial 911 for help."
Liu Yuan picked up a cigarette, took a deep drag, and then slowly exhaled. It had been many years since he had smoked this stuff. He said, "I used to work in Denver for a year, back in 1998. It's been a long time since I've been to America." His voice was low and calm, as if carrying a faint sense of vicissitudes.
The female police officer frowned slightly, looked at Liu Yuan with doubt, and asked, "Oh? 1998? That was a long time ago. It's 2007 now. But, things don't seem to have changed much here, except for some newly opened shops and newly built buildings. By the way, what's your purpose for coming to America this time?"
Liu Yuan smiled bitterly and explained, "I just came back to see some old friends and take care of some personal matters. I didn't expect to run into this kind of trouble."
The female police officer smiled and nodded, indicating her understanding, and then said, "Yes, time flies so fast. It's been ten years, and America has changed a lot. Those damn capitalists have moved the factories abroad, causing many people to lose their jobs, and social order has become increasingly worse......"
"Ahem~" The black police officer interrupted the female police officer's incessant chatter. He cleared his throat and said seriously, "Alright, Tracy, let's focus on the matter at hand! Mr. LIU, since you cannot provide proof of identity, I can only arrange for you to stay at the hotel next to the police station. Please do not leave. We can discuss it after you can prove your identity, but you have to come to the police station with us first to make a statement."
Liu Yuan nodded and said gratefully, "Thank you, officer. I will definitely cooperate with your investigation."
In fact, American police are not all like the ones you see in the news, all about violent law enforcement. They are divided into different types of people. Sometimes it is indeed deserved when black people have an entire magazine emptied into them!
Who knows if those chocolate boys will suddenly pull out a gun and give you a burst of fire. American-style Iaijutsu is no joke! There are many Chinese in Los Angeles, but they rarely cause trouble, so the local police are not as vigilant towards them as they are towards black people.
The female police officer named Tracy had a good impression of Liu Yuan. Because the instinct of life drives people to pursue higher-quality genes for inheritance. And Liu Yuan, after the sublimation of his life level, unconsciously exuded a unique aura that attracted her. After only chatting for a while, Tracy's face was already flushed.
Tracy enthusiastically introduced the scenery along the way to Liu Yuan, among which the most eye-catching was the Griffith Observatory. This observatory faces the Hollywood "Hollywood Hills" from afar and has become one of Los Angeles's important landmarks. Many people may find this place very familiar because it has appeared in the exterior shots of the movies 'Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle' and 'GoldenEye', and it is also a common scene in the famous video games 'Grand Theft Auto V' and 'Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'.
After returning to the police station, the three of them went to the motel across the street together. Black police officer Jack vouched for Liu Yuan and signed the paperwork, while Tracy took the initiative to pay for Liu Yuan's accommodation. Liu Yuan sincerely thanked the female police officer and said that he would be careful. He was also very grateful to meet two enthusiastic police officers; otherwise, he would have had to sleep on the streets tonight.
However, when Liu Yuan saw the disappointed look on Tracy's face, he felt a little embarrassed. Although Tracy was a shapely, thirty-year-old Hispanic woman, and her appearance was quite in line with Liu Yuan's aesthetic, Liu Yuan had just gone through plane travel and did not have the mood for that at the moment. So, when Tracy suggested staying to "protect" him, Liu Yuan politely declined.
Before separating, Officer Jack emphasized again: "Mr. Liu, please do not leave the motel at will. You still need to come to the police station tomorrow morning to make a statement!"
After returning to his room, Liu Yuan turned on the TV and began to quickly browse through the channels. He found that most TV channels in the United States required payment to watch. However, through the CBS news program, he still learned some important information.
It turned out that this world was extremely similar to the Blue Star he once lived on. Moreover, it was now June 5, 2007, and the United States already had signs of a subprime mortgage crisis. Most of the news was reporting on real estate, and it was likely that the financial crisis would occur next year.
Liu Yuan realized that this crisis might be a good opportunity for him to make money. In a place like the United States, it is very convenient for rich people to do things.
So, Liu Yuan immersed his consciousness in the small world. The small world in his body was continental, with a hemispherical shield above it, like a bright light bulb. Below, rocks grew like tree roots, and seawater poured down from the edge of the continent. Under the influence of gravity, the water tightly adhered to the back of the continent, flowing into a huge pit, forming a perfect cycle.
The four continents were distributed according to the north, south, west, and center. A light source in the sky emitted a little bit of silver light, and these fluorescent lights slowly merged into the air and the earth. That was the world origin that Liu Yuan had obtained, and those overflowing fluorescent lights were the power of the origin used to perfect this world.
Located in the north was the frozen soil outside the Wall beyond the Wall, which was still covered in ice and snow. To the south was the land split from Sothoryos, where virgin rainforests and swamps were everywhere, maintaining a tropical climate.
The huge volcanic group in the west was barren. This was once the Valyrian Peninsula. Liu Yuan left the [Heart of the Earth] given by the world consciousness there. The [Heart of the Earth] had an extremely useful function, which was to transform metallic substances. Simply put, it could transform common metals such as iron, aluminum, and copper into precious metals such as gold, silver, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, and platinum, and even rare metals such as lithium, beryllium, titanium, vanadium, germanium, niobium, molybdenum, cesium, lanthanum, tungsten, and radium, provided that sample templates were provided.
Currently, many silver-gray minerals like crystal clusters were growing around the crater. These were all natural Valyrian steel.
As for the central land, it was also the system space that had been with him for over a hundred years. Now it had expanded to more than 1.6 million square kilometers, equivalent to the total area of Xinjiang. Among them, a cluster of buildings surrounded by bamboo forests were the functional buildings left by the system, where all of Liu Yuan's items were stored.