Chapter 839 - 53: I Am the Empress’s Younger Brother
Lin Lin softly said, "In the North Continent, small vessels aren’t something ordinary people can afford. You need to pass the ’Deep Sea’ simulation exam to obtain the ’Source Energy Boat Driving License.’ Besides, the price of a small vessel starts at seven figures, and then there’s the docking fee, fuel fee, insurance fee, plus purchase tax... only a very few ’wealthy’ individuals can afford this thing."
Gu Shen felt a little dazed upon hearing this.
Money... these vulgar things had long lost their meaning for him.
After becoming a Transcendent, he no longer pursued these things, but he still had a basic concept of money.
"Central City has six thousand small vessels?" Gu Shen looked a bit surprised.
He looked again at the shadows of the boats docked in the night, finding it hard to associate small vessels with piano keys anymore... Each one is worth millions, these rows and rows are symbols of status and position.
"To be precise, six thousand three hundred and twenty-four vessels." Chu Ling was earnestly reporting the results in Gu Shen’s mind at this moment: "I just linked into the basic network of the North Continent’s [deep water area], and Central City has put the management of all these small vessels’ permissions there. Theoretically, I can hack into any of the private small vessels’ networks; do you want to try it?"
As expected of [Source Code]... even though [Deep Sea] has been upgrading itself over the years, constantly replacing codes, as long as the basic network’s logic hasn’t changed, then Chu Ling will always have a place to stay.
"We can try it sometime," Gu Shen responded through mind voice.
"More interesting things happen later; as far as I know, these six thousand-plus Source Energy Boats belong to only a few hundred people," Lin Lin said calmly, "Those who can afford this thing... are either corporate giants of ’cross-continental companies’ or special Transcendents who work closely with the North Continent. The vast majority of the world’s wealth is in the hands of a very few people."
"The exact number is: nine hundred and thirty-one individuals." Chu Ling reminded again, "It’s worth noting, Huazhi Group alone, under Lu Nanzhi’s name, has thirty-five private Source Energy Boats."
Gu Shen: "..."