Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 1372: Chapter 1234: Xiajing National Defense University of Science and Technology Admissions Office Chapter 1372: Chapter 1234: Xiajing National Defense University of Science and Technology Admissions Office “`

“It’s not necessarily poisoning,” Erman shook his head again, speaking professionally, “The signs of poisoning are too obvious, and they can’t be covered up afterward.”

“Having a family doctor use the wrong medication sounds silly, but if you can get the doctor to cooperate and ensure they keep quiet afterwards, this method is indeed safer.”

“Just by increasing the dosage a bit, a fragile old person could die in their sleep without pain.”

“Uh…” Lincoln was somewhat surprised to hear Erman speak so calmly, “Have you seen something like this happen?”

“No,” Erman immediately denied.

But before Lincoln could ask again, he continued, “However, I’ve heard of similar cases, where it always ended up traced back to the doctor and categorized as a medical accident.”

Lincoln was at a loss for words.

He could only lament, “Are the heirs to financial conglomerates all this ruthless?”

Erman had nothing to say in response.

In fact, he could cite many examples to prove that when it comes to ruthlessness, those in finance are just average.

But he decided to let it go; after all, it wasn’t the focus of this report.

He shook his head and brought up the main point of the call, “Boss, what I mainly want to ask you is this, since the old Rothschild is gone, what should we do about the hibernation quota he bid on?”

“Has the money been paid?” Lincoln asked.

“The first payment has already arrived, but Rothschild bid so high that it exceeded the transfer limit, so the second transfer has to go through regular procedures and will arrive the next day.”

“Then let’s not worry about it for now, let’s talk when the money arrives,” Lincoln answered decisively, “Once the money arrives, they can gift it or resell it as they wish.

But since the item has already been bid on, they need to pay the money, they can afford a few billion anyway.”

Erman’s lips twitched.

He didn’t think the younger Rothschilds could treat several billion dollars as casually as his boss did.

“What if they decide to renege?

Should we sue them?” Erman was already preparing for plan B.

“No,” Lincoln shook his head, “If they plan on reneging, tomorrow I will show up at their doorstep with the police in my role as a criminal consulting detective.”

At this, Erman couldn’t help but tense up.

Frankly, he felt it was somewhat beneath his boss, given his status and wealth, to personally block someone’s door for a few billion dollars.

It was really not worth it.

But he quickly realized: the boss didn’t care about the money or the auction’s reputation.

He seemed to find it amusing to join in on the excitement…

“So, boss, are you hoping they make the payment on time, or are you hoping they’ll renege?”

“Heh, what do you think?” Lincoln countered.

There was no need to guess; Erman could already hear the eagerness in his boss’s voice.

As for whether his boss had the ability to follow through, he had not a moment’s doubt—not even though Lincoln was still in Daxia, and taking a flight right now might not make it in time.

Erman hung up the phone.

Lincoln also woke his realistic robot located in California and had it perform a self-check—he had never intended for the realistic robot to board the airplane in the first place.

As for playing the role of a criminal consulting detective, it was merely a spontaneous desire to cosplay Sherlock Holmes.

After the realistic robot finished the self-check, Lincoln had Mavis take a memo, then turned his head and put the matter out of his mind.

The Rich old men who had just bid on the hibernation rights are the ones who should really be worried, not them.

Having their lifespan extended is indeed a good thing for them and their families.

But for business rivals and even other family members, it could be a threat.

In the face of interests amounting to hundreds or even thousands of billions, kinship isn’t necessarily reliable!

Let alone the fact they haven’t entered hibernation yet.

Even after successfully hibernating, they would still have to consider the possibility of being deliberately disconnected or involved in an accident.

—Lincoln had mentioned in the seminar, although hibernation cabins do have an offline mode and a short-term independent energy supply, they can’t last indefinitely.

If they’re in an abnormal state for an extended period, they will enter a forced awakening process.

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But hibernation and awakening both need to strictly follow the process step by step.

If there’s a problem with the process, then the awakening could cause significant harm to the body.

Young people might endure the discomfort for a while and get through it, but for these elderly individuals, they might just kick the bucket on the spot.

This significantly increased their sense of insecurity.

They immediately began thinking about how to enhance their personal safety.

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This incident also somewhat affected the outside world.

Because of the live streaming by the honorary players, and Old Rothschild being the highest bidder in the event, netizens had a strong impression of him.

Some of the protest marches even shouted his name among their chants.

But now, before the protests could end, Old Rothschild was gone first?!

It was somewhat sudden.

However, after the initial shock, the marches still went on as planned!

“The social welfare that the people of Daxia have, we in America/European Union want it too!”

As for the netizens of Daxia, they cared even less.

With everyone starting to build the Space Elevator, who had the time to care about the accidental death of a rich man on the other side of Earth—unaware of the inside information, they simply thought it was a medical accident.

Especially because the [Cradle Plan] project teams had also entered the countdown phase, bubbles of excitement began to surface, and promotional plans were gradually launched.

The players’ enthusiasm had long since shifted.

That terrifyingly long progress bar started its slow filling process.

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The next morning, Lincoln received some good news.

This good news was personally delivered by Princess Camille Victoria who took a plane overnight.

Previously, she had followed Little Chun and Randall to Wu Zhong, accompanied Little Chun throughout a series of tests, and watched them excitedly, yet cautiously, try the new drug.

Every night, she would talk to Lincoln on the phone, explaining what they had done that day, where they had been, Little Chun’s condition, the doctor’s opinions…

and so on, sparing no details.

So, even though Lincoln was busy, he was well-informed about the situation there.

Until this morning, when Camille didn’t give any forewarning and flew back early in the morning, sneaking into the bed stealthily.

When Lincoln woke up, he was bewildered to find a princess heavily asleep in his arms.

—Camille had intended to surprise him, but she couldn’t resist the sleepiness and accidentally fell asleep.

When she woke up again and saw Lincoln lying in bed with a pillow behind him, one hand around her, and the other hand operating a mobile phone dealing with something, her face turned red immediately.

“Awake?” Lincoln noticed her awakening, so he reached out to tickle her waist, “Why didn’t you tell me before coming back?”

The princess quickly grabbed Lincoln’s hand—she was very ticklish.

“I wanted to give you a surprise…”

“Sister Chun’s illness, there’s hope now!”

“The special effect medicine was verified as effective!”

Even though she had already seen it with her own eyes, heard it with her own ears, and had already been excited once yesterday, Camille was still both excited and happy when she talked about it again.

Lincoln was also incredibly happy and excitedly lifted the little princess up, spinning her several times in the air.

The bedroom immediately filled with the princess’ shrieks and Lincoln’s laughter.

Outside the bedroom door, Mavis sat in the living room clenching her cheeks with her hands and swinging her legs while waiting for breakfast.

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This morning, Lincoln wasn’t the only one to receive good news.

Lance’s door was knocked on bright and early.

People from the Xiajing City National Defense University admissions office had arrived.

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