Apocalypse: I Have A Multiplier System - Chapter 99

Chapter 99: Chapter 99: Temperatue Controlling Suits

‘So I am in some other world…’ Jake muttered in his heart.

The killing intent in his heart was suppressed a bit. That cat was interesting. It could teleport him to some other world…so it means its superpower must be at SSS-Rank!

Useful…

She is useful.

If he hands her over to the institute would they agree to return his memory? Or if she has the power to travel between different worlds then…she could time travel too, right?

If she can time travel, he could regain his memories…

Jake’s mind was filled with various possibilities.

Soon they reached Henry’s shop and got to know that Su Jiyai was in the Third Vampire Prince’s hand.

Ronald’s body stiffened for a mere second before he turned normal, yet this anomaly wasn’t unnoticed by Jake who was carefully keeping an eye on Ronald all the time.

“This third vampire prince…is he special?” Jake asked.

Ronald gave a weird look to Jake as if he(Jake) was some country bumpkin and explained,

“Third Vampire Prince…is…strange…no…to be precise…he is dangerous.”

Jake stared at Ronald to the point Ronald got goosebumps,

“My influence…how did you break out of it?”

The most common skill any Vampire could learn other than sucking the blood out of the human body was influence skill.

Once anyone stares straight into a Vampire’s eyes and the influence skill is activated the person will listen and do whatever that Vampire had asked him to do.

If the person on whom the influence skill is being used is a vampire too, then the chance of influence skill depends on the user Vampire’s cultivation.

“No, the question should be…how did you manage to influence a vampire lord?” Ronald asked with curiosity and suspicion in his eyes.

In vampires, there are ranks too.

(Half-bred–> Vampire –> Vampire Noble –> Vampire Lord –> Celestial Vampire Lord.)

Only the pure-blooded Celestial Vampire Lord could control all vampires at Vampire Lord and below.

Ronald had recently breakthrough a Vampire lord and was sure he couldn’t be influenced by anyone except for the king.

His confidence shattered when Jake influenced him. Only when he heard the name of the third Vampire Prince did he return to his senses?

Jake smirked,

“Does it matter? Do you want to fight? Or should I just influence…”

“No need.” Ronald disagreed and said, “I will do whatever you want.”

“Hm?” Hearing Ronald’s words, Jake was surprised. He had thought, that once Ronald broke the influence he would directly fight or worse take the help of other vampires to ask for help and take him(Jake) down.

But the kid strangely backed out on his own.

Was it because he mistook him for some noble vampire?

Jake chuckled. How he wished to tell Ronald that the reason why he(Jake) was able to influence him(Ronald) was because of the institute for he(Jake) was working.

As for why he looked like Ronald…well he didn’t know, but it was all along a misunderstanding.

However, with misunderstanding came the power, he wanted. So he can clear this misunderstanding later.

Right now the most important task was to find out where that cat was.

“Then lead me to that Third Vampire Prince’s mansion,” Jake ordered.

Ronald opened his mouth to oppose but closed it after not saying anything.

Soon they reached outside a grand gothic-style mansion.

“Beautiful,” Jake muttered. His face still had a calm expression but his heart was suddenly filled with anxiety.

He paused for a moment and looked around.

A grand gothic-style mansion standing in a forest. The mansion gave eerie vibes which was further intensified by the occasional howls of wolves.

Wolf?

“Are there wolves?” Jake asked with surprise.

Along the way, he conversed with Ronald and got to know about many basic things about the vampire world.

Unlike back on Earth where there were many gods, and each country had its gods and beliefs, the vampire world only had one god, and they worship only one…god.

There was also the existence of a beast. As for humans? Well, they could be called extinct creatures.

Creatures like dogs don’t exist in the vampire world.

Instead, they have something called familiars.

So he was surprised by the existence of wolves.

“Eh? What? You don’t know about werewolves too?” Ronald looked at Jake with disdain. If expression has their own voice they would have called Jake a country bumpkin.

Jake raised an eyebrow,

“Werewolves? You say there are werewolves here? Haha…might as well tell me that fairies exist. Hahaha.” Jake laughed.

Ronald continued to stare at Jake which made the latter turn silent,

“Are you serious? There are fairies here?”

“You…you are indeed a vampire so…why you don’t know about their existence,” Ronald said in a confused tone. “Anyways, let’s move forward. You are reacting in such a manner, god knows how you will react once you see Third Brother’s more creation.”

Jake now was curious about this Third Vampire Prince.

Maybe Ronald’s status was high or the guards truly didn’t care about who entered the mansion, because Ronald led Jake directly to where the Third Vampire Prince was.

“Third brother look who have found!” He said cheerfully.

………

In Black Ray Base

“Leader bad news! None of the citizens are ready to come out of their houses. Some strong-willed people try to go out for a hunt, but their flesh is melting slightly.

If this continues, then we will slowly run out of food.”

Xuan Jiye frowned after hearing his subordinate’s words.

“Is it really so hot?” Xuan Jin asked with surprise as she put grapes in her mouth.

The subordinate who was reporting the news gnashed his teeth in hatred. And wished to god.

‘God if you hear me, please! Please let me be reincarnated as Xuan Jin! I want to live a leisurely life like her!’

“Yes miss.” He answered respectfully.

Xuan Jiye motioned the subordinate to leave and frowned.

“Brother it’s not a big deal. Let’s just wait for a few days, if the temperature still continues to rise, we can mass produce the temperature-controlling suit.” Xuan Jin suggested.

Xuan Jiye shook his head,

“It’s not cost-effective. Many of the average families and poor families will unable to buy those suits.”

Xuan Jin frowned,

“Brother I understand that you have a kind heart but in such a situation, we can’t be kind-hearted. Do you plan to give away temperature-controlling suits? Do you know how costly it will be for us?

Though we are rich, have you forgotten that it’s only been 8 months since we established our base? We have spent nearly 5 billion federal coins to shift from Crystal Cove to here.

After spending so much money, we finally earned 1 billion after the citizens started to pay taxes, but we have still not recovered our losses.

If we give away those temperature-controlling suits that cost 1 million per suit, we will become bankrupt!”

Xuan Jiye listened carefully to his sister Xuan Jin’s argument.

She wasn’t wrong, the base had invested an enormous sum to relocate and set up a new home.

They had gained a small fortune from taxes, but not enough to splurge on free equipment for all citizens

However…

“Where do you think we are getting those taxes from Jin?” Xuan Jiye asked softly.

“Eh? Um…from…rich people in our community?” Xuan Jin said with uncertainty.

“That is what you think. In reality large part of our taxes come from average families or poor families. They pay taxes because they don’t have the power to oppose us.

Rich families on the other hand…have the power to fight or argue with us, so they will hardly pay any taxes.

I think we should take the risk and give away temperature-controlling suits to the average income families.” Xuan Jiye proposed.

Xuan Jin disagreed,

“Brother, if we prioritize the rich families first, they will be more inclined to invest in our base, offer protection, and sustain the economy.

If we give the temperature-controlling suits to poor families, they might flee the moment they find safety elsewhere, leaving us with nothing but debt.

But the wealthy—if they are well-treated—will stay loyal, and we need their resources.”

Xuan Jiye frowned, clearly conflicted. “But the average citizens—”

“Brother,” Xuan Jin interrupted gently, “the rich are the backbone of our society right now. We need to ensure their comfort, at least until we stabilize.

Once we have more suits and more resources, we can help the others. But for now, we must think long-term.”

There was a long silence as Xuan Jiye weighed her words.

He knew his sister wasn’t wrong, but it didn’t sit well with him to neglect the average citizens who had supported their base from the start.

Yet, survival and sustainability came first.

Finally, with a heavy sigh, Xuan Jiye nodded.

“Fine. We’ll prioritize the wealthy families for now. But,” he added sternly, “the moment we have more resources, we’ll start making plans to support everyone else. This is temporary.”