"Mu Yi, of course I got your identity as an underground boxer sorted out. Old Jack still carries some weight in the Underground Boxing Ring!" As he spoke, Old Jack took out a card about the size of a credit card.
"This is an identity card for the underground world, and also a VIP membership card for the Kaili Grand Hotel. With this card, you officially become a member of the underground world. Your information is stored inside, and your current identity is a senior boxer in the Underground Boxing Ring. Oh! My dear Mu Yi, don't worry. I know your strength. Becoming a top-tier boxer is a sure thing. But the Underground Boxing Ring has rules: upon entering the ring, the highest level you can directly participate in is senior-level matches. No matter how strong you are, only after going through thirty senior-level matches can you officially become a top-tier boxer." Afraid that Li Yang might be displeased, Old Jack hurriedly explained.
Li Yang merely smiled and accepted the seemingly ordinary card. He understood its importance perfectly well. Without it, his plan could not be carried out at all.
"Old Jack, of course I understand the Underground Boxing Ring's rules. Based on one's strength, an individual can enter low-level, mid-level, or senior-level matches, but cannot directly enter top-tier matches. Only after completing thirty matches can one advance to matches of the next level. Naturally, that is on the condition that the boxer is still alive." Li Yang smiled at Old Jack as he spoke.
Old Jack immediately laughed when he heard that. He had been worried that Li Yang was a newcomer who did not understand the Underground Boxing Ring's rules. Since Li Yang knew them, there was naturally nothing to worry about.
Li Yang had chosen New York, so he had naturally investigated the underground world long ago. What was more, back when he had been in Security Bureau Group 9, he had dealt specifically with those unusual experts who surpassed ordinary imagination. Those experts were generally part of the underground world. How could Li Yang not know?
Between 57th Street, Manhattan, and 58th Street stood a luxurious hotel—the Kaili Grand Hotel!
The Kaili Grand Hotel was spread across the world, but there was one particularly strange thing about it: it only received VIP members. Moreover, becoming a VIP of the Kaili Grand Hotel was extremely difficult. Many nouveau riche who believed themselves to have a bit of money wanted to become members, only to find there was no door through which they could enter.
In other words, the Kaili Grand Hotel's membership cards could not be obtained merely with money. Yet anyone who could enter it was certainly someone with a mysterious side.
The Kaili Grand Hotel's VIP membership card was precisely an identity card for the underground world, while the Kaili Grand Hotel was the entrance to underground world bases in every region. Back when the Green Gang and the American Mafia built the Kaili Grand Hotel, they had merely wanted to make the entrances to the underground world more secure, never intending to earn much money. Yet the wealthy people who entered the Kaili Grand Hotel were all among the world's elite. The money the Kaili Grand Hotel made was truly no small amount.
The wealth of many of these tycoons from the underground world exceeded that of the so-called richest man on the Forbes list. The people on Forbes were all out in the open—how could they possibly be the true richest people in the world?
Not to mention anyone else, the wealth of the royal families in those Middle Eastern nations alone far surpassed that of Mr. Gates, the man ranked first by Forbes. There were also many great figures, such as the head of the Italian Mafia, and the heads of the Italian Mafia's five great families. The five families holding power within the Italian Mafia had been Europe's mightiest families since the Middle Ages. Even now, their wealth far exceeded anything people could imagine!
Did the family of the Italian Mafia's leader possess assets worth a trillion dollars?
No one knew, because he was unfathomable, because he was a colossal overlord in the underground world. Who could know?
In short, these enormous powers that came from the darkness were absolutely not something that modern enterprises, developed for only a few decades, could compare with! Gates? Could a man who had made money for a few decades compare to families that had run rampant across Europe since the Middle Ages? And behind them stood the powerful Italian Mafia.
At eight in the evening, Manhattan shimmered with flowing lights and dazzling colors, and countless tourists wandered about. New York was even more enchanting at night. Yet Li Yang, dressed entirely in black, was particularly conspicuous, because no one came within a one-meter radius of him. Li Yang strolled leisurely along 57th Street, Manhattan. A cold aura slowly spread from his body, and whenever countless tourists approached him, they could not help but move aside.
This created a most unusual sight. Though 57th Street was bustling and crowded, there was not a single person within one meter of Li Yang.
Li Yang took a small two-liang bottle of Erguotou from his coat and took a light sip, feeling the fiery heat in his chest. Then he raised his head and looked north. Before him stood a luxurious hotel—the Kaili Grand Hotel. Li Yang slipped the little bottle back into his inner pocket and started toward the Kaili Grand Hotel.
"Sir, please present your VIP card!" A beautiful blonde woman bowed to Li Yang. With her eye for people, she could naturally tell that Li Yang was no ordinary man.
Li Yang glanced at the seductive woman standing at the hotel entrance and casually took out his VIP card, which was also his identity card for the underground world.
The blonde woman raised a scanner in her hand. The instant Li Yang's VIP card touched it, a tiny green light lit up. The blonde woman immediately said sweetly, "Welcome, sir!" She knew that none of those entering the Kaili Grand Hotel were ordinary people, so she naturally did not dare offend them too much.
Li Yang put away his VIP card and entered the hotel lobby.
The lobby of the Kaili Grand Hotel held more than a dozen IBM T99 computers that had just been developed and had not yet entered the market. Seeing those computers, Li Yang smiled faintly and immediately walked over to one of them. After tapping the screen, a map of the underground world appeared.
The New York underground world base was directly beneath Central Park. A single floor covered roughly more than thirty hectares. The New York underground world base had two levels in total. The upper level was the global headquarters of the Underground Boxing Ring and contained more than a dozen boxing arenas. The lower level was divided into two sections: one was the headquarters of the underground world's Assassin World, while the other was the world's largest black-market auction house.
"This should be the passage." Li Yang still remembered the map that had just appeared on the computer.
Li Yang entered the passage. Ten elevators stood ahead of him, and he immediately took one down to the second underground level. The underground world's second level was extremely spacious. In particular, the Assassin World section had very few people, with only several service staff moving about.
"Welcome to the headquarters of the Assassin World. May I ask whether you wish to issue a mission or accept one?" A beautiful mixed-race woman spoke to Li Yang.
A trace of fierceness appeared on Li Yang's face. "Of course I'm giving you a mission!" The mixed-race woman immediately said, "Please follow me, sir!" Li Yang then followed the beautiful mixed-race woman before him to a wall-mounted computer.
"Please insert your VIP card into that slot, sir. The webpage will explain what to do next." As the mixed-race woman spoke, Li Yang immediately inserted his VIP card and then posted his mission on the computer's mission announcement page.
The sound of keys rang out as Li Yang sent out a mission.
"Within the Shenglin Group's family, killing one direct-line family member will earn one million US dollars! The mission remains valid forever!"
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