Invincible Copy System
Chapter Summary
In this city, ordinary people wouldn't believe that such a manor exists, but there are indeed manors in this city, besides the four major families, there are some other manors as well. The Xue family's manor covers dozens of hectares, ranking among the top three among all the wealthy mansions in the city. Theoretically speaking, even if Xue Yang were dead, he wouldn't be so concerned about this matter, considering there were still 19 people ahead of him.
In this city, ordinary people wouldn't believe that such a manor exists, but there are indeed manors in this city, besides the four major families, there are some other manors as well.
The Xue family's manor covers dozens of hectares, ranking among the top three among all the wealthy mansions in the city.
That's their privilege, and they have enough money. You might think they don't have the money, but they did put it out there. Every square meter of land has a certificate, and it was all bought with real money.
Of course, ordinary people can't come here. This area is designated as a restricted zone, or some say a military zone. In any case, ordinary people can't get in. If they want to come in, they need some special documents. So news of this place has never spread, and no one knows that these big families still live such luxurious lives.
The reason the Xue family is in such a mess is because of Xue Yang's identity.
Xue Yang is not a simple person. He has the right to inherit the family business. He is a direct descendant of the Xue family and ranks among the top 20 in line to inherit. If the 19 people ahead of him all die, then Xue Yang may become the next head of the Xue family. Don't think that such a situation is impossible. Historically, there have been cases where the person ranked 25th has inherited the family business.
Theoretically speaking, even if Xue Yang were dead, he wouldn't be so concerned about this matter, considering there were still 19 people ahead of him. The reason the Xue family was in such chaos was because of the jade token Xue Yang was carrying.
This could be considered the most precious thing in the Xue family, but now it has been thrown away by Liu Ning in a corner of the storage space. It is one of the things that Liu Ning just analyzed, and also one of those things that cannot be identified.
Just how precious is this thing? Ordinary people naturally can't understand it, but the higher-ups in the Xue family can give you an explanation. They'll say that this thing is incredibly precious, and even if you offered them an entire base city, they would absolutely not trade this jade token for it. Although the Xue family doesn't have a separate base city, even if you offered them two base cities, the Xue family wouldn't even consider it.
Why is this thing so precious? Because it concerns a huge secret, a secret that relates to the inheritance of all humankind and the ranking of various families.
This story goes back to the year of the great catastrophe. After that year, why did so many powerful beings emerge among humankind? Many people say it was because of the revival of spiritual energy, but that's only one reason. Another reason was the appearance of eight ancient ruins at that time. It was the weapons and skills that flowed out of these ancient ruins that made humankind stronger.
Many archaeologists have confirmed that in the long history of this planet, there were some ancestors who were more powerful than humans, but they all went extinct hundreds of millions of years ago. These ancient ruins were left behind by them. They were much more advanced than humans. To possess an ancient ruin is to possess a key to the future.
Many people ask, why are the four major families so powerful? When they raise certain issues, even the Human Council has to consider them. When they unite, they can rival the Human Council. What is it that they rely on?
Do their business conglomerates control more of the economy? Do the eight major conglomerates control more because of their superior technology?
Although they have many research institutes, the real technology is still in the hands of the Human Council. Is it because their military strength is superior?
That's impossible. The strongest military force is still in the hands of the Human Council, so why does the Human Council give them so much face?
The reason lies in the ancient ruins. The four major families control four of the ancient ruins, while the Human Council controls the other four. Therefore, the four major families can rival the Human Council. That jade tablet is the key to entering the ancient ruins.
If there were unlimited access to ancient ruins, everything inside would be quickly emptied out, and the items would fall into the hands of ordinary people, rendering them practically useless.
Therefore, the Human Council established a rule with the four major families that an ancient ruin would be opened only every three years, allowing young members of the four major families and the Human Council to enter and choose suitable skills and weapons.
Of course, these young people must be exceptionally outstanding; each spot is invaluable.
The jade tablet is the key to unlocking the ancient ruins. It's not just the key to the ruins controlled by the Xue family. The ancient ruins of the four major families also belonged to the four families in ancient times, so they had four keys. Once the Xue family's key is lost, the other three families will also be unable to open them.
The reason why the four major families are so closely connected, sharing both loss and fortune, is because of the existence of these four keys. If one of them were missing, the other three families would definitely abandon the Xue family. Whoever possesses the fourth key would become the new fourth major family.
The jade pendant stayed in Liu Ning's hand for less than a second before being thrown into the pile of trash. Liu Ning didn't see anything special about it; it was just a decent quality jade item on the outside, but the key was embedded inside.
When the news came down from the upper echelons of the Xue family, the middle-level managers also started cursing. Why should such an important thing be entrusted to a junior? Couldn't it have been entrusted to someone more important? Such a problem would not have arisen back then.
The higher-ups also had their own explanation: to ensure the safety of this key, the four major families had tried every possible method, with the Xue family's method being the most secure, but now it had been lost all at once.
Speaking of the four major families' methods of safeguarding keys, every year someone loses their life because of the keys, but the Xue family is an exception.
The key to the Wang family was kept on the head of the family, who was the strongest member of the family. They thought this would be the safest option, but the head of the Wang family was assassinated three times in two years and had two different heads of the family in three years. The key was not lost, but the strength of the strongest member of the Wang family was greatly reduced.
As the head of the four major families, the Jia family had built a special treasure pavilion, kept the key inside, and had experts guarding it. But what was the result? They lost about 20 warrior-level experts and two war god-level experts in a year. It can be said that they suffered heavy losses.
The method used by the historians was similar, with the four elders taking turns to carry it, but one of the four elders would be lost every year.
Only the Xue family had a solution.