Worldwide Awakening: My Soul Kinds Are Lost-Chapter 609: Joyful Marriage Agency, focused on the protagonist’s marriage!_1

Wang Linchi's marriage agency, after three months, had completed its renovation and remodeling. It now featured two floors above ground and an eighteen-layer base underground.

This indeed sounded somewhat strange. The two floors above ground served as a legitimate marriage agency, while the eighteen floors below formed a complete base equipped with a vast array of experimental equipment.

By now, Wang Linchi had already produced various predefined gene seeds. All he needed was for protagonists to place their orders, and he could initiate catalysis. He could produce for them regardless of whether they were male or female.

The services he offered were not exclusive to male protagonists but were also available for female ones. Whether a protagonist wanted a harem of three thousand concubines or three thousand male consorts, Wang Linchi had a suitable package.

I'm not even sure if it's too late. It's been three months—his harem should have been established by now, right? Wang Linchi couldn't help but feel a little melancholic.

He was, of course, thinking about that young divine doctor. Wang Linchi had checked the local news. There was no related information on the internet, perhaps because the internet wasn't yet well-developed, so many things failed to gain traction online.

As for the newspapers, they were filled with news of peace and prosperity, with not a trace of information about the young divine doctor. It was as if the doctor and grassroots information channels were completely cut off from each other.

The majority of protagonists were actually like this; their deeds often went unnoticed by the mainstream.

"Joyful Marriage Agency?" Outside the door, a thuggish-looking man stared at Wang Linchi's marriage agency, then glanced at Wang Linchi.

His expression was one of bewilderment.

He had seen marriage agencies before, but this was the first time he had seen a young person, and a man at that, running one.

For a moment, he was internally conflicted. Would collecting protection fees from such a place make me lose face?

He took a good look at the decor; it was quite ordinary, looking like there wasn't much money to be extorted.

That was a secondary concern. The main issue is that Wang Linchi looks pretty tough. What if I get beaten up?

"Looking for a match?" Wang Linchi asked.

Once the marriage agency opened, Wang Linchi activated his Destiny and made some adjustments, making it easier for his path to intersect with those of protagonists.

So, this one had arrived. He might be a gangster, but what if he was a protagonist's underling? After all, protagonists taking over gangs was a common trope in stories.

Especially if the gang leader was a woman—such scenarios were common in older tales.

"What match am I looking for? Boss, you haven't paid this month's sanitation fee, have you?" The man swaggered in and sat down with an air of importance.

"Can you issue a receipt for tax deduction?" Wang Linchi asked.

These words left the man speechless. He wasn't new to this racket, but Wang Linchi was the first person in his entire career to ask him for a receipt.

"No," he managed to squeeze out the word.

"Then I can't account for it. I can't claim it," Wang Linchi flatly refused.

"Kid, you don't get what I mean, do you? You think..." Seeing this, the man started to threaten him, but his voice trailed off.

This was because Wang Linchi had pulled a handgun from the drawer and began loading bullets right in front of him.

This gave the man quite a fright.

"You... Xing Country has a ban on firearms!" The gang member nearly wet his pants in fear. Anyone who could get their hands on such a thing was no ordinary person.

Wang Linchi, however, leisurely attached a silencer to the handgun. "No worries, my silencer is excellent quality."

The gang member's face turned green. Is this about the silencer? This is about you breaking the law!

"By the way, you just said my sanitation fee couldn't be receipted, right?" As Wang Linchi spoke, he cocked the handgun, looking as if he was about to act.

"Yes, yes it can!" At this moment, he certainly had to be compliant.

"That's good. When are you planning to collect?" Wang Linchi's smile was all charm, yet utterly menacing.

The gang member's mind went completely blank.

"No... no need! The sanitation fee can be collected uniformly later!" he stammered. Who cares about sanitation fees at a time like this? Staying alive is what's most important!

"That wouldn't do. How about I..." As he spoke, Wang Linchi stood up, raising the handgun.

Seeing this, the man turned and fled without hesitation, shouting, "Murder!" as he ran.

It just went to show what people were capable of when pushed to their limits; the man was genuinely fast.

Wang Linchi would bet fifty cents the man had never run that fast in his entire life.

Having settled the minor issue of the gang trying to collect sanitation fees, Wang Linchi casually tossed the handgun back into the drawer. It looked convincing, but it was actually just a lighter.

However, if someone truly unobservant crossed him, this lighter could indeed become a real handgun.

Does this scene feel familiar...? Wang Linchi yawned, looking at the deserted storefront; he couldn't help but recall when he first opened his medical clinic.

At least back then, he had some patients. Now, there was truly no one.

Fortunately, this time he wasn't trying to earn money but to attract protagonists, so it was normal for business to be slow.

After all, there were only about five hundred protagonists in the world, each with their own territories. It wasn't easy for Wang Linchi to encounter them.

Too bad there's no way to report the gang. Wang Linchi, of course, understood the typical setup: such gangs were either in collusion with corrupt officials or were "white glove" fronts for certain hidden Great Families or special organizations.

Just as he was thinking, he suddenly felt a tremor, followed by the sound of an explosion.

An earthquake? Unlikely. An earthquake wouldn't create such a commotion and explosions, just tremors.

Then it must be Transcendents fighting. Given the current World Energy Level, achieving this level of disturbance is certainly possible.

Wang Linchi wasn't overly concerned about it; it wouldn't affect him anyway.

Unless they started fighting in his immediate vicinity, then they couldn't blame Wang Linchi for showing them what it meant to be utterly crushed.

The vibrations and sounds didn't last long and quickly subsided.

As usual, Wang Linchi picked up a newspaper to gather information about the outside world. Newspapers were the best channel for this, so Wang Linchi subscribed to practically all of them, and they were delivered promptly every day.

The daughter of Yingzhou City's wealthiest man is holding a birthday banquet tonight? This kind of thing makes the papers too...

Oh, and they're also holding a charity donation.

Plus, she's getting engaged. Huh, this setup seems a bit familiar. Wang Linchi continued reading. The fiancé of the rich man's daughter was very mysterious, said to be of 'indescribable nobility,' the scion of a certain powerful figure steering things in Yingzhou City.

Understood. A hidden world family, I get it.

Wang Linchi certainly understood this setup. The wealthiest man might seem like the top dog, but in reality, he wasn't even as good as a dog belonging to a hidden world family. He had to rely on them for his livelihood; even a single word from a servant of a hidden world family could make the richest man lose everything.

It was absurd, ridiculously so, but perfectly normal in this world.

Should I go join the fun and perhaps expand my business a bit?

According to the usual plot, conflict is bound to happen. When the hidden world family gets crushed into pulp by the young divine doctor, I can pick up some benefits and also... cough, introduce potential matches.

This is actually quite standard; what's even more dramatic is the possibility of a wedding abduction.

I could go, but the question is, how do I get in?

It was obvious an invitation was needed, but he didn't have one. Otherwise, how could the young divine doctor have his moment of showing off and face-slapping at the entrance?

If Wang Linchi wanted to enter openly and legitimately, he would definitely need some clever means.

Let me think, let me think... Various plans surfaced in Wang Linchi's mind.

Ultimately, he chose to forge an invitation.

This was the simplest and most cost-effective method.

Then there's the attire. I'll have to dress decently, or I'll be stopped at the door.

My Destiny doesn't include the 'protagonist halo' for showing off and face-slapping; it only has some minor decreasing intelligence effect.

The decreasing intelligence effect was somewhat limited; it couldn't truly reduce someone's IQ and common sense to zero. It was more of an auxiliary tool.

As for using transcendent powers, that wasn't an option Wang Linchi would consider.

The reason, of course, was the cost.

Because this wasn't an Apocalypse World, Wang Linchi's time wasn't valuable. Using his transcendent powers would require Mana, and his Mana wasn't free. Compared to doing things himself, using Mana was definitely more costly.

He was still in a latent phase, so naturally, if he could avoid using abilities outside this world's system, he would. It wasn't as if he couldn't solve problems with his own two hands.

Take his eighteen-layer underground base, for example. The materials were 'borrowed,' and he'd done all the concrete work, bricklaying, and pouring himself. During that time, he felt he'd nearly cultivated an Innate Saintly Physique for Civil Engineering.

So, the entire base was essentially scrounged for free; he only invested his labor and time.

This included the vast quantities of gene seeds, none of which came out of his own pocket.

In terms of being frugal, Wang Linchi felt he had practically reached the half-step pinnacle of great perfection.