Futile Devices Scans

In November of that year, a new president was elected. Roosevelt, who proposed a “New Deal,” defeated Hoover with about 57 percent of the popular vote. He won 472 electoral votes to Hoover’s 59, the largest margin since Lincoln. Roosevelt intended to replace a laissez-faire economic policy with government intervention. He kept saying, “We must…

Either way, he’d be singled out and isolated. Qin Siyu considered his options and decided to hold back for the moment. When they assigned the “dance partners,” he would decide how to respond based on his partner’s reaction. But the organizer had scarcely finished explaining the rules with an awkward expression when Aston stepped forward…

Ji Tan was still a little apprehensive before registering for the appointment. Judging by the movies he’d seen, medical care in a quasi-cyberpunk district like this was hardly any different from a horror film. Mental trouble? Strap you into a treatment chair and give you a few shocks. Broken leg? Take it off and replace…

Zhang Xingchuan sat perfectly still in the armchair for more than ten minutes. Tan Xiao rolled over. Half asleep, he noticed light in the corridor. Is the door open? Does that mean Zhang Xingchuan is home? He sat up, looking only toward the doorway, then climbed off the bed to go outside. “Hey,” Zhang Xingchuan…

Tan Xiao was beginning to realize that this problem was much more complicated than he had imagined. For anyone, discovering that an ordinary person they knew well was actually the child of an immensely wealthy family would be difficult to absorb. And this wasn’t ordinary wealth. It was the kind of money that could rival…

The archers had been standing farther away to begin with and thus escaped the blast. Seeing their fellow disciples die before them, the five archers’ eyes reddened. They drew their bows and loosed several arrows in rapid succession. The arrows hissed into the bloody mist as though entering empty air. There was neither the sound…

Two more days passed before the Young City Lord Cui once again led a party out of the city. Morning was still quiet. Before the peddlers weaving through the streets and alleys could raise their crisp cries, the pounding of hooves woke all of Dongxun City ahead of them. The paper crane suddenly caught fire…

Ever since Luo Yao moved into Little Slaughter Peak, Xu Ziqing’s days had become even more regular. Every morning, he practiced swordsmanship with Yun Lie. After roughly half a day, Yan Shuang would bring them a meal. In the afternoon, Xu Ziqing went below the mountainside to the cave abode Luo Yao had opened, studying…

While Luo Yao was studying Xu Ziqing, Xu Ziqing was studying him in turn. Luo Yao wore a sapphire-blue long robe today, with a jade crown upon his head and a jade belt around his waist. His expression appeared calm, but he carried an unmistakable trace of pride. From his clothing to his features and…

On the cold, silent summit, a streak of golden sword-light suddenly pierced the air with a sharp whoosh, flying toward the west. At the same instant, a yellow talisman shot out, quickly caught up with the sword-light, and collided with it, bursting into scarlet flame. Boom! After the violent explosion, the sword-light shattered and the…

That voice was clear and pleasant, but the two who had been arguing fell silent at once. Wan Chengke recognized it as belonging to the senior who should have been waiting inside, and panic seized him. He had worked so eagerly to please Xu Ziqing. Now he realized that his argument had delayed him so…

With a sweep of his spiritual sense, Xu Ziqing saw that this cultivator was only at the seventh layer of Qi Refinement. He glanced at the dozen or so others and found that they were all at the seventh or eighth layer as well. They lacked the confidence ordinarily seen in inner-sect disciples and had…

After returning to the sect, Yun Lie headed back to Little Slaughter Peak, while Xu Ziqing turned in another direction and went to the Ten Directions Pavilion. The Ten Directions Pavilion consisted of several buildings. Besides the Merit Pavilion, Library Tower, Treasure Pavilion, and others, it included a Pill Pavilion, Artifact Pavilion, Heavenly Works Pavilion,…

For the next ten days, the two fellow disciples trained hard together in the Heavenly Demon Cavern. Xu Ziqing used the Four Seasons Sword Art and the four sword formulas he had comprehended to slay Heavenly Demons of every kind, constantly pushing himself to his limits. Yun Lie stood guard nearby and seldom intervened unless…

The underground demon cavern was utterly silent. Xu Ziqing rested against Yun Lie’s back, his arms clasped around his senior brother’s shoulders and his legs wrapped around his waist, feeling thoroughly ill at ease. Although they had known each other for nearly ten years and had long since become intimately familiar with each other’s habits,…

Deep underground, the flames conjured by the spirit talismans did not easily go out. In their flickering light, a handsome young man leaned weakly against the wall with his head turned to one side. A flush colored his face, and his eyes were half-open beneath his black hair, making him look especially alluring. His knees…

Before long, Ji Rui finished roasting the meat. With a captivating smile, she handed it to Xu Ziqing and said softly, “I’ve kept you waiting, Fellow Daoist. Please try my cooking.” Xu Ziqing choked for a moment before accepting it. “…Thank you.” He was only in his early twenties, and Ji Rui was certainly older…

Unlike the popular stereotype of boring Betas, Su Yuan was very charming. Lu Sili still did not quite understand what people meant by the novelty of being in love, but the more he learned about Su Yuan, the more interesting he found him. The next morning, just after Lu Sili arrived at the office, news…

The mulberry-silk tie felt smooth against Lu Sili’s skin, carrying a faint coolness. Su Yuan’s murmur beside his ear made him tremble slightly. Lu Sili tipped his head back a little, feeling Su Yuan’s gentle kisses. How could Su Yuan possibly not be in the mood? For a long time now, a single glance from…

This was an upscale apartment complex in one of the liveliest, most prosperous stretches inside Beijing’s Second Ring Road, carved from a scrap of land where every inch cost a fortune. Two bedrooms and one living room, with a relatively large living room and kitchen and tiny bedrooms. It was exactly the kind of place…