Falsifying history is good business

Chapter 391 Chapter Too High Efficiency Also Has Troubles
The effect of creating changes in destiny through the "unknown" is so good that it gives the writer a headache.

Although he had expected this, Lin You still couldn't help but frown when he saw the divine aura on more than a quarter of the members of the Van der Linde Gang.

"How many pieces did Loki cut his consciousness into?" Lin You counted carefully and confirmed the identities of the people carrying the fragments one by one.

The drunken Reverend Swanson was almost insane due to the corruption of alcohol and drugs. His body and mind were severely damaged, but there was a strong force in the depths of his soul that protected the last bit of sanity and also protected a shining fragment of divine consciousness.

The ignorant little Jack, who was only four years old, was loved and protected by almost all gang members. Although he hardly remembered his memories before the age of five when he grew up like other children, the fragments of consciousness in his soul would not disappear with the memories.

Mary Beth, full of romantic fantasies of an adolescent girl, has an irrepressible curiosity about all legends and stories; if she discovers that there is a divine consciousness in her soul, she doesn't know which of the two emotions, curiosity or panic, will prevail.

Abigail's endless love for her family also makes her show a selfish mentality; this mentality is very unpleasant, in fact, she does not lack love for other gang members. As the most complicated person in the gang, perhaps she is in line with the equally changeable character of the god of lies and tricks.

Oh, and there is also the gang's core leader, Dutch van der Linde, known as the "Idea King of the West"; his endless "plans" have brought endless troubles to the gang. Perhaps this experience of "repeated failures" made Loki, who always suffers from every prank, feel the same way, and thus buried a fragment of consciousness in Dutch's soul.

Including John and Charles who have been exposed before, there are a total of seven fragments - it is not certain whether new fragments will emerge later.

There are so many fragments buried within the Van der Linde gang, how many will there be for the other characters in the story?
The large-scale change of fate was also confirmed by the accountant, who sent back a message saying: "Almost every character who will be associated with the Van der Linde gang in the 'future' has had their fate changed to some extent; but so far no fragments of Loki's consciousness have been found - or other signs of divinity and divine power."

As for the accountant's statement that Loki's consciousness fragments have not been found, Lin You did not rush to doubt it. The impact of the change of fate is gradually revealed. Some people have not found consciousness fragments, perhaps just because the magnitude of the change in fate is not large, and the butterfly effect has not yet been transmitted to him; this principle applies to the members of the Fan Gang and other characters in the plot.

The butterfly effect refers to future changes. Although the plot has been changed by the writer, no one can guarantee whether a new force will appear one day in the future and correct the plot back to its original course.

Ultimately, every "unknown" event will not be "settled" until the day when the dust settles.

As for Lin You, the information he had received was enough for him to make some arrangements. The "Guardian Spell" that was improved with divine power emitted a unique golden light, as if it was wrapped in a layer of flames, and disappeared after passing through the dimensional space door.

Soon, Lin You also left the desolate dry riverbed; that night, he took a luxurious private carriage directly to New Orleans.

The person who came to pick him up was a Chinese, or to be more precise, a Cantonese man with a braid, speaking Cantonese, and known as Huang Siye. This name made Lin You a little dazed for a moment, as he thought of a classic Chinese-language film that was eligible for "World Heritage" status.

New Orleans is a place with many French, Italian and black people. However, these people have their own organizations, both overt and covert, and are not willing to deal with the intelligence agencies under Lin You.

Although Irene Adler was good at networking, she was unable to reach her target across the Atlantic Ocean. In the end, she had no choice but to take advantage of her employer's ethnicity and establish relationships with the local Chinese gang.

At this time, most Chinese in the United States were the "piglet" laborers and their descendants, and the remaining few were students and businessmen; due to historical reasons, most of them lived in the Midwest, and there were not many Chinese in New Orleans, located in the southern part of the United States. It was precisely because of the small number that the Chinese were more willing to stick together for safety and were willing to accept Lin You, a "fake foreigner."

"Your Excellency arrived two days later than scheduled. Could it be that something delayed him on the way?"

Mr. Huang was a kind and talkative old man. He guessed that Lin You, the "fake foreigner", had lived in the UK for a hundred years and probably couldn't even speak Chinese well, so he communicated with him in English. Lin You knew this very well, but he was too lazy to correct him because he really couldn't speak Cantonese.

"Yes, we encountered a group of train robbers. The guards were either dead or ran away, and the carriage was hit by several stray bullets, which damaged some places. So we had to stay at the train station in a nearby town until we were sure it was safe before we got back on the road." Lin You also communicated with them in English because he was afraid that Mr. Huang, a Cantonese, would not understand Mandarin, which was gradually promoted more than half a century later.

The biggest trouble is that I use English while subconsciously applying Chinese context, which makes me stumble when speaking.

"Is the Lord in danger?" Mr. Huang asked in surprise.

"It's okay. I just didn't expect that the armed guards we hired at a high price were all paper wimps. I had no choice but to shoot the robbers myself and scared them away." Lin You didn't intend to say more. He just gave a brief account without any details.

Huang Siye did not ask any more questions; he and his gang members knew Lin You's ability, otherwise a "fake foreigner" would not be accepted by the Hongmen brothers even if he became a British noble. After hearing Lin You say that he "scare away" the robbers with one shot, they imagined how amazing this shot was, and it would probably be a legend in the underworld.

"Sir, you came here in a hurry, but I don't know why. Is there anything I and my brothers can do for you?"

"There are two things that I really need Fourth Master Huang's help with." After spending so much time with Western gods and Westerners, Lin You suddenly missed the Chinese-style courtesy when he was with his compatriots. "Fourth Master, do you know any official people in New Orleans, especially the police system?"

"To be honest with you, sir, if we don't know a few people with official status, we won't be able to get along well." Mr. Huang smiled complacently, "It is even more important to have a good relationship with the police, otherwise many businesses will be out of business."

Lin You asked again: "What is the relationship between us and other gangs?"

"Who is your Excellency asking about?"

"Italians, it is said that outsiders call their gangs the Mafia, just like we call them the Hongmen."

"What a coincidence! We have actually dealt with the Italian gang before. Sir, do you want to make friends with him, or..."

"There's no need to make friends, but I'm too busy to handle everything, so I'd like to ask the Fourth Master's brothers to help keep an eye on their leader."

(End of this chapter)