The Boy Who Swindled the Previous Civilization's Entire Fortune with a Single Blueprint-That IQ Was Just Unfair!

The golden cube continuously shifted through different forms, seemingly carrying out unimaginably rapid calculations.

At last, its vast will rang out once more. Yet this time, its initial majesty and arrogance were gone, replaced by an equal inquiry touched with a trace of curiosity.

[...An interesting proposal. But human, how can you guarantee that you can provide the "container" I require? A vessel capable of bearing one hundred-millionth of my computing power possesses a level of structural precision beyond the understanding of one from your era.]

Faced with Void Archives' doubts, Otto merely smiled and pulled an incomparably complex blueprint from his robes.

"Indeed, with my current technology, I cannot complete it alone. But..."

He spread out the blueprint. Depicted upon it was a humanoid construct made up of countless mysterious runes and precise mechanical components, brimming with both technology and aesthetic beauty.

"...with your 'knowledge,' my 'wisdom,' and the wealth and power accumulated by the Apocalypse Family over five hundred years, tell me, great Void Archives—what could we not create together?"

At that moment, everyone before the Light Screen stopped breathing.

They finally understood.

From the very beginning, Otto had never intended to accomplish it alone. What he had produced was a plan for "mutual cooperation and benefit."

What he wanted was not a one-sided gift, but joint development!

He used a promise that "could be fulfilled in the future," a grand blueprint of "freedom," to exchange for "all knowledge" that he could obtain immediately!

This was the ultimate scam—using the future to sell an empty promise and getting a wolf without paying a thing!

Yet for Void Archives, this "scam" was its only hope!

[...The contract is established.]

As those four words echoed through the sanctuary, the golden cube suddenly flared with brilliant light. A torrent of data