My Chat Group Is Really Too Strange

A smile appeared on Mo Wang's face.

Seeing the three people across from him, not only was he not flustered, he even felt like laughing out loud.

There were four people on the other side, and three of them were his own people. How could he possibly lose?

Mo Wang: I'm Done Pretending, I'm Coming Clean!

Inside a conference room.

Mo Wang was lounging carelessly with his legs propped up on the conference table.

The Bangboos beside him diligently brought him snacks and drinks.

From the look of it, this did not resemble a meeting at all. It looked more like a vacation trip.

There were four people sitting across from him.

Su En had her head lowered, not daring to look at Mo Wang's face at all.

As the heads of the Ark's other two major powers, Ingrid of Gokuraku Jodo and Mastin of Tetra paid no mind whatsoever to Mo Wang's rude behavior.

Anderson, one of the Ark's three vice commanders, was leisurely sipping coffee.

"Sorry, Mo Wang. Su En got a little too carried away. We failed to keep an eye on her. We truly apologize."

Unexpectedly, Ingrid was the first to apologize to Mo Wang.

She seemed quite remorseful over failing to keep Su En in line.

"Oh, it's fine, it's fine. Kids all go through a phase where they have a filthy mouth. Usually, one beating fixes it."

Mo Wang readily accepted Ingrid's apology.

After all, unlike Su En, he had quite a favorable impression of Ingrid and Mastin.

In a place as full of despair as the Ark, these two were probably among the few genuinely good people.

In the game, the two of them had always taken good care of the NIKKE under them and had even helped the protagonist's group several times.

They were far better than that bratty little girl beside them, as well as the vice commander who still had not said a word and only knew how to drink coffee.

"Actually, President Ingrid, I'm not angry. After all, there's no need for me to get angry at an idiot who put all her intelligence points into research and has zero in everything else."

"What did you say?!"

Hearing Mo Wang insult her like that, Su En immediately flew into a rage again.

"Alright, alright, Mo Wang Boy~, don't bicker with Ms. Su En."

At that moment, Mastin stepped in to play peacemaker.

After all, they had not come here today to argue.

Mastin turned his gaze toward Anderson beside him, signaling for him to say something already.

"Cough, cough, cough."

Seeing Mastin's look, Anderson set down his coffee and looked at Mo Wang.

"Mo Wang, you should know why we came looking for you this time, right?"

Anderson's sharp gaze fixed directly on Mo Wang.

However, Mo Wang looked at him indifferently. "Why? I really don't know. All I know is that while I was conducting experiments, someone sent people to barge in and threaten me, saying that if I didn't come, they'd arrest me."

"What?"

Hearing Mo Wang's words, Mastin and Ingrid both shot Anderson puzzled looks.

It was as if they were saying: Did you really go straight to this living ancestor like that?

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Under the stares of the other two CEOs, Anderson's face showed a trace of embarrassment. He slowly said, "I won't beat around the bush. Mo Wang, shouldn't you explain what exactly those robots and giant warships that appeared on the battlefield were?"

"What's there to explain? I made them myself."

Mo Wang spread his hands and said it plainly.

"You made them? Bullshit! How could you possibly make robots and warships like that?! Even if you could, you wouldn't have had the time in such a short period!"

The moment Su En heard Mo Wang's words, she could not stop herself from snapping at him.

As the only research-oriented CEO present, she knew exactly how difficult it was to create those two absurd things.

And Mo Wang was saying he had made them himself?

"Can't help it if you don't believe me. Here, these are the reports from when I bought the materials. Take a look yourself."

As he spoke, Mo Wang had a Bangboo beside him toss over a document.

"Are you joking? With this pile of trash?"

Not only Su En, but even Ingrid, Mastin, and Anderson felt a headache coming on.

Because Mo Wang's so-called list was nothing more than a bunch of reports on purchasing Rapture fragments.

Could a pile of junk that could not even be recycled possibly produce something so outrageous? Wasn't that a joke?

Heh~ It was good that they did not believe him! Mo Wang's position was simple: he had given them the evidence. If they did not believe it, that was their own problem.

What? You wanted to know how Mo Wang had done it? Trade secret. No interviews.

"You! You bastard! Even if you made them, what do you mean by not reporting it to the Ark? Are you really trying to overthrow ZF?"

Su En could not help slamming the table as she loudly questioned Mo Wang.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's exactly what I mean. So what can you do about it?"

Mo Wang was equally shameless and completely unafraid.

If they said it was overthrowing ZF, then it was overthrowing ZF. At worst, he really would do it. What could they do to him?

"Su En, stop talking."

Mastin directly grabbed Su En, who was still trying to say something. His head was already starting to hurt.

What could they do?

If they could do anything to Mo Wang, the few of them would not be sitting in a conference room right now.

And the ones coming for Mo Wang would have been the Triangulum Squad long ago.

The reason they had come here was precisely to sound out this living ancestor.

Originally, they had thought Mo Wang was merely an exceptionally gifted researcher, perhaps with some advanced technology at most.

After all, MMR had quite a few people like that.

But who could have expected this man to quietly produce two terrifying weapons without a word?

According to the Ark's artificial intelligence estimates, Mo Wang's giant robot alone could shatter half the Ark with a single strike.

With that kind of firepower, even if the entire Ark military went after him, they would probably just be wiped out.

What could they do now?

Anderson was also at a loss over Mo Wang's attitude.

The man simply refused to negotiate, immediately taking the stance of, Everything you say is right. At worst, we go to war. Anderson truly had no answer to that.

Not to mention how popular Mo Wang currently was among the people of the Ark.

The Bangboos under his command alone were a huge problem.

At some point, Bangboos had spread throughout the entire Ark.

If they were not mistaken, Mo Wang was fully capable of using those Bangboos to seize control of the entire Ark in a short time.

Even Anderson had no good solution for something like that.

"Cough, cough, cough! Let's put the matter of the warships and robots aside for now."

At that moment, Ingrid was the one who stepped forward and spoke to Mo Wang.

"Mo Wang, Laphi told me that during a previous mission, you saved a NIKKE who had been infected by Erosion. We would very much like to know how you accomplished that."

Hearing Ingrid's words, Mo Wang showed an understanding expression.

So this was their true objective.

Mo Wang: What Does a Profiteer Look Like?

"Oh, that did happen. I saved her while carrying out a mission. Is there a problem? It doesn't seem like such a minor matter would warrant three CEOs and a vice commander coming to ask about it."

Mo Wang wore a very surprised expression as he listened to Ingrid.

However, to the three CEOs, those words sounded like the ultimate display of arrogance.

What did he mean, he had saved her while he was at it?

That was Erosion!

Just like the Honkai next door, humanity had spent centuries without finding a solution to the problem.

What was even more absurd on the NIKKE side was that, for various reasons, humanity still had not figured out what Erosion actually was.

The reason humanity had been steadily beaten back by the Raptures, aside from the Raptures' own strength, was largely because they had no way of dealing with Erosion.

As a result, even if they wanted to launch a counteroffensive, the Ark did not dare to do so.

After all, Valkyries at least went through a process when they were eroded by Honkai energy. With NIKKE, they could be controlled by the enemy at any time and turned into their weapons.

And now Mo Wang was saying he had solved this problem. How could the people of the Ark not be shocked?

"Mo Wang, we hope you can hand over the NIKKE named Marian to us. You know how important solving Erosion is to humanity."

Ingrid continued speaking to Mo Wang, and there was even a trace of earnestness in her tone.

"Oh, so you want Marian. You should've said so earlier."

Mo Wang put on an enlightened expression as he looked at everyone. Then he spread his hands. "No."

"Mo Wang, listen to me. This isn't as simple as you think—"

Seeing Mo Wang refuse, Ingrid's heart tightened, and she hurriedly tried to explain.

"President Ingrid, don't rush. I'm not done yet."

Mo Wang slightly raised a hand, signaling her to wait.

He swept his gaze over the group, his eyes passing over each CEO's face before finally settling on Ingrid. With a faintly teasing smile, he slowly said, "Since you're all so desperate to solve the problem of Erosion, why don't we make a deal?"

The moment those words were spoken, the three CEOs fell silent, each wearing a different expression as though considering Mo Wang's proposal. At that moment, Vice Commander Anderson's gaze turned serious. He stared at Mo Wang with a slight frown. "What are you trying to do?"

"It's simple. You can give up on trying to get Marian. I will never hand her over to you."

Mo Wang's voice remained calm, as if he were discussing something insignificant. Yet his next words instantly made the atmosphere tense. "However, I can provide you with the method for making Anti-Erosion Bullets. What do you think?"

The words were like a bombshell, instantly plunging the three CEOs into shock. Mastin, Ingrid, and Su En looked at one another, complicated emotions showing on their faces. The three of them truly could not figure out what Mo Wang was up to.

By their original estimates, they only wanted to get Marian. From the beginning, they had not planned to obtain the method of combating Erosion directly from Mo Wang.

After all, in their eyes, something this important was not something they themselves would hand over so easily.

Getting Marian and then researching how Mo Wang had accomplished it was already the best approach they could think of.

Yet Mo Wang was actually handing it over directly?

"Are you sure you want to do this?"

Anderson also looked at Mo Wang in confusion.

From what he knew of Mo Wang, this guy did not seem like someone so easy to deal with.

The Ark's brainless higher-ups had threatened him plenty of times over the Bangboos.

Had Mo Wang not ignored them completely?

What exactly was this guy plotting?

"Don't look at me like I'm some big villainous mastermind. At the very least, I'm a steadfast supporter of humanity. Making a contribution to humanity and taking a little loss isn't a problem, right?"

Mo Wang lightly spread his hands.

"I've even prepared the documents. As long as you nod and sign, they're yours."