"Is it confirmed?"
Ashu stood respectfully.
"Yes, Chairman Li. The Security Department has been dispatched, with the goal of having at least one security officer in every city.
Once we've completed the first Aurora Martial Arts Peak Tournament,
we should attract a large number of martial arts experts.
By then, we should be able to launch our internal martial arts selection tournament and start choosing the best candidates."
Li Xing nodded to himself but said nothing.
He looked toward Xiao Wu.
"Chairman Li, the company earned a total of eight hundred trillion last quarter, with a net profit of 8.9 trillion.
The company surpassed Hoi-Poi Capsule Corporation a long time ago. They don't stand a chance against us.
Our profits are low mainly because our expenses are too high. We also have too many projects, and many of them haven't—"
Li Xing stopped Xiao Wu before she could continue.
Of the three areas, the state of Xiao Wu's company finances was the one he cared about least.
Everything else was good, but this wasn't very useful.
"I understand. What about the others?"
Xiao Wu continued for a while, covering the automotive industry, aerospace, mobile internet, smart mobile devices, and more.
Li Xing listened, then said nothing.
"I understand."
"Pilaf, what about your side?"
"Chairman Li, the spacecraft is finished, but it isn't fast enough. That's even with the latest aerospace materials you provided.
It's a shame. If only we could use the nanomaterials from the armor."
Li Xing kept his expression neutral.
The three sets of Nano Heavy Armor had cost him more than eighty billion.
His entire Aurora Group couldn't afford to use that material to build a spacecraft.
"What else?"
Pilaf immediately refocused.
Knowing what Li Xing cared most about, he didn't waste time and began outlining the other advanced technologies.
"We've developed the Nutrient Solution. It can meet the needs of a standard combat unit. As for you, Chairman Li, you'd need thirty doses.
But we've also made a concentrated version, about ten times as potent. That means you only need three doses.
We've developed the Repair Solution as well, but it isn't very effective.
The Magnetic Gravity Ring, on the other hand, has made good progress. With calculations from the artificial intelligence Aurora, we've increased it to eight times gravity.
Your training room is being upgraded. It may take a while longer."
Li Xing nodded quietly, saying nothing more.
What they'd achieved so far was already impressive.
"For the Laser Martial Arts Tournament, arrange for each city to handle the preliminary rounds.
Remember, I have only one requirement: everything must be open and transparent. No rigging.
That's our bottom line.
Only then can we find the truly strong."
Li Xing glanced at the others.
"Yes."
After watching them leave,
Li Xing began to look forward to what was coming.
He couldn't easily gather information on powerful martial artists like Sun Wukong, and he didn't know exactly how strong they were. But he was certain that Sun Wukong had already fought Mercenary Tao and killed him.
After all, Mercenary Tao had appeared at a secret base outside North City.
"At this point, Sun Wukong will definitely be wandering around. If he shows up in a city, maybe our people can persuade him to join the tournament."
"No, if there are powerful martial artists taking part, Sun Wukong will definitely enter.
That must be it."
Li Xing's lips curled into a smile.
He turned and headed for the laboratory.
It wasn't because he was slacking off.
Li Xing now constantly kept a Gravity Field around himself, maintaining ten times gravity at all times.
His strength had long since soared beyond the heavens.
Host: Li Xing Lifespan: 60 Combat Power: 15000 Constitution: 5 Mental Strength: 1.02 Energy: 3000 Ability: Devour Ability (LV1)
With this strength, even if Vegeta came to Earth right now, Li Xing wouldn't be the least bit afraid. He'd face him head-on.
Under the crushing pressure of the ten-times-gravity field, Li Xing currently had a combat power of 200.
And that didn't even take his Devour Ability into account.
Likewise, with scientific training, Pilaf, Ashu, and the others had reached a combat power of over 200.
Li Xing had access to all of Earth's martial arts knowledge, so he naturally taught them how to fly.
The top management at Aurora Group were all powerhouses.
Ashu had the highest combat power among them, reaching over 280.
It couldn't be helped. Anyone who got thrashed by Li Xing every day and didn't have to do anything except train hard would see their strength shoot up.
"Sun Wukong, hurry up and get here. I hope we can have a real fight."
"I want to see how strong you are."
"My plan is about to begin, too. I hope you justice fighters are strong enough."
After letting himself look forward to it for a while, Li Xing quickly got to work on his experiments in the laboratory.
Training?
Aside from the daily sparring he needed, Li Xing never bothered with training.
Otherwise, how would he have gotten all this high-tech equipment?
Outside,
everyone was discussing it too.
Aurora Group had grown far too quickly. Before anyone knew what was happening, it had surpassed Hoi-Poi Capsule Corporation.
The products and services it developed were pretty good, greatly improving people's living standards and making life more convenient.
Now, Aurora Group was going all out to promote the Aurora Martial Arts Peak Tournament.
How could anyone fail to notice?
People everywhere were talking about it.
The same was true at Hoi-Poi Capsule Corporation.
"Dad, why do I have to go? I'm not going."
Bulma stared at Dr. Brief in displeasure.
Dr. Brief took a puff of his pipe, a crafty glint in his eyes.
"Bulma, are you sure you don't want to go?
If you don't, I'll turn down Aurora Group's invitation."
Bulma didn't even look up.
"I'm not going."
Dr. Brief sighed.
"All right, I'll turn it down.
What a shame. Chairman Li Xing of Aurora Group is young and handsome, with outstanding scientific talent and a wonderfully imaginative mind.
Someone like that is worth getting to know better. And yet, Bulma, you don't want to spend time with such a promising young man."
Dr. Brief muttered deliberately under his breath.
But his voice carried just far enough for Bulma to hear.
"What?"
Dr. Brief grinned.
He didn't say anything more and turned to leave.
"Wait."
"Hmm? What is it, Bulma?"
Bulma's heart fluttered like a startled fawn, and her face turned red.
"I'm tired from my research and want to relax a little. That Aurora Group Martial Arts Peak Tournament or whatever—it's fine, I'll go."
Dr. Brief said nothing more. Smiling, he walked away with his hands behind his back.
He knew his daughter's personality inside out.
It was easy to get Bulma to do what he wanted.
A thoughtful look crossed Bulma's eyes.
She left the laboratory and pulled a small mobile phone from her pocket.
She stared at the phone in her hand.
"A mobile phone? The high-tech features and ingenious ideas packed into this thing really are so much better than a brick."
Bulma's eyes grew thoughtful as she spoke.
"Aurora Assistant."
"I'm here!"
If anyone outside had known about all this, they would have called Li Xing shameless.
He'd even plagiarized a phone assistant.
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