Beep—
As the call ended, the room fell quiet again.
A moment later, Sima Yurou slowly spoke.
"Contact a legal-specialist high-end artificial lifeform."
"Investigate the assets Ma Huainan left behind, in my name."
"See whether we can recover any assets from those loan companies."
"Yes, Master," the artificial lifeform replied.
Sima Yurou looked out the window and added:
"Transfer all the recovered assets... to Ma Huainan's parents."
"Also, set aside some of the funds to hire a demigod from a security company in their star region."
"To protect them both."
The artificial lifeform noticeably paused for a moment, seemingly not expecting its master to make such a decision.
That night, Sima Yurou stood by the window, gazing at the brilliant starry sky.
After a long while, she opened Feixun.
She found a contact and sent a message.
"I want a male model."
"My requirement... is that he looks like my ex-husband."
Not long after the message went out, the other party quickly replied.
"Miss Sima, what level of strength would you require?"
"We have god-level models available."
Sima Yurou looked at the message and replied indifferently:
"A demigod. Gods are too expensive."
The reply came almost instantly.
"Understood! Rest assured, Miss Sima."
"We'll arrange it right away."
News of the fall of a human genius of peerless-monster caliber soon spread throughout the Five Great Families.
Although quite a few gods of the Sima Family were displeased, most merely shook their heads without paying it much mind.
Divine kingdom wars had always been this cruel.
So what if you were a peerless monster?
Once the cost of a war exceeded the value you could bring, death remained inevitable.
A genius was ultimately just a genius.
Before they matured, they could die like anyone else.
By contrast, the other great