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Chapter 38

Forecasting 100 Moonlight Thrones, the Premature Birth of the Blank Divine Key

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After leaving her personal phone number, Sakura disappeared into the night.

What she needed to do now was to pick up Ling and bring her to the city near the Flame-Chasing Moth's main base.

The longer they stayed, the greater the danger.

After Sakura left, Chang Yuan continued to monitor what those council members were up to.

Soon, the council members discovered that one of their own was missing. They all received bad news from their spies: an explosion had occurred where the council member had been.

The council members who received this news quickly broke out in a cold sweat, because that missing council member was the one who had initially requested the assassination and was the mastermind behind the whole affair.

At this moment, they all knew that Chang Yuan could monitor them anytime, anywhere. For this reason, they spent the night simulating a pile of contract documents.

They didn't want to die; they wanted to live. Even if they handed over all their power and visible assets to Chang Yuan, they still had plenty of underground gray industries.

Those industries were enough for them to live comfortably for the rest of their lives.

The next day, Chang Yuan arrived at the conference room.

The room was filled with the council members from yesterday, but the mastermind was missing.

When Chang Yuan heard the news this morning, he couldn't help but sigh at how utterly cowardly these people were.

"Mr. Chang Yuan, these are all the assets under my name. However, regarding the transfer of power, a successor must be cultivated; it cannot be transferred directly. You understand this, right?"

The first council member to defect said cautiously.

He was afraid that if he said the wrong thing, this man before him would kill him on the spot.

Chang Yuan already knew about this, so he simply nodded.

He had his own plans for the direct transfer of power. Once Velvie created the armed puppets, the transfer could begin.

After all, he didn't trust anyone else. Only the absolute loyalty of the armed puppets could be trusted.

"Mebius, Velvie, sign them. Take over all the industries under their names, and then dedicate yourselves to fighting the Honkai. I want to defeat the Honkai."

He didn't care about money at all. After all, by being on good terms with Velvie, he could easily earn a lot of money by selling the patents for a few small inventions she researched if he was short on cash.

It's just that Velvie herself didn't seem to know she could make money this way, otherwise, the scene at Dusk Street wouldn't have happened before.

"Whoa, so much money, and so many materials! Hehehe, many of my ideas can finally be realized."

Looking at the globally renowned military industrial materials industry and so on, Velvie was practically seeing dollar signs.

With these, she no longer had to be stingy; she could spend freely and wantonly.

Mebius's eyes lit up at this as well.

She no longer had to be held back by these brats with their funding restrictions. She could also experiment with all her bold ideas.

"Ahem, your expressions, your expressions. Velvie, rein in your smile."

Seeing the two lost in their fantasies, Chang Yuan had to clear his throat to bring them back to reality.

After being pulled back to reality, Velvie began to consider which prototype Divine Key she should start working on first.

Mebius, meanwhile, was thinking about buying hundreds of copies of the research materials she needed and conducting frantic experiments.

The council members, seeing this, had no words to express their suffering.

That was their money, their money!

However, under the circumstances, they had no choice but to bow their heads. The price of not bowing was losing their heads.

"Look, we've given you everything, and it's all legally binding. We can't go back on it, so what about the nanobots in our bodies?"

"Not yet. At least not until the power transfer is complete. Otherwise, with your identities, getting these back wouldn't be easy; it would only take a word."

Chang Yuan knew what these old foxes were thinking, and besides, he never intended to let them live.

Hearing Chang Yuan's words, all the council members' faces turned ashen, but they dared not retort.

In the end, they could only accept the loss.

"Alright, you can leave now. Or do you need me to escort you out?"

Hearing Chang Yuan starting to usher them out, what else could the council members say? They could only obediently leave.

After they left, only Chang Yuan, Mebius, and Velvie remained in the conference room.

"So, the two of you, please do your utmost to fight the Honkai. I want the Honkai dead. We've already gotten the script in advance. If we fail even with this, it can only mean that the destruction of our civilization is inevitable."

"Leave it to me. Don't you trust me? I am the great inventor Velvie. I can do anything if I want to."

Velvie was very confident about this, so confident that it was almost arrogant.

But she truly had the qualifications. The Moonlight Throne had reduced the Herrscher of Finality's Honkai Energy by 30%. What if it was more? What about 100 units?

Of course, no one knew if the Herrscher of Finality would develop immunity. Chang Yuan didn't know either, so everything had to be planned for the worst-case scenario.

"Since there's nothing else, I'll get back to my experiments. Finally, no one is restricting my funding. I will let everyone know that evolution is the only way out."

After a period of discussion, everyone left the conference room one after another.

And at the Flame-Chasing Moth's main base, a spiral workshop also appeared. This was naturally prepared by Chang Yuan for Velvie.

n months later...

"It's done, it's done! Hehe, I made it! Chang Yuan, hurry up and come see with me."

After finishing a great treasure, Velvie was immediately excited to drag Chang Yuan to see it.

Chang Yuan could only let her pull him to her Spiral Workshop, which she was so proud of.

Upon entering, the first thing he saw was a set of female armor.

"This is the Blank Divine Key, created from the inspiration you provided earlier. As long as you equip a Herrscher core and connect to the Imaginary Space, you can wield the power of a Herrscher.

However, while using it, you'll have to endure Honkai's erosion. Even with the Honkai resistance serum you injected, Chang Yuan, you won't be able to last too long.

I estimate three consecutive hours will be your limit. Exceeding this limit will result in you being corrupted by Honkai."

Taking down the Blank Divine Key, Velvie explained its flaws as she spoke.

These flaws were inevitable, after all, connecting to the Imaginary Space meant being subjected to Honkai's erosion.

"That's still good. Gaining the power of a Herrscher? In a way, this is much more powerful than a Divine Key, as this is the genuine power of a Herrscher."

After speaking, Chang Yuan looked at Velvie and posed a hypothetical question.

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