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Tracking the trail—Give me some time.

For every 3 actions taken by our target, Hua Wu o Annihilation gains one point of time.

Traces of action—water dripping wears away stone

Each time Hua Wu o Annihilation returns to the starting point, our all-attribute penetration increases by 24%.

Tracks—you're right, I'm all about the mechanics.

The number of times each wave of combat skills and finishing moves can be used is increased by 3.

One Soul "Spinning Top": When returning to the starting point, the enemy no longer enjoys status recovery.

Two Souls "Can you kill me?": When Hua Wuo dies, he will automatically return to the previous moment. This can be triggered 8 times per wave.

The Four Souls: "I'm activated!": 100% faster action upon entry.

Six Souls "Perfect Observation": After releasing the battle skill, the critical hit rate of all allies is increased by 100%. Critical hit rate exceeding 100% is converted into additional true damage multiplier at a ratio of 1:2.4.

The light cone "fades at its most beautiful moment".

Health: 1084

Attack: 824

Defense: 240

"Goodbye, my ill-fated little brother": The wearer's speed is increased by 40%, the damage dealt by all allies is increased by 80%, and all allies ignore 100% of defense when dealing damage.

Epilogue 7 (Bonus Chapter)

Star Train —

"Himeko, is this where you usually work? The decor... is very aesthetically pleasing."

"It's not really a job anymore; the kids are the ones who go on adventures outside all the time."

Ryusuke frowned. He didn't see anything wrong with the children, but "children" was a big problem. "Children...? Where did these children come from?"

Himeko could tell from Ryusuke's shocked expression that he was overthinking things. "I found them on the road, and some were fostered."

"Foster children...so who are their parents...?"

Ji Zi felt that her father was unlikely to accept Hua Wu's report-like identity, and it was also unlikely that he would accept Xi Qin, the former Great Lord of Annihilation. "He left yesterday. Maybe the two of them need some private space."

"What kind of parents are these? Don't they feel sorry for their children?"

Upon hearing this, Himeko fell silent. This was quite a self-deprecating remark.

Ryusuke realized the problem after he finished speaking. Although it wasn't his fault, it was indeed his fault. So what right did he have to judge?

"Himeko...that's not what I meant...I just...never mind."

"A guest has arrived in the car? Who is this gentleman with glasses? Sister Himeko, is he your friend?"

Qiong encountered this scene as soon as he opened the corridor door, and he immediately felt the atmosphere was a little awkward.

"Qiong, this is my father."

Qiong looked at Ryusuke and noticed that he looked a little old. "Oh, so this is... um? Your dad? He looks... doesn't Uncle Hime look a bit weathered? What does Uncle Hime do for a living?"

The language system of the Rift Creators is still working.

"Child, your uncle doesn't even know what kind of work he does now."

Is there any way for Ryusuke to do this? No, he can't. He only came back to life yesterday, how could he possibly have any work to do?

"Unemployed? I have a job here that's easy and pays well. Do you want to be the head of the strategic investment department? Mimi doesn't want to do it. But I can't find anyone else's ID card on the train."

Qiong looked sincere. Hadn't they found Xi Lian's successor? "Uncle Ji, we need an unemployed person like you here."

Ryusuke:?

"Child, I appreciate your kindness, but when it comes to investing, I don't think I'm very good at it. Besides, my ID card was cancelled about fifteen years ago."

He was speechless. What kind of brat had his daughter picked up? Why was she leading him into a financial trap right from the start? And why did those words "Strategic Investment Department" sound so familiar?

"Cancelled? Uncle Ji, you're joking. How can you cancel an ID card? Isn't it only canceled after someone dies? Who did Uncle Ji fight in the revival round?"

Himeko: !?

Ryusuke:?

"Sora..." Himeko remained silent for a while, then let out a helpless sigh. She didn't know what to say anymore. She didn't know when Sora's language system had changed.

“Child, I’m not called Uncle Hime, you can call me Ryusuke. As for the second question, I can’t answer it since I have no opponent. If I had to choose an opponent, I would prefer a guy with arms on his head and holding dice.”

"What? It has hands on its head holding dice? What kind of creature is that?"

Qiong shook his head violently, throwing the strange images out of his mind.

"Uncle Ji, are you really not going to consider the investment department of our Starry Sky Peace Company? This department has 10 online direct employees. And it only needs to process 3000 documents per hour."

Ryusuke remembered that when he was eavesdropping earlier, he did hear a woman talking on the phone with Himeko.

He said the words "Strategic Investment Department" sounded familiar, and it turned out to be the Strategic Investment Department of the previous Interstellar Peace Company.

This job is certainly very tempting, but the problem is that his physical condition doesn't seem to allow him to do it.

Can he handle 3000 documents per hour? Absolutely not.

"3000 documents per hour? Kid, is your company the same as Himeko's market development department? Your workload is too much for your uncle to handle."

Qiong, with a straight face, tried to deceive people, "It's different. We have less work. Sister Ji Zi's supervisory role probably has more documents. Besides, we have ten people from Shi Xin under us that we can exploit. My good brother Sha Jin is in there. You can dump all the work on him and make him your right-hand man."

After saying that, Qiong suddenly realized, why not just use the original soup to cook the original food?

"That's right, why didn't we just give these documents to Lao Sha from the beginning? Mimi! I've found a way!"

Qiong ran back to the corridor and returned to his room.

Inside the room, Xi Lian was frantically creating all sorts of fantasies.

She couldn't let Qiong figure it out alone, so she chose to create a bunch of memory spirits to do the work for her.

After all, she couldn't keep leaving her phone with Walter forever.

"Mimi, what's this bunch of mimi? Did you have babies?"

Qiong's language system was still in chaos, and Xi Lian turned red, red in a physical sense.

"Hey buddy! Don't say things like that to pretty girls! These are memory spirits! They're memory spirits! They were made to replace me!"

"However... their intelligence is not yet capable of understanding things like work."

"It's alright, I've already found a solution. Now all you need to do is create a new phone from your memory, and then find the name Sand Gold among your ten subordinate employees, Stone Heart."

"Then just transfer all the files and their editing permissions to him."

Xi Lian: ?

"Buddy, isn't this a scam?"

"What is cheating someone? Is there a problem with me letting my good brother get rich in Sands? If he gives me 2000 billion someday, I'll give him a promotion and a raise today."

Sand Gold, who was AFK in Thousand Star City, received a call from Qiong the next moment.

Qiong: "Old Sha, it's me. Congratulations! You're going to make a fortune!"

Sand Gold: "Get rich? Has Deputy Manager Wei made any moves lately?"

Qiong: "Because the company was destroyed, the strategic investment department will be under your management from now on."

Sand Gold: "The company...exploded? Friend, I didn't understand. You mean our Interstellar Peace Company exploded?"

Qiong: "Yes, yes. The company is in chaos."

Sand Gold: "Friend, this joke isn't funny at all. It's the middle of the day, so please don't try to amuse yourself here, okay?"

Sand Gold tried to log into his work terminal, only to find five large words displayed: "You have been fired."

At the same time, Qiong's voice came through the phone.

"What do you mean you didn't find it? I told you, the one with blond hair and purple eyes, let me see... Holy crap, where are the ten Stone Hearts? How did it become Stone Hearts? Where did the ten go?"

"What kind of crappy system is this? When was Old Sand activated? Is it stuck?"

Sand Gold: "Friend, I think I was fired the day before yesterday afternoon, so the company really was bombed. Who bombed it? Was it Vice President Wei? Was the board of directors bombed again? Which old guy on the board offended him this time?"

Qiong: "It has nothing to do with my dad. I don't know what happened with the bomb, but it was my sister who sent the message. She even scolded me for not respecting my elders in the text message. Give me your ID number. I'll re-enroll you and transfer the money to you."

The gold dust fell silent. Was the King of Casting really that powerful? The price for this promotion seemed a bit too high.

Epilogue 8 (Bonus Chapter)

"I've already cursed my brother out, please leave me alone! How am I supposed to know he'd throw the chairman's position at you? Isn't there anyone else on this train capable of taking on this responsibility?"

Walter thought for a moment; it seemed that Pam was the only one left on the train who hadn't left before he departed. "What do you think?"

"I don't know. But...but I have a lot of candidates I recommend! For example...undying...no, this one is dead."

"What do you mean, 'not dead'? What are you talking about?"

"Don't panic, I'm building connections. I'm trying to elbow the pearl's firewall. Soon... why is this firewall so fragile? I'll just elbow it away!"

A few seconds later, Xing reached out to Walter, "Uncle Yang, give me your phone. I'll set up a cloud transfer station to transfer it in. I already emailed her beforehand, but she didn't reply, so there's nothing I can do."

Looking at the four cell phones Walter brought over, Xing was completely bewildered. "What the heck are four cell phones? Uncle Yang, you don't have four hands."

"This is mine, Danheng's, Xiaosanyue's, and that Xilian's...wait? How...how did her phone break?"

An ominous premonition lingered in Walter's mind. As a veteran train passenger, how could he possibly tell anyone that he had broken someone's phone right off the bat?

Welt attempted to repair it, even at the cost of everything he had as the Herrscher of Reason.

But he still found he couldn't understand the phone at all. "Strange...why can't I fix it? What is her phone made of?"

"This isn't a cell phone in the traditional sense; it's more like a crystallization of memories. I guess she took it back and fixed it herself. Let's just leave it at that."

"Isn't this a cell phone?" So it wasn't that he was impotent; it turns out he had been misunderstanding the whole thing.

"I believe in Zhenzhu's computing power, just like I believe my brother can't change his ways."

After about 10 seconds, the message pop-ups on the three phones disappeared.