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"Sigh... there's no point in saying more. You're not young anymore. At least 1.5 cycles older than me. Given your dad's current condition, if he has a few more drinks, it's questionable whether he can even get his pension back. He might even have to pay off a sum of money meant for his funeral."

"Never mind, the wise will understand."

Watching Hua Wu's departing figure, Ryusuke hesitated and asked, "Himeko, is he usually like this?"

"That's right, some things have already changed. The light cone he left for Pam was even more radical than that."

Himeko was a little embarrassed; her words were a bit harsh, but they were generally correct.

She had indeed forgotten that her coffee seemed unsuitable for the average person.

After all, Hua Wu used to drink her coffee like water, so she assumed there was nothing wrong with it.

So... she poured herself a drink for her real father.

Judging from Hua Wu's current emotional state, she could sense that she might have almost killed her father.

Two-Phase Paradise —

"Hey, Lao Yang, what are you still doing here? Xing, why did you throw away your golden rice bowl? Answer me, is Kaituo's reputation really worthless?"

Hua Wu leaned against the street lamp, glancing at Xing and Walter out of the corner of his eye.

"Well... I haven't decided on a date yet," Walter hesitated, feeling a pang of sadness at his age when even making a choice felt difficult.

"A golden rice bowl...you should have said so earlier, we could have just given all that stuff to that AI...I don't understand it anyway. Besides, who knows if the company goes out of business and it'll just be passed down to the employees' families..."

"No, no, no, this isn't inheritance, it's intelligent selection."

"At present, Kaituo is the most suitable person to take over the company."

"First, the Pioneer Star Train has star tracks. Second, because the Pioneer Star God has already gone off duty, there won't be any internal strife on our Star Train. Third, Kripper's credit can be used, so why can't ours?"

"If someone insults the company, the company might not respond, but if someone insults you, I bet you'd be ready to jump through the internet and beat them up the next second."

"By the way, the alliance has started a bloodbath. I don't know what they were thinking. As soon as Alan died and the healer floated away, the alliance started fighting amongst themselves."

"I didn't even shut down the Cave Heaven System; it's just that I'm missing a general. Xu Ling and Fang Hu have already started unrestricted combat, so Dragon Master still has the strength."

Xing remained calm. Ever since Hua Wu became the Dragon Emperor, she had had an ominous premonition, but that premonition was very, very far away from her, so she ignored it.

"Um... how should I put it? I'm not surprised at all by this result. I was wondering why they didn't throw it at the celestial ship. Were they having internal strife over there?"

"Fanghu...I remember that was Danheng's clan's stronghold in his previous life, wasn't it full of Chiming? How did they end up fighting with Xuling?"

Hua Wu waved his hands dismissively. "Heh, you're asking me? How would I know? I just glanced at it. Luo Fu is fine, Yao Qing is fine, Yu Que ran far away, and Zhu Ming is about to join the battle."

"The alliance is beyond saving. If you hand the company over to them, can they do a good job? Can they stabilize the galaxy's economy? Hmm? Answer me, can they do a good job? No, they can't."

"I won't even mention losing the board of directors, but if I lose two executive positions, do you believe I could keep them fighting for a hundred or two hundred years?"

Xing always felt that no matter how crazy Chiming was, he would never go and fight the celestial beings of the Immortal Ship.

After all, if the issue of childbirth is not resolved, and the fighting continues until everyone on our side is wiped out, wouldn't that make us a laughing stock?

She strongly suspected that Hua Wu had accidentally removed the birth control ring from the Chiming Clan, since the Star God had been deleted, and the effects on reproduction were probably also deleted.

"Um... Dad, I have a question. Did you remove the IUD from the Wisdom Clan? If you hadn't removed it, I don't think they would have fought each other."

"I don't know, the program is running on its own."

"Speaking of which, the reason for this pile of documents in the company is because I developed PTSD from fighting the Emperor War. I can't do anything that's even remotely related to AI."

"It's the interstellar age, and document processing is still done by manual teams. If the project funds aren't embezzled here, there, south, and north, it would be a disservice to these manual teams."

"I told them that I captured dozens of Memory Entities and refined them, and they felt it was very safe. Wow, biotechnology is amazing."

Xing felt conflicted. Didn't the company have intelligent machines? Aren't those AIs? "Isn't Zhenzhu an intelligent machine? Isn't she AI? Aren't the documents she edited edited by AI?"

"Yes, the company will review it. Even someone in her position will have their documents randomly checked."

"Oh...so, where's my mom?"

"Your mother is in her room; she doesn't like going out."

"Oh...when will you leave again?"

"I don't usually leave. Why are you asking these questions? Are you planning something behind my back again?"

At this point, Walter's gaze swept over as well.

"Xing, stop being naughty. I heard Danheng say that you should avoid living things and interact more with machines. Mechs will never betray you."

Hua Wu's eyes darkened for a moment, because after Walter finished speaking, he saw a star use quantum-simulated gluttonous remains and an old train carriage to create a half-finished Obolos, which was then thrown into the fish-frying area.

Endless exploration, coupled with insatiable desires. What kind of hellish mess is this?

"Old Yang, you stop too. If she keeps touching mechs and living things, I'll beat you up too, the one who came up with the idea."

Xing was completely bewildered. She had indeed had that thought just now. "Really? I just had a fleeting thought, and you knew?"

"What do you think?"

One hour later—Star Train

"You're back? Didn't you say you were leaving?"

March 7th looked bewildered. She looked at Ji Zi, then glanced at Dan Heng.

"One day? That's not even as entertaining as the time you faked your death. By the way, who's that red-haired grandpa on the sofa? Is Himeko-nee a relative of yours?"

Ryusuke:?

"Grandpa...Grandpa? Am I that old?"

"Uh...it's my dad."

Dan Heng remained calm on the sidelines. He knew that the more solemn the farewell, the less substantial the event would be. It was even shorter than the two and a half days he had expected.

Epilogue 12 (Bonus Chapter)

Fairy Boat - Luofu

"What are your thoughts on the matter of Fanghu, Lord Grand Diviner?"

"Yanqing, I am now a general!"

"Uh... why can you call me by my name, but I can't just call you Taibu?"

Yanqing sat at the desk that Jingyuan used to use, with her elbows on her knees and her fists against her chin.

He simply threw away things like the etiquette of a general.

He went to fry fish and came back, only to find that the League was about to explode. What was he supposed to do?

The higher-ups kept sending orders to Luofu, telling Jingyuan to go there.

The problem is that he can't even find Jing Yuan's whereabouts, not to mention that the alliance itself knows that all these generals are now empty shells.

He was even the last to find out, because he asked Feixiao.

As the questioning continued, Yanqing asked: "General Feixiao, why don't you go?"

Then Feixiao said to him, "Flying away, Huang has flown away."

What else could he do? He couldn't just leave either. After all, he went out for a stroll last night and the Alliance was in chaos when he came back. If he went out for a stroll again and came back, wouldn't Luofu be in chaos too?

Moreover, he didn't know who to fight. It was said that Fanghu Chiming had long harbored resentment and had risen up in rebellion, but the problem was that Xuling had also caused Jingyuan a lot of trouble.

So much so that he began to wonder what those two generals would have done.

The image of Hua Wu's arrogant, laughing face flashed through his mind. Clearly, if it were General Fierce Tiger, he would have given both sides a good beating.

Then Jing Yuan's kind smile appeared in his mind again. It was obvious that if it were General Shence, he would find a reason to push it down and then assess the situation.

If he had to choose one of the two, he would definitely choose the second one.

After all, the current universe has an extremely harsh environment for survival.

Who knows what kind of things will spawn near Luofu after he leaves?

Who knows if he'll be able to catch fish there and won't be matched with god-like opponents?

He did have a great time frying fish outside, but his luck was particularly bad in Xianzhou. He went out and found that the rain had only fallen in Luofu.

But this leads to another problem: it shows that he is not used to the local environment of Xianzhou. He has lived here for more than ten years and has had bad luck since childhood. Even Jingyuan had to hang a peace and longevity lock on him.

Can he even go? Obviously, given Luofu's current situation, although there are 300 ferocious beasts, the problem is that one or two of them have pointy heads.

They're only good for being suicide squad members or security guards. Throwing them into technical positions would be pure disaster.

Once he leaves, can Fu Xuan manage these 300 ferocious beasts? Fu Xuan is the type who doesn't speak human language; he only talks about the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams.

Could those 300 ferocious beasts of Luofu possibly understand these things? Of course not. And given Fu Xuan's personality, wouldn't they be doomed?

He even began to suspect that the incident might have been caused by his matchmaking system seeing him go and blast fish, living a comfortable life in Luofu with a job he did nothing, and yesterday at noon he even drank the Destruction Gold Blood to block a wave of unknown attacks.

Is the matchmaking system so infuriating that they've started actively matching him with stronger opponents?

Therefore, in order to prevent the tragedy of being beaten to a pulp in the past, only to find that Luofu had exploded when they returned, and then collapsing in front of the wreckage of Luofu, shouting that they could do nothing, they decided to take action.

He sent a reply to Xu Ling in the style of Jing Yuan.

"To the Envoy of Xuling:"

The matter of Fanghu is in chaos and urgent. My heart aches.

But right now I am tied up with my own affairs. The Divine Lord has passed away, and I know that the other generals are also struggling to protect themselves. I am willing but powerless, and I feel ashamed of myself.

Before August, three great kings sent troops to Luofu to cause widespread suffering.

Two months ago, just as public facilities were beginning to recover, Hu Lei escaped, the Feather Emperor declared war, and Luofu was plunged back into chaos, amidst swords and spears. Six months of recuperation and restoration efforts were all for naught.

Not long ago, the former general, still recovering from serious injuries sustained in the Battle of Iron Tomb, went alone to the Paradise of Two Phases and died.

Luofu Immortal Boat still maintains the policy attitude of the Second Abundant People's War: conserve strength and build up resources.

Sender: Yanqing

Anyway, he's passed the buck. Last time, Jing Yuan was severely reprimanded by his superiors. Hu Lei escaped and went on and on, describing Luo Fu's miserable state in his letter. He practically wanted to portray Luo Fu's current situation as rotten as a radish.

He even included Jing Yuan's supposed death in the plot, even though he knew Jing Yuan was definitely not dead.

After all, that so-called Dragon Emperor... he recognized at a glance that it was his second master who had chopped him away with two axe blows back then.

Although the photo of the Two-Phase Paradise was very blurry, it still showed the Dragon Emperor and an axe.