The villain daughter did all kinds of things

"!"

Emerald's body tensed instinctively, then she said nonchalantly:

"Mengmeng, what nonsense are you talking about? I'm not familiar with old man Langdon at all. I didn't get any of his inheritance after he was arrested. That's impossible!"

"……Really?"

Mengmeng smiled even more seductively and continued to blow hot breath into Emerald's ear:

"You know what? My life in prison for the past two weeks has been the most boring I've ever been in my life... But it's also the first time I've had so much time to carefully recall every detail of my memories."

"Everyone says you were bewitched by my good looks, but wasn't I also bewitched by your good looks? Actually, there are many suspicious points in many things, but I forcibly ignored them at the time... or rather, I really didn't want to doubt you at the time."

"Actually, right? Take Langdon's little house, for example. According to the Bureau of Investigation's later investigation, Langdon never allowed any outsiders to live there... What do you think about that?"

"And then there's... my 'good sister'? She should be with you, right? At least the Bureau of Investigation never found anything related to her in Langdon's lab, but she couldn't have just vanished into thin air. Someone must have taken her away... You once said that she was your real collaborative project with Langdon, right?"

"When I was forced to be a guest at old man Langdon's place, I chatted quite a bit with that girl who called herself my sister. Although she kept saying that she wasn't human and had no independent thinking ability, her technical skills were not much worse than old man Langdon's. You could say that whoever has her has the real technical legacy of old man Langdon."

"I want to see her again, is that alright?"

"……Why."

This time, Emery was silent for a while before rubbing Mengmeng and saying:

"As expected of the youngest and most outstanding Purple Star investigator in the Investigation Bureau, Mengmeng, you are indeed much harder to fool than other women... Even if I can fool you for a while, you will still be able to find out the truth after careful recollection... Okay, your guess is right, old man Langdon's experimental assistant 03 is indeed with me, and now she is my smart assistant Linglan."

"Just as I thought~~"

Mengmeng squinted her eyes and deliberately rubbed her body against Amelie's palm:

"So when I said we had to complete the technology left by old man Langdon before Slater Pharmaceuticals and the government could cooperate, it wasn't just wishful thinking."

“I still don’t know the true relationship between you and old man Langdon, but old man Langdon is willing to entrust you with his most valuable technological assets, so it can’t be for nothing, right? He probably also entrusted you with his dreams as well... Even if you don’t want to take over the research yourself, you will help him find a suitable successor, right?”

"……You're right."

At this point, Amelie frankly admitted it:

"Actually, my relationship with old man Langdon isn't exactly a secret. As you get to know more about my family in the future, Mengmeng, you'll find out sooner or later—back when the down-on-his-luck old man Langdon came to our house seeking investment, he unexpectedly met me and we became friends. His eventual success in securing a large investment from our family was largely due to me."

After saying that, Emery sighed again:

"Actually, old Langdon wasn't a bad person. Back then, in my eyes, old Langdon was like Julia and Mengmeng, a tenacious and pure idealist... In fact, until the end, the problem with him was only his behavior and methods, not his motives."

"Yes, I know. He didn't do it for fame or fortune. He genuinely wanted to save those children, but that's what makes it even more terrifying."

Mengmeng nodded first, then shook her head:

"Forget it, let's not talk about old man Langdon anymore... I've said it before, now that he's dead, let bygones be bygones, and I won't dwell on it."

"What I'm trying to say is, since you, Emery, have inherited Langdon's technological legacy and have been entrusted with his dreams as his friend, why not take it more seriously?"

"Old Man Langdon's methods are absolutely unacceptable, but his ideals are not wrong. In order to ensure that at least 50 magic rejecter cubs are born every year, we cannot let his research results be wasted or shelved."

"...Mengmeng, what exactly do you want? Just say it."

"Amelie looks into Mengmeng's eyes," she said.

Mengmeng also looked intently into Amelie's eyes:

“I want you to continue Langdon’s research. You have Langdon’s technological legacy, as well as sufficient financial resources to build facilities and recruit people. I believe that with your abilities, you can definitely produce results faster than Slater Pharmaceuticals when you actually get down to business.”

"Of course, Langdon's overly radical research methods are not advisable, so this project still needs someone to oversee and supervise it."

“Aside from the jobs you arranged for me in the employment contract, this is actually the job I really want to do.”

"As you said before, solving the problem of magic rejecters is an inevitable trend and something that the entire Federation wants to see. Even if one old man, Langdon, dies, there will be many more people like him conducting similar research. I can't kill them all."

"In that case, I will choose to participate in this project myself. I do not believe that there is no other way to make breakthroughs in research except through human trials."

"Call me naive or stupid... I just want to find a way that won't hurt anyone."

Chapter 215 Level 5 Demonic Tide Arrives!

The fact that Mengmeng wanted to personally participate in the research on improving the physique of magic rejecters did initially surprise Amelie.

But after thinking about it carefully, Emery wasn't so surprised.

That's how idealists are; they always pursue a perfect ending where no one gets hurt. But even virtual games have bad endings, let alone reality.

In this respect, Mengmeng's awareness is indeed not as good as that of old man Langdon. Both of them are idealists, but at least old man Langdon understands that the success of many things cannot be separated from sacrifice.

So, after some hesitation, Emerald did not grant Mengmeng's request, but decided to let Mengmeng work according to the terms of the labor contract for the time being, and to deal with other matters later.

Mengmeng knew that her act of killing old man Langdon had earned her the label of being immature and irrational from many people, but she didn't regret it. She was confident that time would prove her abilities once again. Since her request hadn't been successful this time, she planned to try again later.

And so, Mengmeng temporarily entered into a life of being kept by a rich woman, settling down in a luxury apartment arranged for her by Emery.

Each day, you only need to cooperate with the photographer to shoot a few shots, and then casually give a few pointers to the security department of Blue Star Film and Television. The rest of the time is quite free. You can stay in your room to read and rest, or wander around Locke City.

At night, although he would occasionally have to pretend to be a defeated investigator, tie himself up and hang himself up to make the young lady happy, the young lady now had quite a few women around her, and would only come to Mengmeng's place once every three or four days. The workload was not heavy, at least Mengmeng felt it was quite easy.

And just like that, more than ten days passed in the blink of an eye before Mengmeng was released from prison.

Without any human guidance, Suzuran completed her first research and development task independently, simply following Emerald's orders. She successfully modified Wayne's finger and used this fused organ as a pure source of magic to create a magical device that resembled a woman's belt.

After Amelie received the women's belt, she tested it several times and was quite satisfied with it. So she made up an excuse and gave the belt to Julia as a gift.

When giving it to Julia, Emerald did not tell her the true effect of the belt, only saying that the belt was a token of her affection and that Julia must always wear it.

This wasn't Emerald playing a prank on purpose; rather, it was her way of further increasing Julia's success rate during her breakthroughs.

Magic is a rather idealistic power; the strongest magic is the power of belief.

If Yulia is told about the effects of the new belt beforehand, she will only think that the magical artifact given to her by Emeryte is powerful when the belt takes effect, and she will not have any emotional reaction.

Conversely, if Yulia were unaware of the belt's effects but suddenly felt a continuous surge of power within her body growing stronger during a difficult battle, she might believe that this power was all her own potential, thus unleashing her true potential and allowing her to successfully complete her breakthrough.

Besides providing equipment for Yulia to help her break through smoothly, Sulina also didn't neglect Amelie.

On one side of Locke City Square, a magnificent new stage has been built. Every night, Su Lina and her friends perform on the stage, and anyone can watch for free.

Now that Locke City is almost ready to transform from a mining city into a tourist city, Sulina's nightly stage performances have undoubtedly become a popular tourist attraction.

In addition, the extensive publicity from multiple media outlets under Emery's Melson Entertainment, and the continuous spread of the news by the Dessert Gang among the public.

Within just a few days, the name Su Lina sparked considerable discussion.

To catch fish, you need bait. To lure that old woman Mondoly out, you have to push her to the limit first.

Sulina was well aware of the dangers involved, but she didn't care. Whether it was to avenge her sister or for her own future, she felt duty-bound to act as bait.

Of course, Emeryte wouldn't leave Sulina completely unprotected; the newly built, magnificent stage was actually a sturdy fortress tailor-made for Sulina.

If Mondori wanted to ruin and kill Sulina as well, then striking while Sulina was performing on stage would be her best opportunity. But as long as Sulina stood on that stage, Emerald was confident that Mondori would not succeed easily.

If Mondoly were to make a move against Sulina, she would be met with a series of well-planned moves by Emeryte, which would only result in her own disgrace and ruin, and the Art Association would be destroyed along with her.

Of course, old witches like Mondoly are usually very cautious and won't take action personally unless absolutely necessary. For example, Su Linsa met her untimely death when she was about to break through to the Fusion stage after becoming a queen of song and dance. Su Lina is still quite far from that level.

But it doesn't matter, Emery intends to create an opportunity for Mondoly. For this purpose, she has specially invited a powerful outside helper as a guarantee in case of an accident.

Aside from personal matters such as helping Julia break through her limits and helping Sulina get revenge, Emerald did not neglect her serious work.

Bluestar Pictures' new movie, "The Investigator's Case," has officially been released.

The female lead of this movie is, of course, the newly added character, Mengmeng. The plot is based on the case of old man Langdon, telling the story of Mengmeng's investigation from the kidnapping of magic-repelling cubs a few years ago until she successfully arrested and imprisoned old man Langdon.

Playing herself is still a breeze for Mengmeng. Now that she's no longer an investigator, she doesn't have to worry about confidentiality regulations, so she's quite uninhibited when acting.

Furthermore, during Momo's numerous infiltrations of Landon Hospital, 03 was secretly monitoring the entire process. This included Momo's final infiltration and the ensuing battle, all meticulously recorded in 03's database, specifically by Suzuran.

All Amelie needed to do was edit and modify the footage to create ready-made fight scenes. With Mengmeng's own additions to some scene dialogues, the film production was very quick.

Since the old man Langdon was already dead and Blue Star Films didn't have any outstanding male actors to play the role, Amelie had Suzuran control a magical puppet to play the part, and the result was surprisingly good.

Suzuran was already very good at imitating humans in order to perfectly control those children, and old man Langdon was the person she knew best, without exception. So she was very good at imitating him, and even Emery had the illusion several times that the old man had come back to life.

Emery herself also made a cameo appearance in the film, and none other than Langdon's assistant, Girl 03.

Of course, the name 03 is not mentioned in the movie; the girl only refers to herself as an experimental assistant.

Emery's cameo role had only one purpose: to personally participate in the scene where Momo is defeated and captured.

Although no actual scenes of crossing the line were filmed, Emery still managed to tease the defeated Momo quite a bit in the movie, much to the delight of viewers who enjoy watching such scenes.

Many viewers are even curious whether Julia will be jealous or angry about this, and even more curious about who Emily will side with if Julia and Momo fight one day.

Scandals are always a shortcut to making a beautiful female celebrity famous quickly. Amelie personally created scandals to help Mengmeng promote herself, which naturally made Mengmeng famous very quickly.

The new movie has only been released for less than half a month, and if you ask any random people on the street who Mengmeng is, at least 7% of them will answer that she is a movie actress, and only the rest will say that Mengmeng is an investigator.

. . . . .

Time continued to flow, and soon, as Yulia trained herself to exhaustion every day before indulging in a large meal, the Dragon Crystal Wine that Amelie had made for her was finally almost finished, and the essence of that Ancient Dragon-level Shadow Dragon had been almost completely absorbed by Yulia.

During this period, Yulia has been getting stronger every day, with her stats increasing significantly. Now, even if Emerald doesn't give her the [Saintess's Kiss], she can almost exert the same strength that temporarily restrained the Shadow Dragon in the battle of the Snowfield.

It's incredibly close to the fusion stage, but hasn't truly broken through yet.

...It should be almost that time.

On the training field, feeling the slight numbness in her palm after being punched by Julia, Emery thought to herself.

As expected, that very evening, the Federal military urgently contacted Amelie, saying that a large-scale magical tide reaction had been detected at an altitude of about 5000 meters above Locke City, and it was estimated to be a level 5 magical tide.

Emerald feigned surprise, but inwardly remained quite calm.

All of this was within her expectations; in fact, this demonic tide was an important part of her plan.

This demonic tide is no ordinary demonic tide.

In the original game, Yulia was the first member of the protagonist team to break through the Fusion stage, and her breakthrough marked a significant leap in the protagonist team's combat power, and even a change in the game experience.

Therefore, in the original game, Yulia's breakthrough in the fusion stage is an important milestone in the game's progress.

Just like in cultivation novels where the protagonist needs to undergo tribulation after reaching a certain level, or in online games where players need to complete job change or awakening quests after reaching a certain level, the original game also had a similar setting when Yulia broke through the fusion stage.

Considering that the most improbable phenomena in the original game, such as the tidal wave refresh and resource refresh, actually occurred in this world, Emerald believes that the solo dungeon that Julia had to go through when breaking through the fusion stage in the original game should also appear in reality.

In the original game, when Yulia was about to break through the Fusion stage, no matter where the main character team was on the map, a level 5 Magic Tide dungeon would spawn above their location. Only Yulia could enter this dungeon. If she cleared it, she would successfully break through; if she failed, she would drop a level and need to grind experience again to challenge it once more.

As for the real world, Emery probably doesn't need Yulia to solo the entire Demon Tide; that's a bit unrealistic, and the world's will wouldn't be that demanding. But the Demon Tide Lord will probably have to be defeated by Yulia alone; no one else can help, otherwise Yulia's breakthrough will definitely be affected.

According to the Federation military's countermeasures against a Level 5 demonic tide, at least one Fusion-stage mage and two demonic tide suppression units like the one Judy belongs to must be dispatched.

This doesn't fit Amelie's plan, because the Federation military certainly wouldn't just stand by and watch Julia take on the Demon Tide Lord alone.

Therefore, Emerald firmly rejected the Federation military's support, saying that she could handle a mere level 5 magic tide on her own, and if the military were to send anyone, they could only send Judy's troops.

If someone else had spoken to the federal military like that, the military would have just laughed it off.

But Emery really has the power to say such things, and the Federation military's combat power for suppressing the demonic tide has always been very strained. The level 5 demonic tide in Locke City was almost entirely unplanned.

Therefore, the Federation military was happy to see Amelie willing to take the lead in dealing with the level 5 magic tide in Locke City. They readily agreed to Amelie's request and immediately issued orders to Judy's troops, ordering Judy to bring men to Locke City to provide support.

This was Judy's second time leading troops to support Locke City in fighting the demonic tide. She seemed quite familiar with the situation, and the troops completed their deployment in less than half a day after arriving.

After deploying the troops, Judy naturally went to see Emerald immediately.

The old friends greeted each other with a light hug, then Judy bumped her fist against Emery's, and said with a smile:

"I'm counting on you for this mission... By the way, are you really okay? A level 5 Demon Tide Lord is quite different from a regular Ancient Dragon. They're about the same in strength, but Ancient Dragons are generally known to exist, while Demon Tide Lords are a different story."

"Don't worry... Senior, don't you know me? When have I ever made a promise without being fully prepared?"

Emery, on the other hand, was quite confident:

"Senior, just treat this mission as a chance to earn merit points. I'll handle most of the demon tide; you guys will only be responsible for dealing with the stragglers."

"Haha... Alright, then I'll be counting on you, Emery."

Judy was smiling happily.

The record of defeating a level 5 demonic tide will earn her a large amount of merit, bringing her closer to the general rank she desires.

As for being responsible for dealing with the minor monsters that slipped through the net, Judy didn't see anything wrong with it.

This wasn't her first time participating in the suppression of a level 5 demonic tide. The previous two times, the main force of the suppression was also composed of Fusion Stage experts. Apart from clearing out some small monsters, the Federation army she led just stood by and cheered for the Fusion Stage experts.

The Federation military's detection of the demonic tide reaction was quite accurate.

About a day after Judy and her troops entered Locke City, the magical tide in the air became quite noticeable.

The rolling black clouds completely covered the sky in just a few minutes, turning Locke City into complete darkness in broad daylight.

Fortunately, the city's residents had received the news in advance and had prepared sufficient water and food in their home shelters. In addition, they had just experienced a demonic tide attack two years ago, so people were not panicked and the order was quite stable.