From Gotham to Night City, my infamy is known to all.

He felt incredibly strong now!

"Deep Blue, what are you waiting for? Quickly add some points to me... oh, no, come and merge with me!"

Leo opened his arms, and Deep Blue snuggled up to him and rubbed against him.

It rubbed against... rubbed against?

"No... I mean fusion! Fusion!" Leo said speechlessly, hugging the blue cube and examining it over and over. "What's the point of you rubbing against me a couple of times? Are there any prerequisites?"

Deep Blue rolled around in front of him a few times: "Yes, to put it in a way you can understand, deep fusion requires a basic synchronization rate of about 30%, as well as sufficient physical and mental strength. You are still some distance from that standard, so I suggest you use me as a portable device for now."

"Aba aba..." Leo murmured a string of incomprehensible words, then asked dejectedly, "What's the synchronization rate now? How can I improve it?"

"The current synchronization rate is only about 5%. As you become familiar with my functions and use me, the synchronization rate will gradually increase. In addition, improving your physical fitness and the strength of the implant can also accelerate this process."

"Got it, I still need to get stronger, that's a good point..."

Leo was able to accept this arrangement, and his mood became cheerful again.

After chatting with Deep Blue for a few more minutes and confirming that the new Protoss could not track the "Apokolips Frequency" outside the Wall of Origin, Leo's last bit of concern dissipated.

Since Darkseid and the New Gods couldn't reach other universes, he had no worries about using the Mother Box.

He turned to look at Chunbai and asked about the alcohol-2 crop: "Chunbai, how much of the stock solution for the awakening reagent have you made?"

"The raw materials were just brought back a day ago, and the production quantity is not large, probably enough for 200,000 mu of land."

Leo recalled that China's arable land area is about 19 billion mu (approximately 120 million hectares), and at this production efficiency, it would take more than a year to finish it.

As expected, we still don't have enough equipment.

“I can help!” Deep Blue volunteered. “I have already scanned the ingredients of the awakening reagent and can directly convert the raw materials into the finished product.”

"It must consume a lot of energy, right? How does it compare to normal production?"

"When it comes to the manipulation of matter, energy consumption is incomparable."

"That's not worth it. Don't waste your energy on such trivial matters."

Leo rejected its proposal.

"Your energy is precious; use it on more important things, like—creating me a powerful weapon!"

Chapter 371 "Night City, your king has returned!"

Upon returning to Night City, Leo planned to immediately meet with Li Qixuan and have him submit the Chun-2 rice.

It will likely take some time for them in China to test the samples and gene templates.

To prevent Kangtao, which is slightly better than other large companies, from acting unethically, he needs to prepare a powerful weapon to deter them with force.

As the saying goes, when in Rome, do as the Romans do. Since he has decided to settle down in Night City and make it his second home, he must abide by the rules of Night City.

Show your strength first, then talk business!

"Dark Blue and Pure White, you two help me design a super powerful external device. Hurry, I need it tomorrow."

As for the power... it doesn't need to be too strong in this rush. One blow enough to level the company square will suffice. I'll take it to the negotiations tomorrow and show our partners our technological prowess!

Upon hearing his request, the catgirl AI and the blue cube immediately huddled together and communicated using a highly efficient data transmission method.

Deep Blue obtained the terrain data map of Night City and the existing cybernetic intelligence, and quickly came up with a feasible plan.

"No problem. I can use both matter manipulation and energy manipulation abilities to quickly create a powerful weapon, such as an antimatter bomb. I wonder what specific requirements Master has?"

Leo thought for a moment: "There are many, let's take them one by one. First, I don't want those big, clunky things like nuclear bombs or bombs, I want something with technological sophistication, preferably like an external prosthetic body, something that can intimidate people. Hmm... I've got it!"

He suddenly clapped his hands, a flash of inspiration striking him.

"Pure White, bring up the image of the Infinity Gauntlet and have Deep Blue create a fake one for me. Since Night City already has Black Hand, Silver Hand, and Gold Hand, adding another Infinity Gauntlet won't be a problem!"

Ideally, this glove-shaped prosthetic body should have an extremely high energy storage capacity and the ability to convert that energy into wide-area attacks. Is that possible?

The deep blue box emitted faint, scattered lights, completing the deduction in just a few seconds.

"Theoretically, it is possible, but the current technological reserves and material strength are insufficient. I need more cybernetic prosthetic technology from the cyberpunk world, as well as more advanced metal materials."

"Hmm... a reasonable request, and not too difficult." Leo quickly found a solution. "I can get the technology reserves after I blow up Arasaka Academy. As for the metals, I can look for them in the DC Universe next time. There are many kinds of super metals there. No rush. For now, let's make a prototype that can scare people."

"Understood. I can use energy manipulation to transfer the energy I generate into your Infinity Gauntlet to simulate various super attacks."

“Very good. The energy fluctuations are divided into three levels—the first level can flatten the company square; the second level is several times more powerful and can flatten several nearby blocks; the third level is super-powerful and can destroy half of the municipal center; this level of power is enough to keep the big companies calm.”

"Understood. Based on the existing prosthetic body, we will reverse-engineer the structure, manufacture the advanced energy storage core, and complete the construction of the pseudo-Infinity Gauntlet. It is estimated to take six hours."

"very good!"

With the carrot and stick duo back together, there's no need to hold back in the negotiations.

Leo then turned to Pure White and asked about the "special corpse".

Pure White, hands on hips, exuded arrogance: "I've already taken care of it. I extracted some interesting data from the memory module in the brain-computer interface, and also found some unusual traces in her brain."

As you requested, I've edited and edited the data to create a new dataset that's nine parts true and one part false—enough to frame the Voodoo Gang!

"What do you mean by framing? The Voodoo Gang's schemes are far more heinous than their attempts to replace humanity. Lilith only wanted to control the human elite, but the Voodoo Gang wants to drag all of humanity down with them!"

Leo took the chip containing special data from the robot and happily tossed it a few times.

Once he's dealt with Kang Tao, he'll hand this information over to the internet censors. He doesn't expect them to take a clear-cut stand; he only asks that when the Wings of Freedom wipe out the Voodoo Gang, they stand up and say—the Voodoo Gang deserved to die; they were traitors who deserved to die.

When the war begins, Kang Tao will block the big companies and the internet censors will block negative public opinion, which will greatly reduce the obstacles for him to take over Taipingzhou.

It seems like I've done almost everything that needed to be done...

Leo circled around the singularity space and suddenly looked at the incubator he had casually picked up.

"Deep Blue, since you can rearrange the molecular structure of matter, can you make these rice seeds grow again?"

DeepBlue scanned the alcohol-2 rice and gave an affirmative answer.

Leo was overjoyed: "Great! Use this incubator to help me grow some ethanol-2 rice. Cultivate three to five plants at each stage of rice growth. Submitting such samples is much more convincing than submitting mature grains."

"Understood, please give me a minute."

Deep Blue wasn't as efficient at planting as Poison Ivy, nor did she have her unbridled control over plants, but it did accelerate the ripening of Alcohol-2 rice.

By extracting molecules from other mature plants, it successfully cultivated a box of plant samples covering all ten stages from germination to maturity.

Looking at the lush rice plants, Leo could already imagine the shocked expressions on the faces of the Comtau scientists.

so perfect!

The only drawback is that Deep Blue can't conjure up large quantities of grain out of thin air like Green of All Things. It seems I still need to find a way to abduct Poison Ivy...

After checking again to make sure there were no oversights, Leo sent V a "pick-up message" and turned to look at his two assistants.

"Time is of the essence, so I won't stay here any longer. Is there anything else?"

Deep Blue obediently shook its head, as if it were shaking its head.

Pure White raised her hand.

“Go ahead,” Leo said, looking at her.

Pure White glanced at Deep Blue and said excitedly, "Ever since I found the information about the Mother Box, I've been thinking that that ability to manipulate matter should be able to help me create a perfect body!"

Deep Blue affirmed without hesitation: "Creating humanoid bodies that AI can use is possible, as long as we have the materials and the corresponding technology."

"I knew it!" Pure White jumped up and down excitedly. "I'm going to use super metal to create an invincible body so I can go out and help! Also, the internal structure should ideally be able to change at will, so it can be used when needed!"

Leo could tell from her gaze that she had ill intentions; she was only eyeing those low-class, scumbag AIs…

But he didn't object; a super fighter who could jump out of the singularity space at any time to help fight was very valuable to him.

After waiting for two more minutes inside the space, Leo prepared to set off.

"Night City, your king has returned!"

Chapter 372 Li Qixuan: "Pure-2 rice... Night City is really haunted..."

Night City!

The Great Night—Erhai Cold Chives" Jiu—City!

The air was filled with the body fragrance that Leo was obsessed with!

The time-space transition was completed in the blink of an eye, followed by the V-Shadow Strike that bound him to his seat.

After a few days apart, V unleashed a passion that suffocated him, and they almost spun out of control in the car.

It took Leo a full five minutes to finally get a chance to say his first words after their brief reunion: "Wait a minute, V, I have important business to attend to!"

V straddled him with dissatisfaction, placing her hands on his increasingly muscular chest.

"Why are you always so busy? Can't you take a few days off? I'm really afraid you'll collapse from exhaustion..."

Leo laughed and hugged her: "It's a pity, but I just got a real artifact. From now on, it'll be hard to die even if I want to!"

He told V about some of the functions of the mother box, showing off what he had learned on this trip.

V was stunned and repeatedly used the back of her hand to measure his forehead temperature, fearing that he had drunk too much or had a fever.

Those exaggerated features sound too fantastical...

Seeing that she didn't believe him, Leo simply took out Deep Blue, which was already deeply bound to him.

The blue cube remained motionless after appearing until it confirmed that it was in a completely unfamiliar universe, at which point it reactivated and hovered above Leo's head.

Hearing the strange "Ping! Ping!" sound from the bell, V had no choice but to accept this magical reality.

"How did you get your hands on such an amazing device? Are you alright?"

Leo chuckled, briefly described his actions, and concluded, "The humans of that world had long lost information about this artifact, treating it merely as a technological creation of unknown purpose, and casually handing it over to private laboratories for research. I managed to snag it!"

V nodded numbly. This was a huge mistake, like going downstairs to throw out the trash and accidentally picking up a super nuclear bomb that could blow up the earth.

The initial excitement of their long-awaited reunion was replaced by shock, and her emotions and body calmed down. "So, what do you mean by 'serious business'?"

"Go see Li Qixuan and submit our Chun-2 rice samples. Also, invite Mr. Xu Shiming from Kangtao to Night City!"

Just to be on the safe side, Leo decided to bring Shenlan along this time, in case Li Qixuan got too excited and refused to let him leave.

"Deep Blue, can you become smaller?"

"No problem, the shape can be changed, there's no need to stick to a cube."

"That's it..."

Leo began to ponder.

The mother box was another trump card he held, one he couldn't easily reveal to outsiders. Since that was the case, he decided to make it something convenient to carry around, something that wouldn't seem out of place to outsiders.

"Then you'll look like a cell phone, with a casing made of natural blue diamond material, and make it sparkly!"

Deep Blue didn't waste any words and immediately began the image reshaping process.

The surface of the 50-centimeter cube rippled with blue waves, and dazzling electric light surged inside, rapidly recombining and changing, transforming into a dazzling blue diamond phone in seconds.

Unlike those cheap phones that are studded with diamonds, the main body of this phone is a single piece of blue diamond, making it incredibly luxurious.

In terms of appearance, it is inspired by V's smartphones. When placed together, they don't look like a couple's version, but rather like a beggar's version and an emperor's version.

V was completely stunned and began to question the meaning of life.

Leo comforted him, "Don't worry, after we finish our business, I'll have Deep Blue upgrade your phone to the super deluxe version!"

“No—” V waved his hand in refusal. “I can’t show this phone to anyone. People who don’t know its value will think I’m an idiot, and those who do know its value might be tempted to pull out a gun.”

Leo was taken aback, realizing that what she said made sense; after all, this was the City of Night!

"Never mind then, just be quiet for a moment, I'll call Li Qixuan."

He didn't ask V to open the car; he just held V and made a phone call to his business partner.

"Whoosh—whoosh—"

The call was answered seven or eight seconds after dialing.

The figure of the Deputy Director of Safety Operations at Kangtao Company appeared in the upper left corner of the retina.

"Director Li, it's been a few days, but you still look as radiant as ever!"

Such an extravagant greeting made Li Qixuan's eyes behind his sunglasses immediately narrow.

The young man seems to be getting a bit too cocky…

But if he dares to show this attitude, then the matter he mentioned back then must have been settled, right?