Bengtie: A Genius's Out-of-the-Domain Idea

The guardian star god "Kripper" has disappeared.

Dongfang Qiqing and the other company employees present looked as if they had seen a ghost.

"This is unbelievable! I must be dreaming, otherwise how could I see so many star gods at once?"

"Ah!!!, pinch yourself, why are you pinching me! [Beep~ Company profanity]"

"Sorry, I was just too distracted."

"Hey! You're still pinching me? You deserve a beating!"

"Impossible, impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"Unbelievable! The Amber King actually accepted a mortal's offering! The company will go crazy if they find out! Oh, I'm one of their employees? Never mind then."

Using her status, Dongfang Qiqing calmed the noisy crowd, came to Lin Yi's side, and slightly curtsied.

It has to be said that this girl has a really good mentality. After going through so much chaos, she is still able to keep her composure and stick to her original intentions to get here.

"Are you Mr. Lin Yi, the renowned traveler of the star realm and seat #85 of the Genius Club?"

"It's me, you?"

"Hello, my name is Dongfang Qiqing, and I'll assume I'm from the company."

"Dongfang? You have a connection with Dongfang Qiming?"

"It's an elder in the family."

"An elder? That's a good word. It keeps the relationship ambiguous, but don't try to play tricks on me."

"I didn't mean that, Mr. Lin Yi," Dongfang Qiqing said anxiously, seeing that Lin Yi had misunderstood.

"Alright, but that's none of my business. So, what do you want? Do you want me to take you to Pierpoint? That's fine." Lin Yi was preoccupied with everything that had happened and was somewhat distracted.

“No, Mr. Lin Yi, I want… I want to follow you, just like… just like those scholars in Shenxiao Space City.” Dongfang Qiqing hesitated but still boldly spoke up.

"Those scholars? I think it's like the relationship between Estádio and the Black Tower. They're trying to use my name to avoid some things."

"Eh!" Lin Yi's revelation left Dongfang Qiqing somewhat at a loss.

However, she quickly adjusted her mindset, and just as she was thinking about what to say, Lin Yi spoke up.

"Alright, I agree, but you need to demonstrate your abilities. Once you return to Space City, take over all the mundane tasks yourself. From now on, you are the City Lord of 'Divine Firmament Space City'."

Lin Yi's decisive reply stunned Dongfang Qiqing; she hadn't expected to achieve her goal so easily.

Lin Yi suddenly felt he might have been a bit too casual, so he added, "Remember, I need to see your capabilities. If you don't have enough, just leave quietly and don't make me kick you out."

'Someone just delivered themselves to my doorstep; I was just worried about not finding a suitable person to handle all those messy things.'

There are plenty of capable people, but it's hard to find someone who is both capable and has the right status to keep those lawless people in check. That's why the "Shenxiao Space City" is still nominally under his personal control.

But what can he manage? He just adopts a laissez-faire approach. Sometimes, when Zhu Xing can't stand it anymore, he'll intervene for two or three days, but then he gets too tired to get involved.

The current order of "Shenxiao Space City" cannot be described as chaotic, but it can only be described as passable. The only relatively clear rule is the points system.

"What? Or have I misjudged you based on your appearance, and you're actually a research talent? If so, I apologize."

Seeing Dongfang Qiqing's somewhat dazed expression, Lin Yi wondered if he had entrusted the wrong person to her.

But then he thought that people raised in such a family background wouldn't be bad, and no matter how it was managed, it would be better than the current mess, so Lin Yi felt relieved.

"No, no, no, I definitely won't let you down," Dongfang Qiqing said, her face flushed with excitement.

She never expected it to actually succeed, and so easily at that. She had only tried it as a last resort.

"Alright, alright, this isn't the place to talk. The mess Aha made is huge, and Cripper has already taken care of the bulk of it."

But there are still a whole host of small problems to deal with, so I'll have to go back to Pierpoint again. They're good at handling these kinds of issues; they have experience.

Lin Yi subtly shifted the blame onto Aha, a statement that both the company and Aha himself would likely appreciate.

Lin Yi bent down and picked up Zhu Xing's body, which was lying in a pool of blood on the ground, and put it into the incubation chamber. He would keep the body as a souvenir since it was her first time dying.

Not only does he intend to reclaim the body of the star-chasing creature, but he also plans to take back his corpse on the Immortal Ship, as a memento.

Looking at the corpse and recalling his own corpse now on the Immortal Ship, a strange thought popped into Lin Yi's mind—it seems he can now freely make oaths like "If I fail, I'll come back with my head."

Seriously, come and offer your head! (JPG)

"Mr. Lin Yi, who is she?" Dongfang Qiqing asked cautiously, watching Lin Yi's actions.

"My Students"

"Oh! My condolences!"

"What's there to mourn? She's not dead, she's just like me," Lin Yi rolled his eyes at Dongfang Qiqing.

"The same as you?" Dongfang Qiqing was puzzled. She understood every word, but the more she listened, the more confused she became.

"Didn't you see the news before? I figured it was still trending quite a bit."

"The connection to the interstellar network was lost before..." Dongfang Qiqing took out her phone to check the recent trending events.

As a result, Lin Yi's death news is still trending at number one on the hot search list.

Dongfang Qiqing? ???

He stared at Lin Yi, glanced at his phone, then stared at Lin Yi again.

"Am I really dreaming? I knew it! This whole experience was absurd, and how could I possibly achieve my goal so easily?"

"Stop fooling around, wait a minute, oh no, I was wondering why I felt like I'd forgotten something. The Immortal Boat doesn't know I'm still alive. Tsk, the Immortal Boat is probably going to be in a real mess this month."

"Since things have come to this, there's no rush. Let's talk about it later and set off first."

Lin Yi said that since the problem was Jing Yuan, not himself, there was no need to rush things now, and maybe there would be some fun to be had later.

"Pass down the order: all personnel must stand by and not move around. The leap is about to begin."

However, just when everyone thought everything was over, it turned out to be a never-ending ordeal. Another beam of light appeared in the universe, giving everyone a PTSD fright. Fortunately, the beam of light was fleeting, appearing only for a moment to announce its existence.

This is the official version of o岚の光矢, not the pirated version that was slow and gave him countless chances to play, allowing him to slice fruit with Star Chaser.

"Hahaha, hehe~ Missed it~ You're no good, you idiot!"

Aha's voice rang out again.

Hundreds of light arrows flashed by in a dense array, shooting off into the unknown.

The observation alarm on the Jade Palace Immortal Ship kept ringing.

"Ah~ha~ha~ha~fun, again, again~missed."

Ahana's joyful voice rang out once more.

Millions of densely packed light arrows swept down like a torrent or a tidal wave.

I don't know if I hit him or not, I just know that Aha stopped laughing.

Of course, the immortal ship couldn't laugh either, as the equipment on the Jade Palace Immortal Ship that was observing the Emperor's Bow and Arrow burned out due to overload.

Those capable of observing were bewildered. When did Lan's arrows start shooting like this? Aren't they always just basic attacks, one arrow at a time? You didn't even shoot this hard when attacking Feng Rao.

Although the numerous light arrows appeared for only a moment

Companies, families, Yi Ting, and many other forces have begun to contact Xian Zhou, since Xian Zhou is the force that knows the most about the Hunting Star God Lan. They want to know if Xian Zhou Lan has ever done this before.

After waiting a while longer and seeing that things had really calmed down and there was no further news, everyone, with a variety of expressions, teleported to the company headquarters, Pierpoint.

"The Black Tower's Call"

"Hey, can you hear me? I couldn't get in touch with you before. I thought you really were killed by Huanlong."

"Do you think that's possible? How could a genius end up so uneventfully?"

"Alright, enough joking around. Time is of the essence. Did you see the scene of the Star Gods appearing just now? Unbelievable, truly unbelievable."

"This may change our past understanding of the Star Gods, especially our understanding of the Hunting Star God Lan."

(The only personal characters are Zhu Xing and Dongfang Qiqing. These two were added for the sake of smoothing things up. All the characters added were also deliberately integrated into the world view. For example, Zhu Xing's AKA4 and Dongfang Qiqing's Dongfang family. I don't think everyone has any objections to these personal characters.)

Chapter 22 features Aha; cease trading.

"And Kripper, did you hear that 'exchange'? An exchange! What could possibly interest the Star God?"

"I can't wait to try using a simulated universe to calculate how things will unfold."

"Come on, put what you're doing down for now."

Black Tower was still the same as always, launching into a barrage of questions as soon as the call connected. This time, perhaps he was too excited, and Lin Yi didn't even have a chance to interrupt.

"Dial the Black Tower's phone number."

"Don't get too excited, you're not even giving him a chance to speak."

"There's no need to use a simulated universe to simulate the events; let's save our precious computing power for other things. Besides, isn't the simulated universe under maintenance? How can we use it?"

Black Tower: "Let's make do with this for now and conduct a small-scale simulation test."

Wait a minute—what do you mean by "no simulation needed"? Aren't you curious? Impossible! Or do you already know the cause, process, and result? Tell me quickly, quick!

Lin Yi decided to recreate the classic scene.

"Beg me!"

"Please." (Expressionless)

"The voice wasn't loud enough, and the emotions weren't expressive enough."

"Please!" (Loud and full of anger)

Black Tower: "Aren't you being ridiculous? You're acting like a little kid. Hurry up and stop dawdling!"

Lin Yi: "Hey, I'm just teasing a kid, of course I'll act like one."

Black Tower “I #@* [Black Tower profanity]”

Lin Yi's "aggressiveness needs improvement; he's even less aggressive than Belloberg's traffic lights."

Seeing that the Black Tower was about to lose its temper, Lin Yi chose to interrupt the spellcasting before it did.

"Alright, enough joking around. To make a long story short, I was the one who was chased around like a dog by that strange beam of light at the beginning."

Black Tower: "Wait a minute, there are a lot of elements in what you said, and I don't quite understand. To be more specific, are you saying that Lan and His Light Arrow weren't acting crazy just now, and were chasing you? Then why is the Light Arrow acting so strangely? If Lan wanted to kill you, couldn't he have done it in one go?"

"Ah-gan-de," Lin Yi said succinctly.

Black Tower: “…”

Black Tower: "That's not surprising, that's not surprising at all."

Black Tower: "Continue"

Lin Yi recounted everything from how he inexplicably encountered the Light Arrow to how Aha granted the Star Chaser the authority, and his subsequent actions with the Star Chaser.

Black Tower: "Could this be considered a blessing in disguise? Send me a copy of the experiment data."

Lin Yi: "No."

Black Tower: "Name your terms."

Lin Yi: "The doll debt is settled. Also, I want the 'Wind Wings,' 'Godslayer Sword,' and 'Score-Setting Gun' from your space station. And... come with me to the Flowing Light Memory Garden one more time."

Black Tower: "Sure, go get it yourself. It's that simple? No other conditions?"

Lin Yi: "Also, come with me to the Flowing Light Memory Garden again."

Black Tower: "Sure! When? I'll pick the loot first."

Lin Yi: "No, why are you so excited about going to the Flowing Light Memory Pavilion? Besides, I didn't say I was going to steal anything. Oh well, let's just steal it, it's something we can do on the side. As for the time, we'll talk about it when we have time. Everyone should be pretty busy these days."

Black Tower: "Also, Screw overheard our conversation and said he wants to too."

"Abnormal data access"

Screw Cobalt: "Let me speak for myself. You can make any requests you have to me, Mr. Lin Yi."

Lin Yi: "If nothing unexpected happens, the celestial computer maintaining 'Laplace's Demon' should be disabled. Repair it for me, screws."

Screw Coulomb: "This is not equivalent. The logic is that this research data is the most detailed study on the Light Arrow of the Storm Hunter Star God to date, and it is even impossible to reproduce. This will most likely be the only one."

Screw Columb: "Conclusion: I am willing to offer an additional scepter as a meager reward."

Lin Yi: "If you're willing to add to the stakes yourself, that's a good thing for me, so I'll definitely agree. But weren't the scepters all destroyed? How come there are still some left?"