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

Screw Gum: "Because this is my scepter, not Rupert's."

Lin Yi: "...As expected of Screw Cobalt, then I'll say thank you in advance ╰(*'︶`*)╯"

"Abnormal data access"

Ruan Mei: "I heard that too, I want a copy of this data as well."

Lin Yi: "It's practically riddled with holes, and this encrypted communication is just a waste of time."

Ruan Mei: "We can't be too harsh on the company, after all, there are only a handful of companies that can stop geniuses from succeeding."

Lin Yi: "Here's the data. I need your help with a research project."

Ruan Mei: "I will make time for it then. Also, I want to study the Star Chaser. I have never studied the Envoy of Pleasure before."

Lin Yi: "As for Zhu Xing, I have no right to make decisions for her. You should talk to her yourself and she can agree on her own. You two have a good relationship, so there shouldn't be any problems."

"Abnormal data access"

Lin Yi "..."

Black Tower "..."

Screw Cobalt "..."

Ruan Mei “…”

Lin Yi: "Who is it this time? Why are they so quiet? It can't be Stephen, can it?"

Stephen: "It wasn't me..."

Lin Yi: "I knew you were spying on me. Wait, when did you get here?"

Stephen: "When Ruan Mei came in, I saw you all crammed into one channel and got a little curious, so I came to check it out."

Stephen: "Also, this is a voice chat, so it can't be considered screen snooping; I should be considered eavesdropping."

Black Tower: "In that case, Stephen, since you didn't listen to the previous content, you might not know what the data is. Do you need me to repeat it?"

Stephen: "No need. I hacked into the company's database and got the previous chat audio. I don't need this data. My uncle's shop has been very busy lately."

Stephen: "But could I borrow the Phase Walker?"

Lin Yi: "I'm afraid that won't work. I'm currently out and about and need to use it frequently."

Stephen: "Okay then, goodbye..."

Lin Yi: "Goodbye. I'll send it to you if you still want it when I get back to Space City."

Lin Yi: "If it wasn't Stephen, then who was it just now?"

Aha: "Aha! It's Aha! Of course it's Aha!! Aha is a genius too, how can we not bring Aha to the meeting? Aha, I need a copy of the data too."

Lin Yi: "Aha, stop the transaction, we'll discuss the follow-up offline. ?_?"

Black Tower: "Remember to come to the space station as soon as possible."

Screw Cobalt: "Then I'll take my leave too."

"Ruan Mei has left the voice channel."

Lin Yi exclaimed, "Good heavens, the phone has been turned into a group chat voice channel. Who changed it?"

Everyone still works together as well as ever.

However, as soon as I hung up the phone, it automatically switched to a new voice channel.

Aha's sobbing voice came through the channel.

Aha: "You're isolating Aha, you're disgusted with Aha, Aha is so pitiful, Aha has lost face, Aha is going to cry, Aha is going to make a scene!"

Black Tower: "Sigh, I'm so unlucky to have run into Aha."

Lin Yi: "Isolate, no no no, it's you, Aha, isolating us. Do you want me to list your masterpieces?"

Lin Yi: "Imitating the Black Tower and licensing the Black Tower image to spinning top manufacturers, and even including a 'spinning around' voice line, this spinning top sold like hotcakes all over the world."

The whole world is going around in circles, and even the Black Tower is so angry with you that it can't eat. Did you do this, Aha?

Aha: "Hehe~"

Ruan Mei: "Heita wasn't actually angry; she didn't care. She even bought a plus-size one herself."

Black Tower: "...You've come at the worst possible time to sabotage us."

Lin Yi pretended not to hear Ruan Mei's words.

Lin Yi: "You sneaked into Ruan Mei's lab and secretly injected the genes of the Twilight Beast into the cat cakes you were cultivating, turning the cute cat cakes into bizarre beast cakes. This gave Ruan Mei a huge fright, and she even dropped the plum blossom cakes in fright. Do you admit your mistake?!"

Aha: "Aha admits his mistake, but he'll do it again next time."

Nguyen Mai: "Actually, I was surprised by their diversity and delighted by their possibilities... Well, they are indeed a bit ugly."

Black Tower: "Those cat cakes are not just ugly, they're downright abstract."

Lin Yi: "And the inorganic life forms that manipulated the mechanical parts around Screw Cobalt to pretend to be autonomously created life jumped out and startled Screw Cobalt, causing his cooling center to overheat and the coolant to burst. That was also your doing."

Aha: "Hahaha~, Aha doesn't even remember! Turns out Aha did so many fun things! That was fun, I want to do it again next time!"

Lin Yi: "Also, when Zhu Xing was still little that year, you were so bored that you went and tore up her homework. You tore it up every time she wrote it, leaving her speechless. Is it fun to bully a child?"

Aha: "Aha, you've already appeased him. Besides, it happened so long ago, it's all in the past, it doesn't count, it doesn't count."

Black Tower: "Then why did you steal Wen Shiling's lollipop at Black Tower Space Station the day before yesterday?"

Aha: "? This wasn't done by Aha."

Lin Yi: "Sigh~, never mind, let's not make a fuss anymore. What do you want to do this time, Aha?"

Aha: "Aha also wants to participate in your research."

The chaotic jump ended, and the Rainbow Ship once again arrived at the company headquarters, Pierpont.

After dropping off the two groups of employees from different companies, Lin Yi was too lazy to get involved in any other trivial matters. He just wanted to rest, as the series of events had taken a heavy toll on his mental energy.

First, he teleported over a body as a "Phase Walker," then pointed the pistol that Starstruck had used to shoot himself at his forehead.

A gunshot rang out, and Lin Yi fell to the ground, while the body next to him stood up.

In fact, the object of consciousness can be changed at any time without shooting and destroying the old body; this shot is just for the sake of ritual.

Including the gunshot incident with Zhu Xing before, Lin Yi always felt that Zhu Xing had been corrupted by him, and he believed that he had quite a few bad habits.

Lying down for a few days is good for physical and mental health. It's a good time to wait a few days while the company compiles statistics on the planets and civilizations affected by this wave.

A few days passed in the blink of an eye. During this time, something happened to Dongfang Qiqing that seemed like a classic plot from an old novel, a story that had come true.

Lin Yi was happy to watch the drama unfold from the sidelines; it turned out that such a bizarre plot could actually happen.

It's like he was just enjoying the gossip when Dongfang Qiqing started using him as a backer, even though he hadn't officially joined the company yet, he was already taking advantage of his employer.

After a few days, the company's preliminary statistics came out, and surprisingly, the gains outweighed the losses; they actually made a profit this time.

If there's a loss, it's considered a natural disaster, and the company should act as the good guy and step in to provide disaster relief.

But since he made a profit... Lin Yi gave up on his wild thoughts. He wasn't short of money, so why was he thinking about these trivial things?

Overall, the casualties from this incident were surprisingly small.

In this incident, 47 planets and 3 stars were destroyed while Chasing Star and Aha were playing Fruit Ninja. It's clear that both sides were having a lot of fun and cut quite a few.

However, these are all unclaimed celestial bodies, and no one will speak up for them, so let's just cut them off.

Nine planets and one star were torn apart by the decay engines. Despite trying to choose a direction free of celestial bodies for the jump, it was still inevitable.

327 stars went out permanently. Of these, 326.5 were drained during the process of converging into a light arrow after Aha's intervention, and 0.5 were caused by the Silver Branch's cannon shot.

That single shot nearly drained the star dry. Spectral analysis showed that the star's lifespan had been reduced by at least half, but the star wouldn't live to see its lifespan limit.

This 0.5 was directly attributed to Aha and categorized as a 'natural disaster'.

During the convergence of light vectors, countless planets and asteroids associated with other star systems are lost.

Finally, the company tallied up the figures and announced that a total of 496 stars went out, 3972 planets were destroyed, 17 of the company's standard fleets were lost, and a transport fleet from the building materials logistics department went missing.

The incident was classified as a 'natural disaster,' and no one was held responsible. The company allocated a large sum of special funds to provide assistance to the victims.

They shifted all the blame onto Aha and even asked Aha to help them cover up their debts. To be honest, the company is incredibly audacious. Aren't they afraid Aha will come knocking on their door and cause trouble?

Well, it seems that, given Ahab's style, He would find it quite enjoyable to be the Great Sage of Balance.

The reason it's considered a gain is that although the impact was widespread, only two civilizations and one destroyed legion were actually affected.

The universe of Honkai Impact 3rd is not a dark forest or a pure, bright grassland; the density of civilizations is very high, so such a small sacrifice is simply unbelievable.

Of the two civilizations, one was a newly emerged civilization that had just emerged from ignorance and had no voice in the vast universe. It was gone, but it couldn't be said that it was gone. This group still retained the flame of civilization.

The usual practice is not to interfere with civilizations that have just emerged from the starry seas, as only in this way can civilizations that grow autonomously possess diversity.

But now that they are suffering this undeserved calamity of near extinction, conventionally they can either ignore it or forcibly elevate them to the level of interstellar civilization.

From the perspective of civilization as a whole, this wave may not necessarily be a bad thing.

Another civilization, a prosperous power that happened to be at the center, was completely wiped out. For such a prosperous civilization, one can only say it's a good thing it died.

Even if they die, they can still go to the Immortal Ship to collect subsidies.

Most of the planets were abandoned, low-value or worthless planets, and a small number were mining planets belonging to the company. Now they were simply blown up, saving the effort of mining and allowing them to directly extract the ore. The company was overjoyed.

"Blowing up the planet is indeed the fastest and most efficient way to mine minerals. The stars are right. I hope the company won't be inspired by this."

Chapter 23 A Genius's Forgery: Igor 700 Years Ago

After a few days of rest and with everything settled, it was time to set off again. Taking Zhu Xing with him, they arrived at the Rainbow Light Ship, where Dongfang Qiqing was already waiting at the ferry.

Zhu Xing had spurred his way over in the past few days and accepted Lin Yi's gift (himself) with some hesitation.

After this incident, Silver Branch's "Rare and Unparalleled" ship undoubtedly became extremely valuable, and the company offered an exorbitant price to acquire it from Silver Branch.

However, Lin Yi intercepted it and borrowed it from Yin Zhi under the guise of research. He promised to return it after the research was completed and give her a brand-new luxury star destroyer as a substitute during the research period.

Having studied the Star Destroyer without having to return it, Lin Yi was indeed interested in the "Rare and Unparalleled Ship," but not extremely so.

After all, the Rainbow Light Ship can also be studied, and borrowing it can be considered as helping Silver Branch to shoulder the pressure from the company.

However, the "Rare and Unparalleled" was borrowed by the Black Tower as soon as it was delivered to the Space City, and they even offered to wipe out the favor of the Phase Flame.

Lin Yi had already briefly communicated with those few people about the cause, process, and outcome of the matter during his spare time, and it was perfectly normal for him to want to study it further.

Since things had been said so plainly, Lin Yi had no choice but to agree. Since there was nothing else to do, he wanted to enjoy the trip to the fullest. However, he hadn't really been idle these past few days; he had done some preliminary research.

Dongfang Qiqing was talking to a refined middle-aged man who bore a slight resemblance to her.

"Qing'er, Dad knows you don't like me, but I'm really doing this for your own good."

"Let's not talk about these unpleasant things anymore. Now that you have a genius backing you, this path is much wider and safer than the one your father arranged for you. This is a hard-won opportunity, and I hope you can cherish it."

"Take good care of yourself while you're away from home. If you need more money, ask your family. If you encounter difficulties, tell your family too. Don't try to bear it all alone; your parents are here for you."

The man noticed Lin Yi's approach and quickly ended his conversation with his daughter with a few words.

“Mr. Lin Yi, it is Qi Qing’s honor to have your favor. However, don’t underestimate her because of her youth. Under the elite training of her family, she knows a little about everything and has some knowledge in various fields. You can use her as you wish.”

"I won't take up any more of your time, farewell," the middle-aged man said, removing his hat in greeting before turning and leaving.

So clean and efficient that he didn't even leave his name.

Despite what he said, you could still see him walk away, then stop and look back every now and then.

"Parents' love for their children is always so sincere."

I'm homesick again...

Lin Yi cast aside his useless worries and cheered himself up.

"Let's board the ship. Next stop, Kaspelinyat VIII. Hmm, how about we send you to the space city to get you used to the job? You can come with us if you want; this trip should be quite interesting."

"Then I'll go with you."

After a moment's thought, Dongfang Qiqing decided to follow her future boss and get to know this genius first.

The Rainbow Light ship did not jump directly to the target area, but instead jumped to its vicinity, intending to sail slowly.

To understand a place, you can't just understand the place itself. The reason you can't see the true face of Mount Lu is often because you are in the mountains.

"This is Humboldt-σ, which is very close to the target area. This place should meet your requirements for leisurely observation and learning, teacher. Oh, by the way, you once passed through this place and took someone away from here. Do you remember?"