Cyber Era Witch
Chapter 1045 - 819 This is the Final Gift_2

Chapter 1045: Chapter 819 This is the Final Gift_2

Lu Jing smiled softly.

She motioned for Lu Sizhou to stand up, then she herself stood and walked toward Xu Yang.

Stopping in front of Xu Yang, she gazed at him for a long moment.

"Lu Jing..." Xu Yang blurted out.

"Are you a Cyber Specter?" Lu Jing asked.

Upon hearing her question, Xu Yang felt a storm of emotions in his heart. To admit now that he was indeed the Cyber Specter? Wouldn’t that undo all the years of careful disguise?

Lu Jing’s lips quivered, her eyes wet with tears.

Xu Yang sighed softly. Forget it, forget it. After all these years, it was time for the truth about the Cyber Specter to be spoken aloud.

"I am the Cyber Specter," he said, exaggeratingly displaying his signature Seven-pointed Star Evil Spirit Symbol, long exploited by Seeking Shadow but undeniably his—his forever—the mark of the Cyber Specter.

Lu Jing offered a tearful smile.

"...I know. I recognize you. I have always recognized you. It’s been so long, it feels like I’ve lived another lifetime. But I will never forget you." she said.

Xu Yang’s gaze drifted from Lu Jing’s face, her words seeming to evoke some unreal reverie within him.

She said she’d always known him. Xu Yang pondered. What did that truly mean? Since when had she known him? Wasn’t it just a few years ago in the Northern Archipelago? Could Lu Jing have recovered memories from another history?

"I agree with all your proposals," Lu Jing nodded towards Lila.

"...Well, thank you. I’m confident that Nestor Corporation and Heavenly Cardinal Manufacturing will go forward hand-in-hand." Lila, surprised by Lu Jing’s reaction, seized the opportunity for profit eagerly.

Lu Jing and Lu Sizhou departed Kunxu.

Farosa returned to the Divine Radiance, observing the bustling Lila and the contemplative Xu Yang.

"What’s the matter?" Farosa mocked, "Does that Lu Jing have you so captivated? Ha, publicly admitting that you’re the Cyber Specter, especially in front of Miss Lu—does that thrill you, ’Net Watcher’?"

"No. It’s just... strange. Why? Princess Yao Tang invited Lu Jing and Lu Sizhou, which suggests they participated in that alternate timeline, yet we have no memory of theirs. And she kept stressing that she’s always known me. Is there something between her and me? I don’t dare to think about it." Xu Yang sighed.

"I don’t know, and no one ever will. Come on, time rolls forward. Let’s go home." Farosa said with disdain.

"Alright..." Xu Yang gathered his belongings and prepared to leave.

"This trip hardly seems worth it. Watching myself get beaten to a pulp in the battle footage only made me feel the urgency more." Farosa crossed her arms.

"It wasn’t a complete loss." Xu Yang pulled out the Jade Casket Princess Yao Tang had given him and placed it on the table, "Princess Yao Tang gave me a gift. It’s light. I don’t know what it is."

"Let me open it," Farosa approached the casket and slowly unsealed it.

Both Xu Yang and Farosa, upon seeing its contents, immediately closed it again.

Farosa’s body trembled uncontrollably.

Inside the casket was Princess Yao Tang’s fresh blood.

...

Lu Sizhou stormed back to the Heavenly Cardinal Manufacturing headquarters in Guangnan Prefecture with Lu Jing.

"If Chairman Lu finds out, he’ll surely scold you, Miss Lu. How could a Cyber Specter win you over?" Lu Sizhou said.

"Enough. Keep the Cyber Specter issue to yourself. If you let it slip, I’ll take you out. Just follow me obediently. Also, did you handle the matter I assigned to you last time?" Lu Jing asked.

"Handled. It was just about finding a Witch, right? Found her and already spent 20 million to purchase her." Lu Sizhou replied, noted for his lightning-fast efficiency.

"Bring her to the testing field at headquarters, and then make contact with someone for me." Lu Jing said decisively.

The young Witch was sent to the testing field.

She looked around in confusion, utterly unaware of what this powerful company intended to do with her.

Lu Jing leaned against the glass railing high above, while Lu Sizhou hurriedly brought over Liu Tianshi.

"Greetings, Miss Lu." Liu Tianshi saluted Lu Jing respectfully.

"Have the Witch use her Magic Power." Lu Jing turned and said.

Lu Sizhou descended to relay the command.

The Witch, still unsure, complied by using her Magic Power, transforming into a small snake slithering across the ground.

Lu Jing turned to observe Liu Tianshi beside her.

His mechanical body quickly heated up, its functions accelerating.

"I heard that back when you ascended to ’immortal’ status, it was thanks to a little Snake Witch. I’ve had Lu Sizhou keep an eye out for such information ever since, and now, finally—here she is, purchased and delivered. Honestly, we searched for quite a few snakes, but today’s one appears exactly as you once described." Lu Jing glanced down at the small snake.

Liu Tianshi scrutinized the Snake Witch repeatedly, then looked at Lu Jing.

"... A debt too great for words... Miss Lu, if you ever have any instructions, I, Liu, will go through hellfire to repay. If there’s anything I can do, please say the word." Liu Tianshi saluted Lu Jing with utmost sincerity.

Lu Jing hesitated for a moment.

"... Then... teach me... how to use a sword." Lu Jing sighed softly.

...

That night, Lu Jing visited her father Lu Kanyan’s office.

Lu Kanyan reclined in a thick chair, a faint smile barely visible on his aging face.

"Well? Have you found the benefactor of our family?" he asked.

"Found him," Lu Jing replied calmly, "It’s him. He admitted it, and I’ve expressed my gratitude. Without him, there’d be no Lu Family today."

"Indeed. For the past twenty-some years, this prophetic archive has lifted us to soaring heights. I’ve bragged every day about having a prophecy from a man of the future, which has made everything go as planned—though they say I’m a stock market genius." Lu Kanyan chuckled bitterly.

"You deserve it." Lu Jing nodded.

"No, I don’t deserve it. My abilities are too weak, still inadequate to lead Heavenly Cardinal Manufacturing effectively. Besides, this archive—its last recorded date is ’today.’ Too peculiar. It means it was returned to 25 years ago precisely on ’today.’ And it was on ’today’ that you attended the Dragon Conference."

"Correct. The conference revealed the answer: there are dual timelines. We exist in the better one." Lu Jing nodded.

"It seems my luck has run out. No more documents to guide my path. The future is now in your hands. Together with Nestor Corporation, let’s move forward." Lu Kanyan said light-heartedly.

Lu Jing walked behind her father, studying the archive displayed on the screen.

The files were astonishingly real.

They charted every stock’s performance trajectory, detailed to every single day over the past 25 years. They predicted housing prices, the issuance of the new Taixi Dollar currency, the numbers for every lottery draw, opportunities in every sector’s economic activity, and intricate demand analysis reports, down to which investments to make each year, month by month.

Anyone with even a modicum of economic sense could become unimaginably wealthy with them—let alone Lu Kanyan, a seasoned company executive, whose swift rise within the corporate ranks owed largely to these archives.

The most precious were a trove of technological blueprints, precisely outlining Heavenly Cardinal Manufacturing’s future product lines and research directions, while pointing out numerous design errors and pitfalls from the other timeline’s history. By avoiding the traps and taking the straight road, Lu Kanyan comfortably claimed the chairman’s seat.

"Though doubts lingered all along, today brought clarity." Lu Kanyan murmured as he flipped through the documents.

"I cried so much today..." Lu Jing said sorrowfully, "And yet... I still want to cry."

These archives.

Hundreds of thousands of pages packed with dense information.

Endless intelligence, priceless beyond imagination.

On the corner of every single page.

Were imprinted the Seven-pointed Star, Crossed Cross, and Roaring Evil Spirit symbols.