Cyber Era Witch -
Chapter 665 - 557: Dividing the Profits
Chapter 665: Chapter 557: Dividing the Profits
"I have been transformed a lot," Seeking Shadow looked at her own mechanoid body.
Upon closer observation, Xu Yang noticed the significant changes in Seeking Shadow.
The color hadn’t changed, but her exterior had been upgraded from silicone and plastic to Kevlar armor, the lining from leather to aramid material, and the joints from iron to aviation-grade steel—an all-around improvement.
"Did Nidelaide help you with this?" Xu Yang saw a lot of budget craftsmanship.
"Yes, it’s like upgrading implants, but for the mechanoid body," Seeking Shadow said, quite satisfied with the improvements.
Seeking Shadow had initially been a domestic companion robot, but now, in terms of materials, she could compare to professional combat robots, making her a formidable assassin. Coupled with combat experience downloaded from a Quantum Warrior and an Ion Sword, her overall strength was quite remarkable.
"You should enhance your carrying capacity," Xu Yang thought of this, "bring a gun."
"I want to grow taller," Seeking Shadow said upon hearing Xu Yang’s suggestion, letting her imagination take flight, "I want to grow to 1.8 meters, so I can carry bigger ’bang bangs.’
"You could be recast, like a girl growing up. It’s about time Seeking Shadow grew taller, and besides, I should register an official Nestor Society Member identity for you," Xu Yang understood.
"Then I won’t be folded up and treated like luggage anymore," Seeking Shadow became increasingly happy as she spoke. Her eyes rotated continuously, and her expressions grew richer.
Seeking Shadow, the shadow of the Cyber Specter.
"What about Rinne and the others?" Xu Yang thought of Rinne, who had been eager to see the Cyber Specter.
"Rinne’s hands were damaged by Blackfire," Seeking Shadow explained.
"What happened?" Xu Yang asked further.
"She tried to attack Blackfire, but the fire traveled back up the monomolecular wire and burned them. You can still see the scorch marks. Qianxue treated her, but it didn’t turn out well," Seeking Shadow explained.
"Does she want to go to the Recovery Star for repairs?"
"I don’t know," Seeking Shadow was not yet powerful enough to guess Rinne’s subtle thoughts.
"She needs to undergo intensive treatment; it’s also time for her to attend her last course."
"To fully master the Helis Sea?"
"Exactly," Xu Yang nodded. Rinne had already mastered sixty to seventy percent of the content. Once Xu Yang passed on the final techniques, she could truly become the second guardian of the Nestor Corporation’s Helis Sea. Rinne was talented and straightforward, and she would indeed become Xu Yang’s assistant in the future.
"Then there’s Nidelaide. He needs funds to establish his own implant factory and development company," Seeking Shadow continued, going over the previous requests of the group.
"Handled," Xu Yang added this to his list of tasks. As soon as Nidelaide got started, the Nestor Corporation would support him vigorously, expanding into the business of human implants.
With the Nestor Corporation at the height of its power, it could also protect Nidelaide, helping him purchase patents and allowing him to use cheap materials to imitate other companies’ products, letting people get affordable and durable implants at the lowest prices.
"The Sajou Siblings need some Magical Materials so they can forge according to the recipes in the Spellbook," Seeking Shadow continued to list the needs of their friends.
"No problem, allot them 50 kilograms for a trial," Xu Yang nodded.
Spells. Xu Yang mused internally. He didn’t study magic because it consumed too much energy. Furthermore, it required offering loyalty, sacrifices, and gifts to the Ancient Mystics, which was troublesome, even though the spells left by Yan Duo were very abstruse, as Yan Duo didn’t teach. His blind followers struggled to replicate them.
The only solution was to authorize the trustworthy Sajou Siblings to delve into the research. Once they became masters and thoroughly examined each spell’s advantages and conditions of use, spells could be promoted in the future, training entire armies of spellcasters.
Moon Technique, Sun God Technique, and Sea’s Ritual—these three series of spells all have their merits. It was still necessary to secretly recruit trustworthy individuals to develop the other two series of spells.
With an army of spellcasters that could be mass-produced, there would be more confidence on the supernatural battlefield. The origins of Moon and Sun God Techniques were Mond and Yan Duo, whom were trustworthy. The source of the sea spells was even more extraordinary—it was Farosa herself, who devoured Orcian and inherited the authority of the sea. Once his beloved Farosa woke up and went to work, Xu Yang still had to discuss this with her and make arrangements, which would greatly enhance their own strength.
"Then there’s A999. It has changed its blade three times and now wants a more powerful one," Seeking Shadow explained.
"The best swords are Divine Artifacts with enchantments. The next best are Mythical Swords and Plasma Blades. We can forge a Dragon Fire Crafted Great Katana from Moonlight channels. We’ll send it a catalog of designs; let it choose," Xu Yang nodded, agreeing.
Weapon craftsmanship needed to be carefully considered.
Since the Nestor Corporation couldn’t produce high-grade metals itself, ordinary metal weapons crafted with Dragonfire couldn’t compare to Mythical Metal coupled with Dragonfire. As for the Ion Sword, only Seeking Shadow had one. They were originally equipped for Blackfire’s Invisible Imperial Guard, aiding in their invincibility.
Engraved weapons should be considered, Xu Yang thought internally. For example, engraving the Law of Slaughter on swords, similar to Engraved Bullets.
However, the volume of the sword was enormous, making engraving craftsmanship a challenge. It required carving over the entire blade and the related technicians had not yet completed their training. The little Witches had crafted all the previous Engraved Bullets by hand.
As of now, we can only rely on the help of the Moonlight Dragon Clan to forge weapons until we find other legendary ores.
"Hosoda Yoshiyuki wants to visit Xia for tourism," Seeking Shadow recalled.
"That’s fine. Zuo Hongchen has made money for our company through foreign trade, and he’s planning to return to Daliang to visit his family, returning home in glory. Let Hosoda go with him to enjoy the good mountains and waters, and unwind for a while," Xu Yang nodded.
"The sleazy little businessman Zuo might get chopped up by Hosoda on a whim," Seeking Shadow wondered curiously.
"That’s not an issue. Zuo is a cunning man, and Hosoda needs to rest and temper his disposition. Just warn him more sternly," Xu Yang said.
"What about Xiao Lu?" asked Seeking Shadow. "How should we reward Xiao Lu?"
"Let her come up here for a visit. I’ll adjust her Digital Mind myself," Xu Yang nodded.
"Wow," Seeking Shadow felt that Xiao Lu was also moving up, "And what about Snowball?"
"The little dog will be sent to the research department to recover intelligence data."
"And Masasuke Hazuki," Seeking Shadow nodded. "Our newly recruited mercenary who fought fiercely. It hasn’t been easy for him, and he’s both honest and clever."
"We still need to assess that," Xu Yang wasn’t familiar with Masasuke Hazuki, so he couldn’t say he trusted him much.
Xu Yang allocated funds to Seeking Shadow, ordering her to distribute dividends to comfort the hearts of the team members. She left the information room and took the elevator back down.
After saying goodbye to Seeking Shadow, Xu Yang felt a bit more at ease when alone, especially now that he had built such a large room for himself, which served both private and official functions. He was probably going to be based permanently at the Nestor Corporation headquarters, saving him the trouble of commuting back and forth to Shijin Mansion.
Xu Yang went to the kitchen, took out a Nestor Ice Soda from the fridge to drink, and then prepared to enter the next important meeting.
At that moment, he saw from the camera that the small door at the entrance was being pushed open, and Little Fool walked in, pitter-patter.
Lately, she had become quite interested in all things that glimmer, especially mirrors. Whenever she gazed into the mirror, Little Fool found it endlessly mysterious. Xu Yang’s collection room had become her favorite place to visit.
"How is Little Farosa doing?"
"Behaving well," said Little Fool as she walked onto the transparent glass floor and squatted down to look at her reflection.
"And how about compared to you?"
"I’m even better behaved," Little Fool claimed.
"What do you see in the mirror?"
Little Fool looked at the person in the mirror but did not speak; instead, she wanted Xu Yang to lift her onto his shoulders.
"I have a meeting to start, so be careful, okay?" Xu Yang returned to the conference room.
He lay down in his chair, closed his eyes, and connected to the virtual meeting space.
Representatives of the famous companies from the Eastern Hemisphere were all present, now discussing how to split and dismantle Black Fire Innovation, which is to say, they were discussing how to deal with this defeated arms company from the victor’s perspective.
Diplomacy is the continuation of war, and whether the war was worth fighting is entirely dependent on the performance of corporate diplomacy, the highest art of wisdom and strategy.
Using the best technology, the representatives didn’t need to be physically present but instead connected their consciousness to an online space for high-level talks.
The representative from Heavenly Cardinal Manufacturing was the group’s vice president, Lu Sizhou, who was accompanied by several Jade Automatons and the head of the foreign affairs department, Su Gui.
Attending for Kyushu High Pavilion were the executive director Li Shicheng and the second strategic officer Meng Fangping; both shrewd and vigorous individuals.
Xu Yang had only seen these two in the senior management listings before, but now he sat alongside them as a listener, representing Nestor Corporation as a network surveillance officer, which was remarkable.
Other influential medium and large companies from the Xia District also sent representatives. These companies’ positions were essentially aligned with those of the giant enterprises, including enterprises like Rainbow Entertainment, Djin Industrial Company, Dragon Prance Group, Zishan Bank, Hidden Dragon Electronics Company, White Coast Chemical Group, and Global Express Trade Company, each with their strengths in different domains within Xia.
Outside of Xia, Great Ocean Engineering, South Silla Modern Entertainment, and the North Silla Alliance also made contributions, so they too sent representatives to the meeting, though they had little say.
Kyoto Infinity sent Tenjouin Shino.
"Black Fire Innovation has shown us weakness and hopes to end the war," Lu Sizhou’s voice resonated in the meeting, setting the tone instantly, "So let’s decide among us how to deal with the defeated Black Fire Innovation!"
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