Chapter 1111 - Manison: I Lack a Sense of Security (1/2)

As soon as Manison finished speaking, the entire conference room went silent.

Everyone turned to Manison simultaneously.

You pulling our legs?

Han Xiao almost forgot to breathe. He sized Manison up with a suspicious look.

“You really have fifty million Lord’s Avatars?”

“Maybe I exaggerated it a little,” Manison joked.

Now that makes sense. Lord’s Avatars are not mechanical soldiers. How can you build that many? I don’t even have five thousa… ahem, fifty thousand spare Lord’s Avatars.

Secretly relieved, Han Xiao asked subconsciously, “So, how many do you really have?”

“48,001,052… Oh, it’s 48,001,054 now. Just built two more while we spoke.”

The world went silent.

Han Xiao’s mouth twitched. He was a little lost and completely did not understand why.

“Wait, I can understand no matter how many mechanical soldiers you’ve built, but what’s the point of building so many Lord’s Avatars? You can only descend on one at a time. How are you going to utilize all of them?”

“Oh, I lack a sense of security,” Manison replied. “No harm building more.”

The world went silent once again. You’re the damn Mechanic Emperor, lack a sense of security? I f*… okay, that’s an indisputable reason.

Other than the word shameless, the people present could not find any other word to think of.

All Han Xiao wanted to do was blast off Manison’s head.

You’re showing off your wealth, right? You must be showing off your wealth!

Close to fifty million Lord’s Avatars, are you an animal? How wealthy can you get?

You’re trying to take over all the ambush locations, aren’t you? You think you’re mighty just because you’re rich?

Noticing Black Star’s almost overflowing resentment, Manison calmly smiled and gave him a look. That’s right. I’m mighty because I’m rich. Thanks for the assist.

Han Xiao clenched his teeth and sent Manison a private message. “Stop messing around. There’s no point in building tens of millions of Lord’s Avatars other than it being a waste!”

“Hehe, you’re too young. The Mechanical Race doesn’t have much, but it never lacked machinery…” Manison smiled and softly stroked his beard before adding, “And money.”

F*ck, almost forgot you were born rich! Damn rich people!

Han Xiao ground his teeth secretly.

“I came up with this plan. Shouldn’t you show some sincerity at least? How about giving me ten million Lord’s Avatars.”

“My avatars are my size, not like you can use them. What do you want them for?” Manison raised his brows.

“I can melt and rebuild them. The material cost for ten million Lord’s Avatars isn’t low.”

“Sure, exchange them for some Spacetime Amber.”

“F*ck off!”

Han Xiao instantly cut off the private conversation.

This old man is always trying to get my Spacetime Amber. Bad!

While the two of them made faces at each other, the person in charge from the three Universal Civilizations also looked back and forth between them with strong suspicion.

One of you is the president of the Beyond Grade A development union, and the other is the vice president…

Are the two of you putting on an act together?

Sidreun coughed, forced out a smile, and said, “We appreciate Your Excellency Mechanic Emperor’s generosity, but the plan has yet to be finalized. You don’t have to be in such a hurry…”

“You’re right.” Manison nodded. He casually waved his hand, signaling that he was just casually making a suggestion and that they could continue their previous conversation.

Sidreun then turned to Han Xiao and said with a deep voice, “Your Excellency Black Star, your idea does indeed seem good, but its feasibility still requires more discussion. Firstly, we have to make sure that the virus core has returned to the quantum network for us to cut off network connections on a large scale and limit the range of its exits. But how will we know when it has logged on to the network? You must know, those viruses don’t have a fixed time for sending feedback data. We have no way of knowing when the virus core will be online.

“Secondly, as of now, we can’t even lock onto the virus core’s data pattern and aren’t able to trace it on the network. If it remains in the quantum network, will we just not be able to find it?”

“Hence, this was just a rough idea. The details still need to be decided. However, it should be feasible,” Han Xiao said.

“These problems all have a way of being solved. Since we know that the virus core is a life form and have its details, we can use that as an anchor and use prophecy spells to search the time it will log on to the network,” Kant added.

“As for the data pattern of the virus core, I can provide some details,” Manison said. “Although I didn’t catch it, I recorded the traces it left behind when it was in the quantum network. With that as the clue, we can do cross-referencing, and we should be able to lock onto its data pattern.”

The people present discussed ideas for a while and gradually filled in the details. They all felt that this plan was worth trying. This time, Sidreun brought up the last issue. “I have one last question. The participants of this operation might not have to know Virtual Paramount. Every Beyond Grade A should have the ability to capture the virus core, and the chances will be higher if all the Beyond Grade As here take part in it.”

He did not believe the nonsense Han Xiao said at all. Beyond Grade As should all have the ability to capture the virus core. There was no way Virtual Paramount was a requirement. That certainly had to be Black Star and the Mechanic Emperor’s conspiracy. “I have no objections. I’m glad to be of help.” The rest of the people present all agreed.

Of course you have no objections. What objections will you have since you will have an opportunity to obtain the core… Han Xiao complained in his mind.

“Then it’s decided,” Sidreun said with a serious tone. “This plan still requires approval from the upper echelons. The three of us all have to report it. The results should come very soon, and it’ll most likely go smoothly. This operation still needs you guys, the Beyond Grade As, so I hope you’re all well prepared. The safety of the universe depends on you.”

Deactivating the remote projection, Han Xiao’s vision returned to his office.

He casually knocked on the table and pondered.

All the Beyond Grade As would be working together to capture the virus core, and every single one of them wanted to get their hands on the core. Hence, choosing the ambush location was the top priority. This was a matter of probability. The more avatars one had, the higher the chances of meeting the virus core. In this respect, no one could compare with the Mechanic Emperor.

Comparatively, Han Xiao’s spare Lord’s Avatars were very few. It was not because he lacked money, but to him, there was not much of a point building too many of them. He would only be able to descend on one avatar at a time no matter what.

It was clear old man Manison had ulterior motives for building so many avatars. He was probably planning to take over countless planets one day.