The sudden allocation of one billion yuan, and for something unrelated to the company's business, left the company's senior executives present stunned.
Sophie, who had been standing to the side, understood Han Ling's words, and the smile on her face gradually faded.
Seeing everyone's reaction, Han Ling smiled and said:
"Don't worry about the consequences, I will take full responsibility. Today you all discovered Sophie's anomaly, and each of you will receive a reward."
As for Sophie… Parsons, take him down!
At Han Ling's command, Parsen drew out two more mantis bone knives and immediately began his operation.
Although Parsons didn't know the reason, he trusted Han Ling's decision.
Parsons and Sophie were both standing in the dormitory, only two steps apart.
The distance shortened again as soon as the bone knife appeared.
Parson gripped the bone knife in his backhand, took a step forward, and with a twist of his arms, swept the two blades across Sophie's chest.
"Sizzle! Sizzle!"
The sound of clothes tearing rang out.
Sophie had no time to dodge; her smooth skin was suddenly cut open, revealing a line of blood and droplets of blood seeping out.
The female insects watching trembled, their eyes filled with complex emotions.
The female insects were shocked; Parsons was serious!
Moreover, Parsons' fighting ability is terrifying!
The pheromones of the Grade A female insects spread out, forcefully encroaching on the range of their pheromone secretion.
With a single, decisive strike, Parson did not stop. He touched the ground with his toes and darted forward, his mantis knife slicing around Sophie's arm.
After their figures clashed, Parsons's mantis knife blade was already at Sophie's neck.
Sophis's hands were clasped behind her back; with a slight movement, the mantis blade tilted forward.
"Whoosh!"
The hair, along with the skin and flesh of the neck, was instantly ripped open.
Parsons grabbed Sophie's hair and growled:
"Don't move. If you make any rash moves, even I can't save you."
"Holded by the crossed and twisted mantis blades, if you move your arms even slightly, the mantis blades will surely sever your head."
All of the Zerg's moves are killing moves; this is something they were born with during their genetic evolution.
Normally, female insects do not easily resort to violence, but once they do, blood will inevitably be drawn until they completely control the enemy's life.
Sophie was subdued in a moment of hesitation, her face filled with disbelief.
But before he could say anything, he heard a snap, and then everything went dark.
Parsons sheathed his mantis knife and said:
"Lord Han Ling, Sophis has been subdued. I snapped his neck and severed his brain nerves, temporarily rendering him unable to think."
"Huh?" Han Ling's shocked voice came from the screen:
"Just subdue Sophie, don't let him die. Why did you kill him outright?"
Sophis wiped the mantis knife with the fabric at her wrist and explained:
"He's not dead. Zerg aren't that fragile. His neck will recover within 5 hours, and there won't be any aftereffects. Zerg are invertebrates, they just look very similar to humans in human form. Damage to their spine won't cause death."
Hearing this, Han Ling breathed a sigh of relief; he had really been terrified. He coughed twice and said:
"That's good. You wait here for a moment. The Third Protective Legion will be here shortly."
"Yes, Chairman."
When the video call ended, Parsons retracted his telekinetic armor, dressed in a tight-fitting outfit, and casually stood next to Sophis.
With his guard down, his tentacles landed back on his head. Parsons ran his fingers through his short, dark blue hair, letting the tentacles disappear into the strands.
Only then did the surrounding female insects come to their senses.
They all stepped forward, walked up to Parsons, and asked him questions in shock.
"President, your skills are even better than those of military academy students."
"President, are you a Grade A female insect?"
"That was so cool! That mantis blade was amazing! Boss, I'm a mantis clan member too."
Faced with everyone's questions, Parson answered them one by one. After asking all the questions, Parson pointed to three of the company's senior executives and said:
"I remember the people who went to the office planet for inspection this time were from your two groups. Can you contact them now? Try to get them to come over. The Third Protection Legion might want to question them later."
"Okay, I'll contact them right away."
This visit to Office Planet involved three departments and a total of 12 people.
The three senior directors contacted the inspectors one by one and called them all over.
"Are you at school? If so, come to Room 505, Building 12, Liyuan immediately. I need to talk to you."
What's up? Good news! I'm rewarding you with 10,000 credits. You'll find out when you get here.
The 12 people who were woken up were still confused, but they got up happily nonetheless.
Ten thousand credits, why not take them!
However, when these people arrived at the door of dormitory 505 and saw Sophie lying on the ground, they were dumbfounded.
"Director, what's the matter that you called us over?"
The three directors chuckled maliciously.
"Hmph, now that you've seen it, you can't leave any survivors, be good..."
Unfortunately, before the three directors could finish speaking, Parson interrupted them with a dark expression:
"Alright! What time is it? Stop playing!"
After reprimanding the group of directors, Parsons turned to the 12 employees who had arrived together and asked them earnestly:
"Sophis has a mental problem; the Third Protection Legion will send someone to take him away in a bit."
His mental state had always been normal until he went to the office planet, after which he started having problems.
The reason I called you all here today is to ask when Sophie's changes began. Do you remember?
This trip to the office planet lasted for two weeks.
Within two weeks, Sophie must have undergone a significant change and acted in ways that were unusual.
After thinking for a while, the 12 employees said:
"President, can we discuss this? We can't be sure about some of the timing."
Parsons nodded: "Let's discuss it here, we can listen in too."
With the president's permission, the 12 employees began to discuss the matter animatedly.
Director Sophie was always very polite and smiled at everyone he met, but I spent the entire voyage in the cockpit observing the route and didn't have much contact with him.
—I get seasick and slept in my cabin the whole time, barely moving. I only saw Director Sophie twice, when boarding and disembarking. Thinking about it carefully, I feel that Director Sophie's change is quite obvious. He didn't smile much before, did he? Under normal, relaxed conditions, no one can smile all the time; smiling requires facial muscles to be tense.
—So, Director Sophie was normal when boarding the plane, but changed after returning?
—Yes, that should be the case. Let's go over the timeline.
—On the first day, when we boarded the plane, who was the pilot? Who was responsible for distributing the nutritional supplements?
—I was in charge of driving; I was the driver for the past two weeks.
—For two weeks, I was the one distributing the food. I'm rather lazy, so the food I distributed every day was the same flavor.
—Let's use the food distribution as a timeline and work our way up to see exactly which day the problem occurred.
—The first day's nutritional supplement was orange flavored. Did anyone see Sophie on this day?
...
The twelve people discussing the topic were like a noisy engine running continuously.
The buzzing sound kept repeating, making people's ears hurt.
Fortunately, all 12 people were reasonable, and after sorting things out, they found the time when Sophie changed.
—It took us three days to go there, and three days to inspect the office space. The return trip took three days. If everything went smoothly for those nine days, it means that Director Sophie's accident occurred in the last three days.
Upon hearing this, Parsons quickly asked:
Where were you for the next three days?
"President, we will be at the Capital Star Bio-Epidemic Prevention Checkpoint for the next three days."
Our office planet is not among the planets that have been opened to interstellar travel, so we must stay at the biosecurity checkpoint for three days when we return.
"Because we may carry seeds of unfamiliar pathogens, microorganisms, and other organisms, which could damage the environment of the capital planet."
"The biosafety checkpoint is a single-person isolation room, and we all live alone. If there were no problems before, then Director Sophie could only have made changes after this."
Upon hearing this, Parsons frowned even more deeply. No wonder Lord Han Ling set the reward for reporting at 1 billion credits; it turned out that this change in Sophis originated from the capital planet, not from outer space!
The thought of the permanent population of the capital planet sent shivers down Parsons' spine.
The capital planet is full of schools, and graduates are celebrating their graduation season. University students in other grades are also about to have their holidays and return to their own planets.
If the changes in Sophie are caused by biological pathogens and are uncontrollable...
Once this disease spreads, it will affect countless Zerg planets.
Parsons looked up and surveyed the room. The company executives who had experienced the same incident as him all had furrowed brows.
They must have considered the negative consequences of the movement of people.
Parsons exhaled and slowly said:
"Everyone should have thought of the same thing. There are many things we can do. Now! Immediately! Announce the matter of the bonus, and make sure everyone is informed!"
Furthermore, I will personally invest an additional 1 billion credits to notify all universities that anyone who reports a situation like Sophie's will be rewarded! This applies not only to employees of Lingtian Company, but to every Zerg member.
During his year at Lingtian Company, Parsons earned tens of billions of credits, so taking out 1 billion now is not a difficult task for him.
Moreover, his future development is bright, and he has no worries about money.
Now, it's time to give back to society.
As soon as Parsons spoke, the directors immediately pulled out their personal computers and bombarded the group with messages.
[Chairman's Announcement: It's Time to Make Money!]
Report any colleague who speaks unclearly, thinks incoherently, or moves slowly. You will be rewarded with 10,000 credits.
If the patient is not a colleague, a reward of 50,000 credits will be given after finding out the patient's address and name.
Please submit your report to your team leader, who will then report it to the director every evening at 8 PM. There is no limit to the number of reports you can submit.
[CEO's Call: It's Time to Make Money!]
Once you discover a resident of the capital planet who is slurred in speech, confused in thought, or slow in movement, you will be rewarded with 10,000 credits for reporting them after you have ascertained their address and name.
This reward is open to all Zerg players regardless of their status, and there is no limit to the number of times it can be claimed. It can also be combined with the Chairman's reward.
Report the following computer account: xxxxxxxxxxxxx.
Upon receiving the two reward messages, the employees of Lingtian Company who were still awake began to cheer and shout excitedly while holding the screen.
Although I don't know exactly what this is, the company has never lied to anyone, so it must be a great money-making opportunity.
Those who are more quick-witted have already contacted the director privately.
[Director, I'm a student from the school next door, not at Qiming University. I'd like to ask about the second reward: can someone who isn't a Lingtian employee report someone and still receive the reward?]
[Yes, you can directly edit the message and report it to that AI account. After verification, the credit points will be sent directly to the reporter's AI. You can also help spread the word, thank you.]
[Yes, sir! I understand!]
After all this was done, the Third Protective Legion arrived.
Dressed in blue and white military uniforms and wearing peaked caps, they entered dormitory 505 and took Sophie from Parsons' hands.
The 12 employees were then taken away as eyewitnesses.
Fearing that the 12 employees might misunderstand, Parsons also gave each of them a bonus of 10,000 credits on the spot.
They were the ones who discovered Sophie's anomaly, and they deserve it.
2 a.m.
Today's events have finally come to an end.
Parsons waved and hurriedly left with the company's senior executives.
Walking along the school's pathways, Parsons didn't forget to reassure his employees:
"Everyone has worked hard tonight. Go back and get some rest. Our work start time tomorrow will be delayed by 4 hours. We will start work at 1 p.m.."
Needless to say, Parsons, a master of leadership skills, once again won the respect of his employees.
"Thank you, President. We're heading back now."
Goodbye, CEO.
the next day.
At noon, the sun shone brightly, and sunlight bathed the earth.
Parsons had just gotten up and dressed when he received a call request from Han Ling.
After the video call is connected.
Parsons paused, stunned, when he saw Han Ling's back.
"Boss, you've left Aphrodite?"
In Han Ling's background, there is simple furniture and decorations, which do not resemble the style of Aphrodite at all, but are more similar to the student dormitory of the school.
Han Ling nodded:
"Yes, I've come to my female insect. I've been running back and forth lately. You know, I can construct spatial teleportation channels, so going back and forth is no problem."
Parsons was well aware of Han Ling's identity.
However, Parsons was not so clear about Han Ling's romantic relationships.
However, if Han Ling doesn't say anything, Parson won't ask too many questions.
Ignoring this question, Parsons asked:
"Boss, what do you want from me?"
Han Ling straightened his expression and said seriously:
"The Third Protective Legion's interrogation has yielded results. The situation is quite serious; Sophis is currently unable to return to school. The reward I mentioned last night will no longer have a limit on the amount; it will be completely open. Report as many strange people as you can."
"Compile the list every day and remember to send it to me. The female soldiers of the Third Protective Legion will operate at night to capture all the guys like Sophie."
When Parsons heard this, his heart skipped a beat. So it really was bacteria or a virus?
"Understood, boss. I'll pass the word down right away. I'll have someone temporarily fill the position of CFO. Will Sophie be coming back?"
After a brief moment of thought, Han Ling nodded firmly:
"Yes, Sophie will return safely."
With Han Ling's promise, Parsons breathed a sigh of relief.
The two chatted about the game for a while before hanging up.
After the call ended, Parsons straightened his collar, then sat down at his desk and began his workday.
What Parsons didn't know was that the outside world had gone mad because of those two reward bounties.
Nobody believes in free lunches.
However, when faced with the temptation of profit, everyone is willing to give it a try.
The second bounty, which allowed any Zerg player to claim a reward, spread throughout the major universities on the capital planet.
Parsons, as a prominent senior in this class, was already a well-known figure.
With a net worth of tens of billions, it's not unreasonable for him to take out a billion to play around.
As a result, the students went wild with fun.
Many female insects, hoping to earn rewards, would report each other to their friends, just to try their luck.
Some female insects, not wanting to fake it, would wander around the school during their rest time, hoping to find a passerby who was inarticulate and slow-moving.
It was evening.
Capital Star
At a military school.
A female insect is strolling through the campus.
Suddenly, someone patted him on the shoulder.
"Excuse me, are you Pat? The younger brother of Parsons, the president of Lingtian Company?"
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