260: Chapter 262 is finished. We'll need to add another chair to the mahjong table at home.

The air pressure in the study was so low it could almost warp steel.

The tip of the greatsword in Jiang Wanqiu's hand had even slightly pierced the marble floor, emitting a teeth-gritting grinding sound.

Academician Chen Shuyin's screwdriver was spinning rapidly, its cold glint aimed straight at Jiang Chen's forehead.

Meanwhile, the newly materialized, tsundere, twin-tailed System Girl was sitting cross-legged on the table, holding a virtual tablet and wearing a look of anticipation, as if watching a good show.

"This situation, tsk tsk."

The System Girl flicked her twin tails and said sarcastically, "Host, your harem configuration is quite complete. One scholar, one warrior; one wants to dissect you, the other wants to chop you up, and now you've even added this system to watch the show."

"Shut up!"

Jiang Chen lowered his voice, his forehead covered in a fine layer of cold sweat, "One more word and I'll throttle you down to 2G speeds!"

Jiang Wanqiu looked at the "little loli" who dared to interrupt at a time like this, the killing intent in her red eyes instantly locking onto her target.

"And who is this spineless tin rat?"

Jiang Wanqiu sneered, raising her greatsword and pointing it directly at the System Girl: "Father God, is this the 'employment relationship' you spoke of? It seems you not only enjoy collecting 'female artisans,' but also enjoy collecting these... intangible fragments?"

Academician Chen Shuyin pushed up her glasses; although she was also furious, she reached a rare moment of consensus with Jiang Wanqiu at this moment.

She gave a cold smile, adjusting the frequency of the laser screwdriver in her hand to the maximum.

"I'm curious too."

"A program without biological structure, yet it can manifest such a vivid image?"

"Jiang Chen, if you can't explain this clearly today, whether it's this Empress or this AI, it seems we'll need a bigger operating table."

Jiang Chen felt his heart rate overloading rapidly.

The two women were each more ruthless than the other; one wanted to split him with a sword, the other wanted to take him apart with a screwdriver.

Plus that twin-tailed loli who loved watching the chaos unfold.

Where was this a research base?

This was clearly the epicenter of a Shura field!

"Stop!"

Jiang Chen slammed the table, creating a loud bang.

"Everyone, calm down!"

He pointed to the huge square table in the corner of the study that had been sitting unused, originally intended for meetings with The Presidents.

"Let's play! Put away the weapons!"

"Whatever conflicts you have, let's sit down and talk it out."

"Academician Chen, didn't you say you wanted to study my body? Wanqiu, didn't you want to know about my experiences these past few days?"

"Perfect."

Jiang Chen pulled a set of specially made, high-strength magnetic mahjong tiles from his storage grid and slapped them onto the table:

"Let's play mahjong."

"Whoever loses, follows the winner's arrangements, how about that?"

Jiang Wanqiu paused, the killing intent in her red eyes dimming slightly: "Mahjong? A sacrificial activity of the God Realm?"

Academician Chen Shuyin also frowned: "A logic game? Are you trying to resolve the dispute through probability theory?"

"Yes!"

Jiang Chen spouted nonsense, maintaining a straight face: "This is the practical teaching of 'Game Theory' passed down for thousands of years in our Dragon Country."

"Whoever wins at the table has the highest authority in this house."

"It's very scientific and very fair."

And just like that, under the stunned gazes of everyone, this "Shura field" negotiation, capable of triggering dimensional turmoil, actually turned into a four-person mahjong game.

Jiang Wanqiu sat on the east side; even while holding the mahjong tiles, her greatsword was pressed firmly against the corner of the table, looking ready to flip it at any moment.

Academician Chen Shuyin sat on the south side, calmly calculating the probability of every tile.

Jiang Chen sat on the west side, sweating profusely, while having to protect the System Girl, who was frantically causing trouble on the side and trying to peek at everyone's tiles.

"Nine of Characters."

Jiang Wanqiu coldly discarded a tile, her gaze locked firmly on Academician Chen Shuyin.

"Pong."

Academician Chen Shuyin didn't change her expression, "Dr. Chen, your playing style is too steady, it's boring."

Jiang Chen was caught in the middle, feeling his waist ache unbearably.

He had to guard against Wanqiu exploding at any moment, keep an eye on Shuyin to ensure she didn't conduct any "targeted research," and manage the System Girl to prevent her from pulling tricks under the table.

This wasn't playing mahjong!

This was dancing on the edge of a knife!

Just as Jiang Chen was about to draw a Two of Dots, hoping to completely end this meaningless confrontation.

"Beep—!"

The system, which had still been recording the mahjong game data, suddenly emitted an extremely sharp electronic beep.

It shot up from Jiang Chen's shoulder.

It hovered in mid-air.

Those large, originally playful blue eyes instantly became cold and mechanical.

"Warning."

"Severe warning."

The little loli's voice vanished, replaced by a cold warning from a high-dimensional observer that was enough to chill the entire Solar System to the bone.

"Abnormal spatial physical parameters detected."

"High-energy shockwave detected."

She quickly pulled up a holographic sphere, which was a complete topographical map of the entire Solar System. At the very edge of the star map, deep in the Milky Way Galaxy, a black dot was expanding violently.

"What... is that?"

Academician Chen Shuyin was shocked by this sudden change; she looked at the screen, feeling her breath freezing.

"That is not a wall."

The System Girl's voice was ethereal and distant, as if announcing some kind of final judgment:

"That is a node of spatial collapse."

"At the edge of this Milky Way Galaxy, an... insurmountable crystal wall has appeared."

"The entire Milky Way Galaxy, and even the entire local star cluster, is being..."

She didn't finish her sentence.

Because everyone's gaze was completely drawn to the image on the screen.

At the edge of that distant void.

It wasn't some meteorite, nor was it some warship.

It was... a wall.

A "wall" invisible to the naked eye, yet exhibiting absolute physical obstruction at the speed of light, and composed entirely of high-dimensional matter.

This wall had enclosed the Milky Way Galaxy.

Like a massive, endless fence for a farm.

"We..."

Jiang Chen slowly put down the mahjong tiles in his hand, watching the scene, a flicker of unprecedented horror flashing in his eyes, "We always thought we were exploring the universe."

"But it turns out..."

"We are just... livestock enclosed in a fence, waiting to be harvested?"

At this moment, no one spoke.

And that wall seemed to have sensed the observation from within.

In that instant, a gap cracked open on the wall.

A golden eye, massive enough to fill the entire star system and filled with malice, slowly opened.

It coldly swept across the Earth, swept across the Moon, and finally...

Fixed onto Jiang Chen's face.

It seemed to be saying:

"Finally, a rat..."

"That wants to jump out of the fence."