167: Chapter 167 First Mission: Entertaining the Audience

The [Plane-level Mandatory Acquisition Contract] worth three million dimension points, the moment it flew into the sky above Heaven—

It exploded.

It wasn't a failure; it was taking effect.

The nine-colored light transformed into billions of law threads, like a giant net covering the entire Heaven plane. Every thread precisely pierced into the "core equity structure" of Heaven, beginning to violently rewrite the ownership code.

Three seconds.

In just three seconds.

[Acquisition Complete]

[100% equity of Heaven Holding Group has been transferred to the Underworld Group]

[Current shareholding ratio: Lin Chen personally 51%, Underworld Group 49%]

The giant screen in the sky refreshed its data simultaneously, and the bullet chat went absolutely wild:

[Holy crap, a one-second acquisition?!]

[Those three million dimension points were well spent!]

[Tips! There must be tips!]

[User 'Acquisition Madman' tipped 5 million dimension points!]

[User 'Arrogant Dragon Hater' tipped 3 million dimension points: I just love seeing the Immortal Emperor suffer a setback!]

Lin Chen's backend data skyrocketed once again:

[Total Tips: 23,872,844 dimension points]

[Likes: 8,492,301/1,000,000 (Over-completed)]

[Main Quest "Acquire Heaven" Status: Completed]

But it wasn't over yet.

Almost in the same second the acquisition was completed—

In another corner of the sky, a golden settlement interface popped up:

[Cross-Dimensional Challenge "Acquire Heaven in Three Days" Result Public Notice]

[Challenger: Lin Chen (Time taken: 3 seconds)]

[Respondent: Long Aotian Immortal Emperor (Estimated time: 72 hours)]

[Winner Determination: Lin Chen wins]

[Wager Settlement: Long Aotian Immortal Emperor must pay 10 million dimension points]

[Enforcement in progress...]

The interface showed that 10 million dimension points were forcibly transferred from an account in a distant plane into Lin Chen's backend.

The total tips jumped to 33,872,844 dimension points!

"Tsk."

Lin Chen looked at the numbers and shrugged at the camera:

"Immortal Emperor, my apologies for winning."

The bullet chat laughed hysterically:

[The Immortal Emperor's face must be green with envy!]

[Three days turned into three seconds, this is a dimension-reduction strike!]

[Boss Lin is awesome! Followed!]

And at this moment, inside Heaven.

All angels, holy beasts, and even the floating clouds and palaces automatically manifested Underworld Group work badges on themselves.

The positions were written on the work badges:

[Underworld Group Heaven Branch · Employee]

[ID: TH-XXXX]

[Direct Superior: Chairman Lin]

The Intern Xiao Zhang, who had been crying from fear earlier, now clutched a stack of documents and scrambled to fly in front of Lin Chen:

"Ch-Chairman! This is Heaven's asset list, debt report, employee roster..."

"And this," he handed over a pure gold key, "this is the master key to the 'Holy Light Vault.' It contains the Faith Crystals accumulated by Heaven over billions of years, with an estimated value of... 9,000 trillion nether talismans."

Lin Chen took the key and tossed it casually.

Then, he did something that drove the bullet chat completely insane—

He threw the key directly to Michael at the victory banquet below.

"Old Mi."

He said.

"The Heaven Branch is under your management now."

"Annual KPI: 30% growth in faith income, employee satisfaction raised to 90%, and the complaint rate lowered to below 0.5%."

"There's a bonus if you complete it. If you don't..."

Lin Chen smiled:

"You know the consequences."

Michael caught the key, completely dazed.

Three minutes ago, he was just a tool who was almost written as a 'fallen villain' by the Screenwriting Team.

Three minutes later, he had become the General Manager of the Heaven Branch.

"Ch-Chairman..." Michael's voice trembled, "I... I will definitely..."

"No more nonsense." Lin Chen waved his hand. "Go handle the handover. I want to see the rectification plan tomorrow."

With that, he looked up at the giant screen in the sky and smiled at the 3.3 billion online viewers (the number had grown again):

"Are you satisfied with the first livestream?"

The bullet chat exploded:

[Satisfied!!!]

[Tips! Keep tipping!]

[User 'I Want To See More' tipped 10 million dimension points: Requesting a livestream of rectifying Heaven's internal affairs!]

[User 'Plot Enthusiast' tipped 5 million dimension points: I want to see the scene where the natives' worldviews shatter!]

Dramatic Twist:

Just as Lin Chen was preparing to continue interacting—

Customer Service 007's voice suddenly rang out urgently in his mind:

"Mr. Lin! The Screenwriting Team's retaliation is here!"

"They've invoked their 'Quarterly Special Authority' to forcibly insert an S-class plot—"

"[Ragnarok: Live Special Edition]!"

Before the words could even settle!

Inside the Heaven Branch, which had just finished its acquisition and was still sporting Underworld Group work badges, a piercing alarm suddenly broke out!

The work badges on all the angels instantly turned from blue to blood-red!

The text on the badges twisted and deformed, finally becoming:

[Rebel Unit: Pending Clearance]

"Warning! A large-scale riot has occurred in Heaven's assets!"

"Holy Light Vault self-destruct sequence initiated! Countdown: 10 minutes!"

"A 'Slaughter Command' has been implanted into all angel units. Commencing indiscriminate attacks!"

Even more terrifying—

The originally clear sky of the God Realm suddenly split open with countless pitch-black cracks!

From the cracks crawled things that shouldn't exist—

Decaying Titan Giant corpses!

Burning Ancient Dragon wraiths!

There were even... gods who had already died!

Helios the Sun God, Ares the God of War, the Lord of Thunder—

Their corpses were forcibly resurrected, their eyes burning with the 'fire of revenge' written by the Screenwriting Team as they lunged toward the Underworld Group headquarters!

"This is..." Zhang Hao's face was deathly pale. "The Screenwriting Team took the characters who were written to death in previous scripts... and pulled them all up to use as zombies?!"

"More than that." Su Qingyu suddenly groaned, clutching her forehead.

On the surface of her body, dense streams of chaotic data code began to emerge!

[Detected data abnormality in character 'Su Qingyu'...]

[Forcibly implanting 'Tragic Female Lead' plot package...]

[Implanted content: Critically wounded and dying while saving Lin Chen, final deathbed confession...]

"Qingyu!" Lin Chen grabbed her.

But Su Qingyu's eyes had already begun to lose focus.

She looked at Lin Chen, her lips trembling, but the words she spoke made Lin Chen's whole body go cold:

"Lin Chen... go quickly..."

"Don't worry about me..."

"To have met you... I am already... very happy..."

These weren't words Su Qingyu would say!

This was script dialogue!

"Screenwriting Team!!!" Zhang Hao roared.

On the giant screen in the sky, an official mockery from the Screenwriting Team popped up:

[Plot Correction: Ragnarok Special Edition]

[Estimated peak viewership: 12 billion viewers]

[Thank you, Mr. Lin Chen, for providing such a wonderful prelude. Now—]

[The main feature begins]

After a brief silence in the bullet chat area, it completely split:

[The Screenwriting Team is too disgusting!]

[But I have to say... the dramatic conflict is maxed out...]

[Tipped 500 dimension points: Please don't let Su Su die!]

[Tipped 1000 dimension points: I want to see Boss Lin turn the tables!]

Lin Chen held the gradually fading Su Qingyu, looking at the undead army swarming from all directions, watching the Heaven Branch fall into its self-destruct countdown, and seeing those former subordinates turn into enemies—

He laughed.

He laughed with a bone-chilling coldness.

"Xiao Qi."

He called out to customer service in his mind.

"Present!" 007 responded.

"How much for temporary screenwriting rights per hour?"

"One million dimension points! But the Screenwriting Team is using special authority now, so the rights you buy might be suppressed—"

"Buy ten hours." Lin Chen interrupted him.

[Purchase Successful]

[Consumed 10 million dimension points]

[Obtained "Temporary Screenwriting Rights (Enhanced)" × 10 hours]

[Remaining dimension points: 32,872,844]

Lin Chen gently handed Su Qingyu to Zhang Hao:

"Protect her well."

Then, he stood up, facing the sky full of undead and the imminent explosion of Heaven.

He raised his hand—

And began writing a new script in the air.

Thrilling Satisfaction:

What Lin Chen was writing wasn't text.

It was code.

Using the "screenwriting authority" he exchanged with dimension points, he directly accessed the platform's backend and began violently modifying the running S-class plot:

[Ragnarok: Live Special Edition] → [Gods' Carnival: Chairman's Reward Gala]

[Holy Light Vault Self-Destruct Program] → [Annual Employee Dividend Automatic Distribution Program]

[Resurrected Undead Army] → [Group's Specially Invited Performing Arts Troupe]

[Su Qingyu "Tragic Female Lead" Plot Package] → [Su Qingyu "Overbearing Female CEO" Promotion Plot Package]

[10-Minute Countdown] → [10-Minute Countdown to Carnival]

Every line modified required a massive amount of dimension points to counter the Screenwriting Team's authority suppression!

The numbers in Lin Chen's backend skipped wildly:

-5 million dimension points!

-8 million dimension points!

-12 million dimension points!

The bullet chat watched Lin Chen's dimension points plummet like a waterfall, and everyone held their breath:

[He's going head-to-head with the Screenwriting Team!]

[Burning money to rewrite the script!]

[This is getting intense!]

[User 'Support Boss Lin' tipped 20 million dimension points!]

[User 'Overthrow the Screenwriting Team' tipped 30 million dimension points!]

Supported by the audience's tips, Lin Chen's dimension point consumption speed barely broke even with the replenishment speed.

And the changes on the battlefield began to manifest—

The undead army lunging toward the Underworld Group suddenly hit the brakes in mid-air!

The Titan Giant corpses began to perform a clumsy tap dance!

The Ancient Dragon wraiths no longer breathed fire, but fireworks!

The resurrected gods' ferocious expressions turned into flattery as they shouted in unison:

"Congratulations to Chairman Lin on the acquisition of Heaven! We hereby present a song and dance performance—!"

The self-destruct countdown of the Heaven Branch stopped, and the vault doors swung open—

But instead of an explosion, countless red envelopes and bonus vouchers sprayed out, showering all employees like a rainstorm!

"This quarter's performance bonuses are being distributed early!" A mechanical voice echoed through Heaven. "Thank you for your generosity, Chairman!"

The most terrifying change occurred in Su Qingyu.

The chaotic data streams on her body were suddenly forcibly stripped away and reorganized, transforming into a black-and-gold Chief Executive Officer uniform.

She opened her eyes.

There was no longer any confusion or tragedy in her eyes, only an icy sharpness and the majesty of one in total control.

[Character "Su Qingyu" promotion complete]

[New Position: Underworld Group Vice Chairman and COO (Chief Operating Officer)]

[Obtained Authority: Partial backend management rights, script review rights, and cross-departmental dispatch rights]

Su Qingyu stood up, looked at the giant screen in the sky, and then at the wildly scrolling bullet chat.

Then, she spoke, her voice clear and cold:

"Screenwriting Team."

"You have modified core character data without authorization, which is a suspected violation of Article 33 of the 'Platform Character Rights Protection Law.'"

"I have filed a formal complaint with the Customer Service Center."

"Expect to receive your fine."

The entire place fell silent.

Even the bullet chat paused for three seconds.

Then—

[President Su is so domineering!!!]

[From Tragic Female Lead to overbearing CEO! I absolutely love this transformation!]

[Tips! Give President Su tips!]

[User 'Su Qingyu Fan Club' tipped 5000 million dimension points!]

On the giant screen in the sky, the Screenwriting Team's official account suddenly dimmed, followed by a system announcement:

[The Screenwriting Team (Official) has been penalized for illegal operations with the following:]

[1. Freezing of all performance bonuses for this quarter]

[2. Mandatory participation in 100 hours of 'Character Rights Training']

[3. Public apology to Lin Chen and Su Qingyu]

Below the announcement followed a sentence that was utterly humiliated to the extreme:

[We are sorry.]

Lin Chen didn't look at that apology.

He walked to Su Qingyu's side and asked softly:

"Are you okay?"

Su Qingyu turned to look at him, the coldness in her eyes melting slightly:

"I'm fine."

"It's just that... a lot of things I shouldn't know have entered my mind."

"Like?"

"Like..." Su Qingyu pointed toward the sky, "behind those bullet chats, I can see every viewer's ID, age, gender, tip history, and even some of their information from reality..."

She paused:

"I can see it all."

Lin Chen's eyes lit up:

"This authority is useful."

He turned around, faced the camera, and gave his trademark business smile:

"Alright, the farce is over."

"Next, we move on to tonight's true highlight—"

Lin Chen raised his hand and pointed at the Heaven Branch, which had just been acquired and was now raining money everywhere:

"Underworld Group Heaven Branch is officially open for business."

"To celebrate the opening, we are launching the 'Faith Wealth Management Supreme Package'!"

"Order now to enjoy the following benefits: First, reincarnation priority increased by three levels; second, the option for Samsara memory retention; third, next life wealth base value +1000%..."

Before his voice could even fade—

The bullet chat had already gone crazy:

[Buy! I'm buying!]

[Order one for my grandfather!]

[User 'Filial Descendant' ordered 10,000 sets!]

[User 'Rich and Not Lacking Money' ordered 50,000 sets...]

The dimension points in the backend began to skyrocket once again.

And at the very peak of this carnival—

Customer Service 007's voice, carrying a hint of a tremble, rang out in Lin Chen's mind:

"M-Mr. Lin..."

"I just received an emergency notice from the platform's Supreme Council..."

"Because you have violently modified the script twice in a row and countered the Screenwriting Team, it has caused a massive public outcry..."

"The Council has decided..."

He took a deep breath:

"To send 'Dimensional Agents' to 'investigate' you."

"The agent's code name is—"

"Sweeper."

"Estimated arrival time: 10 minutes from now."

The Hook:

The smile on Lin Chen's face slowly faded.

"Dimensional Agents?"

"Sweeper?"

"What are they here for?"

Customer Service 007 was silent for two seconds, his voice dry:

"To 'correct errors.'"

"If they believe that your existence as a 'streamer'..."

"Is itself an 'error'..."

"They will..."

"Erase you."

"Along with..."

"Your entire world."