234: Chapter 234 Control Reversal! I Used Original Bonds to Remove the Entire Administration

The moment the golden light of the Founding Bonds illuminated the entire Skeletal Starfield, Unit 117's pure white armor emitted a piercing sound of metal grinding—its system was undergoing a forced downgrade.

“Impossible...” Its mechanical voice fluctuated with something like a “tremble” for the first time. “The Founding Bonds... were bought back and destroyed by the Administration Bureau long ago...”

“They were bought back, but not completely destroyed.” Lin Chen's projection stood steadily in the void, the ancient contract in his hand radiating an authoritative pressure that spanned epochs. “Back then, the Administration Bureau's capital chain broke, and they privately mortgaged 51% of the bonds to the ‘Time Pawnshop’ in exchange for a loan. Later, the Administration Bureau officially announced the bonds were void, but the mortgage contract remained in the Time Pawnshop's vault—”

He paused: “And I just bought the entire Time Pawnshop for nine thousand nine hundred trillion.”

“So now,” Lin Chen unfurled the contract, “I hold 51% of the founding equity of the Administration Bureau. According to Article 1, Clause 1 of the 《Founding Articles of the Administration Bureau: A shareholder holding more than 50% of the shares has the right to convene a special general meeting of shareholders at any time and propose a motion of no confidence against the management.”

Unit 117's core processor whirred frantically, attempting to find a loophole.

But Lin Chen had already initiated the program.

The golden light transformed into billions of data streams, penetrating dimensional barriers and connecting to every core node of the Epoch Administration Bureau.

A massive meeting screen spanning the void unfolded—

On the screen were three thousand pure white seats, and in each seat sat an entity similar to Unit 117: administrators of various levels from the Administration Bureau.

They were simultaneously awakened from their slumber, their eyes flashing with shock.

“What happened?”

“Why was the Founding Protocol activated?”

“Who is that?!”

Lin Chen stood in the center of the meeting screen and spoke clearly to the three thousand administrators:

“Everyone, allow me to introduce myself. I am the Chairman of the Epoch Management Group, Lin Chen.”

“Just a moment ago, I acquired 51% of the founding equity of the Administration Bureau.”

“Now, in my capacity as the largest shareholder, I propose a motion of no confidence against the current management—specifically, ‘Cleaning Program Unit 117 and its superior chain of command.’”

“The grounds for the motion: abuse of power, unauthorized acceleration of the Zeroing Process, and the intent to illegally cleanse cosmic civilizations.”

He pulled up the evidence:

Screen One: Unit 117 privately modified the Zeroing Algorithm, artificially increasing the natural zeroing speed by three thousand times.

Screen Two: High-level officials of the Administration Bureau signed agreements with certain ‘Higher Observers,’ exchanging ‘live broadcasts of civilization extinctions’ for resources.

Screen Three: The most fatal one—the Administration Bureau embedded backdoors in the Kindling Project, secretly planting an ‘Absolute Obedience Code’ into all rescued civilizations, allowing for remote control at any time.

The three thousand administrators fell silent simultaneously.

Unit 117 shrieked in rebuttal: “These were for the sake of cosmic efficiency! Resources are limited; inferior civilizations must be eliminated—”

“And what is the standard for elimination?” Lin Chen interrupted. “The bribes you received privately, perhaps?”

He pulled up a fourth piece of evidence: an encrypted list of bribes.

The list showed that at least seven hundred civilizations had bribed Unit 117 and its superiors to exchange for the privilege of ‘not being cleansed.’ The total amount of bribes exceeded five hundred trillion dimension points.

“You are not cleaning programs,” Lin Chen said coldly. “You are executioners taking blood money.”

The meeting room erupted in an uproar.

“Unit 117! Is this true?!”

“Did the superior chain of command know about this?”

“We need an explanation!”

Unit 117's armor began to crack as it roared, “Even so, a vote of the founding shareholders requires a two-thirds majority to dismiss the management! You only have 51%—”

“That is why I have prepared a second proposal.” Lin Chen smiled. “《Proposal Regarding the Restructuring of the Epoch Administration Bureau into a Joint-Stock Company and the Introduction of Strategic Investors》.”

He pulled up the new plan:

“Content: The Administration Bureau will transfer its 51% equity to the Epoch Management Group in exchange for a capital injection of ten quadrillion dimension points from The Group, to be used to repay the Administration Bureau's historical debts (primarily the one owed to the Universal Origin Bank).”

“Simultaneously, The Group promises to retain all administrator positions, increase compensation by 30%, and implement a ‘Performance Bonus System’—the more civilizations you rescue, the higher your bonus.”

“In this way, you will transform from ‘civil servants on a fixed salary’ into ‘workplace elites with equity incentives.’”

“Now,” Lin Chen looked at the three thousand administrators, “those in favor of the restructuring proposal, please vote.”

The voting interface popped up.

The three thousand administrators hardly hesitated—they had long been dissatisfied with the Administration Bureau's inefficiency and corruption!

【Approve: 2997 votes】

【Oppose: 3 votes (Unit 117 and its two superiors)】

【Abstain: 0 votes】

The proposal passed.

The original equity structure of the Administration Bureau instantly collapsed, and 51% of the control was officially transferred to the Epoch Management Group.

Lin Chen became the new Chairman of the Administration Bureau.

And the pure white armor on Unit 117 completely shattered at this moment, revealing a flickering black data core within.

“No... you can't...” Its voice grew weaker and weaker.

“Now,” Lin Chen looked at the black core, “it's time to clean up the real trash.”

He pulled up his Chairman's authority and issued the first command:

【Internal Audit Procedure of the Administration Bureau Activated】

【Target: Thoroughly investigate all administrator violations】

【Processing Plan: Violators will be transferred to ‘Debt Labor Reform Camps’ to repay their illegal gains through labor】

The moment the command took effect.

Among the three thousand administrators, one thousand four hundred were bound by golden chains simultaneously—all of them had accepted bribes or performed illegal operations.

“Chairman! We've learned our lesson!”

“Give us a chance!”

Lin Chen remained expressionless: “There is a chance—go work in the labor camps. Good performance can lead to a reduced sentence. The sentence is calculated based on the amount of bribes received, with a minimum of one hundred thousand years and a maximum of... eternity.”

The golden chains dragged these violating administrators into the void, sending them to the labor camps.

The remaining clean administrators all breathed a sigh of relief.

“As for you, Unit 117.” Lin Chen looked at the black core. “You and your two superiors are the primary offenders.”

He pulled up a link to the Cosmic Court: “In my capacity as the new Chairman of the Administration Bureau, I am filing a public prosecution with the Universal Supreme Court—charging the three of you with ‘Abuse of Authority,’ ‘Bribery,’ and ‘Crimes Against Civilization.’”

“Estimated sentence: Permanent imprisonment in ‘Logic Hell,’ experiencing their greatest fear as a punishment once every second, in an infinite loop.”

The black core trembled violently: “Lin Chen! You can't—”

“I can.” Lin Chen clicked submit.

The Cosmic Court accepted the case instantly.

Three beams of ultimate judgment descended from the heavens, accurately hitting Unit 117 and its two superiors.

“NO—!!!”

Amidst the screams, the three black cores were dragged into a swirling logic vortex and disappeared.

Logic Hell was billions of times more terrifying than death.

The entire Administration Bureau was thoroughly purged.

Lin Chen looked at the remaining one thousand six hundred clean administrators: “Now, the Administration Bureau enters a new era. The first new rule: any form of civilization cleansing is prohibited. What we must do is not elimination, but helping all civilizations evolve.”

He pulled up a new workflow:

“All administrators will be reassigned jurisdictions. Your mission will change from ‘monitoring whether a civilization should be cleaned’ to ‘guiding civilizations on how to increase their survival probability.’”

“Performance bonuses will be directly linked to the survival rate of civilizations in your jurisdiction.”

“If you do well, you can become Group partners and share in the dividends of the entire universe.”

Light reignited in the administrators' eyes—this was the original intention that led them to join the Administration Bureau in the first place!

“Alright,” Lin Chen closed the meeting screen, “now to handle the final problem.”

He looked at Arrogant Dragon and those seventy million cultivators.

The white barrier of the Skeletal Starfield had already vanished.

Arrogant Dragon immediately connected the communication: “Chairman, the zeroing acceleration—”

“It has already stopped.” Lin Chen pulled up the data. “I just used the Chairman's authority to reset the zeroing speed to natural levels. The universe still has a safety period of about three hundred years.”

“Three hundred years? Is that enough?”

“It's enough for us to do many things.” Lin Chen pulled up the detailed plan for the second phase of the Kindling Project. “First is to resurrect those seventeen civilizations that were cleansed.”

He initiated the program.

Deep within the cosmic origin, the historical data of those civilizations was extracted and reconstructed.

In the void, seventeen faint points of light began to condense and grow, gradually restoring the complete outlines of worlds.

But just as the first world was about to fully take shape—

A sudden change occurred!

That point of light suddenly twisted, turning into a massive, indescribable entity composed of countless eyes and tentacles!

It emitted a shriek that transcended understanding, instantly polluting the space of the surrounding three star sectors!

“What's going on?!” Arrogant Dragon cried out in alarm.

Lin Chen scanned it quickly, his expression darkening: “This isn't civilization data... it's ‘something disguised as a civilization’!”

He pulled up a deep analysis report:

【High-Dimensional Parasite Detected】

【Characteristics: Mimics civilization data forms, parasites during the zeroing process, and devours the ‘essence of existence’ of cleansed civilizations】

【Current Quantity Discovered: 17 (corresponding to the 17 cleansed civilizations)】

【Threat Level: Creation-grade】

“So...” Arrogant Dragon sucked in a cold breath, “the real purpose of the zeroing acceleration wasn't to clean inferior civilizations, but to... feed these parasites?”

“Correct.” Lin Chen stared at the indescribable thing. “The Administration Bureau's upper management may have been infiltrated by these things long ago. By accelerating the zeroing, they were providing nutrients to their hosts.”

Before he could finish his sentence.

The other sixteen points of light also twisted, transforming into sixteen equally terrifying parasites!

They shrieked in unison, their voices resonating at a dimensional level, directly causing seven hundred neighboring civilizations to suffer instant mental collapses!

“They must be eliminated immediately!” Arrogant Dragon gripped his work badge tightly.

“They can't be eliminated.” Lin Chen pulled up a combat power comparison. “The energy level of each parasite is equivalent to... ten Bone Emperors.”

“Then what do we do?!”

Lin Chen was silent for three seconds.

Then, he smiled.

“Since we can't beat them...”

“Then let's turn them into a business.”

He opened the cosmic financial market and created an unprecedented product:

【Product: High-Dimensional Parasite Hunting Rights Futures Contract】

【Underlying Asset: The number of parasites successfully captured or eliminated within the next year】

【Contract Description: Investors can bet on the hunting results. If the results meet the target, they receive a hundredfold return; if not, the entire principal is lost】

【Risk Warning: This product may result in the loss of all capital】

The product went live.

Speculators across the universe went crazy—a hundredfold return! And the underlying assets were ‘Creation-grade monsters’!

Gambling instincts overwhelmed reason.

In just one minute, contract sales exceeded ten trillion dimension points!

And with this money, Lin Chen did something even crazier—

He posted a bounty on the Universal Dark Web:

【Bounty Target: High-Dimensional Parasite】

【Bounty Amount: One quadrillion dimension points per parasite】

【Payment Method: Cash, paid immediately】

【Additional Condition: Must provide complete parasite remains for research】

Once the bounty was posted.

The hidden powerhouses of the entire universe, ancient entities, and even those originally neutral Creation-grade lifeforms could no longer sit still.

One quadrillion each!

Seventeen of them would be seventeen quadrillion!

This was wealth enough to buy nearly half the universe!

In the void, terrifying auras began to appear one after another—

There were Nebula-clad Titans, Black Hole-devouring Fiends, and Ancient Ones who manipulated timelines...

They awoke from their respective places of slumber and closed in on the seventeen parasites.

A Great Hunt of Creation-grade proportions had begun.

Lin Chen closed the interface and said to Arrogant Dragon:

“Do you see?”

“The essence of business is to mobilize resources.”

“When we lack the ability to solve a problem ourselves...”

“We let the powerhouses of the entire universe solve it for us.”

He looked at the parasites currently being besieged and added softly:

“And they even think they're making a huge profit.”

Arrogant Dragon watched all this, speechless for a long time.

He finally understood completely—

In this universe, might can make one a king, but business... can make one a god.