283: Chapter 283 I'll Take Su Qingyu's Feelings Publicly Available

The moment The Silencer's "What will you use to redeem them?" landed, the golden mark on Su Qingyu's wrist suddenly erupted with a blinding light.

Within the light, countless memory fragments flashed like a revolving lantern—

The scene when Lin Chen first met her at the Underworld Group.

The night the two fought side by side in the Zeroing Storm.

That betrayal when she pretended to be controlled by Morgana but actually left him insurance.

And those moments without dialogue, only the intersection of gazes.

Every piece of memory was glowing, being marked, and being stripped from Su Qingyu's mind.

"It's harvesting." Number Zero (Employee Version) turned pale. "The Second-tier Protocol has begun execution—Su Qingyu's 'Emotional Assets' are being systematically packaged, ready to be transferred to The Silencer."

Lin Chen looked at those stripped memory fragments, showing true anger for the first time.

It wasn't the anger of a business calculation being cracked.

It was the anger of someone touching something he truly cared about.

"Aotian." His voice was terrifyingly calm.

"Present."

"Buy me three minutes."

Without a word, Arrogant Dragon drew the immortal emperor long sword and slashed at the blurry figure of The Silencer in the void.

The sword light flashed, and the figure shattered.

But in the next second, another Silencer emerged from the other side.

"It's useless." The Silencer's voice carried mockery. "I am merely a projection of the rules. No matter how many times you slash, it's useless."

Arrogant Dragon ignored him and continued to swing the sword.

Every strike shattered a projection, but new projections appeared from even more angles.

But he had bought time.

Lin Chen opened the system backend and pulled up a hidden function that had never been made public—

[Emotional Asset Securitization Protocol Generator]

This was one of the ultimate functions of the Wealth System: to standardize and split any "unquantifiable thing" and package it into securities that could be listed on an exchange.

The prerequisite was: the securitized asset must have "clear ownership of property rights."

Su Qingyu's emotions—who did the property rights belong to?

They belonged to herself.

But now, The Silencer was using the Second-tier Protocol to forcibly harvest the ownership of these emotions.

Lin Chen had to act first before the harvest was complete—not to protect, but to redefine.

He opened the protocol generator and typed the first line:

[Asset Name: All of Su Qingyu's emotions toward Lin Chen]

[Asset Type: Non-standardized Emotional Assets]

[Current Property Owner: Su Qingyu (Partially locked by The Silencer)]

[Proposed Total Issuance: 100 million shares]

[Each share contains: 0.00000001 units of emotional density + corresponding memory fragment]

This was taking something ethereal like "love" and splitting it into 100 million tradable shares.

Typing the second line:

[Issuance Price: Free]

[Distribution Method: Airdrop to all investors across the entire Narrative Layer]

[Special Note: Investors holding one share of "Su Qingyu's Emotional Stock" will automatically gain the status of "Emotional Witness." When Su Qingyu and Lin Chen have any emotional interaction in the future, holders can obtain 0.00000001% of the sensory experience through the "Emotional Synchronization Protocol."]

Typing the third line:

[Risk Warning: The price of this asset may fluctuate drastically. If the relationship between Lin Chen and Su Qingyu breaks down, this asset may go to Zeroing. If the relationship continues to heat up, this asset may appreciate infinitely.]

Input complete.

Click [Generate Protocol].

The system popped up a warning:

[Warning: Securitizing personal Emotional Assets may lead to the following consequences:]

[1. Complete loss of personal privacy]

[2. Emotions will be priced by the market]

[3. Every heartbeat will become a K-line chart]

[Confirm?]

Lin Chen did not hesitate.

Click [Confirm].

Buzz—

100 million shares of "Su Qingyu's Emotional Stock" were instantly generated and airdropped to all investors with trading accounts through the Narrative Layer trading network.

In everyone's account, 0.00000001 shares of Su Qingyu's love for Lin Chen appeared out of thin air.

At the same time, a new stock appeared on the exchange's K-line chart:

[Stock Code: SQL-EMO]

[Current Price: 1,000 dimension points/share (Opening price on the first day)]

[24-hour Trading Volume: 100 million shares (All traded)]

The Silencer's Second-tier Protocol suddenly got stuck.

Because the "Su Qingyu Emotional Assets" it was harvesting now had extremely complex ownership—it was no longer a complete emotion, but had been split into 100 million shares, scattered among countless investors.

The Silencer's protocol could only harvest emotions with "complete property rights."

Facing these 100 million fragmented emotions, it didn't know where to start.

"You..." The Silencer's voice showed confusion for the first time, "You gave her love to everyone?"

"Yes," Lin Chen said. "Now if you want to harvest it, you have to buy it back one by one from 100 million investors. Even if you are the rule-maker of the first epoch, you must follow the rules of the exchange—public bidding, highest bidder wins."

The Silencer fell silent.

It pulled up the K-line chart for SQL-EMO.

The price was skyrocketing—because investors across the entire Narrative Layer were frantically scrambling for this "most unique asset in history."

1,000 points, 3,000 points, 5,000 points, 10,000 points...

The total market value of the 100 million shares exceeded 1 quadrillion dimension points in just three minutes.

If The Silencer wanted to buy it all back, it would need to spend at least 1 quadrillion.

And it had just lost 1.2 quadrillion while shorting warrants; it couldn't produce that much cash now.

"Don't you love her?" The Silencer countered. "If you sell her love to everyone, how can she still love you?"

This question silenced the entire room.

Arrogant Dragon stopped swinging his sword.

Number Zero was stunned.

Even the memory fragments being stripped away froze for a moment.

Lin Chen looked at those 100 million shares, at the numbers jumping on the K-line chart, and at the investors buying frantically—some truly wanted to witness this relationship, some were purely speculating, and others were agents of The Silencer.

Then he said:

"Love is not exclusive."

"It is something that can be shared."

"If her love can warm 100 million people, then this love is 100 million times stronger than before."

He turned to look at Su Qingyu.

Those stripping memory fragments were now suspended in mid-air, neither advancing nor retreating.

Something was flickering in Su Qingyu's eyes.

"Are you willing?" Lin Chen asked. "To turn your love into an asset for everyone?"

Su Qingyu was silent for three seconds.

Then she smiled.

It was a smile Lin Chen had never seen before—relaxed, relieved, and with a hint of playfulness:

"You've already issued it, and you're still asking if I'm willing?"

"Can the stock be delisted?"

"No."

"Then that's that." Su Qingyu reached out and brushed the suspended memory fragments. "They can leave if they want, or stay if they want. In any case, now—"

She paused and looked at the investors holding the shares:

"There are 100 million people helping me remember."

"Even if I forget, they will remember."

As soon as she finished speaking.

The suspended memory fragments suddenly flowed in reverse.

Not back into Su Qingyu's brain, but toward those 100 million shares—each memory fragment found its corresponding holder and merged into their accounts.

From then on, Su Qingyu's memories no longer belonged exclusively to her.

They belonged to 100 million Emotional Witnesses.

The Silencer's Second-tier Protocol completely failed—because the "underlying asset" it wanted to harvest no longer existed. That complete emotion that belonged exclusively to Su Qingyu as an individual was now held jointly by 100 million people.

It could not snatch anything from 100 million people simultaneously.

The Silencer's projection began to dissipate.

Before dissipating, it left one final sentence:

"Lin Chen."

"You've won two rounds."

"But the third round..."

"I will use the people around you to bet on the thing you dare to bet on the least."

The projection completely vanished.

The golden mark on Su Qingyu's wrist finally went out.

The crisis was averted.

But Lin Chen didn't smile.

He stared at the K-line chart for SQL-EMO—the stock price was still rising, having already broken 100,000 points.

The total market value of the 100 million shares surpassed 10 quadrillion.

And the largest holder was an anonymous account.

Holding amount: 17 million shares (17% of the total).

This account's registration time was... three seconds ago.

Registration location: Bottom of the Narrative Layer.

Registrant: The Silencer.

It didn't snatch them; it bought them.

Using the market rules Lin Chen had just created, it legally held 17 million shares of "Su Qingyu's Emotional Stock."

In other words, The Silencer was now one of the shareholders of Su Qingyu's emotions.

And a major shareholder at that.

"It has become your shareholder." Arrogant Dragon looked at the data, his voice dry.

Lin Chen was silent.

Su Qingyu walked over, stood beside him, and looked at that line of data.

"17%," she said. "What is that enough for?"

Lin Chen pulled up the Shareholder Rights Prospectus:

"shareholders holding more than 15% have the right to..."

"The right to what?"

"The right to participate in 'Major Emotional Decisions'."

"What does that mean?"

"It means," Lin Chen's voice was raspy, "that from now on, anything between us—like dates, arguments, making up, or even a wedding—The Silencer has the right to vote."

Dead silence filled the room.

Su Qingyu's expression froze.

Arrogant Dragon opened his mouth but couldn't speak.

Number Zero sat directly on the ground.

Meanwhile, on the exchange's K-line chart, the price of SQL-EMO was still rising.

Because investors had just received a push notification:

[Major Bullish News! The Silencer becomes the second-largest shareholder of SQL-EMO]

[Market Expectation: The entry of a major shareholder will drive a revaluation of the Emotional Asset's value]

[Target Price: 500,000 points]