Ninth class citizen

Chapter 387 The Longest Year

Tian Li gave her a deep look.

"Ding! His Majesty the Federal President Tian Li has transferred 10 billion Cowen to you. Current account balance: 20 billion Cowen."

"Any more questions?" he asked gently.

"Yes!" Nan Rong's appetite had grown, and she was no longer tempted by such a small amount of money: "This amount is a bit small."

"Ding! President Tian Li of the Federal Federation has sent you a picture."

The image shows a long screenshot of account balances.

It includes not only major banks in the Federation, but also major banks within the interstellar space.

The currencies include Delincoin, Miocoin, Kungucoin, and even Chaoscoin.

Each account begins with the number 9, followed by a long string of zeros that are impossible to count.

This is just the tip of the iceberg of the wealth of the head of the first family in the Federation. Nan Rong was so envious that she almost drooled.

"After we get married, everything will be yours," Tianli said. "There's no need to worry about these things."

These words were not transmitted telepathically; all the attendants and guards surrounding the two heard them clearly, and they couldn't hide the envy in their eyes.

But Nan Rong understood his unspoken meaning.

Money in the smaller worlds shouldn't be taken too seriously by either him or himself.

Nan Rong wasn't unaware of this principle; it's just that an old monster like the Great Demon King had never experienced the hardship of being short of money.

Every day in this plane of existence, she sleeps in the glittering pile of Cowen!

But one must still maintain a certain level of composure.

Nan Rong's control over this high-dimensional body was astonishing, and her cheeks instantly flushed red: "Hey, who cares about that? I really feel that we're not close enough yet."

"Ding! President Tian Li of the Federal Federation has sent you a folder."

Inside are all the assets of the entire Tian family, including hundreds of private planets, countless movable and immovable properties, as well as banks, companies, shares, and funds.

As for the valuable jewelry and precious cultural relics, they were counted directly in boxes.

The long table of contents seemed endless; even with Nan Rong's current mental capacity, reading it made her dizzy.

“No prenuptial agreement. Anything can be transferred directly if you want.” Tian Li narrowed his eyes: “On the condition that we get married next month.”

Nan Rong was already grinning from ear to ear, completely abandoning any semblance of composure.

"You've shown such sincerity, how can they possibly refuse?"

In front of all the servants, she took the initiative to step forward and put her arms around Tianli's waist.

The latter was caught off guard by this turn of events, and his body stiffened noticeably, but his arms naturally wrapped around Nan Rong's back.

In the tender embrace, Tianli heard Nanrong's innermost thoughts.

Hmm, the Great Demon King's waist is truly slender, so toned and muscular without an ounce of fat; you couldn't even pinch it. Add to that his breathtakingly handsome face, and if he lost his powers and was thrown into the Chaotic Starfield, he'd definitely fetch a high price.

Tianli was almost laughing out of anger.

"Looks like you're still too idle," he transmitted his voice. "Instead of calculating my worth, you should hurry up and finish the details of Part Two of the outline."

How could anyone make such a jarring request at the moment of parting!
Nan Rong inwardly rolled her eyes, but presented a gentle and tender demeanor to everyone. "How much time has passed? The first part isn't even finished yet!" she transmitted her voice.

"It will take at most a month to enter the second stage." Tian Li didn't argue with her: "We can start working on increasing the production of gene optimizers, reducing the difficulty and cost of synthesis, and achieving fully mechanized production."

“This will be a long process,” Nan Rong said. “I have already made some progress, but we can’t rush things. The five hundred years mentioned in the outline is a bit long, but I don’t think it can be too short either.”

"One year." Tian Li lowered his head and whispered in her ear, "This is the longest I can give you."

"How is that possible!" Nan Rong, disregarding her romantic girlfriend persona, angrily tried to break free from the other party, but unsurprisingly failed.

"Genetic optimization, a field that hasn't made any progress in thousands of years, is something you expect me to upgrade ten levels and mass-produce within a year? That's simply asking the impossible!"

Tianli's hand moved from behind her hairline to her neck, eventually stopping at the back of her neck.

What appeared to be tender and affectionate was actually a gentle pinching and kneading under the cover of her hair.

“I believe in you,” he said gently. “They couldn’t do it, but you can.”

"I believe so too. It just needs more time," Nan Rong said sullenly.

"Take out a plan in half a month, and complete it completely in a year." The voice that came from someone was completely flat, as if they hadn't heard what she just said at all.

"I strongly suspect that you are retaliating!" Nan Rong said indignantly.

"It doesn't matter." Tian Li released her, turned to the side, and let her see the person walking towards her from behind.

"Ms. Nan." Ji Zhong nodded slightly to her, appearing extremely calm, but some of his emotions were impossible to hide from the two people present.

Nan Rong was slightly puzzled, both by Ji Zhong's unexpected appearance at Star Harbor and by his inappropriate emotions.

She looked up and met the coldness in Tian Liwei's eyes: "This is my newly promoted Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, who is specifically responsible for following up on matters related to the establishment of the Star Alliance."

“We’ve met before,” Ji Zhong said.

“Yes, of course.” Nan Rong said, then suddenly looked up at Tian Li and transmitted her voice, “You wouldn’t be thinking of using him to threaten me, would you?”

“I’m not that bored.” Tian Li’s voice remained calm: “I just want to remind you that if we fail, both he and your beloved comrades will be wiped out.”

On the return spaceship, Nan Rong sat quietly for a long time, pondering what Tian Li had said.

Even if the Great Demon King has a thousand faults and ten thousand ways of being a bad person, after knowing him for so long, he wouldn't be so two-faced.

Therefore, the one-year time limit he deliberately proposed speaks volumes.

Or rather, his previous words and actions had already revealed a lot about his tone.

The Great Demon King doesn't seem like an old man who has lived for over a billion years, accustomed to a slow-paced life, enjoying the tranquility of time.

Instead, he was always in a hurry, and every other sentence he mentioned the urgency of time.

The senior students from other dimensions weren't in such a hurry. From the contents of the first floor of the library, she saw many records of experience, ranging from hundreds to thousands of years old, yet the Great Demon King didn't send anyone to urge them on.

Therefore, the most likely guess is that he has some health problem.

This conjecture is likely close to the truth. Although he was able to coexist harmoniously with this plane for a short period, if his physical strength continues to increase or becomes unstable, it could bring annihilation to his own plane.

If that day ever comes, I fear that apart from the Great Demon King and myself, all living beings in this plane will vanish into thin air.

This also explains why this person used Ji Zhong to remind himself.

Because I care about them more than he does.