This villain is too popular.

Chapter 75 "Embers" and "Glimmer"

At the end of September, Triland Middle School was bathed in sunshine and the weather was hot.

Inside the classroom of Class 1, Grade 7.

Tiandao sat listlessly in the back row of the classroom, staring blankly out the window.

At this moment, he appeared to be in a daze, but in reality, he was looking at the information on his control panel.

[Name: Tiandao Siming (Ember Organization Reserve)]

[Age: 12 years old]

[Rank: Level 1 Star Envoy]

[Base Star Energy Value: 850]

[Star Source: Vector Control (Development Level 95%)]

[Star Core: Star Eclipse Sky Eye (100% Compatibility)]

[Attributes: Strength S, Agility S, Spirit S, Constitution S]

[Skills: Star Energy Control (Master Level), Instant Step (Master Level), Star Beast Knowledge Encyclopedia (Expert Level)...]

Current popularity: 85

[Popularity value of loans reached: 100 million (maximum limit reached)]

As the first season of "Ember" draws to a close, the series is nearing its end.

The Heavenly Dao of today is no longer the "popularity debtor" it once was, with not a single bit of popularity in its pocket.

Instead, he is a 'popularity tycoon' who holds a staggering 85 popularity points!
However, the current Heavenly Dao already has the potential to fully repay the 'popularity debt'.

But as the saying goes, the one who owes money is the boss.

Now that he knows he can definitely repay this favor, he's in no hurry to do so.

Even though the final "year-end fireworks" storyline hasn't even started yet, he still has such an amazing amount of popularity.

Then we'll wait until the highly anticipated episodes at the end of the first season officially air.

His popularity will skyrocket like a rocket!
According to Tiandao's conservative estimate, based on the current popularity of "Stars" on 13 stations.

Once the exciting finale airs, he conservatively estimates he'll gain a massive three million viewers.

And there's no upper limit.

If that's the case, why is he in such a hurry to regain the system's popularity?

Keep owing me!

However, not rushing to restore 'popularity points' is one thing.

Keeping the 'popularity points' unused is a different matter altogether.

After all, only by letting popularity grow can one increase their popularity score.

Therefore, Tiandao has been thinking about how to make these 850,000 popularity points explode with greater popularity potential in the limited first season of the story.

After careful consideration...

The Heavenly Dao was slowly finding its answer.

That means he wants to reinvest his current popularity into the upcoming 'Year-End Fireworks' storyline, and then... burn himself out completely!
It should be noted that in the original ending of the first season...

The final, high-octane plot of the raid on the Ember Base is led by General Envoy Byron, who leads two branch Star Envoy special operations teams.

It is something that is bound to happen and will not be changed by any external factors.

Because on the surface, it appears to be Byron launching a surprise attack on the embers.

The truth is, the doctor deliberately sent him to ambush him!

That's right, on the surface, the Doctor and the Ember Base seemed to have been caught off guard.

In reality, they had been preparing for this for a long time.

Because all of this was a trap set by the Doctor specifically to obtain the 'Heart of Perpetual Motion,' a unique intelligent mechanical artifact of the Iron Dome family, which the Doctor possessed.

The reason why the Doctor was willing to risk himself and the entire base to obtain this so-called 'Heart of Perpetual Motion' was because of this.

This is because this thing is a crucial condition for him to complete the 'Third Perfect Awakening'.

It was something he absolutely had to obtain.

However, the 'Heart of Perpetual Motion' is a treasure that belongs exclusively to the Iron Dome family.

They are not only strictly guarded by the Iron Dome family.

Furthermore, each of the 'Perpetual Motion Hearts' installed on a senior member of the Iron Dome family was subjected to a complex self-destruct program that is unimaginable to ordinary people.

If things go wrong, these 'perpetual motion hearts' will immediately self-destruct, never allowing them to fall into the hands of others.

Therefore, if the doctor wants to obtain a 'perpetual motion heart'...

He must first find a way to lure a high-ranking member of the Iron Dome family out of the 'Third Floating City - Quantum Fortress', and even the new federal core area of ​​the entire seven floating cities.

Only in this way can the 'Heart of Perpetual Motion' not be immediately triggered when the doctor removes it from the body of that senior member.

Only under this condition can the Doctor transplant this 'Perpetual Motion Heart' into himself, who is also a member of the Iron Dome family.

And achieve the final condition for the third perfect awakening.

Although the doctor's plan was perfect, Tendou, who had read the entire plot of the first season of the original work, knew...

The doctor's final plan was both a success and a failure.

Its success lies in the fact that the Doctor did indeed seize Byron's Heart of Perpetual Motion and successfully transplanted it into his own body, completing the third perfect awakening.

The failure lay in the fact that the Doctor had not anticipated that the Iron Dome family's quantum technology had achieved a major breakthrough just months before Byron launched his surprise attack.

And a special restriction called 'Quantum Guardian' was placed on each of the perpetual motion hearts.

This resulted in the doctor's final breakthrough being both perfect and imperfect.

The perfect part is that the Doctor did indeed successfully complete the third perfect awakening in the end.

And he truly became one of the few perfect level four star envoys in the entire star envoy world.

The imperfection lies in the fact that the 'quantum protection' of the Perpetual Motion Heart could not be broken.

This prevented the Doctor from fully utilizing the power of the Perpetual Motion Heart, resulting in a large portion of his own power being sealed, allowing him to only exert strength comparable to a mid-level fourth-tier Star Envoy.

Furthermore, the 'Quantum Guardian' of the 'Perpetual Motion Heart' and the 'Intelligent Central Hub' of the Iron Dome family have a data link.

This allows the Doctor to get close to the core area of ​​the new federation, the Seven Floating Cities.

No matter how well he hides himself, or how advanced his concealment techniques are.

All of them would be detected immediately and their location locked by the 'quantum observers' installed by the Iron Dome family in the seven floating cities.

Based on this condition, the Doctor was able to achieve perfect awakening.

Yet he still couldn't set foot in the core area of ​​the new federation.

Forced to remain on the outskirts of the New Federation, they must rebuild their base and search for a way to break the 'Quantum Guardian'. And it was precisely because Tiandao knew that this so-called 'surprise attack' was orchestrated by the Doctor.

That's why I never thought of reminding him that the base was about to be attacked.

After all, it was all designed by them, so whether they remind them or not is completely meaningless.

In addition, the doctor in the original work not only arranged this awakening plan.

He also made plans to properly settle the children of the stars.

The name of this project is 'Ember'.

Moreover, the implementation of this plan did not even begin after Byron and others appeared.

In fact, it had already been implemented before the start of the first season of Stellaris: Ember.

Why did the Doctor summon so many important figures from the New Federation who were not from the Embers organization for the final assessment?

Why did he so 'recklessly' release information about Project Stars so early on, when the project was just beginning to show results?
Is it because they're stupid?
Naturally not.

He did it on purpose.

Because one reason he wanted to lure Byron to his door.

Secondly, it was to find a good home for the children of the stars.

Yes, the Doctor knew from the very beginning that he and Ember alone could not provide the 36 Starchildren with the maximum training.

He could only disperse these 36 Children of the Stars among the various factions of the New Federation.

And make these forces devote everything to nurturing the children of the stars they acquire.

Only these 36 children of the stars can unleash their full potential.

The Doctor simply wanted these forces to nurture these Star Children without any scruples.

Then he and Yu Jin must both disappear completely from this world and absolutely cannot reappear.

Only when both Yu Jin and he disappeared could these powerful forces truly trust the Star Children, who had become rootless, and unreservedly provide them with vast cultivation resources.

This is the 'Ember,' a grand plan specifically designed at the cost of Doctor Burning himself and the Ember base.

In this plan, all the children of the stars will be briefly reduced to 'embers' in a raging inferno.

Then, all the children of the stars will, at a specific time, rekindle their 'glimmer' amidst the embers.

This second part, the rekindling of the glimmer of light, is the second plan that the Doctor will undertake after the success of the "Ember Project".

A project called "Glimmer".

The doctor's two projects are the origin of the anime series titles: the first season of Stellaris, "Ember," and the second season, "Glimmer."

It can be said that the Doctor did not have many scenes in the first two seasons of Stars.

But all the stories in the first two seasons actually revolve around his plan.

This terrifying scheme, meticulously planned over many years, perfectly embodies the doctor's horrific tactics.

At the same time, the Heavenly Dao, which possesses prophetic abilities, could not find anything that could be changed.

From his perspective, the doctor's plan was undoubtedly perfect.

Because the Doctor is essentially using all the power of the entire New Federation to help him cultivate his own faction.

That can be described as incredibly clever.

However, Tiandao is temporarily unable to view the original plot of the second season of "Stars and Glimmers".

Therefore, he had no way of knowing the specific details of the doctor's second plan, "Glimmer".

However, Tiandao felt that this second plan must include the construction of a new base.

And contacts with other children of the stars.

For example, the Doctor might secretly contact one or more of the Star Children he deems worthy of contact and inform them of his existence.

Afterwards, the Doctor will leverage their special position within the current faction to consolidate the resources controlled by these Star Children.

He established a completely new al-Qaeda organization in a place he deemed suitable.

As for the name of this new base, Tiandao felt that given the Doctor's personality of doing everything according to plan, it would most likely be called 'Faint Light'.

After all, the embers have completely disappeared from the world and it is absolutely impossible for them to reappear.

At the same time, the Heavenly Dao combined with the doctor's special care for him.

He was convinced that the new base owner chosen by the doctor was most likely himself.

Because apart from him, no one else could guarantee that they could subdue the Starchildren who had left the Embers for many years.

Thinking of this, the Heavenly Dao couldn't help but feel a little excited.

Because if this plot continues...

After that, he'll be taking the full roster of the 36 All-Stars and going door-to-door to take them down one by one.

After all, don't be fooled by the fact that these guys are now completely under my control.

But apart from a few individuals, the others were all rebellious at heart, outwardly submitting but inwardly harboring thoughts of rebellion.

It's fine if they don't have the opportunity.

But given the chance, they will absolutely do everything in their power to dethrone themselves from the pinnacle of power.

This mindset, coupled with the invincible spirit cultivated by their respective factions after leaving the Ember Base, further fueled their determination.

If, a few years later, I want to win back these 'arrogant' guys...

Simply saying it is absolutely useless.

Must hit hard!
After all, fists are more persuasive than words!

As for the protagonist, Chen Kong...

Starting from the second season, he'll have to endure some hardship.

Because from the second season onwards, Tiandao and the other Star Children were destined to become villains and stand on the opposite side of him.

After all, it represents the interests of ordinary people.

But there's no way he can get along with these "sons of the stars" who represent the interests of various major powers.

And when I think of the new protagonist group that Chen Kong has assembled, after finally defeating the other Star Children, and about to realize their ideals...

But then they suddenly encounter themselves and the Doctor, the two final bosses who should have died long ago.

I imagine his expression at that moment will be quite amusing!
Don't be fooled by the fact that Heaven's Way mostly focuses on building popularity.

But actually, he's also very professional when it comes to playing villains!

P.S.: That concludes today's update. Starting tomorrow, there will be three updates every night at 8 PM sharp.

Even if Fat Tiger has to stay up all night, he has to finish writing the drafts he has saved up; otherwise, he can't ensure the quality of each chapter.

(End of this chapter)